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to refine, to allow to mature (cheese)

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affiner

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an otter

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une loutre

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hitchhiking; to hitchhike

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le (auto-)stop; faire du (auto-)stop

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to injure, to wrong someone

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léser

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to solder, to weld

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souder

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to fade, to waste away (illness), to pine away

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dépérir

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a leek

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un poireau

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to stand up for (oneself)

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(se) défendre

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a physical defect, a flaw, an abnormality (psych.)

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une tare

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to say/read out loud

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lire/dire à haute voix

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unlikely, improbable, implausible

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invraisemblable

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to empty (used water), to defuel

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vidanger

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to bore, to drill

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forer

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to flow, to spill

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se déverser

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an icecap

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une calotte glaciaire

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rough/choppy (seas): stormy (debate/meeting)

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houleux

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a dispute

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un litige

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tousled, dishevelled

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ébouriffé

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dull, mat, unpolished

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mat, mate

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disappointments, setbacks

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des déboires (m.)

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mutual aid

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une entraide

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demonic, sulfurous

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sulfureux

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procedures, channels; network, connection

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une filière

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houka

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le narghilé

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furlined (clothing); filled (cooking)

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fourré

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a last resort

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un pis-aller

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a pioneer

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un initiateur, une initiatrice

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to deflower

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dépuceler

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a twisting, a torsion

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une torsion

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son (fam.)

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un fiston (fam.)

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a nuisance (person)

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un gêneur, une gêneuse

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exhausting, wearing

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harassant

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to hang garlands/to deck; to chew out (fam.)

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enguirlander

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a tourniquet

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un garrot

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an airhead (v. fam.)

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un couillon (t. fam.)

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an old shoe, a worn-out slipper

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une savate

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at a standstill or complete stop

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faire du surplace

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to relieve someone of an obligation

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délester qqn d’une obligation

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to dress (fam.)

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saper (fam.)

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heavy (food), heavy-going (book, report)

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indigeste

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mouth-watering, appetizing, enticing

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alléchant

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to pan (critique); to swindle/con (fam.)

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étriller (fam.)

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to bend, to bow (lit.)

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ployer (litt.)

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a doorman, doorwoman

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un portier, une portière

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a bakery

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un fournil

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scrubland

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une garrigue

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to give out, to fail, to waver

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flancher

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a change of scene, a feeling of unfamiliarity

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un dépaysement

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an offering

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une offrande

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a fragrance, a scent an aroma (lit.)

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une senteur (litt.)

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51
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loose stones

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la caillasse

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to shape, to fashion

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façonner

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to frighten, to alarm

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apeurer

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54
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fireproof

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ignifuge

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55
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to half-open

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entrouvrir

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well-read (formal)

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lettré (sou.)

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57
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cowardice

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la lâcheté

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unfathomable, impenetrable

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insondable

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to poke (fire), to stir up, to rouse

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attiser

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60
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a dashboard

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un tableau de bord

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a big top/tent

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un chapiteau

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muggy, clammy, sticky, sweaty

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moite

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a turning point

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un tournant

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a graffiti artist

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un graffeur, une graffeuse

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a flask, a small bottle (e.g. perfume)

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un flacon

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to allocate

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allouer

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67
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insipid, bland

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mièvre

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to darken (face)

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rembrunir

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immutable, unchanging

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immuable

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postscript

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un post-scriptum

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Spartan

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Spartiate

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urgent, compelling, pressing

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impérieux

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a lack of concern, a carefree attitude

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une insouciance

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to build up/construct

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échafauder

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75
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a floorboard

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une latte de plancher

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76
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a lock (canal)

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une écluse

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a search; a frisking

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une fouille; une fouille corporelle

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an usher/ette

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un placeur, une placeuse

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to recline (a seat)

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incliner

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80
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a lamb chop

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une côtelette d’agneau

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Little Red Riding Hood

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le Petit Chaperon Rouge

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to make dirty (reg); to besmirch (litt.)

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salir

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a clam

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une palourde

84
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a snack

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un encas (en-cas)

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savory (herb)

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la sarriette

86
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a lectern

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un lutrin

87
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thoughtfulness

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la prévenance

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sauerkraut

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la choucroute

89
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coarsely ground

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concassé

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a drum

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un tambour

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arson

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l’incendie volontaire (m.)

92
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a haberdashery

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une mercerie

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sulfur

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le soufre

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a locker

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un casier

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to mount (e.g. a picture)

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maroufler

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a shell (of a nut)

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une coque

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to cover one’s tracks

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brouiller les pistes

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to go back to one’s roots; to recharge one’s batteries

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se ressourcer

99
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fashion design

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le stylisme

100
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to amble, to stroll along (fam.)

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baguenauder (fam.)

101
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to lean, abut against

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adossé

102
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multidisciplinary

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pluridisciplinaire

103
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to stroll/amble along

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déambuler

104
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to drink (fam.)

