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1
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to cut, to sever, to slice through

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trancher

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a breath

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un souffle

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to be out of breath

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être à bout de souffle, n’avoir plus de souffle

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goodwill

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la bienveillance, la mansuétude (soutenu)

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to run aground

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s’échouer

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to launch, to trigger

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déclencher

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or else…

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sinon…

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to date

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sortir avec

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to my chagrin

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à mon grand dépit

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to evict

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évincer

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to swallow

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avaler

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to digest

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digérer

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a leech

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une sangsue

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laudatory

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élogieux, élogieuse

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scrolling, unwinding

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défilement

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a wait

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une attente

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gradually

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au fur et à mesure

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to contradict

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contredire, démentir

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corny, tacky

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ringard

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to get back on one’s feet

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se retaper

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a bank robbery, a break-in

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un casse

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a charlatan

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un charlatan

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to counterfeit

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contrefaire

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to unfold (cloth, map)

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déplier

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to unfold (story, secret)

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dévoiler

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flesh

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la chair

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resolve (noun)

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la résolution

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anguish

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l’angoisse (f.)

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persistent

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continuel, incessant, persistant

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a well

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un puits

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to cure, to heal

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guérir

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drought

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une sécheresse

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torment

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le supplice, le tourment (litt.)

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34
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an alibi

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un alibi

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to whisper

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chuchoter; parler à voix basse

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a whisper

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un chuchotement

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a stream

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un ruisseau

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the boiling

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l’ébullition (f.)

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a hummingbird

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un oiseau-mouche, un colibri

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sleep (eye boogers)

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la chassie

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41
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without the knowledge of, unbeknownst to

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à l’insu de

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42
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clarity, brightness

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la clarté

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43
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a piece of string

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une ficelle

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44
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a waterer, a sprinkler

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un arroseur

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now the shoe’s on the other foot

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c’est l’arroseur arrosé

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denial

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le démenti

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clumsiness, awkwardness

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la maladresse, la gaucherie

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to rig, to fake

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truquer

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49
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a truce

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une trêve

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50
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to house

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abriter, héberger

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51
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a workshop

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un atelier

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52
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scattered, sparse

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clairsemé

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53
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astonishment, amazement, a sudden chill

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un saisissement

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54
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an itch

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une démangeaison

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55
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to scratch

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[une démangeaison] gratter, se gratter; [un chat] griffer

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56
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a rash

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une rougeur, une éruption

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epic (adj.)

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épique, héroïque

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an epic

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une épopée; un poème/récit épique

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59
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to annihilate

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anéantir

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60
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to dull, to take the edge off

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émousser

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to languish

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languir

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a recovery, a healing

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une guérison

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to untangle, to unravel

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débrouiller

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to manage (oneself), to get by

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se débrouiller

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to satisfy (hunger)

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rassasier

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66
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to vouch for someone/something

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se porter garant de qqch/qqn

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67
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to honk

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klaxonner

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cheerfully, heedlessly

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allègrement

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to break/infringe the law/rules

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enfreindre la loi/le règlement

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to boo (to hoot [owl])

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huer

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71
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incredible

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inouï, inouïe

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72
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to bustle

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s’affairer

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73
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a coffin/casket

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un cercueil

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74
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to hold back

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refréner

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75
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a dismissal

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un limogeage

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76
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to initial

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parapher

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77
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to drown

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noyer

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78
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to wither, to wilt

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flétrir

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79
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to outclass

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surclasser

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80
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to nip something in the bud

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écraser/étouffer/tuer quelque chose dans l’œuf

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to boost

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survolter

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a flash of lightning

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un éclair

83
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to seize, to grab (hold of)

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s’emparer de

84
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a lever

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un levier

85
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to dismiss, to depose

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destituer

86
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to exclude, to expel

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exclure

87
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to give somebody a standing ovation

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ovationner

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to take off, to blast off

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décoller

89
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to agree upon

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convenir de

90
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to suit

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convenir à

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a meeting, an interview

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une entrevue

92
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blackmail

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le chantage

93
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to blackmail someone

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faire du chantage à qqn

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to scald

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échauder; ébouillanter

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to utter

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prononcer, proférer

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retaliation

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des représailles (f.)

