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2215 Cards in this Set
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at the end of one's rope
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à bout de forces
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point blank
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à brûle-pourpoint
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by that time
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à cette date
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frankly
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á coeur ouvert
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provided that, on condition that
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à condition de
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definitely
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à coup sûr
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breath-taking
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à couper le souffle
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in closed proceedings, in camera
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à huis clos
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in confusion, helter-skelter
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à la débandade
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adrift
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à la dérive
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insipid (novel, melody)
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à la guimauve
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in a hurry
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á la hâte
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in the long run
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á la longue
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sheltered fm sth
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à l'abri de qch
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on the lookout for news
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à l'affût de nouvelles
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at dawn
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á l'aube
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at the ministerial level
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à l'échelon ministériel
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against, counter to
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à l'encontre de
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fire-proof
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à l'épreuve du feu
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excessively
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à l'éxces
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at the close of the meeting
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à l'issue de la réunion
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contrary to
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à l'opposé de
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originally
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à l'origine
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as I stood back
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à mesure que je reculais
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halfway
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á mi-chemin
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half-seas over
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a moitié ivre
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out and out, to the bitter end/utmost
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à outrance
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by what right?
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à quel titre?
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to the brim
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à ras bord
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to be deleted, 'delete'
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à supprimer
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gropingly
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à tâtons
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like mad, furiously
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á tout rompre
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at full speed
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à toute allure
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astound, bewilder, stun
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abasourdir
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astound, bewilder, stun
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abasourdir
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weakening, dejection, low spirits
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abattement
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slaughterhouse, great bloodshed,butchery
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abbatoir
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abyss, chasm, depth
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abime -m
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spoil, damage, injure
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abîmer
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end at/in, result in, lead/tend toward
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aboutir (à)
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bordering on, ending in
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aboutissant à/en
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shelter
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abri
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shelter -v, screen, shield, protect
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abriter
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brutalized, sodden w drunk
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abruti
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overwhelmed
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accablé
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overwhelm (pos/neg), overpower
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accabler
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monopoly
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accaparement
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monopolize, hoard, corner
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accaparer
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fainting fit
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accès de faiblesse
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burst of enthusiasm
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accès d''enthousiasme
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access; fit, outburst
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accès -m
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reconcile,tune(piano),grant,concede
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accorder
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deliver (childbirth)
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accoucher
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hitch,snag,difficulty;tear (clothes)
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accroc
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desperate eagerness, relentlessness
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acharnement
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set s.o. on his way, dispatch
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acheminer (sur, vers)
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assistant, associate, accomplice
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acolyte
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agree, acquiesce
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acquiescer
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fleshy, adipose
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adipeux
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fawn upon, adulate -v
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aduler
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sticky situation
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affaire épineuse
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outstanding business
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affaires en cours
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collapsed, slumping down
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affalé
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destination;pretence;(mil) post
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afféctation
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pretend, destine, move/touch
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affecter
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strengthen, steady, consolidate
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affermir
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affinity, resemblance
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affinité
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rush, flow, flood/pour in
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affluer
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panic-striken, crazy, demented
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affolé
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panic, distraction
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affolement
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charter, freight -v
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affréter
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freight/hire out a ship, charter
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affréter
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face, confront, put face to face
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affronter
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hiding-place
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affût -m
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hiding place, gun-carriage (artil)
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affût -m
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old, aged
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âgé
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restless (sleep),rough (sea)
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agité
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clutch, grip, seize, grab
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agripper
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disconcered, flabbergasted
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ahuri
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sharp, acute, keen
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aigu
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sharp
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aiguisé
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love s.o. to distraction
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aimer qn éperdument
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add to s.o.'s difficulties
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ajouter aux embarras de qn
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fine-spun, super-subtle
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alambiqué
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alarm -n
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alarme -f
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give the alarm, warn/alert (pol/mil)
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alerter
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align, line up, put in row
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aligner
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struggle on in spite of all difficulties
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aller contre vent et marée
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look, behavior, demeanor, pace
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allure -f
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purplish
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amarante
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mooring, rope or line
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amarre -f
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fine, penalty
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amende -f
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begin, start, initiate
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amorcer
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anchor
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ancre
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fallen angel
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ange déchu
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alarming, distressing
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angoissant
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distressed, anguished, afflicted
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angoissé
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yearbook, annual, phone book
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annuaire
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mild; pain killer
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anodin -m/adj
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anonymity
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anonymat
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flatten, smooth, level
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aplanir
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installation,equipment, fittings
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appareillage
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install, set up; to get under way
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appareiller
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phanton, sudden appearance
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apparition
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bait -n
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appât -m
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tempting, appetizing
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appétissant
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elaborate,careful,extensive(research)
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approfondi
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appropriate(for),adapated(to), proper
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approprié (à)
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rough,harsh,bitter,sharp
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âpre
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put up,hoist; (fig), put on, sport
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arborer
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sport a loud necktie
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arborer une cravate voyante
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extremely
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archi-
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extremely rich
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archi-riche
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ardently, passionately,eagerly
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ardemment
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slate
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ardoise -f
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hundred square meters
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are -n
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fishbone, ridge
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arête -f
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unanswerable argument
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argument sans réplique
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shipowner, privateer
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armateur
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rear guard
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arrière-garde -f
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background
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arrière-plan
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unscrupulous ambition
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arrivisme
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unscrupulous persion
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arriviste
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celebrate one's promotion
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arroser ses galons
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watering can; sub machine gun
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arrosoir -m
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artery, thoroughfare
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artère
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fake (object) -n
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article truquer
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ace, first-rate, no #1
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as - m
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mental hospital
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asile d'aliénés
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assault, attack; assail
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assaillir
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strike (a blow) -v
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asséner
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beseiged
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assiégé
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knock s.o. senseless, bore to death
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assommer
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dozing, dormant
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assoupi
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dozing, dormant
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assoupi
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deadened, subdued, muted
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assourdi
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confident, certain, firm, sure
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assuré
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polish -v
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astiquer
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compel, oblige
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astreindre
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trump card
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atout
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abonimable, ghastly, atrocious
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atroce
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moving, touching, affecting
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attendrissant
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diminish, reduce
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attenuer
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horror-stricken, dumbfounded
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atterré
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attractive, alluring
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attirant
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attraction,lure,bait,charm
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attrait -m
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right in the middle of
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au beau milieu de
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for the same reason
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au même titre
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at most
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au plus
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to the point that, so much that
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au point de
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dawn -n
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aube -f
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no way of getting out of it
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aucun moyen de m'y soustraire
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bold, daring, audacious
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audacieux
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today were hard at it
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aujourd'hui ça barde
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alms
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aumône -f
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chaplain
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aumônier
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doubledecker bus
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autobus a impériale
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elsewhere
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autre part
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formerly, once
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autrefois
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ostrich
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autruche
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in the area around
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aux abords de
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grope -v, feel one's way along
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avancer à tâtons
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assisted by
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avec l'aimable concours de
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advent
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avènement
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downpour, sudden shower
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averse -f
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admission,confession;consent
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aveu
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have you heard from him?
