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1
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a colt

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un poulain

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a spice up

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pimenter

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seaweed

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les algues (f)

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comforting

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consolant, réconfortant

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to rule on/make a legal ruling on

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statuer sur

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a security guard/firm (for transporting money)

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un convoyeur de fonds

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a tear, a rip, a split

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une déchirure

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a fortune-teller

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un/e diseur/se de bonne aventure

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a redhead (fam)

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un rouquin/une rouquine (fam)

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to file one’s nails

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se limer les ongles

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an annihilation

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un anéantissement

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a landfill

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un ensevelissement/enfouissement de déchets

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market gardening

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un maraîchage

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precursory

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avant-coureur

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nerve/cheek, impudence (fam)

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un toupet (fam)

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a baldness

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une calvitie

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an imposter

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un imposteur

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honeysuckle

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le chèvrefeuille

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a coughing fit

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une quinte de toux

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a tip, a nozzle

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un embout

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a spraying, a spray

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une pulvérisation

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to hit the jackpot

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cartonner

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a pimp (slang)

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un mac (argot)

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a (clumsy) oaf

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un (grand) dadais

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a half-pint, a pipsqueak

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une demi-portion

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to kill (fam)

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trucider (fam)

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to be adjacent to, to adjoin

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jouxter

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spit, spittle

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des crachats

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to officially remove/strike from a list or exclude from a group

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radier

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a rush

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une ruée

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a strong jawline

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un menton saillant

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apprehensive

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inquiet, craintif

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to dissect/analyse; to peel/shell

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décortiquer

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to wiggle

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remuer

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a sledgehammer

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une masse

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to disperse, to clear up (misunderstanding)

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dissiper

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an obsession, an obsessive fear

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une hantise (h aspiré)

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a bolt, a burst of passion/enthusiasm

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un emballement

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to disparage/revile (lit)

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vilipender (litt)

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a deadline

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une date butoir

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a law school

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une faculté de droit

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oats

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l’avoine (f)

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a draft (air)

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un courant d’air

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a handle

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une anse

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health care

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les services médicaux

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to take aback, to stun, to disconcert, to flabergast

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interloquer

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cutlery

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la coutellerie

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48
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an aggressiveness

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une hargne (h aspiré)

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a tranquility, piece of mind (lit)

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la quiétude (litt)

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sulky, sullen

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boudeur

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rhythmic

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cadencé

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sensitive to cold, timid/unadventurous

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frileux

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starched/starchy

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empesé

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a progenitor

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un géniteur, une génitrice

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sharply, harshley

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vertement

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daily supply (vitamin/mineral)

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un apport journalier

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to emerge suddenly, to tumble down

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débouler

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rekindle, to renew

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renouer

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59
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fundamentalism

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un intégrisme

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60
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to comply with

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obtempérer à

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61
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a cheetah

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un guépard

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to scold (lit)

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tancer (litt)

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destitute; devoid of/lacking in

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dépourvu (de)

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to scrape, to graze

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égratigner

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65
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to be keenly interested in something

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être féru de qqch

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a feat

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un coup d’éclat

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a pod, a basket (transportation)

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une nacelle

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a (joining) pin

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une goupille

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fairground (adj)

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forain

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to have a quick dip (fam)

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faire trempette (fam)

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a swarm

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un essaim

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a needy person (formal)

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un/e nécessiteux, -euse (sou)

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a declared/sworn enemey of (lit)

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un/e pourfendeur -euse de (litt)

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to worry, to bug, to bother (fam)

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turlupiner (fam)

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a acrobat

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un/e saltimbanque

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the gospel

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l’Évangile

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blustery

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venteux, à bourrasques

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to relocate

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délocaliser

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79
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a chipmunk

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un tamia

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to grant time, to allot time

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impartir

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to wipe (fam, v fam)

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torcher (fam, t fam)

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a pole/rod (polevault or fishing)

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une gaule

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a shady character, a jokester (fam)

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un loustic (fam)

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a penalty

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un malus, une pénalité, une peine

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a rack

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un râtelier

86
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to hop on one-foot

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sauter à cloche-pied

87
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a notebook

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un calepin

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an awning

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un store

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all-purpose, versatile

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passe-partout

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a dietary supplement

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un complément alimentaire

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a forced laugh

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un rire jaune

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to catch unawares/by surprise

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prendre de court

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a softness, a flabiness

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une mollesse

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governing bodies, senior leadership

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les instances dirigeantes

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profit-sharing

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un intéressement

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a mute (music)

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une sourdine

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a pebble

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un galet

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to gasp

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avoir le souffle coupé

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a delight, a treat; a sight for sore eyes

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un régal; c’est un régal pour les yeux

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stilted, stiff (person)

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guindé

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a little/tiny bit (fam)

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un chouia (fam)

102
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to go with the current; to go downhill/to the dogs

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aller à vau-l’eau

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shapeless

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informe

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a fraud, a piece of trickery (lit)

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une imposture (litt)

