Vocabulary 1 Flashcards

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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
la matrice
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to recapture
reprendre
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lineage
lignée
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marginal
marginaux
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struglle
lutte
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to aspire to
aspirer à
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to express
exprimer
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a creative sensibility
une sensibilité créatrice
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a quarter of a century
un quart de siècle
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during, at the time of
lors
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to confuse, mix up
confondre
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highlights
les faits marquants
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even when
même lorsque
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to lead
mener
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outside
dehors
40
shooting (in reference to film)
le tournage
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to adjust
régler
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the life of a bureaucrat
la vie d'un bureaucrate
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to make do, to be content
se contenter
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stays (noun)
les séjours
45
to interrupt
interrompre
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temporarily
passagèrement
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rigouresly
rigoureusement
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film-maker
cinéaste
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fault
une faille
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to fill
combler
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time
l'époque
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destiny
le destin
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key
clé
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extraordinary
hors du commun
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respects
égards
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to call attention to
se singulariser
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to belong to, to be a member of
appartenir
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penniless aristocracy
une aristocratie désargentée
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worried
soveieux/euse
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barely (age)
à peine (age)
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pregnancy
grossesse
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unwed mothers
filles-mères
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to give birth
accoucher
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clandestinely, securely
clandestinement
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reprimand (noun)
remontrance
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daily
quotidien
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the lost sheep
les brebis égarées
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an investigation
une enquête
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to seem, appear
sembler
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Jewish
juif, juive
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middle, environment
un milieu
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antisemitism
antisémite
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unknown
inconnu
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surprising
surprenant
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cartoonish
le métier de dessinateur
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to recognise
reconnaître
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to divide
partager
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yet
pourtant
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had even
avait même
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a novel
un roman
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the taste
le goût
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towards
vers
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to search
fouiller
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the theft
le vol
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his/hers
le sien/ la sienne
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wild
sauvage
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to show, reveal
révéler
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to light, light up
éclairer
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work
ouevre
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coolness
froideur
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to test, to put to the test
éprouver
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towards
envers
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painfully
douloureusement
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to upset
bouleverser
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to add
ajonter
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to accent, to stress
accentuer
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hold, influence (noun)
emprise (fem.)
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riddle
énigme (fem.)
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indecipherable
indéchiffrable
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obsessive
obsédant
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continually, constantly
sans cesse
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to repeat a year (of school)
redoubler
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to obtain
obtenir
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backpacking
sacs au dos
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to roam, to wonder
vagabonder
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household disorder
ménage troublé
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to beg
mendier
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to grow
grandir
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to inhabit
peupler
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margin
la marge
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the mound
la bitte
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curious
curieux, euse
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mixing
mélange
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grand, opulent-looking
cossus
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shady hotels
hôtels bargnes
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haunted
hanté(e)
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precious, premature, early
précoce
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divided, disunited
désuni
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friendship
amitié
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on the sky, secretly
en cachette
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to dazzle
éblouir
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to escape from
échapper à
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learning (noun)
apprentissage (masc.)
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to surround
entourer
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to save
sauver
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scarcely, hardly
à peine
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landscape, scene
le paysage
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to make out, to catch a glimpse of
entrevoir
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youth
jeunesse
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law
loi
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to become emancipated
s'emanciper
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to get rid of
se débarrasser
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bonus
la prime
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neighbour
voisin
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to hesitate
hésiter
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french intelligentsia
l'intelligentsia française
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entertainment
un divertissement
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cinephile, film buff (someone fond of movies)
cinéphile
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encyclopedic knowledge
le savoir encyclopédique
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management
le gestion
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fanciful
fantaisiste
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swindle
escroquerie (fem.)
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debt
la dette
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underage (minor) deliquents
mineurs délinquants
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to manage, to run
diriger
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the underworld of filmakers
le milieu des cinéastes
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a welder
soudeur
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film archive, film library
cinémathèque
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vainly
vainement
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to chase, to hound, to pursue
poursuivre
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failure
échec (masc.)
