Vocab 10 Flashcards

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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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5
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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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9
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disappointment (lit.)

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le mécompte (litt.)

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10
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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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14
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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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16
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a soundtrack

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une bande-son

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17
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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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19
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silky

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soyeux, soyeuse

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20
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flintstone

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le silex

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21
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fantastic, incredible

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rocambolesque

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22
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a crooked cop

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un ripou

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23
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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
périmé
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poaching
le braconnage
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a hodgepodge
un fatras, un salmigondis
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the shebang, the caboodle (fam.)
le bataclan (fam)
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whiplash
un coup du lapin
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inscription (in a book/on a medal)
un exergue
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a gradation
une gradation, une progression, un échelonnement
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irregular, misshapen
biscornu
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to coat, to spread, to cover with
enduire de
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coffee grounds
le marc
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picturesque
pittoresque
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a blindness
une cécité
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a feast, a banquet
un festin
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to deck with flags
pavoiser
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a fighter (fig.)
un battant, une battante (fig.)
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to lose one's composure
se décontenancer
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dripping (adj)
dégoulinant
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wizened
desséché, ratatiné, tassé
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bare
dégarni
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a miscarriage
une fausse couche
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an indicator light
un voyant
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Rat poison
la mort-aux-rats
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a box, case, a jewelry box
un écrin
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a greenness, greenery
une verdure
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to reconcile
concilier
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an overachiever
un surdoué, une surdouée
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an ache
une courbature
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a cocoon
un cocon
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a housing development/estate
un lotissement
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a coconut palm tree
un cocotier
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impregnable, unassailable; [view] uninterrupted
imprenable
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a hammock
un hamac
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a deck chair
un transat
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a summary
un récapitulatif
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to find, to unearth
dénicher
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a cockroach
un cafard, une blatte, un cancrelat
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sworn in
assermenté
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a paragraph
un alinéa
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a bullet point
une puce
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to snap
casser net, casser avec bruit/d'un coup sec
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exciting (fam.)
décoiffant (fam.)
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a sulking
une bouderie
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colorful (personality), larger-than-life
truculent
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a bright interval
une embellie
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a brine
une saumure
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to wear oneself out doing something
s'échiner à faire qqch
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to cramp, to restrict
engoncer
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a wad (of bills), a bundle (of documents)
une liasse
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a ranch-style house
une maison construite de plein-pied
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a fortysomething
un/une quadra
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to encroach on/upon
empiéter sur
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to soil, to mar
entacher
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a (gold) nugget
une pépite (d'or)
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a cobbler
un cordonnier
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a locksmith
un serrurier
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a fish hook
un hameçon
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musky
musqué
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to hold/hang on, to cling to
se cramponner à
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a pitfall (lit.)
un écueil (litt.)
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to backcomb one's hair
se crêper les cheveux
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a return, a reject (in business)
un laissé-pour-compte
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to climb, to scale
escalader
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a rally, a gathering
un ralliement
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a gear, a trap
un engrenage
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a line, a scratch mark, a part (hair)
une raie
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an appearance (in court)
une comparution
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to deduct
décompter
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a trophy
une trophée
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blindly
à l'aveuglette
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a jolt, a shudder, a convulsion
un soubresaut
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deep space
l'espace intersidéral
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a sheen, a patina
une patine
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to flatten out, to squash
aplatir
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to purify, to clean up
assainir
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air-freshener
un assainisseur
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ingenious
ingénieux, ingénieuse
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costly, expensive
onéreux, onéreuse
