Vocab 2 Flashcards

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landslide

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un glissement de terrain

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to prevail

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prévaloir, l’emporter

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breadth, scale, wingspan

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une envergure

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4
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acts of violences

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les exactions (f.)

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5
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to take refuge

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se réfugier

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to get over, to cross

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franchir

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livestock, cattle

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le bétail

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to borrow, to follow

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emprunter

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welcoming, hospitable

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accueillant

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10
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clash, collision

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un heurt (h aspiré)

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a kidnapping, an abduction

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un rapt

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an exploit, a feat

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un exploit

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13
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sardonic (humor)

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(un humour) grinçant

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targeted, a target

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ciblé, une cible

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to thumb one’s nose at somebody

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faire un pied-de-nez à quelqu’un

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16
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to file, to march

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défiler

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17
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a truck driver

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un routier

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18
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truck

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un poids-lourd, un camion

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19
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a series, a procession

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un cortège

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to finish, to come to an end

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achever, s’achever

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21
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to cause, to provoke

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susciter

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22
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bankruptcy, failure

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une faillite

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23
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at a walking pace

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au pas

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a security gate

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une portique

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to damage; to deteriorate
dégrader, se dégrader
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out of the question
hors de question (h aspiré)
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to bark, a bark
aboyer, un aboiement
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a padlock
un cadenas
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a gate, a portal
un portail
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a banner, a streamer
une banderole, un calicot
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to unfold, to unroll, to display
déployer
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a seat, headquarters
un siège, le siège
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backseat, front seat
le siège arrière, le siège avant
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to bring closer
rapprocher
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scapegoat
un bouc émissaire
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to feed, to supply, to sustain
alimenter
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a gathering, a rally
un rassemblement
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to rush, to run
accourir
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a motto, a currency
une devise
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to molt, to slough, to change
muer
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urban, city-dwelling
citadin, citadine
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weird, strange, crazy
farfelu, farfelue
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unpublished
inédit, inédite
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to barbecue meat
faire cuire de la viande au barbecue
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a bar (counter)
un comptoir
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to wrap
emballer
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to handle, to operate
manier
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to flow, to pour out, to pass [time]
s'écouler
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to expect
s'attendre à
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to relieve, to soothe, to bring relief
soulager
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distress
la détresse
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infinitesimal, minute, tiny
infime
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to pile up, to heap, to stack
entasser
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a refuge, a shelter
un abri
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temporary, makeshift
de fortune
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concrete (adj.), practical
concret, concrète
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hardly, barely, scarcely
ne ... guère
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an overflow, a torrent
un débordement
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bottleneck, neck (of a bottle)
un goulot
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worrying
préoccupant
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strangulation, strangling
un étranglement
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to reach, to achieve
parvenir à
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an end, a term
un terme
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a warehouse
un entrepôt
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to surround
cerner
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a poll, a survey
un sondage
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for the same reasons (as)
au même titre (que)
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a demand
une revendication
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to shake, to shake up, to shake off
secouer
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to demand, to call for
réclamer
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an institution, a foundation
une instauration
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a shift, a relay
un relais
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acronym, initials
un sigle
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following the example of
à l'instar de
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to be an activist
militer
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an activist
un militant, une militante
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to confide [trans.], to entrust; to confide [intrans.]
confier; se confier
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a way, a route, a road
une voie
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authoritarian
autoritaire
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madly, wildly
follement
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provocation
la provoc
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to mark off/out, to line
jalonner
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upstairs, on the floor above
à l'étage
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gloomy, dismal, lugubrious
lugubre
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congested, cluttered
encombrée
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to cheer up, to brighten up, to liven up
égayer
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whirlwind, vortex
un tourbillon
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set on, solved, settled
réglé
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deafness