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avez-vous de ses nouvelles?
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greedy, voracious, grasping, rapacious
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avide
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air freighter
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avion-cargo
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have access to sth
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avoir accès à qch
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distrust s.o.
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avoir de la méfiance envers
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treat s.o. w consideration
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avoir des ménagement pour qn
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be in the know
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avoir des tuyaux
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toy w idea of work
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avoir des velléités de travail
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have a flair for sth
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avoir du flair pour qch
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feel sick/nauseous
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avoir envie de vomir
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be fidgety, have the fidgets
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avoir la bougeotte
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have a lump in one's throat
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avoir la gorge nouée
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have supreme control over
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avoir la haute main sur
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have a passion for
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avoir la rage de
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have the gift of gab (fig)
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avoir le bagout
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be smitten with
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avoir le coeur pris de
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clench one's fists
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avoir les mains crispees
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relate to
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avoir rapport à
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be in difficulties
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avoir un pépin
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have a crying fit
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avoir une crise de larmes
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puny, undersized man or child
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avorton -m
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tank, cistern, canvas cover
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bâche -f
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brush over a surface (with)
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badigeoner une surface
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cane, switch
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badine
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ridicule -v, jeer at (s.o.), flout
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bafouer
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brawl, scuffle, free fight
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bagarre -f
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glibness of tongue (fig)
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bagout
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bathtub
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baignoire -f
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tub, bucket, pail (naut)
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baille -f (naut)
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yawn one's head off
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bailler à se decrocher la mâchoire
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stammer, stutter, mumble
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balbutier
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bench, seat form
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banc
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snowbank
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banc de neige
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bench, seat, wall sofa (restaur)
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banquette
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tub; (av) cockpit
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baquet -m
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shanty, camp of huts, shanties
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baraquement -m
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barbed wire
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barbelé
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toil, rage (fig)
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barder
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tidal wave
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barre de flot
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surf
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barre de plage
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bar,line,dash, witness stand
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barre -f
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rung, bar
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barreau
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small bar, rail, "the bar"
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barreau
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tanned, swarthy, sunburnt
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basané
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side, shoulder (of road)
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bas-côté
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seedy districts, slums
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bas-quartiers
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reservoir, tank, basin; bowl
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bassin
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building, building trade, vessel
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batiment -m
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masonry, ramshackle house
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batisse
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stick, staff
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bâton
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clapper, flap, door
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battant
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sell off one's effects (pej)
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bazarder - (pej)
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door handle, catch (of lock)
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bec-de-cane
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spade
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bêche
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dig
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bêcher
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rock, lull, soothe
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bercer
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rocking chair, lullaby
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berceuse
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needy, hard-up (person)
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besogneux
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wild beast
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bête féroce
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stupidy, foolishly
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bêtement
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concrete
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béton
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concrete mixer
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bétonnière
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trinket, curio
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bibelot
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good looking, well-built
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bien fichu
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well/ill-advised
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bien/mal inspiré
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beneficial, salutary, charitable
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bienfaisant
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benevolence, kindness, goodwill
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bienveillance -f
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assessment, results, consequences
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bilan
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medical checkup
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bilan de santé
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misshapen, irregular; distorted (idea)
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biscornu
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turn/grow pale
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blêmir
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turn pale, blanch, grow dim
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blêmir
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wound, hurt, injure;offend, shock
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blesser
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offend the eye
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blesser la vue
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blockade
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blocus
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time bomb
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bombe à retardement
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common sense
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bon sens
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good heavens!
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bonté du ciel!
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pay a debt (fig)
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boucher un trou
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butchery, slaughter
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boucherie
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sulkiness, sulk
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bouderie
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sulky
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boudeur -adj
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puff, whiff, burst, fit (anger,eloquence)
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bouffée
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grumpy/grumbler
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bougon -adj/n
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grumble, scold -
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bougonner
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ball and chain
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boulet
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distressed, upset
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bouleversé
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buzzing, humming, droning (anything)
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bourdonnement
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executioner, hangman, tyrant,butcher
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bourreau
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lady killer
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bourreau de coeurs
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pad, cushion
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bourrelet -m
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rolls of fat
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bourrelets de graisse
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stuff, pad, cram
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bourrer
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cross, moody, surly
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bourru
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rough, rude, surly
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bourru
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knock things over
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bousculer des objets
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jostle, hustle -v
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bousculer qn
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botch, smash up (fig)
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bousiller
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end, tip, point, fragment, bit
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bout -m
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embers, cinders, live charcoal
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braises -f pl
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branches, boughs
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branchage -m
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brandish
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brandir
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armband
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brassard
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black armband
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brassard de deuil
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breach, opening, gap
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brèche -f
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strap
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bretelle
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handy-man; jack of all trades
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bricoleur
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bit, fragment (fig)
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brin
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cigarette lighter, beagle, flint
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briquet
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broken
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brisé
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sea breeze
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brise du large
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break to pieces, smash, shatter
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briser
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brooch, spit (cooking)
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broche -f
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boot
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brodequin
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wheelbarrow
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brouette
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graze, nibble
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brouter
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be in the clouds/d
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bruissement
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burn the candle at both ends
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brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts
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smoke-screen
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brume artificielle
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thick haze or mist
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brume -f
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abrupt, sudden
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brusque
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rush
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brusquer
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abruptness, bluntness
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brusquerie
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brute, unreasoning beast
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brute -f
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log; (fig) blockhead, dolt
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buche -f
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research department
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bureau d'études
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it's beyond description
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ça défie toute description
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that's enough for me
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ça me suffit
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it doesn't work/ it's OK (fig)
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ça ne colle pas/ ça colle
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it just gets better+better (worse+worse)
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ça ne fait que croître et embellir
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hut, shanty
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cabane -f
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capstan, winch
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cabestan -m
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dressing room
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cabine d'essayage
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coasting;coast sailor
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caboteur/cabotier
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hide and seek
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cache-cache -m
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scarf
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cache-col -m
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rhythm, rate
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cadence
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rhythmic
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cadencé
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instant coffee
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café en poudre
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jolt, shake, bump along
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cahoter
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calculation, reckoning
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calcul
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water tank
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cale à eau
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hold (of a ship)
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cale -f
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chock up, wedge, jam
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caler
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torture, suffering, tribulation
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calvaire
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pitch (of ship)
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canarder
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snipe at s.o.
