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1
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to exonerate

[ > 2 ]

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( entlasten, befreien [von einem Versprechen/einer Verbindlichkeit] )
disculper
[ > exonérer, acquitter ]

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tenir

[ > 3 ]

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to hold, to keep, to get, to control
[ > retenir - to hold back, to keep, to stifle, to remember ]
[ > recevoir - to receive, to get, to welcome, to greet ]
[ > recéler - to teceive, to hold ]

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3
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mockery

> 2

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f. une raillerie
m. un persiflage
> narquois,e

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4
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ant

[ > une expression ]

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f. une fourmi
to have pins and needles -
avoir des fourmis

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5
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stunning

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(+ super, splendid)

épatant,e

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6
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spouse

[ > 1 ]

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m.f. un conjoint, une conjointe

[ = un époux, une épouse ]

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7
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bastard (2)

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m. un salaud

un bâtard

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8
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ship, vessel (2)

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m. un vaisseau (mpl vaisseaux) [vɛso]

m. un navire

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9
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bladder

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f. une vessie

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10
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to award
[ > 3 ]
[ != 1 ]

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décerner (verleihen, vergeben, belohnen, zusprechen)
[ > accorder, exaucer, impartir ]
[ != discerner ]

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11
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intermittently

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par intermittence
(in Abständen, mit Unterbrechungen, zeitweise)
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12
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thumb wheel / toothed wheel

[ != 1 ]

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f. une molette

[ != une mallette - suitcase, briefcase, toolbox ]

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13
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to make a confession

[ > 2 ]

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passer aux aveux
[m. un aveu - confession]
[ > avouer ]

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14
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to devour
[ > 8 ]
[ != 1 ]
[ > une expression ]

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(+ to gobble up, to wolf down, to sink down, to go down [un navire] )
engloutir
[ > engouffrer - to wolf/shovel down, to cram/stuff in, to swallow up ]
[ ingurgiter, se gaver, dévorer, bâfrer, sombrer, couler, avaler ]
s’engloutir = to be engulfed (verschlungen, versenkt, umflossen)
[ != engourdir ]
[ couler à pic - to go straight to the bottom ]

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15
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to kill

[ > 2 ]

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buter [tuer]
buter sur / contre - to bump into
[ > bousculer ]

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16
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to exasperate

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(verärgern, zur Verzweifulung bringen)
excéder(+ exceed, irritate)
excéder qn. - to drive sb mad

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17
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asshole
[ > adj ]
[ > 2 ]

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(+ idiot)
m. un con
adj. con,ne = stupid
> un connard = jerk
> un enfoiré - douchebag
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18
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to cloud
> 1 verbe
> 2 substantifs
> une phrase

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embrumer [ > brouiller, le brouillard ]
[ > une brume - haze, mist, fog ]
Il laisse ses émotions embrumer son bon sens.

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19
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to pile up, to cram

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entasser

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20
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pig
[ > 1 adj ]
[ > 2 substantifs ]

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m. un cochon
[adj. cochon,ne = dirty]
[ un goinfre - pig ]
[ un sagouin, une sagouine - filthy pig, slob ]

21
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son-in-law

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m. un gendre

22
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mate, buddy (3)

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m. un pote
m. un gaillard
m. un copain

23
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winner, conqueror

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m. un vainqueur

24
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fuckpad
[ > 1 ]
[> 2 verbes ]

A 
(A usually small and sparsely-furnished apartment you keep for the sole purpose of fucking. )
m. un baisodrome
[ > baiser - to kiss, to fuck ]
[ > niquer ]
[ = une garçonnière ]
25
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tenant

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m. un locataire

26
Q

to half-open

[ > 1 ]

A

entrouvrir

[ > bâiller - to yawn, to be ajar, to be half-open ]

27
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to darken, to grow dark

> 2

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obscurcir

[ > noircir, foncer ]

28
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without competition

[ > une phrase ]

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hors concours

Un crétin hors concours - An extreme idiot

29
Q

joystick

[ != 1 ]

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(+lever)
f. une manette (de jeu)
[ != une menotte ]

30
Q

to get dumped (2)

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se faire larguer
se faire plaquer
(larguer: to drop, to slip, to let out, to walk out on, to release)

31
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retard

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m. un demeuré

32
Q

what a goddamn mess (2)
[ > 5 substantifs ]
[ > 1 adj ]

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Quel bordel!
Quelle galère!

> un saccage, une pagaille, un désordre, un taudis, un imbroglio
bordélique

33
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naughty (9)

A 
(+ mischievous, malicious)
coquin,e
vilain,e
grivois,e
espiègle
mutin,e
frippon,ne
taquin,e
malicieux,se
malveillant,e
34
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one-night-stand

[ > 1 ]

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m. un plan cul
(+ fuck buddy)
[ une coucherie ]

35
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gamble

[ > 1 ]

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(+bet, wager)
m. un pari
[ > parier ]

36
Q

to make a gaffe / blunder

[ > 2 ]

A

faire une boullette
(une boullette = ball)
[ > commettre une bévue ]
[ > un bide - belly, flop ]

37
Q

resumption

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(Wiederaufnahme, Enteignung, Lizenzentzug)
f. une reprise
+ repeat, rerun (le cinéma, une émission de tv)

ils ne font pas de reprises, mais leurs prix sont très compétitifs - they don’t produce any return …
à plusieurs reprises - on several occasions, several times

38
Q

filth

[ > 2 ]

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(+ scum, obscenity)
f. une ordure
[ > une saleté ]
[ > les immondices - rubbish, trash ]

39
Q

she looks like a goddess, she makes me drool

A

Elle a l’air d’une déesse, elle me fait baver

40
Q

christian

A

m.f. un chrétien / une chrétienne

41
Q

string pulling

[ > 1 ]

A

m. le piston (+ valve, piston [Kolben] )

[ > une soupape - valve ]

42
Q

damn annoying

[ > 1 ]

A

chiant,e
[+ boring, tiresome]
[ > fastidieux (f fastidieuse) ]

43
Q

fuck you

A

Je t’emmerde!

Je vous emmerde!

44
Q

go fuck off

A

Va te faire foutre!

45
Q

spate, waterfall

[ != 1 ]

A

(Welle, Flut, Schwall, Serie)
f. une cascade
[ != une pelle ]

46
Q

deaf

[ > 3 ]

A 
(+ muffled, muted, dull [une douleur] )
sourd,e
> muet,te
> abasourdir - to deafen, to stun
> en sourdine - muted, quietly, softly
47
Q

ring (4)

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m. un anneau, une bague, une alliance, un cercle

48
Q

phenomenal

A

prodigieux,euse

49
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to take off

[ > 5 ]

A

(+ to go, to give, to spin)
filer
filer qch à qn - to give sb sth
( démarrer, s’emballer, s’envoler )
[ > ficher - to do, to give, to throw/kick out, to throw away, to get rid of, to (put on) file, to drive/stick in ]
[ > prendre son essor - to fly/take off ]

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