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167 Cards in this Set
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chiffonner
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crumple, crease
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le éparpillement
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scattering
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la frasque
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prank, escapade
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bousculer
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shove, jostle
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débrouiller
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disentangle, solve
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se débrouiller
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to manage
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veule
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flabby, weak
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pas de veine
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bad luck
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navré
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heart broken, dreadfully sorry
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sans blague
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no kidding
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la chagrin
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pity
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ôter
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take away, remove
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prétender
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intend mean
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escompter
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anticipate, expect, discount
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transiger
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compromise
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epurer
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purify/expunge
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reniement
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disavowal, denial
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enrayer
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brake, abate, arrest
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épouvanter
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terrify
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exciper
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offer a plea (law)
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gronder
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to scold
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bon gré, mal gré
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willy nilly
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la poignée
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handle grip handful (amount)
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l'empoignant
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thrilling, exciting
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fraichement
(.. accueillie |
freshly, recently
(cool welcome) |
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fulgurant
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flashing, vivid, meteoric
stabbing (pain) |
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d'affaissement
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collapse
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parachever
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finish off, finalize, to perfect
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barguigner
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dither, haggling
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écarter
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put aside, keep away
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éblouir
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to dazzle, blind
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habile
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skillful clever
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grouiller
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to swarm
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la pelle
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shovel, scoop
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fauché
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broke, without money
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ratisser
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to rake (in), fleece
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effrayant
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frightful, dreadful
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deboucher
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free from obstruction
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limoger
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to dismiss
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parvenir
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to arrive
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amorcer
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to start
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la tutelle
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supervision
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le cercueil
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coffin
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le affranchissement
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postage
enfranchisement liberation |
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hâte
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haste
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l'échéance
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due date, expiration
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s'enfoncer
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sink, plunge, give way
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la pente
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slope, inclination, bent
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redouter
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to fear, to dread
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le recueil
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collection
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entrevoir
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catch a glimpse, forsee
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épouvanter
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scare, horrify
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éprouver
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to feel, to test
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égarer
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lead astray, get lost
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ébouler
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collapse (wall), fall (rocks)
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s'epacer
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to become less frequent
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éloigner
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to move. drive away, take away, hold off
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étriper
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cut open, to gut
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étourdir
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dizzy to stun, daze
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nuancer
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shade, detail
(color charts) |
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s'étoudir
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"forget one's troubles"
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peinard
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cushy, easy
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une toux
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cough
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la cheville
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ankle
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une couche
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layer
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la éclaircie
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sunny spell
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repérer
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to locate
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abordable
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affordable
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gater
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spoil
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avoir tort
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be wrong
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s'entrainer
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to train
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un congé
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vacation
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suivre une formation
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to receive training
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dérisoire
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ridiculous
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une pilule
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pill
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une angine
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sore throat
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se soigner
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take care of oneself
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un embouteillage
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traffic jam
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se rappeler
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to remember
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arroser
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to water
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insolite
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unusual
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avoir par-dessus la tête de
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to be fed up with, to have enough of
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la soute
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bunker hold (ship)
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gésir
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to be lying (on something),
abandoned |
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achever
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to finish, conclude
(tuer, to destroy animal, finish off person) |
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le raccordement
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joining, link up
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la épave
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wreck, bit of wreckage
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par-dessus tout
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especially, mainly
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prendre le dessus
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to get the upper hand
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reprendre le dessus
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to get over it
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par-dessus bord
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overboard
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il en a sa claque
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he's fed up, dead on his feet
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pourvu que
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provided that
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quoique
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even though
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quoi que
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whatever, no matter what
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dès que (future tense)
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as soon as, immediately
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vouloir dire que
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to mean that
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en vouloir
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hold it against
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s'en vouloir
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blame oneself
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navrer
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to upset
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les dessous
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underwear
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avoir le dessous
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get the worst of, be at a disadvantage
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le dessous de caisse
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underbody of a car
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par-dessous la jambe (informal)
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carelessly, offhandedly
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un dessous de verre
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coaster
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être au-dessous de
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to be incapable of
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connaitre le dessous des cartes
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to have inside information
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exprès
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on purpose, deliberately
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s'exprimer
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express oneself
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exaucer
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to grant, fulfill
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évanouir
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to faint, pass out
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la étourderie
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absent mindedness, forgetfulness
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éveillé
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alert
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le évantail
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fan
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la esquisse
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sketch, drawing
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espiègle
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impish, mischievous
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la espèce
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kind, species
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la espèces
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cash
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ennuyer
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bore, bother, annoy
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encaster
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embed, fit
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enlever
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to remove, take away, kidnap
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X
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X
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égaré (adj)
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stray, wild
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embêter
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bother, annoy
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égaré
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stray, wild
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emballer
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wrap, pack
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embaucher
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hire
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effroyable
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hideous, annoying
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effrayer
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to be frightened
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efforcer
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to strive, try hard at
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effondrè
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crushed, shattered
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efficace
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efficient, effective
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écolo
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green, environmentally friendly
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le écriteau
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post, sign
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éculé
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hackneyed, cliched, corny
worn down, worn out, tired |
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écrouler
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to collapse (person)
s'ecrouler (person collapses) |
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échouer
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to fail
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échantillon
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sample
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échéance
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due date, expiration
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la ébauche
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preliminary draft, sketch
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écoeuré
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nauseated, disgusted
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éblouissant
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dazzling, stunning
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éblouir
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dazzle, stun
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fustiger
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Thrash lambast
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remords
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remorse
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la veinard
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beggar
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le fléau
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plague
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la pile
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stack, pile
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tu tombes pile
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you came just at the right time, just the person I want to see
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l'aisance
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with ease, affluence
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se détendre
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sit back
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enlèvement
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kidnap, abduction, betrayal
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le piège
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trap
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coquet
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well turned out, pretty, stylish
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la amorce
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initiation, bait (fish), primer(gun)
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tabasser
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bat, beat, clobber
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moisir
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go moldy, stagnate, gather dust
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noyer
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to drown, flood
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enliser
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to get stuck, embroiled in
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compte à rebours
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countdown
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affaiblissement
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weakening, weakened state, fading, reduction in quantity
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affiblier
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weaken, enfeeble, drag down
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crever
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burst, wear out, work somebody into the ground.
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ca crèver les yeux
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it's blindingly obvious
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le/la chiffonnier
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scavenger, rag and bone man/woman,
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surenchère
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escalation, higher bid
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détremper
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soak
l'acier (steel, anneal) |
