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1
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endiguer

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hold back, stem

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une pendule

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pendulum

clock

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déroger à

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to infringe on
to depart from
to ignore

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la manchette

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cuff (shirt)

headline (media)

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fripé (adj)

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wrinkled, crumpled

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friper

se friper

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to crumple

to crease, crumple

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un/une quadragénaire

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a person in their 40’s

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toiser

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to eye someone up and down

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une toise

passer à la toise

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a measure ( ~ 6 1/2 feet)

to be measured

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un géniteur

une génitrice

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parent

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une progéniture

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offspring

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ensorceler

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to bewitch, enchant, enthrall

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dénouer

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to loosen, untie

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une chicane

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quibble

zigzag

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un juron

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a swearword, curse, profanity

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jamais plus

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never again

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avoir la tête ailleurs

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to be thinking of something else

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un rebondissement

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new development

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souiller

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to soil, contaminate, defile

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un préservatif

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condom

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étreindre

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to embrace, hug

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jucher sur

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to perch on

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en pleurs

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in tears

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quant à

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with regards to

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inné (adj)

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inborn

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intimer

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to intimate, tell

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une fossette

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dimple

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les décombres (mp)

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rubble

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une pelleteuse

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excavator
scoop

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30
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trinquer

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to clink glasses

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franquette (adv)

C’est à la bonne franquette. (colloquial)

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simply, without fuss

It’s just an informal meal.

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gâté (adj)

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spoiled, pampered

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ronger

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gnaw

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un burin

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a chisel

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une boussole

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compass

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un périple

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trek, journey

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salaud (adj) (slang)

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filthy, dirty, lousy, mean

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un salaud (derogatory slang)

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contempible bastard

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39
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vrombir

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to rev up an engine

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40
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une agente de bord

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stewardess

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le tableau de bord

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dashboard, instrument panel

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affoler

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to panic, be overcome with extreme fright

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43
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la tôle

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sheet metal

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44
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décatir

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to become decrepit

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45
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décati

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decrepit

46
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enjamber

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to step over

47
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pis (adj)

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even worse

48
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une cenne

A

a valuable

49
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un plombage

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a filling (dental)

50
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un bol

un bol de café
un coup de bol
avoir du bol
un bol d’air (idiom)

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a bowl

a bowl of coffee
a stroke of good luck
to be lucky
a breath of fresh air

51
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quétaine (adj) (Québecois)

A

cheesy, tacky

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le ronronnement

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drone, purring (of traffic, for example)

53
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caniculaire (adj)

A

scorching

derivation: pertains to Sirius in the “Great Dog” constellation, from which we get the “dog days of summer”.

54
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ruisseler

ruisseler de sueur
ruisseler de lumière

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to stream, drip

to drip with sweat
to flood with light

55
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un écrin

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a box, a jewellry box

56
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une vergeture

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stretch mark

57
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choir (v)

la bobinette cherra

A

to fall

the latch will fall

58
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accablant (adj)

A

overwhelming
rotten
damning

59
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un goulot

boire au goulot
goulot d’étranglement

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neck, mouth, bottleneck

to drink from a bottle
bottleneck

60
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déambuler

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to ambulate, wander about

61
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piller

A

to pillage

62
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une comptine

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nursery rhyme

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une rafale

un vent qui souffle en rafales
tirer en rafales

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blast, squall, flurry

a wind that blows in gusts
bursts of gunfire

64
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dès que

A

as soon as

65
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un chèque de voyage

A

traveller’s cheque

66
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sa fille unique

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his/her only daughter

67
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un débarcadère

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landing jetty

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maugréer

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to mutter, grumble

69
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déchiquer

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to tear to shreds
to mutilate
to blow to pieces

70
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grésiller

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to sizzle, crackle

71
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le calvaire

A

calvary
agony
ordeal

72
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reluquer

A

to ogle, stare lustily

73
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le rétroviseur

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rear-view mirror

74
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la garderie

A

nursery, nursery school, after school minding facility

75
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palper

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to palpate, feel

76
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une raie

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a ray, skate (fish)
scratch
part (hair)

77
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une planque

Elle dois aller se poster sur la 40, dans sa planque preferée.

A

hideout, shelter

She had to position herself on (route) 40, in her favourite hiding spot.

78
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contrarié (adj)

A

annoyed

79
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en prépa (slang)

A

pre-university studies

80
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un/une alcoolo (slang?)

A

alcoholic

81
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un carafon

A

a carafe

82
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un diabolo menthe

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a mint cordial/soda drink

83
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une sacoche

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satchel

84
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non que

A

not only

85
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intimer

A

to order sb to do st

86
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recroqueviller

se recroqueviller

A

to curl up

to shrivel up

87
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tituber

ils sont sortis du pub en titubant.

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to stagger, lurch, sway, totter

They staggered out of the pub.

88
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s’accouder

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to lean on one’s elbows

89
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pratiquer à l’ancienne

A

to do things the old way

90
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dépérir

A

to fade away, waste away, languish

91
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une balayette

A

short handled brush (whisk?)

92
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estomaqué (adj)

A

flabbergasted

93
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trouer

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to dig/make a hole

94
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exorbité (adj)

A

bulging, swelling

95
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receler

receler un trésor

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to hold stolen goods for someone else (to fence)

to contain hidden treasure

96
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pogner (Quebec slang)

A

to be found out while wrongdoing

97
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broncher

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react, stumble, respond

98
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le moteur de recherche

A

search engine

99
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grimer

A

to make oneself up

100
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une trentaine

A

about thirty

101
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rester personne

A

stay anonymous

102
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saccadé (adj)

A

jerky, in fits and starts

103
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la demande d’amitié

A

Facebook request to be friends

104
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une escalade

A

escalation

climbing

105
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une pitoune (Quebec) Somewhat perjorative slang

A

pretty woman

106
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cinquantaine décoloré

A

fifty shades of grey (?)

107
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pester contra qqn/qqc

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to curse someone/something

108
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le fond de teint

A

makeup, cosmetics

109
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un manège

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merry-go-round

110
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griffé (clothing) (adj)

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designer

111
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griffer

se griffer

A

to scratch

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