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90 Cards in this Set
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sournois
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sly, shifty
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fuguer
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to run way, to run off
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animer
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to lead, to conduct, liven up
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une goutte
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drop (un goutte-à-goutte-drip)
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vivant
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living, lively
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écraser
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to crush, mash, grind, pound, squeeze, run over
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entraîner
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to take, drag a person, to lead, to influence
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un groupuscule
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small political group
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une bagnole
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jalopy, wheels, car (inf)
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écouler
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to sell (s'écouler-to leak, melt away)
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récidive
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second offense, recurrence
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détourner
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to divert, hijack, embezzle
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imprégner
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to soak, permeate, fill
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siffler
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to whistle for, to hiss, wheeze
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la rente
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annuity, allowance, govt bond
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décaler
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to bring/move (forward, back, to the side)
décalé-quirk, offbeat |
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soutenu
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elevated, sustained
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un raccourci
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short cut, summary, turn of phrase
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atavique
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atavistic, hereditary
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le dédommagement
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compensation, something to make up for a problem
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faufiler
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to inch, thread worm into
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grignoter
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to nibble, gnaw at
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une ampleur
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fullness, opulence, scale
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susciter
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to incite, arouse, provoke
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abattre
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to pull, knock, cut down, weaken
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un bouchon
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cork, stopper, plug, traffic jam
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zapper
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to channel surf, change stations rapidly
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une économie
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economics
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citer
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to quote, to cite
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un dégât
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damage
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survoler
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to fly over, to skim
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un attentat
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murder attempt, attack
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un crapaud
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toad, gem flaw, brat (inf)
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bichonner
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to pamper
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un minet
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kitty, sweetie-pie
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prévisible
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foreseeable
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raidir
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to stiffen, harden, tense
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un rejeton
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descendant, (kid-inf)
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prudent
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careful, cautious
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féru
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interested, keen on, buff (noun)
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la risée
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mockery, ridicule, gust of wind
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déclencher
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to release, set off, launch
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le relais
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relay, pass, handover
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un snob
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snob, snobby, posh
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rédiger
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to write,compose, draft
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rassasier
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to satisfy
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estival
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summer-like
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le sens
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sense, meaning, direction
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un tamis
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sieve, sifter, raquette head
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une pelle
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shovel
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se délecter
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to take delight in, to revel
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maint
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many, a lot, much
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un pépère
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grandpa
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affadir
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to make dull, tasteless, colorless
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lasser
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to tire, weary
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minorer
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to cut, reduce, to play down
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les impôts
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taxes
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une nana
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woman, chick, girlfriend
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frileux
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sensitive to cold, (economics) nervous
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miraud
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myopic, near-sigthed
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surmener
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to overwork, overtax
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peler
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to peel
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nocif
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noxious, harmful
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affoler
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to terrify, throw into a panic
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masser
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to assemble, gather, to massage
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une essence
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petrol, gas, gist
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un bénévole
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volunteer
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le flair
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nose (fig) intuition, 6th sense
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une anicroche
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hitch, snag
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un gîte
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shelter, cottage
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ès
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en+les, describing college degrees
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lancer
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to throw, to launch
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fermeté
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firmness, solidness, confidence
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le gré
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liking, desire
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une gaffe
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blunder, foot in the mouth
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la demeure
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residence, home (formal)
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une espèce
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species, kind, type
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un bouquin
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book (inf)
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gazer
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to go(inf) feel, work
ça gaze? how's it going? |
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les fesses
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buttocks
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égaré
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lost, stray
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impec
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great, terrific (inf)
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la besogne
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work, task, job
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la méfiance
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mistrust, suspicion
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confondre
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to confuse, mix up, astound
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encastrer
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to embed, fit
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dédaigner
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to despise, look down on
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debout
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standing, upright
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fabriquer
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to make, to fabricate
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s'efforcer
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to try hard, endeavor, do one's best
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