Vocabulary 1 Flashcards

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1
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masterpeice

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chef-d’œuvre

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straightaway

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d’emblée

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fire and blood

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feu et sang

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to conquer

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conquérir

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international public

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les publics internationaux

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to live, stay, remain

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demuerer

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the whole world

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le mond entier

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the interpreter, performer, spokesperson

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l’interprète

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successful

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réussi

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childhood

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enfance

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the facts, data

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les donées

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encounter

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rencontre

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quest, search

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la quête

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relapse, plunge

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replonger

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each (person or thing)

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chacun

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pitfall

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écueil

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a truth

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une vérité

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major

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capitale

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the New Wave

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la Nouvelle Vague

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to renew

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renouveler

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he has broken bridges

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avait rompu les ponts

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to reflect

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refléter

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dynamism

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dynanisme

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aesthetic

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une esthétique

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mould

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la matrice

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to recapture

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reprendre

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lineage

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lignée

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marginal

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marginaux

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struglle

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lutte

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to aspire to

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aspirer à

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to express

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exprimer

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a creative sensibility

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une sensibilité créatrice

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a quarter of a century

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un quart de siècle

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during, at the time of

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lors

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to confuse, mix up

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confondre

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highlights

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les faits marquants

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37
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even when

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même lorsque

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to lead

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mener

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outside

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dehors

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shooting (in reference to film)

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le tournage

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to adjust

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régler

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the life of a bureaucrat

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la vie d’un bureaucrate

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to make do, to be content

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se contenter

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stays (noun)

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les séjours

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to interrupt

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interrompre

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temporarily

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passagèrement

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rigouresly

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rigoureusement

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film-maker

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cinéaste

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fault

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une faille

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to fill

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combler

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time

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l’époque

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destiny

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le destin

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key

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clé

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extraordinary

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hors du commun

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respects

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égards

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to call attention to

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se singulariser

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to belong to, to be a member of

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appartenir

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penniless aristocracy

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une aristocratie désargentée

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worried

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soveieux/euse

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barely (age)

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à peine (age)

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pregnancy

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grossesse

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unwed mothers

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filles-mères

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63
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to give birth

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accoucher

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clandestinely, securely

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clandestinement

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reprimand (noun)

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remontrance

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daily

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quotidien

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67
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the lost sheep

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les brebis égarées

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an investigation

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une enquête

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to seem, appear

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sembler

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Jewish

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juif, juive

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middle, environment

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un milieu

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antisemitism

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antisémite

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unknown

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inconnu

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surprising

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surprenant

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cartoonish

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le métier de dessinateur

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to recognise

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reconnaître

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to divide

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partager

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78
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yet

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pourtant

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79
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had even

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avait même

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a novel

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un roman

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the taste

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le goût

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towards

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vers

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to search

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fouiller

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the theft

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le vol

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his/hers

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le sien/ la sienne

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86
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wild

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sauvage

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to show, reveal

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révéler

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to light, light up

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éclairer

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89
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work

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ouevre

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coolness

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froideur

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to test, to put to the test

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éprouver

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towards

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envers

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93
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painfully

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douloureusement

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to upset

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bouleverser

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95
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to add

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ajonter

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96
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to accent, to stress

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accentuer

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97
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hold, influence (noun)

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emprise (fem.)

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riddle

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énigme (fem.)

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indecipherable

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indéchiffrable

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obsessive

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obsédant

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continually, constantly

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sans cesse

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to repeat a year (of school)

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redoubler

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103
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to obtain

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obtenir

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104
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backpacking

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sacs au dos

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to roam, to wonder

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vagabonder

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106
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household disorder

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ménage troublé

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to beg

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mendier

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108
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to grow

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grandir

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109
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to inhabit

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peupler

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110
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margin

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la marge

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the mound

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la bitte

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curious

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curieux, euse

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mixing

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mélange

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114
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grand, opulent-looking

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cossus

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115
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shady hotels

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hôtels bargnes

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haunted

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hanté(e)

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precious, premature, early

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précoce

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divided, disunited

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désuni

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friendship

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amitié

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120
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on the sky, secretly

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en cachette

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to dazzle

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éblouir

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to escape from

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échapper à

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learning (noun)

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apprentissage (masc.)

