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1
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umpteenth

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énième

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that goes without saying

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cela va de soi; ça va de soi

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to drift, to be adrift

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dériver; partir à la dérive

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to derive from

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dériver de; se rattacher à

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to sigh

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soupirer; pousser un soupir

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to breathe a sigh of relief

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soupir de soulagement

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to capsize

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chavirer

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hardware, hardware store

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la quincaillerie

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a drowning

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une noyade

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to disagree with someone

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donner tort à quelqu’un

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a grump, a grouch

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un grincheux, une grincheuse

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reproachful

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réprobateur, réprobatrice

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weirdo

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un hurluberlu, une hurluberlue

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resourceful

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débrouillard(e)

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to twinkle, to flash (on and off)

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clignoter

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a trump

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un atout

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blasted

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satané avant le nom

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to pile up, to stack up

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empiler

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to jump, to start

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sursauter

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to disembowel

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éventrer

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out of breath

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hors d’haleine

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a clash, a skirmish

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une échauffourée

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tar

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le goudron

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a wheelbarrow

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une brouette

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to rush, to surge, to dive

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s’engouffrer

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all the same, even so

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quand même

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an overflowing, a torrent

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un débordement

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to tie together, to knot

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nouer

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a sign (i.e in a demonstration)

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une pancarte

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a mess (confused situation)

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un pataquès

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a busybody

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un fouineur, une fouineuse

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to divert, to redirect

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détourner

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to sober up

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se dégriser

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to spill, to spread

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se répandre

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to spread like wildfire

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se répandre comme une traînée de poudre

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36
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a coffee? I wouldn’t say no

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un café, voilà qui ne me déplairait pas; un café, ne serait pas pour me déplaire

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to displease, to offend

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déplaire

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to dislike one another

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se déplaire

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39
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customary, usual

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coutumier, habituel/habituelle

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It is customary to tip taxi drivers

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l’usage OR la coutume veut que l’on donne un pourboire aux chauffeurs de taxi

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to reap (agriculture); to knock down/mow down

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faucher

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to call in/stop for questioning (by the police)

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interpeller

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43
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imprisonment

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la prison ferme

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44
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a life sentence

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la prison à vie

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a van

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une camionnette

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a rioting protestor

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un casseur

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to dissolve

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dissoudre (irreg.)

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to collapse, to cave in

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s’écrouler, s’effondrer

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a guardrail

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une glissière de sécurité, une rambarde

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too bad, nevermind

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tant pis (si/pour)

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to spoil, to ruin

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abîmer

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52
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a puzzle, a brainteaser

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un casse-tête

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to be equivalent to; to amount to

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équivaloir à

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to endure

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endurer, perdurer (litt.)

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to scrutinize, to examine

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scruter

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a magnifying glass

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une loupe

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oppressive (heat), excruciating (pain)

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accablant, accablante

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to strive (to do something)

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s’évertuer / s’acharner (à faire qqch)

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a cliff

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une falaise, un escarpement

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a dabbler, a jack-of-all-trades

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un/une touche-à-tout

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to shoot someone/thing at point-blank range

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tirer sur qqn/qqch à bout pourtant

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uptight, on edge

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à cran

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staggering, amazing, mind-blowing

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sidérant, sidérante

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to go through with a fine-tooth comb, to sift

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passer au crible

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to wonder about

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se demander, s’interroger sur

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firmness, solidness

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la fermeté

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limiting, restrictive

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contraignant(e), restrictif(ve), limitatif(ve)

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fainting, blackout

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un évanouissement, un étourdissement

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negotiations

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une négotiation, les pourparlers (m.)

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handcuffs

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les menottes (f.)

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SWAT

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Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie nationale (GIGN)

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unrecognizable

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méconnaissable

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73
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a funeral procession

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un cortège funèbre (on foot), un convoi mortuaire (cars)

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unexpected

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inattendu, imprévu, inopiné

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75
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to set in motion

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mettre en branle

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76
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the eldest child

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un aîné, une aînée

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to fascinate

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passionner

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78
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a trigger

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une gâchette, un déclic

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on the sly

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en catimini

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80
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youngest child

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un benjamin, une benjamine

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a start

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un démarrage

82
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fragmented

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parcellaire, fragmentaire, morcelé

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to cloak oneself, to drape oneself

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se draper

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to spill, to spread, to give off; to shed tears/blood

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répandre; répandre des larmes, répandre le sang

85
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sawdust

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la sciure

86
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packaging

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l’habillage (m.)

87
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abduction, kidnapping

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un rapt, un enlèvement

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troublemaker

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un provocateur, une provocatrice; un frondeur, une frondeuse

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shooting/filming; during filming

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le tournage, sur le tournage

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dog (fam.), mutt; doggie

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un cabot; un toutou

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to run away; to drive away an intruder

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déguerpir; faire déguerpir un intrus

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to pace up and down

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arpenter, faire les cent pas

93
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to suckle, to breastfeed; a teat

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téter

94
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a teat, nipple for a bottle

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une tétine

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Fido

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Médor

96
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to tame, to domesticate

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apprivoiser

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a dinghy

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un canot

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a barrel or cask

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un tonneau (bière), un fût (cidre), une barrique (grande), un baril (petit)

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a fright

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une frayeur

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a wound

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une plaie, une blessure

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a bruise

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un hématome, un bleu, une contusion

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wine-producing; winery

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viticole, une entreprise viticole

103
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wine/spirits storehouse

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un chai

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to flout, to defy

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bafouer

105
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gravedigger

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un fossoyeur

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freelancer journalist

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un/une pigiste

107
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a claw

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une griffe

108
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compensation

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une indemnité, une rémunération, une contrepartie

109
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to enlist

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s’engager

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perennial

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pérenne

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a funeral

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un enterrement, des obsèques (f.), funérailles (f., formal)

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a shelter

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un abri, un asile

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to bend, to bend down/to stoop

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se courber

114
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to have a baby, to give birth

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accoucher

115
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a landing (of a staircase)

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un palier

116
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a landing (plane)

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un atterrissage

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savings

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l’épargne (f.)

