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Volume 3 Flashcards

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patiemment

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patiently

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venir à bout de

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to overcome

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suspendu au plafond

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suspended from the ceiling

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tâter

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to feel out
sound out public opinion

palper

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un faisceau

un faisceau lumineux

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beam

a beam of light

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un lambeau

mettre qqc en lambeaux

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rag
shreds

to tear something to shreds

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à la loupe

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minutely

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un bourreau

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executioner

tormentor

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garder mes réflexions pour moi

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to keep my thoughts to myself

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Parcourir la salle du regard (expression)

Je parcours rapidement la salle du regard.

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to look around the room

I take a quick look around the room.

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histoire de + infinitive (expression)

histoire de ne pas l’alerter

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so as to
in order to let
to get

so as to not alert her

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Les deux ne s’excluent pas..

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The two aren’t mutually exclusive…

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une chasse au trésor

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a treasure hunt

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défier

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to defy

challenge

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river à/sur

avoir les yeux rivés sur qqc

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to be riveted on

to have one’s eyes riveted on something

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délirer

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to be delirious

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un paradis fiscal

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tax haven

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déborder

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overflow

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emploi du temps

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timetable

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manifestement

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clearly

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pouffer

pouffer de rire

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snicker

burst out laughing

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un boisseau

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a bushel

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effectivement

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effectively
indeed
very

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l’entrée de gamme

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entry level

low end of the range

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avenant (adj)

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pleasant

likeable

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un avenant

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rider (to an agreement)

amendment

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à l’avenant

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in keeping with (current practice, an agreement)

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aiguillonner

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to goad
incite

inciter

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attrister

s’attrister de

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to sadden

to be saddened by

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se formaliser

se formaliser d’un rien

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to take offence

to be easily offended

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magnanime (adj)

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magnanimous

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se mener tambour battant

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to move right along

bouger à vive allure

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le forage
le forage pétrolier
le forage d’un puits

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drilling
drilling for oil
drilling a well

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un oléoduc

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a pipeline (oil)

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le déchet

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waste

dregs of society (figurative)

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liquider

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to liquidate (as english meanings)

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la grossièrité

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crudeness

vulgarity

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le sentier battu

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worn path (fig: the straight and narrow)

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d’aussi bons résultats

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such good results

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l’indiscipline (f)

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lack of discipline

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ultra-sécurisé (adj)

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ultra secure (computer)

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à faire beaucoup

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to add up

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à son air

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by his manner

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dépourvu (adj)
dépourvu de

prendre quelqu’un au dépourvu

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destitute
lacking in

to take someone by surprise

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démentir

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to refute

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à répétition

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repeatedly

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du regard

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looking around

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tenir informé

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to keep informed

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porteur (adj)

un mur porteur

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supporting
encouraging

supporting wall

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que

J’ai à peine ouvert le menu que Parano s’assoit à côté de moi.

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when

I had barely opened the menu when Parano sat down beside me.

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la bactérie mangeuse de chair

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the flesh-eating disease bacteria

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battre en retraite

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beat a retreat

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gore (adj)

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gory

54
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finir par se terminer

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to finish by coming to its end

55
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le luxe de…

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the luxury of…

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une dictature

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a dictatorship

57
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un escroc

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crook

swindler

58
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joindre l’utile à l’agréable

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to mix business and pleasure

59
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soutirer

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to extract

extort

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déroutant (adj)

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disconcerting

déconcertant

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enfanter

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to give birth to

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baragouiner (prononciation: baragoweenay)

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to gabble

speak a language poorly

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la ruine

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ruination

bankruptcy

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la faille

sans failles

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fault

without fail

65
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l’affut de

Elles ont les yeux rivés sur nous, pour l’affut de notre réaction.

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to observe

Their eyes are riveted on us, to observe our reaction.