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to surround

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entourer

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125
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to save

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sauver

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scarcely, hardly

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à peine

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127
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landscape, scene

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le paysage

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to make out, to catch a glimpse of

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entrevoir

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youth

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jeunesse

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law

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loi

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to become emancipated

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s’emanciper

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to get rid of

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se débarrasser

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133
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bonus

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la prime

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neighbour

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voisin

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to hesitate

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hésiter

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french intelligentsia

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l’intelligentsia française

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entertainment

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un divertissement

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cinephile, film buff (someone fond of movies)

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cinéphile

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encyclopedic knowledge

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le savoir encyclopédique

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140
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management

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le gestion

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fanciful

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fantaisiste

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swindle

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escroquerie (fem.)

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debt

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la dette

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underage (minor) deliquents

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mineurs délinquants

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to manage, to run

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diriger

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146
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the underworld of filmakers

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le milieu des cinéastes

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a welder

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soudeur

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148
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film archive, film library

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cinémathèque

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vainly

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vainement

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to chase, to hound, to pursue

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poursuivre

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failure

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échec (masc.)

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152
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on a whim

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sur un coup de tête

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153
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to head-butt somebody

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donner un coup de tête à qn

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to take place

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se dérouler

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just, exaclty

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justement

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Indochino (south-east Asia)

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Indochine

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on the even of departure

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à la veille du départ

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to send, to be shipped, to dispatch

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exépdier

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repeat offense

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la récidive

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to risk

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risquer

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the war council

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le conseil de guerre

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while

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tandis que

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steps

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démarche (fem.)

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to reach, to achieve

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parvenir

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disturbed

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caractériel

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to collect

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recueillir

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wild child

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l’enfant sauvage

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“back on one’s feet”

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remettre sur pied

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to try hard, to endeavour

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s’efforcer

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in great distress

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en pleine déstresse

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to overcome

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surmonter

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full value

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pleine valeur

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towards (like a pull towards crime)

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un envers de

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to be ostracised from the normal world

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mettre au ban de monde normal

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emotional support

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soutien affectif

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to deprive someone

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priver qn de

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the autistic child

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l’enfant autiste

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madness

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la folie

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to fight, to struggle

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lutter

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the sea, stamp, mark

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le sceau

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light (as in not dark, adj.)

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léger, légère

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guity

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coupable

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through

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à travers

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under the ageis of, the protection of

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sans l’égide de

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to be published

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pataître

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to undertake, to launch, to begin

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entreprendre

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to arouse

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susciter

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commotion, agitation

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émoi

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grave digger

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fossoyeur

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to maintain, to support, to keep, to sustain

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to mentretenir

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to save, to spare

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épargner

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zeal, fervour

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ardeur (fem.)

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iconoclast (a person who attacks or criticises cherished beliefs or institutions)

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iconoclaste

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to loom

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se profiler

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yet

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pourtant

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advent, coming (noun)

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avènement

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to pillory (attack or ridicule publicly)

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mettre au pilori

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produce (theatre), director (cinema)

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metteurs en scènes

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safe bets

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valeurs sûres

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the ruler

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maître

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to unite

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unir

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friendship

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amité

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the disappearance

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la disparition

204
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cheat (noun)

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fricheur

205
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delighted

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enchanté

206
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to challenge

A

défier

207
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in times past, formerly

A

jadis

208
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from now on

A

désormais

209
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unworthy

A

indigne

210
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work (noun)

A

ouvrage (masc.)

211
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to combine, bring together, call together, gather together

A

réunir

212
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while pursuing

A

tout en poursuivant

213
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production

A

mise en scène (fem.)

214
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to succeed

A

aboutir

215
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neo-realist (something to do with nature)

A

néo-réaliste

216
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short film

A

le court-métrage

217
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to walk off with, to swipe, to nick (informal)

A

rafler

218
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star (as in an artist)

A

vedette (fem.)

219
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abrupt, sudden

A

brusque

220
Q

along way from, far from

A

loin de

221
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pastiche (an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period)

A

un pastiche

222
Q

to experience, to wipe

A

essuyer

223
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a screen

A

écran

224
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register

A

le registre

225
Q

a love triangle, threesome

A

le ménage à trois

226
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causing

A

provoquant

227
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passion

A

un engouement

228
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sordid (dirty, immoral/dishonourable actions and motives)

A

sordide

229
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a free and independent woman

A

une femme libre et indépendante

230
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elsewhere, somewhere else

A

ailleurs

231
Q

to guide

A

guider

232
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cutting, carving

A

découpe

233
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appearance

A

une apparition

234
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cliché

A

poncif

235
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to consecrate, to establish

A

consacrer

236
Q

to devote to

A

consacrer à

237
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primary

A

primauté

238
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to burn

A

brûler

239
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a childhood dream

A

un rêve d’enfance

240
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broken

A

brisé

241
Q

to recapture, to take back

A

reprendre

242
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way

A

façon (fem.)