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canarder qn
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open boat, cutter, dinghy
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canot
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hymn
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cantique -m
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hood, top (car);overcoat (mil)
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capote -f
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keg, herring barrel
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caque -f
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cockpit, cabin
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carlingue -f
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waterfall
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cascade -f
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compartment, locker
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casier
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glove compartment
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casier à gants
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break, crack, fracture
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cassure
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small cellar, sepulchral vault
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caveau
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this fact escaped my notice
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ce fait m'a échappé
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it's not like him/her
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ce n'est pas de son fait
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it's none of your business
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ce n'est pas votre affaire
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as if I cared
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ce que je m'en fiche
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this removes the obstacle
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ceci tranche la difficulté
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yiled, give way to
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ceder à
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that grates on one's ears
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cela écorche les oreilles
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that hurts me
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cela me blesse
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it's beyond me
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çela me dépasse/dépasse mon entendement
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it's beyond me
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çela me dépasse/dépasse mon entendement
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no good will come of that
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cela tournera mal
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supposedly, virtually
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censément
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vicious circle
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cercle vicieux
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indeed, most definitely
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certes
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certify, vouch for, testify
|
certifier
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take it or leave ti
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c'est à prendre ou à laisser
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it's insane!
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c'est de la pure demence
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that's right
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c'est juste
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she's impossible!
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c'est qu'elle est pénible
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blind leading the blind
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c'est un aveugle qui en conduit un autre
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he's unbalanced/a mental case
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c'est un détraqué
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he can never make up his mind
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c'est un indécis
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he's a character
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c'est un original
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he has all the luck
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c'est un veinard
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traveler, drifter (boat, fisherman)
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chalutier
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frame, casing (door), windowframe
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chambranale -m
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private room
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chambre particulière
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camel driver
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chamelier
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sweater
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chandail -m
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hum, sing softly
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chantonner
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string of abuse
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chapelet d'invectives
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hearse
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char funebre
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chariot, carriage
|
char -m
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vulture (lit and fig)
|
charognard
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swine (insult)
|
charogne -f
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cart -n
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charrette
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flush (of WC)
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chasse d'eau
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lord of a manner
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châtelain
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adhesive (insulating) tape
|
chatterton -m
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road, roadway
|
chausée
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shoehorn
|
chausse-pied
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slipper, gym shoe
|
chausson
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apple turnover
|
chausson aux pommes
|
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footwear
|
chaussure -f
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capsize, turn upside down
|
chavirer
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weak,puny,sickly person, wretched
|
chetif -n/a
|
|
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bedside
|
chevet
|
|
|
bedside, bed-head
|
chevet -m
|
|
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crew cut
|
cheveux (taillé) en brosse
|
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pet
|
chouchou
|
|
|
coddle, pet -v
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choyer
|
|
|
cherish a hope
|
choyer un espoir
|
|
|
summit, top, peak
|
cime -f
|
|
|
extenuating circumstances
|
circonstance atténuantes
|
|
|
polish -v
|
cirer
|
|
|
engraving
|
ciselure
|
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|
tank, reservoir, cistern
|
citerne -f
|
|
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bugle, bugler
|
clairon -n
|
|
|
trumpet -v (news)
|
claironner
|
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|
shout out, proclaim
|
clamer
|
|
|
secretly, illicitly
|
clandestinement
|
|
|
be choppy (of sea)
|
