Vocab 13 Flashcards

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a puppet

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un pantin, un fantoche

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enclined to; reluctant to

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enclin à; peu enclin à

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to clear through customs

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dédouaner

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an about-face, a change of mind

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un revirement

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5
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damage sustained by a ship

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une avarie

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6
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a contractor

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un entrepreneur

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to embellish, to adorn (with)

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enjoliver (de)

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8
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a dewclaw, a spur (rooster)

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un ergot

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9
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to. bind, to tie up (to)

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ligoter (à)

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10
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a maverick

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un franc-tireur

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11
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to torpedo

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torpiller

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12
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crystal clear

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cristallin

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13
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deficiency (of)

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une carence (en)

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14
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an offender

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un fautif, une fautive

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15
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to massage

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masser

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16
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to answer back, to counter-attack

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riposter

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17
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tin; pewter

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l’étain (m.)

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18
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a stairwell

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un cage d’escalier

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19
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nail-biting (adj.)

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haletant

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20
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to heighten, to raise (construction)

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surélever

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21
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to coil

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enrouler, lover

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22
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a rejuvenating experiences; waters of youth

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un bain de jouvence; l’eau de jouvence

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23
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to rush, to dash forward

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s’élancer

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24
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a small box; a gift box; a jewelry box

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un coffret; un coffret cadeau; un coffret à bijoux

