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586 Cards in this Set
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raideur
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stiffness
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s'averer
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to turn out that
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sombrer
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sink
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subir
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suffer
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jaillir
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to burst out
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rétrécir
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to narrow/shrink
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balayer
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to sweep
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muni
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provided with
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étinceler
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to sparkle
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crochu
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hooked
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capuchon
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cap
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réverbère
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lamp
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agacé
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irritated
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renifler
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to sniff
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courroucé
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angry/wrathful
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esquimau
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Eskimo/ice lolly
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friandise
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sweet
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briser
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to break
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bredouiller
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to mumble
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grondement
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rumble
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pétarade
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backfiring
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atterrir
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to land
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broussaille
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bushy
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dénicher
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to unearth
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se débrouiller
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to manage
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hirsute
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hairy
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piquant
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prickly
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rapeux
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rough
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une paupière
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an eyelid
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une frénésie
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a frenzy
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ruisselant
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streaming
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enfourcher
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to mount
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cuivre
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copper
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écouler
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to pass by
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un manège
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a merry-go-round
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une fete foraine
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a funfair
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rafistoler
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to patch up
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agir a sa guise
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to do as one pleases
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une perruque
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a wig
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s'affaisser
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to collapse
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engloutir
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to swallow
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un agneau
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a lamb
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ébouriffer
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to ruffle
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un caméscope
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a camcorder
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se gaver
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to cram/gorge
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malin
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evil/shrewd
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une limace
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a slug
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tordre
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to twist
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gémisser
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to moan
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secouer
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to shake
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efflanqué
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emaciated
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rapetisser
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to shrink
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verrouiller
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to lock/bolt
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un voyou
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a hoodlum
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percuter
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to crash into
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une betterave
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a beetroot
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se gratter
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to scratch
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broyer
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to crush
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dénicher
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to discover
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un anneau
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a ring
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luisant
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shiny
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traîner
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to drag
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dandiner
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to waddle along
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une côte
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a rib
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confondir en excuses
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to apologize profusely
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balbutier
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to stammer
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ahuri
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stupefied
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étouffer
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to suffocate
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d'ailleurs
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besides
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échevelé
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with disheveled hair
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écraser
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to crush
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étrenner
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to use for the 1st time
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une béquille
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a crutch
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flambant
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flaming
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un frac
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a dress coat
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queue-de-pie
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tailcoat/with tails
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un canotier
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straw hat
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accoutrer
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to dress up
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pestilentielle
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stinking
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tremper
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to soak
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répander
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to pour out
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une facture
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a bill
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caoutchouc
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rubber
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un sceau
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a seal
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cire
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wax
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un écusson
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a badge
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un blaireau
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a badger
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décacheter
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to unseal
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coquillage
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shellfish
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s'emparer
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to seize
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un borburygme
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rumbling/gurgling
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un interstice
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a crack
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faufiler
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to slip in
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un char d'assaut
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an assault tank
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une carabine
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a rifle
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comprimer
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to compress
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égosiller
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to bawl
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une serre
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a greenhouse
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arracher
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to extract
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inlassable
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tireless
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molle
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soft
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clouer
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to nail
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le livreur
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the delivery man
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un crémier
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milkman
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bouillie
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porridge/mush
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abasourdir
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to stun
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un siffle
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a whistle
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sonore
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resonant
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le carrelage
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the tiled floor
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degarnir
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to empty
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pleurnicher
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to snivel
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rassir
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to go stale
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alentour
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around
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effarer
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to alarm
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un cintre
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a coathanger
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édenté
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toothless
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une barque
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small boat
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un embrun
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spray
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fouetter
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to whip
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une masure
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tumbledown cottage/hovel
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épouvantable
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dreadful
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algue
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seaweed
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écume
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froth
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moisi
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mouldy
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un canapé
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sofa
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ronger
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to nibble
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défoncé
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battered
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retentir
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to resound
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étouffer
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to smother
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un accoudoir
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an armrest
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un poignet
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wrist
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grincer
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to grind
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un fusil
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gun/rifle
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cogner
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to knock
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un gond
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a hinge
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une crinière
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a mane
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emmêlé
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tangled
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un foisonnement
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abundance
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le vacarme
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the din
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une effraction
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a break-in
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calciner
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to burn/char
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un âtre
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a fireplace
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une bouilloire
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a kettle
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un tisonnier
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a poker
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une théière
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a teapot
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ébréché
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chipped
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grésiller
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to crackle
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s'affairer
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to bustle about
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juteux
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juicy
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frétiller
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to wriggle
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narquois
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derisive/mocking
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la pénombre
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the darkness
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se recroqueviller
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to curl up
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dédaigneux
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disdainful
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flancher
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to fail
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d'ores et déjà
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already
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froisser
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to offend
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une oie
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a goose
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griffonner
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to scribble
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la baliverne
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nonsense
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maudit
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damned/cursed
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un têtard
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a tadpole
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un égout
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sewer
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se terrer
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to hide away
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bougre
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strewth/blast!
