Vocab 18 Flashcards

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a wolf cub

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un louveteau

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a slash, a gash, a scar

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une balafre

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3
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early fruits and vegetables

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les primeurs (f)

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4
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punctual; one-off, occasional

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ponctuel

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5
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surreal

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surréaliste

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6
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to temper

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modérer, tempérer

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7
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a windowsill

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un rebord de fenêtre

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8
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indecipherable, unreadable, inscrutable

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indéchiffrable

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9
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a polling booth

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un isoloir

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10
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a safe

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un coffre-fort

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11
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affordable

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abordable

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12
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spectrum (physics, abx)

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un spectre

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13
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a hearing aid

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un appareil acoustique; un audiophone

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14
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cheap junk

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pacotille

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15
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potluck

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un repas-partage/partagé

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16
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a crowd/thong; expr: amidst the pushing/shoving of a crowd, in the mêlée

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une cohue; dans la cohue

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17
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manna, a godsend

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la manne

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18
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a challenge (formal)

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une gageure (sou)

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19
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to pull someone’s leg (fam)

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chambrer

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20
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harlot (archaic, lit)

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une gueuse (archaïque, litt)

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21
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wavelength

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une longueur d’onde

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22
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to pry

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fouiller, fureter

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23
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a jolt

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un cahot

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24
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a riding hat