clapoter
|
|
|
clemency, mercy
|
clémence -f
|
|
|
blink, twinkle, flicker
|
clignoter
|
|
|
enclosure, closing, cloister
|
clôture -f
|
|
|
enclosure, fence, fencing,closing
|
clôture -f
|
|
|
nail -v
|
clouer
|
|
|
crowd, crush
|
cohue -f
|
|
|
corner (s.o.) -v (-fig)
|
coincer
|
|
|
nooks and corners/crannies
|
coins et recoins
|
|
|
neck, collar, mountain pass
|
col -m
|
|
|
snail
|
colimaçon -m
|
|
|
paste, stick, adhere, cling
|
coller
|
|
|
spine, backbone
|
colonne vertébrale
|
|
|
fill to brim;complete,fulfill, gratify
|
combler
|
|
|
message, commission, committee
|
commission
|
|
|
easy to do, easily done
|
commode à faire
|
|
|
behavior, demeanour
|
comportement
|
|
|
understanding, intelligent, inclusive
|
compréhensif
|
|
|
dropper
|
compte-gouttes
|
|
|
secret meeting/assembly
|
conciliabule
|
|
|
reconcile, win over
|
concilier
|
|
|
agreement, similarity
|
concordance
|
|
|
similar
|
concordant
|
|
|
gathering (people), cooperation
|
concours - m
|
|
|
entrance exam
|
concours d'admission
|
|
|
competitor, rival
|
concurrent
|
|
|
trust, confide; disclose, impart
|
confier
|
|
|
entrust s.o. w sth
|
confier qch à qn
|
|
|
according to/consistent with
|
conforme à
|
|
|
colleague, fellow member
|
confrère
|
|
|
confused,jumbled, ambiguous
|
confus
|
|
|
plot, conspire; exorcise
|
conjurer
|
|
|
entreat/beg s.o. to do sth
|
conjurer qn de faire qch
|
|
|
conscientious
|
consciencieux
|
|
|
aware of, conscious of
|
conscient de
|
|
|
keep one's cool/one's head
|
conserver sa lucidité
|
|
|
establish, verify, ascertain, note
|
constater
|
|
|
discover a mistake
|
constater une erreur
|
|
|
air one's grievances, tell one's tale of woe
|
conter ses doléances
|
|
|
adjoining
|
contigu
|
|
|
outline, circumference
|
contour
|
|
|
bypass, circumvent
|
contourner
|
|
|
get around the law
|
contourner la loi
|
|
|
constraint, restraint
|
contrainte -f
|
|
|
grudgingly, reluctantly
|
contrecoeur, à
|
|
|
counterfeit, forgery,counterfeiting
|
contrefaçon -f
|
|
|
contrite, penitent
|
contrit
|
|
|
suitably, decently
|
convenablement
|
|
|
converger/focus on
|
converger
|
|
|
political upheaval
|
convulsion politique
|
|
|
copious, plentiful
|
copieux
|
|
|
shell, husk; hull (naut),ship bottom
|
coque -f
|
|
|
(fig) the rage,darling,favorite;whooping cough
|
coqueluche -f
|
|
|
heavenly body
|
corps céleste
|
|
|
main building
|
corps de bâtiment
|
|
|
tussle, hand-to-hand fight
|
corps-à-corps
|
|
|
forced labor, unpleasant job, toil, drudgery
|
corvée
|
|
|
wealthy,well-to-do/well-off
|
cossu
|
|
|
hill, hillside
|
coteau
|
|
|
assess, classify (documents)
|
coter
|
|
|
coastal
|
côtier -adj
|
|
|
drive/run alongside
|
côtoyer
|
|
|
side by side
|
coude à coude
|
|
|
low blow, hit below the belt
|
coup bas
|
|
|
cast of net, haul
|
coup de filet
|
|
|
knock-down blow, crushing news
|
coup de massue
|
|
|
clap of thunder
|
coup de tonnerre
|
|
|
champagne glass
|
coupe à champagne
|
|
|
fruit bowl
|
coupe à fruits
|
|
|
haircut
|
coupe de cheveux
|
|
|
take a short cut
|
couper au plus court
|
|
|
bend, curve -v, blow, stoop
|
courber
|
|
|
blanket, covering, bookcover
|
couverture -f
|
|
|
curfew
|
couvre-feu -m
|
|
|
spit
|
cracher
|
|
|
keep on spitting, sputter
|
crachoter
|
|
|
safety catch
|
cran de sûreté
|
|
|
crack, creak, crunch
|
craquer
|
|
|
strike a match
|
craquer une allumette
|
|
|
dirty, filthy, grimy, squallid
|
crasseux
|
|
|
crackle, sputter, break out
|
crépiter
|
|
|
twilight - adj
|
crepusculaire
|
|
|
watercress
|
cresson de fointaine
|
|
|
crest, ridge, comb
|
crête -f
|
|
|
crest, ridge
|
crête -f
|
|
|
dig, excavate; hollow, make empty
|
creuser
|
|
|
cracked, chapped, parched
|
crevassé
|
|
|
sift, screen, riddle -v
|
cribler
|
|
|
riddle sth w bullets
|
cribler qch de balles
|
|
|
nervous, strained, on edge, tense
|
crispé
|
|
|
shrivel
|
crisper
|
|
|
cross swords w .o.
|
croiser le fer avec qn
|
|
|
grow, increase
|
croître
|
|
|
rifle butt
|
crosse
|
|
|
armor
|
cuirasse -f
|
|
|
smarting, burning, stinging
|
cuisant
|
|
|
baking, firing (clay), batch
|
cuite
|
|
|
physical training
|
culture physique
|
|
|
paving
|
dallage
|
|
|
gravestone
|
dalle funeraire
|
|
|
pave -v
|
daller
|
|
|
in the meantime
|
dans l'intervalle
|
|
|
in its wake
|
dans son sillage
|
|
|
in the full sense of the word
|
dans toute la force du terme
|
|
|
within (a given time)
|
dans un délai de
|
|
|
to some extent
|
dans une certaine mesure
|
|
|
to a great/large extent
|
dans une large mesure
|
|
|
date from
|
dater de
|
|
|
especially
|
d'autant plus
|
|
|
beforehand
|
d'avance
|
|
|
with pleasure, gladly
|
de bon coeur
|
|
|
in this way
|
de cette façon
|
|
|
large-scale
|
de grande envergure
|
|
|
in such a way that
|
de manière que
|
|
|
besides, moreover
|
de plus
|
|
|
of all kinds
|
de toutes sortes
|
|
|
by word of mouth
|
de vive voix
|
|
|
breaking up,downfall,rout,collapse
|
débacle -m
|
|
|
rout (army), stampede
|
débandade
|
|
|
landing stage
|
débarcadère -f
|
|
|
docker, stevedore
|
débardeur
|
|
|
disembark, land, unship
|
débarquer
|
|
|
debate -v, discuss, argue
|
débattre
|
|
|
overflowing(river),overwhelmed (pers)
|
débordé
|
|
|
emerge,issue forth;clear;uncork
|
déboucher
|
|
|
decrepit, wrinkled (of face)
|
décati
|
|
|
sense, divulge, betray, disclose
|
déceler
|
|
|
demise, death, decrease
|
décés -m
|
|
|
unloading, relief, exoneration
|
décharge
|
|
|
dump
|
décharge publique
|
|
|
decay (phys)
|
déchéance -f
|
|
|
jagged (edge), indented (coast)
|
déchiqueté
|
|
|
tearing, rending
|
déchirement
|
|
|
heartbreak
|
déchirement de coeur
|
|
|
tear, rip, laceration
|
déchirure
|
|
|
fallen
|
déchu
|
|
|
release, triggering off, activating
|
déclenchment
|
|
|
discouraging, depressing
|
décourageant
|
|
|
decree, order, enactment
|
décret
|
|
|
unhook, take down; obtain, get
|
decrocher
|
|
|
make amends/good for, compensate, make up for
|
dédommager
|
|
|
lapse,failure (moral,phy),fainting fit
|
défaillance
|
|
|
lapse of memory
|
défaillance de mémoire
|
|
|
undo/unmake;defeat,rout; rid
|
défaire
|
|
|
annul a marriage
|
défaire un mariage
|
|
|
rid me of that troublesome fellow
|
défaites-moi de cet importun
|
|
|
chink in the armor
|
defaut dans la cuirasse
|
|
|
unfurl, shake out (sail, flag)
|
déferler
|
|
|
challenge, defy; brave, face -v
|
defiér
|
|
|
narrow pass; (fig)difficulty
|
défilé
|
|
|
gorge, mountain pass, procession
|
défilé -m
|
|
|
speak one's mind
|
défiler son chapelet
|
|
|
for good, finally, definitively
|
définitivement
|
|
|
explosion
|
déflagration
|
|
|
smooth out
|
défroisser
|
|
|
extricate, disentangle, disengage
|
dégager
|
|
|
redeem, disengage, emit
|
dégager
|
|
|
relieve a town (mil)
|
dégager une ville
|
|
|
step (of stair), degree (music, heat)
|
degré -m
|
|
|
tumble down, shoot down
|
dégringoler
|
|
|
taste/sample, eat/drink w relish
|
déguster
|
|
|
sip one's liqueur
|
déguster sa liqueur
|
|
|
out of repair, broken down,impaired
|
délabré
|
|
|
dilapidated,ramshackle, beyond repair
|
délabré
|
|
|
disrepair, ruinous condition
|
délabrement
|
|
|
deadline, delay, extension of time
|
délai
|
|
|
delegate, depute, assign
|
déléguer
|
|
|
unballast -v
|
délester
|
|
|
relieve s.o. of a burden
|
délester qn d'un fardeau
|
|
|
delightful, charming, delicious
|
délicieux
|
|
|
delirious, frenzied, frantic
|
délirant
|
|
|
marriage proposal
|
demande en mariage
|
|
|
dispute, quarrel
|
démêlé -n
|
|
|
untangle, sort out
|
démêlér
|
|
|
insanity, madness
|
demence
|
|
|
contradict, deny, belie
|
démentir
|
|
|
demonstrate, prove -v
|
démontrer
|
|
|
repair+get going;help s.o.in distress
|
dépanner
|
|
|
mar, spoil the beauty of
|
déparer
|
|
|
departure, start, setting out
|
départ
|
|
|
pass/go beyond, exceed
|
dépasser
|
|
|
message, telegram,wire,dispatch
|
dépêche -f
|
|
|
spite, spleen, resentment, chagrin
|
dépit
|
|
|
travelling, change of location
|
déplacement
|
|
|
unpleasant, disagreeable
|
déplaisant
|
|
|
deprive, strip, despoil
|
depouiller
|
|
|
take off one's clothes
|
depouiller ses vêtements
|
|
|
short, devoid (of -de)
|
dépourvu
|
|
|
unattractive
|
dépourvu d'attraits
|
|
|
devoid of intelligence
|
dépourvu d'intelligence
|
|
|
uprooted; one torn fm native country
|
déraciné
|
|
|
derision, mockery, ridicule
|
dérision
|
|
|
not likely!