243
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concern

A

la préoccupation

244
Q

frank, straightforward

A

franc/franche

245
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success

A

la réussite

246
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to give up

A

renoncer

247
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casual, off-hand

A

désinvolte

248
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to dismiss, to dislocate

A

démettre

249
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to be worth

A

valor

250
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prestigious

A

prestigieux, euse

251
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paradoxically

A

paradoxalement

252
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a decline

A

un déclin

253
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on the eve of

A

à la veile de

254
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to keep his promises

A

tenir ses promesses

255
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when

A

lorsque

256
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rapid expansion, growh

A

essor (masc.)

257
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social sciences

A

les sciences sociales

258
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the front

A

le devant

259
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to renew

A

renouer

260
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the melodrama

A

le mélodrame

261
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misunderstood

A

mal compris

262
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poorly received

A

mal reçu

263
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in the woods

A

dans les bois

264
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promotion, exploitation, enhancement

A

une valorisation

265
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untimely

A

intempestif, ive

266
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section, past

A

le volet

267
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to trwat

A

traiter

268
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hardly, scarcely

A

guère

269
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to be hijacked (politically, economically)

A

être récupéré

270
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no doubt, probably

A

sans doute

271
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elegiac (relating to or characteristic of an elegy)

A

élégioque

272
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based on a novel

A

tiré du roman

273
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personal diary

A

carnet intime

274
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outdated

A

désuet

275
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to publish, to come out, to show, to appear, to seem

A

paraître

276
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immediately afterwards

A

dans la foulée

277
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confrontation

A

affrontement

278
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without faith or law, lawless

A

sans foi ni loi

279
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satire

A

la satire

280
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furious, boisterous, devilish

A

endiablé

281
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hatred

A

haine

282
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widely practiced

A

largement pratiqué

283
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provocative film

A

film provocateur

284
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vigour, forth righteousness, tortness, sharpness

A

la verdeur

285
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literary revolution

A

le tour littéraire

286
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bad taste

A

une foute de goût

287
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to award

A

décerner

288
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offbeat

A

décalé

289
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to shift

A

décaler

290
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in relation to, in regard to

A

par rapport à

291
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anachronistic (not in its correct historical time)

A

anachronique

292
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atemporal (existing or considered without relation to time)

A

atemporal

293
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rather

A

plutôt

294
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what is the most striking

A

ce qui frappe le plus

295
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versatility

A

versatilité

296
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are discussed

A

sont abordés

297
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homogeneity (being alike, homogenous)

A

homogénéité

298
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to begin ,to start

A

amorcer

299
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refusal, denial

A

refus (masc.)

300
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story

A

récit (masc.)

301
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explicitly

A

explicitement

302
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the worry

A

le souci

303
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abstarct

A

abstraite

304
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uncluttered, bare

A

dépouillé

305
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triptych, trilogy

A

triptyque

306
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to close

A

clore

307
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one of those

A

un de ceux

308
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peak

A

apogée (masc.)

309
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glory, fame

A

la gloire

310
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yet

A

pourtant

311
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elliptical (concise)

A

elliptique

312
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efficient (person), effective (action)

A

efficace

313
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a brain tumour

A

une tumeur au cerveau

314
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unfinished projects

A

les projets inachevés

315
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to surround oneself

A

s’entourer

316
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loyal collaborators

A

fidèles collaborateurs

317
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interview

A

entretien (masc.)

318
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to spot (as in notice)

A

respérer

319
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young talent

A

les jeunes talents

320
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to continue to grow

A

ne cesser de grandir

321
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the second half

A

la seconde moitié

322
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20th sentury

A

le vingtième siècle

323
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the editing

A

le montage

324
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to film, to shoot

A

tourner

325
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money

A

des moyens

326
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to get ride of

A

se débarrasser

327
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the unexpected

A

l’inattendu (masc.)

328
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to edit

A

monter

329
Q

to take place

A

de dérouler

330
Q

lighting

A

l’éclairage (masc.)