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la brume
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the fog
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un monceau
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a pile
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la faribole
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nonsense
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un zigoto
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a guy/chap
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embrocher
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to spit
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se volatiliser
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to vanish
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la calembredaine
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quibble
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malmener
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to ill-treat
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un grimoire
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a book of spells
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la sottise
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foolishness
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cinglé
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barmy
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remuer
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to move/stir
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un loir
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a dormouse
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se redresser
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to recover
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un trousseau
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a bunch (ie of keys)
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une pelote de ficelle
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a ball of string
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crever
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to burst
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ramer
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to row
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un gaffeur
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a blunderer
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essouflé
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out of breath
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une étiquette
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a tag/label
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l'étain
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pewter
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une fiole
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a phial
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coincé
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wedged/jammed
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le portillon
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the gate
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tonitruant
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booming
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une rame
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a metro train
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le sillage
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the wake/track
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baveur
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dribbling
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miteux
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shabby
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le xérès
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sherry
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scintillant
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sparkling/twinkling
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fléchir
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to sag/weaken
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contourner
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to go around
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rayonner
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to radiate
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racler
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to scrape
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ému
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moved/touched
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accaparer
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to corner
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à perte de vue
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as far as the eye can see
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l'étalage
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the display
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le touillage
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stirring
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rondelet
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plump
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une effraie
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barn owl
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le foie
|
liver
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une anguille
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an eel
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l'appât
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bait
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la cupidité
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greed
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convoiter
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to covet/desire
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le châtiment
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punishment
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la hardiesse
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boldness/daring
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un tabouret
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a stool
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une loupe
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a magnifying glass
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pente raide
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steepness
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une voie ferrée
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a railway
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la ferraille
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old iron
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grimper
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to climb
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birfurquer
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to branch/split
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un panache
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a plume
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les entrailles
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the bowels
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un virage
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a bend
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la serrure
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the lock
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cligner
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to blink
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constater
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to notice
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replet
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fat
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épingler
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to pin
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l'ourlet
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the hem
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éprouver
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to feel
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soûler
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to get drunk
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un cancre
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a dunce
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s'entasser
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to pile up
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relié
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bound
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pourri
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rotten
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un tonneau
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a barrel
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un rapace
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a bird of prey
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une emplette
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a purchase
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éternuer
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to sneeze
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bégayer
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to stutter
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bourru
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gruff
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délabré
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dilapidated
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écaillé
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flaking
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poussiéreux
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dusty
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râpé
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worn out
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la nuque
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the nape of the neck
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receler
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to conceal
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le saule
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willow
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l'acajou
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mahogany
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d'if
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yew
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le chêne
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oak
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un ruban
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a tape
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le coude
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elbow
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l'aisselle (f)
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armpit
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l'écartement
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the gap
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l'hêtre (m)
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beech
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faire tournoyer
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to twirl
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le crin
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horsehair
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une gerbe
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a sheaf
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les étincelles (f)
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sparks
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or
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now/yet
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fournir
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to supply/provide
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franchir
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to cross
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s'ébranler
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to start/move off
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toussoter
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to cough slightly
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un tire-bouchon
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a corkscrew
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maudire
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to curse
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un dadais
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an awkward boy
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bousculer
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to push/jostle
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grognon
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grumpy
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joufflu
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chubby
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surgir
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to come up
