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1
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to force oneself

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se forcer

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a sheen, a shine

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un poli

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so-and-so

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untel, unetelle

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joint, combined

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combiné

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the receiver/handset (of a phone)

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un combiné

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a crush

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une toquade

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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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a piece of charcoal

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un fusain

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to make a racket

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chahuter

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loose living, misconduct

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l’inconduite

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to bequeath

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léguer

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unrequited love

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le dépit amoureux

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a shoelace

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un lacet

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look out! / watch out below!

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gare dessous !

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a porch

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un porche

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an appearance, an exterior

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une mine

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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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to defer, to postpone

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différer

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to hurtle (fam.)

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valser (fam.)

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a snare, a trap

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un traquenard

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ostentatious

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ostentatoire

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a contribution, a subscription/dues

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une cotisation

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a fast

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un jeûne

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dues, fees

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une redevance

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a dictum, a popular saying (formal)

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un dicton (sou.)

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a leaf or flip through

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feuilleter

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a stocking

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un bas

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a swiftness

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une célérité

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a layout, a design

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un agencement

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a boldness, an audaciousness

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une audace

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a detachment/disinterest

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un détachement

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to unstaple, to unfasten

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dégrafer

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a clip, a fastener

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une attache

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35
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to arch

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cambrer

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36
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to submerge, to overwhelm

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submerger

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to reduce, to lower

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rabaisser

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38
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to dress again

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rhabiller

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39
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to spirit away

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escamoter

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40
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a surrender

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une reddition, une capitulation

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41
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a lapse

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un laps

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42
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to put back

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rasseoir

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43
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an attentiveness, an enthusiasm

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un empressement

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44
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to take offense at

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se formaliser de

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45
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to get flustered

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se démonter

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46
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immediately, straightaway

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sur-le-champ

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47
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a shrew

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une musaraigne

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48
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to space out

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espacer

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49
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an interval

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un intervalle

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50
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feedback

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les réactions, les échos (m.)

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51
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exasperating, infuriating

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excédant

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a surplus, an excess

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un excédent

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53
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closed number/quota

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numerus clausus

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exile

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un exil

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to beg, to implore (on one’s knees) (lit.)

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supplier (aux genoux) (litt.)

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56
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a misdeed, a wrongdoing

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un méfait

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57
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to burst (open)

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crever

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58
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to mess up (fam.)

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chambouler

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59
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to see to

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veiller à

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60
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a breast-feeding

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une tétée

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61
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a foot soldier, an infantry man

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un fantassin

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62
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to sink into

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s’enfoncer

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63
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puny, scrawny, stunted; (suffering from rickets)

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rachitique

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puny, sickly

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maladif, maladive

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65
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badly dressed (fam.)

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fagoté (fam.)

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66
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to be covered with

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être bardé de

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67
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to follow, to run along

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longer

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68
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an automaton, a robot

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un automate

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69
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an armful

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une brassée

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70
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a pool (of blood/gas)

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une mare

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71
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a panic

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un affolement

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72
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to move away, to step aside, to deviate

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s’écarter

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73
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if I/you must [verb], you might as well [verb]

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tant qu’à + infinitif, autant + infinitif

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74
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swollen, blistered, puffy

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boursoufflé

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75
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to lock up, to shut up/in

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enfermer

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76
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to drip, to trickle down

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dégouliner

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77
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unappetizing, unsavory

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peu ragoûtant

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78
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a hog

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un porc

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79
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a retreating soldier

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un fuyard

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80
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a pillage, to plunder

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piller

81
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a hutch

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un clapier

82
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to yell out, to shout

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gueuler

83
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to play cards

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taper le carton

84
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a fool, a turkey (cock)

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un dindon

85
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to milk (an animal)

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traire

86
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rickety, wobbly

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bancal, bancale

87
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a wardrobe (set of clothing; piece of furniture)

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la garde-robe

88
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a thimble

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un dé à coudre

89
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to scratch off, to cancel, to cross out

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rayer

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to walk in place

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piétiner

91
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in a jumble, every which way

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pêle-mêle

92
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kindly

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gentiment

93
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a hamlet

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un hameau

94
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a squadron

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une escadre

95
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to join

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se joindre à

96
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to show/turn up (again)

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rappliquer

97
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to clear (a path)

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frayer (un chemin)

98
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foolish, insane

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insensé

99
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to smash

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fracasser

100
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a hoof

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un sabot

101
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to be pouring/pelting/beating down on

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s’abattre sur

102
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havoc, a rumpus (fam.)

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un grabuge (fam.)

