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fatherland
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la patrie
patrimony, matrimony, get married to your fatherland
2
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upcoming elections
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les elections anticipées
3
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elect someone in universal suffrage
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elire qqn au suffrage universel
4
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ballot, balloting
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le scrutin
5
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pass a law
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voter une loi
6
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freedom of religion
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la liberte du culte
freedom to belong to a cult
7
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self-determination
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l’autodetermination
8
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abstain (from voting)
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s’abstenir
9
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constituency
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une conscription (electorale)
conscript all the voters in your constituency and they won’t vote for you
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parliamentary pay
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l’indemnite parlementaire
11
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dismiss
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renvoyer
messanger dismissed, sent back to where he came from
12
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minister of Justice
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le/la Garde de Sceaux
minister of justive, death, guards the waters of the Stix with his scythe
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carry out a cabinet reshuffle
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proceder a un remaniement ministeriel
reshuffle all the ministers’ hands
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tax authorities
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le fisc
15
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tax somebody
A
imposer qqn
taxed for being an impostor
16
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join
A
se rallier a
17
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neo-Gaullist party
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le RPR
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party of centrist middle clases
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l’UDF
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police station
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le commissariat
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confess
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passer aux aveux
i confees to you that i tried to sell avon to eux
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a charge
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une inculpation
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dismissal of a charge
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le non-lieu
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give evidence for/against
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déposer en faveur de/contre qqn
I de-positioned myself to come give evidence at this trial
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self-defence
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la légitime défense
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imprisonment for life
la reclusion a perpetuite
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institute preliminary procedures
mettre qqn en examen
| initiate an investigation for bringing a mouse into an exam
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police custody
la garde a vue
| guarding you where they can see you
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house search
une perquisition
| inquisition searches your house 5 times a week
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piece of evidence
une pièce a conviction
30
blackmail someone
faire chanter qqn
| blackmail someone with a tape of them singing
31
blackmailer
un maitre-chanteur
32
management
le patronat
33
unauthorized strike
une greve sauvage
| savage slaves staged an unauthorized strike
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meet
se reunir
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union member
un adherent
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employees and employers
les partenaires sociaux
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to protest
contester
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call for a strike
lancer un ordre de grève
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walkout
un debrayage
| a herd of braying donkeys stages a walkout from the barn
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walk out
debrayer
| walk out braying donkey
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strikebreaker
un briseur de greve
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French-born child of maghrebins
un beur, beurette
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rise up against
se soulever contre
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arms race
la course aux armements
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conscript
un conscrit
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professional army
l'armee de metier
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navy
la marine
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submarine
un sous-marin
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aircraft carrier
un porte-avions
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emerge as victor
sortir vainqueur de
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senior years
le 3eme age
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make a fortune
faire fortune
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the disadvantaged
les desherites
| son disadvantaged because he didn't inherit anything
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economically disadvantaged
economiquement faible
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social gap
la fracture sociale
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give aid to someone
porter secours a qqn
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be at the top of
etre en tete de
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fade into the background
passer au second plan
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similiar
semblable
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funny
drole (after noun)
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strange
drole (before noun)
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unless
a moins que + subj + lit ne
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stumble, trip
buter
| trip on butter
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put a deep root in someone
plonger en qqn une racine que ne peut jamais etre arrachee
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border
la frontiere
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jangle, clicking, rattle
un cliquetis
| that clicking, tis coming from the rattling chain
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reckless, careless, lifeless
le inconscient
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stockpile, store (energy)
emmagasiner
| stockpile emmas in a magasin
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devoid, empty
denue
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to store
entreposer
| store self-abosrbement between posers
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with the result that
de sorte que
| I sorted my clothes with the result that my cupboard is clean
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pillow
un coussin
| made a pillow with my cousin's hair
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concealing, hiding
l'occulation
| hiding your occult leanings
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overshadow, obscure
occulter
| the fact that you worship the occult is more important to me than the fact that you're a priest
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seize, take over, possess
s'emparer
| take over a pair of emma's
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weave
se tisser
| weave a carpet out of tissues
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saint-like, legendary
hagiographique
| this old hag is a legendary geographer
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bolt, lock
un verrou
| where can I fing a glass lock
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to surface, become noticable, come to light
se faire jour
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fall in the birthrate
la denatalite
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deterioration, degeneration
la degenerescence
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nursing (adj)
allaitant
