Vocab 11 Flashcards

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putrid, fetid

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putride, nauséabond, fétide

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overrated

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surfait

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3
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papers/forms (pejorative)

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une paperasse (pej.)

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4
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a dressing room

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une loge

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dilapidated, decrepit

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vétuste, délabré, déglingué

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6
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a watchtower

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un mirador

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to devote, to dedicate; (past participle): destined

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vouer

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8
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within the city boundaries

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intra-muros

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9
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to have nightmares

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cauchemarder

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10
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to obsess

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obnubiler

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11
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to fight (slang)

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se bastonner (argot)

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12
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a dispenser, a vending/slot machine

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un distributeur

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off-putting

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repoussant (sent), rébarbatif (façon)

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14
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to cling to, to hang on tight

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s’accrocher à

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15
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a component, a constituent

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un composant

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16
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to legislate

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légiférer

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17
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a drummer

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un batteur

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18
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a suit (fam.)

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un costard (fam.)

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19
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fußball

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le baby-foot

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20
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stringy

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filandreux

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21
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to pummel someone

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rouer qqn de coups

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22
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a bootlicker (fam.)

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un fayot (fam.)

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a dog, a mutt (v. fam.)

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un clébard (t. fam.)

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24
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to hide something (fam.)

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planquer (fam.)

