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Defeat collapse

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Déconfiture f

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Nature and nurture

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I’inné et l’acquis
Inné inborn, natural, innate, intuitive
P avait un don inné pour la musique

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Hail of bullets

Scrap metal

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Mitraille f

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Resolute, unwaveeing

Unmovable

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Inébranlable adj

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Hang around

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Faire le pied de grue

Grue crane

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Petrify v

Paralyze v

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Tétaniser

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Pathetic

Sad inconsolable

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Lamentable

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Freestyle (swimming)

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Nage libre
Être en nage be soaked/drenched in sweat
Il était en nage après son sprint.

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Straighten up, set back upright

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Redresser

And fig. l’économie se redresse après une crise

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Hold on, cling on v

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S’accrocher à qqn/ à qqc

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Pull through, survive

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Réchapper à qqc

Elle a fini par réchapper à son cancer du sein.

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Take care of things, manage

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Se débrouiller

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Swell

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Houle f

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Nose sl

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Pif m

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Untimely ill-timed

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Intempestif -ve

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To joke, banter

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Blaguer

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Resentment grudge

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Rancune f

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18
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Horse inf

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Bourrin m

Adj. Rogh, brutish, w/ o finesse

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Pain, slight injury, scratch, graze

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Bobo m

And bourgeois- bohème and boho nm and adj

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Be sick as a dog

Hurt as hell

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Avoir un mal de chien

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Trifle ( for thing wo value and for a thing wo importance)

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Bricole f

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Limp v

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Boiter

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Supervise lead v

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Encadrer

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Momentum
Urge desire(sexual)
Rush surge (affection)
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Élan m

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Scrape scrub

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Racler

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Greyhound bitch

Doggy style

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Levrette f

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27
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Risqué juicy suggestive

Difficult thorny

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Scabreux adj

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Fear fright n

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Frayeur f

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hold [sth] out vtr + adv
offer vtr
hold [sth] out to [sb] v expr
offer [sth] to [sb] vtr + prep

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tendre qch à qqn vtr (présenter qch à qqn)

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Accuracy precision
Faithful true relevance
Pertinence accuracy

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Justesse f

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31
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by mutual agreement

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De gré à gré

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be [sb]’s puppet, be under [sb]’s thumb v expr

(financial motivations) be in [sb]’s pocket v expr

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Être à la botte de qqn

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In addition to

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En sus de

sus à interj (à bas, à mort,…) down with … i

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34
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Stateless

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Apatride nmf and adj

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35
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Shoe box

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Carton à chaussures m

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36
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Pawn shop

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Mont-de-piété m

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37
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Not feel well feel off colour under the weather

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Être mal fichu

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38
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Sword

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Épée f

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39
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Appearance

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Mise f

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40
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Disappointment

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Déception f

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41
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this/it doesn’t look good to me expr

this/it doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence expr

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ça ne me dit rien qui vaille expr

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42
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Nick, slammer (slang for prison), jail
Digs, pad
Brothel

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Taule f

Tôle

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43
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shovelful n

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pelletée nf

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44
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nail down expr
nail together expr

(forcer à l’immobilité) (to bed) confine vtr
(informal, figurative) pin down expr
(plane)

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Clouer

Je cloue une planche sur la vieille porte pour la réparer.

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45
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Shades hues tones

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Camaïeu m

And cameo

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46
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Smutty

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Égrillard

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47
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become infatuated with, become besotted with v

be crazy about expr

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s’enticher

Il s’est entiché de cette gamine beaucoup trop jeune.

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turn away, send away vtr
 	 (informal)	give the boot expr
 	 (a visitor)	usher out vtr
 		dismiss vtr
 		reject
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Éconduire

J’ai éconduit Pierre car je n’ai aucun sentiment pour lui.

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possessor n

bearer n

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détenteur,
nm, nf holder
détenteur du permis de conduire nm (UK) driving licence holder n

50
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nothing wrong, no problem

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Rien á redire

51
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Booty hoard

52
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Swindle v

53
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Be in agony

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souffrir le martyre be in agony v

Depuis que je me suis tordu la cheville, je souffre le martyre !

