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1
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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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early fruits and vegetables

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les primeurs (f)

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punctual; one-off, occasional

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ponctuel

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surreal

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surréaliste

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to temper

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modérer, tempérer

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a windowsill

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un rebord de fenêtre

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indecipherable, unreadable, inscrutable

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indéchiffrable

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a polling booth

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un isoloir

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a safe

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un coffre-fort

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affordable

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abordable

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spectrum (physics, abx)

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un spectre

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a hearing aid

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un appareil acoustique; un audiophone

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cheap junk

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pacotille

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potluck

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un repas-partage/partagé

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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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manna, a godsend

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la manne

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a challenge (formal)

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une gageure (sou)

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to pull someone’s leg (fam)

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chambrer

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harlot (archaic, lit)

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une gueuse (archaïque, litt)

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wavelength

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une longueur d’onde

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to pry

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fouiller, fureter

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a jolt

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un cahot

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a riding hat

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une bombe

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follow close behind someone

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emboîter le pas à qqn

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a neigh, a whinny

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un hennissement

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to cover in plastic

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plastifier

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a stall (for a horse)

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un box

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cleanliness, clearness

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une netteté

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a short ruler

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une réglette

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a piece of gravel

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un gravillon

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a stableboy/man; stablegirl

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un palefrenier; une palefrenière

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dung, manure

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le crottin

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breast (animal)

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le poitrail

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a mount

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une monture

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a snout, muzzle

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un chanfrein

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to stroke (a horse/dog)

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flatter

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to dress and bandage

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panser

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to break in (a horse)

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débourrer

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contemptuous, scornful, disdainful

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dédaigneux

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in the lurch (fam)

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en plan (fam)

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42
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a daredevil

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un/une casse-cou

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43
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ears are burning

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avoir les oreilles qui sifflent

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That serves them right! (fam)

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C’est bien fait pour sa gueule (fam)

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to dirty, to muddy; (for a dog): to do its business

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crotter

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to bear/hold a grudge against someone; no hard feelings?

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en vouloir à qqn; tu m’en veux pas?

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47
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a bar

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un débit de boissons

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48
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a round wine glass

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un ballon

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49
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to work under the table; to moonlight

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travailler au noir

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a bludgeon

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un nerf de bœuf

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51
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a shortage, a dearth

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une disette

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52
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stocky, thickset

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trapu

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helpful

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secourable

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54
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to quaver

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chevroter

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a vault, a tomb

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un caveau

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a convict

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un bagnard

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a den, lair, haunt

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un repaire

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a spur

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un éperon

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59
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haggard (formal)

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hâve (sou)

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crumpled, shapeless, collapsed

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avachi

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edging ribbon, piping

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un liseré (liséré)

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a tiny bit

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un tantinet

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tin, tinplate

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le fer-blanc

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a curio, a trinket, a knick-knack

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un bibelot

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to soundproof

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insonoriser

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66
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a thatched cottage

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une chaumière

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a sizzling, a crackling

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un grésillement

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a sap

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la sève

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to substantiate, to give credence to

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accréditer

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pensive, reflective

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songeur

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a compromise

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un compromis

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a paunch, a belly (fam)

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une panse (fam)

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a hassle (v fam)

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une prise de tête (t fam)

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to fill up (form)

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emplir (sou)

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75
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to have to deal with

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avoir affaire à

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76
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a noose, a snare

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un collet

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77
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a (bank/outstanding) balance

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un solde

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78
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stubborn

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rétif

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79
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once again (humor)

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derechef (humor)

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ballast

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le lest

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81
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a naturalness

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un naturel

82
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a sieve

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un tamis

83
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a mass grave

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un charnier

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a storage room

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un cagibi

85
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to tarnish

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se ternir

86
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adjoining

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attenant

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a flap

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un battant

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to hem

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ourler

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languidness, languor

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une langueur

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nuptials (arch)

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les épousailles (arch)

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anger, wrath

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le courroux

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blotchy and red, affected by rosacea

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couperosé

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a case

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une trousse

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a mastiff, a guard dog

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un mâtin

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spirit, a liveliness

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un entrain

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to bother

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incommoder

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a (side) slope

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un talus

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scrawny, half-starved

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famélique

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viscera

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les viscères

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chipped

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ébréché

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to smear

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barbouiller

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skill, dexterity; cleverness

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une habilité

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a plug or plughole (for a sink)

