Ohagan_Advanced8_Eng to Fren

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to set up, to implement

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mettre en place

Question 2

French environmental and energy agency

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l’Ademe (L’Agence de l’environnement et de la maîtrise de l’énergie)

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whim

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caprice

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damage (noun)

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dégât

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headliner

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vedette

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bystander

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badaud

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from all angles

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sous toutes ses coutures

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flood (noun)

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crue

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elected official

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élu

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to descend quickly

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dévaler

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village, town

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commune

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a change in altitude

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dénivelé

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to play tricks, gags, to be foolish

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faire des siennes

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river bank resident

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riverain

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(river) bed

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lit

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flow (noun)

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débit

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all the same

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il n’empêche

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to stockpile (also with se), to accumulate

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emmagasiner

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upstream

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en amont

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development

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aménagement

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to clink glasses

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trinquer

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bundle of wheat, sheaf

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gerbe

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bitterly

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âprement

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following the example of

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à l’instar de

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problems, hiccups

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ratés

Question 26

polite society

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la bonne société

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in step with

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au diapason

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sharply

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vertement

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to pound, to hammer

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marteler

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day off

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jour chômé

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hearing

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audition

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channeling

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captage

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to cause, to lead to

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entraîner

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bill (noun), invoice

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facture

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to settle, to pay

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régler

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sojourn, visit

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séjour

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seaside

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balnéaire

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to establish, to erect

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ériger

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preliminary, prior

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préalable

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to run out of steam, to tail off

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s’essouffler

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roughly (latin)

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grosso modo

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logic

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logique

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embargo, blockade

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blocus

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commonplace, ordinary

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quelconque

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surface (road), street, lane

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chaussée

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horse path between two lanes of a street

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allée de cavalière

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to move from the path (horse), to move away quickly

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faire un écart

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to collide with, to hit

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heurter

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hindquarters, rump

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croupe

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to brush against, to touch lightly

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effleurer

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broken, knocked

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fracassé

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to struggle

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se débattre

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to give the spurs (horse), to apply the spurs

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piquer des deux

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crestfallen

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piteux

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silliness, folly

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sottise

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to pace

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faire les cent pas

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elbowing, jostling

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bousculade

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job

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besogne

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to wiggle, to move, to wag

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remuer

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to feel, to touch

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palper

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to bustle about, to hasten

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s’empresser

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surgeon

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chirurgien

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rascal

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gredin

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to murmur, to mumble

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marmotter

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to leave sb in the lurch

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laisser qn en plan

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cabman, coachman

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cocher

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gratuity, tip

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pourboire

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to catch a glimpse of, to foresee

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entrevoir

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repercussions (singular), after-effects

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contrecoup

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to sag, to collapse

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s’affaisser

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uncertainty, darkness

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ténèbres

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track, path

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sentier

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similar to a library, pre-20th century establishment

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cabinet de lecture

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nursing home

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maison de santé

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gutter splint, brace

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gouttière

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to shiver

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grelotter

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to be delirious, to talk nonsense

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divaguer

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fault, mistake

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tort

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to get off with (only a …)

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en être quitte pour

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to whimper, to groan

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gémir

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boastings

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fanfaronnades

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shelter (noun)

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gîte

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to seize, to get hold of

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s’emparer de

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to fiddle with

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tripoter

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plea, request, entreaty (noun)

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prière

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to look somebody up and down

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toiser

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frock coat

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redingote

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to not be graced

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disgracier

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rotunda

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rotonde

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large and luxurious house or estate

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hôtel

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Germanic, Theodiscus

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tudesque

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dive (noun), plunge

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plongeon

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handling

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maniement

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burglar

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cambrioleur

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baby-sitter

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nourrice wet-nurse

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to persevere

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s’acharner

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gift, intuition

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flair

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around sb, to hang about

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rôder autour de qn

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to tell, to foresee

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deviner

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congested, cluttered

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