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193 Cards in this Set
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le cas échéant
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if need be |
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éprouvant
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trying |
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fagoté
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weirdly dressed |
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mal fagoté
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poorly dressed |
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bien fagoté |
well dressed |
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Seigneur! |
Lord! God! |
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airelle f
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cranberry |
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en rogne |
hopping mad |
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être sur la sellette
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to be in the hot seat |
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j'en sais trop lang |
I know too much |
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C'était pour rire |
It was a joke |
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avoir de la répartie
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to be quick at repartee, to be always ready with a reply
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d'un seul coup |
all of a sudden |
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être tenu de faire
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to be under an obligation to do
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disculper |
exonerate |
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débile |
idiotic, moronic |
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se faire un sang d'encre
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to be worried sick |
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hypertrophié
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abnormally enlarged |
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exécution f
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execution |
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assistance f
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audience |
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qui que ce fut
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whoever he was |
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papier glacé |
glazed/shiny paper used for photos/glossy magazines |
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la citation |
summons |
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quinquagénaire
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fifty-something |
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échauffer les oreilles a qn
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to piss someone off |
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marchander |
to haggle, bargain |
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mettre au rôle |
to schedule, put on the schedule |
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piètre
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poor |
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prestation f |
performance |
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émeute f
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riot |
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il vous est loisible de
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you are free to |
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bourlinguer |
to knock about a lot, to get around a lot
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fouineur
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nosey parker, snooper |
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laisser mariner |
to stew, souse, marinade |
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limer |
to file (e.g. one's nails) |
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grincheux
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grumpy |
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la cause |
case (legal) |
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anthracite |
charcoal grey |
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les prétoires |
courtrooms, courts |
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raffoler
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to be mad about, to adore |
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la tranche |
the edge (of a book) |
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facturer |
to invoice, to bill
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contentieux
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legal/claims department; dispute |
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engeance f |
mob |
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( un) tant soit peu
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(a) slightest bit |
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faire les frais de
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bear the costs of / bear the consequences of |
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oiseux |
futile, idle |
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je n'y vois pas d'inconvénient
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I do not see a problem/disadvantage |
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le foutoir |
tip, dump |
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mioche |
nipper, brat |
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remise |
delivered/presented |
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poussiéreux
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dusty |
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réclusion f |
imprisonment
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réclusion à perpétuité
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life imprisonment
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indicateur
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informer |
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Ne t'y mets pas |
Don't you start |
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ringard |
square, old-fashioned |
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revêche
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sour, surly |
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quoi que ce soit (sur) |
anything at all (on)
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tenir à ce que
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to insist on |
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il savait ce qu'il avait à faire |
He knew what he had to do |
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éraillé
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rasping, hoarse, scratchy |
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badin |
playful, light-hearted |
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insuffler qch à qn
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to inspire sb with sth
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obtus
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obtuse
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jouer les gros bras |
to play the tough guy |
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mendier |
to beg for |
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faire dans la dentelle
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to go in for subtleties |
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canaliser |
to channel |
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Le bénéfice |
profit |
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décharge
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rubbish tip |
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se mettre en travers de
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stand in the way of
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cinéma |
song-and-dance, theatrics, play-acting |
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vénal |
corrupt, bent, venal |
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le gravillon |
gravel |
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embruns m pl.
