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391 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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bribe
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a fragment of a conversation
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évantail
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a hand fan
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sursis
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a reprieve
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ânerie
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a stupidity
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itou
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also (quécois)
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sempiternellement
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always the same thing
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abruti
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an idiot
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factice
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artificial, imitation
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affriolant
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attractive, appealing
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poupon
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baby
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bachelière
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bachellor
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débander
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bad erection
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batracien
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batrachian
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barbu
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bearded
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nombril
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belly button, navel
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morsure
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bite, dog bite
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énergumène
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bizarre person
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vessie
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bladder
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brin
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blade, twig
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empâté
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bloated, fleshy
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estompé
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blurred, soft
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échouer
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boat wreck, to wreck a project
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boulon
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bolt
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caïd
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boss, big chief
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jarnigoine
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brains, intelligence
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reluisant
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bright, shinny
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allégrement
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briskly, joyfully
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airain
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bronze
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ébouillanter
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burn with boiling water
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buisson
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bushes
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gabarit
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caliber
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cierge
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candle stick
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plâtre
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cast, plaster
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chenille
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caterpillar
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châtiment
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chastisement, corporal punishment
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placoter
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chat, converse
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gratteux
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cheap, stingy
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cerisier
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cherry tree
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varicelle
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chickenpox
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mousseline
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chiffon
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clope
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cigarette
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mâchefer
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clinker, cinders
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cadran
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clock face, dial
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pavé
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cobblestone
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falot
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colorless
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rubrique
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column
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boussole
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compass
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aveu
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confession
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effaré
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confused, alarmed
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véreux
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corrupt
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ouaté
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cotton, safety
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convoitise
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coveting, desire
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exiguë
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cramped, exigious
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hurluberlu
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crank, crazy person
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dingue
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crazy, nuts
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cramoisi
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crimson
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corbeau
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crowing
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miette
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crumb
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béquille
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crutch
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bouclé
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curly
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noiraud
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dark, swarthy person
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dard
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dart
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aurore
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dawn, daybreak
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fulgurant
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dazzling, flashing
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trépas
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dealth
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fourbe
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deceitful
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dédier
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dedicate
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divagation
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delusion, rambling
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exigence
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demand, requirement
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anéantir
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destroy
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bousillé
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destroyed
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s'adonner
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devote to
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déconfit
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disappointed
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étalage
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display, show window
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cuvette
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ditch
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fossé
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ditch
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ausculté
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doctor with a stethescope
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seuil
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doorstep, threshold
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embrasure
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doorway
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fagoté
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dressed-up
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pansement
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dressing, bandage
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dégoulinant
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dripping
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dégoulinant
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dripping
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ébriété
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drunk
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archarnement
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elbow-greese, hard work
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braise
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ember
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écarquiller
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eyes wide open
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lubie
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fad, hairbrained idea
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fée
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fairy
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bolide
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fast car, meteor
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dodue
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fat, chubby
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fatidique
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fateful
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accablant
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fatiguing, oppressive, overwhelming
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fauve
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fawn-colored, rust-colored
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bougre
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fellow, chap
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brebis
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female sheep
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comblé
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filled in, vover-joyed
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aboutir
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finish, end
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entame
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first slice, first card
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fiole
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flask, mug
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fugace
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fleeting, quick
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braguette
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fly, flies
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charpente
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frame
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chouette
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fun, a nice person, owl
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délirant
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funny, delireous
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galère
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galley, buisness
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attroupé
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gather together in a group
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cucul
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gay, effeminant, tasteless
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engrenage
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gears, gearing, chain
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serre
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glasshouse, claw, talon
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maussade
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glum
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potinage
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gossip
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potin
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gossip, noise
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goulûment
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greedily
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gémissement
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groan, moan
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abîme
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gulf, chasm
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caniveau
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gutter
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demeuré
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half-witted
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tracasserie
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harassment
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carapace
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hard shell
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coriace
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hard, tough
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attelage
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harness
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arpent
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harpoon
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moisson
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harvest
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pontage
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heart bypass surgery
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canicule
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heatwave
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troupeau
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herd
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aloi
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honest, respectable
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marelle
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hopscotch
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cornu
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horned
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crin
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horse hair
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épris
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in love
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jadis
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in times past
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engouement
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infatuation
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anodin
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insignificant
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illico
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instantly
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saccadé
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jerky
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besogne
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job, work
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soubresaut
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jolt
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môme
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kid
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loustic
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kid, villain, funny guy
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ménisque
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knee ligament
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insouciance
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lack of concern
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atterrisage
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landing
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clapoti
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lapping (water)
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mélèze
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larch tree
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attardé
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late
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fainéant
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lazy, idle
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gambade
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leap (faire la)
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terne
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lifeless, colorless
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fardeau
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load, burden
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larguer les amarres
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loosen the mooring
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paumé
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lost, bewildered
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désarroi
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lost, confused
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égaré
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lost, stray
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appât
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lure, bait
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giser
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lying down
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acajou
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mahogony
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crinière
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mane, mane of hair
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épandage
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manure spreading
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maint
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many
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guimauve
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marsh mallow
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pote
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mate, buddy
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dédale
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maze, criss-crossing roads
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rougeole
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measles
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émerillon
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Merlin
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gamelle
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mess kit
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pétrin
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mess, jam
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espiègle
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mischevous
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moisi
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moldy
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biais
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moyen, crookeed
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bourbeux
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muddy
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bariolé
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multi-colored, gaudy
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nombrilisme
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navel gazing
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goulot
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neck (boire au…)
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sapristi
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nice word for shit, crap!
