Vocab 3 Flashcards

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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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16
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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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20
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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
un parcours
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to swerve, to veer
dévier
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a fair/market
une foire
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clay
l'argile (f.)
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terracotta / earthenware
la terre cuite
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to cut up/out, to carve
découper
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to dry
sécher
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paste, dough, batter
une pâte
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a punch (industrial)
un emporte-pièce
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smooth, sleek, bald
lisse
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thickness
une épaisseur
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a slab
une dalle
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lime [mineral]
la chaux
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hemp
le chanvre
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to be in charge of, to take care of
s'occuper de
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straw
la paille
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inertia
l'inertie (f.)
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spellbinding, enchanting
envoûtant
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to inflate
gonfler
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a boring, a drilling
un perçage
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tattoo
un tatouage
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to stretch, to widen
élargir
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potential, prospective
éventuel, éventuelle
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to crack, to snap
craquer
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to do a disservice to someone/something; to service (for public transportation)
desservir
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a crusade
une croisade
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a chain
une chaîne
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briefcase
une mallette
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to deliver
livrer
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to screw on
visser
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a valve
un clapet
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a handyman
un bricoleur
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a bill/invoice
une facture
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a windmill/wind turbine
une éolienne
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coal, carbon
le charbon
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a rocket
une fusée
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a satchel
un cartable
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notepad
un bloc-note
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infinity; endlessly
l'infini (m.); à l'infini
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waste, clutter
le gâchis
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gingerbread
le pain d'épice
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a gutter
un caniveau
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readily, easily
aisément
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the ridge, edge
l'arête (f.)
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unfair, dysloyal
déloyal, déloyale, déloyaux
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crappy
à la con (très fam.); merdique (très fam.)
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to distinguish oneself
se démarquer
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as the years (time) go(es) by
au fil des années; au fil du temps
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cordless/wireless
sans fil
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scattered/studded (with)
parsemé (de)
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conscious/aware (of)
conscient(e) (de)
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to join forces, to partner with
s'associer
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upmarket
haut de gamme
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on the outskirts of
aux abords de
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an addict of (figerative)
un mordu de; une mordue de
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raw materials
des matières premières
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to subjugate, control, to tame
soumettre
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foreman, supervisor
un contremaître
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bankrupt
failli, faillie
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the content
la teneur
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to seal
sceller
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foolhardy, reckless
téméraire
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to dread
redouter
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to harass
harceler
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to cure, to heal
guérir
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a task
une tâche
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to take away, to remove
retirer
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to hammer
marteler
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to call in/stop for questioning
interpeller
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mind-numbing
abrutissant
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fruitless
infructueux; infructueuse
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greedy, eager
avide
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an epic
une épopée, un péplum
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disparate
hétéroclite
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extravagant
prodigue
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to attract, to lure
attirer
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classmate
un/une condisciple
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to govern
régir
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ingrained, deep-seated, habitual
invétéré
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gambler
un parieur, une parieuse
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a character
un personnage
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intense excitement, elation
l'exaltation (f.)
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a wink
un clin d'œil
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ink
l'encre (f.)
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to run down, to flow
couler
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dizzying (height) or breakneck (speed)
vertigineux, vertigineuse
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a lullaby
une berceuse
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to vex
dépiter
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a peak
un pic
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after, at the end of/bottom of
au bout de
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a deer
un cerf, une biche
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a moon-landing
un alunissage
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a probe
une sonde
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support, supporter
un soutien
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to appeal to/turn to someone
recourir à quelqu'un
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to resort to something
recourir à quelque chose
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damage
le dégât
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a range
un éventail
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charity (adj.)
caritatif, caritative
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to suppress, to punish
réprimer
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to oversee, to supervise
chapeauter
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dissatisfaction, discontent [fam.]
la grogne
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rail, railway (adj)
ferroviaire
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dazzling, sparkling, gleaming
éclatant, éclatante
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an explosion
un éclatement
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to foresee, to plan
prévoir
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to warn, to prevent
prévenir
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save (for) [literary]
hormis
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an expectation, a (weather) forecast
une prévision
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to be a sign of, to predict [lit.]
présager
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to start, to initiate
entamer
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an extension (of time), a deadline
un delai
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incompetence, uselessness; he's useless; she's totally useless
une nullité; c'est une nullité; elle est d'une nullité totale
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the whole, the totality
l'intégralité (f.)
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getting ready to
s'apprêter à
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To claim, to intend
prétendre
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a transfer (money)
un virement
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lesser, smaller, poorer
moindre
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to make clear
préciser
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Food (for an animal), feed, pasture
la pâture
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rude, crude, vulgar
grossier, grossière
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to tie, to fasten, to attach
attacher
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the pavement
la chaussée
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overwhelming, crushing
écrasant, écrasante
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diversion, misappropriation
un détournement
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margin, leeway
une marge
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to the detriment/displeasure of someone
au grand dam de quelqu'un
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a granting, a bestowing
un octroi
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to grant something to
octroyer quelque chose à
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a reduction/discount
un rabais
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the stakes
l'enjeu (m.)
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security, collateral
un gage
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impulse, urge
une pulsion
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to patch things up between (fam.)
rabibocher
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to avenge
venger
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deception
une tromperie
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embezzlement
la malversation
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an earthquake
un séisme
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to stagger, to falter
vaciller
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to fold, to bend
plier
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to lean on, to rely on
s'appuyer sur
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a ranking, classifying, sorting
un classement
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crook, swindler
un escroc
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deserted, abandoned, forsaken
délaissé
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unhooking, taking down
un décrochage
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unchanged
inchangé
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scope, fullness
l'ampleur (f.)
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to refloat, to bail out
renflouer
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household, couple
un ménage
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a crutch
une béquille
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to do away with, get rid of
supprimer
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to unlock, to unbolt
déverrouiller
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saver, investor
un épargnant, une épargnante
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to reprieve, to pardon
gracier
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a difference, a discrepancy
un écart
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a nerve
un nerf
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more or less
peu ou prou
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supposed to
censé
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to be delighted
se réjouir
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a support, a backing
un appui
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to counter, to block
contrer
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all over the place
partir dans tous (les) azimuths (m.)
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to strike, to hit, to knock
heurter
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to grind, to crush
broyer
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stunning, astounding, staggering
époustouflant
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dew
la rosée
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a sidekick
un acolyte, un/une comparse
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to defuse
désamorcer
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to manage to get by
se dépatouiller, se débrouiller, s'en sortir
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To fly close to the ground
voler en rase-mottes (m.)
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to get back into the saddle
se remettre en selle
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fertilizer
un engrais
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strange, preposterous
saugrenu
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repulsive
rebutant
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barley
l'orge (f.)