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vriller
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bore, bore into |
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ébaucher
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sculpt |
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dégrossir
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to sand down, trim etc.
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dégrossir
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to prepare sg for work/question |
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Un cageot
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crate |
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Un cageot
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dog, ugly woman (slang) |
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agrafer
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to staple |
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l'agrafage
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stapling |
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la claire-voie
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slatted fence, openwork fence
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Elle a mis des claires-voies au fond de son jardin pour briser la vue.
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She put a slated fence at the bottom of the garden to break up the view
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denrée
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edible food
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denrée rare
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rare commodity |
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cocher
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tick, tick off |
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Les passants étaient ahuris à l'apparition surprise de leur vedette préférée. |
The passersby were stunned, stupified by the surprise appearance of their favourite star |
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Cet ahuri est passé au feu rouge !
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This numpty, muppet jumped a red light
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Le boucher dépèce une carcasse de viande.
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The butcher is cutting up a carcass of meat.
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Le renard dépèce le poulet.
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The fox rips the chicken apart.
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La propriété a été dépecée à la mort de Jean.
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The property was split up upon John's death.
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Les critiques littéraires dépècent ce nouveau roman.
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The literary critics are analyzing this new novel.
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Un avenant sera ajouté sur votre contrat pour clarifier votre situation.
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An additional clause will be added to your contract to clarify/suit your situation.
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C'est une fille peu avenante.
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She is an unlikeable girl
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Le directeur lui passa le flambeau après 17 ans de maison.
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the director handed over to him after 17 yeas
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reprendre le flambeau
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take up the batten |
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Les enfants sautent dans les flaques d'eau.
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the kids jump in the puddles
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Une flaque de boue
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a mud puddle |
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c'est du tout cuit |
(colloquial)it's all done (cooking analogy) |
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Les anciens pays de l'Est aliénèrent leur independence
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The former countries of Eastern Europe gave up their independence
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Ils se sont aliénés en acceptant cet accord.
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They gave up their rights by accepting this agreement
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Avec cette prise de position, elle s'est aliénée les membres de son parti.
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By taking this stance, she has alienated members of her own party
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Ses déclarations lui ont aliéné ses derniers soutiens.
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His statements lost him his remaining support.
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Il a aliéné leur maison de campagne à son frère.
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He transferred the house in the country to his brother.
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La varicelle lui a valu quelques cicatrices disgracieuses.
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Chickenpox left him with several unsightly scars.
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Ce repas se compose de plusieurs mets.
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This meal consists of several dishes
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Un chenet
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fire-dog, andiron |
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Le tirage au sort a eu lieu sous l'étroite vigilance d'un huissier.
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The draw took place under the watchful eye of a bailiff.
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Le tirage du livre a été réalisé à plus de mille exemplaires.
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This book has a print run of more than a thousand copies.
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tirage papier nm
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hard copy
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Elle a entrebâillé la porte pour voir ce qui se passait dans la pièce.
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She half-opened the door in order to see what was happening in the room
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Il y a quelque chose qui cloche dans cette histoire.
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There's something not quite right
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It était toujours attaché à son clocher (soutenu)
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He was still attached to his village.
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soutenu |
elevated (eg speech) |
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opiner du bonnet
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nod one's consent |
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de vulgaires chaises de cuisine
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common kitchen chairs
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les nouveaux époux
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the newly-weds
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les époux
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the married couple, the husband and wife
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époux (masc. sing.)
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husband |
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C'est un enfant maladif
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He is a sickly child
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La bretelle de son soutien-gorge dépasse.
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Her bra strap is showing.
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Je vous somme de vous taire !
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I order you to be quiet
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damer le pion à
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to steal a march on
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damer le pion à ses concurrents
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to steal a march on one's competitors
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foudroyer qn du regard
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to look daggers at someone
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dans le creux de la main
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in the palm of one's hand
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les pattes
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sideburns
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Tout baigne
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Everything's great |
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de fait
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actually, in fact |
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le cancre
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lazy, very bad pupil |
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emmerdeur / emmerdeuse (pr. om mare der)
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pain in the neck |
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ordure
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scum
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espèce d'ordure |
you bastard! (Farmyard analogy) |
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au demeurant
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when all is said and done, when it comes down to it; besides |
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rempiler
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reenlist |
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dès lors |
from then on |
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conférer
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to confer/give
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ensorcelant
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bewitching, enchanting; glamorous
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un délire
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frenzy
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En résulte
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as a result/ the result: |
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Courez-y
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Give it a go |
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passer à la toise
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to have one's height taken
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La voiture a calé dans une côte.
