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202 Cards in this Set
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le pote
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friend, buddy
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chier
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defecate, shit
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remballer
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pack up again
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filer
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to spin, to draw, to get a run in; to thread, unwind, to run/dash off
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le taillis
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undergrowth, shrubbery
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ramener
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to reduce, restore, take back,
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se ramener
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to come down to, boil down to
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magouiller
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wrangle, fiddle
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bosser
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work
dur ... slog |
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pareil
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similar, such
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le/la pareil
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... equal
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le hareng
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herring
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le bled
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village, hole
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paumé
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lost, godforsaken
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ravir
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to delight, to abduct, to steal
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tutoyer
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be on familiar terms
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le bain
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bath, swim,
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la engueulade
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reprimand, bawling out
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engueuler
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to tell off
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s'engueuler
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to have a row
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la fouille
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search (of person), excavation (archeology)
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ratisse
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to rake over, to rake up, to comb
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se geler
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freeze
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largué
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lost, out of touch, spaced out
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larguer
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to drop, to release, to give up, to leave
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la facture
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account, bill, charge, invoice
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rigoler
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laugh, have fun
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la
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la
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se débrouiller
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to manage, sort out
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moquer
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to make fun of
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se moquer de
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not to care about
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franchir
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to cross, get over, cover a distance
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le maillot
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shirt, jersey,
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le bahut
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sideboard, trunk, chest
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décaler
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to move (forward/back)
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réparer
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to repair, to mend
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congé
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leave, notice, vacation
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la bassesse
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base or despicable act
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la baie
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bay (body of water)
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instaurer
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to establish, impose, institute
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le ralliement
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rallying
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rallier
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to rally, rejoin
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déborder
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to go beyond, to outflank,
... de: to overflow, to boil over |
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voler
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to steal; to fly
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la botte
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boot, bunch of flowers
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la escrimer
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fencing (sport)
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le péage
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toll, toll booth
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la semelle
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sole (of shoe)
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la bourre
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stuffing, wad
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mijoter
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to prepare, to cook up; to simmer
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en avoir marre
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to be fed up
(marrer .. laugh, etc.) |
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la poitrine
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chest, breasts
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périmé
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out of date, expired
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petillant
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bubbly, sparkling
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paumé
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lost, bewildered
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percuter
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to hit, strike, crash into,
get a joke |
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pantouflard
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uneventful, quiet
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parages
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area, vicinity
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piger
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to understand
"to dig" US collq |
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pile (adverb)
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just, exactly, clear
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pinailleur
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persnickety, fussy
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piauler
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sing, whimper, chirp
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paresseux
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lazy, idle, sluggish
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rater
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fail, flunk, miss
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se rater
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bungle one's suicide attempt
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nous nous sommes ratés
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we missed each other
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faucher
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to mow, cut, flatten,
fam. steal |
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ébruiter
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to divulge
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la colle
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glue
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refaire
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to redo, do again
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barré
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crossed-ut, cordoned off, deleted
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le slip
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undershorts, panties
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sécher
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to dry, to skip
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la rengaine
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corny old song, same old tune
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l'epingler
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pin it
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le gosse
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kid
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gaucher
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left-handed
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le cerf
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deer
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foudroyer
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strike down, devastate
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plomber
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to fill, seal, to weight
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se plomber
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to become leaden
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un tas de
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a lot of
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en avoir ras le bol
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be fed up with/pissed off
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s'ébruiter
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to get out
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foudroyer
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to strike, strike down, devastate
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le recensement
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social census, inventory
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enfouir
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to bury
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apeuré
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frightened, timid
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la déchirure |
tear, break, rift
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le potager
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edible, kitchen garden
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entretenir
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look after, maintain, support, keep up
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s'entretenir
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to discuss
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le capuchon
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cap, hood
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décharner
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to emaciate
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la écluse
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lock
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le portillon
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gate
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le enchevêtrement
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tangle, labyrinth, muddle
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tordu
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crooked, twisted, weird, strange
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la poutrelle
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girder
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aîné
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eldest, elder
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rescapé
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survivor
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à l'écart de
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away from
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dès que
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as soon as
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se ramener
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to come down to, to come over, boil down to
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dompter
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subdue,tame, crush, overcome, master
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la argenterie
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silver, silverware
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le couvert
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place setting
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propriétaire
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owner
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le essai
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the try
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essayer
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to try
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echouer
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to fail, to end up
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l'etabli
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workbench
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piler
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to grind,
to pull up, stop shortly |
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le souci
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worry, problem
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écru
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unbleached, raw, undyed
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égrener
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perform a series of pieces, one after another ...
