vocabulary Flashcards

1
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les doigts

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fingers

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au fond de

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at the bottom of

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garder

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to keep

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marrant

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funny

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rien à voire avec

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nothing to do with

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les plombées

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patterned marbles

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la devanture

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shop window

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le vernis

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varnish

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les aspérités

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bumps

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le dessin

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design

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le planisphère

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globe

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enfouir

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to bury

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tire-bouchonner

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to wrinkle

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au-dessus

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above

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le pas de la porte

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threshold

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ratatiné

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shrivelled

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ridé

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wrinkled

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cuivré

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bronzed

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le renforcement

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recess

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paillé

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straw-bottomed

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ternir

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to tarnish

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fuir

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to flee

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échouer

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to land

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le coin

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corner

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un fuyard

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escapee

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le front

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forehead

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la joue

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cheek

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se dandiner

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to dawdle

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froisser

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to rumple

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le tablier

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apron

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le deuil

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mourning

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prémonitoire

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premonitory

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foutre

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to mess about

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chouette

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super

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tirer

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shoot

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louper

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to miss

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empocher

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to picket

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la récré

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break

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à peine

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scarcely

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grouiller

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to be laden down

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râler

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to protest

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le cul

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bottom

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le creux

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hollow

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la paume

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palm

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trembloter

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to tremble

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l’allure

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look

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la façade

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front

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onduler

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to wave

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bigrement

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devilishly

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chialer

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to cry

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le revers

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back

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la manche

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sleeve

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gronder

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to gruble

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le plein

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downstroke

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le délié

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think stroke

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le coude

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elbow

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rendre

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to give beack

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le préau

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playground

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le tas

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heap

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piquer

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to nick, steal

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foutu

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damned

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la loi

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law

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se souvenir

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to remember

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envahir

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to invade

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les odeurs

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smells

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la gamme

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range

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les flacons

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bottles

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l’étagère

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shelf

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le cliquetis

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clicking

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les ciseaux

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scissors

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la presse

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crowds

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le fauteil

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chair

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le bavardage

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chattering

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veuf

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widowed

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un trois-pièces

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2 bedroomed flat

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affreux

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awful

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le youpin

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jew

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le siège

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chair

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le vestiare

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cloakroom

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la barbe

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beard

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raser

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to shave

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su

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known

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traîner

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to linger

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le frangin

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brother

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ressortir

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to come out

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le frisé

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curly-headed person

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suer

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to sweat

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sang et corps

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blood and body (sweat and tears)

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la coupe américaine

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crew cut

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retourner

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to turn around

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filocher

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to slip

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les gosses

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kids

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les réalisations pour enfants

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children’s pleasure parks

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les immeubles

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buildings

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les bacs à sable

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sandpits

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les toboggans

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slides

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les balançoires

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swings

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des tas de trucs

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lots of things

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conçu exprès

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specially designed

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s’ennuyer

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to get bored

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les rubans

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ribbons, strips

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encombrer

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to clutter

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escalader

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to climb

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cacher

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to hide

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les sonnettes

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bells

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les concierges

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caretakers

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jaillir

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to pop out, to stream out

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à perte de vue

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as far as the eye can see

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un dédale

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a maze

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entrecroiser

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to crisscross

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la découverte

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discovery

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les bouchons

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corks

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les moires

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oily water

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voyants

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easily spotted

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vêtu

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dresed

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les ceinturons

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belts

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pareil

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such

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une démarche

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step, walk

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119
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lent

