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101 Cards in this Set
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le fouet
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whip
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la cupidité
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avarice, greed
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atteler
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to harness, to yoke
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s'atteler à une tâche
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to get down to a job
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desserrer
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to loosen; to release
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le poing
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fist
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accrocher
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to hang, to hook
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bâillonner
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to gag; to muzzle
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rarissime
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very rare
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la poussée
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pressure, force, thrust
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obtempérer
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to obey
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le long-métrage
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feature film; full-length film
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le (la) prisonnier (-ière)
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prisoner, captive
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grignoter
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to nibble; to encroach on, to conquer
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traquer
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to track down
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un accrochage
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clash, skirmish; collision
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épargner
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to save
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épargner qch a qn
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to spare sb sthg
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le pilonnage
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bombardment
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viser
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to aim at, to aim for
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abriter
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to shelter, to provide a habitat for
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septentrional
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northern
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cuisant
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bitter, stinging, burning
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dorénavant
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from now on
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rayer
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to cross out, to scratch
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au grand dam de
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to the great displeasure of
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l'effet de serre
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greenhouse effect
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la serre
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greenhouse
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le réexamen
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reassessment, reexamination
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le refus
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refusal, rebuff
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relever de
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to come under, to come close to
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la relève
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takeover; relief
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traîner
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to drag something along, across
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traîner les pieds
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to drag ones feet
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gourmand
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greedy
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le procureur
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prosecutor
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calciner
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to char, to burn to a crisp
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en outre
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besides, moreover
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la cogestion
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joint management
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calquer
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to copy; to trace
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la pendaison
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hanging (as in method of execution)
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une estrade
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platform
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regagner
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to regain, to get back to
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madrilène
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from Madrid
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destituer
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to depose
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la prime
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bonus, subsidy, allowance
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interpeller
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to question; to bring in for questioning; to; to call out
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en dehors de
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apart from; outside
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le fourgon
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van
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perdurer
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to perpetuate; to endure
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la canicule
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heatwave
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la reddition
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surrender
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amerrir
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to land on water, to splash down
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solennellement
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solemnly
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départager
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to decide between
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le propos
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subject, topic
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marée noire
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oil slick
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un puits
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a well
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la fuite
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flight; leak
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la lapidation
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stoning
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l'ingérence (f)
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interference, butting-in
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désormais
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from now on; from then on
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le pronostic
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forecast ; prediction
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n'échappe pas à la règle
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no exception to the rule
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toutefois
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however
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un état de grâce
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grace period, honeymoon period
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le bilan
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balance sheet ; toll (e.g. death toll)
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un défi
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a challenge
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il s'agit de...
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it's about...
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agir
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to act, to behave
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réclamer
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to call on ; to assert ; to ask for ; to claim (compensation)
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le délai
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a time period (e.g. dans un délai de...)
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favoriser
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to encourage, to favour, to promote
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la parution
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publication
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étayer
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to prop up ; to support ; to underpin
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décrire
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to describe
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trompeur
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misleading ; deceptive
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mis en cause
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implicated
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vraisemblablement
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probably ; presumably
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la formation
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education ; training ; training course
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la rentrée
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return to work
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la rentrée parlementaire
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reassembly of parliament
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mouvementée
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eventful, hectic
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en outre
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besides ; furthermore
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le tandem
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duo ; bedfellow ; tandem
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rude
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rough, harsh, severe
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un sous-traitant
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a subcontractor
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une méprise
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a mistake
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doter
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to endow
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la machette
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machete
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panser
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to put a dressing on ; to dress a wound
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viser
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to aim at ; to be aimed at or targeted
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la veille de ...
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the eve of ...
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voire
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or even, not to say
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pour le moins
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at the (very) least
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pesant
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cumbersome, oppressive
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farouche
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fierce
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de fait
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indeed
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Quant à
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As for, as to, regarding
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le barbouze
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secret agent, spook
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supplicié
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tortured
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