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to kowtow to someone, to bow and scrape before someone (fam.)
faire les salamalecs (fam.)
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a raid, an unexpected visit (fam.)
une descente (fam.)
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a scheme, a trick (fam.)
une combine (fam.)
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a moan, a groan
un gémissement
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to get muddled (up), to get confused
s'embrouiller
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to be on fire, to burn to a cinder (fam.)
cramer (fam.)
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a car (fam.)
une caisse, une bagnole (fam.)
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to give someone a leg up
faire la courte échelle à qqn
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virtuous, righteous
vertueux
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a pier, a jetty
une jetée
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an order or decree
un arrêté
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increased, larger, enhanced
accru
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to persist in doing
s'entêter à faire
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the dramatic arts
la dramaturgie
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a slave trader/driver, a slave ship
un négrier
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a drawing of lots
un tirage au sort
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the credits (tv/movie)
le générique
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a stinkbomb
une boule puante
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to bump off someone, to waste someone (v. fam.)
buter (t. fam.)
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stoned, high (v. fam.)
défoncé (t. fam.)
45
the criminal underworld
le milieu, le pègre
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an upper-class individual (pej.)
un/une bourde (pej.)
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the rabble, the riffraff (pej.)
la racaille (pej.)
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to be a junkie (v. fam.)
se camer (t. fam.)
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a stinging, tickling, tingling, or prickly sensation
un picotement
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to coat something
enrober
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a foster family
une famille d'accueil
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a blunder; a goof; be careful (fam.)
une gaffe; faire gaffe (fam.)
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a taxpayer
un contribuable
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a substitute (teacher), assistant/deputy
un suppléant; une suppléante
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a subsidy
une subvention
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to woo, to court
courtiser
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to scheme (fam.)
magouiller
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a bird call
un pipeau
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the calibration/standardization
l'étalonnage, l'étalonnement
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to lure/tempt away (fam.)
débaucher (fam.)
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a hand/paw/mitt (fam.)
une paluche (fam.)
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due to leave
en partance
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to beat it, to split (fam.)
se barrer (fam.)
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a jailbird, a convict (v. fam.)
un taulard, une taularde (t. fam)
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gear (fam.)
un matos (fam.)
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to manage, to get by (v. fam.)
se démerder (t. fam.)
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a trifle, a trifling matter
une broutille
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to confuse, to disorientate, to bewilder
déboussoler
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slack, give
le mou
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sharp, sharpened
affilé
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procrastination (formal)
l'atermoiement (m., soutenu)
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introversion, a turning in on oneself
un repli sur soi
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dubious, skeptical
dubitatif
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a hitch, a snag (fam.)
un pépin (fam.)
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to flinch
tiquer
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pudgy (fam.)
rondouillard (fam.)
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a walkie-talkie
un talkie-walkie
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equipment
un attirail
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French welfare equivalent
le RMI (revenu minimum d'insertion)
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imperturbable
imperturbable
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a tracksuit
un survêtement
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out of sorts, in bad shape
en petite forme
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slow and steady wins the race
qui veut aller loin ménage sa monture
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nothing (fam.)
walou (fam., m.)
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to beat around the bush
tourner autour du pot
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to be completely off-subject
être à côté de la plaque
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to pout, to have a long face
tirer la gueule
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to be deader than dead
être mort de chez mort
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a lazybones, a slacker (pop.)
une feignante (pop.)
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a jackhammer
un marteau-piqueur
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a box cutter
un cutter, un couteau à lame rétractable
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a dressing, a bandage; a Band-Aid
un pansement; un pansement adhésif
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an orphanage
un orphelinat
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a trip, a jaunt (fam.)
une virée (fam.)
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a report (news)
un reportage
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to pay, to be in for it (v. fam.)
morfler (t. fam.)
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a long spiel, a long-winded speech (fam.)
un laïus (fam.)
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a cinderblock
un parpaing
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a breakdown, collection, and analysis
un dépouillement
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to give someone a French kiss (fam.)
rouler une pelle à qqn (fam.)
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to grope (fam.)
peloter (fam.)
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a (criminal) record
un casier (judiciaire)
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to pay one's respects
se recueillir
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a trough
une mangeoire
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foreskin
le prépuce
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to siphon
siphonner
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tough, chewy
coriace
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a benefactor
un bienfaiteur, une bienfaitrice
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the last word, the ultimate
le nec plus ultra
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a blaze, a fire
un brasier
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to grant, to fulfill (prayer/wish)
exaucer
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a night club (pop.)
un pince-fesses (pop.)
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a galley; a hassle (fam.)
une galère
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kickoff
le coup d'envoi
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a dandelion
un pissenlit, une dent-de-lion
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the act of serving as an intermediary between speakers
un truchement; par le truchement de
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oldness, seniority
l'ancienneté (f.)
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a correct version
un corrigé
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jarring
discordant (son), criard (couleur)
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a rider (horse); a dance partner
un cavalier, une cavalière
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a patching up (fam.)
un rafistolage (fam.)
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a prosecutor's speech/charge
un réquisitoire
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a guard/sentry box
une guérite
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to tap on/to knock on (old fash.)
toquer à (vieilli)
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to misplace
mal placer
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registered
inscrit, agréé
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guilt removal
la déculpabilisation
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ineffective
inopérant
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a mess, shambles (fam.)
la pagaille, la pagaïe
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a pigsty
une porcherie
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a bun (hair)
un chignon
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comical
cocasse
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boxwood
le buis
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witch hazel
l'hamamélis
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a seahorse
un hippocampe (h muet)
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witchcraft
la sorcellerie
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dusty
poussiéreux
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a recruit
une recrue
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a dump truck
un camion à benne basculante
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foamy
mousseux, écumeux
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foodstuffs, provisions
des vivres (m.)
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horseradish
le raifort
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to sunbathe
se dorer
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a dress rehearsal (theater), a preview (cinema)
une avant-première
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to been keen on/highly interested in
être féru de
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escapades, pranks
des frasques (f.)
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a cigarette butt
un mégot
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a garbage chute
un vide-ordures
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a thrust, a rise
une poussée
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a wig/hairpiece (fam.)
une moumoute (fam.)
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to speed
faire des excès de vitesse
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a speed bump
un ralentisseur, un casse-vitesse
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a swindle, a rip-off (fam.)
une arnaque (fam.)
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(stinging) nettle
l'ortie (f.)
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a bed base
un sommier
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a charm, a spell
un sortilège
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to ask for more
redemander
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slime
une substance gluante/poisseuse
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illiteracy
un illettrisme
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spongy
spongieux
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an engagement ring
une bague de fiançailles
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turnout
une assistance, un taux de participation
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a rehearsal
une répétition
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a carboy
une bonbonne
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a snail
un colimaçon
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a godson, a goddaughter
un filleul, une filleule
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lovebirds
des tourtereaux (m.)
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to buck up
requinquer
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to receive (money)
encaisser
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accommodating, obliging
arrangeant
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an exposure
une exposition
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to trust in, to rely on
se fier à
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don't be fooled by it
ne vous y fiez pas !
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to make fun of someone
faire la nique à qqn
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to halo
nimber
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cargo
une cargaison
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an enameling/varnishing; a private viewing
un vernissage
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a crowbar
un pied-de-biche
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a battering ram
un bélier
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to pad, to stuff
rembourrer
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to heckle
chahuter
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a magpie
une pie
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gritty
graveleux
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a portcullis
une herse (h aspiré)
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a change of scenery
un dépaysement
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liable for, to owe someone a sum of money
(être) redevable de (une somme d'argent à qqn)
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to depart this life, to pass away (lit.)
trépasser (litt.)
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to be grateful to somebody for something (formal)
savoir gré à qqn de qqch
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to stuff, to fill, to cram
bourrer
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to giggle, to snigger
ricaner
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to squint
loucher
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nastily, spitefully, wickedly
méchamment
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wild, frantic, unbridled
effréné
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a primer (the abcs of...)
un abécédaire
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a chinstrap
une jugulaire
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to nibble at, to peck at (bird)
picorer
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full-bodied (wine), spicy; racy
corsé
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creamy, soft (cheese)
crémeux
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daintiness
la mignardise