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62 Cards in this Set
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couiner |
to squeak (speaking) |
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glousser |
to chuckle |
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courroucé |
irate, wrathful |
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désapprobateur |
disapproving |
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un acajou |
mahogany |
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un faisceau |
bundle (of grass, straw) |
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lisse |
smooth, worn |
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le crépuscule |
twilight, dusk |
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monter en chandelle |
to zoom (sports, vehicles) |
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avoir la chandelle au nez |
to have a runny nose |
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une mâchoire |
jaw |
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faufiler |
to worm one's way; to slip out |
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s'effronder |
to collapse (into tears, etc) |
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balbutier |
to stammer, babble |
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refluer |
to flow down, to flow backwards, to surge backwards |
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se faufiler |
to sneak into, to creep into, to worm one's way |
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nauséabonde |
sickening, nauseating |
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recroqueviller |
to huddle, shrivel up |
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terne |
lifeless, dull, drab |
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une massue |
club (sports, weapon) |
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traîner par terre |
to lie about (causing a mess or being lazy) |
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évanouir |
to faint |
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un rugissement |
a roar, howl |
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aussitôt |
immediately, straight away |
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truqer |
to falsify, rig, fix |
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une colombe |
dove |
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enfreindre |
to infringe, to break |
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sauver la mise à |
to save the day |
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le givre |
frost |
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un castor |
beaver |
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une taupe |
moleskin |
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amortir |
to soften, cushion |
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être à cheval sur les principes |
to be a stickler for principles |
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la veille |
the day before |
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déceler |
to detect |
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clopiner |
to limp, hobble |
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claudiquer |
to limp slightly |
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voilà qui a dû faire mal |
that must have hurt |
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Méfie-toi |
be careful, beware |
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califourchon |
astride (a chair) |
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désarçonner |
to throw someome off (when it's a horse) |
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un soubresaut |
a jolt (en véhicule) |
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accroupir |
to squat down, crouch |
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frigorifier |
to freeze |
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mettre les rieurs de son côté |
to win the audience over |
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bâiller |
to yawn |
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un gui |
mistletoe |
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épargner |
to save (the trouble, the bother; money) |
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pour autant |
for all that (we didn't come this far for all that!) |
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faire chou blanc |
to draw a blank |
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se tracasser |
to worry, fret |
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allegrèment |
gaily, joyfully, merrily |
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le constat |
assessment, analysis |
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une hirondelle |
swallow (bird) |
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un étang |
pond, pool |
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une libellule |
dragonfly |
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fulgurant(e) |
intense, important |
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une échelle |
ladder |
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la grange |
farm for animals |
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le bocage |
wooded countryside |
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le loutre |
otter, sea otter |
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un(e) râleur (râleuse) |
someone who complains all the time |