|
des prunes!
|
|
|
disillusioned, disenchanted (person)
|
désabusé -n/a
|
|
|
defuse (a bomb)
|
désamorcer
|
|
|
in distress (ship),crippled (aircraft)
|
desamparé
|
|
|
helplessness, confusion
|
desarroi
|
|
|
in distress (ship), out of control
|
désemparé
|
|
|
despair, hopelessness, despondency
|
désespoir
|
|
|
disorderly, dissolute, ill-regulated
|
désordonné
|
|
|
henceforth, from now on
|
desormais
|
|
|
dismissal (of official, etc)
|
destitution -f
|
|
|
unharness; leave off working
|
dételer
|
|
|
relax/calm the mind
|
détendre léspirit
|
|
|
relaxation; easing (of polit sit)
|
détente
|
|
|
dig up, unearth
|
déterrer
|
|
|
deranged, out of order
|
détraqué
|
|
|
moisten, soak sth
|
détremper
|
|
|
distress, grief, trouble, anguish
|
détresse -f
|
|
|
residue, refuse
|
détritus
|
|
|
strait, channel, sound
|
détroit
|
|
|
get wise, undeceive, get story straight
|
détromper
|
|
|
go down, descend
|
dévaler
|
|
|
descend, go down, rush down
|
dévaler
|
|
|
unbolt, unlock
|
déverouiller
|
|
|
stare at (s.o.)
|
dévisager (qn)
|
|
|
by word of mouth
|
de vive voix
|
|
|
breaking up,downfall,rout,collapse
|
débacle -m
|
|
|
rout (army), stampede
|
débandade
|
|
|
landing stage
|
débarcadère -f
|
|
|
docker, stevedore
|
débardeur
|
|
|
disembark, land, unship
|
débarquer
|
|
|
debate -v, discuss, argue
|
débattre
|
|
|
overflowing(river),overwhelmed (pers)
|
débordé
|
|
|
emerge,issue forth;clear;uncork
|
déboucher
|
|
|
decrepit, wrinkled (of face)
|
décati
|
|
|
sense, divulge, betray, disclose
|
déceler
|
|
|
demise, death, decrease
|
décés -m
|
|
|
unloading, relief, exoneration
|
décharge
|
|
|
self-sacrifice, devotion to duty
|
dévouement
|
|
|
diagnosis
|
diagnostic -m
|
|
|
self-sacrifice, devotion to duty
|
dévouement
|
|
|
diagnosis
|
diagnostic -m
|
|
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diagnose -v
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diagnostiquer
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distribute, broadcast
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diffuser
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dam, breakwater, esplanade
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digue
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say sth blunty (fig)
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dire qch sans mitaines
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to think that..
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dire que…
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wrangle about trifles
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discutailler
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disappearance, removal, death
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disparition
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have s.o.at one's disposal/service
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disposer de qn
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reveal, disclose, divulge
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divulguer
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dogma, tenet
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dogme -m
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tact, diplomacy, judgement
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doigté -m
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complaints, whining
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doleances - f pl
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keep, dungeon
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donjon
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lead to sth, give access to sth
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donner accès à qch
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sound the alarm
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donner l'alarme
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throw s.o. off track
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donner le change à qn
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curse -v (s.o.)
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donner sa malediction a
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give s.o. a helping hand, help out so
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donner un coup de main a qn
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fondle, coddle/pamper
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dorloter
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endow -v
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douer
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excruciating pain
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douleur atroce
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questionable, doubtful, uncertain
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douteux
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drama, tragedy
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drame
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erect, raise; prepare,draw up
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dresser
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equity,justice, integrity, honesty
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droiture
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owing to (the fact that)
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du fait que..
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besides, moreover
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du reste/ au reste
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in one bound
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d'un seul élan
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in one gulp
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d'un seul trait
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from coast to coast
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d'une mer à l'autre
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dupe, sucker
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dupe -f
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hardness, difficulty
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dureté
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in one bound
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d'un seul élan
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in one gulp
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d'un seul trait
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from coast to coast
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d'une mer à l'autre
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dupe, sucker
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dupe -f
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hardness, difficulty
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dureté
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flabbergasted
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ébérlué
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flabbergast -v
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ébérluér
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dazzle -v
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éblouir
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dazzling
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éblouissant
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dazzling, resplendent, amazing
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éblouissant
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disordered, ruffled, in disorder
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ébouriffé
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disordered, ruffled, in disorder
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ébouriffé
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shake, disturb, unsettle
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ébranler
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open (eyes) wide
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ecarquiller
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tear to pieces, quarter -v
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écarteler
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separate, draw aside, part/spread
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écarter
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bruise
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ecchymose
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notch, nick, indentation
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échancrure
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be saved from the wreck
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échapper au naufrage
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scarf (lady)
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écharpe
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ladder, scale, gradation
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échelle
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fire escape
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échelle à incendie/sauvetage
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rung, grade, stage
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échelon
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disshelved; wild, disorderly
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échevelé
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chess board
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échiquier
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splash, besplatter
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éclabousser
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flaunt/parade one's wealth
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éclabousser le monde de son luxe
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flash, burst, fragment
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éclat -m
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flash, burst, glare; splinter, chip
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éclat -m
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bursting, glaring, brilliant
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éclatant
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disgusting, loathsome, nauseating
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écoeurant
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disgust, sicken; shock; deject
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écoeurer
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flay, skin; (fig) fleece, disfigure
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écorcher
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hatchway (naut)
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écoutille (naut)
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crushing, overwhelming, humiliating
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ecrasant
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crushing, overwhelming
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écrasant
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shut up!
