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Reading Flashcards

1
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toile

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canvas

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récolter > récolte, moisson

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to reap > reaping

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nez écrasé

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mashed-in nose

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boueux, sale

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muddy

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se méfier, ne pas faire confiance

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to distrust

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noyer

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to drown

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maigrichon

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scrawny

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ver (de terre)

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worm

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puce (insecte)

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flea

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épée

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sword

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en plus, d’ailleurs

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besides

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transporter, communiquer

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to convey

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chercher

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to seek

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insouciant

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heedless

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  • imprudent (insouciant du danger)
  • téméraire
    ex. : conduite dangereuse
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reckless

ex.: reckless driving

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ça fait penser à autre chose,

ça me change les idées

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it takes my mind off things

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apercevoir, voir

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to behold (beheld)

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C’est une histoire passionnante/palpitante

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the tale is thrilling

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garniture (sofa, chair, car) = tissu de la chaise

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upholstery

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tricot > tricoter

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knitting > to knit

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merveille (= amazing person or thing)

> merveilleux

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wonder

> wondrous

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malle (= luggage, storage)

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trunk

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curieux, indiscret, fouineux

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nosy

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timbré, cinglé, fou (informal)

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barmy

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C’est un lâche

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He’s a coward

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glisser, déraper

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to slither back

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  • estimer
  • considérer
  • penser (+ (that))
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to reckon

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28
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écouter ce qui se dit

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to eavesdrop

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29
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baver

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to drool

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30
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wagon

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the carriage

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31
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le souper

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the supper

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32
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adieu, départ, au revoir

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farewell

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en rester sidéré

en être tres étonné

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to boggle the mind

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disparaître

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to vanish

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35
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qui donne la chair de poule

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creepy

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36
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qui manque de tact

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tactless

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37
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enterré

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buried

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38
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commencer à sortir avec qqn

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to hook up with

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39
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bite

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dick

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40
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devierger?

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deflower

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brume, nuage

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haze

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nul [US]

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douche

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Gemeaux

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Gemini

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glousser

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chuckless

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45
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avoir le souffle coupé

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to gasp

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avoir peur du sang

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to be squeamish about blood

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47
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égratignure

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a scratch

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48
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à peine

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barely

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49
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laisser tomber

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to drop

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50
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surmonter, venir à bout, vaincre

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to overcome

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51
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sportif

Ecossais

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jock

Jock

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52
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éclairer

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enlighten

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53
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indulgent, léger

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lenient

54
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accidenté, blessé, victime, mort

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casualty

55
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colon

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settler

56
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rafraichir

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to brush up on

57
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un corneille (oiseau)

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a crow

58
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ça fait rien, peu importe, tant pis

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never mind

59
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cimetiere

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graveyard

60
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je me jette à ton cou

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I throw myself at you

61
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baiser

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to screw

62
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devoir qqch à qqn

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to owe

63
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qui a soif

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thirsty

64
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enlever

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abduct

65
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gauche, maladroit

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clumsy

66
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soul, bourré

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boozy

67
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fougueux

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feisty

68
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passer de generations en générations

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to pass down

69
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essayer, tenter,

tentative

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to attempt

70
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se vanter

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to brag

71
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kitsch

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kitschy

72
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etre condamné à faire qqch

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to be doomed to do

73
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fille

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gal

74
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cran

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spunk

75
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crevé [US]

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pooped

76
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evenement clé

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milestone

77
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déchirer, mettre en piece

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to rip up

78
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signe, avant-coureur de

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a harbinger of

79
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admirateur

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stalker

80
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enchainer

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to chain up

81
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pieu

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a stake

82
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ficher en l’air, perturber , merder

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to screw up

83
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trop sur de soi

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cocky

84
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cracher (le morceau)

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to spit (it) out

85
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materiel, equipement, tenue (sport)

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gear

86
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bouillir, bouillonner

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to seeth

87
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un petit morceau de

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a shred of

88
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je ne baisse pas souvent les bras

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I’m not a quitter

89
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se remettre en route, passer à autre chose

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to move on

90
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engagé, dévoué

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committed

91
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cassette

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a tape

92
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fou

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insane

93
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boutonneux, binoclard

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a nerd

94
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apparaitre, surgir

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to pop up

95
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chiffon

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the rag

96
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allumage, contact (voiture)

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ignition

97
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bien-aimé, chéri

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beloved

98
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être tenté

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to be tempted to

99
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pris sous l’impulsion du moment

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spur-of-the-moment

100
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pommade (bleeding)

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ointment

101
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nul à chier, merdique

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shitty

102
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pierre precieuse, perle

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gem

103
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fut (bierre)

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keg

104
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enjeu

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stake

105
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hurler

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to yell

106
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fichu

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damned

107
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ça craint!

A

(it) sucks

108
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remuer

tripoter qqch

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to fidget

109
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salope, pute

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a slut

110
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trahir

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to betray

111
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allié

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ally

112
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en cavale (US)

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on the lam

113
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salir, degueulasser

ficher en l’air

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to mess up

114
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soulagement

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relief

115
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peter un cable/plomb

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to freak

116
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PD (us)

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faggot

117
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flic

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cop

118
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saisir, empoigner, s’emparer de

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to grab

119
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couvre-feu

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curfew

120
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épave, décombres

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wreckage

121
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violeur

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rapist

122
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foutre le camp

agacer qqn

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to piss off

123
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second job

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sideline

124
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guérir, cicatriser

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to heal

125
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portée, envergure, place

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the scope

126
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en avant!

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onward!

127
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défaut

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flaw

128
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je me chiais dessus

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I was shitting myself

129
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trainer, passer du temps ensemble

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to hang out

130
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présumé

A

alleged

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