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muddy, hazy

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vaseux, vaseuse

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about-face

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une volte-face

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to foresee, to expect, to plan

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prévoir

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to erect, to establish

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ériger

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to oust, to throw out

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déloger, évincer

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dawn

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l’aube (f.)

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a riot

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une émeute

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to warm up (one’s hands/feet)

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se réchauffer (les mains/les pieds)

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shocked, outraged, indignant

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indigné

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recourse, resort, appeal

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un recours

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real estate (adj.)

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immobilier

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collapse, dejection, caving in

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un effondrement

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to fall, to tumble

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chuter

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a drop, a fall

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une chute

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a punchline

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une chute

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creditor

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un créancier, une créancière

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to soar, to glide, to make smooth

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planer

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heir, heiress

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un héritier, une héritière

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preliminary (adj.), prerequisite (n.)

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préalable; un préalable

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at the bedside of

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au chevet de

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chasm, abyss, pit

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un gouffre

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an estimate/quote

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un devis

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an upheaval

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un bouleversement

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behavior

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un comportement

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a journey

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un parcours

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to swerve, to veer

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dévier

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a fair/market

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une foire

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clay

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l’argile (f.)

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terracotta / earthenware

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la terre cuite

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to cut up/out, to carve

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découper

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to dry

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sécher

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paste, dough, batter

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une pâte

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a punch (industrial)

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un emporte-pièce

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smooth, sleek, bald

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lisse

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thickness

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une épaisseur

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a slab

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une dalle

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lime [mineral]

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la chaux

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hemp

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le chanvre

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to be in charge of, to take care of

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s’occuper de

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40
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straw

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la paille

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inertia

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l’inertie (f.)

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spellbinding, enchanting

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envoûtant

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to inflate

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gonfler

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a boring, a drilling

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un perçage

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tattoo

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un tatouage

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to stretch, to widen

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élargir

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potential, prospective

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éventuel, éventuelle

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to crack, to snap

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craquer

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to do a disservice to someone/something; to service (for public transportation)

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desservir

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a crusade

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une croisade

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a chain

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une chaîne

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briefcase

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une mallette

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to deliver

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livrer

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54
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to screw on

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visser

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a valve

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un clapet

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a handyman

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un bricoleur

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a bill/invoice

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une facture

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a windmill/wind turbine

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une éolienne

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coal, carbon

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le charbon

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60
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a rocket

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une fusée

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a satchel

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un cartable

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62
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notepad

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un bloc-note

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63
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infinity; endlessly

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l’infini (m.); à l’infini

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waste, clutter

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le gâchis

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gingerbread

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le pain d’épice

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66
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a gutter

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un caniveau

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67
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readily, easily

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aisément

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the ridge, edge

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l’arête (f.)

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unfair, dysloyal

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déloyal, déloyale, déloyaux

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crappy

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à la con (très fam.); merdique (très fam.)

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to distinguish oneself

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se démarquer

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as the years (time) go(es) by

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au fil des années; au fil du temps

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cordless/wireless

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sans fil

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scattered/studded (with)

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parsemé (de)

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75
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conscious/aware (of)

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conscient(e) (de)

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to join forces, to partner with

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s’associer

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77
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upmarket

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haut de gamme

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on the outskirts of

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aux abords de

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an addict of (figerative)

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un mordu de; une mordue de

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raw materials

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des matières premières

81
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to subjugate, control, to tame

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soumettre

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foreman, supervisor

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un contremaître

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bankrupt

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failli, faillie

84
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the content

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la teneur

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to seal

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sceller

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foolhardy, reckless

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téméraire

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to dread

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redouter

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to harass

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harceler

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to cure, to heal

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guérir

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a task

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une tâche

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to take away, to remove

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retirer

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to hammer

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marteler

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to call in/stop for questioning

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interpeller

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mind-numbing

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abrutissant

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fruitless

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infructueux; infructueuse

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greedy, eager

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avide

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an epic

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une épopée, un péplum

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disparate

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hétéroclite

99
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extravagant

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prodigue

100
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to attract, to lure

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attirer

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classmate

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un/une condisciple

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to govern

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régir

103
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ingrained, deep-seated, habitual

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invétéré

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gambler

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un parieur, une parieuse

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a character

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un personnage

106
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intense excitement, elation

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l’exaltation (f.)

107
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a wink

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un clin d’œil

108
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ink

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l’encre (f.)

