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105 Cards in this Set
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revendiquer
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to claim ; to claim responsibility for
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un haut-de-forme
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top hat
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une redingote
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a fitted coat ; a frock coat
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une bicorne
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the famous Napoleonic two-horned hat
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une faluche
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a beret (particularly a painter's beret)
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des bas
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stockings
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une mitraillette
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submachine gun
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un fusil
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shotgun
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un pistolet
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pistol
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un couteau
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knife
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une baïonnette
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bayonet
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une épée
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sword
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un sabre
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sabre
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une faux
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scythe
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un tablier
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apron
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le sans-culotte
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non-aristrocratic man (old term)
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à l'arrière-plan
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in the background
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en vigueur
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in force
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ça craint!
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that sucks!
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les culottes
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breeches
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entraîner
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to bring about
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le pinceau
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paintbrush
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voguer
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to sail
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s'échouer
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to run aground' to be beached
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le large
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the open sea
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au large
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offshore
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faire 4 mètres de large
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to be 4 metres wide
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couler
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to sink
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l'échouage
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grounding ; running aground
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les états de service
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service record
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l'équipage
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crew
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la chaloupe
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rowboat ; motor launch
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les vivres
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food; supplies
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les amarres
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moorings
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s'entasser
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to pile up ; to squeeze into
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larguer
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to let go - to cast off moorings; to unfurl sails ; to drop a bomb ; to release a satellite
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vraisemblablement
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presumably
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l'angoisse
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anxiety
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méduser
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to dumbfound
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se cabrer
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to rear up (of a horse)
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se dresser
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to stand up ; to rise up
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repérage
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spotting ; stakeout
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chargé
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busy ; loaded (of a weapon) ; heaped
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J'en peux plus
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I can't do any more (I'm very tired)
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pas mal
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good (cf pas terrible)
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pas terrible
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not good (cf pas mal)
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casser la croute
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manger
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se casser la figure
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tomber
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casser les pieds
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ennuyer / déranger
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vachement
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really ; very (famliar)
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Ouh
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Expression indicating fatigue
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dis ; dis-donc ; t'as vu ; tiens
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ways of attracting attention
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notamment
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notably ; in particular
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entre autres
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in particular
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renvoyer
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to throw back ; to reflect ; to echo
to dismiss or fire sb |
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Être chargé comme un baudet
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to be heavily burdened
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un baudet
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donkey ; ass
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virer
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to fire sb ; to expel sb
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sous-entendre
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to imply
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prendre une gamelle
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to fall flat on one's face
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une gamelle
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mess-kit ; lunchbox ;
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gravir
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to climb up
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grimper
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to climb (stairs)
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franchir
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to get over ; to cross
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Honni soit qui mal y pense
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"Let him who thinks ill there be shamed"
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honnir
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to be shamed ; to be spurned ; to be contemned
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c'est malin...
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je ne comprends pas la logique... (ironic phrase)
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raide
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stiff ; straight ; taut
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malin
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clever ; ingenious
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être tête en l'air
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to have one's head in the clouds
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étourdi
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absent-minded
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à l'oeil
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for free ; for nothing
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mon oeil!
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exclamation when you don't believe what someone has said to you (equivalent to "my foot!" in English)
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au poil
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perfect
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de bon poil
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cheerful, good-humoured
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être à poil
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to be naked
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ni une, ni deux
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ne pas hésiter
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en deux temps, trois mouvements
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very quickly
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balourd
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simple-minded, oafish
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pataud
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clumsy
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peluche
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plush, fluff
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un jouet en peluche
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plush toy
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un ours en peluche
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teddy bear
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un nounours
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teddy bear
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avoir un poil dans la main
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to be lazy
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trois fois rien
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next to nothing
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exprès
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deliberately, on purpose
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contraindre
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to restrain, to curb, to constrain
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se contraindre
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to force oneself
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le dispositif
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plan
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voire
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not to say, or even
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les fondements
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basis
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On peut d'autant mieux le faire que
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We can do better than
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cantonner
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to confine
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dans un premier temps
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in the first instance
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sur la voie publique
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on the street (lit. on the highway)
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les promoteurs immobiliers
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property developers
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tout de même
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all the same
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ça fait gagner du temps et de l'argent
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it saves time and money
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rater
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to miss (a train, a target)
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le périple
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journey, voyage
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c'est la mode d'acheter des marques de luxe
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it is fashionable to buy luxury brands
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chouchouter
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to pamper, to pet, to spoil
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Ils sont très sensibles à l'attention qu'on leur porte
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They are very sensitive to the attention paid to them
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La disponibilité
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availability
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