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Leg of lamb

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Gigot m

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Turnip

A dud, rubbish, turkey fig

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Navet m

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What a treat!

Joy, feast, delight!

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Quel régal!

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Steam boat

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Bateau à vapeur m

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Handle ( on bucket fx)

Cove, bay

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Anse f

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Quench sbs thirst, be thirst-quenching

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Désaltérer

Quench yr thirst se ….

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Silver ware , silver

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Argenterie f

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Rabbit stew

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Gibelotte f

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Hound’s tooth cloth

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Pied-de-poule adj

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Make-up n

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Fard m

And embellishment

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Dress v (pop)

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Se saper

And sap, undermine v

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Broom cupboard

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Placard à balais m

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Stitch (wound) v

Resew, sew back on

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Recoudre

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Rest n

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Relâche f

Le lundi est le jour de relâche des théâtres

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Swig, gulp gulp down knock back

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Lamper qch

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Gift of the gab inf

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Faconde f

Sa faconde a séduit maintes jolies filles

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The back of the hand

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Un revers de main

S’essuyer la bouche d’un revers de main

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Trumpet n

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Trompette f
Clarinette f
Piano m

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Unpack

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A Defaire ses valises

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Shoe fm

Container

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Grolle f

Godasse

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Swan

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Cygne m

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Have a snooze, catnap fam

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Pioncer

Se puoncer inf hit the sack

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Type v

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Taper

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Snag, hitch

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Anicroche f

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Prance about, hop up and down

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Se dandiner

Dandiner sway

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Box hedge

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Buis m

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Lock (canal)

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Écluse f

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Stunt, harden

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Racornir
Les pluies racornissent les plants.
Racorni shrivelled up

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Never ending, endless, long winded

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Interminable adj

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Outdated old fashioned

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Vieillot -te adj

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Sign, board, panel

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Panneau m

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Hard work, trudgery, labour, slog n

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Besogne f

Besogner v

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Charcoal

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Fusain m

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Weathervane

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Girouette f

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Sparrow

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Piaf m

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Dough, bread

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Pèze m

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Crappy, lousy, crammy

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Á la gomme

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Manager

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Gérant

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Calm down v

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Décolérer

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Short sharp terse

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Lapidaire adj

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Domestic violence

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Violence conjugal

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Contain, restrain, check

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Endiguer

And dyke up, stem the tide, dam up

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Scale

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Bascule f

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Night owl fig

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Noctambule

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Ice floe pack ice

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Banquise f
Les ours blancs se promènent sur la banquise.
Polar bears walk across the ice f

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Profession job

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Function f
And function
En function in office

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Be up in arms about

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Crier haro sur

: Le h est aspiré

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Tarmac

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Macadam m

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Urchin (child)

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Poulbot m

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Smile

Say smile!

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Faire risette
Fais risette! (Photo)
Les parents de bébés aiment bien lorsque ces derniers leur font risette.

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Big lipped thick-lipped adj

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Lippu

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basis, thread, basic outline, framework n

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Trame f

La trame du livre

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Unfold

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Déferler

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Strenuous gruelling hard

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Ardu

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Give birth

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Donner naissance à

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Sparse, thin
scattered, dispersed n
few and far between expr

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Clairsemé adj

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Troublemaker rebel

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Rebelle m

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in no way, by no means, not at all adv

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Nullement

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Naughty mischievous

Dirty sl

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Polisson adj

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Started begun under way

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Entamé

Presse-toi, la réunion est déjà entamée.

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Devote dedicate v

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Dédier

C’est un livre dédié à sa grand-mère. Adj

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Asbestos

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Amiante m

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Demonstration, march demo

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Manif f fam

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Stake bet n

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Enjeu m

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Pre-dinner drink

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Apéro m fam

prendre l’apéro loc v abr, familier (boire un verre avant de manger) have an aperitif v expr

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Rag, cloth

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Loque f

And wreck, couch potatoe

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Swig gulp inf

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Lampée f (de cognac)

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hideous, foul, awful, ghastly, unbearable adj

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odieux adj

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Hold your course

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Garder le cap

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Crazy absurd

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Saugrenu adj

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Wedge prop stall (car) v

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Caler

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Lifeless motionless adj

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Gisant

Le corps de la victime gisant sur le sol est à la vue de tous.

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Drip(hospital)

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Perfusion f
Le malade est actuellement sous perfusion
Etre sous perfusion be on a drip

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Door snake

Slang fat lump

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Boudin m

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Headrest

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Appuie-tête m

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Malign harmful adj

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Pernicieux adj -euse

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To feel bush sooner or later

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Finir tot ou tard

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Novice (beg)

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Blanc-bec m

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Eagle

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Aigle m

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Landscape gardener

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Paysagiste nmf

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Cook up knock together throw together inf

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Fricoter

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Narrow minded reactionary ( derogatory)

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Bien-pensant
And right thinking person
person who can think for himself, person who can think for herself n

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Derogatory

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Péjoratif

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Enormous gigantic staggering

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Faramineux adj -ruse

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Relentlessly

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D’arrache pied

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Demand v

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Exiger

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NATO

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OTAN

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End in

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Se solder par
Solder settle, clear
Ce chèque soldera nos dettes.
This cheque will clear our debt

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Unruly lock (hair)
Persistant (cough)
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Mèche rebelle

And rebellious rebelle adj and n as a rebel

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Status, rank, position

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Grade m
And grade (job etc)
Grader get a promotion

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Convertible open top

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Décapotable f and adj

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Tough ( meat, person)

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Coriace adj

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Grill, pump, question someone fam

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Cuisiner

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Beany, woollen hat

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Bonnet m

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Rush, hurry, push around

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Brusquer

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To strike

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Faire grève

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Laugh in sb’s face expr

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Rire au nez de qqn

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Hard of hearing

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Être dur d’oreille

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Have an aperitif

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Prendre l’apéro

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In turn

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Chacun à son tour

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Spy, secret agent, spook

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Barbouze nmf

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Bug, hassle, tease

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Asticoter
Antoine asticote tout le temps sa petite sœur.
Antony keeps bugging his little sister.

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Restore, rebuild, rehabilitate

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Redorer
redorer son blason restore one’s image v
regain prestige

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Hoard, booty

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Magot m

Personne n’a encore trouvé le magot de ce pirate.

105
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Solemn, grandiose, pompous

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Solennel -le

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Hesitation wavering adv

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Flottement

moment de flottement nm (moment d’incertitude) moment of hesitation n

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