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shady, seedy

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louche, chelou (verlan)

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irritating, frustrating (ref. to a person)

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relou (verlan)

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a beam

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une poutre

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a stool

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un tabouret

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to pick up, to grab

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attraper

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an udder

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un pis

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to shift (time/space)

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décaler

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to fool around, to horse around, to bullshit

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déconner (très fam.)

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to peel

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éplucher

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as far as I’m concerned

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en ce qui me concerne

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what I mean is

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ce que je veux dire c’est

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to compel

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assujettir

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rocky

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rocheux, rocheuse

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a somersault

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un saut périlleux

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the underside

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le dessous, la face inférieur

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sensible, wise

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sensé

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to hang around (fam.)

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poireauter

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teasing (adj)

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taquin, taquine

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an armrest

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un accoudoir

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a cable (nautical, 195 m); a stone’s throw away from

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une encablure; à une encablure de

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a waterspout

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une trombe

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fits into the other part

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emboîtable

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a sugar-coated pill (or almond)

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une dragée

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a thin layer, a skin

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une pellicule

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a starling; a birdbrain (fam.)

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un étourneau

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a funnel

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un entonnoir

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a din, an uproar

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un tapage

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a general outcry

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un tollé

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backwards

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à rebours

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a pit, a grave, a trench

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une fosse

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a cliff

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une falaise

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a test tube

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une éprouvette

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a bug

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une punaise

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to wedge, to stick, to jam

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coincer

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to display, to lay out, to show off

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étaler

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common sense

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la jugeote

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a charity

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une association caritative

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the height of, the epitome of

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le comble de

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a spouse

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un conjoint, une conjointe

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a chaplain

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un aumônier

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41
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a cricket

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un grillon

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42
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acoustic, resounding, echoing

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sonore

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to have a Christmas Eve/New Year’s Eve party/supper

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réveillonner

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a patron, a sponsor

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un mécène

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a surcharge

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un surcoût

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46
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a thicket

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un fourré

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47
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to do the groundwork, to clear away

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déblayer

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twisted

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vrillé

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questioning, inquiring (adj.)

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interrogateur, interrogatrice

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a wanderer

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un vagabond, une vagabonde

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threadbare

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usé, râpé, élimé

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a glass wall, a glass roof

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une verrière

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risqué

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risqué, osé, scabreux, grivois

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a dunce

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un âne, un cancre

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55
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a servant

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un/une domestique

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56
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a firecracker

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un pétard

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57
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bottoms up! (fam.)

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cul sec !

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58
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at (the very) least

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au bas mot

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59
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a piggybank

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une tirelire

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a leaflet/handout (for advertising)

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un prospectus

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a starry-eyed girl

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une midinette

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62
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a bodybuilder

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un/une culturiste

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to carry out, to pay out, to fulfill

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s’acquitter de

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64
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to play dead

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faire le mort

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to hunch/huddle up, to curl up

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se recroqueviller

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66
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to be on the lookout

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être aux aguets

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67
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an outlet for (feelings/emotions)

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un exutoire à

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regrettable, unfortunate

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regrettable, fâcheux

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to call the shots (fam)

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faire la pluie et le beau temps (fam.)

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70
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a Freudian slip

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un lapsus

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71
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to suffer from

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pâtir de

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72
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to mark off/out

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baliser

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73
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to be up and running

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roder

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74
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to ensue

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s’ensuivre, résulter

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75
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in opposition to

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à l’encontre de

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76
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in the dim light

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dans la pénombre

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77
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an exhaustion

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un épuisement, un éreintement

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78
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to congeal, to thicken

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figer

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bluntly

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crûment, carrément

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80
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well-educated

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instruit

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81
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ill-treatment, physical cruelty

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des sévices

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a file cabinet

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un classeur

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duly

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dûment

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to stamp

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tamponner

85
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tacky

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tocard

86
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unrepentant

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impénitent

87
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to slap someone in the face

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en coller une à qqn

88
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one’s family and friends

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les siens

89
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a countdown

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un compte à rebours

90
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offside

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hors-jeu

91
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a (pink) flamingo

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un flamant (rose)

92
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a kennel

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un chenil

93
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a shroud

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un suaire

94
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chauvinistic

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chauvin, machiste

95
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a raft

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un radeau

96
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a ram

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un bélier

97
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a stake (for a tent)

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un piquet

98
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to grope or feel one’s way along

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tâtonner

99
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a twig

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une brindille

100
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a bolt

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un boulon

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a nut (hardware)

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un écrou

102
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malice

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la méchanceté

103
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dirty oil/grease

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le cambouis

104
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to crumple

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friper

105
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a poppy

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un coquelicot

106
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a screen or partition

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un paravent

107
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to be fragrant

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embaumer

108
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to sweep (a chimney)

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ramoner

109
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to mumble

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bredouiller

110
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a streetlight

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un réverbère

111
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a (belt) strap; a belt (auto)

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une courroie

112
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rusty, rusted

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rouillé

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naughty, ugly

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vilain

114
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in bloom

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fleuri

115
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to be visible

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se voir

116
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abyss, the depths (lit)

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une abîme (litt.)