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fuel oil
le fioul
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an anthology
une florilège
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a squabble (fam.)
une chamaillerie (fam.)
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a herald
un héraut
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stubborn
opiniâtre
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fluffy
pelucheux
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pulpy, fleshy, voluptuous
pulpeux, pulpeuse
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a racket, din (fam)
un boucan
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to make up/dress up
grimer (en)
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a headdress
une coiffe
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expeditious (formal), hasty
expéditif, expéditive
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chops, lips (fam)
les babines (f)
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a nose (of a cat/dog)
une truffe
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very poor, mediocre
piètre (avant le nom)
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a badger; a shaving brush
un blaireau
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a schoolkid (fam)
un potache (fam)
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fiberglass
la fibre de verre
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to decide between
départager
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soundness, appropriateness, aptness
la justesse
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bedding
la literie
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octopus
une poulpe, une pieuvre, un chatrou
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a group, a large number of (formal)
une pléiade (soutenu)
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a buoy, a rubber ring (water sports)
une bouée
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motor-drawn
tracté
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to pull, to tow
tracter, remorquer
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to cogitate, to ponder
cogiter
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a (flying) spark
une flammèche
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fodder
le fourrage (lit.), la substance (fig.)
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a mutiny, a rebellion
une mutinerie
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a side panel (of a truck)
une ridelle
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disappointing
décevant
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a fin
une nageoire (poisson), une aileron (requin)
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a fern
une fougère
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a cluster, a bundle; a beam (EM energy)
un faisceau
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a difference in height/level
un dénivelé
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a gourd
une calebasse
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a port of call, a stopover
une escale
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buckwheat
le sarrasin
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chewy
caoutchouteux
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stray (adj, dog/cat)
errant, perdu
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suspenders
les bretelles (f.)
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kidney (cooking)
un rognon
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a star/credit (education)
un satisfecit
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to open up to the outside world
désenclaver
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spinning, wringing
un essorage
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lacquered
laqué
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chips (wood, metal)
des copeaux (m.)
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a gizzard
un gésier
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an axle
un essieu
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strenuous
ardu
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a telltale sign (formal)
un révélateur (soutenu)
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soft, mellow, tender (meat), moist (cake)
moelleux
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a bribe
un pot-de-vin
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to bribe
soudoyer
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steep (adj.)
escarpé
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coded, encrypted, scrambled (tv)
crypté
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a prize
un lot
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nuts (fam.)
timbré
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a denarius; a contribution to parish costs
un denier; un denier du culte
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prevarication
une tergiversation
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indescribable, unutterable (formal)
indicible (soutenu)
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a hick, a yokel (fam)
un plouc
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to outlaw, to forbid
proscrire
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a candleholder, a candlestick
un bougeoir
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a cowbell
une sonnaille
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to make sure that
tâcher que
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a wineskin, a flask
une gourde
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a pitcher/jug (earthenware)
une cruche
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a chessboard
un échiquier
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a lighter
un briquet
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quicksilver
le vif-argent
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a scatterbrain
une péronnelle
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to ratify, to adopt (law)
entériner
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a bridle; to keep someone on a tight leash
une bride; serrer/tenir la bride à qqn
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to draw (water)
puiser
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a collapsing, a crumbling
un éboulement
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the wheel (of a boat); to take/to be at the helm
une barre; prendre/être à la barre
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a sunflower
un tournesol
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an advisor, a counselor
un conseiller, une conseillère
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a garland
une guirlande
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shambles
un capharnaüm
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a doormat
un paillasson
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house arrest
une assignation à résidence
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a swoon, a fainting fit
une pâmoison
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a blooper
une bourde
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to dwindle, to run low
s'amenuiser
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mild (weather), favorable
clément
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a sketch
un croquis
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a set of problems/issues
une problématique
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to dismiss (a lawsuit)
débouter
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to dredge, to drag; to sweet-talk (fam.), to cruise (fam.)
draguer
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to cough up, to fork out (v. fam.)
douiller (t. fam.)
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oversensitive, afraid of getting hurt
douillet
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a row, a squabble
une prise de bec
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a date (romantic); a tip-off (v. fam.)
un rancard
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the hearth (lit.)
l'âtre (m., litt.)
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a maiden, a young lady
une demoiselle
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isolation
un isolement
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cowardly, chicken (fam.)
froussard (fam.)