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velu
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hairy
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hisser
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to hoist
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une mèche
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a lock (of hair)
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frotter
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to rub
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la poitrine
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chest
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se blottir
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to curl up/huddle up
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éblouissant
|
dazzling
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un pion
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a pawn
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tintinnabuler
|
to tinkle
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la réglisse
|
liquorice
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une chevelure
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hair
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l'épinard
|
spinach
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le chou
|
cabbage
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le gazon
|
grass
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accabler
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to overwhelm
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fouiller
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to search
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abîmé
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damaged
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ébouriffer
|
to ruffle
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au dépourvu
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unprepared
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s'éclaircir
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to clear
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une jonquille
|
a daffodil
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la racaille
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riff-raff
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déteindre
|
to fade
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assommer
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to stun
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acheminer
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to send
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trébucher
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to trip
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escarpé
|
steep
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déboucher
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to open into
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la rive
|
bank
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hérisser
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to bristle
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un canot
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a boat
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caser
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to put
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la paroi
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the wall/side
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le lierre
|
ivy
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tailler
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to carve
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la crique
|
creek
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dallé
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paved
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l'exiguïté
|
tightness
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enfreindre
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to break
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s'attarder
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to linger
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fébrile
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feverish
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avoir un haut-de-corps
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to give a start
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nacré
|
pearly
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un moine
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a monk
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hauts-de-chausse
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breeches
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la clarté
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light/brightness
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gêné
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embarassed
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rapiécer
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to repair
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roublard
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crafty/cunning
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les nattes (f)
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plaits
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frôler
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to brush/skim
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le pouce
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thumb
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trôner
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to sit enthroned
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déborder
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to overflow
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les victuailles
|
provisions
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ébahi
|
dumbfounded
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un beignet
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a fritter
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la cheville
|
ankle
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la mélasse
|
treacle
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fulgurant
|
lightning
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étancher
|
to quench
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rassasier
|
to satisfy
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figé
|
congealed
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guimauve
|
marshmallow
|
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mijoter
|
to simmer
|
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plantureux
|
copious
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se cramponner
|
to hold on
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caquèter
|
to cackle
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découper
|
to carve
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s'engouffrer
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to rush
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moelleux
|
soft
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un escalier en colimacon
|
spiral staircase
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un baldaquin
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canopy
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s'escrimer
|
to struggle
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escamoter
|
to make vanish
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chatouiller
|
to tickle
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un pan
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part/portion (of a wall)
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un esprit frappeur
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a poltergeist
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le cachot
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dungeon
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décharné
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bony/emaciated
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sillonner
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to cross
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au-delà
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beyond
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potelé
|
plump
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un chahut
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uproar
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grignoter
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to nibble
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une volute
|
a twirl of smoke
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un cornichon
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a gherkin
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un rictus
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a grin/grimace
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le napel/tue-loup
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wolfsbane
|
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des furoncles
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boils
|
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des orties (f)
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nettles
|
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asperger
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to spray/splash
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une arbalète
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a crossbow
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un molosse
|
a big dog
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une faisane
|
a pheasant
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baver
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to dribble/slaver
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le cambriolage
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burglary
|
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la piste
|
track/trail
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fracturer
|
to break
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le manche
|
handle (of a broom)
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haletant
|
panting/breathless
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se vanter
|
to boast
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en son for
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in one's heart of hearts
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un étourdi
|
scatterbrain
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clopiner
|
to hobble along
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empoigner
|
to grab
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amorcer
|
to begin
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fendre
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to split/cleave
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entrebâillement
|
through a half-open door
|
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piqué
|
dive
|
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égratigner
|
to scratch
|
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une entorse
|
a breach
|
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hautain
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haughty
|
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esquiver
|
to dodge/avoid
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les braises (f)
|
embers
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rougeoyer
|
to glow
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autrui
|
others
|
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le culot
|
nerve
|
|
en chien de fusil
|
curled up
|
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zébrer
|
to streak
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un écu
|
a shield
|
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se dégonfler
|
to chicken out
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un dédale
|
a maze
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l'allure
|
speed
|
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semer
|
to shake off
|
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prendre au piège
|
to trap
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une rafale
|
a gust
|
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un juron
|
a curse/swear
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une gueule
|
a mouth/muzzle
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la mine
|
the look/appearance
|
|
désormais
|
from now on/in the future
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une brindille
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a twig
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couiner
|
to squeak
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se ruer
|
to rush out
|
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un faisceau
|
bundle
|
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lisse
|
smooth
|
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le crépuscule
|
twilight/dusk
|
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un gradin
|
standing area/tier
|
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un poteau
|
a post
|
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un bâtonnet
