Paris L'instant Vocabulaire Flashcards

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1
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une serre

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A greenhouse

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d’en bas

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From below

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Moite

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Moist

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entrailles

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Entrails or bowels

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mêle

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Mix

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faïence

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Earthenware (like tile)

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morne

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Dreary

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Grimper

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To climb

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à part

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Apart

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quatre à quatre

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Very quickly

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Tenir (tenu)

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To hold

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haut des marches

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Top of the stairs

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Ce bout

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This tip/end

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treillageant le ciel

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Trellis the sky

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Une ivresse

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A drunkenness

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Une chance redonnée

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A chance given again

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Noyè

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Drowned

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échappé

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Escaped

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La noyade

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The drowning

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20
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Du puits

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From the well

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21
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Remonter

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To go up

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22
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Une serpillière

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A mop

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Enroulée

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Rolled up (f)

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Ficelée

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Tied up (f)

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Caniveau

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Gutter

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la bouche d’égout

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Manhole

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Un barrage

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A dam

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Endiguer

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To stem (slow)

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29
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Pluie ruisselent

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Dripping rain

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30
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Rigole

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Laugh

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31
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menaçant

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Threatening

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32
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d’envahir

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To invade

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33
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Chaussée

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Causeway

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Confluent

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Confluence

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Survivre

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Survive

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Astuce

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Trick

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S’étonne

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To surprise (oneself)

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Ancrage

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Anchor

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39
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Inconscients

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Oblivious

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Ritualisent

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Ritualize

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41
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La matière

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The matter

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42
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Toile

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Canvas

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43
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effiloché

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Frayed

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44
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Au coin

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At the corner

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45
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Humilité

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Humility

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46
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secrètement liée

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Secretly linked

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Mouillure

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Wetting

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48
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Pavé

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Pavement

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49
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La procédé

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The process

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50
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Surtout

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Mostly

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51
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une espèce de planification insistante du systeme

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A kind of insistant planning of the system

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52
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Voirie

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Roads

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53
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cogne

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to bang (cogner)

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54
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poursuivre

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to pursue

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55
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suivre

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to follow

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56
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ne pas

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do not

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57
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défait

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fact

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58
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respire

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to breathe

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59
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reçoit

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receives (recevoir)

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60
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l’ecadrement

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the framing

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61
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engoguette

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on the spurs

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62
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de piste

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track

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63
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le vocable

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the word

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64
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nommer

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to appoint

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65
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dérisoire

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laughable

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66
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quadrillage

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grid

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67
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frondeur

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rebellious

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canaille

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scoundrel

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balafré

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scar

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70
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fiévreuse

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feverish

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71
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angoisse

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anguish

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72
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maladif

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sickly

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73
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fait de tout

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does it all

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74
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le pan de mur

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section of the wall

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75
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les fauteuils

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the couches

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76
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le poussiére

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the dust

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77
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puisse

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may (like allowed or able)

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78
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reculant

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retreating (recuter)

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79
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soumis

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submitted (subject to)

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80
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apparence

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appearance

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81
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slalomer

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to slalom

82
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les files

A

the lines/lanes

83
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se faufiler

A

to sneak

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la marge

A

the margin

85
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happées

A

snapped up

86
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aussitôt

A

immediately

87
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salauds

A

bastards

88
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rétroviseur de droite

A

right side mirror

89
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un pan d’immeuble

A

a section of building

90
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la rumeur

A

the rumor

91
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vitrines

A

shop windows

92
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nommer

A

to name

93
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l’élan

A

momentum

94
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repris

A

picked up

95
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marronniers

A

chestnut trees

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cueillir

A

to pick (to collect, to gather)