109
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to run down, to flow

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couler

110
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dizzying (height) or breakneck (speed)

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vertigineux, vertigineuse

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a lullaby

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une berceuse

112
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to vex

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dépiter

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a peak

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un pic

114
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after, at the end of/bottom of

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au bout de

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a deer

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un cerf, une biche

116
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a moon-landing

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un alunissage

117
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a probe

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une sonde

118
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support, supporter

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un soutien

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to appeal to/turn to someone

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recourir à quelqu’un

120
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to resort to something

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recourir à quelque chose

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damage

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le dégât

122
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a range

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un éventail

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charity (adj.)

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caritatif, caritative

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to suppress, to punish

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réprimer

125
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to oversee, to supervise

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chapeauter

126
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dissatisfaction, discontent [fam.]

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la grogne

127
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rail, railway (adj)

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ferroviaire

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dazzling, sparkling, gleaming

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éclatant, éclatante

129
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an explosion

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un éclatement

130
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to foresee, to plan

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prévoir

131
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to warn, to prevent

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prévenir

132
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save (for) [literary]

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hormis

133
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an expectation, a (weather) forecast

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une prévision

134
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to be a sign of, to predict [lit.]

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présager

135
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to start, to initiate

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entamer

136
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an extension (of time), a deadline

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un delai

137
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incompetence, uselessness; he’s useless; she’s totally useless

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une nullité; c’est une nullité; elle est d’une nullité totale

138
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the whole, the totality

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l’intégralité (f.)

139
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getting ready to

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s’apprêter à

140
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To claim, to intend

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prétendre

141
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a transfer (money)

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un virement

142
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lesser, smaller, poorer

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moindre

143
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to make clear

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préciser

144
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Food (for an animal), feed, pasture

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la pâture

145
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rude, crude, vulgar

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grossier, grossière

146
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to tie, to fasten, to attach

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attacher

147
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the pavement

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la chaussée

148
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overwhelming, crushing

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écrasant, écrasante

149
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diversion, misappropriation

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un détournement

150
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margin, leeway

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une marge

151
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to the detriment/displeasure of someone

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au grand dam de quelqu’un

152
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a granting, a bestowing

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un octroi

153
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to grant something to

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octroyer quelque chose à

154
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a reduction/discount

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un rabais

155
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the stakes

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l’enjeu (m.)

156
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security, collateral

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un gage

157
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impulse, urge

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une pulsion

158
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to patch things up between (fam.)

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rabibocher

159
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to avenge

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venger

160
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deception

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une tromperie

161
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embezzlement

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la malversation

162
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an earthquake

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un séisme

163
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to stagger, to falter

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vaciller

164
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to fold, to bend

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plier

165
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to lean on, to rely on

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s’appuyer sur

166
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a ranking, classifying, sorting

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un classement

167
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crook, swindler

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un escroc

168
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deserted, abandoned, forsaken

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délaissé

169
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unhooking, taking down

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un décrochage

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unchanged

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inchangé

171
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scope, fullness

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l’ampleur (f.)

172
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to refloat, to bail out

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renflouer

173
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household, couple

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un ménage

174
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a crutch

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une béquille

175
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to do away with, get rid of

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supprimer

176
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to unlock, to unbolt

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déverrouiller

177
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saver, investor

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un épargnant, une épargnante

178
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to reprieve, to pardon

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gracier

179
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a difference, a discrepancy

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un écart

180
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a nerve

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un nerf

181
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more or less

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peu ou prou

182
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supposed to

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censé

183
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to be delighted

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se réjouir

184
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a support, a backing

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un appui

185
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to counter, to block

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contrer

186
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all over the place

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partir dans tous (les) azimuths (m.)

187
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to strike, to hit, to knock

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heurter

188
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to grind, to crush

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broyer

189
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stunning, astounding, staggering

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époustouflant

190
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dew

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la rosée

191
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a sidekick

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un acolyte, un/une comparse

192
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to defuse

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désamorcer

193
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to manage to get by

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se dépatouiller, se débrouiller, s’en sortir

194
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To fly close to the ground

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voler en rase-mottes (m.)

195
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to get back into the saddle

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se remettre en selle

196
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fertilizer

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un engrais

197
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strange, preposterous

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saugrenu

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repulsive

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rebutant

199
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barley

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l’orge (f.)

French Vocabulary - Encountered (22 decks)

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