|
a short stick
|
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une bulle
|
a bubble
|
|
monter en chandelle
|
to climb vertically
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cogner
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to knock/bang
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une lanière
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a strap
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fracasser
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to smash
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un vison
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mink
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le comble
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height (of emotion)
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nauséabond
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foul, nauseous
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tern
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dull
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une verrue
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a wart
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une massue
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a club
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s'engouffrer
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to rush into
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un robinet
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a tap/faucet
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le mufle
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muzzle
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repousser
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to repulse
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rugir
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to roar
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un élan
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run up
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flageolant
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like jelly
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la morve
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snot
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faire irruption dans
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to burst into
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l'acier
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steel
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le givre
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frost
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emmitouflé
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muffled up
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un matelas
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mattress
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boiter
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to limp
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déceler
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to detect
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claudiquer
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to limp
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la cible
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target
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A califourchon
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astride
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une embardée
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a swerve
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désarçonner
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to throw
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la rangée
|
row
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ciller
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to blink
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ahaner
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to labour hard
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le gui
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mistletoe
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l'houx
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holly
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interloquer
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to take aback
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épargner
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to save/spare
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la broche
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spit (to roast)
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échafauder
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to build up
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l'échiquier
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chessboard
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l'étoffe (f)
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material/fabric
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arrondi
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round
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le réveillon
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Christmas Eve
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troquer
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to trade/swap
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glousser
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to cluck
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acharner
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to insist upon
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Pourtant
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yet
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un ruisseau
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a stream
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enjamber
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to stride over
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maculé
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stained
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rôder
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to roam/wander around
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un raccourci
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a short cut
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à l'insu de
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without [sb] knowing
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désaffecté
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unused
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entassé
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piled up
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un épis
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a tuft (of hair)
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se lasser
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to tire
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se méfier
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to be wary/careful
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déperir
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to waste away
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aigrelet
|
sharp/sour
|
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la déception
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disappointment
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se foncer
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to tear along (fast)
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sautiller
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to hop/skip
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doté
|
equipped with
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une morsure
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a bite
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hebdomadaire
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weekly
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un ressort
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a spring
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touffu
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leafy/thick
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la cime
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the summit/peak
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maugréer
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to grumble
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une taupe
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a mole (animal)
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jacasser
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to chatter
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dresser
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to raise/train
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clément
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mild (weather)
|
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l'hermine
|
ermine
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bomber
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to bend
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le torse
|
torso/chest
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la crête
|
ridge/crest
|
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la crête
|
crest/ridge
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abriter
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to shelter
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une démarche
|
a gait/pace
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pataud
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clumsy
|
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friper
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to crumple
|
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jonché
|
scattered/strewn with
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embué
|
dim/misty
|
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grêle
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thin/slender
|
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un naseau
|
nostril
|
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une berceuse
|
a lullaby
|
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le fardeau
|
burden/load
|
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se rencogner
|
to huddle up
|
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récolter
|
to collect/gather
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outré
|
outraged
|
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un sablier
|
an hourglass
|
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le dégât
|
damage
|
|
l'avanie (f)
|
snub
|
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raviser
|
to change one's mind
|
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un bouquin
|
a book
|
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fouiner
|
to poke one's nose into
|
|
un fainéant
|
idler/lazy bones
|
|
la morgue
|
arrogance
|
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un carquois
|
a quiver
|
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en bandoulière
|
across the shoulder
|
|
la lisière
|
the edge
|
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un sentier
|
a path
|
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un trouillard
|
a coward
|
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une souche
|
a stump
|
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guetter
|
to watch
|
|
un sabot
|
a hoof
|
|
l'ouïe (f)
|
hearing
|
|
affiner
|
to refine
|
|
fulminer
|
to get angry/fume
|
|
le raffut
|
the din/noise
|
|
étaler
|
to spread out/display
|
|
un bruissement
|
a rustling noise
|
|
ramper
|
to creep/crawl
|
|
traquer
|
to hunt down
|
|
le gibier
|
game (hunting)
|
|
foudroyant
|
crushing
|
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tituber
|
to stagger
|
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surprenant
|
astonishing/amazing
|
|
délaver
|
to dilute/fade
|
|
un serment
|
an oath
|
|
un décret
|
a decree/order
|
|
ruer
|
to kick out/buck
|
|
dévoiler
|
to unveil/reveal
|
|
avoir la hantise de
|
to dread
|
|
une tabatière
|
a snuffbox
|
|
dégouliner
|
to drip
|
|
une manigance
|
a trick
|
|
s'étirer
|
to stretch
|
|
saugernu
|
absurd
|
|
ligoter
|
to bind
|
|
bâillonner
|
to gag
|
|
un môme
|
kid/brat
|
|
amortir
|
to soften/cushion
|
|
pénible
|
difficult/tiresome
|
|
se réfugier
|
to take refuge
|
|
une vrille
|
a tendril
|
|
une liane
|
a creeper (plant)
|
|
l'étreinte (f)
|
grasp
|
|
la rescousse
|
the rescue
|
|
cerner
|
to surround
|
|
une bosse
|
a hump
|
|
le seuil
|
doorway/threshold
|
|
le supplice
|
torture
|
|
rusé
|
cunning/crafty
|
|
la perfidie
|
treachery
|
|
un allié
|
ally
|
|
naine
|
dwarf
|
|
le goulot
|
neck
|
|
manigancer
|
to plot/scheme
|
|
désinvolte
|
casual
|
|
provenir
|
to come from
|
|
une fente
|
a slit
|
|
s'abreuver
|
to drink
|
|
une ampoule
|
a blister
|
|
la chair
|
flesh
|
|
à vif
|
open (wound)
|
|
accroître
|
increase
|
|
aborder
|
approach
|
|
susciter
|
to raise up/create
|
|
entamer
|
to start
|
|
se faire de souci
|
to worry
|
|
ranimer
|
to revive
|
|
décerner
|
to award
|
|
trépigner
|
to stamp
|
|
frémir
|
to tremble
|
|
altier
|
proud
|
|
s'égarer
|
to get lost
|
|
des avis
|
letters/notices
|
|
affoler
|
to bewilder
|