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157 Cards in this Set
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Une panne
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a break-down, an accident
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cassé
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broken
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à peine
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hardly, scarcely
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isolé
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isolated
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un(e) naufragé(e)
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a shipwrecked
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un radeau
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a raft
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le lever du jour
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(the) daybreak, sunrise
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une voix drôle
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funny voice
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un mouton
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a sheep
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sauter
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to jump
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la foudra
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the lightning, thunderbolt
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frotter les yeux
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to rub your eyes
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un petit bonhomme
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a child
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un bonhomme
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a fellow
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considérer
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to consider, examine
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bien sûr
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(fam.) surely, sure
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ravissant
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delightful, entrancing, charming
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la faute
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the fault
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sauf
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except
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l'étonnement
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the astonishment
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égaré(e)
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lost
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doucement
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softly, gently
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impressionnant
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impressive
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oser
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to dare
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la mauvaise humeur
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ill humor
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refaire
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to do again
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encombrant(e)
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cumbersome, encumbering
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un bélier
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a ram
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une corne
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a horn
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faute de
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for lack of
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avoir hâte
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to be in a hurry
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le démonage
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the taking apart
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griffonner
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to scrawll, scribble
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lancer
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to throw, to throw out
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une caisse
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a box, packing case
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dedans
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inside
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illuminer
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to light up
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l'herbe
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grass, blade of grass, weed
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pencher
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to lean, bend, incline
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faire la connaissance de
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to meet someone
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lorsque
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when
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une forêt vierge
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a Virgin Forest
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une histoire vécue
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a true story
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avaler
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to swallow
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un fauve
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a wild animal
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un dessin
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a drawing, sketch
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une proie
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a prey
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mâcher
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to chew
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bouger
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to move, to budge, to stir
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réfléchir
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to reflect, to ponder, to consider
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réussir
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to succeed, be successful, to do successfully, make
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la réussite
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success
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tracer
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to draw, to trace, to sketch
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un chef-d'œuvre
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a masterpiece
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une grande personne
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a grown-up
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afin que
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so that
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conseiller
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to advise, to recommend
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laisser de côté
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to lay aside
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le calcul
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arithmetic
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ainsi
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thus, so
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une carrière
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a career
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un peintre
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a painter
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découragé
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dishearten
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un insuccès
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a failure
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un métier
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trade, profession
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voler
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to fly
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servir
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to be useful
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de premier coup d'œil
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at first glance
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s'égarer
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to get lost, wander away
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des tas de
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a pile, a lot, a great many
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améliorer
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to improve, to get better
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faire expérience
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to try the experiment
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une étoile
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a star
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se mettre à la portée de
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to come down to the level of
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étonner
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to astonish, surprise
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en dehors de
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outside, apart from
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auxquelles
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to whom, to which
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une centaine
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a hundred (approx.)
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découvrir
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to discover
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une découverte
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a discovery
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un turc, turque
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Turkish
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un costume
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a costume, dress
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imposer
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to impose, order
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la peine de mort
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(under) pain of death, the death penalty
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la peine
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punishment, penalty
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s'habiller
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to get dressed
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à l'Européenne
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European style
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un habit
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costume, dress
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un avis
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opinion
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un chiffre
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a number
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un papillon
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a butterfly
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peser
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to weigh
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une colombe
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pigeon, dove
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le toit
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the roof
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parvenir
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to reach, to succeed in
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s'écrier
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to cry out, to exclaim
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hausser
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to raise, to lift
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hausser les épaules
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to shrug one's shoulders
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traiter
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to treat
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traiter de
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to call (a name)
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convaincre
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to convince
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laisser tranquille
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to leave (in place) alone
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en vouloir à (quelqu'un)
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to bear(hold) a grudge against
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envers
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toward
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se moquer de
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to make fun of, laugh at
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un conte de fées
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a fairy tale
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une fée
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a fairy
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Il était une fois
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Once upon a time
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à la légère
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lightly
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je puis
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I can
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le chagrin
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grief, sorrow
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raconter
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to tell
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dur
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difficult
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une tentative
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an attempt
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tenter
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to tempt, attempt
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un dessin va
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an acceptable drawing
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la taille
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height, size
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tâtonner
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to grope, fumble along
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tant bien que mal
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somehow or other
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se tromper
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to make mistakes, to be mistaken
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semblable
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like, similar
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à travers
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through
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J'ai du
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I must have
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vieillir
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to grow old
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falloir
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to be necessary
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apercevoir
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to perceive
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compliqué
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complicated
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voler
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to fly
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fier
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proud
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la fierté
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pride
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fis-je
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said I
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un éclat de rire
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noisy & abrubt laughter
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un éclat
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a sudden & violent noise
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irriter
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to get angry; irritate
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prendre au sérieux
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to take seriously
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un malheur
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a misfortune
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ajouter
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to add
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entrevoir
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to glimpse
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aussitôt
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at once, immediately
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une lueur
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glimmer, gleam
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interroger
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to ask questions
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hocher la tête
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to shake; nod
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là-dessus
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on that
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s'enfoncer
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to drive in; push in
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une rêverie
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reverie, daydream
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un rêve
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a dream
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rêver
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to dream
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s'efforcer
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to try hard to
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se plonger
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to immerse oneself
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un trésor
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a treasure
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en savoir plus long
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to know all about it
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emporter
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to pot (a plant)
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un piquet
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peg, stake, picket
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choquer
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to shock
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n'importe
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no matter, never mind
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droit devant lui
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straight ahead of him
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