Vocab 4 Flashcards

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unmasted vessel

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un vaisseau démâté

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2
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smashed

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fracassé (e)

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3
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lightness

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légèreté

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4
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weary

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las

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5
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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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10
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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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12
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bowl

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une écuelle

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13
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to drive back

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acculer

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14
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broken up

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ameubli (e)

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15
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racket

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le vacarme

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16
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failure

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l’échec

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17
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to curb, stem

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enrayer

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18
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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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20
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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
achever
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unfriendly
sans aménité
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convenient
commode
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revenge
la ravanche
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to pin up
punaiser
30
road mender
un cantonnier
31
approval
l’aval
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to moor
amarrer
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to skirt around
contourner
34
opening
le débouché
35
to crash, smash
se fracasser
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to do up
retaper
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to cast off, to set off
larguer les amarres
38
cowardice
la lâcheté
39
by fair means or foul
de gré ou de force
40
small window
une lucarne
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to block up, to fill in
obturer
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spiral
une vrille
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bedding
la litière
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coating
un enduit
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claw
une griffe
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fleece
une toison
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to turn up, to arrive unexpectedly
survenir
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to take off
ôter
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to stare at
dévisager
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slap in the face
une gifle
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to rush about
cavaler
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by proxy
par procuration
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embrace, grip
une étreinte
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wader
un limicole
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to make an offering of
faire l’offrande de
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fickle
fuyant
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shipwreck
le naufrage
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to dictate
dicter
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as it is
telle quelle
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to dodge, sidestep
esquiver
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accessible
abordable
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endowed
dotée
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devoid of, lacking in
dépourvu(e) de
64
Hornet
un frelon
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hairy
velu(e)
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to fear, dread
redouter
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to make out, to surround
cerner
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shore, bank
une rive
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journey, voyage
un périple
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to be unsteady, sway
vaciller
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to evade
éluder
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elm
un orme
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sense of smell
odorat
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unsteadily
vacillant(e)
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stampede
une cavalcade
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blocked
obturé(e)
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tangled
emmêlé(e)
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numb, drowsy
engourdi(e)
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to hang oneself
se pendre
80
make or force oneself to do
s’obliger à faire
81
scratch
une griffure
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dying person
un mourant
83
nut case
un foldingue
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to murder each other
s’étriper
85
to bother, annoy, also bore
ennuyer
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fleeting, elusive
fugace
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to set straight, to disabuse
détromper
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to bring up
aborder
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to occur
survenir
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to fathom each other out
se déchiffrer
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confused, state of disarray
un désarroi
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to bore one to tears
s’assommer
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dread, terror
l’effroi
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parquet strips
une lame
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lime tree
un tilleul
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unpleasant
rebutante
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educated
instruit
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order
une ordonnance
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to blur, smudge
brouiller
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stroll
une vadrouille
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gashed
balafré(e)
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to strip, stumble
buter
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blind
aveugle
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to disgust, repel
rebuter
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to confuse
embrouiller
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stretcher bearer
un brancardier
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to play cards
taper le carton
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he is on it
il est dessus
109
to get worse
empirer
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to collide with, bump into
heurter
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to start, initiate to undermine, shake
entamer
112
I’m sorry to disturb you
je suis navré de vous déranger
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awful, dreadful
moche
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sudden
foudroyant(e)
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to maim to mispronounce, misspell
estropier
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testicle, ball
une couille
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to get naked
se foutre à poil
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arsehole
un enfoire
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I give my word
parole d’homme
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crippled
estropié
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to be dying
agoniser
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to be as thick as thieves
s’entendre comme larrons en foire
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house mate
un colocataire
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to no longer get on
ne s’entendre plus
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to go blindly ahead
foncer bille en tête
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to assign
affecter
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dying
agonisant
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to have a lump in one’s throat or to have one’s heart in one’s mouth
avoir la gorge nouée / serrée
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fleeting
fugace
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to catch sight of
aviser
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to tangle
enchevêtrer
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overnight bag, case
une mallette
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raid
une razzia
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to linger
s’attarder
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to not get on
ne s’entendre pas
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arched
voûté(e)
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it shows
ça se voit
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to disgust, repel, also to put off
rebuter
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to take the piss out of somebody
se foutre de quelqu’un
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trap
un traquenard
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not great
pas fameuse
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to end with/on
s’achever par/sur
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valid
valable
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hideout, also cushy number
une planque
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to locate, spot, to check out
repérer
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barbed wire
les barbelés (m)
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to break
péter
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to crack, damage
fêler
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he’s working on it
il est dessus
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to let the reins slip through one’s fingers
laisser filer les brides
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to let things drag on
laisser traîner
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to have a hard time
en baver
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relapse
une rechute
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notch
un cran
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they had a hard time of it
ils en ont bavé
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loudspeaker
un haut parleur
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safety catch
un cran de sûreté
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to dribble, drool
baver
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approval, agreement, pleasure
l’agrément (m)
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the end
le terme
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target shooting
tir à la cible
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he gave them a hard time
il leur en a fait baver
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in love with, smitten with
épris de
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problem
un atteinte
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cover
un capot
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to anticipate, hope for
escompter
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wavering
un flottement
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restless wandering
une errance
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to split, chop
fendre
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sparrow
un moineau
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slaughter, massacre
une hécatombe
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eel
une anguille
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to offend
offusquer
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in any order, in no particular order
dans le désordre
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it hurts
ça fait mal
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thin, frail, slight
fluet, fluette
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without offending you
sans vous offusquer
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there’s something going on
il y a une anguille sous roche
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to slave away
trimer
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to keep harping on
rabâcher
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a manufacturer
un fabricant
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secretly
en sous-main
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to try to find out
tâcher de savoir
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to share
répartir
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to work on, slave away
bosser
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assistant
un commis
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stock controller
un magasinier
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warehouse man
un manutentionnaire
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bitter
âpre
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sour, crabby
revêche
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to compete with
concurrencer
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I wouldn’t say no
je ne cracherais pas dessus
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scraping
un raclement
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scraping
un raclement
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to arrange, organise, also to settle, sort out
arranger
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to block off, brick up
murer
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penis
une verge
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respite
le répit
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dull, lifeless
terne
200
rounded, pot bellied
ventru
201
hind quarters, back side
l’arrière-train
202
to move on
enchaîner
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to harass, pester
harceler
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to be transformed, to take shape
se nouer
205
unchanging, enduring
immuable
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pinna
le pavillon d’oreille
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to put on weight, become puffy, thicken out
s’empâter
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to grant
octroyer
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to chase, hound, haunt, pursue
poursuivre
210
stressing, emphasising
appuyant sur/contre
211
to trust, rely on
se fier
212
to come up against
buter sur/contre
213
incorrigible
acharné
214
strap
une sangle
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tremor, ripple
un frémissement
216
to persevere, be determined
s’acharner
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unadorned
pas de fioritures
218
good for nothing
l’emplâtre (m)
219
abdominal muscles
une sangle abdominale
220
a pivotal moment
un moment charnière
221
informer
délatrice/teur
222
scoundrel, thief
un larron
223
bedlam
la foire