Vocab 14 Flashcards

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old-fashioned

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vieillot

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2
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to wallpaper, to hang with drapes, to cover

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tapisser

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a store window, window display, a storefront

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une devanture

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4
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clogged

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encrassé

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5
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to take off one’s shoes/skis

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déchausser

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clairvoyance

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la voyance

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7
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take aim!

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en joue !

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8
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to aim a rifle

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coucher un fusil en joue

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9
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a long weekend

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un pont

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10
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Period! That’s that!

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Point barre !

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11
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an outpouring, an extravasation

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un épanchement

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12
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to the rescue

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à la rescousse

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13
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to alarm, to bewilder, to bemuse

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effarer

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14
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to collapse, to slump

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s’affaiser

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15
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outdated, old-fashioned

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suranné

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16
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gibberish, gobbledegook

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un galimatias

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17
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squealing, screeching, squeaking

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un crissement

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18
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stale, past prime

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défraîchi

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19
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a color, a shade

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un coloris

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20
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to splash, to splatter, to sprinkle

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asperger

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21
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an assessment (weight, value), an assessment/grasp (of a situation)

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une appréciation

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22
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a gold mine (fig.), a jackpot

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un pactole

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23
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a galley slave

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un forçat

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24
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courteous

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courtois

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a fib, a whopper
une craque
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a quagmire
un bourbier
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to converse with
s'entretenir avec
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a wet-blanket, a killjoy (fam.)
un pisse-froid (fam.)
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a whim, a craze
une lubie
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a scrooge, a miser
un grippe-sou(s)
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to all present
à la cantonade
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seconds, overtime (fam.)
le rab (fam.)
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a readjustment, a rebalancing
un rééquilibrage
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untimely, ill-timed, inopportune
intempestif
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to be refreshed, to be restored (fam.)
ravigoter (fam.)
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a transfer of power
une passation des pouvoirs
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a pervert; a dirty old man
un vicieux; un vieux vicieux
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to dismiss, to discharge
congédier
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to take
s'adjuger
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to be on tour, to be on one's rounds
être en tournée
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a pull-up; a push-up
une traction; une pompe
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to encourage, to reassure
décomplexer
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corrupt, venal
vénal
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adulterated
frelaté
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cunning, shifty, sly, underhand
sournois
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to draw off, to extract
soutirer
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flammable
inflammable
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a gap/an omission
une lacune
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a drag, un puff (of a cigarette) (fam.)
une taffe (fam.)
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as (you/I) please
à ma/ta guise
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placid, flappy, spineless
flasque
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pillager, looter, plunderer
un pillard, une pillarde
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to make a fuss (fam./old fash.)
faire du fla-fla (fam./vieilli)
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a splinter
une écharde
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excessive, overabundant
pléthorique
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a rogue's gallery (fam.)
un trombinoscope (fam.)
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to rub with oil, to anoint
oindre
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a lucky star
une bonne étoile
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to stow
arrimer
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to allow to breathe (wine), to bring to room temperature
chambrer
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a case, a casing
un boîtier
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dampness, stickiness, moistness
une moiteur
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to show off, to put on an act (fam.)
frimer (fam.)
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to give a range
donner une fourchette
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to put a definitive end to something
pour/afin d'en finir avec qqch
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an indentation (geog.), a low neckline
une échancrure
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to decorate, to adorn
agrémenter
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to excite, to exhilarate; to turn on
émoustiller
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ability, capability
une faculté
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inseparable, intense (relationship/couple)
fusionnel
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an inveterate liar
un affabulateur, affabulatrice
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the lure/attraction of money
l'appât du gain
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eulogistic, laudatory
dithyrambique
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a glutton
un goulu, une goulue
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the movies (fam.)
le cinoche (fam.)
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depressing, worrying
flippant
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to beseech, to implore
implorer, supplier
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a pitfall, a hazard
une embûche
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stunned, dumbfounded
médusé
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abysmal, awful, foul
exécrable
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to get bogged down (literal/fig), to sink
s'enliser
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mechanical shovel
une pelleteuse
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a link
un chaînon