105
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a measuring stick

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une pige

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to have a dig at someone (fam)

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envoyer/lancer une vanne à qqn (fam)

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a sluicegate; open the floodgates

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une vanne; ouvrir les vannes

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an emptiness, a vacuity, vacuousness (litt)

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une vacuité (litt)

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the eyes (v fam)

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les mirettes (t fam)

110
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livid, hopping mad (fam)

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furax (fam)

111
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to checkmate, to crush/quell/curb

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mater

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periwinkle

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un bigorneau

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a pause

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un point d’orgue

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a nightingale

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un rossignol

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a nerve, cheek (fam)

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un culot (fam)

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a fly (pants)

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une braguette

117
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to be scared stiff (v fam)

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avoir les chocottes (t fam)

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flax, linen

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le lin

119
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freight, cargo

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le fret

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touchy, thinskinned, oversensitive

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susceptible

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stuntman, stuntwoman

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un cascadeur, une cascadeuse

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a can, tin, or jug

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un bidon

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a hairnet

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une résille

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fishnet stockings

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des bas-résille (m)

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low neckline, cleavage

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un décolleté

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an antitheft device, bike lock

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un antivol

127
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to tap-dance

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faire des claquettes

128
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multicolored

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bigarré

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a mortgage

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une hypothèque

130
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to amaze (fam)

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épater (fam)

131
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embarrassment, difficulty, discomfort

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une gêne

132
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dragonfly, damselfly

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une libellule, une demoiselle

133
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to depart suddenly, to decamp (express)

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prendre la poudre d’escampette

134
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groin

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l’aine (fem)

135
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an anteater

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un fourmilier

136
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you and your kind

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vous et vous semblables

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kid brother (fam)

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un frérot (fam)

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to finance, to sponsor

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commanditer

139
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breaking and entering

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une effraction

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close-cropped, very short

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ras, rase

141
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a stride

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une enjambée

142
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a blunder

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une bévue

143
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to hold someone responsible/accountable for something

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tenir qqn (pour) responsable de qqch

144
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teal

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la sarcelle

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to be hooked on something

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être accro à qqch

146
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to hold someone in high regard

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tenir qqn en grande estime

147
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a den, a lair

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une tanière

148
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how’s it going? (fam)

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ça biche ? (fam)

149
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a livelihood

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des moyens d’existence (m), un gagne-pain

150
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a hitch, a mishap, a setback

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un contretemps

151
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a cesspool

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un cloaque

152
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to dent (e.g. a car)

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cabosser

153
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to report an offender

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verbaliser

154
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to have a double standard

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avoir deux poids et deux mesures

155
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terrible weather

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un temps de chien

156
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to interlock

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s’imbriquer, s’entremêler

157
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to count for nothing

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compter pour du beurre

158
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airtime

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un temps d’antenne

159
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to wander aimlessly

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battre le pavé

160
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to have the blues

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avoir le cafard

161
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to take advantage, to make profit from

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faire ses choux gras

162
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a handle

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une anse

163
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hold on! hold your horses! not so fast

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minute papillon !

164
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to be able to hold one’s liquor

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avoir une sacrée descente

165
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bandwidth

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une bande passante

166
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a long time

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une belle lurette

167
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that was all it took to, that was enough for

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il n’en fallait pas plus pour que

168
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to laugh heartily; to laugh until one’s sides hurt

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rire à s’en tenir les côtes

169
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to stand someone up

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poser un lapin à qqn

170
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to be tipsy

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être éméché

171
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a blindfold, an eye patch

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un bandeau

172
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to pitch (nautical)

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tanguer

173
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herring

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le hareng

174
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prematurely

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prématurément

175
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hat, headgear (humoristic)

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un couvre-chef

176
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a large village/smal town

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une bourgade

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a monsoon

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une mousson

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ammonia

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l’ammoniac (m)

179
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affectionate

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affectueux, tendre

180
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good riddance!

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bon débarras !

181
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henna

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le henné

182
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renewal, turnover

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un renouvellement

183
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a mountain bike

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un VTT (vélo tout terrain)

184
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a practical joker

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un farceur, une farceuse

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mischievous

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farceur

186
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produce

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les produit alimentaires

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a breach/dereliction

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un manquement

188
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a trench

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une tranchée

189
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a party pooper

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un rabat-joie

190
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a black box (plane)

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un mouchard

191
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a mating

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un accouplement

192
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to slash, to cut, to gash

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balafrer

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to do one’s part

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aller au charbon

194
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a shore

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un rivage

195
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that which doesn’t wear out

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inusable

196
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a grid (power), a meshing/reticulation/meshwork

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un maillage

197
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outstanding

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hors pair

198
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a racket, din

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un tintamarre, un vacarme

199
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a stoutness, portliness

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un embonpoint

200
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a torpor

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une torpeur

201
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sunstroke, sunshine

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une insolation

202
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a steamroom, an autoclave

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une étuve

203
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to tear to pieces

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