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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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papers/forms (pejorative)

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une paperasse (pej.)

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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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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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within the city boundaries

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intra-muros

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to have nightmares

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cauchemarder

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to obsess

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obnubiler

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to fight (slang)

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se bastonner (argot)

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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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to cling to, to hang on tight

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s’accrocher à

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a component, a constituent

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un composant

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to legislate

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légiférer

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a drummer

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un batteur

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a suit (fam.)

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un costard (fam.)

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fußball

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le baby-foot

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stringy

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filandreux

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to pummel someone

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rouer qqn de coups

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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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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.)

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faire les salamalecs (fam.)

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a raid, an unexpected visit (fam.)

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une descente (fam.)

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a scheme, a trick (fam.)

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une combine (fam.)

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a moan, a groan

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un gémissement

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to get muddled (up), to get confused

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s’embrouiller

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to be on fire, to burn to a cinder (fam.)

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cramer (fam.)

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a car (fam.)

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une caisse, une bagnole (fam.)

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to give someone a leg up

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faire la courte échelle à qqn

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virtuous, righteous

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vertueux

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a pier, a jetty

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une jetée

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an order or decree

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un arrêté

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increased, larger, enhanced

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accru

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to persist in doing

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s’entêter à faire

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the dramatic arts

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la dramaturgie

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a slave trader/driver, a slave ship

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un négrier

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a drawing of lots

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un tirage au sort

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the credits (tv/movie)

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le générique

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a stinkbomb

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une boule puante

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to bump off someone, to waste someone (v. fam.)

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buter (t. fam.)

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stoned, high (v. fam.)

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défoncé (t. fam.)

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the criminal underworld

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le milieu, le pègre

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an upper-class individual (pej.)

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un/une bourde (pej.)

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the rabble, the riffraff (pej.)

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la racaille (pej.)

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to be a junkie (v. fam.)

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se camer (t. fam.)

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a stinging, tickling, tingling, or prickly sensation

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un picotement

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to coat something

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enrober

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51
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a foster family

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une famille d’accueil

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a blunder; a goof; be careful (fam.)

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une gaffe; faire gaffe (fam.)

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a taxpayer

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un contribuable

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a substitute (teacher), assistant/deputy

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un suppléant; une suppléante

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a subsidy

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une subvention

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to woo, to court

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courtiser

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57
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to scheme (fam.)

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magouiller

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58
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a bird call

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un pipeau

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the calibration/standardization

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l’étalonnage, l’étalonnement

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to lure/tempt away (fam.)

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débaucher (fam.)

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a hand/paw/mitt (fam.)

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une paluche (fam.)

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due to leave

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en partance

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to beat it, to split (fam.)

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se barrer (fam.)

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a jailbird, a convict (v. fam.)

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un taulard, une taularde (t. fam)

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gear (fam.)

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un matos (fam.)

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to manage, to get by (v. fam.)

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se démerder (t. fam.)

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a trifle, a trifling matter

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une broutille

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to confuse, to disorientate, to bewilder

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déboussoler

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slack, give

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le mou

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70
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sharp, sharpened

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affilé

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procrastination (formal)

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l’atermoiement (m., soutenu)

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introversion, a turning in on oneself

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un repli sur soi

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dubious, skeptical

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dubitatif

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a hitch, a snag (fam.)

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un pépin (fam.)

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75
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to flinch

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tiquer

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pudgy (fam.)

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rondouillard (fam.)

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a walkie-talkie

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un talkie-walkie

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equipment

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un attirail

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79
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French welfare equivalent

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le RMI (revenu minimum d’insertion)

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imperturbable

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imperturbable

81
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a tracksuit

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un survêtement

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out of sorts, in bad shape

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en petite forme

83
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slow and steady wins the race

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qui veut aller loin ménage sa monture

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nothing (fam.)

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walou (fam., m.)

85
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to beat around the bush

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tourner autour du pot

86
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to be completely off-subject

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être à côté de la plaque

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to pout, to have a long face

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tirer la gueule

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to be deader than dead

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être mort de chez mort

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a lazybones, a slacker (pop.)

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une feignante (pop.)

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a jackhammer

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un marteau-piqueur

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a box cutter

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un cutter, un couteau à lame rétractable

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a dressing, a bandage; a Band-Aid

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un pansement; un pansement adhésif

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an orphanage

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un orphelinat

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a trip, a jaunt (fam.)

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une virée (fam.)

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a report (news)

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un reportage

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to pay, to be in for it (v. fam.)

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morfler (t. fam.)

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a long spiel, a long-winded speech (fam.)

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un laïus (fam.)

98
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a cinderblock

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un parpaing

99
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a breakdown, collection, and analysis

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un dépouillement

100
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to give someone a French kiss (fam.)

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rouler une pelle à qqn (fam.)