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sea spray |
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il trouvait cela à mourir de rire |
He found it hilarious |
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avoir un procès-verbal
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to get a parking ticket |
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un pv |
a parking ticket (procès-verbal) |
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voix blanche |
flat, toneless voice |
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battre la campagne
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to travel all round the countryside |
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la cohue |
bustle, crowd |
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élargissement m
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freeing, releasing, letting go |
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racaille f |
riffraff, scum |
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nombril m |
navel, belly-button |
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un ahuri |
muppet, idiot |
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hors de ses gonds |
unhinged, blow one's fuse |
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mal en point |
in a bad state |
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je m'en doute |
I'm sure you do; I can see why |
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la flicaille |
the fuzz, the cops |
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raccrocher au nez |
to hang up (telephone) |
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évadé |
escapee |
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tirée d'affaire |
out of trouble |
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aller comme sur des roulettes |
to run like clockwork |
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se faire reprendre |
to be scolded/reprimanded (not gronder or houspiller) |
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de volée
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harshly
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mettre à l'épreuve
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to put to the test |
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mise à l'épreuve
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on probation |
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tableau de bord
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dashboard |
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réglage m
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tuning |
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frais et dispos
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fresh as a daisy
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malin |
crazy/smart (in ironic sense) |
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mourant |
dying man/woman |
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raconter des bobards |
to tell fibs |
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en cavale |
on the run |
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se faire un sang d'encre |
to be worried sick |
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en baver |
to go through hell |
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se dégonfler |
to chicken out |
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raté |
unsuccessful |
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la rate |
spleen |
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peu flatteur |
not very flattering |
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flatteur |
sweet-talking; flattering |
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affubler qn de |
to deck someone out in |
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une armoire à glace |
mirrored wardrobe |
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une armoire à glace |
someone built like a brick sh*t house |
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amidonné |
starched |
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rouler les/des mécaniques |
to play the tough guy |
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envolé..le |
disappeared, flown away ...the |
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rouillé |
rusty |
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la rouille |
rust |
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astiquer |
to polish |
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la réplique |
replica |
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roue à aubes |
paddle wheel |
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péniche f
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barge |
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un costard |
suit |
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redouter |
to dread |
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accablé |
overwhelmed, burdened, weighed down |
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la clôture |
fence |
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le fourgue |
someone who receives stolen goods, a fence |
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lecher le cul |
lick someone's a*se |
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il / ça urge |
it's urgent |
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une commission rogatoire |
Letters rogatory
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un garçon de salle |
orderly, waiter |
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plier les gaules |
to pack up one's tent; hang up one's spurs |
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faire long feu |
to fizzle out; not last long |
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un avis de recherche |
a wanted notice |
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grogner |
growl, grumble |
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du moins aux siens |
at least hers |
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tondu |
cropped, shorn |
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sur cales |
on blocks (e.g. motorbike) |
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ruban m |
ribbon, tape |
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la mousse |
moss |
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ménagère f |
home help |
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empoté |
clumsy, awkward |
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je vous emmerde |
f*ck you |
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une motte |
clod, clump |
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mottes de terre |
clumps of earth |
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sans réplique |
irrefutably, no-nonsense |
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une équipée |
escapade |
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un mouchard |
control device; tachometer |
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un mouchard/une moucharde |
a sneak (at school), an informer |
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salière f
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saltcellar |
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faire la manche |
to beg |
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épingler
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to nab, catch (someone) |
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congédier |
to dismiss |
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une (bonne) planque |
a cushy number i.e. an easy job |
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ce n'est pas ce qui manque |
there are a lot of them, there is no shortage of them |
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entrebâilleur |
door chain (masculine? can't find) |
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entrebâillé |
half-open, ajar |
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gonflés de sommeil (les yeux, hence plural) |
puffy with sleep |
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remettre qch à qn
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[+paquet, argent] to hand something to someone, give somebody something
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le fier-à-bras m (les fiers-à-bras) |
braggart |
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en train de nous renseigner pour l'hôpital |
we're making enquiries on the hospital |
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n'avoir rien à voir avec |
to have nothing to do with (not sans rapport avec) |
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tout donnait à penser que |
everything seemed to point to |
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tout donne à penser que |
every indication that |
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être dans de beaux draps
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to be in trouble, in a mess` |
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le sigle |
initials |
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la virée |
trip, walk |
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l'appui de la fenêtre |
windowsill, windowledge |
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une enfilade |
a row, a line |
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une gangue |
a coating |
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une partie fine |
sex party |
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bredouille |
empty-handed |
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une engueulade |
telling off |
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livreur |
deliverer, delivery boy |
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coffrer |
to put inside, lock away |
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morne |
dreary, dismal |
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vantail m (pl.vantaux) |
door (of a wardrobe/hangar etc.) |
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cousu |
stitched, sewn |
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se muer en |
to change into |
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cicérone
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tour guide (a bit old-fashioned?) |
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le ciel soit loué |
Praise the heavens |
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nous n'en serions pas là, si
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we would not be here today if |
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gicler |
to squirt, spurt, splatter |
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coller |
to stick/shove |
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sous les yeux de qn |
right in front of someone's eyes |
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être sur pieds
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be on one's feet |
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chevrotant |
quavering |
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ça fait mal
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it hurts |
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débordé |
snowed under, swamped |
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béatement |
blissfully |
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bâcler |
to botch, bungle |