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écrase!
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crush,squash, bruise, flatten out
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écraser
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placard, bill, notice
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écriteau
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coat of arms, badge
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écusson -m
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unbelievable, bewildering
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éffarant
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fright, dismay
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effarement
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frighten, scare -v
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effarer
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frighten, scare away, shock
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effaroucher
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touch lightly, brush against
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effleurer
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collapsed
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éffondré
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collapse, downfall, sinking
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effondrement
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dig deep, break in, overwhelm
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éffondrer
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frightful, dreadful
|
effroyable
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frightful,dreadful;shocking,repulsive
|
effroyable
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equally good
|
également bon
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consideration, respect
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égard
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cheer up, brighten up, amuse
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egayer
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shield, protection, defense
|
égide -f
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shell, pick off (grapes)
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égrener
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spring, impetus, burst -n
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élan
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her baby is due in a month
|
elle accouchera dans un mois
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eloquently
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éloquemment
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wild imaginings
|
élucubrations
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window-recess, gun-port
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embrasure
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plots
|
embûches -m pl
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wonderment, astonishment
|
émerveillement
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(vulgar) nuisance, pain in butt
|
emmerdeur
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agitation, anxiety, emotion
|
emoi
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stack, pile up, cram (into vehicle)
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empiler
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site, location
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emplacement
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fingerprint
|
empreinte digitale
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borrow, go down/take (bridg,strt)
|
emprunter
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assume a name
|
emprunter un nom
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infect, make stink
|
empuantir
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in short, to sum up, in brief
|
en résumé
|
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get to the bottom of sth
|
en avoir le coeur net
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in heat
|
en chaleur
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in round figures
|
en chiffres rondes
|
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w. full knowledge of facts, on good grounds
|
en connaissance de cause
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down, below, downwards
|
en contrebas
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in other words
|
en d'autres termes
|
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in rags
|
en guenilles
|
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in place of
|
en guise de
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out at sea
|
en haute/pleine mer
|
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within a week
|
en l'éspace d'une semaine
|
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under the circumstances
|
en l'ocurrence
|
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privately, in particular
|
en particulier
|
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partly, in part
|
en partie
|
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|
in addition to
|
en plus de
|
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in practice
|
en pratique
|
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|
in anticipation of sth
|
en prévision de qch
|
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|
in bold relief
|
en puissant relief
|
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|
in a way
|
en quelque sorte
|
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|
in slow motion
|
en ralenti /au ralenti
|
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|
in return for
|
en récompense de
|
|
|
in the opposite direction
|
en sens inverse
|
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|
in short, all things considered
|
en somme
|
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|
as a token of my esteem
|
en temoignage d'éstime
|
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|
within sight of land
|
en vue de terre
|
|
|
cable's length, 1/10 of naut. Mile
|
encablure
|
|
|
boxed-in, sunken
|
encaissé
|
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|
surrounding wall, fence
|
enceinte -f
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|
enclosure, ring fence
|
enclos -m
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|
encumber, burden, congest
|
encombrer
|
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|
furious, wild
|
endiablé
|
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|
dam up, stem
|
endiguer
|
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|
damage, injure, damage to
|
endommager
|
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|
put on (clothes), endorse
|
endosser
|
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coat with -v
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enduire de
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coating
|
enduit -m
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|
childish, infantile
|
enfantin
|
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shut in, lock up, conceal
|
enfermer
|
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excite, fire, animate -v
|
enfièvrer
|
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|
succession, series (of sth)
|
enfilade
|
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|
thread (needle), take,go along(road)
|
enfiler
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|
slip on one's clothes
|
enfiler ses vêtements
|
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|
bury in the ground, hide, keep secret
|
enfouir
|
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|
put in an oven; gobble up
|
enfourner
|
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|
include
|
englober
|
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|
swallow, devour, engulf
|
engloutir
|
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manure, fattening food, pasture
|
engrais -m
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step over/out, walk w long strides
|
enjamber
|
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the stakes
|
enjeu -m
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playful, sprightly
|
enjoué
|
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|
