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1
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old-fashioned

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vieillot

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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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clogged

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encrassé

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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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take aim!

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en joue !

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to aim a rifle

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coucher un fusil en joue

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a long weekend

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un pont

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Period! That’s that!

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Point barre !

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an outpouring, an extravasation

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un épanchement

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to the rescue

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à la rescousse

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to alarm, to bewilder, to bemuse

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effarer

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to collapse, to slump

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s’affaiser

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outdated, old-fashioned

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suranné

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gibberish, gobbledegook

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un galimatias

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squealing, screeching, squeaking

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un crissement

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stale, past prime

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défraîchi

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a color, a shade

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un coloris

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to splash, to splatter, to sprinkle

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asperger

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

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une appréciation

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a gold mine (fig.), a jackpot

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un pactole

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a galley slave

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un forçat

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courteous

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courtois

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a fib, a whopper

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une craque

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a quagmire

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un bourbier

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to converse with

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s’entretenir avec

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a wet-blanket, a killjoy (fam.)

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un pisse-froid (fam.)

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a whim, a craze

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une lubie

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a scrooge, a miser

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un grippe-sou(s)

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to all present

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à la cantonade

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seconds, overtime (fam.)

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le rab (fam.)

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a readjustment, a rebalancing

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un rééquilibrage

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untimely, ill-timed, inopportune

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intempestif

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to be refreshed, to be restored (fam.)

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ravigoter (fam.)

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a transfer of power

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une passation des pouvoirs

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a pervert; a dirty old man

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un vicieux; un vieux vicieux

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to dismiss, to discharge

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congédier

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39
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to take

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s’adjuger

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to be on tour, to be on one’s rounds

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être en tournée

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41
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a pull-up; a push-up

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une traction; une pompe

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42
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to encourage, to reassure

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décomplexer

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43
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corrupt, venal

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vénal

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adulterated

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frelaté

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cunning, shifty, sly, underhand

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sournois

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to draw off, to extract

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soutirer

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47
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flammable

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inflammable

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48
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a gap/an omission

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une lacune

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49
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a drag, un puff (of a cigarette) (fam.)

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une taffe (fam.)

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as (you/I) please

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à ma/ta guise

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placid, flappy, spineless

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flasque

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pillager, looter, plunderer

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un pillard, une pillarde

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to make a fuss (fam./old fash.)

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faire du fla-fla (fam./vieilli)

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54
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a splinter

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une écharde

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excessive, overabundant

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pléthorique

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56
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a rogue’s gallery (fam.)

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un trombinoscope (fam.)

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57
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to rub with oil, to anoint

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oindre

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58
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a lucky star

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une bonne étoile

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59
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to stow

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arrimer

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60
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to allow to breathe (wine), to bring to room temperature

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chambrer

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a case, a casing

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un boîtier

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dampness, stickiness, moistness

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une moiteur

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to show off, to put on an act (fam.)

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frimer (fam.)

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to give a range

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donner une fourchette

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65
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to put a definitive end to something

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pour/afin d’en finir avec qqch

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66
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an indentation (geog.), a low neckline

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une échancrure

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to decorate, to adorn

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agrémenter

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to excite, to exhilarate; to turn on

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émoustiller

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ability, capability

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une faculté

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inseparable, intense (relationship/couple)

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fusionnel

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71
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an inveterate liar

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un affabulateur, affabulatrice

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72
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the lure/attraction of money

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l’appât du gain

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73
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eulogistic, laudatory

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dithyrambique

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74
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a glutton

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un goulu, une goulue

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75
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the movies (fam.)

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le cinoche (fam.)

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76
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depressing, worrying

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flippant

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to beseech, to implore

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implorer, supplier

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78
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a pitfall, a hazard

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une embûche

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stunned, dumbfounded

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médusé

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abysmal, awful, foul

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exécrable

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to get bogged down (literal/fig), to sink

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s’enliser

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mechanical shovel

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une pelleteuse

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a link

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un chaînon

84
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a crook, a hoodlum, a gangster

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un malfrat

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something’s burning; trouble’s brewing

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ça sent le roussi

86
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adulterated

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frelaté

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stinginess, tightfistedness (fam.)

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la radinerie

88
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a stain (lit.)

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une souillure (litt.)

