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1
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to pursue

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pourchasser

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to sense in advance; to contact/approach

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pressentir

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an eyehole

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un judas

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a drawbridge

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un pont-levis

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to be scared stiff; to give someone the heebie-jeebies

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avoir les jetons; ficher les jetons à qqn

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to unearth (fam.)

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dégot(t)er (fam)

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to mope

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se morfondre

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an imp, elf, goblin

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un farfadet

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a weakling, a sissy

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une mauviette

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to hand over (v. fam)

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abouler (t. fam)

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to booze (it up) (fam)

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picoler (fam)

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to slay (archaic)

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occire (archaïque)

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to go to war

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aller au casse-pipe(s)

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a newt

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un triton

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a wedge

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un cale

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a racket, a to-do (fam)

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un raffut (fam)

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it’s a piece of cake (fam)

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c’est de la bobine (fam)

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to sound the alarm bell (formal)

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sonner le tocsin (sou)

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that’s a load of rubbish (v. fam)

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c’est de la foutaise (t. fam)

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mud, muck (fam)

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la gadoue (fam)

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21
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integrity, uprightness

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la probité

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to precede (in rank/importance)

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avoir la préséance sur; primer sur (sou)

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a square/box (in a crossword/graph paper, on a form )

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une case

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a booklet, manual

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une fascicule

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a commodity

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une denrée

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a disclaimer

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un démenti, un désaveu

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understanding (adj)

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compréhensif, bienveillant

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moving (adj), touching (adj)

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attendrissant

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to unscrew, to loosen

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dévisser

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a bird, a feathered creature

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un volatile

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to machine-gun; to snap at someone (fam)

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mitrailler

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32
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to skimp on

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lésiner sur

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an oar, a ream (of paper)

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une rame

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34
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catnip

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l’herbe-aux-chats

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to catnap

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sommeiller, faire un petit somme

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warped

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déformé, dénaturé

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37
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to hop, to skip

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sautiller

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38
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a satellite dish

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une parabole

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39
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to short-circuit

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disjoncter

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40
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tonsils

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les amygdales (f)

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41
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to skim

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écumer

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42
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to have a low opinion of, to underestimate

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mésestimer

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to bray; to yell/bellow (fam)

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braire

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44
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a bypass

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une rocade

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45
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a range (kitchen)

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un fourneau

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46
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upholstery

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le tissu d’ameublement

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47
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mention; distinction

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la mention

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48
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to whom it may concern

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à qui de droit

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to grumble, to mumble, to mutter

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grommeler

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50
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crazy, screwy, nuts (fam)

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cinglé (fam)

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51
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a bunch of keys

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un trousseau (de clés)

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stillborn (adj)

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mort-né, mort-née

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typing, typewriting

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la dactylographie

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shabby, tacky, dingy, crummy (fam)

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miteux (fam)

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55
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a squeaking, a squealing

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un couinement

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56
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to recollect, to remember (formal)

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se remémorer (sou)

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57
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to show/filter through

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transparaître

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58
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to furrow

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raviner

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59
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lower down, below

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en contrebas

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60
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madly, passionately

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éperdument

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a recess/hollow; an indentation

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un renfoncement

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62
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a lapping

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un clapotement

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to whip

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cingler

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to whirl, swirl, twirl

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tournoyer

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65
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a shack, a hut

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une cahute

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66
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to ripple, to undulate

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ondoyer

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67
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to soak through

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détremper

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68
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ineptitude, stupidity

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une ineptie

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sap

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la sève

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70
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rewarding

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gratifiant

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71
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a freight elevator

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un monte-charge

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72
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an area

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une aire

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73
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redoing, redecorating

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une réfection

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74
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a shaft (of a mine)

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un puits

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to stand out, to be silhouetted (normal); 
to emerge (formal)
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se profiler (reg, sou)

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76
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a housewife

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une ménagère

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a cook/chef (fam)

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un cuistot (fam)

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a fork (of a road, on a bike, in a tree)

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une fourche

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79
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a sprout

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un germe

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80
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rawhide

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le cuir brut/vert

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81
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a bird of prey

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un rapace

82
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to follow, to draw (circles)

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décrire

83
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more than ever

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de plus belle

84
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to fill in, to plug, to repair

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colmater

85
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to underlie

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sous-tendre

86
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a brainwashing

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un lavage de cerveau

87
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an anvil

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une enclume

88
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to surround, to block off (police/army)

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investir

89
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an improvised weapon

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une arme par destination

90
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sober

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n’avoir pas bu; dessoûlé

91
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goosebumps

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la chair de poule

92
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to itemize

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détailler

93
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a dial tone

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la tonalité

94
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to step over, to stride across

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enjamber

95
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a shoulder (road)

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un accotement

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a sign, a notice

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un écriteau

97
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a thicket, a copse

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un taillis

98
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rocky (terrain), gravely (voice)

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rocailleux

99
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a corner (of a mouth)