118
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watch your step

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se tenir à carreau

119
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to postpone (lit.)

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surseoir (litt.)

120
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stage fright, nerves; to have the jitters

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le trac; avoir le trac

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leafy

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feuillu (tree), boisé ou vert (woodland)

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remains (corpse)

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les restes (m.), une dépouille mortelle, des ossements (m.)

123
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immoderate, inordinate

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immodéré

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a party animal

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un fêtard, une fêtarde

125
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to display, to flaunt, to show off

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étaler

126
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a rustle, buzzing, flapping

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un bruissement

127
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a thriller

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un polar

128
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a chuckle; giggling

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un gloussement; des gloussements

129
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to sport, to wear

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arborer

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native

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natif, native, autochtone

131
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to brush, to touch lightly, to graze

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frôler, effleurer

132
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to hedge, to equivocate

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louvoyer

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unruly, rebellious

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insoumis, insoumise

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terse

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concis, succinct, laconique, brusque

135
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reshuffle (gov’t)

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un remaniement

136
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a zipper

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une fermeture Éclair, une fermeture à glissière

137
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dripping wet/with sweat

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ruisselant(e) d’eau/de sueur

138
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to rage, to be rampant

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sévir

139
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an area, the surroundings

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les parages (m.)

140
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a subpoena

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une assignation

141
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long ago

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naguère, autrefois, jadis

142
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crispy

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croustillant

143
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panting

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haletant

144
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to plaster, to cover something with

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placarder, placarder qqch. de

145
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aforementioned

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susmentionné, précité

146
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to be on the lookout for

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guetter qqch.

147
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I’m leaving

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je m’en vais

148
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fuel

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le carburant

149
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to go into raptures/extasies over

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s’extasier devant

150
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stuttering, stammering

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balbutiant

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momentum

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un élan, une vitesse

152
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despicable, loathsome

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infâme, méprisable

153
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louse, lice

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un pou, des poux

154
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scalp

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le cuir chevelu

155
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galore

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en abondance, à gogo (fam.)

156
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recess (fam., abbr.)

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la récré (fam.)

157
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to get rid of

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se débarrasser de

158
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a bow tie

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un nœud papillon, un nœud pap

159
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a top hat

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un haut-de-forme, des hauts-de-forme

160
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to be ugly as sin

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être laid/moche comme un pou

161
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to be proud as a peacock

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être fier/orgueilleux comme un pou

162
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an aftermath

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les séquelles (f.), les suites (f.)

163
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to sulk

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bouder, faire la tête

164
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abductor, kidnapper

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un ravisseur, une ravisseuse

165
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a lever

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un levier, une manette

166
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a stretcher

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une civière, un brancard

167
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to assume (to take over)

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assumer, endosser

168
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bleach

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l’eau de Javel

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rustic

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rustique, champêtre (litt.)

170
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lined (clothing)

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doublé, doublée

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condensation

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la condensation, la buée

172
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a league (nautical)

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une lieue

173
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a little stream, a brook

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un ruisselet

174
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to rise up, to well up

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monter, jaillir (more abrupt), sourdre (litt.)

175
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to blaze, to flare up, to flash [Lit.]

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flamboyer [Litt.]

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rags (torn up clothes)

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des guenilles (f), des haillons (m.), des loques (f.)

177
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to squat

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s’accroupir (human), se tapir (animal)

178
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skinny

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très mince; maigrichon, maigrichonne

179
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to nestle

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se blottir, enfouir

180
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to spoil, to get damaged

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s’abîmer

181
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bordering countries

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les pays limitrophes

182
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to supply (e.g. army/village); to pay funds into a bank account

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approvisionner

183
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self-conscious

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empêtré

184
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copperplated/colored

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cuivré

185
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glassworks, glassmaking

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la verrerie

186
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landing stage (for passengers) and wharf (merchandise)

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un débarcadère

187
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a find

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une trouvaille

188
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inventory

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un inventaire

189
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stuffed (re:food)

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farci

190
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die; dice

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un dé, des dés

191
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sautéed

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rissolé

192
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seaspray

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les embruns (m.)

193
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cod

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la morue

194
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to spell out (re:a name)

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épeler

195
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bait

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l’appât (m.), l’amorce (f.)

196
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juice (botanical/physiologic); gastric juices

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le suc, les sucs gastriques

197
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a curse, a plaque, a bane

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un fléau

198
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a hornet

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un frelon

199
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a rough bit; the roughness

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une aspérité; les aspérités

200
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to become more expensive, to make a higher bid

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renchérir

French Vocabulary - Encountered (22 decks)

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