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204 Cards in this Set
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assomer
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to knock out
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vanter
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to praise
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piler
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to grind, to crush
to slam on the brakes, stop short |
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fuir
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to flee
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côtoyer
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to mix with
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fâcher
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to make angry
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crever
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to burst
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effrayer
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to frighten
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fustiger
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to castigate
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gueuler
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to yell
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reculer
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to move back
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poser
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to put down
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percuter
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to hit,
affect |
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soutenir
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to support
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retenir
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to keep, to hold up
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doubler
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to double
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susciter
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to spark off, create
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écrouer
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to commit to prison
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écoeuer
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to make (sb) feel sick
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heurter
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to hit
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taper
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to hit
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fariner
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to flour
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enculer
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to bugger
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couler
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to flow
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remporter
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to win, to take sth away again
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la cornemuse
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bagpipes
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la générique
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generic, tv/radio: credits, title
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conter
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relate, tell
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tardive
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late
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les lambris
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paneling
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le engouement
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passion, fancy, fad, craze
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le lectorat
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readership
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le cliché
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negative, snapshot, plate, line-engraving
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la parabole
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parabola, satellite receiver dish
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envolée
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flight of fancy, surge, rise
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envoler
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to fly off, to; to take off, to; to be blown away; to vanish
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un millésime
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vintage year, date of manufact.
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auditeur
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listener
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le char
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tank, chariot
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la griffe
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label, signature stamp, claw
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rencontre
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to meet
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la rencontre
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meeting, encounter,
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le fleuron
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jewel, flower
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bâillonner
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to gag, muzzle
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strier
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to streak, to make grooves in
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colporter
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spread, peddle
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répandre
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to spread
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entrechoquer
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to clatter, clink, bang together
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la chasse-corps
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game laws
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écarter
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to move further apart, open, spread, move aside, dispel,
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je ne sache par quel bout le prendre
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I do not know where to take it
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aigrelet
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tart, rather sour, (voice) shrill
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poêler
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fry (cook in fat)
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le poêle
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stove
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la poêle
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frying pan
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la aurore
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dawn (as in the sun comes up!)
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le mépris
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contempt for, despise
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se méprendre
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to be mistaken
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jucher
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to perch sur ... on
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écarquiller les yeux
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to open one's eyes wide
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défiler
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to parade, to march, to come and go, to add up, to unfold
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le pagne
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campaign
loincloth, grass skirt |
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borner
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to mark out the boundaries of, to border, to limit
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se borner
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content oneself,
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la tartine
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slice of bread and butter
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il en a écrit une tartine
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he wrote reams about it
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tartiner
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to spread (like a on a sandwich)
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la noircissure
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dark smudge
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la pendaison
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hanging (as in from the gallows)
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le gibet
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gallows
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la tuile
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tile
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le tronçon
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section
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aigre
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sour, acrimonious
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acculer
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to corner (entrap)
(repousser) bring to bay |
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échafaudage
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scaffolding
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se méfier
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mistrust, distrust
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funeste
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fatal, fateful, dire, grievous
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fuger
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run away, run off
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homme au tapis
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knock out, maybe kill depending on context?
