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Vocabulaire Littéraire > Star Wars: L'Ancienne République: Complots > Flashcards

Star Wars: L'Ancienne République: Complots Flashcards

1
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Étreindre

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To hug, to clasp (littéraire)

To seize; to grip oppressively or in anger (soutenu)

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Lasse

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Weary

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Lasser

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To weary, to exhaust, to tire, to bore

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Des jérémiades (f)

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Wailing, lamentations

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Des cernes (m)

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Shadows, dark rings under the eyes

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Un abîme (m)

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An abyss, chasm, gulf

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Se raviser

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To change one’s mind

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Empreinte

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Imprinted; stamped
Can also be a noun:
A footprint, a track, a mark, an imprint

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Rayonner

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To beam, to glow

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Le teint

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The tint; the color, can refer to skin color as well

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La buvette

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Refreshment stall

Pump room

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Un commanditaire

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Sleeping or silent partner; backer; sponsor

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13
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L’échiquier (m)

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The chessboard

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L’ombre d’un sourire accrocha ses lèvres

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The shadow of a smile played upon his lips

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Foncer

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To charge, to thrust, to speed along

To darken

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Un voile

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A veil

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Un serrement de cœur

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A pang of anguish; pulling of the heartstrings

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Un serrement de main

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A handshake

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19
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La rouille

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Rust

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20
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Être aux aguets

Demurer aux augets

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To be on watch/lookout/guard

To stay on watch/lookout/guard

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21
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Bringuebalant

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Shaky, rickety

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Un couinement

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A squeak, a whine

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23
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Embuer

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To mist up/over

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24
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S’accroupir

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To crouch down, to squat

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25
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Le palier

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The landing

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Déglinguer

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To break, to bust

To wreck the health

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Jouxter

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To be adjacent to, to adjoin

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28
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Fêler

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To crack

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29
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Entrouvert(e)

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Half-open, ajar

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30
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Ébaucher

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To sketch

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31
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Un grésillement

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A crackling

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32
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S’efforcer

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To try hard

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33
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Mettre qqn dans un secret

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To let someone in on a secret

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34
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Un badaud

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A curious onlooker

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35
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Abréger

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To abbreviate, to cut short

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36
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S’effriter

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To crumble off

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37
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Un déferlement

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A flood, an unleashing

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38
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Congédier

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To dismiss

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39
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Se caler

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To settle into (ex. a chair)

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40
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Soigneusement

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Carefully

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41
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S’esclaffer

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To burst out laughing

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42
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Être interloqué

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To be taken aback

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43
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Se pencher

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To bend

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44
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Tu jaillis d’une nébuleuse

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To jump out of a nebula

ie To come out of nowhere

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45
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Il se peut que je veuille bien t’aider. Il se peut que je puisse le faire.

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It is possible that I am willing to help you. It is possible that I can do it.

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46
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Braquer un regard

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To turn a gaze

47
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Rompre

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To break

48
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Une nouveauté

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A novelty

49
Q

S’il devait voler avec quelqu’un, autant que ce soit elle.

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If he had to fly with somebody, it might as well be her.

50
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Bourdonner

A

To buzz

51
Q

Avoir un timing du tonnerre

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To have a hell of a sense of timing

52
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L’air abasourdie

A

A bewildered air

53
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Le vacarme

A

The noise

54
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La concordance temporelle

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The timing

55
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S’étrecire

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To narrow oneself

56
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Repérer

A

To spot

57
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Quasiment

A

Almost

58
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Effleurer

A

To touch, to brush

59
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Quelconque

A

Any

60
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Entraider

A

To help one another

61
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Étrécir

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To narrow, to straighten, to shrivel, to shrink

62
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Le croiseur

A

The cruiser

63
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Un hublot

A

A porthole

64
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La divergence

A

The divergence

65
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S’opérer

A

To take place

66
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Creux

A

Hollow

67
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Le blocus

A

The blockade

68
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L’afflux

A

The influx

69
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Les veines

A

The veins

70
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La désillusion

A

The disappointment

71
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Un manigance

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A little scheme

72
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Une putréfaction organique

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An organic decomposition

73
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Une cohue

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A bustle

74
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En beuglant

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By squalling(mooing)

75
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Un pas titubant

A

A staggering step

76
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Trottoir

A

Pavement

77
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Surendettement

A

Over-indebtedness

78
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Freddonner

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To hum

79
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Ciller

A

To blink

80
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Un talent inné

A

An innate talent

81
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Un atout

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An asset(trump card)

82
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Le vacarme

A

The noise

83
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Déguerpir

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To blot, to make a run for it, to clear off

84
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L’appareil de la cible

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The device/craft of the target

85
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Un visage ridé

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A wrinkled face

86
Q

Le trottoir roulant

A

The moving walkway

87
Q

Une cloison

A

A partition

88
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Les aires d’atterrissage

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Landing areas

89
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Des grues automatisées (f)

A

Automated cranes

90
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Une avancée

A

An advance

91
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Déceler

A

Reveal

92
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Épier

A

To spy on, eavesdrop

93
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Ignorer

A

To not know

To ignore

94
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La paroi

A

The wall

95
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A la barbe de qqn

A

Under the nose of someone

96
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Dégagner

A

To free, to clear, to emit

97
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Filer qqn/qqch

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To trail/follow someone or something

98
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Bourdonner

A

To buzz, to hum

99
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Un arc fulgurant

A

A lightning bow(arc)

100
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Âcre

A

Acrid

101
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Frôler

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To touch, brush, skim past, come very close to something

102
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Une traînée noirâtre

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A blackish trail

103
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Une fumerolle

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A fumarole

A steaming hole

104
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Des gerbes d’étincelles

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Showers of sparks

105
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Une moue

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A pout

106
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Tétanisés

A

Paralyzed

107
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S’aplatir

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To flatten oneself

108
Q

Laisser qqn/qqch hors d’haleine

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To leave something out of breath

109
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Une main engourdie

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A numb hand

110
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Un aisselle (f)

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An armpit

111
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Le mollet

A

The calf

112
Q

Décapotable

A

Convertible

113
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S’accroupir

A

Squat

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