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1
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to weak, to diminish

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amoindrir

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an armband

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un brassard

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a flowering, a blossoming

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une floraison

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an old man (fam, humor)

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un paternel (fam, humor)

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gobbledegook

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un charabia

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contaminated, polluted

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vicié

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stagnant, foul

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croupi

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shadow, dark rings

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un cerne

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a blend, a mixing

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un panachage

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a workday

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un jour ouvré

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to attend to, to see to (form)

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vaquer à (sou)

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frills

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des fanfreluches (f)

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a grove, a copse

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un bosquet

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a carjack

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un cric

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a yelp, a yap

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un jappement

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to echo

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se répercuter

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woody

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ligneux

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a foreman, a supervisor

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un contremaître

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callous (adj)

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calleux

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a payment, an installment

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une traite

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a bugle

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un clairon

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to force or work one’s way through

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se frayer

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shiny, gleaming

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reluisant

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to contain, group together

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regrouper

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a task, job, work

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une besogne

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unclean, impure

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immonde

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uprightness, honesty

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la droiture

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to be buddy-buddy with

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être copain-copain avec

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scraps, crumbs

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des bribes (f)

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venetian blinds

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une jalousie

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sweltering heat (lit)

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la touffeur (litt)

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to crumble

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émietter

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33
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cross my heart and hope to die

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croix de bois croix de fer si je mens je vais en enfer

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orders, instructions

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des consignes (f)

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watermarked

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filigrané

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36
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appropriate (lit)

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idoine (litt)

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to shake oneself

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s’ébrouer

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a fleet

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une noria

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39
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to set (jewelry)

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enchâsser

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hopeless (fam)

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indécrottable (fam)

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41
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a readership

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un lectorat

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limited

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restreint

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43
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a swan song

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un chant de cygne

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44
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a tiny bit

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un tantinet

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45
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humdrum

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routinier

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46
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a crossing out; a deletion

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une rature

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47
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a close-up

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un gros plan

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definitive, positive

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formel

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49
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a gesture/facial expression

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une mimique

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50
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coitus

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le coït

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51
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undone, disjointed

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décousu

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52
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crawling

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la reptation

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53
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detailed

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circonstancié

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54
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a rut; to get into a rut

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une ornière; suivre l’ornière

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55
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a packing down; a downturn

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un tassement

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56
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to ruin, to total (car)

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esquinter

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to get, to obtain

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se procurer

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a packsaddle

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un bât

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59
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the animal/plant kingdom

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le règne animal/végétal

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60
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to protect sb against (form)

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prémunir qqn contre (sou)

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sheepish, contrite

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penaud

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a mass of fallen earth, a land slide

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un éboulis

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suitable, appropriate

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convenable

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64
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on one’s own initiative/authority

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de son propre chef

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65
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an excess, an abundance

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une profusion

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66
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to damage

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détraquer

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to grumble/complain (fam)

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rouspéter (fam)

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to pull through, to escape alive

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en réchapper

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69
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enamel

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un émail

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70
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an eddy, a ripple

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un remous

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an earthworm

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un lombric

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72
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to haul, to tow

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haler

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73
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mocking, jeering

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goguenard

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74
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a brawl

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une empoignade

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75
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a jeer, a taunt

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un quolibet

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76
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a mocking

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une raillerie

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77
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a mooing

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un mugissement

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78
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a skeleton key

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un passe-partout

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79
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ironworks, wrought-iron

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la ferronnerie

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confinement

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la claustration

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81
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a mustiness (lit)

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un remugle (litt)

82
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stubborn

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buté

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gleaming, sparkling

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rutilant

84
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a touch, a tiny bit

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un rien

85
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a conspirator, a plotter

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un/e conjuré/e

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a trestle

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un tréteau

87
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a moocher

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un/e pique-assiette

88
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without affectation

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sans apprêt

89
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a cross reference, a footnote

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un renvoi

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a figurehead

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un prête-nom

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an orchard

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un verger

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landscaping

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l’aménagement

93
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very small, very narrow

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exigu, exiguë

94
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to cheer up

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dérider

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to divulge, to spread (news/a secret)

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ébruiter

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an extension (cord/tube); fam: of time/money

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une rallonge

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uncompromising, inflexible

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intraitable

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shivering (adj)

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grelottant

99
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miserly, tight-fisted

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avare

100
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an outline, a line, a layout

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un tracé

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good fortune (form)

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l’heur (m, sou)

102
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feedback (accoustic)

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un (effet) larsen

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a paunch, a belly

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une panse

104
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to mismatch

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dépareiller

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tight-fitting, clinging

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moulant

106
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a strap, a lash

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une lanière

107
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to roll call

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faire l’appel

108
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a gap (e.g. in the clouds)