54
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Spark glint flash

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Étincelle f

55
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Kick the bucket

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passer l’arme à gauche loc v figuré (mourir) (informal, figurative)

56
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Waxy and fig

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Cireux -se

57
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Glum morose sorrowful mournful

Dreary bleak

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Lugubre adj

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Hovel

59
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Cheer up, loosen up brighten up

Put a smile on sb face

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Dérider

Se dérider

60
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Stammerer n

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Bègue

M est bègue adj have a stammer, stutter

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Snack n

62
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Overalls

63
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Sensational terrific fam

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Du tonnerre

Tonnerre thunder

64
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Bruise n

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Hématome m

65
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Solvable

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Soluble

And soluble

66
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Black eye shiner

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Coquard m

Coquart m

67
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Briefly temporarily

For a short while

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Passagèrement

68
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Sensible reasonable well thought out adj

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Sensé

Il disait les choses sensées

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Hairy shaggy

70
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Grudge resentment hard feelings

71
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Fabulous

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Mirobolant

72
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Crime offence

73
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Downward/vicious cycle

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Spirale f
And spiral
Il est retombé dans la spirale de l’alcoolisme après le décès de son épouse

74
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Savings nest egg holiday bonus

75
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Sing at the top of your voice

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S’égosiller

shout at the top of your voice, shout yourself hoarse expr

76
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Swindle v

77
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On the sky illegally

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À la sauvette

78
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Cost estimate, quote

79
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Flat fee, flat price, contract

Price,package, bundle

80
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Initiation ritual

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Bizutage m

81
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Pothole

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Nid-de-poule m

82
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Iron out, flatten, level

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Aplanir
s’aplanir⇒ be smoothed out, be ironed out
disappear vi

83
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Skunk

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Moufette sconse m

84
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plug, stop, seal, seal off, stop up vtr

85
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disclose, leak, divulge, noise vtr

86
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Nut and bolt

87
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Dodge sidestep evade

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Esquiver

Esquive nf evasion swerve dodge sidestep

88
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Shoe fam

89
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Shovel v

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Pelleter qqc

90
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Fail v

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Recaler

Il a été recalé à l’oral.

91
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Hut shack

92
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Scope scale range stature

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Envergure f

Ce projet manque un peu d’envergure.

93
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Gaping, wide open gap

94
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Mutt dog pooch

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Clébard m

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Initial, sign v

96
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Stepladder stool

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Escabeau m

97
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Crash! Bang! (Onomatopoei)

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trifle, something trivial, nothing n

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Broutille f

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Aries, ram

100
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Unexpected unforseen

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Inopiné adj

Le général a fait une inspection inopinée du régiment.

101
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thumb your nose at [sb] v expr

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faire un pied de nez à qqn loc

102
Q

Cutoff, end

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Butoir m

La date butoir a été fixé à fin juin.

103
Q

Renounce, disown

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Renier
Se renier disavow your opinions, abandon your convictions v expr
(promise) break vtr

104
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Mope around

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Se morfondre

105
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Hoop

106
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Laugh, joke n

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Rigolade f

rigolade easy peasy, dead easy adj a piece of cake expr

107
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Meagre fare, pittance

108
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Basic fee

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Émolument m

émolument nm inheritance, part of an inheritance n

109
Q

Pickaxe

110
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Visor, peak on cap

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Visière
La visière de son casque le protégeait de la pluie.
Placer la main en visière

111
Q

) on the sly expr
in secret, discreetly adv
(vote, meeting, etc.) behind closed doors expr

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En catimini

112
Q

Door/window frame

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Chambranle m

113
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Guard of honou

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La haie d’honneur (former une..)

114
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Embolden, make braver v

115
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Bell

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Grelot m (jingle bell)

116
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Blow/wipe yr nose

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Se moucher

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