Vocab 12 Flashcards

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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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3
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hitchhiking; to hitchhike

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

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4
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to injure, to wrong someone

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léser

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5
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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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7
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a leek

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un poireau

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8
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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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12
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to empty (used water), to defuel

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vidanger

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13
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to bore, to drill

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forer

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14
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to flow, to spill

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se déverser

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15
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an icecap

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une calotte glaciaire

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16
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rough/choppy (seas): stormy (debate/meeting)

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houleux

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17
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a dispute

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un litige

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18
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tousled, dishevelled

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ébouriffé

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19
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dull, mat, unpolished

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mat, mate

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20
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disappointments, setbacks

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des déboires (m.)

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21
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mutual aid

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une entraide

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22
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demonic, sulfurous

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sulfureux

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23
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procedures, channels; network, connection

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une filière

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24
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houka

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le narghilé

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furlined (clothing); filled (cooking)
fourré
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a last resort
un pis-aller
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a pioneer
un initiateur, une initiatrice
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to deflower
dépuceler
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a twisting, a torsion
une torsion
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son (fam.)
un fiston (fam.)
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a nuisance (person)
un gêneur, une gêneuse
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exhausting, wearing
harassant
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to hang garlands/to deck; to chew out (fam.)
enguirlander
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a tourniquet
un garrot
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an airhead (v. fam.)
un couillon (t. fam.)
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an old shoe, a worn-out slipper
une savate
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at a standstill or complete stop
faire du surplace
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to relieve someone of an obligation
délester qqn d'une obligation
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to dress (fam.)
saper (fam.)
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heavy (food), heavy-going (book, report)
indigeste
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mouth-watering, appetizing, enticing
alléchant
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to pan (critique); to swindle/con (fam.)
étriller (fam.)
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to bend, to bow (lit.)
ployer (litt.)
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a doorman, doorwoman
un portier, une portière
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a bakery
un fournil
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scrubland
une garrigue
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to give out, to fail, to waver
flancher
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a change of scene, a feeling of unfamiliarity
un dépaysement
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an offering
une offrande
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a fragrance, a scent an aroma (lit.)
une senteur (litt.)
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loose stones
la caillasse
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to shape, to fashion
façonner
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to frighten, to alarm
apeurer
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fireproof
ignifuge
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to half-open
entrouvrir
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well-read (formal)
lettré (sou.)
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cowardice
la lâcheté
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unfathomable, impenetrable
insondable
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to poke (fire), to stir up, to rouse
attiser
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a dashboard
un tableau de bord
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a big top/tent
un chapiteau
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muggy, clammy, sticky, sweaty
moite
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a turning point
un tournant
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a graffiti artist
un graffeur, une graffeuse
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a flask, a small bottle (e.g. perfume)
un flacon
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to allocate
allouer
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insipid, bland
mièvre
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to darken (face)
rembrunir
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immutable, unchanging
immuable
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postscript
un post-scriptum
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Spartan
Spartiate
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urgent, compelling, pressing
impérieux
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a lack of concern, a carefree attitude
une insouciance
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to build up/construct
échafauder
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a floorboard
une latte de plancher
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a lock (canal)
une écluse
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a search; a frisking
une fouille; une fouille corporelle
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an usher/ette
un placeur, une placeuse
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to recline (a seat)
incliner
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a lamb chop
une côtelette d'agneau
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Little Red Riding Hood
le Petit Chaperon Rouge
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to make dirty (reg); to besmirch (litt.)
salir
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a clam
une palourde
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a snack
un encas (en-cas)
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savory (herb)
la sarriette
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a lectern
un lutrin
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thoughtfulness
la prévenance
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sauerkraut
la choucroute
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coarsely ground
concassé
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a drum
un tambour
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arson
l'incendie volontaire (m.)
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a haberdashery