152
on a whim
sur un coup de tête
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to head-butt somebody
donner un coup de tête à qn
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to take place
se dérouler
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just, exaclty
justement
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Indochino (south-east Asia)
Indochine
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on the even of departure
à la veille du départ
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to send, to be shipped, to dispatch
exépdier
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repeat offense
la récidive
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to risk
risquer
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the war council
le conseil de guerre
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while
tandis que
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steps
démarche (fem.)
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to reach, to achieve
parvenir
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disturbed
caractériel
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to collect
recueillir
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wild child
l'enfant sauvage
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"back on one's feet"
remettre sur pied
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to try hard, to endeavour
s'efforcer
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in great distress
en pleine déstresse
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to overcome
surmonter
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full value
pleine valeur
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towards (like a pull towards crime)
un envers de
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to be ostracised from the normal world
mettre au ban de monde normal
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emotional support
soutien affectif
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to deprive someone
priver qn de
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the autistic child
l'enfant autiste
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madness
la folie
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to fight, to struggle
lutter
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the sea, stamp, mark
le sceau
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light (as in not dark, adj.)
léger, légère
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guity
coupable
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through
à travers
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under the ageis of, the protection of
sans l'égide de
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to be published
pataître
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to undertake, to launch, to begin
entreprendre
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to arouse
susciter
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commotion, agitation
émoi
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grave digger
fossoyeur
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to maintain, to support, to keep, to sustain
to mentretenir
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to save, to spare
épargner
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zeal, fervour
ardeur (fem.)
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iconoclast (a person who attacks or criticises cherished beliefs or institutions)
iconoclaste
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to loom
se profiler
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yet
pourtant
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advent, coming (noun)
avènement
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to pillory (attack or ridicule publicly)
mettre au pilori
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produce (theatre), director (cinema)
metteurs en scènes
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safe bets
valeurs sûres
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the ruler
maître
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to unite
unir
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friendship
amité
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the disappearance
la disparition
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cheat (noun)
fricheur
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delighted
enchanté
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to challenge
défier
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in times past, formerly
jadis
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from now on
désormais
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unworthy
indigne
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work (noun)
ouvrage (masc.)
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to combine, bring together, call together, gather together
réunir
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while pursuing
tout en poursuivant
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production
mise en scène (fem.)
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to succeed
aboutir
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neo-realist (something to do with nature)
néo-réaliste
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short film
le court-métrage
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to walk off with, to swipe, to nick (informal)
rafler
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star (as in an artist)
vedette (fem.)
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abrupt, sudden
brusque
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along way from, far from
loin de
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pastiche (an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period)
un pastiche
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to experience, to wipe
essuyer
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a screen
écran
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register
le registre
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a love triangle, threesome
le ménage à trois
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causing
provoquant
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passion
un engouement
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sordid (dirty, immoral/dishonourable actions and motives)
sordide
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a free and independent woman
une femme libre et indépendante
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elsewhere, somewhere else
ailleurs
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to guide
guider
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cutting, carving
découpe
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appearance
une apparition
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cliché
poncif
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to consecrate, to establish
consacrer
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to devote to
consacrer à
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primary
primauté
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to burn
brûler
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a childhood dream
un rêve d'enfance
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broken
brisé
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to recapture, to take back
reprendre
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way
façon (fem.)
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concern
la préoccupation
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frank, straightforward
franc/franche
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success
la réussite
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to give up
renoncer
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casual, off-hand
désinvolte
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to dismiss, to dislocate
démettre
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to be worth
valor
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prestigious
prestigieux, euse
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paradoxically
paradoxalement
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a decline
un déclin
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on the eve of
à la veile de
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to keep his promises
tenir ses promesses
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when
lorsque
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rapid expansion, growh
essor (masc.)