remove, carry/take away/off
|
enlever
|
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|
snow-covered
|
enneigé
|
|
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state, set forth, articulate
|
énoncer
|
|
|
inquiry, investigation, survey
|
enquête -f
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|
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rabid person, mad dog, radical
|
enragé -m
|
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go/be mad; be enraged, fume
|
enrager
|
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|
bury, shroud
|
ensevelir
|
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|
cut into,ope; begin,commence
|
entamer
|
|
|
broach a subject
|
entamer un sujet
|
|
|
accumulation, heap, pile
|
entassement -m
|
|
|
heap/pile up, assemble,cram/crowd
|
entasser
|
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|
burial, funeral
|
enterrement
|
|
|
stubborn
|
entêté
|
|
|
stubbornness, obstinacy, infatuation
|
entêtement
|
|
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drag/carry along,result in, seduce
|
entraîner
|
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|
collide, clash, clink
|
entre-choquer
|
|
|
store, put into storage
|
entreposer
|
|
|
doubtful venture
|
entreprise douteuse
|
|
|
get to the heart of the matter
|
entrer dans le vif du sujet
|
|
|
upkeep,support;interview,conversation
|
entretien -m
|
|
|
invader; invading, encroaching
|
envahisseur
|
|
|
breadth, scale, scope; wingspan
|
envergure
|
|
|
nausea
|
envie de vomir
|
|
|
envy, covet, be envious of
|
envier
|
|
|
surrounding
|
environnant
|
|
|
banish -v
|
envoyer en exil
|
|
|
thicken, grow stout, deepen
|
épaissir
|
|
|
outpouring, effusion (of feeling)
|
épanchement
|
|
|
save,economize;spare,have mercy
|
épargner
|
|
|
amazing, splendid
|
épatant
|
|
|
amazed, dumbfounded
|
épaté
|
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|
shouldering, bolster
|
épaulement
|
|
|
level one's gun
|
épauler
|
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waif, stray; unclaimed object
|
épave
|
|
|
distractedly, madly
|
éperdument
|
|
|
spur on, urge forward
|
eperonner
|
|
|
thorny, prickly, spiky
|
épineux
|
|
|
thorny, prickly, spiky, spiny
|
épineux
|
|
|
safety pin
|
épingle de nourrice
|
|
|
delouse -v
|
epouiller
|
|
|
terror, fright
|
épouvante
|
|
|
terrify,frighten, scare
|
épouvanter
|
|
|
proof,test; ordeal;hardship
|
épreuve -f
|
|
|
in love, taken with
|
épris
|
|
|
meet w difficulties
|
éprouver une difficultés
|
|
|
suffer a loss
|
éprouver une perte
|
|
|
exhaust, use up, wear out
|
epuiser
|
|
|
exhaust a subject
|
epuiser un sujet
|
|
|
balance, poise, equilibrium
|
équilibre
|
|
|
crew, ship's company
|
équipage -m
|
|
|
era, epoch
|
ere -f
|
|
|
roaming, rambling
|
errant
|
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roam, wander, err, be mistaken
|
errer
|
|
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squadron
|
escadre -f
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|
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climb -v, scale
|
éscalader
|
|
|
spiral staircase
|
escalier en colimaçon
|
|
|
steepness, steep slope
|
éscarpement
|
|
|
outer space
|
éspace lointain
|
|
|
mischievous, rougish
|
espiègle
|
|
|
foul mind
|
ésprit mal tourné
|
|
|
sketch, draft, outline
|
esquisse
|
|
|
avoid, dodge, evade (a blow, so,etc)
|
esquiver
|
|
|
flight, soaring
|
essor -m
|
|
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out of breath
|
essouflé
|
|
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courier (mil), dispatch rider
|
estafette -f
|
|
|
die down, blur, shade off
|
éstomper
|
|
|
range in tiers, stagger
|
étager -v
|
|
|
shop window, stand, displaying
|
étalage -m
|
|
|
stage (of journey)
|
étape -f
|
|
|
extent, size, area; reach (of mind)
|
étendue
|
|
|
spark
|
étincelle
|
|
|
stuff, stiffen, upholster
|
étoffer
|
|
|
stole
|
étole -f
|
|
|
astonishingly, surprisingly
|
étonnament
|
|
|
stifling, sweltering, suffocating
|
étouffant
|
|
|
suffocate, stifle (cry, passion), quench
|
étouffer
|
|
|
stun, daze, benumb
|
étourdir
|
|
|
stun, daze
|
étourdir
|
|
|
deafening; stunning, astonishing
|
étourdissant
|
|
|
be afloat
|
être à flot
|
|
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be down and out
|
être à fond de cale
|
|
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be forced/compelled to do sth
|
être astreint à faire qch
|
|
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be in despair, vexed, grieved
|
être au désespoir
|
|
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be generous, open-handed
|
être bon prince
|
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be supposed to do sth
|
être censé faire qch
|
|
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be in a tight corner (fig)
|
être dans le pétrin
|
|
|
be in s.o.'s good books
|
être dans les petits papiers de qn
|
|
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be prepared/inclined to do sth
|
être disposé a faire qch
|
|
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have a gift for
|
être doué pour
|
|
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be prostate with grief
|
être éffondré
|
|
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be in state of excitement,all in flutter
|
être en emoi
|
|
|
be at war with
|
être en guerre avec/contre
|
|
|
be in a position to do sth
|
être en mesure de faire qch
|
|
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be all in a row
|
être en rang de oignons
|
|
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be tired/worn out
|
être éxtenué
|
|
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be madly in love with
|
être follement amoureux de
|
|
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be difficult to deal with
|
être peu commode
|
|
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be caught off-guard
|
être pris au depourvu
|
|
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be satisfied, have eaten one's fill
|
être rassasié
|
|
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be honest with o.s.
|
être sincere avec soi-même
|
|
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be behind bars
|
être sous les barreaux
|
|
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be likely/able to do sth
|
être susceptible de faire qch
|
|
|
be all sore/aching all over
|
être tout brisé
|
|
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be all at sea
|
être tout désemparé
|
|
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be beat/tired out
|
être vanné
|
|
|
embrace, hug; grasp, grip
|
étreindre
|
|
|
embrace, grip, clutch
|
etreinte -f
|
|
|
notary's office
|
étude de notaire
|
|
|
rip open, disembowel, eviscerate
|
éventrer
|
|
|
evocative, vivid, picturesque
|
évocateur
|
|
|
developed, advanced
|
évolué
|
|
|
move around, develop,take its course
|
évoluer
|
|
|
call to mind, conjure up (memory)
|
évoquer
|
|
|
aggravate, exacerbate -v
|
éxacerber
|
|
|
extortion
|
exaction
|
|
|
infuriated, incensed
|
éxasperé
|
|
|
excessively
|
excessivement
|
|
|
exempt, free (from)
|
exempt
|
|
|
scanty, cramped
|
exigu
|
|
|
tiny, diminutive, scanty (income)
|
exigu
|
|
|
exile, exiled person
|
exilé
|
|
|
exile, banishment
|
exile -m
|
|
|
expose;show,state,explain;endanger
|
exposer
|
|
|
abandon a child
|
exposer un enfant
|
|
|
evict a tenant
|
expulser un locataire
|
|
|
ecstasy, rapture, transport
|
éxtase -f
|
|
|
troublesome, annoying, awkward
|
fâcheux
|
|
|
artificial,imitation, dummy
|
factice
|
|
|
weakening, dwindling
|
faiblissant
|
|
|
fault (geol)
|
faille
|
|
|
welcome s.o.
|
faire bon accueil a qn
|
|
|
bake, roast -v
|
faire cuire au four
|
|
|
run errands
|
faire des commissions
|
|
|
tease -v, madden
|
faire enrager
|
|
|
stop -v
|
faire étape
|
|
|
be on strike, strike
|
faire grève
|
|
|
invade, burst into
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faire irruption dans
|
|
|
make a face
|
faire la grimace
|
|
|
line the streets
|
faire la haie
|
|
|
harvest -v
|
faire la moisson
|
|
|
pursue one's lips, look sulky
|
faire la moue
|
|
|
confess -v
|
faire l'aveu de
|
|
|
take stock of, assess
|
faire le bilan de
|
|
|
monkey around
|
faire le singe
|
|
|
run off w sth
|
faire main basse sur qch
|
|
|
work wonders
|
faire merveille
|
|
|
take a step
|
faire n pas
|
|
|
be an integral part of
|
faire partie intégrante de
|
|
|
tip the scales
|
faire pencher la balance
|
|
|
lay the blame on s.o.
