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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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damage sustained by a ship

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une avarie

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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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a dewclaw, a spur (rooster)

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un ergot

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to. bind, to tie up (to)

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ligoter (à)

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a maverick

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un franc-tireur

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to torpedo

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torpiller

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crystal clear

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cristallin

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deficiency (of)

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une carence (en)

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an offender

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un fautif, une fautive

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to massage

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masser

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to answer back, to counter-attack

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riposter

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tin; pewter

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l’étain (m.)

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a stairwell

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un cage d’escalier

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nail-biting (adj.)

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haletant

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to heighten, to raise (construction)

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surélever

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to coil

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enrouler, lover

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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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to rush, to dash forward

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s’élancer

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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

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une vignette

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ruthless

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impitoyable, cruel

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a mini-market

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une supérette

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a bug (IT)

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un bogue

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a small village; a dump (pej.)

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un bled

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a little place out in the middle of nowhere

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un petit bled paumé

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credentials

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des références, des titres

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in capacity (as a friend) (private/professional)

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à titre (amical) (privé/professional)

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in what capacity

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à quel titre ?

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on a (trial)(provisional) basis

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à titre (d’essai)(provisoire)

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straights, a channel

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un pertuis

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to speak for itself (adj.)

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parlant

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interference

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une ingérence

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clean-shaven, hairless

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glabre

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gleaming, shining, glistening

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luisant

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a tuft (hair/grass)

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une touffe

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to scrape, scratch, graze

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érafler

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hairy

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velu, poilu

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erect (tail, ears); trained (dog)

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dressé

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a small branch; a subdivision (fig.)

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un rameau

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versatile, adaptable

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polyvalent

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golden brown, bronze

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mordoré

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a cue (theater, verbal)

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une réplique, un signal

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a stimulus

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un stimulus (physio.); un stimulant, une incitation

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boxers

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un caleçon

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the knell; the bell is tolling for someone

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un glas; on sonne le glas pour qqn

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to incur

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encourir

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modestly, discreetly

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pudiquement

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undrinkable

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imbuvable

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to gentrify

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embourgeoiser

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to jinx

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porter malheur à, jeter un sort à

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to be wed (archaic/humorous)

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convoler en justes noces (archaïque/humoristique)

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built-in

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encastré

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rabies

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la rage

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a peat bog

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une tourbière

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promising

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prometteur

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flourishing, booming

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porteur

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to seize, to steal (exp.)

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faire main basse sur

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to storm (take by force)

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prendre d’assaut

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to go without saying, to be obvious

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couler de source

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to leave (someone) indifferent/cold

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laisser (qqn) de glace

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to attack

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prendre à partie

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67
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to let it go

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se laisser faire

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a boor, a lout

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un rustre

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a monologue

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un monologue, une tirade

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to fall under (i.e. jurisdiction)

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relever de

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the common people

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le commun des mortels

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to be well off/well provided for

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être bien loti

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meaning, sense (of the word)

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l’acception (du mot/terme)

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a loaf (of bread)

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une miche

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to devote oneself to

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s’adonner à

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76
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a diaper

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une couche-culotte

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to splash around/about, to wade

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barboter

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offspring, progeny

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une progéniture

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an enslavement

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un asservissement

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a broadsword

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un glaive

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readjustment, rebalancing

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un rééquilibrage

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a foxhole, a rabbit hole

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un terrier

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to catch/get/grab (fam.)

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choper (fam.)

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self-importance, self-satisfaction

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une suffisance

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a rotation (of staff/jobs)

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un roulement, à tour de rôle

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a messing around, a fiddling, a tampering (fam.)

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un bidouillage (fam.)

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to dissociate oneself from

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se désolidariser de

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temporary, interim, acting

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intérimaire

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insurmountable; uncompromising

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irréductible

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public housing unit

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une HLM (habitation à loyer modéré

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to dislocation (a joint); to dismiss (someone of their duties)

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démettre (qqn de ses fonctions)

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uphill (adj. and adv.)

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amont avant nom; en amont

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it’s all the same (fam.)

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c’est kif-kif (fam.)

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a game (match)

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une partie

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daybreak

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le point du jour

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a puny man

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un gringalet

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gerrymandering

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le charcutage électoral

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extasy, rapture

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un extase

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an armhole

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une entournure

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the unsaid

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le non-dit

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to put up with

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s’accommoder de

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a (spinning top)

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une toupie

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crumbly

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friable

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a night stick

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une matraque

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to react, to respond

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broncher

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an informer

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un informateur/une informatrice, un indicateur (de police)

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very long (letter, book)

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(une lettre/un livre) fleuve

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to trail, to track (person/animal)

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pister

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to increase tenfold, to increase greatly

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décupler

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a litter

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une portée

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to sand down

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poncer (au papier de verre), décaper

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to peck at, to nibble away at

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picorer

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downstream, downhill from

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en aval de

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a vial/phial

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une fiole

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phlegm

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la glaire

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blunt

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contondant

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nonchalant, offhand

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désinvolte

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HQ

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QG (quartier général)

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to kick out (fig.)

