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Straight away, immediately

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Sitôt

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Erase, wipe, clean

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Effacer

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Bowlegged

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Bancal

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Strand of hair, candle wick, bit (horse halter), fuse

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Mèche f

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Meagre offering, pittance,

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Obole m

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Tanned, bronzed

Colouring

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Hâlé

Hâle m

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Enjoy v

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Jouir de

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Hop scotch

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Marelle f

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Dazzle

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Éblouir

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Squabble, quarrell, fall out

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Se brouiller

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Roll, wrap, fool, trick v

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Rouler

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Drill (tool)

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Perceuse f

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Beat up v

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Tabasser

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Plane (tool)

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Rabot m

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Hold up, support

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Soutenir

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Pride and joy

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Orgueil m

Martin, c’est l’orgueil de sa mère.

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Hardly, barely, scarcely

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À peine

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worm

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Ver m

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Perpetual, never ending

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Sempiternel adj

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Crumple up

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Chiffonner v

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Sleep like a log

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Dormir comme un loir

Loir, dormouse, + bother, worry

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Patch up

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Rafistoler

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Vice (tool)

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Étau m

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To get off my face (drunk), to get wasted

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Prendre une cuite

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Protruding chin

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Menton en galoche

Galoche, shoe, inf smootch

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Flapping. Wavering, hesitation

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Flottement m

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Light bulb

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Ampoule f

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Drunk, drunkard n

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Poivrot m

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Handle, fistful

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Poignée f

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Stew, simmer + plot, scheme v

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Mijoter

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Rebuff someone

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Rembarrer qqn

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Virgin, blank

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Vierge f

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Hinder, hamper + inf cotton on

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Entraver

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Temple (head)

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Tempe f

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Slog, trek, clamber

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Crapahuter

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Slate + (unpaid) bill fig.

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Ardoise f

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Excrement

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Ordure f

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Lock smith

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Serrurier

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Odds and evens

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Paires et impaires

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Bring to a close, settle, cordon off (police)

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Boucler

Bouclé curly

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A handful of

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A poignée de

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Bravery, courage

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(Avec) vaillance

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Prayer n

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Oraison f

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Yawn + gap n

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Baîllement m

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Infinitel, w/o end, ad finitum

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Éternellement

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Stingy, mean (person)

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Chiche

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Piss v inf, gush

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Pisser

Pisser le sang bleed everywhere, gush blood

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Principal, head master

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Proviseur

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Senile, soft in the head, doodering

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(Etre) gâteux -euse

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Shifty, sleazy

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Louche adj
C’est histoire est bien louche.
Avoir l’air louche

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Beat wildly, pound wildly

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Battre la chamade

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Ladle n

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Louche f

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Assault, attack, mugging

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Agression f
Etre victime d’une agression
Agression sexuelle

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Catch a cold

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S’enrhumer

Etre en train de s’enrhumer

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Completely, straight out + straight

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Carrément adv

C’est carrément genial!

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Spiral staircase

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Escalier en colimaçon

Colimaçon m spiral

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Loud speaker, mega phone

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Porte-voix m

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Flicker, blink

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Clignoter

Mon répondeur clignotait.

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Whistling(birds),wheezing (asthma), whistling noise

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Sifflement m

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Rabies

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Rage f

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Swallow (bird)

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Hirondelle f

Nid = nest

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At that moment

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A cet instant

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I’ve got to go!

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Je vais y aller

Note the y is not translated in Engl

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Believe it or not

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Il faut croire

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It takes time

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Il faut du temps

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You have to want it

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Il faut le vouloir

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If necessary

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S’il le faut

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Sneak out, do a runner

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Filer à l’anglaise

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Eye lash

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Racine (f) des cils

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Tepid, lukewarm

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Tiède

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Lumpy, rough, harsh, cruel

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Âpre

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Pounding, hammering

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Martèlement

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Party animal

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Fêtard m

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After-shave

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Après-rasage m

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Maid n

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Soubrette f

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I don t know a soul

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Je ne connais pas un chat

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Sheepish, shame faced, abashed

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Penaud

Comme un chien penaud

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Hug the walls

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Raser les murs

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Stuff, cram, squeeze

Be piled/ heaped up

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Entasser

S’entasser

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Happy as a lark

Happy as Larry

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Etre gai comme un pinson

Pinson is a type of finch

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Dont fret!

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Ne te bille pas! Inf

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be scared stiff of expr
be scared to death of
be terrified of expr

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avoir une peur bleue de 
	 (avoir très peur de qch)q
scare [sb] out of their wits v expr
 	 	scare [sb] half to death v expr
Faire une peur bleue à qqn
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Social outcast, down and out, derelict

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Gueuse f

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Serrated, jagged, fig. uneven, with ups and downs

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En dents de scie

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Crook, cheat, swindler

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Escroc m

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Collect (get) a fine

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Récolter une amende

Faire une amende. Make amends

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Stun, stupefy, astound

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Méduser

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Ripe, mature

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Mûr

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Det angår inte er

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Ca ne vous regarde pas

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To cheat, swindle, rip off and noun

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Arnaquer

Arnaque f

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Bladder

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Vessie. F

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To spread gossip

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Colporter de ragots

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Groogy, whoozy + dubious, questionable + muddy

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Vaseux - se

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Table cloth, blanket, layer

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Nappe f

Napper coat, cover, plaster

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Give somebody a helping hand

Give a little help

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Filer un coup de pouce à qqn

Donner …

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Have a word with
Go and see somebody
Be aimed at
Be intended for

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S’adresser à qqn

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Send, express, offer (formal), to address

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Adresser

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Relief adv

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Soulagement

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Nevertheless

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Cependant

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Stake

Bed

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Pieu m

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Disgust,nausea n

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écœurement nm (nausée)

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Chain,string, ribbon

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Sautoir m

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To take aback

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Interloquer

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Preacher

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Predicateur

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Draft, glass (take a drink of) n

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Rasade f

Elle prit son verre et en avala une bonne rasade