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1
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to carry away

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entraîner

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to fade away (sound)

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s’estomper, s’éteindre

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to dawdle

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traîner, flâner, lambiner

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to drag one’s feet, to shuffle along

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traîner les pieds

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pallid

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pâle, blême, blafard

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to climb

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grimper à, gravir

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soot

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la suie

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raspy/hoarse (i.e voice)

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rauque, enroué

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to scatter, to disperse

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éparpiller, disperser

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glazed

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vitrifié (floor, tiles), vernissé (pottery)

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a tiled floor

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un carrelage

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to crush

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écraser, broyer

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a ledge

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une corniche

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mottled

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tacheté, moucheté, diapré

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dread

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une terreur, un effroi

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to obstruct

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obstruer

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to fray, to unravel

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s’effilocher

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to be full of oneself

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être imbu de sa personne, être imbue de soi-même

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a braid

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une tresse, une natte

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to itch

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avoir des démangeaisons (f.)

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wobbly (table/chair)

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branlant, bancal

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to embroider

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broder

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solid (color)

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uni, unie

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futile

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futile, vain(e), creux(se), oiseux(se)

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to plaster

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plâtrer

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a lap

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les genoux, le giron; tour de piste (sports)

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not at all, not in the least

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nullement

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automatically, without thinking

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automatiquement, machinalement

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frenzied

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frénétique, forcené

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a horseshoe

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un fer à cheval

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to stare at

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regarder fixement, dévisager

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to give a hint of

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esquisser

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to be in a position to

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être en mesure de

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to take off

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enlever, ôter

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to twiddle, to play with

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tripoter, jouer avec

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to get ahold of oneself, to pull oneself togethers

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se reprendre, se ressaisir

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a whip, a whisk

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un fouet

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38
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to his/her credit

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à son honneur

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39
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a collapse

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un écroulement

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packed, jam-packed

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bondé

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a passerby

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un passant, une passante

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42
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a hatchet

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une hachette (la hachette)

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43
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to attack/blame somebody/something

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s’en prendre à qqn/qqch

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a machete

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une machette

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45
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a coaster

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un dessous de verre

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a seal

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un phoque

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seductive, enticing, alluring

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aguichant, aguichante

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48
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a (power/nuclear/thermal) power station

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une centrale (électrique/nucléaire/thermique)

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prominent

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proéminent, proéminente

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bucktooth

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la dent proéminente, la dent qui avance

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grouchy, grumpy

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bougon, bougonne; ronchon, ronchonne

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an appliance

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un appareil, un engin

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air traffic controller

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un aiguilleur

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a scavenger

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un charognard

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an awkward person

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un balourd, une balourde

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a chainsaw

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une tronçonneuse

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a saw

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une scie

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58
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a cleaning

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un nettoyage

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59
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a wig

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une perruque

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to whip

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fouetter (une personne, un animal), battre au fouet (la cuisine)

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a weevil

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un charançon

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a weather vane

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une girouette

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a wasp

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une guêpe

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a blast, a gust

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une rafale

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65
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a slowpoke

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un lambin, une lambine

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66
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(to wear) rags

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(être vêtu de) guenilles (f.)

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to dodge

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esquiver, éviter

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to fetch

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aller chercher

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69
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cilantro

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la coriandre

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70
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parsley

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le persil

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to flail

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s’agiter violemment

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72
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incense; an incense stick

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l’encens (m.), un bâtonnet d’encens

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73
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a dive

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un bouge, un boui-boui

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74
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a hole-in-the-wall

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un café/restaurant minuscule

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75
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to make a bid; to outbid

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enchérir sur; surenchérir sur

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76
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a bidder

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un enchérisseur, une enchérisseuse

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77
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sold to the highest bidder

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vendu au plus offrant

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sparkling, fizzy

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pétillant(e), gazeux/gazeuse, mousseux/mousseuse

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a fire extinguisher

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un extincteur

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despicable

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méprisable, détestable

81
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nothingness

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le néant

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to darken

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s’assombrir, s’obscurcir

83
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the stake, a pyre

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le bûcher, un bûcher

84
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bulletproof (vest)

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(un gilet) pare-balles

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lakeside, waterside, riverside

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riverain, riveraine

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to stupefy, to turn into an idiot

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abrutir

87
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a pole

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un poteau

88
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a crook, a villain

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une crapule

89
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a marshmallow

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la guimauve

90
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to snuggle

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se blottir

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crimson

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cramoisi

92
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cheerful, jolly

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enjoué

93
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to worsen

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empirer

94
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a tickle

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un chatouillement

95
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to extract, to mine

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extraire

96
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skydiving

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le parachutisme

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to unfurl

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larguer, déferler

98
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an allowance, a benefit

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une prestation

99
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take your feet off the armchair

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ôte tes pieds du fauteuil

100
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a suture; a stitch; he had 5 stitches

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une suture; un point de suture; on lui a fait cinq points de suture

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a UFO

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un OVNI (objet volant non identifié)

102
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to boast about, to pride oneself on

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se targuer de

103
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to matter

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importer à qqn

104
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reluctantly, unwillingly