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to grope (fam.)

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peloter (fam.)

102
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a (criminal) record

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un casier (judiciaire)

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to pay one’s respects

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se recueillir

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a trough

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une mangeoire

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foreskin

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le prépuce

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to siphon

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siphonner

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tough, chewy

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coriace

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a benefactor

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un bienfaiteur, une bienfaitrice

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the last word, the ultimate

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le nec plus ultra

110
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a blaze, a fire

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un brasier

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to grant, to fulfill (prayer/wish)

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exaucer

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a night club (pop.)

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un pince-fesses (pop.)

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a galley; a hassle (fam.)

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une galère

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kickoff

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le coup d’envoi

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a dandelion

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un pissenlit, une dent-de-lion

116
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the act of serving as an intermediary between speakers

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un truchement; par le truchement de

117
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oldness, seniority

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l’ancienneté (f.)

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a correct version

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un corrigé

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jarring

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discordant (son), criard (couleur)

120
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a rider (horse); a dance partner

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un cavalier, une cavalière

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a patching up (fam.)

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un rafistolage (fam.)

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a prosecutor’s speech/charge

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un réquisitoire

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a guard/sentry box

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une guérite

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to tap on/to knock on (old fash.)

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toquer à (vieilli)

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to misplace

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mal placer

126
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registered

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inscrit, agréé

127
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guilt removal

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la déculpabilisation

128
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ineffective

A

inopérant

129
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a mess, shambles (fam.)

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la pagaille, la pagaïe

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a pigsty

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une porcherie

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a bun (hair)

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un chignon

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comical

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cocasse

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boxwood

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le buis

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witch hazel

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l’hamamélis

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a seahorse

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un hippocampe (h muet)

136
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witchcraft

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la sorcellerie

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dusty

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poussiéreux

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a recruit

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une recrue

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a dump truck

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un camion à benne basculante

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foamy

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mousseux, écumeux

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foodstuffs, provisions

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des vivres (m.)

142
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horseradish

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le raifort

143
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to sunbathe

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se dorer

144
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a dress rehearsal (theater), a preview (cinema)

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une avant-première

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to been keen on/highly interested in

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être féru de

146
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escapades, pranks

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des frasques (f.)

147
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a cigarette butt

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un mégot

148
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a garbage chute

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un vide-ordures

149
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a thrust, a rise

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une poussée

150
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a wig/hairpiece (fam.)

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une moumoute (fam.)

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to speed

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faire des excès de vitesse

152
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a speed bump

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un ralentisseur, un casse-vitesse

153
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a swindle, a rip-off (fam.)

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une arnaque (fam.)

154
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(stinging) nettle

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l’ortie (f.)

155
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a bed base

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un sommier

156
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a charm, a spell

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un sortilège

157
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to ask for more

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redemander

158
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slime

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une substance gluante/poisseuse

159
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illiteracy

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un illettrisme

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spongy

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spongieux

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an engagement ring

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une bague de fiançailles

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turnout

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une assistance, un taux de participation

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a rehearsal

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une répétition

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a carboy

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une bonbonne

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a snail

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un colimaçon

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a godson, a goddaughter

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un filleul, une filleule

167
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lovebirds

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des tourtereaux (m.)

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to buck up

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requinquer

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to receive (money)

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encaisser

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accommodating, obliging

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arrangeant

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an exposure

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une exposition

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to trust in, to rely on

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se fier à

173
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don’t be fooled by it

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ne vous y fiez pas !

174
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to make fun of someone

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faire la nique à qqn

175
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to halo

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nimber

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cargo

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une cargaison

177
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an enameling/varnishing; a private viewing

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un vernissage

178
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a crowbar

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un pied-de-biche

179
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a battering ram

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un bélier

180
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to pad, to stuff

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rembourrer

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to heckle

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chahuter

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a magpie

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une pie

183
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gritty

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graveleux

184
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a portcullis

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une herse (h aspiré)

185
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a change of scenery

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un dépaysement

186
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liable for, to owe someone a sum of money

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(être) redevable de (une somme d’argent à qqn)

187
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to depart this life, to pass away (lit.)

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trépasser (litt.)

188
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to be grateful to somebody for something (formal)

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savoir gré à qqn de qqch

189
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to stuff, to fill, to cram

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bourrer

190
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to giggle, to snigger

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ricaner

191
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to squint

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loucher

192
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nastily, spitefully, wickedly

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méchamment

193
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wild, frantic, unbridled

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effréné

194
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a primer (the abcs of…)

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un abécédaire

195
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a chinstrap

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une jugulaire

196
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to nibble at, to peck at (bird)

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picorer

197
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full-bodied (wine), spicy; racy

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corsé

198
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creamy, soft (cheese)

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crémeux

199
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daintiness

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la mignardise

French Vocabulary - Encountered (22 decks)

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