97
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laiteux

A

Milky

98
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déployaient

A

Were deploying

99
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swinguer

A

To swing

100
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ailleurs

A

Elsewhere

101
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allégresse

A

Joy

102
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forcher

A

To force

103
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jaillissement

A

Gushing

104
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battement

A

Beat

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L’éclat

A

The shine

106
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pedaler

A

To pedal

107
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volupté

A

Pleasure

108
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affectation

A

Assignment

109
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cyclopedique

A

Cyclopedic

110
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afficher

A

Display

111
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ostensiblement

A

Ostensibly

112
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citadines

A

City dwellers

113
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déhanchées sur leur selle

A

Swaying in their saddle

114
Q

en descendant

A

Coming down

115
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accroupissant

A

Squatting down

116
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l’antivol

A

The lock

117
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la grille

A

The grid

118
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adoucie

A

Softened

119
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De tant de pas

A

So many steps

120
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attiédissait

A

Lulled

121
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Franche

A

Frank

122
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Passant

A

Passerby

123
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Commerçant

A

Merchant

124
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s’accumulent

A

Accumulate

125
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lisière

A

Edge

126
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Godasses

A

Shoes

127
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rayonnages

A

Shelving

128
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une tiédeur

A

A warmness

129
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assouplit

A

Softens

130
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Saiser

A

To grab

131
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Redouter

A

To dread

132
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L’empilement

A

The stacking

133
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tire-bouchon

A

Corkscrew

134
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epluche-legumes

A

Vegetable peeler

135
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mine de rien

A

Casually

136
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paraphe

A

Initials

137
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coffre

A

Chest

138
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imparables

A

Unstoppable

139
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Publicité

A

Advertising

140
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autant

A

As much

141
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répandue

A

Widespread

142
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un appel

A

A call

143
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l’exiguïté

A

A smallness

144
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rédhibitoire

A

Crippling

145
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La bâche

A

The tarp

146
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Grisaille

A

Greatness

147
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éloignement

A

Remoteness

148
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Froideur

A

Coldness

149
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Anonymat

A

Anonymity

150
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l’angoissant

A

The agonizing

151
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La paroi

A

The wall

152
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enclos

A

Enclosure

153
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sont à quai

A

Are docked

154
Q

Au long

A

Along

155
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soldats de plomb

A

Toy soldiers

156
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un lorgnon

A

An eyeglass

157
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médailles

A

Medals

158
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centaines de mètres

A

hundreds of meters

159
Q

il y a ceux

A

there are those

160
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regardent á peine

A

hardly watch

161
Q

bougonnant

A

grumbling

162
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vitrines

A

shop windows

163
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les gosses

A

the kids

164
Q

passerelle

A

bridge

165
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fluo

A

neon

166
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nounours

A

teddy bear

167
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la banquise

A

the ice

168
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accablement

A

overwhelming

169
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émerveillement

A

wonder

170
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la reste

A

the rest

171
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pas si joyeux

A

not so happy

172
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malgré

A

despite

173
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au bord

A

at the edge

174
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l’étal chatoyant

A

shimmering stall

175
Q

pendouille

A

pendulum

176
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obsédante

A

hauntine

177
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des courants d’air

A

drafts

178
Q

lisière

A

edge

179
Q

bousculer

A

jostle

180
Q

relancer

A

to revive

181
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déhanchent

A

wiggle

182
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le bout

A

the end

183
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dépasser

A

to exceed

184
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au retour d’école

A

after school

185
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cartable

A

school bag

186
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sifflotant

A

whistling

187
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on s’ecarte

A

we move away

188
Q

Penché

A

Leaning

189
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Marrant

A

Funny

190
Q

Mansarde

A

Attic

191
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Aménagé

A

Finished

192
Q

Mener

A

Lead

193
Q

Courbe

A

Curve

194
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créatrice

A

Creator

195
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En somme

A

In short

196
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s’agirait

A

Would be

197
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plutôt

A

Rather

198
Q

Toits

A

Rooftops

199
Q

paysage

A

Landscape

200
Q

la mainmise

A

The stranglehold

201
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compterait

A

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