103
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felt

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le feutre

104
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to dupe, to hoax

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berner

105
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to carry (loads)

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coltiner

106
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Cinderella

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Cendrillon

107
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to bug

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emmerder

108
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to push/drive/screw/hammer in

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enfoncer

109
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barbwire

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le barbelé

110
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a peacoat

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un caban

111
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a little secret

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une cachotterie

112
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a stride

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une enjambée

113
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a regular

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un habitué, une habituée

114
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the priesthood

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la prêtrise, le sacerdoce

115
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a dropper

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un compte-gouttes

116
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a religious trinket

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une bondieuserie

117
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a French door

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une porte-fenêtre

118
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to be outlined against (i.e. one’s shadow)

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se découper sur

119
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to clasp, to embrace, to intertwine

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enlacer

120
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to shy away

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se dérober

121
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to bolt, to take off

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s’emballer

122
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fearful, timid

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craintif

123
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to become scarce, to become less frequent

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se raréfier

124
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a bumblebee

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un bourdon

125
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a beggar’s bag

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une besace

126
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ravings, rantings

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les élucubrations (f.)

127
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an establishment, a setting up

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une implantation

128
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to sink (boat)

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couler, sombrer

129
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to pour out (fears/tenderness), to vent

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épancher

130
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immodesty, shamelessness

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l’impudeur (f.)

131
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to pierce through (an arrow/sword)

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transpercer

132
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a typewriter

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une machine à écrire

133
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to be extremely surprised

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tomber des nues

134
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the garbage

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les ordures (f.)

135
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the birth rate

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la natalité

136
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the working out, the calculation

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le décompte

137
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lewd

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salace, grivois/grivoise

138
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resentment, rancor

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la rancœur, le ressentiment

139
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to rekindle, to revive

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raviver

140
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to be like

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s’apparenter à

141
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to sit on (a bird), to incubate; to overprotect (a child)

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couver

142
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compassionate

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compatissant

143
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destitute, powerless

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démuni

144
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to grab, to catch hold of

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se raccrocher à

145
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the shelving, the shelves

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le rayonnage

146
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mind-numbing, stupefying

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abêtissant

147
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sage (herb)

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la sauge

148
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to give birth to, to create (lit.)

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enfanter (litt.)

149
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birch

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le bouleau

150
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to submit to, to adapt to

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se plier à

151
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a guest (of a meal)

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un/une convive

152
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hurried

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précipité

153
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a secondhand clothes store

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une friperie

154
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a pole, a post

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un mât

155
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a coating

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un enduit

156
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provisions

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les victuailles (f.)

157
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an overlap

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un chevauchement

158
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a letting go

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un lâcher prise

159
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in single file

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en file indienne, à la queue leu leu

160
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clay

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l’argile (f), la glaise (f.)

161
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to do the splits

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faire le grand écart

162
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lakeside

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lacustre

163
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a ride

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un manège

164
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a roller coaster

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des montagnes russes (f.)

165
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a loop

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une boucle

166
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a harness

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un harnais (h aspiré)

167
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a gangster

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un gangster, un voyou

168
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a falcon, a hawk

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un faucon

169
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healthy, beneficial (air, remedy, exercise, rest)

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salutaire

170
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fateful, crucial

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fatidique

171
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assent, agreement

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un assentiment

172
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unmentionable, shameful

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inavouable

173
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a salvation

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un salut

174
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a buffoon

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un bouffon

175
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bloodthirsty

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sanguinaire

176
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utter (adj, formal)

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franc (avant le nom; soutenu)

177
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a smuggler

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un passeur/une passeuse

178
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a sinking, a stagnation

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un enlisement

179
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dismay, utter confusion

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le désarroi

180
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out goes (the President)

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exit le Président

181
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a ship owner

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un armateur

182
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alfalfa

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la luzerne

183
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a night owl

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un/une couche-tard

184
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a dilapidated state

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une vétusté

185
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a meter, a counter

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un compteur

186
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a book (fam.)

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un bouquin (f.)

187
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a heifer

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une génisse

188
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a garbage collector

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un éboueur

189
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a cooler

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une glacière

190
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a mole (literal, figurative)

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une taupe

191
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to mess up, to turn upside down (fam.)

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chambouler (fam.)

192
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a pariah, an outcast

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un paria

193
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abstruse

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abstrus, abstruse; abscons, absconse (litt.)

194
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hazing

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le bizutage

195
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overhang, cantilever

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un porte-à-faux

196
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instructive, edifying

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édifiant

197
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compost

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le terreau

198
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a complaint (commerce)

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une réclamation

199
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a purpose, an end

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une finalité

French Vocabulary - Encountered (22 decks)

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