331
Q

noise

A

le bruit

332
Q

to start something

A

se mettre à faire quelque chose

333
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so much by… than by…

A

tant par… que par…

334
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a demand, a requirement

A

une exigence

335
Q

to demand, to claim

A

revendiquer

336
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heavy

A

plombé

337
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boring, dull

A

plan-plan

338
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to allow great emphasis on something

A

laisser la port belle à quelquechose

339
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crier

A

to shout, to cry, to scream

340
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scripted

A

scripté

341
Q

background noise

A

les brites de fond

342
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takes (as in film takes)

A

une prise de vue

343
Q

the top of the trees

A

les cimes des arbres

344
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tax

A

la fiscalité

345
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to be released one after the other, back-to-bacl

A

sortir coup et coup

346
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the filmset

A

décor

347
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to be shot on a film set

A

tourner en décors

348
Q

to shoot with improvisation

A

tourner à la sauvage

349
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without extras

A

sans figuration

350
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jump-cuts (editing technique)

A

faux raccords

351
Q

jerk effect (cutting time)

A

un effet saccadé

352
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almost

A

quasiment

353
Q

to push, to shove

A

bousculer

354
Q

arthouse films

A

cinéma d’auteur

355
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budding

A

en herbe

356
Q

to be fed up with

A

en avoir marre de

357
Q

higher bid, overbid

A

la surenchère

358
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cinemas

A

les salles obscures

359
Q

they are addicted to cinemas

A

ils sont accros de salles obscures

360
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cheap

A

bon marché

361
Q

light

A

léger

362
Q

to get out of breath (person), to run out of steam (figuratively)

A

s’essouffer

363
Q

to be weakened, to grow weaker, to grow dim

A

s’affaiblir

364
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gradually

A

progressivement

365
Q

an anti-herp

A

un anti-héros

366
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les vrai personnes

A

a geniune, rwal person

367
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“faire des recettes”

A

“in it for the money” in film-making

368
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to disrupt

A

perturber

369
Q

a perturbed childhood

A

une enfance perturbée

370
Q

an announcement

A

une annonce

371
Q

indeed

A

en effet

372
Q

close-cropped (hair), short

A

ras

373
Q

nervousness

A

nervosité

374
Q

relaxed

A

décontracté

375
Q

gap

A

décalage

376
Q

submissive

A

soumis

377
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insolent, cheeky

A

effronté

378
Q

mimicry

A

mimétisme

379
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surprising, amazing

A

étonnant

380
Q

entitled

A

intitulé

381
Q

story

A

récit

382
Q

to recapture

A

reprendre

383
Q

to become embedded in

A

s’incruster dans

384
Q

inconvenient, inhibiting, bulky

A

encombrant

385
Q

suitor, wooer

A

soupirant

386
Q

voice over

A

voix off

387
Q

the object of desire

A

l’objet du désir (masc.)

388
Q

the journey

A

le trajet

389
Q

despair (noun)

A

désespoir

390
Q

mark, landmark

A

repère

391
Q

in turn

A

tour à tour

392
Q

at the end of

A

au terme de

393
Q

a happy ending

A

un “happy ending”

394
Q

enigmatic

A

énigmatique

395
Q

worthy of

A

digne de

396
Q

ternary (composed of three parts)

A

ternaire

397
Q

amply, more than enough

A

amplement

398
Q

the curse

A

la malédiction

399
Q

lightness, thoughtleness

A

légèreté

400
Q

Oedipal (a child’s desire, that the mind keeps in the unconscious via dynamic repression, to have sexual relations with the parent of the opposite sex)

A

œdipien

401
Q

to embody

A

incarner

402
Q

casual, off-hand

A

désinvolte

403
Q

carefree, careless

A

insouciant

404
Q

gesture

A

le geste

405
Q

to turn to, to appeal to, to resort to, to have recourse to

A

recourir

406
Q

artificial, prefabricated

A

préfabriqué

407
Q

occasional

A

épisodique

408
Q

the path, way

A

le chemin

409
Q

mania, obsession

A

la mania

410
Q

disenchanted

A

désenchanté

411
Q

creaking, dark (as in dark humour)

A

grinçant(e)

412
Q

reality

A

le réel

413
Q

ingenuity

A

ingéniosité

414
Q

extract (noun)

A

extract (masc.)

