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1
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To rip off

A

Arnaquer

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2
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Distressing, upsetting

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Navrant (adj) (c’est une situation navrante)

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3
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A brat

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Un morveux

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4
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The sway of a boat caused when waves strike the side of the ship (pitch)

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Tanguer

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5
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Without stop (adv)

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Inlassablement

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6
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To be in costume

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Être en costard

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7
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A small child (familier)

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Môme

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8
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To be hungry (familier)

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Avoir la dalle

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9
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Abée pierre

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Une prêtre français, fondateur du mouvement Emmaüs, une association caritative qui aide les personnes défavorisées.

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10
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Recommencer/ to start over (familier)

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Remettre le couvert

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11
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Pip in fruit

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Pépin

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12
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Woes

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Les maux (masculin)

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13
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Bark

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Une écorce

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14
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To hide (familier)

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Se planquer

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15
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Melancholic state

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Le vague à l’âme

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16
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Mourning

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Deuil

17
Q

To be in mourning

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Être en deuil

18
Q

Police force specialising in the containment of manifestations

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CRS (compagnie républicaine de sécurité)

19
Q

A Beehive

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Une Ruche

20
Q

To row (boat)/ to struggle (familier)

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Ramer

21
Q

To clear land

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Défricher

22
Q

Feverish

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Fébrile

23
Q

Procession (especially funerals)

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un cortège

24
Q

Dunce

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Cancre

25
Q

Sticky

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Poisseux

26
Q

sheepish

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penaud

27
Q

procrastinate

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remettre à plus tard / atermoyer / procrastiner

28
Q

at full speed

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à fond les manettes

29
Q

dotted with

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parsemé (eg. une mer parsemée d’icebergs)

30
Q

a blindfold

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un bandeau

31
Q

bumblebee

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un bourdon

32
Q

other word for supermarkets

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les grandes surfaces

33
Q

riots

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les émeutes

34
Q

bleach

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la javel

35
Q

Years past

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Naguère (l’école de naguère)

36
Q

Announcement (not common version used with wedding/ birth)

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Le faire-part