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la paille
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straw
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sifflotant
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to whistle to oneself
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emplir
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fill with, fill up
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s'embourber
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bog down, get stuck, sink into
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s'arc-boutant
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brace oneself (contre) against
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s'extirper
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untangle, extricate
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emmagasiner
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store, stockpile
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le clignotant
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blinking, flasher, blinker (car)
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port à tambour
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revolving glass door
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engouffrer
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devour, gobble up, shovel, swallow up
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faufiler
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to baste
to sneak in,make way through |
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s'faufiler
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edge out, pussyfoot, sidle
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la tourterelle
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turtle dove
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la colombe
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dove
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ondulant
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swaying
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le fantassins
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footsoldier, infantry, grunt
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sautiller
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to hop around, skip, prance
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débrouiller
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to manage, sort out
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se débrouiller
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cope, get along,
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la perruque
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wig
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la languette
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tongue of a shoe, something long and narrow
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pelotonner
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wind up
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se pelotonner
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cuddle up
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censé
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alleged, expected, supposed, meant
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la manivelle
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crank, crank handle
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se raviser
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think better of it
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le porte-voix
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megaphone
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extirper
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eradicate, remove, uproot, pull up,
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broyer
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grind or crush
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tailler
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carve, sharpen, prune, clip
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fariner
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coat with flour
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la ficelle
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string, but also a thin baguette
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la fouille
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search, body search, archaeological dig
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tonitruant
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booming (loud)
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hâtivement
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hasty, hurriedly
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s'attarder
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dwell, linger on
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le rachat
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buyback, repurchase
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flou
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blurred, soft, loose, vague
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les chiottes
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bog, shitter, toilets
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le vagissement
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wall
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dégueulasse
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icky
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carrément
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actually, downright, bluntly, starkly
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évertuer
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to try one's best, to strive
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gercer
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to chap, (lips)
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la craquelure
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crack
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dégarni
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to be balding, bare, empty
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la bourre de crin s'effilochait en charpie
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the wad of hair frayed to shreds
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la laine
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wool
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le burnous
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hood
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fendiller
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to craze, crack, chap
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boursouflé
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blistered, puffy, bloated
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la paillasse
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straw mattress
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la bougie
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candle, spark plug
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la gamelle
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mess kit, lunch box, dish
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le arrosoir
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watering can
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la mèche
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lock of hair, streak (in hair), drill bit, wick, fuse
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la anse
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handle
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le cageot
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crate
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puer
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to stink
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souiller
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soil, make dirty, defile
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le ruban
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ribbon
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la jauge
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gauge (automobile)
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jauger
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to measure, get the measure of
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dévisager
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to stare at somebody
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costaud
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strong, sturdy
le c ... strongly built man |
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étancher
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to quench
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éplucher
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to peel
to go through with a fine tooth comb |
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décaler
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move forward, back; stagger
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décaler
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bring forward, put back, shift forward, back
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écouler
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to sell, to pass, to sell off (out)
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s'écouler
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to pass (past), to flow, escape, drain away
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ivresse
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intoxication, exhilaration
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s'assagir
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settle down (someone)
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déchanter
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to become disenchanted, disappoint
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le égarement
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distraction, confusion, erratic behavior
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sceller
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to seal up
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frissonner
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to shiver, tremble, shudder
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la défaillance
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failure, default, lapse, (computer) bug
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se défendre
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stand up for oneself, defend oneself
be tenable, valid (opinion) |
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esquisser
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sketch, outline
(gesture) give a hint of a ... |
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effilocher
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to fray
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se décaler
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move, drift
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ras le bol
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frustration, exasperation
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la moquette
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wall to wall carpet
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boursouflé
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blistered, puffy, bloated
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fait la gueule
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looks really down (depressed)
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te fous pas de ma gueule
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no kidding around {?}
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la écorchure
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graze, scratch
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la boue
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mud
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fait sauter la gueule
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blew the mouth (blew himself up)
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se prendre les couilles en gueulant
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caught by (holding) the balls while screaming
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je n'en reviens pas
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I cannot believe it
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le poivrot
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drunk, drunkard
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la trousse
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little kit, case, bag
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froid me glace
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makes me cold
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redevable
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to owe
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griffonner
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scrawl, sketch,
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tétanisé
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paralyzed
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la édenté
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toothless
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la bourreau
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the executioner, butcher, tormenter
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titubant
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unsteady
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abasourdir
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to stun
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se mettre à poil
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strip down
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emmêler
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to tangle, confuse
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la charrette
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cart, wagon
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bafouillant
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mumbling, spluttering, babbling
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naquir
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born
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rugir
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to bellow, to growl, to roar, to howl
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marteler
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to beat, pound, to rap out (syllables)
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ébouriffer
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to ruffle, to tousle, rough up, stun
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recracher
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to spit out
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il n'en a que faire
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he has only to do
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le bourbier
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quagmire
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ronfler
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roar, snore, purr
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la secousse
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jolt
earth tremor |
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contredire
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to contradict
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mi
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mid, middle
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tant que
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as long as, while
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le sortilège
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spell
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braiser
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to braise as to cook
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réconfortant
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cheering, heartwarming
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la pourriture
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rotten, rot, corruption
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chié (adj)
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terrific, marvelous
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J'en ai chié
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I have had enough
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vivoter
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to struggle along
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