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une commissure

100
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to be a drag/pain (fam)

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étre un raseur/une raseuse

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unshakable, staunch

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indéfectible

102
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a reject (defective product), trash

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un rebut

103
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chubby (face)

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poupin

104
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a big nose (v fam)

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un nase/naze (t fam)

105
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a swindler

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un aigrefin

106
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crooked, villainous

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crapuleux

107
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the side of a road

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le bas-côté

108
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a tangle, a maze

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un écheveau

109
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a beanpole (pej)

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une bringue (pej)

110
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a live it up, to party (fam)

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faire la bringue (fam)

111
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to show off, to display, to present (documents)

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exhiber

112
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a lobby, a foyer

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un hall (h aspiré)

113
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alpaca

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un alpaga

114
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a mane

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une crinière

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lionlike (litt)

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léonin

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furrowed

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buriné

117
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give someone a helping hand

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prêter main-forte à qqn

118
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inexhaustible, unlimited

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intarissable

119
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to tear limb from limb

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dépecer

120
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to be unable to get over something

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ne s’en remettre pas

121
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a horse, a nag (pej)

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un canasson (pej)

122
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to be handpicked

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être trié sur le volet

123
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a career-minded person

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un/une carriériste

124
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to lug around (fam)

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trimballer

125
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an orderly

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un planton

126
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a commotion

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un remue-ménage

127
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an undershirt

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une brassière

128
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a jack

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un vérin

129
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pale, pallid

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livide

130
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a slide (presentation)

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une diapositive

131
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a stallion, a srud

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un étalon

132
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on both sides

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recto verso

133
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a speedboat

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un hors-bord

134
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passing, transient

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passager

135
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feverish, restless

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fébrile

136
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open (wound)

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à vif

137
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a scene, a picture

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un tableau

138
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a crew cut

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des cheveux coupés en brosse

139
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rolled up (sleeves€, bunched up

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retroussé

140
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a steward

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un régisseur

141
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uncultured, philistine

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béotien

142
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to filter through

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transparaître

143
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laughable, inadequate, pathetic

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dérisoire

144
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a loophole, a way out

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échappatoire

145
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(Denver) boot

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un Sabot de Denver

146
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carhartic

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cathartique

147
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an agenda

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un ordre du jour, un programme

148
Q

the peanut gallery

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le poulailler

149
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to offset

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contrebalancer, compenser

150
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a puma/mountain lion

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un puma, un cougouar

151
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playfully

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avec espièglerie, d’un ton taquin

152
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a goody-good

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une âme charitable, un modèle de vertu

153
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misleading

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trompeur, fallacieux

154
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a spring (device, coul)

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un ressort

155
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chapped, cracked

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gercé

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standing (committee$

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(un comité) permanent

157
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postage

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les frais d’expédition/d’envoi/de port

158
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a conference

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une conférence, un colloque

159
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measurements

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les mensurations (f)

160
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to curse, to insult

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invectiver

161
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nutmeg

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la muscade

162
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dill

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l’aneth (m)

163
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juniper

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le genévrier

164
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a slaughter, a massacre

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une hécatombe

165
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pre-emptive

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préventif

166
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a flashback

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un flash-back, un retour en arrière

167
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gamey

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faisandé

168
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to be unfaithful to (fam)

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cocufier (fam)

169
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affubler qqn de (pej)

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to deck out in (clothes), to attach to someone (nickname) (pej)

170
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affublement

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attire

171
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a buzzard

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une buse

172
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healing (adj)

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curatif

173
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a bundle, a package

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un ballot

174
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a shopping bag

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un cabas

175
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a miscasting

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un contre-emploi

176
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to worship, to venerate

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vénérer

177
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fly (on pants)

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une braguette

178
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a bomb disposal expert

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un démineur

179
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decorum, propriety

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la bienséance

180
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holly

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le houx

181
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a flaw, a mistake, a smudge

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une bavure

182
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an estate

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une succession

183
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liquid manure

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le purin

184
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grub (food) (v fam)

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la tambouille (t fam)

185
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to fill in, plug, repair

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colmater

186
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bed, sack (fam)

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le plumard (fam)

187
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to want, to intend, to mean

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entendre

188
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compound (adj)

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composé

189
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a recess; a cubbyhold (pej)

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un réduit

190
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an offshoot, a shoot; a kid (pej)

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un rejeton

191
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to emboss, to crimp

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gaufrer

192
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to scoff at; to scorn/deride (formal)

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narguer

193
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prerogative, privilio

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l’apanage (m)

194
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stoning

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la lapidation

195
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punishable by

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passible de

196
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to perch

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jucher

197
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put-putting (adj, fam)

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pétaradant (fam)

198
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a shoulder strap (sack, weapon)

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une bandoulière

199
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a company car

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une voiture de fortune

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a field trip

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une sortie d’études

French Vocabulary - Encountered (22 decks)

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