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150 Cards in this Set
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Raidir (muscle) |
to stiffen (muscle) |
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raidir |
to pull taut, to tighten |
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le hayon |
tailgate |
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liquéfié |
turned to mush, a quivering wreck |
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gigoter |
to wriggle, wriggle about (se tremousser) |
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le prix marchand |
market price |
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la valeur marchande |
market value |
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le marchand |
shopkeeper, stallholder |
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entraver |
to hinder, hold up |
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goudronner |
to tarmac |
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un filet (d'eau) |
a trickle (of water) |
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le fût |
barrel (tonneau) |
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le fût (arbre) |
trunk, bole |
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le fût (fusil) |
stock of a gun |
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le fût |
shaft (technology) |
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dubitatif |
dubious, doubtful |
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tu viens oui ou merde |
are you f*cking coming? |
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trimer |
to slave away |
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ondulé |
wavy, undulating, corrugated |
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un horodateur |
a (parking) ticket machine |
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le gargouillis |
gurgling, rumbling |
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un ripou |
bent copper |
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ripoux |
bent coppers |
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gênant |
embarrassing, cumbersome |
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s'escrimer à faire |
to wear oneself out doing something |
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émarger
|
to initial |
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émarger à
|
to make/earn |
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émarger de
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to come from (e.g. a budget) |
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boursouflé |
swollen, puffy |
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boursouflé (style) |
turgid, bombastic (style) |
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les cadences |
production rates |
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cadences diaboliques/infernales |
diabolical production rates |
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lier |
to tie up; bind |
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cloquer |
to blister |
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dompter |
to tame |
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dompté |
tamed |
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le ranger |
ranger boot |
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enclencher |
to set in motion; press play |
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peler |
to peel (eplucher) |
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tonitruant |
booming (voice/laugh) |
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le tintamarre |
din, uproar (tapage) |
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la poudre de riz |
face powder |
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le fautif |
culprit |
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fautif |
incorrect; at fault, in the wrong |
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dégingandé |
gangly, lanky |
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le goudron |
tar; tarmac |
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le voilage |
net curtain |
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le boyau |
passageway |
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une bourgade |
township |
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une passoire |
a sieve, colander, strainer |
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le bubon |
the plague |
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les bubons |
boils of the plague |
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amener quelqu'un à faire |
to lead someone to do |
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le Liban |
the Lebanon |
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Libanais |
lebanese |
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une succursale |
a branch (of a store) |
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un magasin à succursales multiples |
a chain store |
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jouxter |
to adjoin |
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une sous-nappe |
an undercloth |
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une nappe à carreaux |
a checked table cloth |
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une jupe à carreaux |
a checked skirt |
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une chemise à carreaux |
a checked shirt |
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par commodité |
out of convenience |
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une émeraude |
an emerald |
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chiite |
shiite |
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une embrouille |
dodgy goings-on; a trick, swindle |
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Il ne sait pas s'organiser |
he can't get himself organised |
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geignard |
moaning (a) |
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Personne n'a contrôlé mon billet |
no one checked my ticket |
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à portée de la main
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within reach |
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clap de fin |
wrap, end of shoot |
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la venelle |
alley |
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Le public ne s'y est pas trompé |
the public has not been disappointed |
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force est de constater |
it has to be admitted, one has to admit, it has to be noted |
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une fanfare |
brass band |
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démarrer en fanfare |
to start with a flourish, to get off to a great start |
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déluré |
forward, brazen, cheeky |
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dégourdi / déluré |
smart, bright (cale) |
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vitaminé |
with added vitamins |
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décalé |
offbeat |
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loufoque |
crazy, zany |
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sur échasses |
on stilts |
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répondre présent |
rise to the challenge, come forward, be present |
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la volupté |
delight, exquisite pleasure |
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le zozotement |
lisp |
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simplet |
simple-minded (particlarly handicapped) |
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farfelu |
eccentric |
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niais |
silly |
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un zozo |
a clown |
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péter |
to explode, go off; fart |
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se colleter avec quelqu'un |
to fight with someone, to get into a fight with someone |
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colleter un animal |
snare an animal (pieger) |
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se colleter avec quelque chose |
to grapple with something |
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le colimaçon |
spiral |
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un escalier en colimaçon |
a spiral staircase |
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risquer de (faire quelque chose) |
to be likely to/run the risk of (doing something) |
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épeler
|
to spell |
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Pouvez-vous épeler votre nom? |
Can you spell your name? |
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un croc-en-jambe |
a trip |
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se lisser la moustache |
to smooth one's moustache |
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une moustache en croc |
moustache like Salvador Dali |
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baver (liquide) |
run, leak (a liquid) |
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baver (homme) |
drool |
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en baver |
to go through hell, a bad time |
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baver |
to feel a strong or violent emotion (fam.) |
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se faire enfumer |
to be tricked, cheated, had |
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la concupiscence |
the greed |
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du coup |
as a result |
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le coup du sort |
stroke of bad luck |
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le coup du lapin |
whiplash |
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la diffamation |
defamation, slander, libel |
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attaquer quelqu'un en diffamation |
to sue someone for libel |
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rebondi |
rounded, well-rounded, chubby (rondouillard) |
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la méfiance |
distrust, mistrust |
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la bourgade |
township |
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dégoulinant de |
dripping with |
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éduquer
|
educate; train; bring up |
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mal éduqué |
badly educated |
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bien éduqué |
well brought up |
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débordé |
swamped, overwhelmed |
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culbuter |
to fall, stumble |
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trépigner
|
stamp one's feet |
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colleter
|
to grab someone by the neck |
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à sa portée
|
within his reach |
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un individu peu recommandable |
an unsavoury character |
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recommendable |
commendable |
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poussière
|
dust (f) |
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désabusé |
wry, disillusioned, disenchanted |
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à sa hauteur
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by him, level with him |
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être à la hauteur
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to be up to the task |
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à la hauteur de la tâche
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to be equal to the task |
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à la hauteur de
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to be equal to / level with |
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à hauteur des yeux
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at eye level |
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à hauteur de
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up to (a sum, amount) |
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sur les hauteurs |
on the hills |
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moite (temps) |
muggy |
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moite (personne) |
sweaty |
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J'ai toujours les mains moites.
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My hands are always sweaty.
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patibulaire |
sinister |
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une coupée |
gangway (nautical) |
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Dépêche-toi, tu vas louper ton train!
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Hurry up, you'll miss your train!
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louper |
to miss (eg a train) |
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louper |
to mess up (cafouiller) |
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armer (un fusil) |
to cock a gun |
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lisse |
smooth; featureless, bland, plain |
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ne pas en revenir |
not be able to get over it |
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éplucher par le menu
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go through [[sth]] with a fine-tooth comb v
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éplucher
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to peel; to examine carefully (e.g. go through a text minutely) |
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fichtrement |
very, bloody, jolly, darned (fieffe) |
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bandant / bandante |
a turn-on, sexy |