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cul sec (expression)

faire cul sec

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bottoms up

to down in one gulp

67
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une rasade

A

a glassful

68
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sentir plus en confiance

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to feel more confident

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une pellicule

les pellicules

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a thin layer, a film (of dust, of plastic, of photography film)

dandruff

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environner

A

to surround

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une part

faire part à

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part
share

to share with
to tell to

72
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le déferlement

A

unfurling
surge
flood

73
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la soirée de la veille

A

yesterday evening

74
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tabasser (informal)

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to beat up

rough up

75
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fouter la paix

Vous me foutez la paix?

A

to leave someone in peace

You’ll get off my back?

76
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faire mine de + infinitive

A

to go through the actions of…

77
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un/une destinataire

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addressee

78
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chiffonner

A

to crumple up

79
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un site de rencontres

A

a chat room (internet)

80
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être en manque de… (expression)

A

to be in need of…

81
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quelque part

peux-tu me trouver une demi-heure quelque part?

A

somewhere

works for time too:
Can you find a half hour somewhere?

82
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un dessein

avoir le dessein de faire…

à dessein

A

intention
plan

to have the intention of doing…

by design, intentionally

83
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véhiculer

véhiculer des rumeurs

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to transport
circulate

to spread rumours

84
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être en rapport avec qqn

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to be in touch with someone

85
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cruauté envers les animaux

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cruelty toward animals

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happer

être happé par

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to grab

to be caught up in
to be hit by (car, train)
to be swallowed by (entrance to metro, crowd)

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impitoyable

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merciless

unfeeling

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immanquable (adj)

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impossible to miss

89
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immanqueablement

A

inevitably

90
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sans compter ce que

sans compter ce que je vais sauver en frais de stationnement.

A

Not to mention what…

Not to mention what I’ll save on parking.

91
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une vie de fou

A

a crazy life

92
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indéfiniment

A

indefinitely

93
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la connerie

A

bulllshit

94
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ne rien faire

A

to do nothing

95
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se mettre à l’abri

A

take cover

96
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en grande partie

A

in large measure

97
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avoir affaire

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to do business

98
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irréaliste (adj)

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unrealistic

99
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une croix gammée

A

swastika

100
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avoir à l’oeil

C’est bien de les avoir à l’oeil

A

have/keep an eye on…

It’s good to keep an eye on them

101
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à peine

A

barely

102
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un bidule

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thing-a-ma-jig

103
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un cheval de Troie

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Trojan horse

104
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J’ai branché l’appareil sur un ordinateur coupé du réseau.

A

I plugged the device into a computer cut off from the net.

105
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se renseigner

A

to make enquiries

become informed

106
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Je veux ça pour hier.

A

I want it yesterday.

107
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un rencard (slang)

A

rendez-vous

108
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au fond

Ce qui est ridicule, au fond, parce que….

A

really

It’s ridiculous, really, because…

109
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On traversera ce pont-là quand on sera rendus à la rivière.

A

We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.

110
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interloqué (adj)

A

flabbergasted

speechless

111
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encaisser

encaisser le coup

A 
to cash   (a cheque)
accept

to take every in stride

112
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empiéter

A

to encroach

trespass

113
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le vieux méchant loup

A

big bad wolf

114
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À elles trois, elles ont l’air de faire à peine mon âge.

A

The three together seem to barely make my age.

115
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importer

ces considérations importent peu

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to import
to matter     (ie, have import, to be important)

these considerations matter little

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une truie

A

a sow

117
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un/une enflure (derogatory)

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bastard

bitch

118
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être à voile et à vapeur (colloquial)

A

to be bisexual

119
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un pervers

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a pervert

120
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pervers (adj)

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pervers
perverted
deviant

121
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gifler

A

to slap

122
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à l’écart (adj)

A

separate

123
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houblonné (adj)

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hoppy

124
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le badinage

A

banter

125
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un mannequin

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model

126
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cabotin (adj)

A

theatrical

127
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zapper

A

use the remote

télécommander

128
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un chercheur

A

researcher
investigator
hunter

129
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un présentateur

A

presenter
anchor (on television)

animateur

130
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crépiter

A

to crackle

131
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désengourdir

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to regain sensation (engourdir = to numb)

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