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une bonde

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listful, lecherous (lit)

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lubrique (litt)

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a laundry/utility room, a washroom

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une buanderie

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a transom

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un vasistas *

107
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a trap

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une chausse-trappe

108
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a corner, a corner table/cabinet

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une encoignure

109
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to go on/harp about; to turn over in one’s mind

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ressasser

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to lean one’s elbow on something

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s’accouder

111
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a crate

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un cageot

112
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jolly, cheerful

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guilleret

113
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to empty

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désemplir

114
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to polish up

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fourbir

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a log

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un rondin

116
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a workbench

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un établi

117
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a trestle

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un tréteau

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a utensil, an implement

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un ustensile

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head-to-foot (e.g. in a bed)

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tête-bêche

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a shock absorber

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un amortisseur

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a working out, a calculation, a deduction

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un décompte

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gauze

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gaze

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unsightly, unattractive

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inesthétique

124
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obviousness, an obvious fact

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une évidence

125
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a purchase

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une emplette

126
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to appease, to quench (form)

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assouvir (sou)

127
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a forte

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un fort

128
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a court clerk

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un greffier

129
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a salary, wages

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les émoluments (m)

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a retort, repartee

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une repartie

131
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hilarity, mirth

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une hilarité

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to border on (fig)

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confiner à

133
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to do a belly-flop (fam)

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faire un plat

134
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dull, dreay, gloomy

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morne

135
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to bail out

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renflouer

136
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a column (in the press)

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une rubrique

137
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a news story, news in brief

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un fait-divers

138
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complete

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intégral

139
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destructive, devastating

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ravageur

140
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to surround

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entourer

141
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lacquered

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laqué

142
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a living/sitting room

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une salle de séjour

143
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a framework, a canvas

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un canevas

144
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dissimilar

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dissemblable

145
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progressive, keeps developing

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évolutif

146
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capillary action

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une capillarité

147
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to feast

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festoyer

148
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coercive

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coercitif

149
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from one end to another

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de part en part

150
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grooming (dog/car)

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un toilettage

151
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thin strip/slice

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une lamelle

152
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thoughtfulness, consideration (form)

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un ménagement (sou)

153
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to scowl

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se renfrogner

154
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definitive

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formel

155
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to waddle

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se dandiner

156
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with great difficulty

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à grand-peine

157
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illiterate

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analphabète

158
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a crossing out, a deletion

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une rature

159
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to have to

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en être quitte pour faire

160
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to let off steam, to undwind

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se défouler

161
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to hit a bull’s eye, the nail on the head

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faire mouche

162
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straight out (fam)

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tout de go

163
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a dormouse

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un loir

164
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an accomplice

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un compère

165
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branches, tree tops

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la ramure

166
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nasal micus

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la morve

167
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full of emotion

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attendri

168
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preparations

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les préparatifs

169
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a joker, a clown

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un plaisantin

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to fill

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truffer

171
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to make proud (lit)

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enorgueillir (litt)

172
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to drizzle

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bruiner

173
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listlessness, apathy, depression

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un marasme

174
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a thatched cottage

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une chaumière

175
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slurred (speech)

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empâté

176
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pious, devout; a white lie

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pieux; un pieux mensonge

177
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a post/stake

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un pieu

178
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an illusion, a deception

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un leurre

179
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a kick

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une ruade

180
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junk (pej, fam)

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la camelote (pej, fam)

181
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bronze (lit)

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l’airain (litt)

182
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a disturbance, trouble

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un dérèglement

183
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unique, matchless, singular

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incomparable

184
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to caulk

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calfeutrer

185
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haggard

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hâve

186
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a frame (body)

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une charpente

187
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an unforeseen turn of evens

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un aléa

188
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very poor, mediocre

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piètre

189
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(expression for emphasis) (fam)

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se poser là (fam)

190
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plump, portly,chubby

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replet

191
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vacation

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une villégiature

192
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to crash into

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emboutir

193
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to lead, to organize

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encadrer

194
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it all depends (fam)

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c’est selon (fam)

195
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a switch; to switch on/off

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un commutateur; actionner un commutateur

196
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an overview

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une vue d’ensemble

197
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to pamper, to make a fuss of

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choyer

198
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a crack, a crevice

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une anfractuosité

199
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notched

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crénelé

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puffed-up, bloated

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bouffi

French Vocabulary - Encountered (22 decks)

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