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par lassitude |
a sort of slowness or psychological tiredness that may have no cause, perhaps suggesting laziness, or perhaps resulting from illness, depression, or severe jadedness.
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en canard |
splay-footed, with feet turned out |
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un glaive |
2-edged sword |
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une baudruche
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balloon, toy balloon |
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une baudruche (personne) |
windbag |
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énervement (*2)
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nerviness; irritation |
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piquer un sprint |
to sprint; put on a spurt |
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une étable |
cowshed |
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la gestuelle |
body language |
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la traçabilité |
traceability |
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tout le toutim |
and all the caboodle, jazz |
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décortiquer |
to analyse, disect; |
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décortiquer (nourriture) |
To shell, peel, hull |
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râpé
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threadbare; grated |
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malmener |
to manhandle; given a rough ride |
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une supérette |
a mini supermarket |
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la transe |
trance |
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hugolienne
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relative to Victor Hugo |
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avoir trait à |
to concern (relever) |
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un flou |
a fuzziness, haze, blurriness |
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un coup de rouge |
a glass of red wine |
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se payer quelque chose |
to treat oneself to something, buy oneself something |
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un (petit) bout de femme |
a little woman |
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la pétoire |
old gun |
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le cambouis |
dirty oil |
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entre chien et loup |
at twilight |
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vacher |
cowherd |
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le caillé |
curds |
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le tripatouilleur |
fiddler, manipulater |
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Tripatouiller un texte.
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play with a text |
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le coup de soleil |
sunburn |
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la guenon |
female monkey; very ugly woman |
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grimacer |
to grimace |
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grimacier |
grimacing |
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un acide lactique |
lactic acid |
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le pôle |
the pole |
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le pôle Nord |
North Pole |
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le pôle Sud |
South Pole |
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humer |
to inhale, smell |
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gambader |
to skip about |
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la crécelle |
rattle |
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le rossignol |
nightingale |
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une crécelle (personne) |
someone who deafens others when talking |
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maligne / malin |
Smart, clever; malignant |
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le manchot |
penguin; one armed or armless man |
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échevelé
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wild, frenzied |
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échevelé (cheveux)
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tousled, dishevelled |
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la majorité |
legally becoming an adult |
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un huissier |
a bailiff |
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un huissier |
usher |
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bachoter |
cram (for an exam) |
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le blason |
coat of arms |
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blasonner (de) |
to emblazon with |
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infâme |
vile (not immonde) |
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le bec |
mouth; lip, rim |
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un produit fermier |
a farm product |
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la basse |
the bass |
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la basse-cour |
farmyard; farmyard animals |
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un fromage à tartiner |
a cheese spread |
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tartiner |
to spread (bread) |
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ampoulé |
pompous, bombastic (emphase) |
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le bovidé |
bovine |
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rigolard |
fun-loving, jokey |
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rigoleur |
vieux / fam. of rigolard (fun-loving, jokey) |
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Grand culot |
A lot of cheek |
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Quel culot |
what a cheek |
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gluant |
sticky, gummy |
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Tu ferais aussi bien d'en profiter
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You might as well make the most of it |
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le vertige |
verigo, dizziness |
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cahoteux |
bumpy (eg a road) |
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une onomatopée |
onomatopoeia |
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une corne |
horn |
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à la barbe de
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under the nose of |
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à pied d'ouevre
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ready to get down to work |
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un adjoint |
assistant |
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un aboiement |
bark, barking (no plural) |
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le cadastre |
land registry |
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se balader |
to go for a stroll; go for a drive |
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le repérage |
reconnaissance |
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une rime |
rhyme |
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rime plate |
a rhyming couplet |
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pénétré |
earnest |
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un potache |
schoolboy |
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grasse |
bold (text) |
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ronronner |
to purr, hum |
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un battoir |
a paw, mitt; also beater, carpet or laundry beater |
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faire la gueule |
pull a face |
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carrément |
bluntly, straight out (tout a trac) c |
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le remontant |
pick-me-up, tonic |
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encombrant |
inconvenient; bulky |
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encombrant (présence) |
intimidating (presence) |
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le cloporte |
woodlouse; creep |
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le houblon |
hop, hops |
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écluser |
to knock back, drink a lot (s'abreuver) |
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saoulant |
boring, tiring, annoying (ennuyeux) |
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râler |
moan and groan (geindre, ahaner) |
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frêle |
frail, fragile |
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une jument |
a mare (cavale) |
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Je dois faire réviser ma voiture.
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I must get my car serviced |
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réviser |
to service, overhaul |
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rouler dans la farine |
To con, swindle, cheat (arnaquer) |
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crânement |
proudly |
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une toque |
a fur hat (chapka) |
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une toque de cuisinier |
a chef's hat |
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il y a fort à parier que,
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It is odds on that |
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parier à |
to bet on |
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la sarabande
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dance, type of dance; whirl, hullabollo |
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violacé |
purplish |
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de longue haleine |
long-term |
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il s'accroche |
he's clinging (he's clingy) |
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sitôt |
right after |
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on ne la retrouverait pas de sitôt |
one wouldn't find her for a long time |
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une cravache |
a riding crop |
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le pourboire |
tip (monetary) |
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la truie |
sow |
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le monte-charge |
freight elevator |
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attifer |
to deck out, kit out |
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s'abreuver |
to drink |
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s'abreuver de lectures
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to be a voracious reader
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s'abreuver de télévision
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to watch a lot of TV
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abreuver quelqu'un de |
to shower/swamp someone with |
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foutre à la paix à qqn
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to leave someone alone, get out of someone's hair |
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une paix royale |
a perfect peace |
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se pelotonner |
to curl up, nestle, snuggle |
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frileusement |
with a shiver; feebly |
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gelé |
suspended, blocked (e.g. capital, an activity) |
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se mirer (dans) |
to be reflected, mirrored in |
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Quand saurez-vous quleque chose? |
When will you know something? |
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cristallin |
crystal-clear |
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touiller |
to stir, mix, toss |
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fagoter |
to dress |
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mal fagoté |
badly dressed |
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déroutant |
puzzling; disconcerting |
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la pop / la musique pop |
pop music |
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le pop-corn |
popcorn |
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le derrick |
oil rig |
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empuantir |
to stink out |
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un strapontin |
a jump-up seat (theatre, bus etc.) |
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une estocade |
a death blow |
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calfeutrer |
to draughtproof |
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le calfeutrage |
the draftproofing |
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(se) calfeutrer |
to shut (oneself) up, to seal |
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le manège |
riding school |
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le manège (fig) |
game, ploy |
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le manège (enfantin) |
merry-go-round |
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faire le tour de manège |
to go on the merry-go-round |
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millésimé |
vintage |
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une bouteille millésimé |
a vintage bottle |
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une allocation |
an allowance |
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informe (costume etc.) |
shapeless |