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avenant
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nice, agreeable
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chevet
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night stand
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baliverne
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nonsense, balderdash
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fouineur
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nosey, prying
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calepin
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notebook
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nocif
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noxious, harmful
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tacot
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old rattletrap, banger
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bée
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open-mouthed, flabergasted
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lièvre
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pacemaker, do several things at once
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meute
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pack, large group
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bourré
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packed, stuffed
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affolé
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panicked
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galet
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pebble
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songeur
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pensive
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pioche
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pickax
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tatillons
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picky
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ficelle
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piece of string, stripe
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épingle
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pin
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auriculaire
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pinky
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embûche
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pitfall, trap
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piètre
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poor, mediocre
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vérole
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pox
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saugrenu
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preposterous, ludicrous
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barème
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price list, fee table
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souci
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problems, concerns
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cortège
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procession
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cuirasse
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protection against…; armor
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olibrius
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queer customer or fellow
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racaille
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rabble, riffraff
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râteau
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rake, comb
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frondeur
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rebellious
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rocaille
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rocky terrain
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côtoyer
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rub shoulders with, flirt with, have contact
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échantillon
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sample
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narquois
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sardonic, mocking
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repu
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sated, full
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grivoiserie
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saucy expression, juicy story
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échafaudage
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scaffolding
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écaillé
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scaled (fish)
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épar
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scattered
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cartable
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school bag
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cinglé
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screwy
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écornifleur
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scrounger
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astiquer
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scrub
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vergogne
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shameless (sans)
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tôle
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sheet metal
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naufragé
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shipwrecked
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abasourdi
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shocked, dizzy
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crampons
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shoe spikes (golf)
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tamis
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sieve, sifter
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dalle
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slab
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pétasse
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slut
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garce
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slut, bitch
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sournois
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sly, shifty
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felluette
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small, weak (fluette)
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mouchard
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sneak, fink, informer
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assoupir
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snooze
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museau
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snout
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soluté
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solution
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commère
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someone sneaky, gossip
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greffé
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someone who has had a heart transplant
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apatride
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someone without a country
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brûnatre
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somewhat brown
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vivoté
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somewhat living
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acariâtre
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sour, cantankerous
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épagneul
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spaniel
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étincelle
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spark
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pétillant
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sparkling
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échine
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spine
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hargne
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spiteful anger
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barbotine
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splashing about
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éclabousser
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splatter
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millepertuis
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St. John`s Wort
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amorce
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start
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chiche
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stingy, cheap
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gratte-la-cenne
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stingy, cheap
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pingre
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stingy, cheap
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maille
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stitch
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grès
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stoneware, pot
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tabouret
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stool
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houleux
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stormy
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emblée
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straightaway, right away, immediately
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réverbère
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streetlamp
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civière
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stretcher
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pantois
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stunned
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estivale
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summery
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rescapé
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surviving
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baratin
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sweet talk, hot air, spiel
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boursouflé
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swollen
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épée
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sword
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interloqué
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taken aback
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écheveau
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tangle, web
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basané
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tanned
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bavasser
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tattle
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nounours
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teddy bear
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ladite
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the aforementioned
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brèche
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the break
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billot
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the log
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chossée
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the pavement
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démarrage
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the strart
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cabotin
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theatrical, show-off
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bourrade
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thump, bourrade du coude(dig)
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coup de foudre
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thunderbolt
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foudre
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thunderbolt
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pompette
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tipsy
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éméché
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tipsy, merry
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esquiver
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to avoid
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aboyer
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to bark
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trouille
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to be scared (avoir la…)
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douer
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to bless with, talented