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to weaken

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affaiblir, s’affaiblir

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burglar

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un cambrioleur, une cambrioleuse

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a deacon

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un diacre

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bad weather

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des intempéries (f.)

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to lie; “here lies”

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gésir; «ci-gît»

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a reckless driver

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un chauffard

103
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an accomplice

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un/une complice

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to show off

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étaler; faire valoir

105
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an associate/staff member

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un collaborateur, une collaboratrice

106
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a plow

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une charrue

107
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a dungeon

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un cachot

108
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to come back to live, to be reborn

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renaître

109
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sower

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un semeur; une semeuse

110
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a rivalry

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une rivalité

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skeptical

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sceptique

112
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to become blurred, to fade away

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s’estomper

113
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truthful

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véridique

114
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a peddler

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un colporteur, une colporteuse

115
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to glimpse

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apercevoir; entrevoir

116
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to curtail, to cut short

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abréger

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wisdom

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la sagesse

118
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a henchman (litt.)

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un séide (litt.)

119
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unscathed

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indemne

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to patrol

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patrouiller

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an inn

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une auberge

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greed, covetousness

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la convoitise

123
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to decorate, to adorn

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orner

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respite

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un répit

125
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a blessing

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une bénédiction

126
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to bless

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bénir

127
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to escape

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s’évader

128
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a begger

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un mendiant, une mendiante

129
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a shepherd

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un berger, une bergère

130
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a dagger

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un poignard

131
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a bewitchment, a spell

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un envoûtement

132
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a gap, a breach

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une brèche

133
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a bloodhound

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un limier

134
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clear (water)

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limpide

135
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immediately

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aussitôt

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to contain (e.g. a leak etc)

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renfermer

137
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a quest

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une quête

138
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the coming, the advent

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l’avènement (m.)

139
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to sneak away (fam.)

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s’éclipser (fam.)

140
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to sniff

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flairer

141
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suddenly

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subitement

142
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hastily

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hâtivement

143
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to blink one’s eyes

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cligner les yeux

144
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to gnaw at, to wear away

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ronger

145
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meanwhile

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entretemps, entre-temps; pendant ce temps

146
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invader

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un envahisseur, une envahisseuse

147
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a leash

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une laisse

148
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powerlessness

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l’impuissance (f.)

149
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to make amends

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se racheter

150
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a sheath

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un fourreau

151
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to resign oneself to

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se résigner à

152
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rightful

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légitime

153
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a wart

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une verrue

154
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a mole

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un grain de beauté

155
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a threshold

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un seuil

156
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shambles

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un cafouillage

157
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bitterness

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une amertume

158
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licorice

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la réglisse

159
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mahogany

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un acajou

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hazelnut

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une noisette

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yeast

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une levure

162
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a mug

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une chope

163
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lukewarm

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tiède

164
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rye

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le seigle

165
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deafening, earsplitting

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assourdissant

166
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a burst

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une rafale

167
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wake

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le sillage

168
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to take great delight in something/doing something

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se délecter à qqch/à faire qqch

169
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to swarm, to congregate

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pulluler

170
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chorus

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le chœur

171
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a peak, a summit

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un cime

172
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grip

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la poigne

173
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to tear/rip off

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arracher

174
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to spring up, to gush out

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jaillir

175
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the harvest

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la moisson

176
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to sparkle, to glitter

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étinceler

177
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(moral) degradation

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la déchéance

178
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to enslave

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asservir

179
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a coward

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un/une lâche

180
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a horde/host

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une nuée

181
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a locust/grasshopper

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une sauterelle

182
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to sicken (to make sick)

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écœurer

183
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a haze

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une brume

184
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bluish

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bleuâtre

185
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torture

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le supplice

186
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sharp (claw/point)

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acéré

187
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a shield

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un écu, un bouclier

188
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to go mouldy

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moisir

189
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to ooze, to seep

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suinter

190
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shady

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louche

191
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to spurt, to squirt

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gicler

192
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a rudder

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un gouvernail

193
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to get in the way, to hold up, to hinder

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entraver

194
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a dish (food)

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un mets

195
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a scallopini

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une escalope

196
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a sow

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une truie

197
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to pamper, to mollycoddle

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bichonner

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to yell, to howl, to holler out [fam.]

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brailler [fam.]

French Vocabulary - Encountered (22 decks)

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