117
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a rifle

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une carabine

118
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a scarf

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un cache-nez

119
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a bounce

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un bond

120
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a handbag

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une sacoche

121
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to recapture, to catch hold of

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rattraper

122
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the edge (of a well/fountain)

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une margelle

123
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a radiance, radiation

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un rayonnement

124
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weariness

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une lassitude

125
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a cloth (for cleaning)

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un chiffon

126
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a belt loop

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un passant, un coulant

127
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a vineyard

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une vigne, un vignoble

128
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to sharpen, to whet

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aiguiser

129
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granite

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le granit / granite

130
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a chore

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une corvée un pensum

131
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idleness

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l’oisiveté (f.)

132
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a June bug

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un hanneton (h aspiré)

133
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nonsense

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les balivernes (f.)

134
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a layabout

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un fainéant, une fainéante

135
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to acclaim, to applaud, to cheer

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acclamer

136
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a wedding

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une noce

137
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a list of prize winners

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un palmarès

138
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a vein (geology); a gold-mine

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un filon; un bon filon

139
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an infatuation, a keen interest

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un engouement

140
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a troublemaker

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un trublion

141
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of yesteryear

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d’antan

142
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weightlessness

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l’apesanteur (f.)

143
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the act of washing oneself

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l’ablution (f.)

144
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to go around to second hand stores

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chiner

145
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of course!

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pardi

146
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to strike (attack), to deliver

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asséner

147
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a shotgun shell

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une douille

148
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a cockpit (plane) or passenger compartment (car)

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un habitacle

149
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a flat (music)

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un bémol

150
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a sharp (music)

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un dièse

151
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pleated, wrinkled

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plissé

152
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to wax, to polish

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cirer

153
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clowning, tomfoolery

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la pitrerie

154
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to cause to become gangrenous, to corrupt

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gangrener

155
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waterproof

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étanche

156
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to wind, to coil (up)

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enrouler

157
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a reel, a spool

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un dévidoir

158
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a dropping, a releasing

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un largage

159
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a coral reef

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un récif corallien, un récif de corail

160
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a stirrup

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un étrier

161
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a wreck (of a ship)

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une épave

162
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an aftertaste

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un arrière-goût

163
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to darken, to cast a shadow over

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assombrir

164
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an overbid

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une surenchère

165
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a crucible, a melting pot

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un creuset

166
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trying to get a square peg in a round hole

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c’est la quadrature du cercle

167
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to go off the rails

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dérailler

168
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a foray

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une incursion

169
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a blaze, a disaster

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un sinistre

170
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northern

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septentrional

171
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southern

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méridional

172
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hefty, huge [v. fam]

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balèze [t. fam]

173
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guts, entrails

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les boyaux (m.)

174
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a gag

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un bâillon

175
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a thingummyjig

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un machin

176
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to scribble, to doodle

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gribouiller

177
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a penguin

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un manchot

178
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haughty

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hautain, hautaine

179
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underhanded, unfair

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déloyal

180
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a dealer

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un/une concessionnaire

181
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compensation

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une indemnisation

182
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a benchmark

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un repère, un point de référence

183
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a shawl

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un châle

184
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a hood (of a car)

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un capot

185
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(night/snow) blindness

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une cécité (nocturne/des neiges)

186
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a poodle

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une caniche

187
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crossbred

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mâtiné

188
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zealous

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zélé, acharné

189
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fortuitous

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fortuit, imprévu

190
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to strip of one’s possessions or value (lit.)

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spolier (litt.)

191
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untimely, unwelcome (lit.)

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importun (litt.)

192
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a pest, a nuisance

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un importun, une importune

193
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in places, here and there

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par endroits

194
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that which is superfluous

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le superflu

195
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a chandelier

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un lustre

196
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a trunk

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une malle

197
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an elm

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un orme

198
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a baby carriage

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un landau

199
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dreamy

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rêveur, rêveuse

200
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to fail (fam.)

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recaler (fam.)

French Vocabulary - Encountered (22 decks)

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