Vocab 9 Flashcards

1
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to force oneself

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se forcer

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2
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a sheen, a shine

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un poli

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3
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so-and-so

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untel, unetelle

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4
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joint, combined

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combiné

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5
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the receiver/handset (of a phone)

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un combiné

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6
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a crush

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une toquade

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7
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to be wrong [what’s wrong/up?] (fam.)

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clocher [qu’est-ce qui cloche ?] (fam.)

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8
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a piece of charcoal

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un fusain

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9
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to make a racket

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chahuter

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10
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loose living, misconduct

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l’inconduite

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11
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to bequeath

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léguer

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12
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unrequited love

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le dépit amoureux

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13
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a shoelace

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un lacet

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14
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look out! / watch out below!

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gare dessous !

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15
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a porch

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un porche

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16
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an appearance, an exterior

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une mine

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17
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cheerful, jolly

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enjoué

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18
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to get knocked up

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se faire engrosser

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19
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to defer, to postpone

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différer

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20
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to hurtle (fam.)

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valser (fam.)

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21
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a snare, a trap

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un traquenard

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22
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ostentatious

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ostentatoire

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23
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a contribution, a subscription/dues

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une cotisation

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24
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a fast

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un jeûne

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dues, fees
une redevance
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a dictum, a popular saying (formal)
un dicton (sou.)
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a leaf or flip through
feuilleter
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a stocking
un bas
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a swiftness
une célérité
30
a layout, a design
un agencement
31
a boldness, an audaciousness
une audace
32
a detachment/disinterest
un détachement
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to unstaple, to unfasten
dégrafer
34
a clip, a fastener
une attache
35
to arch
cambrer
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to submerge, to overwhelm
submerger
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to reduce, to lower
rabaisser
38
to dress again
rhabiller
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to spirit away
escamoter
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a surrender
une reddition, une capitulation
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a lapse
un laps
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to put back
rasseoir
43
an attentiveness, an enthusiasm
un empressement
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to take offense at
se formaliser de
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to get flustered
se démonter
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immediately, straightaway
sur-le-champ
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a shrew
une musaraigne
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to space out
espacer
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an interval
un intervalle
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feedback
les réactions, les échos (m.)
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exasperating, infuriating
excédant
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a surplus, an excess
un excédent
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closed number/quota
numerus clausus
54
exile
un exil
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to beg, to implore (on one's knees) (lit.)
supplier (aux genoux) (litt.)
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a misdeed, a wrongdoing
un méfait
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to burst (open)
crever
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to mess up (fam.)
chambouler
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to see to
veiller à
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a breast-feeding
une tétée
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a foot soldier, an infantry man
un fantassin
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to sink into
s'enfoncer
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puny, scrawny, stunted; (suffering from rickets)
rachitique
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puny, sickly
maladif, maladive
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badly dressed (fam.)
fagoté (fam.)
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to be covered with
être bardé de
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to follow, to run along
longer
68
an automaton, a robot
un automate
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an armful
une brassée
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a pool (of blood/gas)
une mare
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a panic
un affolement
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to move away, to step aside, to deviate
s'écarter
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if I/you must [verb], you might as well [verb]
tant qu'à + infinitif, autant + infinitif
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swollen, blistered, puffy
boursoufflé
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to lock up, to shut up/in
enfermer
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to drip, to trickle down
dégouliner
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unappetizing, unsavory
peu ragoûtant
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a hog
un porc
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a retreating soldier
un fuyard
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a pillage, to plunder
piller
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a hutch
un clapier
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to yell out, to shout
gueuler
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to play cards
taper le carton
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a fool, a turkey (cock)
un dindon
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to milk (an animal)
traire
