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a sprain, an infringement (of)

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une entorse (à)

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to shorten

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écourter

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a connection

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un branchement

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not free

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payant

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related to play

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ludique

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comical, ridiculous

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burlesque

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an intention, a goal, a purpose (lit.)

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un dessein (litt.)

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to use, to manipulate

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instrumentaliser

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disappointment (lit.)

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le mécompte (litt.)

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a utility (IT)

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un utilitaire

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a deception, a trick, fraud

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une supercherie

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shame, opprobrium (lit.)

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l’opprobre (m., litt)

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a muse

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une muse, une égérie

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insightful

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pénétrant, perspicace

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shaking, trembling

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tremblotant

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a soundtrack

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une bande-son

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voodoo

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le vaudou

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gold/silversmithing, gold/silver plate

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l’orfèvrerie

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silky

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soyeux, soyeuse

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flintstone

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le silex

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fantastic, incredible

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rocambolesque

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a crooked cop

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un ripou

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an inability

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une incapacité

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judiciously

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à bon escient

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out-of-date

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périmé

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poaching

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le braconnage

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a hodgepodge

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un fatras, un salmigondis

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the shebang, the caboodle (fam.)

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le bataclan (fam)

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whiplash

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un coup du lapin

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inscription (in a book/on a medal)

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un exergue

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a gradation

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une gradation, une progression, un échelonnement

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irregular, misshapen

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biscornu

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to coat, to spread, to cover with

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enduire de

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coffee grounds

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le marc

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picturesque

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pittoresque

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a blindness

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une cécité

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a feast, a banquet

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un festin

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to deck with flags

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pavoiser

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a fighter (fig.)

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un battant, une battante (fig.)

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to lose one’s composure

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se décontenancer

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dripping (adj)

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dégoulinant

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wizened

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desséché, ratatiné, tassé

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bare

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dégarni

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44
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a miscarriage

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une fausse couche

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45
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an indicator light

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un voyant

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46
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Rat poison

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la mort-aux-rats

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a box, case, a jewelry box

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un écrin

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a greenness, greenery

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une verdure

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49
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to reconcile

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concilier

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50
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an overachiever

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un surdoué, une surdouée

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51
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an ache

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une courbature

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52
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a cocoon

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un cocon

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53
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a housing development/estate

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un lotissement

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54
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a coconut palm tree

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un cocotier

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impregnable, unassailable; [view] uninterrupted

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imprenable

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56
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a hammock

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un hamac

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57
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a deck chair

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un transat

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58
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a summary

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un récapitulatif

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59
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to find, to unearth

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dénicher

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60
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a cockroach

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un cafard, une blatte, un cancrelat

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sworn in

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assermenté

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62
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a paragraph

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un alinéa

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63
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a bullet point

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une puce

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to snap

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casser net, casser avec bruit/d’un coup sec

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65
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exciting (fam.)

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décoiffant (fam.)

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66
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a sulking

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une bouderie

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67
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colorful (personality), larger-than-life

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truculent

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a bright interval

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une embellie

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a brine

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une saumure

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70
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to wear oneself out doing something

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s’échiner à faire qqch

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to cramp, to restrict

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engoncer

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72
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a wad (of bills), a bundle (of documents)

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une liasse

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73
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a ranch-style house

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une maison construite de plein-pied

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74
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a fortysomething

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un/une quadra

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75
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to encroach on/upon

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empiéter sur

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to soil, to mar

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entacher

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77
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a (gold) nugget

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une pépite (d’or)

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78
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a cobbler

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un cordonnier

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79
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a locksmith

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un serrurier

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80
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a fish hook

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un hameçon

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musky

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musqué

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to hold/hang on, to cling to

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se cramponner à

83
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a pitfall (lit.)

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un écueil (litt.)

84
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to backcomb one’s hair

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se crêper les cheveux

85
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a return, a reject (in business)

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un laissé-pour-compte

86
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to climb, to scale

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escalader

87
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a rally, a gathering

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un ralliement

88
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a gear, a trap

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un engrenage

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a line, a scratch mark, a part (hair)

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une raie

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an appearance (in court)

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une comparution

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to deduct

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décompter

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a trophy

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une trophée

93
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blindly

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à l’aveuglette

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a jolt, a shudder, a convulsion

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un soubresaut

95
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deep space

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l’espace intersidéral

96
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a sheen, a patina

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une patine

97
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to flatten out, to squash

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aplatir

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to purify, to clean up

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assainir

99
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air-freshener

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un assainisseur

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ingenious

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ingénieux, ingénieuse

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costly, expensive

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onéreux, onéreuse

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fuel oil

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le fioul

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an anthology

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une florilège

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a squabble (fam.)

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une chamaillerie (fam.)