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a crook, a hoodlum, a gangster
un malfrat
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something's burning; trouble's brewing
ça sent le roussi
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adulterated
frelaté
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stinginess, tightfistedness (fam.)
la radinerie
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a stain (lit.)
une souillure (litt.)
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a barge
une péniche
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a blowtorch
un chalumeau
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binding, bookbinding
la reliure
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a lull, a break, a period if temporary relief
une accalmie
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a suction cup
une ventouse
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to have one’s back to the wall
être aux abois
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a mystery, a secret
un arcane (les arcanes de la science)
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an outlet
un débouché
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persnickety
tatillon, chipoteur
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plywood
le contreplaqué
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out of alignment, unhinged
désaxé
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to have a chance/possibilty of
être susceptible de
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to stick
embourber
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a stool/stepladder
un escabeau
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brownish
bistré
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to gossip
jaser
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to coat with breadcrumbs
paner
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a turnip
un navet
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to quench one’s thirst
étancher sa soif; se désaltérer
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to desert, to neglect
délaisser
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to crush, to grind
piler
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pasta shells
des coquillettes
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rush hour
L’heure de pointe
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to get rid of someone
éconduire qqn
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a tip/bonus
une gratification
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a sweetener
un édulcorant
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casualness, off-handedness
une désinvolture
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off the bone
désossé
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earthenware
la faïence
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at half-mast
en berne
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a mistake
un quiproquo
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a disagreement, a dispute
un différend
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a willow
un saule, un osier
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a (loud) slurp
un lapement (bruyant)
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to make a mistake, to have a slip-up (fam.)
se gourer (fam.)
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bad/rotten luck (fam)
la poisse (fam)
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a tarp
une bâche
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to fall on, to drop onto
tomber dessus
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to scare off, to frighten away
effaroucher
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a bevel; bevelled
un biseau; en biseau
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prohibitive, crippling, a deal-breaker
rédhibitoire
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a walker; a cane
un déambulateur; une canne
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a blunder (fam)
une boulette (fam)
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a security blanket
un doudou
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to bustle around someone, to attend to someone’s needs
s’empresser
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to be out-of-tune, to clash
détonner
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sexual
sexué
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a nursey rhyme
une comptine
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redundant
redondant
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a peak, a zenith
un summum
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a hotshot, a show-off (fam)
un crâneur, une crâneuse (fam)
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a spotlight
un projecteur, un spot
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a sequin
une paillette
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to despise (litt)
honnir (lit)
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shamelessly
sans vergogne
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permanent, fixed
inamovible
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a nose dive
un piqué
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to overheat
surchauffer
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cast iron
la fonte
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to unbolt
déboulonner
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a blockade
un blocus
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to scoff at, to jeer at (lit)
perdifler (litt)
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jogging
le footing, le jogging
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a pet hobby (fam)
une marotte (fam)
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arrears, a backlog
un arriéré
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a freshman (slang)
un bizut (argot)
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youngish, rather young
jeunot
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a daydream
une rêverie
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a daydream (pej); (fam)
une rêvasserie (pej); un gamberge (fam)
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to stick to, to stand by
ne pas démordre de
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to shout oneself hoarse
s’égosiller
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a fright (fam)
une trouille (fam)
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emotional
affectif
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imagination
l’imaginaire (m), l’imagination
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lightning (adj), dazzling, sudden
fulgurant
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to kill by the sword, to combat (lit)
pourfendre (litt)
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a passing, an excess
un dépassement
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a fee/fees
des honoraires (m)
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asbestos
l’amiante (m)
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a floor lamp, a streetlight
un lampadaire
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a brightness, a radiance
un éclat
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a pine nut
un pignon
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openwork, perforated
ajouré
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a step ahead, a leading position
une tête d’avance
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to invalidate, to revoke, to contradict
infirmer
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breadcrumbs
la chapelure
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blinders
des œillères (f)
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a poison pen letter writer
un corbeau
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to bury, to inter
inhumer
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a flick (of a finger)
une chiquenaude
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to beget, to create, to generate
engendrer
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sorrow, grief
un chagrin
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to compel, to force, to oblige
astreindre
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a promoted person
un promu, une promue
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a watchdog
un molosse
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an executioner, a torturer
un bourreau
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a speaker
une enceinte
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moonlight
le clair de lune
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set back; to stand back/remain in the background
en retrait; rester en retrait
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to make an effort to do something, to set about to do something
s’y coller
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indefinitely, for ever
indéfiniment
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blood-streaked, blood-red
sanguinolent
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hideous
hideux
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I want something in return
c’est donnant-donnant
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back to square one
retour à la case départ
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an insert
un encart
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well-off, affluent
cossu
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a gangway, passageway
une coursive
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the steps outside a building
le perron
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a payment, an installment
une traite
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a report (fam)
le topo (fam.)