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80 Cards in this Set
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ringard
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corny, rinky-dink
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anonymat
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anonymity
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un blason
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coat of arms, heraldry
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berk
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yuck!
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tocard
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cheap, trashy
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autrui
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others
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le béton
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concrete
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anéantir
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to annihilate, wipe out, destroy
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un frisson
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shudder, shiver, thrill
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un cachet
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tablet, pill, stamp, seal, postmark, style
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une aubaine
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godsend, windfall
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le chantier
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building site, job site, depot
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brider
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to bridle, restrain, curb,keep in check
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bref
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in short, to make a long story short
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détraqué
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broken down, shaky, unbalanced
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un fauteur
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one who does something (usually causing trouble)
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un entracte
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interval, intermission, interlude, break
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une giclée
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spurt, squirt, spray (of bullets)
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modique
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modest (only used with money-wages, price, earnings)
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une mèche
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wick, fuse, lock of hair, streak, medicine pack, dressing
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exigeant
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demanding, exacting
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coller
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to glue, être collé à-to be stuck
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un dico
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slang for dictionary
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un sbire
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henchman
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le diable
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devil, hand cart, earthenware casserole quoi diable-what the hell?
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le cadre
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frame, container box, space on a form, setting, framework
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cossu
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well-off, opulent
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châtier
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to refine, perfect, to chasent, mortify, to punish (literary(
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briser
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to break, smash, ruin, wreck, tire out
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le débordement
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overflowing, boiling over
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la baraque
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shed, hut, stand, stall
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la lutte
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fight, conflict, wrestling
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rôder
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to loiter, lurk, prowl
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tendu
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tight, taut, tensed, strained
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défaillant
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failing, declining, weakening, shaky
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un creux
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hollow, hole, slack period
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apaiser
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to calm down, to appease, soothe
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une lacune
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gap, blank, lack, deficiency
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occasionner
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to cause, to bring about
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un voyou
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hoodlum, delinquent, brat
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la revanche
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revenge
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déboîter
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to disconnect, dislodge, dislocate
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rentable
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profitable, worthwhile
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guetter
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to watch. lie wait for, to be at risk of
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le plomb
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lead, lead shot, fishing sinker
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le bordel
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mess, chaos-Quel bordel!-What a mess!
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tamponner
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to mop up, plug, crash into, stamp
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échouer
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to fail, to end up
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fiançailles
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engagement
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haletant
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suspenseful, panting, breathless
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la veille
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wakefulness, night before, eve, brink
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grogner
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grumble, grunt, moan
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réclamer
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to ask for to claim, to demand, to complain
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un jeton
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token, chip, counter (fam) bang, dent
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un mets
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dish of food
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un créneau
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gap, niche, slot, parking space-parallel
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renâcler
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to snort, to complain to grumble
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tutoyer
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to use "tu" Et si on se tutoyait?-call me by my first name
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la cupidité
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greed
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un ragot
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piece of gossip
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un débutant
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novice
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veiller
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to stay up, be on watch, spend the evening
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vertement
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sharply, strongly
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un bahut
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sideboard, (inf) school, taxi, truck
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paumé
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lost, bewildered, poor
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épais
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thick (derog) dense, dull, thick
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effroyable
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appalling, horrifying
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un bouc
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billy goat, goatee
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un malentendu
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misunderstanding
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abîmer
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to damage, ruin spoil
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un casseur
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rioter, burglar, scrap dealer
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une coqueluche
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darling, sweetheart, idol
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un abri
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shelter, refuge
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dégringoler
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to collapse, to fall to rush/fall down
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foncer
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to rush, tear, charge along
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illustre
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illustrious, renowned
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culotté
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cheeky, sassy
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fredonner
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to hum
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une dérive
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drift, deviation, abuse
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la fouille
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search, excavation, dig
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