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a herald

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un héraut

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stubborn

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opiniâtre

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fluffy

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pelucheux

108
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pulpy, fleshy, voluptuous

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pulpeux, pulpeuse

109
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a racket, din (fam)

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un boucan

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to make up/dress up

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grimer (en)

111
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a headdress

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une coiffe

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expeditious (formal), hasty

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expéditif, expéditive

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chops, lips (fam)

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les babines (f)

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a nose (of a cat/dog)

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une truffe

115
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very poor, mediocre

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piètre (avant le nom)

116
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a badger; a shaving brush

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un blaireau

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a schoolkid (fam)

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un potache (fam)

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fiberglass

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la fibre de verre

119
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to decide between

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départager

120
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soundness, appropriateness, aptness

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la justesse

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bedding

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la literie

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octopus

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une poulpe, une pieuvre, un chatrou

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a group, a large number of (formal)

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une pléiade (soutenu)

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a buoy, a rubber ring (water sports)

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une bouée

125
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motor-drawn

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tracté

126
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to pull, to tow

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tracter, remorquer

127
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to cogitate, to ponder

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cogiter

128
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a (flying) spark

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une flammèche

129
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fodder

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le fourrage (lit.), la substance (fig.)

130
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a mutiny, a rebellion

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une mutinerie

131
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a side panel (of a truck)

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une ridelle

132
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disappointing

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décevant

133
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a fin

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une nageoire (poisson), une aileron (requin)

134
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a fern

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une fougère

135
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a cluster, a bundle; a beam (EM energy)

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un faisceau

136
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a difference in height/level

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un dénivelé

137
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a gourd

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une calebasse

138
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a port of call, a stopover

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une escale

139
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buckwheat

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le sarrasin

140
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chewy

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caoutchouteux

141
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stray (adj, dog/cat)

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errant, perdu

142
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suspenders

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les bretelles (f.)

143
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kidney (cooking)

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un rognon

144
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a star/credit (education)

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un satisfecit

145
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to open up to the outside world

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désenclaver

146
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spinning, wringing

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un essorage

147
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lacquered

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laqué

148
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chips (wood, metal)

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des copeaux (m.)

149
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a gizzard

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un gésier

150
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an axle

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un essieu

151
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strenuous

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ardu

152
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a telltale sign (formal)

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un révélateur (soutenu)

153
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soft, mellow, tender (meat), moist (cake)

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moelleux

154
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a bribe

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un pot-de-vin

155
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to bribe

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soudoyer

156
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steep (adj.)

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escarpé

157
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coded, encrypted, scrambled (tv)

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crypté

158
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a prize

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un lot

159
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nuts (fam.)

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timbré

160
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a denarius; a contribution to parish costs

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un denier; un denier du culte

161
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prevarication

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une tergiversation

162
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indescribable, unutterable (formal)

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indicible (soutenu)

163
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a hick, a yokel (fam)

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un plouc

164
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to outlaw, to forbid

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proscrire

165
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a candleholder, a candlestick

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un bougeoir

166
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a cowbell

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une sonnaille

167
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to make sure that

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tâcher que

168
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a wineskin, a flask

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une gourde

169
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a pitcher/jug (earthenware)

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une cruche

170
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a chessboard

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un échiquier

171
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a lighter

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un briquet

172
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quicksilver

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le vif-argent

173
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a scatterbrain

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une péronnelle

174
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to ratify, to adopt (law)

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entériner

175
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a bridle; to keep someone on a tight leash

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une bride; serrer/tenir la bride à qqn

176
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to draw (water)

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puiser

177
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a collapsing, a crumbling

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un éboulement

178
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the wheel (of a boat); to take/to be at the helm

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une barre; prendre/être à la barre

179
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a sunflower

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un tournesol

180
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an advisor, a counselor

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un conseiller, une conseillère

181
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a garland

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une guirlande

182
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shambles

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un capharnaüm

183
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a doormat

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un paillasson

184
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house arrest

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une assignation à résidence

185
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a swoon, a fainting fit

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une pâmoison

186
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a blooper

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une bourde

187
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to dwindle, to run low

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s’amenuiser

188
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mild (weather), favorable

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clément

189
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a sketch

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un croquis

190
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a set of problems/issues

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une problématique

191
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to dismiss (a lawsuit)

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débouter

192
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to dredge, to drag; to sweet-talk (fam.), to cruise (fam.)

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draguer

193
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to cough up, to fork out (v. fam.)

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douiller (t. fam.)

194
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oversensitive, afraid of getting hurt

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douillet

195
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a row, a squabble

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une prise de bec

196
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a date (romantic); a tip-off (v. fam.)

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un rancard

197
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the hearth (lit.)

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l’âtre (m., litt.)

198
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a maiden, a young lady

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une demoiselle

199
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isolation

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un isolement

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cowardly, chicken (fam.)

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froussard (fam.)

French Vocabulary - Encountered (22 decks)

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