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Vocab 4 Flashcards

1
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unmasted vessel

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un vaisseau démâté

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smashed

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fracassé (e)

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lightness

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légèreté

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weary

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las

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section

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un pan

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streetlight

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un réverbère

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gloomy

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morne

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bitterness

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l’âpreté

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failure

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la faillite

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to fade away

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dépérir

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spotted

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repéré

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bowl

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une écuelle

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to drive back

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acculer

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broken up

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ameubli (e)

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racket

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le vacarme

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failure

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l’échec

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to curb, stem

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enrayer

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intention

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un dessein

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19
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purse one’s lips

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serrer les lèvres

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in trouble

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en perdition

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21
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an offence punishable by

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un délit passible de

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22
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right away

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sur le champ

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23
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to pronounce

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énoncer

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24
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inane

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inept

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to finish, conclude

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achever

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unfriendly

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sans aménité

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convenient

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commode

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revenge

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la ravanche

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to pin up

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punaiser

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road mender

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un cantonnier

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approval

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l’aval

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to moor

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amarrer

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33
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to skirt around

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contourner

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34
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opening

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le débouché

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to crash, smash

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se fracasser

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to do up

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retaper

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37
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to cast off, to set off

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larguer les amarres

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38
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cowardice

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la lâcheté

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39
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by fair means or foul

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de gré ou de force

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40
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small window

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une lucarne

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to block up, to fill in

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obturer

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42
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spiral

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une vrille

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43
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bedding

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la litière

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coating

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un enduit

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claw

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une griffe

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fleece

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une toison

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47
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to turn up, to arrive unexpectedly

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survenir

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48
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to take off

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ôter

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49
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to stare at

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dévisager

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50
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slap in the face

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une gifle

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51
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to rush about

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cavaler

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by proxy

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par procuration

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53
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embrace, grip

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une étreinte

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54
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wader

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un limicole

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55
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to make an offering of

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faire l’offrande de

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56
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fickle

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fuyant

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57
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shipwreck

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le naufrage

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58
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to dictate

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dicter

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59
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as it is

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telle quelle

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60
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to dodge, sidestep

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esquiver

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accessible

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abordable

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endowed

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dotée

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devoid of, lacking in

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dépourvu(e) de

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Hornet

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un frelon

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65
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hairy

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velu(e)

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66
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to fear, dread

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redouter

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67
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to make out, to surround

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cerner

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shore, bank

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une rive

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journey, voyage

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un périple

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70
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to be unsteady, sway

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vaciller

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to evade

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éluder

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elm

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un orme

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73
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sense of smell

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odorat

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74
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unsteadily

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vacillant(e)

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stampede

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une cavalcade

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76
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blocked

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obturé(e)

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tangled

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emmêlé(e)

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78
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numb, drowsy

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engourdi(e)

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79
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to hang oneself

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se pendre

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80
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make or force oneself to do

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s’obliger à faire

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scratch

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une griffure

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82
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dying person

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un mourant

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83
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nut case

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un foldingue

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84
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to murder each other

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s’étriper

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85
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to bother, annoy, also bore

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ennuyer

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86
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fleeting, elusive

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fugace

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87
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to set straight, to disabuse

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détromper

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88
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to bring up

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aborder

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89
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to occur

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survenir

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90
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to fathom each other out

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se déchiffrer

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confused, state of disarray

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un désarroi

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to bore one to tears

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s’assommer

93
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dread, terror

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l’effroi

94
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parquet strips

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une lame

95
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lime tree

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un tilleul

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unpleasant

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rebutante

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educated

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instruit

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order

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une ordonnance

99
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to blur, smudge

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brouiller

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stroll

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une vadrouille

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gashed

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balafré(e)

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to strip, stumble

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buter

103
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blind

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aveugle

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to disgust, repel

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rebuter

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to confuse

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embrouiller

106
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stretcher bearer

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un brancardier

107
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to play cards

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taper le carton

108
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he is on it

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il est dessus

109
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to get worse

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empirer

110
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to collide with, bump into

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heurter

111
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to start, initiate
to undermine, shake

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entamer

112
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I’m sorry to disturb you

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je suis navré de vous déranger

113
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awful, dreadful

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moche

114
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sudden

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foudroyant(e)

115
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to maim
to mispronounce, misspell

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estropier

116
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testicle, ball

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une couille

117
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to get naked

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se foutre à poil

118
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arsehole

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un enfoire

119
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I give my word

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parole d’homme

120
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crippled

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estropié

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to be dying

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agoniser

122
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to be as thick as thieves