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social sciences
les sciences sociales
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the front
le devant
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to renew
renouer
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the melodrama
le mélodrame
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misunderstood
mal compris
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poorly received
mal reçu
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in the woods
dans les bois
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promotion, exploitation, enhancement
une valorisation
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untimely
intempestif, ive
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section, past
le volet
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to trwat
traiter
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hardly, scarcely
guère
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to be hijacked (politically, economically)
être récupéré
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no doubt, probably
sans doute
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elegiac (relating to or characteristic of an elegy)
élégioque
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based on a novel
tiré du roman
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personal diary
carnet intime
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outdated
désuet
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to publish, to come out, to show, to appear, to seem
paraître
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immediately afterwards
dans la foulée
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confrontation
affrontement
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without faith or law, lawless
sans foi ni loi
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satire
la satire
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furious, boisterous, devilish
endiablé
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hatred
haine
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widely practiced
largement pratiqué
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provocative film
film provocateur
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vigour, forth righteousness, tortness, sharpness
la verdeur
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literary revolution
le tour littéraire
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bad taste
une foute de goût
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to award
décerner
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offbeat
décalé
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to shift
décaler
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in relation to, in regard to
par rapport à
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anachronistic (not in its correct historical time)
anachronique
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atemporal (existing or considered without relation to time)
atemporal
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rather
plutôt
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what is the most striking
ce qui frappe le plus
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versatility
versatilité
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are discussed
sont abordés
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homogeneity (being alike, homogenous)
homogénéité
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to begin ,to start
amorcer
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refusal, denial
refus (masc.)
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story
récit (masc.)
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explicitly
explicitement
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the worry
le souci
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abstarct
abstraite
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uncluttered, bare
dépouillé
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triptych, trilogy
triptyque
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to close
clore
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one of those
un de ceux
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peak
apogée (masc.)
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glory, fame
la gloire
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yet
pourtant
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elliptical (concise)
elliptique
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efficient (person), effective (action)
efficace
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a brain tumour
une tumeur au cerveau
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unfinished projects
les projets inachevés
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to surround oneself
s'entourer
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loyal collaborators
fidèles collaborateurs
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interview
entretien (masc.)
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to spot (as in notice)
respérer
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young talent
les jeunes talents
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to continue to grow
ne cesser de grandir
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the second half
la seconde moitié
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20th sentury
le vingtième siècle
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the editing
le montage
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to film, to shoot
tourner
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money
des moyens
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to get ride of
se débarrasser
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the unexpected
l'inattendu (masc.)
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to edit
monter
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to take place
de dérouler
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lighting
l'éclairage (masc.)
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noise
le bruit
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to start something
se mettre à faire quelque chose
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so much by... than by...
tant par... que par...
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a demand, a requirement
une exigence
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to demand, to claim
revendiquer
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heavy
plombé
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boring, dull
plan-plan
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to allow great emphasis on something
laisser la port belle à quelquechose
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crier
to shout, to cry, to scream
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scripted
scripté
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background noise
les brites de fond
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takes (as in film takes)
une prise de vue
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the top of the trees
les cimes des arbres
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tax
la fiscalité
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to be released one after the other, back-to-bacl
sortir coup et coup
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the filmset
décor
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to be shot on a film set
tourner en décors
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to shoot with improvisation
tourner à la sauvage
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without extras
sans figuration
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jump-cuts (editing technique)
faux raccords
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jerk effect (cutting time)
un effet saccadé
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almost
quasiment
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to push, to shove
bousculer
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arthouse films
cinéma d'auteur
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budding
en herbe
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to be fed up with
en avoir marre de
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higher bid, overbid
la surenchère
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cinemas
les salles obscures
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they are addicted to cinemas
ils sont accros de salles obscures
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cheap
bon marché
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light
léger
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to get out of breath (person), to run out of steam (figuratively)
s'essouffer
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to be weakened, to grow weaker, to grow dim
s'affaiblir
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gradually
progressivement
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an anti-herp
un anti-héros
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les vrai personnes
a geniune, rwal person
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"faire des recettes"
"in it for the money" in film-making
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to disrupt
perturber
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a perturbed childhood
une enfance perturbée
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an announcement
une annonce
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indeed
en effet
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close-cropped (hair), short
ras
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nervousness
nervosité
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relaxed
décontracté
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gap
décalage
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submissive
soumis
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insolent, cheeky
effronté
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mimicry
mimétisme
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surprising, amazing
étonnant
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entitled
intitulé
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story
récit
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to recapture
reprendre
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to become embedded in
s'incruster dans
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inconvenient, inhibiting, bulky
encombrant
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suitor, wooer
soupirant
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voice over
voix off
387
the object of desire
l'objet du désir (masc.)