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The car stalled on a hill.
faire caler to stall |
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caler
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to wedge (also to stall) |
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une cale
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wedge, chock |
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Claw-like hands |
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crochu (nez)
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crooked |
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planer
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to daydream, have your head in the clouds |
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Si tu crois pouvoir la séduire, tu planes !
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you're daydreaming if you think you can seduce her
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Je me trouve moche!
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I think I look awful!
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Cette couleur est vraiment moche.
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That colour's really awful
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Il a la grippe, c'est moche pour lui.
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He's got flu, that's rotten for him.
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en aval
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at a later date, afterwards
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Ce genre de détail sera étudié en aval.
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This type of detail will be studied later
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pas de sitôt
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not in any hurry
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sitôt averti de l'accident, il s'est rendu a l'hopital |
immediately told about the accident he went to the hospital |
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Un forfait
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withdrawal (by a player)
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on s’est foutu un peu de lui
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We've scapegoated him a bit
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gueuler
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to bawl
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Sais-tu où il est ? Non, j'en sais foutre rien ! |
Do you know who he is? No, I know fck all about it.
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foutre à la paix à qqn
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(colloquial)get out of [sb]'s hair
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armorié |
emblazoned |
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être armorié de qch
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to be emblazoned with something |
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un boui-boui
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a greasy spoon |
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aiguisé sur |
sharpened, whetted by |
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le démineur |
bomb disposal expert |
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à tour de rôle
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in turns, alternately |
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faire quelque chose à tour de rôle |
to do something in turns |
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désarmer |
to lay up, decommission, stand idle; disarmed; unarm |
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décorner |
to dehorn; to smooth out |
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un vent à décorner les boeufs |
a howling wind |
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biseauté |
bevelled |
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biseauter |
to bevel |
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relever de |
to be a matter of, pertain to |
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se marrer |
to giggle, to laugh |
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pour une fois que |
for once, the one time that .... |
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chevalin |
horsy, equine |
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une vamp |
a vamp, temptress |
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rentrer au bercail |
to return to the fold |
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au bercail |
home, to home! |
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un étui |
a case |
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un étui à lunettes |
a glasses case |
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le fleuron |
jewel |
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une godasse |
a shoe |
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goder |
to get a hard on |
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goder qqn |
to use a dildo on someone |
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avoir un train en retard |
to be behind, to have missed the boat |
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la soie sauvage |
wild silk |
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se faire l'écho de |
to repeat, spread something about |
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rester sans écho |
to come to nothing |
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se moquer de |
not care about; laugh at |
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une licence |
a degree |
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une licence ès lettres |
an arts degree |
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une licence en droit |
a degree in law |
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les nantis |
The well-off |
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faire la pute |
to play the whore |
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pourtant loin |
not even close; however far |
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sevrer |
to wean; deprive |
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un fourreau |
a sheath, cover |
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minable (objet) |
shabby |
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minable (personne) |
pathetic |
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un creuset |
melting pot; crucible |
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tarauder |
to bug; bore, gnaw at |
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une nana |
bird, chick i.e. girl |
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marginal |
eccentric, marginal |
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un marginal |
a dropout |
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le cervelet |
cerebellum |
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brouillé |
blurred |
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la pomme |
knob |
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être frigorifié
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to be freezing |
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une banderole
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a banner |
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une flaque |
a puddle; pool (of blood, oil) |
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douleur éreintante
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a punishing pain |
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éreintante
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exhausting |
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on est peu de choses |
it's funny how things work out |
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comme quoi |
Which/it just goes to show |
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fouler |
to tread upon, to press |
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le venin |
venom, poison |
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le latex |
latex |
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être frigorifié
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to be freezing |
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reculé |
remote |
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escompter |
to count, reckon upon (compter avec) |
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une verrière |
a large glass surface, like a roof or partitioning wall |