415
Q

to come within

A

s’insérer

416
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lover

A

amant

417
Q

churchyard

A

cimetière

418
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on the same level as

A

de plain-pied avec

419
Q

to wheel round, to spin, to whirl

A

tournoyer

420
Q

dilettante (a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge)

A

un/une dilettante

421
Q

fetish

A

fétiche

422
Q

custom

A

fétiche

423
Q

clumsy

A

maladroit

424
Q

constraint

A

la contrainte

425
Q

être ancré

A

to be ingrained, anchored

426
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plausability

A

vraisemblance

427
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ventriloquist

A

ventriloque

428
Q

trainer

A

dompteur

429
Q

untameable

A

indomptable

430
Q

to add

A

ajouter

431
Q

victor, winner

A

vainqueur (masc.)

432
Q

victorious

A

vainqueur

433
Q

to be under way

A

être sur sa lancée

434
Q

investigation

A

enquête (fem.)

435
Q

to become focused on something

A

se cristalliser sur qch

436
Q

to convince

A

convaincre

437
Q

will, willpower, willingness

A

volonté (fem.)

438
Q

spokesperson

A

le porte-parole

439
Q

to denounce

A

fustiger

440
Q

loud colours

A

les couleurs criardes

441
Q

“de-dramatise”

A

“déthéâtraliser”

442
Q

black beasts of cinema

A

les bêtes noires du cinéma

443
Q

the duo

A

le tandem

444
Q

a pun

A

un calembour

445
Q

“hobby-horse” (favourite theme)

A

le cheval de bataille

446
Q

the writer

A

l’écrivain (masc.)

447
Q

behaviour, process

A

procédé (masc.)

448
Q

straight out, bluntly

A

carrément

449
Q

to hold, to hold back

A

retenir

450
Q

to escape from

A

échapper

451
Q

immoderate

A

démesuré

452
Q

a close-up

A

le gros plan

453
Q

to demand

A

exiger

454
Q

harmful

A

néfaste

455
Q

underlying

A

sous-jacent

456
Q

daring, bold

A

audacieux, audacieuses

457
Q

thorough, detailed

A

approfondi

458
Q

in spite of, despite

A

malgré

459
Q

allusion

A

allusion

460
Q

wink

A

clin d’œil

461
Q

bedside

A

chevet (masc.)

462
Q

left to oneself, left to one’s own devices

A

livré à soi-même

463
Q

practical joker, clown

A

farceur

464
Q

outgoing

A

démissionnaire

465
Q

a dunce

A

un cancre

466
Q

narrow-minded

A

borné

467
Q

a punishment exerice, chore

A

un pensum

468
Q

to skip school

A

faire l’école buissonnière

469
Q

the lying

A

le mensonge

470
Q

a lie

A

un mensonge

471
Q

slap (in the face)

A

gifle

472
Q

a printing house

A

imprimerie (fem.)

473
Q

to wander

A

errer

474
Q

panic-stricken

A

affolé

475
Q

to bring back, to take back

A

ramener

476
Q

a deal

A

un marché

477
Q

feverishly

A

fiévreusement

478
Q

candle

A

bougie

479
Q

altar

A

autel

480
Q

to plagiarise

A

plagier

481
Q

theft

A

larcin (masc.)

482
Q

the latter

A

ce dernier, cette dernière

483
Q

unsaleable, unmarketable

A

invendable

484
Q

lawbreaker, criminal

A

malfaiteur

485
Q

vagrancy

A

le vagabondage

486
Q

van

A

le fourgon

487
Q

sparkling

A

scintillant

488
Q

to start, to cut into

A

entamer

489
Q

in all likelihood, very likely

A

vraisemblablement

490
Q

to slip

A

se glisser

491
Q

the closure

A

clôture (fem.)

492
Q

to escape

A

échapper

493
Q

pursuer

A

poursuivant

494
Q

credits

A

générique (masc.)

495
Q

naked, bare

A

nu

496
Q

centred

A

cadré

497
Q

up to

A

à hauteur de

498
Q

storey

A

étage (masc.)

499
Q

school boy

A

écolier

500
Q

once

A

une fois

501
Q

empty

A

vide

502
Q

sourness, bitterness

A

aigreur

503
Q

to remove your stocking

A

retirer ses bas

504
Q

grocery shop, groceries

A

épicerie

505
Q

bloody

A

sanglant

506
Q

delivery, birth

A

accouchement (masc.)

507
Q

to faint, to pass out

A

s’évanouir