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a (manufacturer's) label
une vignette
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ruthless
impitoyable, cruel
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a mini-market
une supérette
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a bug (IT)
un bogue
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a small village; a dump (pej.)
un bled
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a little place out in the middle of nowhere
un petit bled paumé
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credentials
des références, des titres
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in capacity (as a friend) (private/professional)
à titre (amical) (privé/professional)
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in what capacity
à quel titre ?
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on a (trial)(provisional) basis
à titre (d'essai)(provisoire)
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straights, a channel
un pertuis
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to speak for itself (adj.)
parlant
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interference
une ingérence
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clean-shaven, hairless
glabre
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gleaming, shining, glistening
luisant
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a tuft (hair/grass)
une touffe
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to scrape, scratch, graze
érafler
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hairy
velu, poilu
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erect (tail, ears); trained (dog)
dressé
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a small branch; a subdivision (fig.)
un rameau
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versatile, adaptable
polyvalent
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golden brown, bronze
mordoré
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a cue (theater, verbal)
une réplique, un signal
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a stimulus
un stimulus (physio.); un stimulant, une incitation
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boxers
un caleçon
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the knell; the bell is tolling for someone
un glas; on sonne le glas pour qqn
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to incur
encourir
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modestly, discreetly
pudiquement
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undrinkable
imbuvable
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to gentrify
embourgeoiser
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to jinx
porter malheur à, jeter un sort à
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to be wed (archaic/humorous)
convoler en justes noces (archaïque/humoristique)
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built-in
encastré
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rabies
la rage
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a peat bog
une tourbière
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promising
prometteur
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flourishing, booming
porteur
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to seize, to steal (exp.)
faire main basse sur
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to storm (take by force)
prendre d'assaut
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to go without saying, to be obvious
couler de source
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to leave (someone) indifferent/cold
laisser (qqn) de glace
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to attack
prendre à partie
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to let it go
se laisser faire
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a boor, a lout
un rustre
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a monologue
un monologue, une tirade
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to fall under (i.e. jurisdiction)
relever de
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the common people
le commun des mortels
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to be well off/well provided for
être bien loti
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meaning, sense (of the word)
l'acception (du mot/terme)
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a loaf (of bread)
une miche
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to devote oneself to
s'adonner à
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a diaper
une couche-culotte
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to splash around/about, to wade
barboter
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offspring, progeny
une progéniture
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an enslavement
un asservissement
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a broadsword
un glaive
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readjustment, rebalancing
un rééquilibrage
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a foxhole, a rabbit hole
un terrier
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to catch/get/grab (fam.)
choper (fam.)
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self-importance, self-satisfaction
une suffisance
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a rotation (of staff/jobs)
un roulement, à tour de rôle
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a messing around, a fiddling, a tampering (fam.)
un bidouillage (fam.)
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to dissociate oneself from
se désolidariser de
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temporary, interim, acting
intérimaire
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insurmountable; uncompromising
irréductible
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public housing unit
une HLM (habitation à loyer modéré
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to dislocation (a joint); to dismiss (someone of their duties)
démettre (qqn de ses fonctions)
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uphill (adj. and adv.)
amont *avant nom*; en amont
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it's all the same (fam.)
c'est kif-kif (fam.)
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a game (match)
une partie
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daybreak
le point du jour
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a puny man
un gringalet
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gerrymandering
le charcutage électoral
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extasy, rapture
un extase
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an armhole
une entournure
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the unsaid
le non-dit
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to put up with
s'accommoder de
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a (spinning top)
une toupie
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crumbly
friable
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a night stick
une matraque
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to react, to respond
broncher
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an informer
un informateur/une informatrice, un indicateur (de police)
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very long (letter, book)
(une lettre/un livre) fleuve
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to trail, to track (person/animal)
pister
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to increase tenfold, to increase greatly
décupler
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a litter
une portée
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to sand down
poncer (au papier de verre), décaper
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to peck at, to nibble away at
picorer
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downstream, downhill from
en aval de
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a vial/phial
une fiole
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phlegm
la glaire
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blunt
contondant
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nonchalant, offhand
désinvolte
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HQ
QG (quartier général)
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to kick out (fig.)
chasser à coups de pied, foutre dehors
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a degree course
un cursus universitaire
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a balm, a basalm
une baune
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a plunger
une ventouse, un déboucheur
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a mare
une jument
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an organization chart, a flow chart, a diagram
un organigramme
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to be afoot
se tramer
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an allocation, an attribution
une attribution
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revengeful, set on revenge
revanchard
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a stepping stone
un marchepied
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to rid one's self of (formal)
se défaire de
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sane
sain d'esprit
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a privilege, a special favor
un passe-droit
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to chant (i.e. a slogan)
scander
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to become more noticeable, to become more pronounced
s'accentuer
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an inheritance
un patrimoine
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premises, a place
un local
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to hold concurrently; to accrue
cumuler
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ill-timed, inopportune
malencontreux
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a sperm whale
un cachalot
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imprisonment
un emprisonnement, une réclusion
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to be well off/to be poorly provided for
être bien/mal loti
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to get ahead of, to arrive ahead of
devancer
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to chuck, to toss (fam.); to hurl (i.e. insults, fam.)
balancer (fam.)
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whooping cough/pertusis; the darling/heartthrob (fam.)
le coqueluche
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bravado
le fanfaronnade
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from the Rhone
rhodanien
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a pediatric nurse
une puéricultrice
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a series, a saga; (TV): a mini-series, a soap opera
un feuilleton
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a hub
un moyeu
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swallowing
la déglutition
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embarrassment
l'embarras, la gêne
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bulky, cumbersome
encombrant
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on this side
en deçà
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harmony
l'accord (m.), l'harmonie (f.)
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to gain one's freedom/independence
s'affranchir
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the obtaining, the getting
une obtention
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shadowing/tailing someone
la filature
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wiring for sound, a sound system
la sonorisation
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a lifestyle, a standard of living
un train de vie
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mustard gas
l'ypérite (f.)
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a retreat, a back-tracking
une reculade
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to be reluctant
rechigner à
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a gold bar
un lingot d'or
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cork (the substance)
le liège
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with one exception
à une exception près
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to stuff (e.g. an animal)
empailler
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an insult, a snub, an affront (lit.)
un camouflet (litt.)
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a fraud, a piece of trickery, a deception (lit.)
une imposture (litt.)
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a shed, a hut
une baraque
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an old stick-in-the-mud, an old fogey (v. fam.)
une baderne (t. fam.)
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to sell off cheaply
brader
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to be sparing with, to treat/handle carefully
ménager
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a (horse-drawn) carriage
un fiacre
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a quarrel, a squabble, a skirmish, an engagement
un accrochage
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to risk, to stake one's all
jouer son va-tout
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gunpowder
le poudre noir, le poudre à canon/fusil
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an explosion
une déflagration
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a jackpot
une cagnotte
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to dry up, to run dry
se tarir
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to juggle
jongler
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a workforce, a labor force
une main-d'œuvre
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a felling, a slaughter
un abattage
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identity (adj.)
identitaire
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dreary (fam.)
glauque (fam.)
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a goatee
une barbiche/un bouc; (si courte) une barbichette
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a strained muscle
un claquage
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of high society (adj)
mondain
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boring, tedious (fam.)
assommant (fam.)
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to confine to bed
aliter
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(thermal) insulation
l'isolation thermique/calorifuge
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perplexing, disconcerting, puzzling
déroutant
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a momentum
une lancée
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an unpopular person, a persona non grata
un mal-aimé, une mal-aimée
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a (police) raid
une rafle (de police)
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a circle of influence (formal)
une mouvance (sou.)
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thundering, resounding (adj.)
tonitruant
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to index, to list
répertorier
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a tailgate
un hayon (h aspiré)
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seaside
au bord de le mer, à la mer
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to puff (i.e. a cigar)
tirer des bouffées de