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à contrecœur, contre son gré

105
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dog bowl

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une gamelle

106
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a clash, a skirmish

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une échauffourée, une escarmouche

107
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a flat tire

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un pneu crevé/dégonflé

108
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a blacksmith

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un forgeron

109
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to glean

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glaner, grappiller

110
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to be trigger-happy/to be quick on the draw

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avoir la gâchette facile/rapide

111
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a discount

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une remise, un rabais, une ristourne

112
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unfettered

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sans contrainte, sans entrave

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mortified

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mortifié, gêné

114
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delirium

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le délire

115
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the pulse, to take the pulse of

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le pouls, prendre le pouls de qqn

116
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a case (for camera, guitar, violin)

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un étui

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a mop of hair

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une tignasse

118
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a mug

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une chope

119
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swollen

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enflé, gonflé, tuméfié

120
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to beat someone black/blue (fam.)

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tabasser

121
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a brawl

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une bagarre, une rixe

122
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to remove a pin from a grenade

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dégoupiller une grenade

123
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a spark

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une étincelle

124
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(to have) indigestion

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avoir une indigestion

125
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heartburn

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les brûlures (f.) d’estomac

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bark (of a tree), peel (of a fruit)

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l’écorce (f.)

127
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a shrub/bush

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un buisson, un arbuste, un arbrisseau

128
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a stump (of a tree)

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un chicot, une souche

129
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a stump (limb)

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un moignon

130
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to streak

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zébrer

131
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to cause to crumble

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effriter

132
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to strike (by lightning), to strike down

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foudroyer

133
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to burn to a cinder

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carboniser

134
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to stare wide-eyed

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écarquiller les yeux

135
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to become aware of

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s’aviser de

136
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a hem

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un ourlet

137
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a puddle

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une flaque

138
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lopsided

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de travers, de guingois (fam.)

139
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a pout; to pout

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une moue; faire la moue

140
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to ripple

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se rider, onduler

141
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thigh boots

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des cuissardes (f.)

142
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to rivet

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river

143
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to start, to wince, to flinch

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tressaillir

144
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filth

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la crasse

145
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intruder

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un intrus, une intruse, un importun, une importune

146
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a renegade

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un renégat, une renégate

147
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to fold, to crease

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plisser

148
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piece of flotsam, a wreck of a person

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une épave

149
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to be restored

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se rétablir

150
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to beat or pound wildly

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battre la chamade

151
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a half-wit

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un demeuré, une demeurée

152
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to beat someone to a pulp

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mettre qqn en bouillie

153
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to tear oneself away from

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s’arracher à/de

154
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to frolic

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s’ébattre, folâtrer (litt.), batifoler

155
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guilding

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la dorure

156
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set (adj.)

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figé

157
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to endeavor to do something

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s’efforcer de faire qqch

158
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a fool

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un sot, une sotte

159
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to flush out (hunting)

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débusquer

160
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to flush (the toilet)

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tirer la chasse (d’eau)

161
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a magic trick

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un tour de passe-passe

162
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to bug

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asticoter (fam.)

163
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gruff

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brusque, bourru

164
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to be lavish with

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prodiguer

165
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praise

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les éloges (m), les louanges (f.)

166
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praiseworthy

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louable, méritoire, digne d’éloges

167
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to swallow (saliva/pride), to choke back (tears)

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ravaler

168
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very sparingly

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au compte-gouttes

169
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to scheme, to plot

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manigancer

170
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a delegate

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un délégué, une déléguée

171
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to thwart

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contrecarrer, contrarier

172
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a lackey

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un laquais, un larbin (very fam.)

173
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disapproving

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désapprobateur, désapprobatrice

174
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profoundly

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profondément, foncièrement

175
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blunt (re: blade)

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émoussé, peu tranchant

176
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to simmer

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mijoter, mitonner

177
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a shudder

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un tressaillement

178
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all the same (fam.)

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n’empêche (fam.)

179
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a careless mistake

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une étourderie

180
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to tense up

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se crisper

181
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a windfall, a godsend, a golden opportunity

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une aubaine

182
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scorching, blistering

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brûlant, torride, caniculaire

183
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with pleasure, gladly, willingly

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volontiers

184
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a reminder

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un rappel (spoken), un pense-bête (written)

185
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a withdrawal

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un retrait, un désistement

186
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a hatching

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une éclosion

187
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to croak (i.e. frog)

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coasser

188
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to lay (i.e. eggs)

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pondre

189
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a chick (baby bird)

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un poussin (poulet), un oisillon (oiseau)

190
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a colonist

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un colon

191
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a layabout (very fam.)

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un glandeur, une glandeuse (très fam.)

192
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a loincloth

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un pagne

193
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gravel

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le gravier

194
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to splice (rope/DNA)

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épisser

195
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an agreement

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un accord, une entente

196
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a cuttlefish

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une seiche

197
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a build (of one’s body)

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une carrure

198
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a buffer

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un tampon

199
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a fib (fam)

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un bobard (fam)

French Vocabulary - Encountered (22 decks)

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