388
the journey
le trajet
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despair (noun)
désespoir
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mark, landmark
repère
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in turn
tour à tour
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at the end of
au terme de
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a happy ending
un "happy ending"
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enigmatic
énigmatique
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worthy of
digne de
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ternary (composed of three parts)
ternaire
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amply, more than enough
amplement
398
the curse
la malédiction
399
lightness, thoughtleness
légèreté
400
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)
œdipien
401
to embody
incarner
402
casual, off-hand
désinvolte
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carefree, careless
insouciant
404
gesture
le geste
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to turn to, to appeal to, to resort to, to have recourse to
recourir
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artificial, prefabricated
préfabriqué
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occasional
épisodique
408
the path, way
le chemin
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mania, obsession
la mania
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disenchanted
désenchanté
411
creaking, dark (as in dark humour)
grinçant(e)
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reality
le réel
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ingenuity
ingéniosité
414
extract (noun)
extract (masc.)
415
to come within
s'insérer
416
lover
amant
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churchyard
cimetière
418
on the same level as
de plain-pied avec
419
to wheel round, to spin, to whirl
tournoyer
420
dilettante (a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge)
un/une dilettante
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fetish
fétiche
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custom
fétiche
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clumsy
maladroit
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constraint
la contrainte
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être ancré
to be ingrained, anchored
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plausability
vraisemblance
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ventriloquist
ventriloque
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trainer
dompteur
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untameable
indomptable
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to add
ajouter
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victor, winner
vainqueur (masc.)
432
victorious
vainqueur
433
to be under way
être sur sa lancée
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investigation
enquête (fem.)
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to become focused on something
se cristalliser sur qch
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to convince
convaincre
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will, willpower, willingness
volonté (fem.)
438
spokesperson
le porte-parole
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to denounce
fustiger
440
loud colours
les couleurs criardes
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"de-dramatise"
"déthéâtraliser"
442
black beasts of cinema
les bêtes noires du cinéma
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the duo
le tandem
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a pun
un calembour
445
"hobby-horse" (favourite theme)
le cheval de bataille
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the writer
l'écrivain (masc.)
447
behaviour, process
procédé (masc.)
448
straight out, bluntly
carrément
449
to hold, to hold back
retenir
450
to escape from
échapper
451
immoderate
démesuré
452
a close-up
le gros plan
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to demand
exiger
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harmful
néfaste
455
underlying
sous-jacent
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daring, bold
audacieux, audacieuses
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thorough, detailed
approfondi
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in spite of, despite
malgré
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allusion
allusion
460
wink
clin d'œil
461
bedside
chevet (masc.)
462
left to oneself, left to one's own devices
livré à soi-même
463
practical joker, clown
farceur
464
outgoing
démissionnaire
465
a dunce
un cancre
466
narrow-minded
borné
467
a punishment exerice, chore
un pensum
468
to skip school
faire l'école buissonnière
469
the lying
le mensonge
470
a lie
un mensonge
471
slap (in the face)
gifle
472
a printing house
imprimerie (fem.)
473
to wander
errer
474
panic-stricken
affolé
475
to bring back, to take back
ramener
476
a deal
un marché
477
feverishly
fiévreusement
478
candle
bougie
479
altar
autel
480
to plagiarise
plagier
481
theft
larcin (masc.)
482
the latter
ce dernier, cette dernière
483
unsaleable, unmarketable
invendable
484
lawbreaker, criminal
malfaiteur
485
vagrancy
le vagabondage
486
van
le fourgon
487
sparkling
scintillant
488
to start, to cut into
entamer
489
in all likelihood, very likely
vraisemblablement
490
to slip
se glisser
491
the closure
clôture (fem.)
492
to escape
échapper
493
pursuer
poursuivant
494
credits
générique (masc.)
495
naked, bare
nu
496
centred
cadré
497
up to
à hauteur de
498
storey
étage (masc.)
499
school boy
écolier
500
once
une fois
501
empty
vide
502
sourness, bitterness
aigreur
503
to remove your stocking
retirer ses bas
504
grocery shop, groceries
épicerie
505
bloody
sanglant
506
delivery, birth
accouchement (masc.)
507
to faint, to pass out
s'évanouir