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rebondir
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to bounce
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frôler
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to brush against
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s'esclaffer
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to burst out laughing
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ensevelir
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to bury, to hide
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gazouillis
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to chirp, to babble, to gurgle
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escamoté
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to conjure away, to evade, escape
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fêler
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to crack
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abîmer
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to damage, to spoil
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avilir
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to degrade, to debase
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revendiquer
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to demand, to insist
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déceler
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to detect
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désamorcer
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to difuse, to drain
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affubler
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to disguise, to deck with clothes
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voguer
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to drift, to wonder
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ahurir
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to dumbfound, to astound
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musarder
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to dwadle, to idle about
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s'amenuiser
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to dwindle
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marivauder
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to engage in sophisticatd banter
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faillir à la tâche
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to fail the task
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narguer
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to flout, to thumb one`s nose at
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jauger
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to gauge
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flancher
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to give up, to pack up
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s'abîmer
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to go bad, to spoil
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engloutir
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to gobble up, to wolf down
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tâtons
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to grope along (avancer à)
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maugréer
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to grumble
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jaillir
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to gush, to spurt
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détenir
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to hold, to be in possession of
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embrigader
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to indoctrinate
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demeurer
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to live somewhere
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larguer
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to loose, to release
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persifler
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to make fun of
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cafouiller
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to make shambles, to mess up
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se gouer
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to mess up, to make a mistake
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embobiner
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to mix up, to hoodwink
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fureter
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to nose about, to ferret
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capitonner
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to pad with
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garer
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to park, to put in store
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rafistoler
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to patch up
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douillet
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to pay through the nose,
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picosser
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to peck, to tease
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éplucher
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to peel, to disect
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manigancer
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to plot, to devise
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atteindre
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to reach, to get at, to attain
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songer
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to reflect, to consider
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désagglutiné
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to release
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dejanté
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to remove from its rim, to go crazy, off your rocker
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renier
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to renounce
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ballotter
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to roll around
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vadrouiller
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to rove around
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fuguer
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to runaway
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s'enfuir
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to runaway
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érafler
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to scratch
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hurler
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to scream
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visser
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to screw an
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gribouiller
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to scribble, to scratch
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engouffrer
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to shovel, to devour
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recroqueviller
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to shrivel up, to curl up
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siroter
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to sip
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défoncé
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to smash
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humer
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to smell
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ricaner
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to snigger
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renifler
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to snort
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ramollir
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to soften
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patauger
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to splash about
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étaler
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to spread
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échelonné
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to spread out
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accroupir
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to squat, to crouch
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s'accroupir
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to squat, to crouch
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veiller
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to stay up, to keep a vigil
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foudroyer
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to strike
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s'empiffrer
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to stuff one`s face
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troquer
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to swap, to exchange
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garrocher
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to throw (québecois)
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desarçonné
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to throw, to unseat
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nouer
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to tie, to knot
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frémir
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to tremble, to shudder
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dandiner
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to waddle, to waddle along
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se vautrer
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to wallow
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déambuler
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to wander, to stroll
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brailler
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to yell, to howl
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crapaud
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toad
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périple
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tour, journey
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cerne
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tree ring marks, shaddows under the eyes.
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bedaine
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tummy
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déboulonner
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unbolt
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défèque
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undone
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balbutier
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unintelligle babbling
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avéré
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was proved or turned out to be…
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punaise
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water stick insect
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démarche
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way of walking, start of something, approach
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faiblard
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weak, feeble
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apesenteur
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weightlessness
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baraqué
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well built, rough
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puits
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well, shaft
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costaud
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well-built
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freluquet
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whippersnapper
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chuchoter
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whisper
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écume
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white part of the wave, foam
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mèche
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wick, hair highlights
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zigoto
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wierdo
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faune
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wildlife, bunch of people
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frimas
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wintery weather
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bedonnant
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with a big tummy
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plaie
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wound
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