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137 Cards in this Set
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le but
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the goal
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Le prêtre (=le curé)
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the priest
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Apercevoir
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to notice, to see
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Atteindre
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to reach
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Attirer l’attention
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to attract attention
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Voler
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to fly, to rob
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le vol
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flight, theft
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La croyance, les croyances
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beliefs
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Haïr
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to hate
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Féliciter qq’un
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to congratulate
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Une salle de classe
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a classroom
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Prendre sa retraite
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to retire
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Glisser
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to slide
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Les maîtres d’autrefois
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the schoolmasters/ teachers of old
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L’instituteur (l’institutrice)
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the primary school teacher
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l’école communale
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Parrish school
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la commune
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La plus petite unité administrative en France. Chaque commune a un maire
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le poste
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the position, the job
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s’approcher (de)
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to go/come near
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saluer
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to greet, salute
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briser
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to break
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prévenir (quelqu’un de qqchose)
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to warn
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se battre
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to fight
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être fâché
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to be angry (here : to be on non-speaking terms)
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la bonne
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the maid
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l’amour-propre
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self esteem
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le four
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the oven
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la charge (les devoirs d’une charge)
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the burden/ responsibility (the duties of a job)
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ôter = enlever
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to take off
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la foi
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faith
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la mauvaise foi/ être de mauvaise foi
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insincerity, dishonesty
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l'Eglise
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the church
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nier
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to deny
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être abonné (à)
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to subscribe to
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arrêter de
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to stop
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paraître
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to appear
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le salut
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salvation
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le vieillard/ le vieux
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the old man
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l’âme
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the soul
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l’école normale (d’instituteurs)
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teacher training school
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le séminaire (institution de formation pour les prêtres)
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the seminary
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la bergère/ le berger
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the shepherdess/ the shepherd
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digne (de)/ (la dignité)
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worthy (of) / (dignity)
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borné
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limited, stubborn (une borne: a boundary stone/ milestone)
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grossier
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unpolite, crude
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le règne
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the reign
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« en ce qui vous/ me, etc./ concerne »
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as far as you are concerned, as for you
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éloigner/ s’éloigner
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to move away /to move away (one’s own self)
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s’en aller
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to go away, to leave
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le pré
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the meadow
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être têtu
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to be stubborn
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midi, le midi (= le Sud), au midi (=au Sud)
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midday, the South, in the South
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le potager
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the vegetable garden
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l’ombre
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the shade/the shadow
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les légumes
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vegetables
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se plaindre
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to complain
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s’échapper
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to escape
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retirer (de)
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to take away
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avoir tort (opp. avoir raison)
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to be wrong
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méprisant/mépriser
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to despise
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sourd
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deaf
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le tablier
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the apron
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paysan/ paysanne
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peasant, farmer/ woman peasant
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la barbe
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the beard
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jeter un coup d’œil
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to have a look, a glance
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le métier
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the job, the craft
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la cave
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the cellar
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pétrir
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to knead
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le pétrin
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kneading-trough
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« je suis dans le pétrin »
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I’m in a mess, a tight spot
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se régaler
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to enjoy [one's food]
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le bout/ au bout de
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the end, at the end of
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gagner des sous
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to gain money
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craindre
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to fear
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la pâte
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the dough
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épargner (sa peine)
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to economize, to spare (one’s effort)
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Ce n’est pas la peine (de)
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It’s not worth (it, or + verb)
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suffir
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to suffice, to be enough
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porter plainte (cf se plaindre)
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to submit a formal complaint
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souhaiter (quelque chose à quelqu’un)
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to wish
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la vitrine
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window (of a shop)
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le comptoir
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the counter
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le ventre = l’estomac
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the stomach
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l’éclat (du visage)
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the shine, the radiance
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muni de = équipé de (verbe : munir)
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equipped [same root as ammunition]
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cheveux frisés
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curly hair
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le dieu, la déesse
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the god, the goddess
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héberger = loger
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to lodge
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le cointhe
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the corner
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la note
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the bill/the note
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la niece
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niece
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mondain
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social (ex la vie mondaine : society life) fashionable
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peser
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to weigh
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“ça me donne faim”
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it makes me hungry
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le couvert (mettre, préparer le…)
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to set the table
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“je m’en doutais” = c’est ce que je pensais
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I thought as much, I suspected as much
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un bruit d’étoffe
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a noise made by fabric
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mordre
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to bite
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le cou
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the neck
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des coups de marteau
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hammer blows
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emporter
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to take away
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en tenue de travail
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in working clothes
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pétrir
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to knead
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chauffer
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to heat
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le jour point
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the day breaks
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guérir
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to heal, to get better
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renvoyer
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to send back
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confier (qqchose à qq’un)
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to entrust (something to somebody)
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ramener
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to bring back ( amener: to bring (for a person))
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frapper
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to hit
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un fichu = un foulard
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scarf/headscarf
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à la main
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in your hands
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allongé
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s’allonger : to stretch out, to lie down
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le trousseau de clefs
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the bunch of keys
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la taille
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the waist/ the size
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flairer (le flair)
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to sniff, to smell
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la fumée
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smoke
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faire de la peine à quelqu’un
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to upset someone
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le réveil-matin
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the alarm clock
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soulever
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to lift
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reculer
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to step back, go backwards
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la blague
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the joke
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(la) l’ armoire
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the wardrobe
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le tiroir
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the drawer
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sourd, sourde
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deaf
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l'autel
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the altar
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se glisser (quelquepart)
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to slip (somewhere) (glisser: to slide, to slip)
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se dissimuler (= se cacher)
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to hide
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se disputer (une dispute)
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to quarrel (a quarrel)
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la chèvre
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the goat
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un soupçon (soupçonner)
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a suspicion (to suspect)
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gêné
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embarassed
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le facteur
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the postman
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labourer (un laboureur)
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to labour, to till (the earth)
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le marais
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the marsh
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Il fallait s’y attendre
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C’était prévisible It was predictable
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navré
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désolé, triste (je suis navré : I’m terribly sorry)
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