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une trouée

109
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to come down to

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se résumer à

110
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i’ve got nothing to do with it

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je n’y suis pour rien

111
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hallucinations

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l’onirisme

112
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a cabin (of a plane)

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une carlingue

113
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a trap, a snare (lit)

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des rets (litt)

114
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crafty, tricky

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retors

115
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backwash (of a wave)

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un ressac

116
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a stumbling block

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une pierre d’achoppement

117
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air/watertight, inscrutable

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hermétique

118
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to be none the worse for it

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ne s’en porter pas plus mal

119
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a facetious remark/joke, a witticism

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une facétie

120
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a flash of wit

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un trait d’esprit

121
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(deadly) boring (fam)

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mortel (fam)

122
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to be jubilant, to rejoice

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jubiler

123
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to ring/chime bells/doorbell

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carillonner

124
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a superficial sparkle

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un clinquant

125
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eye-catching, enticing

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racoleur

126
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perverted, corrupted

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dévoyé

127
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to be in style/to be with the times

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être dans l’air du temps

128
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a jerk, a jolt

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un à-coups

129
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a den

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une tanière

130
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ribbed

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côtelé

131
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dangling/wobbling (arms)

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ballant

132
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range (optics, military)

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une portée

133
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tracing paper

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un papier-calque

134
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to feel

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tâter

135
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a crack, chapping

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une gerçure

136
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to chide, to rebuk (form)

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morigéner (sou)

137
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studded

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clouté

138
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a carelessness, slovenliness

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un laisser-aller

139
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an alloy

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un alliage

140
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to shoot

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darder

141
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pudgy

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boudiné

142
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a scratch

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une éraflure

143
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to not look like much

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ne pas payer de mine

144
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a lady’s suit

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un tailleur

145
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contours, curves

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un modelé

146
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to ramble, to be delirious

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divaguer

147
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an overflow, a surplus

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un trop-plein

148
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the self, the Ego

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le moi

149
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to break (dawn), to prick/stab (fog)

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poindre

150
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rowdy, undisciplined

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dissipé

151
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to round up

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rameuter

152
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a pair

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un tandem

153
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speechless

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coi/coite

154
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whey

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le petit-lait

155
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a chap, a fellow (fam, old)

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un bougre (fam, vieilli)

156
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a tin

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un fer-blanc

157
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a schooner

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une goélette

158
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a coating

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une gangue

159
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scurvy

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le scorbut

160
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a use

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une jouissance

161
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free will

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le libre arbitre

162
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a tomboy

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un garçon manqué

163
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a big shot, a chief

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un (grand) manitou

164
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to fall to someone (form)

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échoir à (sou)

165
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to fulminate, to rail (against) (lit)

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fulminer (contre) (litt)

166
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you’ve got some nerve (fam)

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Toi, tu manques pas d’air/de culot

167
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provided the favor can be return

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à charge de revanche

168
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fair play

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le franc-jeu

169
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hand-to-hand combat; hard struggle

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le corps à corps

170
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to be numb (from cold/fear)

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être transi (de froid/peur)

171
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with all of one’s might

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à tour de bras

172
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many a (humor, old)

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moult (humour, vieilli)

173
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to slow down (because of weight), to weight down

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appesantir

174
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a solid color

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un aplat (à-plat)

175
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a tree diagram

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une arborescence

176
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a baseness, a despicable act

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une bassesse

177
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to surround (lit)

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ceindre (litt)

178
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a soldier, a private (v fam)

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un troufion (t fam)

179
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to handle/go about something the right/wrong way

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s’y prendre bien/mal

180
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to reduce (fam)

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démultiplier (fam)

181
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to rule over, to run

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régenter

182
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to lay flat

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plaquer

183
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a trowel

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une truelle

184
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to result in

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se solder par

185
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to overwork, to overtax

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surmener

186
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to send packing

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rabrouer

187
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retaliation

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une rétorsion

188
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a wasp’s nest

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un guêpier

189
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to hum

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fredonner

190
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stooping, bent

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voûté

191
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faded, waterlogged

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délavé

192
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positive (e.g. identification)

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formel

193
Q

space between lines; single/double spacing

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une interligne; simple/double interligne

194
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a person with a deadpan sense of humor

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un pince-sans-rire

195
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to shine hazily

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poudroyer

196
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to mist up/over

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embuer

197
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fickle

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volage

198
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éructer

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to belch

199
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a foundation, a basis

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une assise

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the lower abdomen

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le bas-ventre

French Vocabulary - Encountered (22 decks)

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