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s’entendre comme larrons en foire

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house mate

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un colocataire

124
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to no longer get on

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ne s’entendre plus

125
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to go blindly ahead

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foncer bille en tête

126
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to assign

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affecter

127
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dying

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agonisant

128
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to have a lump in one’s throat or to have one’s heart in one’s mouth

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avoir la gorge nouée / serrée

129
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fleeting

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fugace

130
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to catch sight of

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aviser

131
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to tangle

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enchevêtrer

132
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overnight bag, case

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une mallette

133
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raid

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une razzia

134
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to linger

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s’attarder

135
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to not get on

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ne s’entendre pas

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arched

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voûté(e)

137
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it shows

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ça se voit

138
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to disgust, repel, also to put off

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rebuter

139
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to take the piss out of somebody

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se foutre de quelqu’un

140
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trap

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un traquenard

141
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not great

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pas fameuse

142
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to end with/on

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s’achever par/sur

143
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valid

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valable

144
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hideout, also cushy number

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une planque

145
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to locate, spot, to check out

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repérer

146
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barbed wire

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les barbelés (m)

147
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to break

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péter

148
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to crack, damage

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fêler

149
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he’s working on it

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il est dessus

150
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to let the reins slip through one’s fingers

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laisser filer les brides

151
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to let things drag on

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laisser traîner

152
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to have a hard time

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en baver

153
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relapse

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une rechute

154
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notch

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un cran

155
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they had a hard time of it

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ils en ont bavé

156
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loudspeaker

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un haut parleur

157
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safety catch

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un cran de sûreté

158
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to dribble, drool

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baver

159
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approval, agreement, pleasure

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l’agrément (m)

160
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the end

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le terme

161
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target shooting

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tir à la cible

162
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he gave them a hard time

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il leur en a fait baver

163
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in love with, smitten with

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épris de

164
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problem

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un atteinte

165
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cover

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un capot

166
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to anticipate, hope for

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escompter

167
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wavering

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un flottement

168
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restless wandering

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une errance

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to split, chop

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fendre

170
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sparrow

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un moineau

171
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slaughter, massacre

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une hécatombe

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eel

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une anguille

173
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to offend

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offusquer

174
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in any order, in no particular order

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dans le désordre

175
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it hurts

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ça fait mal

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thin, frail, slight

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fluet, fluette

177
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without offending you

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sans vous offusquer

178
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there’s something going on

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il y a une anguille sous roche

179
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to slave away

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trimer

180
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to keep harping on

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rabâcher

181
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a manufacturer

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un fabricant

182
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secretly

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en sous-main

183
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to try to find out

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tâcher de savoir

184
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to share

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répartir

185
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to work on, slave away

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bosser

186
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assistant

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un commis

187
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stock controller

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un magasinier

188
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warehouse man

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un manutentionnaire

189
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bitter

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âpre

190
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sour, crabby

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revêche

191
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to compete with

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concurrencer

192
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I wouldn’t say no

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je ne cracherais pas dessus

193
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scraping

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un raclement

194
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scraping

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un raclement

195
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to arrange, organise, also to settle, sort out

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arranger

196
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to block off, brick up

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murer

197
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penis

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une verge

198
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respite

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le répit

199
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dull, lifeless

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terne

200
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rounded, pot bellied

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ventru

201
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hind quarters, back side

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l’arrière-train

202
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to move on

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enchaîner

203
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to harass, pester

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harceler

204
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to be transformed, to take shape

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se nouer

205
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unchanging, enduring

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immuable

206
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pinna

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le pavillon d’oreille

207
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to put on weight, become puffy, thicken out

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s’empâter

208
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to grant

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octroyer

209
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to chase, hound, haunt, pursue

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poursuivre

210
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stressing

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appuyant sur/contre

211
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to trust, rely on

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se fier

212
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to come up against

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buter sur/contre

213
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incorrigible

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acharné

214
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strap

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une sangle

215
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tremor, ripple

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un frémissement

216
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to persevere, be determined

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s’acharner

217
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unadorned

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pas de fioritures

218
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good for nothing

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l’emplâtre (m)

219
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abdominal muscles

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une sangle abdominale

220
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a pivotal moment

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un moment charnière

221
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informer

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délatrice/teur

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scoundrel, thief

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un larron

223
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bedlam

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la foire

French Vocab 1 (13 decks)

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