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une bombe

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follow close behind someone
emboîter le pas à qqn
26
a neigh, a whinny
un hennissement
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to cover in plastic
plastifier
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a stall (for a horse)
un box
29
cleanliness, clearness
une netteté
30
a short ruler
une réglette
31
a piece of gravel
un gravillon
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a stableboy/man; stablegirl
un palefrenier; une palefrenière
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dung, manure
le crottin
34
breast (animal)
le poitrail
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a mount
une monture
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a snout, muzzle
un chanfrein
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to stroke (a horse/dog)
flatter
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to dress and bandage
panser
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to break in (a horse)
débourrer
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contemptuous, scornful, disdainful
dédaigneux
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in the lurch (fam)
en plan (fam)
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a daredevil
un/une casse-cou
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ears are burning
avoir les oreilles qui sifflent
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That serves them right! (fam)
C’est bien fait pour sa gueule (fam)
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to dirty, to muddy; (for a dog): to do its business
crotter
46
to bear/hold a grudge against someone; no hard feelings?
en vouloir à qqn; tu m’en veux pas?
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a bar
un débit de boissons
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a round wine glass
un ballon
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to work under the table; to moonlight
travailler au noir
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a bludgeon
un nerf de bœuf
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a shortage, a dearth
une disette
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stocky, thickset
trapu
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helpful
secourable
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to quaver
chevroter
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a vault, a tomb
un caveau
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a convict
un bagnard
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a den, lair, haunt
un repaire
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a spur
un éperon
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haggard (formal)
hâve (sou)
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crumpled, shapeless, collapsed
avachi
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edging ribbon, piping
un liseré (liséré)
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a tiny bit
un tantinet
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tin, tinplate
le fer-blanc
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a curio, a trinket, a knick-knack
un bibelot
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to soundproof
insonoriser
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a thatched cottage
une chaumière
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a sizzling, a crackling
un grésillement
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a sap
la sève
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to substantiate, to give credence to
accréditer
70
pensive, reflective
songeur
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a compromise
un compromis
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a paunch, a belly (fam)
une panse (fam)
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a hassle (v fam)
une prise de tête (t fam)
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to fill up (form)
emplir (sou)
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to have to deal with
avoir affaire à
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a noose, a snare
un collet
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a (bank/outstanding) balance
un solde
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stubborn
rétif
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once again (humor)
derechef (humor)
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ballast
le lest
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a naturalness
un naturel
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a sieve
un tamis
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a mass grave
un charnier
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a storage room
un cagibi
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to tarnish
se ternir
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adjoining
attenant
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a flap
un battant
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to hem
ourler
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languidness, languor
une langueur
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nuptials (arch)
les épousailles (arch)
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anger, wrath
le courroux
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blotchy and red, affected by rosacea
couperosé
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a case
une trousse
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a mastiff, a guard dog
un mâtin
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spirit, a liveliness
un entrain
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to bother
incommoder
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a (side) slope
un talus
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scrawny, half-starved
famélique
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viscera
les viscères
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chipped
ébréché
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to smear
barbouiller
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skill, dexterity; cleverness
une habilité
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a plug or plughole (for a sink)
une bonde
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listful, lecherous (lit)
lubrique (litt)
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a laundry/utility room, a washroom
une buanderie
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a transom
un vasistas *
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a trap
une chausse-trappe
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a corner, a corner table/cabinet
une encoignure
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to go on/harp about; to turn over in one’s mind
ressasser
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to lean one’s elbow on something
s’accouder
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a crate
un cageot
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jolly, cheerful
guilleret
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to empty
désemplir
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to polish up
fourbir
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a log
un rondin
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a workbench
un établi
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a trestle
un tréteau
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a utensil, an implement
un ustensile
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head-to-foot (e.g. in a bed)
tête-bêche
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a shock absorber
un amortisseur
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a working out, a calculation, a deduction
un décompte
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gauze
gaze
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unsightly, unattractive
inesthétique
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obviousness, an obvious fact
une évidence
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a purchase
une emplette
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to appease, to quench (form)
assouvir (sou)
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a forte
un fort
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a court clerk
un greffier
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a salary, wages
les émoluments (m)
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a retort, repartee
une repartie
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hilarity, mirth
une hilarité
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to border on (fig)
confiner à
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to do a belly-flop (fam)
faire un plat
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dull, dreay, gloomy
morne
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to bail out
renflouer
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a column (in the press)
une rubrique
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a news story, news in brief
un fait-divers
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complete
intégral
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destructive, devastating
ravageur
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to surround
entourer
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lacquered
laqué
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a living/sitting room
une salle de séjour
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a framework, a canvas
un canevas
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dissimilar
dissemblable
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progressive, keeps developing
évolutif
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capillary action
une capillarité
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to feast
festoyer
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coercive
coercitif
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from one end to another
de part en part
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grooming (dog/car)
un toilettage
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thin strip/slice
une lamelle
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thoughtfulness, consideration (form)
un ménagement (sou)
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to scowl
se renfrogner
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definitive
formel
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to waddle
se dandiner
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with great difficulty
à grand-peine
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illiterate
analphabète
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a crossing out, a deletion
une rature
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to have to
en être quitte pour faire
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to let off steam, to undwind
se défouler
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to hit a bull’s eye, the nail on the head
faire mouche
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straight out (fam)
tout de go
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a dormouse
un loir
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an accomplice
un compère
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branches, tree tops
la ramure
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nasal micus
la morve
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full of emotion
attendri
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preparations
les préparatifs
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a joker, a clown
un plaisantin
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to fill
truffer
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to make proud (lit)
enorgueillir (litt)
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to drizzle
bruiner
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listlessness, apathy, depression
un marasme
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a thatched cottage
une chaumière
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slurred (speech)
empâté
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pious, devout; a white lie
pieux; un pieux mensonge
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a post/stake
un pieu
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an illusion, a deception
un leurre
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a kick
une ruade
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junk (pej, fam)
la camelote (pej, fam)
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bronze (lit)
l’airain (litt)
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a disturbance, trouble
un dérèglement
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unique, matchless, singular
incomparable
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to caulk
calfeutrer
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haggard
hâve
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a frame (body)
une charpente
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an unforeseen turn of evens
un aléa
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very poor, mediocre
piètre
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(expression for emphasis) (fam)
se poser là (fam)
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plump, portly,chubby
replet
191
vacation
une villégiature
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to crash into
emboutir
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to lead, to organize
encadrer
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it all depends (fam)
c’est selon (fam)
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a switch; to switch on/off
un commutateur; actionner un commutateur
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an overview
une vue d’ensemble
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to pamper, to make a fuss of
choyer
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a crack, a crevice
une anfractuosité
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notched
crénelé
200
puffed-up, bloated
bouffi