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106 Cards in this Set
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faire fortune (dans)
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to make one's fortune (in)
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l'opulence
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wealth
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cossu(e)
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rich-looking
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épargner
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to save
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avoir de l'argent de côté
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to have money aside
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l'avarice
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miserliness
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la cupidité
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greed
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économe
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thrifty
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radin(e)
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stingy
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vénal(e)
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venal
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une dette
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a debt
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devoir (de l'argent)
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to owe (money)
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emprunter
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to borrow
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prêter
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to lend
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rembourser
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to reimburse
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un compte en banque
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a bank account
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une tirelire
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a piggy bank
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l'argent ne fait pas le bonheur
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money can't buy happiness
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mentir
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to lie
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mensonger (-ère)
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untrue, false
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il ment comme il respire = il ment tout le temps
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he's a compulsive liar
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falsifier
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to falsify, to forge
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cacher qqch à qq'un
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to mislead s.o./to cheat on s.o.
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la calomnie
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slander
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révéler
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to reveal, to disclose
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dévoiler
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to expose, to uncover
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accuser qq'un de qqch
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to accuse someone of something
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un délit
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an offense
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prendre qq'un en flagrant délit
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to catch s.o. redhanded
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un homicide
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a murder
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une enquête
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investigation
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un témoin
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a witness
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prouver
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to prove
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l'arme du crime
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the murder weapon
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le mobile (du crime)
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the motive
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chercher à qui profite le crime
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to look for s.o. with a motive
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interroger qq'un
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to question s.o.
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le procès
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the trial
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le tribunal
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the court
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un juge
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a judge
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la loi
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the law
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le verdict
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the verdict
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condamner qq'un à qqch
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to sentence s.o. to sth
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le crime ne paie pas
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crime doesn't pay
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la femme
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the wife
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le mari
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the husband
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la belle-mère
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the mother-in-law
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le gendre
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the son-in-law
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la belle soeur
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the sister-in-law
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la fille aînée
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the older daughter
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la fille cadette
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the younger daughter
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les domestiques
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the domestic servants
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la gouvernante
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the governess
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la cuisinière
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the cook
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la femme de chambre
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the maid
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un meurtre
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a murder
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un couteau
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a knife
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le dos
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(someone's) back
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le/la coupable
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the culprit, the guilty party
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le/la meurtrier (-ère
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the murderer
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une vieille fille
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an old maid
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un roman d'amour
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a love story
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un roman policier
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a detective novel
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un piqûre
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a shot
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une tempête de neige
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a snow storm
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des actions
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shares, stock
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un testament
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a will
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un amant
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a lover
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une maîtresse
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a mistress
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un associé
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a partner (in business)
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le pavillon de chasse
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a hunting lodge
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une trahison
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betrayal
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un mensonge
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a lie
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une clé
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a key
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assassiner qq'un
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to murder s.o.
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tirer (un coup de feu, une balle)
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to shoot
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faire faillite
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to go bankrupt
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s'écrouler
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to collapse
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se suicider
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to commit suicide
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recueillir qq'un chez soi
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to receive s.o. in one's home
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se plaindre de qqch
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to complain about sth
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faire chanter qq'un
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to blackmail s.o.
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taire qqch
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to keep silent about sth
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coucher avec qq'un
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to sleep with s.o.
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soupçonner qq'un de qqch
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to suspect s.o. of sth
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cacher qch
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to hide sth
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faire qqch en cachette
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to do sth secretly
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jouer aux cartes
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to play cards
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mentir à qq'un
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to lie to s.o.
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trahir qq'un
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to betray s.o.
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voler qqch à qq'un
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to steal sth from s.o.
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se disculper
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to exonerate oneself
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coupable
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guilty
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avare
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miserly
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alcoolique
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alcoholic
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invalide
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disabled
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hypocondriaque
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hypocondriac
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enceinte
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pregnant
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véreux (-se)
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corrupt
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insolent(e)
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cheeky
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provocant(e)
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provocative
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espiègle
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mischievous
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déluré(e)
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sassy
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jaloux (-se)
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jealous
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fidèle
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loyal
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dévoué(e)
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devoted, dedicated
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