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trinquer

105
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a wick

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une mèche

106
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to cause someone no end of trouble

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donner du fil à retordre à qqn

107
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his word is his bond

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il n’a qu’une parole

108
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he never saw a thing/he was completely taken in

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il n’y a vu que du feu

109
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to control oneself

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se contenir

110
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blindly, groping around

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à tâtons

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babble, gurgle (baby)

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gazouiller

112
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bedding

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un couchage

113
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to come unhooked (painting), to become dislocated (arm)

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se décrocher

114
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to overflow with

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se gorger de

115
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a shot, a discharge

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une décharge

116
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a stupor (lit.)

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une hébétude (litt.)

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frolicking (lovemaking)

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des ébats (amoureux)

118
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unbearable, unsustainable, indefensible

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insoutenable

119
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immodest, shameless

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impudique

120
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a hug, an embrace, a grip

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une étreinte

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treacherous (lit.)

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perfide (litt)

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to order, to decree

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décréter

123
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null and void

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caduc

124
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gregarious

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grégaire

125
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kinship, relationship

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une parenté

126
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to drag on

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s’éterniser

127
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a patrol, rounds, a beat

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une ronde

128
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to cajole; to mollify, to soften up

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amadouer

129
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to feel the weight in one’s hands; to weigh up (to judge)

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soupeser

130
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a vice

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un étau

131
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remaining (adj)

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restant

132
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a jumble, a hodgepodge

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un méli-mélo

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a breaker (breaking wave)

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une déferlante

134
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to linger, to stay late

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s’attarder

135
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faded, bleached

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décoloré

136
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a jam, a bind

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un pétrin

137
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to have nothing to do

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être désœuvré

138
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lost (not perdu)

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désemparé

139
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a speck of dirt, a piece of grime, a stain

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une salissure

140
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appalling, pathetic

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affligeant

141
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an enjoyment, a pleasure; an orgasm; the use (right to use)

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une jouissance

142
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a foolishness, folly (lit.)

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une déraison (litt.)

143
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recoil, kick (of a gun)

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un recul

144
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a relapse

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une rechute

145
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cracked, fissured

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craquelé

146
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to uproot

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déraciner

147
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cleanliness, tidiness; peculiarity/defining characteristic

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le propre (de)

148
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to get down to, to tackle

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s’atteler à

149
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to blacken

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noircir

150
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a sole

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une semelle

151
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aisle (in a church)

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un bas-côté

152
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an altar

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un autel

153
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a cassock

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une soutane

154
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to turn away from

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se détourner de

155
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to plant oneself in front of someone

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se camper devant qqn

156
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muslin, chiffon

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la mousseline

157
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to station/to position oneself

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se poster

158
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a muzzle

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un mufle

159
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an intervention, an intervening

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une entremise

160
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to spy on, to watch closely

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épier

161
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a hare

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un lièvre

162
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to move, to drive, to circulate

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circuler

163
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a slug

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une limace

164
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breakable

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cassable

165
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a set of bagpipes

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une cornemuse

166
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a nightlight, a pilot light

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une veilleuse

167
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stupidly, foolishly, idiotically

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bêtement

168
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a seagull

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une mouette, un goéland

169
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a clearing

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une clairière

170
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the bow (of a ship)

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la proue

171
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frizzy

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crépu

172
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a pasture; a grazing

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un pâturage

173
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a hermit, a recluse

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un ermite

174
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to whisper

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susurrer

175
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discontent

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un mal-être

176
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to shammy, to put the finishing touches on

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peaufiner

177
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a tidal wave (tsuniami: figurative)

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un raz-de-marée

178
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to have teething problems

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essuyer les plâtres

179
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a duvet; a duvet cover

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une couette; une housse de couette

180
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to reduce, to cut down, to mark down

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minorer

181
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blackberry bush; brambles

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une ronce; les ronces

182
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a stagecoach

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une diligence

183
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a newcomer

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un nouveau venu; une nouvelle venue

184
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a baby blanket; to swaddle

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un lange; langer

185
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a clinic

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un dispensaire

186
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wormy, maggoty; shady, dubious

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véreux

187
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a posting, a display

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un affichage

188
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a tug, a gnawing pain (stomach); conflict

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un tiraillement; des tiraillements

189
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a battery (fam.)

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un accu (fam.)

190
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a turd

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un étran

191
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to scotch tape

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scotcher

192
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a toe clip

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un cale-pied

193
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uncompromising

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intransigeant

194
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a patch/plot of land

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un lopin (de terre)

195
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a stand-in, an understudy

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une doublure

196
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kindling

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un petit bois; un bois d’allumage

197
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a low (stone) wall

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un muret

198
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a hopper

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une trémie

199
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a skylight

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un lanterneau

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frostbite

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un gelure

French Vocabulary - Encountered (22 decks)

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