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rickety, wobbly
bancal, bancale
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a wardrobe (set of clothing; piece of furniture)
la garde-robe
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a thimble
un dé à coudre
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to scratch off, to cancel, to cross out
rayer
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to walk in place
piétiner
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in a jumble, every which way
pêle-mêle
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kindly
gentiment
93
a hamlet
un hameau
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a squadron
une escadre
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to join
se joindre à
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to show/turn up (again)
rappliquer
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to clear (a path)
frayer (un chemin)
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foolish, insane
insensé
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to smash
fracasser
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a hoof
un sabot
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to be pouring/pelting/beating down on
s'abattre sur
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havoc, a rumpus (fam.)
un grabuge (fam.)
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felt
le feutre
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to dupe, to hoax
berner
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to carry (loads)
coltiner
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Cinderella
Cendrillon
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to bug
emmerder
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to push/drive/screw/hammer in
enfoncer
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barbwire
le barbelé
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a peacoat
un caban
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a little secret
une cachotterie
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a stride
une enjambée
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a regular
un habitué, une habituée
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the priesthood
la prêtrise, le sacerdoce
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a dropper
un compte-gouttes
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a religious trinket
une bondieuserie
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a French door
une porte-fenêtre
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to be outlined against (i.e. one's shadow)
se découper sur
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to clasp, to embrace, to intertwine
enlacer
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to shy away
se dérober
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to bolt, to take off
s'emballer
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fearful, timid
craintif
123
to become scarce, to become less frequent
se raréfier
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a bumblebee
un bourdon
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a beggar's bag
une besace
126
ravings, rantings
les élucubrations (f.)
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an establishment, a setting up
une implantation
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to sink (boat)
couler, sombrer
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to pour out (fears/tenderness), to vent
épancher
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immodesty, shamelessness
l'impudeur (f.)
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to pierce through (an arrow/sword)
transpercer
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a typewriter
une machine à écrire
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to be extremely surprised
tomber des nues
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the garbage
les ordures (f.)
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the birth rate
la natalité
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the working out, the calculation
le décompte
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lewd
salace, grivois/grivoise
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resentment, rancor
la rancœur, le ressentiment
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to rekindle, to revive
raviver
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to be like
s'apparenter à
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to sit on (a bird), to incubate; to overprotect (a child)
couver
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compassionate
compatissant
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destitute, powerless
démuni
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to grab, to catch hold of
se raccrocher à
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the shelving, the shelves
le rayonnage
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mind-numbing, stupefying
abêtissant
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sage (herb)
la sauge
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to give birth to, to create (lit.)
enfanter (litt.)
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birch
le bouleau
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to submit to, to adapt to
se plier à
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a guest (of a meal)
un/une convive
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hurried
précipité
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a secondhand clothes store
une friperie
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a pole, a post
un mât
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a coating
un enduit
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provisions
les victuailles (f.)
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an overlap
un chevauchement
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a letting go
un lâcher prise
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in single file
en file indienne, à la queue leu leu
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clay
l'argile (f), la glaise (f.)
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to do the splits
faire le grand écart
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lakeside
lacustre
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a ride
un manège
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a roller coaster
des montagnes russes (f.)
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a loop
une boucle
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a harness
un harnais (h aspiré)
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a gangster
un gangster, un voyou
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a falcon, a hawk
un faucon
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healthy, beneficial (air, remedy, exercise, rest)
salutaire
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fateful, crucial
fatidique
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assent, agreement
un assentiment
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unmentionable, shameful
inavouable
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a salvation
un salut
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a buffoon
un bouffon
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bloodthirsty
sanguinaire
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utter (adj, formal)
franc (avant le nom; soutenu)
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a smuggler
un passeur/une passeuse
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a sinking, a stagnation
un enlisement
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dismay, utter confusion
le désarroi
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out goes (the President)
exit le Président
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a ship owner
un armateur
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alfalfa
la luzerne
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a night owl
un/une couche-tard
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a dilapidated state
une vétusté
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a meter, a counter
un compteur
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a book (fam.)
un bouquin (f.)
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a heifer
une génisse
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a garbage collector
un éboueur
189
a cooler
une glacière
190
a mole (literal, figurative)
une taupe
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to mess up, to turn upside down (fam.)
chambouler (fam.)
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a pariah, an outcast
un paria
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abstruse
abstrus, abstruse; abscons, absconse (litt.)
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hazing
le bizutage
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overhang, cantilever
un porte-à-faux
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instructive, edifying
édifiant
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compost
le terreau
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a complaint (commerce)
une réclamation
199
a purpose, an end
une finalité