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slow

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raid

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stiff

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rempli

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filled

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les trompettes

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trumpets

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les tambours

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drums

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les tifs

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hair

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coller

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to stic

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le fond

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background

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tête de mort

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skull and crossbones

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les genoux

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knees

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joindre

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to join

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les nuques

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napes of the neck

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éousseter

A

to brush, dust

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se diriger

A

to steer oneself

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suivre

A

to follow

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les évènements

A

the happenings, events

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l’inquiétude

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worry

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le creux du ventre

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the pit of the stomach

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fort

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strong

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les lascars

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soldiers

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en plein cœur

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in the middle of

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gonflé

A

blown-up, exaggerate

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la casquette

A

cap

142
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bien dégagé

A

short back and sides

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la raie

A

parting

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la machine enregistreuse

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till

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un étui

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holder

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la crosse

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grip

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un anneau

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ring

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les assurances

A

insurance

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amener

A

to bring

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la brosse

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crew-cut

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mensuel

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monthly

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encore davantage

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even more

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pourtant

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however

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asperger

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to sprinkle

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cranté

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wavy

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un sursaut

A

a jump

157
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la parole

A

word

158
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une aubaine

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a windfall

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s’en être mêlé

A

to pitch in

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amical

A

friendly

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les hochements

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noddings

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maîtriser

A

to master

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flanquer

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to give

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une estafilade

A

slash, gash

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les fesses

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bottom

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cuire

A

to burn

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la dérouillée

A

thrashing

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malgré

A

despite

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la trouille

A

fright

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le brocanteur

A

antique dealer

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les puces

A

flea markets

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la pendule

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clock

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vieux

A

old

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la farfouille

A

rummaging

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déplier

A

to unfold

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sec

A

dry

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lisser

A

to smooth

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bouger

A

to move

179
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sidérer

A

to be struck dumb

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les confins

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confines, borders

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le fin fond

A

right at the back

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attitré

A

official

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le coup du siècle

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the affair of the century

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les voyous

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thugs

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hocher

A

to nod

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attendri

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touched, softened

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le tour

A

turn

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la tondeuse

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clippers

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inébranlable

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unshakeable

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les tempes

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temples

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coiffé

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well cut

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la rampe

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footlights

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le comptoir

A

counter

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bronché

A

move

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fom

A

thin

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tinter

A

to ring

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la plaquette de verre

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glass plate

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le bruit

A

noise

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figer

A

to fix

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les contes

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tales

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une fée maligne

A

the bad fairy

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la pierre

A

stone

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rompre

A

to break

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se rasseoir

A

to sit down again

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échapper

A

to escape

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la fessée

A

smack

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effleurer

A

to caress

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la cloison

A

partition

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l’oreiller

A

pillow

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border

A

to tuck in

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jurer

A

to curse

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le charretier

A

cart-driver

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se battre

A

to fight

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le moins

A

the least

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tendre

A

to listen out

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le froissement

A

rustling

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les draps

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sheets

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le chant

A

the song

219
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le ressort

A

spring

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s’apprêter

A

to get ready

221
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bondir

A

to bound

222
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les biceps-ficelles

A

skinny biceps

223
Q

haleter

A

to pant

224
Q

forcené

A

frantic

225
Q

éblouir

A

to dazzle

226
Q

s’efforcer

A

to force oneself

227
Q

feindre

A

to pretend

228
Q

les truquages

A

tricks

229
Q

s’asseoir

A

to sit oneself down

230
Q

le cadre

A

frame

231
Q

moustachu

A

wearing a moustache

232
Q

délavé

A

washed out

233
Q

les layettes

A

set of baby garments

234
Q

coupé

A

cut

235
Q

une musculature

A

set of muscles

236
Q

cambrée

A

bent over

237
Q

s’appuyer

A

to lean on

238
Q

un dossier

A

back

239
Q

chétif

A

delicate

240
Q

s’effondrer

A

to crumple

241
Q

le poids

A

weights

242
Q

s’imbriquer

A

to follow on

243
Q

gigones

A

twin, nest

244
Q

torteux

A

twisting

245
Q

semé

A

scattered

246
Q

les clochetons

A

bell towers

247
Q

doré

A

golden

248
Q

bercé

A

rocked

249
Q

s’enfoncer

A

to smash in

250
Q

briser

A

to break

251
Q

les poutres des isbas

A

the beams of the peasant’s huts

252
Q

un tourbillon

A

whirlwind

253
Q

les lames de sabre

A

sabre blades

254
Q

l’haleine

A

breath

255
Q

la lueur

A

light

256
Q

les éperons

A

spurs

257
Q

la robe de chambre

A

dressing gown

258
Q

ramage

A

floral

259
Q

sourd

A

deaf, low

260
Q

revêtir

A

to get dressed again

261
Q

le moujik

A

Russian peasant

262
Q

cracher

A

to spit

263
Q

la muraille

A

wall

264
Q

la poussière

A

dust

265
Q

la suie

A

soot

266
Q

les casernes

A

barracks

267
Q

les bouges

A

hovels

268
Q

guetter

A

to watch and wait

269
Q

lorsque

A

until

270
Q

assommer

A

to kill

271
Q

cogner

A

to crack

272
Q

le crâne

A

skull

273
Q

chantonner

A

to sing

274
Q

s’amplifier

A

to increase

275
Q

punitif

A

punitive

276
Q

efficace

A

efficient

277
Q

renoncer

A

to give up

278
Q

la tristesse

A

sadness

279
Q

fuir

A

to flee

280
Q

l’orage

A

storm

281
Q

les beuveries

A

drinking

282
Q

empêcher

A

to prevent

283
Q

la tapisserie

A

wallpaper

284
Q

agiter

A

to wave about

285
Q

le plafond

A

ceiling

286
Q

se peupler

A

to be peopled with

287
Q

les fuyards

A

escapees

288
Q

sombre

A

dark

289
Q

pluvieux

A

rainy

290
Q

tarabiscoté

A

over-elaborate

291
Q

l’enfer

A

hell

292
Q

les passés

A

passages

293
Q

franchir

A

to cross

294
Q

s’éclairer

A

to lighten

295
Q

la cohorte

A

the band

296
Q

tiède

A

luke-warm

297
Q

le blé

A

corn

298
Q

le toit

A

roof

299
Q

le clocher

A

bell-tower

300
Q

les veilles

A

old ladies

301
Q

le chignon

A

bun

302
Q

le balluchon

A

bundle

303
Q

lâcher

A

to let go

304
Q

la charrette

A

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