| aunt lysa was a bit late in stopping nursing
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stanza
la strophe
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era, age
un ere
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get out of limbo, come out of nowhere
sortir des limbes
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from the cradle to the grave
de berceau a tombeau
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become acquiainted with, meet
faire connaissance avec
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picteresque
pittoresque
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be on the crossroads of
etre au carrefour de
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in advance, prior to
au prealable
91
le colloque
seminar, symposium
| seminar about using colloquial language
92
obsolete, null
caduc
| a cat in inside a duck is an obsolete point to this argument
93
to not mention, ignore, not address
passer qqch sous silence
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glider,hover, float/be high
planer
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bring before, refer
deferer
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direct (towards), steer
aiguiller
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whiff, puff, rush (of)
une bouffee
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ant
une fourmi
| four ants sing for me
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sowing (seeds)
les semailles
| sam sowing seeds from the wings of his plane
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baldness
la calvitie
| a calvity forming in your head along with baldness
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pillow
l'oreiller
| put your ears on the pillow
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bluster, storm
faire rage
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old hand, veteran, old ace at smth
un briscard
| old ace in the brisbane card game
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dash forward, shoot up
s'elancer
| dash forward onto a lance, soul shoots up to the sky
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to dash off
partir a bride
| bride dashes off straight after the wedding
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fault
un defaut
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armour
la cuirasse
| racist got cooked in his armour
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taken aback
décontenancé
| taken about by de count's decision to marry nancy
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crest (bird)
une aigrette
| gretta - i has a bird crest
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region, area, land
la contree
| count owns all the trees in this region
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ardour, zeal, fire, spirit
la fougue
| the fou man said with ardour - foog u
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to idolize
idolâtre
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wavy
ondule
| two hondas battle in a wave pool duel
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beardless
imberbe
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red-faced
rougeaud
| red-faced because got eau'd
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benevolent
bienveillant
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to accept the evidence
se rendre a l'evidence
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claim to, reclaim
se réclamer de qch
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smooth, hairless, clean-shaven
glabre
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foot soldier
le fantassin
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link up, connect, bind (book)
relier
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shaft, pole, rod
le timon
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untie, undo
dénouer
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here an now, stright away
sur-le-champ
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attack
assailir
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breach, brake, gap
une brèche
127
line uup, pull over, side with
se ranger
128
chasten, scourge
chatier
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pilgramige
pèlerinage
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bold, daring
hardi
131
stampede, disarray
la débandade
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millenium
millénaire
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simultaneous
entrefaite
134
tomb
la sépulture
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steeped in, full of
pétri
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dawn (verb), emerge
se faire jour
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zeal
zèle
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collar
le col
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footpath
le sentier
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meandering, winding
sinueux
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it's very col
il fait un froid de loup
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raft
radeau
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exhausting
exténuant
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worsen, turn ugly
s'envenimer
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pierce, go through
tanspercer
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bitterly
amèrement
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conspiracy
une conjuration
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fury
impétuosité
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unchain
se dechainer
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one who keeps or drives elephants
cornac
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become even more stubborn
se buter
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to come up against
buter contre
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he's totally irresponsible
c'est un inconscient
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be under lock and key
etre sous verrous
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in declne
en pleine degenerescence
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nurse, breast feed
allaiter
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to bottle-feed
allaiter au biberon
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the amusing thing about all that
la pittoresque dans tout cela
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converse, discuss
colloquer
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deciduous tree
arbre a feuilles caduques
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to allow uncertainty to persist
laisser plainer le doute
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second hand
aiguille des secondes
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to clear a path
frayer le chemin
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surge of pride
bouffée d'orgueil
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to have a puff/drag
tirer une bouffee
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labourious task
travail de fourmi
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have pins and needles
avoir des fourmis dans les jambes
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be going bald
avoir un debut de calvitie
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to have free reign
avoir la bride sur le cou/lacher la bride sur qqn
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chink in the armour
le defaut de la cuirasse de qqn
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roll, ripple, sway
onduler
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he can't hold a candle to.
il n'arrive pas a la cheville de
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bombard with questions
assaillir de questions
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white-collar worker
col blanc/bleu
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muddy, garbage collector
boueux
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mouthpiece, mouth (river)
l'embouchure
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moistiness, sweatiness
la moiteur
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mow, flatten
faucher
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reprisal, retribution
represaille
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bloody, bloodthirsty
sanguinaire
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for good
pour de bon
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gravier
gravel, pit
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in an unyielding manner
inexorablement
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unfathomable, immense
insondable
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drum, drummer
le tambour
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drinking session
la beuverie
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squatting down
accroupi
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beam (of light)
le fasceau
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related to rain
pluviale
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one who studies caves
spéléologue