une surdité
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according to, following
au gré de
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like it or not
bon gré mal gré
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to ring out, to resound
retentir
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joyful, cheerful
réjouissant
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concealed, deceitful
dissimulé
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to reward, to award; to be awarded
récompenser; être récompensé
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however, nevertheless
toutefois
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award-winning, prizewinning
primé
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a task, a mission
une tâche
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to win, to take back
remporter
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frankly
franchement
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tedious
lassant
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publication
la parution
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obsessed
obsédé
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supposed to
être censé
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clever, crafty, cunning
malin, maligne
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insolence, shamelessness
une effronterie
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reluctantly, grudgingly
à contrecœur
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lame, limping
boiteux, éclopé
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to challenge someone (to do something)
mettre quelqu'un au défi (de faire quelque chose)
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a plot, a scheme
un complot
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a drop
une goutte
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frost
le givre
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waste
les déchets (m.)
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to nestle, to bury
se blottir, enfouir
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to put someone in their place (informal)
rembarrer quelqu'un (familier)
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to advocate, to extol
prôner
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to beg for, to angle for
quémander
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to hold back
refréner
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an attack, an assault
une agression
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severely, seriously
grièvement
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the description, the particulars
le signalement
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high rainfall; containing alcohol/having too much to drink (familiar)
arrosé
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to assume, to seize for oneself (lit.)
s'arroger (litt.)
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(to get) plastered (very familiar)
([se] prendre) la cuite
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adventurer
un aventurier
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drunk (as/on)
soûl (comme/de); saoul
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donkey
une bourrique
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hail a taxi
héler un taxi
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to opt for
opter pour
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a hook, detour, sudden sharp turn
un crochet
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in support of
à l'appui de
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to delay
tarder
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to give up, to abandon
abandonner
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to be depressed;
faire une déprime; être en pleine déprime
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deadly, lethal, murderous
meurtrier (meurtrière)
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subcontractor
un sous-traitant
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a pipe
une conduite
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a valve
une soupape
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surrounding area, neighborhood, vicinity
les alentours (m.)
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random
aléatoire, au hasard
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a small group
un groupuscule
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a subsidiary
une filiale
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a puddle
une flaque
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charred, burned to a cinder
calciné
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to fasten, to buckle, shut away
boucler
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a first-aid worker
un/une secouriste
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to swallow up, to engulf
engloutir
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to skate, to slip
patiner
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in police custody (not immediately charged with a crime)
en garde à vue
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a shooting, gunfight
une fusillade
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a criminal
un malfaiteur
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swindle/fraud; it's highway robbery
une escroquerie; c'est l'escroquerie
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on equal terms
d'égal à égal
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extra/additional work
un surcroît de travail
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to glisten, to gleam
miroiter
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to amount to, to be estimated at
se chiffrer en
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to treat, to nurse
soigner
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to contemplate, to consider
envisager
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to slit the throat of
égorger
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sheep; ewe
un mouton, une brebis
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cinnamon
la cannelle
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to go out, to burn out, to die out
s'éteindre
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to extinguish, to blow out, to turn off
éteindre
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(in this) respect
(à cet) égard
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ages ago
depuis des lustres
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the more the merrier
plus on est de fous plus on rit
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sharp, clear
net, nette
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strange, unusual
insolite
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cumbersome
encombrant
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(to get into) mischief
(faire) les bêtises (f.)
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astonished
ébahi
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you've got some nerve
vous avez du culot
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exit
une issue
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to groan, to mumble
râler
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helmet
un casque
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vest, undershirt
un gilet
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a lap, bosom/fold
un giron
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thorn, spine, (backbone)
une épine (une épine dorsale)
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crossroads
un carrefour
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to die, to pass away
décéder
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account, story, narration
un récit
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to covet
convoiter
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rough, tough, severe
rude
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to uncap, uncork
déboucher
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greenhouse
une serre
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negotiations, dealings
les tractations (f.)
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to foresee
augurer
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a collar, cervix
un col
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to accuse, to incriminate
incriminer
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starting point, a trigger
un déclenchement
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to shore up, to support
étayer
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journey, way, path
un parcours
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to take shape, to become clearer
se préciser
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to perform a search (i.e. police)
perquisitionner
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to start, to launch, to initiate
entamer
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a (hunger) strike
une grève (de faim)
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a segment, a section
un tronçon
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convoluted, tortuous
alambiqué
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to push back, to postpone
reculer
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stunned
abasourdi