une mercerie
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sulfur
le soufre
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a locker
un casier
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to mount (e.g. a picture)
maroufler
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a shell (of a nut)
une coque
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to cover one's tracks
brouiller les pistes
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to go back to one's roots; to recharge one's batteries
se ressourcer
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fashion design
le stylisme
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to amble, to stroll along (fam.)
baguenauder (fam.)
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to lean, abut against
adossé
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multidisciplinary
pluridisciplinaire
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to stroll/amble along
déambuler
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to drink (fam.)
trinquer
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a wick
une mèche
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to cause someone no end of trouble
donner du fil à retordre à qqn
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his word is his bond
il n'a qu'une parole
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he never saw a thing/he was completely taken in
il n'y a vu que du feu
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to control oneself
se contenir
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blindly, groping around
à tâtons
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babble, gurgle (baby)
gazouiller
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bedding
un couchage
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to come unhooked (painting), to become dislocated (arm)
se décrocher
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to overflow with
se gorger de
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a shot, a discharge
une décharge
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a stupor (lit.)
une hébétude (litt.)
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frolicking (lovemaking)
des ébats (amoureux)
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unbearable, unsustainable, indefensible
insoutenable
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immodest, shameless
impudique
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a hug, an embrace, a grip
une étreinte
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treacherous (lit.)
perfide (litt)
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to order, to decree
décréter
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null and void
caduc
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gregarious
grégaire
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kinship, relationship
une parenté
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to drag on
s'éterniser
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a patrol, rounds, a beat
une ronde
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to cajole; to mollify, to soften up
amadouer
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to feel the weight in one's hands; to weigh up (to judge)
soupeser
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a vice
un étau
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remaining (adj)
restant
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a jumble, a hodgepodge
un méli-mélo
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a breaker (breaking wave)
une déferlante
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to linger, to stay late
s'attarder
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faded, bleached
décoloré
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a jam, a bind
un pétrin
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to have nothing to do
être désœuvré
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lost (not perdu)
désemparé
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a speck of dirt, a piece of grime, a stain
une salissure
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appalling, pathetic
affligeant
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an enjoyment, a pleasure; an orgasm; the use (right to use)
une jouissance
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a foolishness, folly (lit.)
une déraison (litt.)
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recoil, kick (of a gun)
un recul
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a relapse
une rechute
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cracked, fissured
craquelé
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to uproot
déraciner
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cleanliness, tidiness; peculiarity/defining characteristic
le propre (de)
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to get down to, to tackle
s'atteler à
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to blacken
noircir
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a sole
une semelle
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aisle (in a church)
un bas-côté
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an altar
un autel
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a cassock
une soutane
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to turn away from
se détourner de
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to plant oneself in front of someone
se camper devant qqn
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muslin, chiffon
la mousseline
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to station/to position oneself
se poster
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a muzzle
un mufle
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an intervention, an intervening
une entremise
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to spy on, to watch closely
épier
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a hare
un lièvre
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to move, to drive, to circulate
circuler
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a slug
une limace
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breakable
cassable
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a set of bagpipes
une cornemuse
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a nightlight, a pilot light
une veilleuse
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stupidly, foolishly, idiotically
bêtement
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a seagull
une mouette, un goéland
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a clearing
une clairière
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the bow (of a ship)
la proue
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frizzy
crépu
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a pasture; a grazing
un pâturage
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a hermit, a recluse
un ermite
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to whisper
susurrer
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discontent
un mal-être
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to shammy, to put the finishing touches on
peaufiner
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a tidal wave (tsuniami: figurative)
un raz-de-marée
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to have teething problems
essuyer les plâtres
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a duvet; a duvet cover
une couette; une housse de couette
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to reduce, to cut down, to mark down
minorer
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blackberry bush; brambles
une ronce; les ronces
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a stagecoach
une diligence
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a newcomer
un nouveau venu; une nouvelle venue
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a baby blanket; to swaddle
un lange; langer
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a clinic
un dispensaire
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wormy, maggoty; shady, dubious
véreux
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a posting, a display
un affichage
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a tug, a gnawing pain (stomach); conflict
un tiraillement; des tiraillements
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a battery (fam.)
un accu (fam.)
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a turd
un étran
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to scotch tape
scotcher
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a toe clip
un cale-pied
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uncompromising
intransigeant
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a patch/plot of land
un lopin (de terre)
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a stand-in, an understudy
une doublure
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kindling
un petit bois; un bois d'allumage
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a low (stone) wall
un muret
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a hopper
une trémie
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a skylight
un lanterneau
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frostbite
un gelure