89
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a barge

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une péniche

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a blowtorch

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un chalumeau

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binding, bookbinding

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la reliure

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a lull, a break, a period if temporary relief

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une accalmie

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a suction cup

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une ventouse

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to have one’s back to the wall

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être aux abois

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a mystery, a secret

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un arcane (les arcanes de la science)

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an outlet

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un débouché

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persnickety

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tatillon, chipoteur

98
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plywood

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le contreplaqué

99
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out of alignment, unhinged

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désaxé

100
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to have a chance/possibilty of

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être susceptible de

101
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to stick

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embourber

102
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a stool/stepladder

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un escabeau

103
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brownish

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bistré

104
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to gossip

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jaser

105
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to coat with breadcrumbs

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paner

106
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a turnip

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un navet

107
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to quench one’s thirst

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étancher sa soif; se désaltérer

108
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to desert, to neglect

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délaisser

109
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to crush, to grind

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piler

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pasta shells

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des coquillettes

111
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rush hour

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L’heure de pointe

112
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to get rid of someone

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éconduire qqn

113
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a tip/bonus

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une gratification

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a sweetener

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un édulcorant

115
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casualness, off-handedness

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une désinvolture

116
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off the bone

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désossé

117
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earthenware

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la faïence

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at half-mast

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en berne

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a mistake

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un quiproquo

120
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a disagreement, a dispute

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un différend

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a willow

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un saule, un osier

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a (loud) slurp

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un lapement (bruyant)

123
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to make a mistake, to have a slip-up (fam.)

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se gourer (fam.)

124
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bad/rotten luck (fam)

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la poisse (fam)

125
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a tarp

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une bâche

126
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to fall on, to drop onto

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tomber dessus

127
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to scare off, to frighten away

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effaroucher

128
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a bevel; bevelled

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un biseau; en biseau

129
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prohibitive, crippling, a deal-breaker

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rédhibitoire

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a walker; a cane

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un déambulateur; une canne

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a blunder (fam)

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une boulette (fam)

132
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a security blanket

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un doudou

133
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to bustle around someone, to attend to someone’s needs

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s’empresser

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to be out-of-tune, to clash

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détonner

135
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sexual

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sexué

136
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a nursey rhyme

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une comptine

137
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redundant

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redondant

138
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a peak, a zenith

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un summum

139
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a hotshot, a show-off (fam)

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un crâneur, une crâneuse (fam)

140
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a spotlight

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un projecteur, un spot

141
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a sequin

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une paillette

142
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to despise (litt)

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honnir (lit)

143
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shamelessly

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sans vergogne

144
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permanent, fixed

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inamovible

145
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a nose dive

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un piqué

146
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to overheat

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surchauffer

147
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cast iron

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la fonte

148
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to unbolt

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déboulonner

149
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a blockade

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un blocus

150
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to scoff at, to jeer at (lit)

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perdifler (litt)

151
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jogging

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le footing, le jogging

152
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a pet hobby (fam)

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une marotte (fam)

153
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arrears, a backlog

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un arriéré

154
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a freshman (slang)

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un bizut (argot)

155
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youngish, rather young

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jeunot

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a daydream

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une rêverie

157
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a daydream (pej); (fam)

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une rêvasserie (pej); un gamberge (fam)

158
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to stick to, to stand by

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ne pas démordre de

159
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to shout oneself hoarse

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s’égosiller

160
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a fright (fam)

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une trouille (fam)

161
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emotional

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affectif

162
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imagination

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l’imaginaire (m), l’imagination

163
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lightning (adj), dazzling, sudden

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fulgurant

164
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to kill by the sword, to combat (lit)

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pourfendre (litt)

165
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a passing, an excess

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un dépassement

166
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a fee/fees

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des honoraires (m)

167
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asbestos

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l’amiante (m)

168
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a floor lamp, a streetlight

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un lampadaire

169
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a brightness, a radiance

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un éclat

170
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a pine nut

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un pignon

171
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openwork, perforated

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ajouré

172
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a step ahead, a leading position

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une tête d’avance

173
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to invalidate, to revoke, to contradict

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infirmer

174
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breadcrumbs

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la chapelure

175
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blinders

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des œillères (f)

176
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a poison pen letter writer

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un corbeau

177
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to bury, to inter

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inhumer

178
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a flick (of a finger)

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une chiquenaude

179
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to beget, to create, to generate

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engendrer

180
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sorrow, grief

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un chagrin

181
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to compel, to force, to oblige

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astreindre

182
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a promoted person

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un promu, une promue

183
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a watchdog

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un molosse

184
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an executioner, a torturer

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un bourreau

185
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a speaker

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une enceinte

186
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moonlight

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le clair de lune

187
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set back; to stand back/remain in the background

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en retrait; rester en retrait

188
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to make an effort to do something, to set about to do something

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s’y coller

189
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indefinitely, for ever

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indéfiniment

190
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blood-streaked, blood-red

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sanguinolent

191
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hideous

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hideux

192
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I want something in return

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c’est donnant-donnant

193
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back to square one

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retour à la case départ

194
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an insert

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un encart

195
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well-off, affluent

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cossu

196
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a gangway, passageway

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une coursive

197
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the steps outside a building

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le perron

198
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a payment, an installment

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une traite

199
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a report (fam)

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le topo (fam.)

French Vocabulary - Encountered (22 decks)

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