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chasser à coups de pied, foutre dehors

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a degree course

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un cursus universitaire

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a balm, a basalm

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une baune

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a plunger

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une ventouse, un déboucheur

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a mare

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une jument

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an organization chart, a flow chart, a diagram

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un organigramme

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to be afoot

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se tramer

126
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an allocation, an attribution

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une attribution

127
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revengeful, set on revenge

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revanchard

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a stepping stone

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un marchepied

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to rid one’s self of (formal)

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se défaire de

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sane

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sain d’esprit

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a privilege, a special favor

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un passe-droit

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to chant (i.e. a slogan)

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scander

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to become more noticeable, to become more pronounced

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s’accentuer

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an inheritance

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un patrimoine

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premises, a place

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un local

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to hold concurrently; to accrue

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cumuler

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ill-timed, inopportune

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malencontreux

138
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a sperm whale

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un cachalot

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imprisonment

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un emprisonnement, une réclusion

140
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to be well off/to be poorly provided for

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être bien/mal loti

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to get ahead of, to arrive ahead of

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devancer

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to chuck, to toss (fam.); to hurl (i.e. insults, fam.)

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balancer (fam.)

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whooping cough/pertusis; the darling/heartthrob (fam.)

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le coqueluche

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bravado

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le fanfaronnade

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from the Rhone

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rhodanien

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a pediatric nurse

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une puéricultrice

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a series, a saga; (TV): a mini-series, a soap opera

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un feuilleton

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a hub

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un moyeu

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swallowing

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la déglutition

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embarrassment

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l’embarras, la gêne

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bulky, cumbersome

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encombrant

152
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on this side

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en deçà

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harmony

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l’accord (m.), l’harmonie (f.)

154
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to gain one’s freedom/independence

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s’affranchir

155
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the obtaining, the getting

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une obtention

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shadowing/tailing someone

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la filature

157
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wiring for sound, a sound system

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la sonorisation

158
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a lifestyle, a standard of living

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un train de vie

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mustard gas

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l’ypérite (f.)

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a retreat, a back-tracking

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une reculade

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to be reluctant

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rechigner à

162
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a gold bar

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un lingot d’or

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cork (the substance)

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le liège

164
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with one exception

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à une exception près

165
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to stuff (e.g. an animal)

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empailler

166
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an insult, a snub, an affront (lit.)

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un camouflet (litt.)

167
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a fraud, a piece of trickery, a deception (lit.)

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une imposture (litt.)

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a shed, a hut

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une baraque

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an old stick-in-the-mud, an old fogey (v. fam.)

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une baderne (t. fam.)

170
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to sell off cheaply

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brader

171
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to be sparing with, to treat/handle carefully

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ménager

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a (horse-drawn) carriage

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un fiacre

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a quarrel, a squabble, a skirmish, an engagement

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un accrochage

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to risk, to stake one’s all

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jouer son va-tout

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gunpowder

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le poudre noir, le poudre à canon/fusil

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an explosion

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une déflagration

177
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a jackpot

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une cagnotte

178
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to dry up, to run dry

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se tarir

179
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to juggle

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jongler

180
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a workforce, a labor force

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une main-d’œuvre

181
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a felling, a slaughter

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un abattage

182
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identity (adj.)

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identitaire

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dreary (fam.)

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glauque (fam.)

184
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a goatee

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une barbiche/un bouc; (si courte) une barbichette

185
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a strained muscle

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un claquage

186
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of high society (adj)

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mondain

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boring, tedious (fam.)

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assommant (fam.)

188
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to confine to bed

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aliter

189
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(thermal) insulation

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l’isolation thermique/calorifuge

190
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perplexing, disconcerting, puzzling

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déroutant

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a momentum

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une lancée

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an unpopular person, a persona non grata

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un mal-aimé, une mal-aimée

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a (police) raid

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une rafle (de police)

194
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a circle of influence (formal)

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une mouvance (sou.)

195
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thundering, resounding (adj.)

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tonitruant

196
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to index, to list

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répertorier

197
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a tailgate

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un hayon (h aspiré)

198
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seaside

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au bord de le mer, à la mer

199
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to puff (i.e. a cigar)

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