to shell, remove seeds, chime out |
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ébaucher
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to sketch out, to draft, (conversation, to begin),
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s'ébaucher
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to begin to take shape, to develop,
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le gibier
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game, big game, prey, quarry
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l'échine
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spine
courber ... submit to |
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taiseux
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silent
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décompter
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to deduct, work out, to count
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apurer
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balance (an account)
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l'estocade
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death blow
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estocades
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cut and thrust
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le chai
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wine storehouse
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la pelouse
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lawn, field
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fondre
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to melt down, to cast, to melt, to melt away, disappear, to soften
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caillouteux
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stony
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le perron
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flight of steps
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le marronnier
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chestnut tree
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le taude
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awning, naut.
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moisira
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to go moldy, stagnate, gather dust
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octroyer
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grant sb, award sb, allocate sb (budget)
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s'octoyer
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allow oneself, win, achieve
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tamiser
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to sift, filter
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le bigorneau
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periwinkle
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rehausser
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to raise, enhance, set off
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la cuvée
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vintage (wine)
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piqueter
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to stake out, dot (spotted)
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le brocanteur
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second hand goods dealer
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le pichet
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pitcher, pitcherful
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le étain
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tin, pewter
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tôlier
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sheet metal worker, panel beater
hotel boss ...slang |
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la toile
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cloth, canvas, painting
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bégueule
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prudish
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le pinard
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booze, wine
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le plancher
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floor, boards, flooring
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dégoter
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to find, dig up
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s'engouffrer
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to rush (in), dive (in), take advantage of ..
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moche
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ugly, ghastly, awful
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(s') fourvoyer
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to make a mistake
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trôner
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sit enthroned, hold court, pride of place
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loucher
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to have a squint, to eye
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matraquer
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to club, bombard, rip off,
overemphasize, harshly criticize, over charge |
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affronter
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to confront, to face, to brave
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s'affronter
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to confront one another, to clash
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clément
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lenient, to show clemency
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la vendange
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grape harvest
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enfreindre
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to infringe, to break, disobey, violate
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tenter de
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to try to
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songer à
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to consider, to muse on
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se résoudre à
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to make up one's mind to
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prier de
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to beg to
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prévoir de
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to plan on
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se plaire à
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to delight, to please
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prévenir
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to warn, to tell, to prevent, to anticipate
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parvenir à
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to manage to
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là-dessus
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thereupon
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naguère
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quite recently, formerly
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tant que
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as long as
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tandis que
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whereas
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sinon
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if not
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autrefois
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in the past
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au fond
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basically
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le éboueur
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dustman, garbage man
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la pécheresse
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sinner
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le autodafé
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book-burning
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la lèpre
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leprosy
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gêner
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to disturb, bother, block, restrict, hinder
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auparavant
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before, previously
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la barbouze
le barbouze |
beard
secret agent |
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la muette
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den (animal)
la grande muette army |
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cueillir
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collect, pick, cull
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s'ebrouer
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snort, shake oneself
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la esquille
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sliver
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le bûcheron
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wood cutter, lumber jack
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le giclement
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spurting, squirting
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gésir
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to be lying on, around
to find solution (to lie) |
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fugace
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fleeting, elusive, trivial, volatile
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dorénavant (adv.)
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henceforth, from then on, from now on,
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le guetteur
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lookout, spotter, watchman
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la lueur
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glow, glimmer, gleam,
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engourdi
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numb, drowsy, dull
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s'accrocher
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catch at, cling, cling to, latch on, hold on to
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s' esquiver
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slip away, shy away
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la confidence
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secret
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recroqueviller
se recroqueviller |
huddle up, shrivel up, hunch (down)
cower |
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la foire
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exhibition, market, fair
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foirer
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flunk, fuck-up
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s'accroupir
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crouch, hunker, squat
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accoucher
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deliver, give birth
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