|
faire retomber la faute sur qn
|
|
|
wash and dress -v
|
faire sa toilette
|
|
|
be a hit
|
faire sensation
|
|
|
say one's prayers
|
faire ses oraisons
|
|
|
give rise to difficulties
|
faire surgir des difficultés
|
|
|
swerve -v
|
faire une embardée
|
|
|
practicable, feasable
|
faisable
|
|
|
cliff
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falaise -f
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half-starved, famished-looking
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famélique
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capital idea
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fameuse idee
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famous; (fig) excellent
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fameux
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stuffed, crammed with
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farci de
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stuff -v
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farcir
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fierce, untamed, savage, cruel
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farouche
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outskirts, outlying part, suburb
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faubourg
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mow, reap; mow down (troops)
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faucher
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glaring blunder
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faute grossière
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miscalculation
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faux calcul
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feverishness
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fébrilité
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magical
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féerique
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crack (china), fracture
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fêlure -f
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crack, slit, slot
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fente -f
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ferocious, fierce, savage
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féroce
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drive in -v (a nail)
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ficher
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beastly, roten
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fichu
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violent fever
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fievre carabinée
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feverish, causing fever,liable to fever
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fièvreux
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stiff, rigid
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figé
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terror-stricken
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figé par la peur
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spinning mill, shadowing (detective)
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filature
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spin, flow smoothly, slip by
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filer
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string, slender thread;(fig) streak
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filet -m
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beat it, scram
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filez!
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stare at, determine, make firm
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fixer
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scent, smell -n
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flair -m
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scourge, plague, pest, curse
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fléau -m
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bend, yield, weaken
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fléchir
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smell, be fragrant
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fleurer
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stream of words
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flot de paroles
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wave
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flot -m
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dyssentery
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flux de ventre
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official, civil servant
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fonctionnaire
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bog,quagmire, pothole
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fondrière -f
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inevitably, necessarily, under compulsion
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forcément
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frantic, mad, frenzied; madman
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forcené -n/a
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wealthy, fortunate
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fortuné
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terrifying, crushing
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foudroyant
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excavate, pry into, rummage
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fouiller
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rack one's brains
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fouiller dans sa mémoire
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nose about, poke one's nose into
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fouiner - (fig)
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deceit, cheating, double-dealing
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fourberie -f
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sheath
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fourreau
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fireplace, home/hearth
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foyer
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hotbed of intrigue
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foyer d'intrigue
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pass through, cross, clear (obstcle)
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franchir
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fright, fear, dread
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frayeur -f
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break (car), curb; check -v
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freiner
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frail, weak; fragile
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frêle
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crumpled
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fripé
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crumple -v
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friper, se friper
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chilly
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frisquet
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crumple/crease, hurt/offend
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froisser
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break out, burst out, spread
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fuser
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bungle, botch, waste, make mess of
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gâcher
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curved
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galbé
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curve
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galbe -f
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stripes (mill), bands
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galon
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stampede
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galopade
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mad rush
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galopade éffrénée
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street boy, urchin; tomboy
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gamin /gamine
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night-watchman/nurse
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garde de nuit
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remain anonymous
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garder l'anonymat
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wardrobe
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garde-robe -f
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jailer, jail guard
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geôlier
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spray/shower of water
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gerbe d'eau
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sheaf, bundle, collection
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gerbe -f
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cracked, chapped
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gercé
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pregnancy
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gestation
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smooth
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glabre
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chilled, icy, cold
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glaçé
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chilled to the bone
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glaçé jusqu'aux os
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ice-cube, block of ice, icicle
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glaçon
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sliding, slipping
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glissement
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let that pass/go by
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glissons là-dessus
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mouthful, gulp
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gorgée
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youngster, kid
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gosse -m/f
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bantering, wagging; banterer
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gouailleur
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snack btw lunch and dinner
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goûter -m
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graceful, courteous, affable
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gracieux
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tier, step, terrace
|
gradin
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bribe s.o., grease s.o.'s palm
|
graisser la patte à qn
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granite
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granit
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cluster, bunch
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grappe
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scrape,scratch,earn a bit on the side
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gratter
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climb
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gravir
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climb a rung of social ladder
|
gravir un échelon social
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tremble, shake, shiver (cold/fear)
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grelotter
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strand, shore, beach; strike
|
grève - m
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scribbling, doodling -n
|
griffonage
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scribble, scrawl, doodle -v
|
griffoner
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bars, grill, gate
|
grille
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creaking, grating, caustic
|
grinçant
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grunting, growing, grumbling
|
grognement
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grumble, mutter
|
grommeler
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growl, snarl, grumble; scold
|
gronder
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big shot
|
gros bonnet
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coarse, rough, rude (to), vulgar
|
grossier (envers)
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tattered garment,worthless object
|
guenille -f
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watchman, look-out man
|
guetteur
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marshmallow
|
guimauve -f
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gloomy, mournful, dejected
|
guise
|
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skillful, clever
|
habile
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wild-looking, haggard
|
hagard
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hedge, hurdle, line (trees, police)
|
haie -m
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pant, gasp -v
|
haleter
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fish hook
|
hameçon
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haunt, frequent, associate with
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hanter
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intimacy,frequenting,obsession
|
hantise -f
|
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tire (out), exhaust, harass
|
harasser
|
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herd, bevy, flock
|
harde -f
|
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surly, snarling, cross, peevish
|
hargneux
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speed, hurry, precipitation
|
hâte -f
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shrug one's shoulders
|
hausser les épaules
|
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sudden start, jump
|
haut-le-corps
|
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harbor -v, lodge, shelter
|
héberger
|
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accommodate, put up, take in
|
hébérger
|
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dazed, vacant, bewildered
|
hébété
|
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dazed, bewildered, stupid
|
hébété
|
|
|
stupefied with grief
|
hébété de douleur
|
|
|
hey, what, isn't it?
|
hein
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hedgehog
|
hérisson -m
|
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unusual,strange, odd, queer
|
hétéroclite
|
|
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shock, blow, knock, clash
|
heurt -m
|
|
|
hilarious, mirthful
|
hilare
|
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|
shake one's head
|
hocher la tête
|
|
|
businessman
|
homme d'affaires
|
|
|
men of his stamp/ilk
|
hommes de sa trempe
|
|
|
hiccup, gasp
|
hoquet -m
|
|
|
hiccup -v, have the hiccups
|
hoqueter
|
|
|
out of the ordinary, first-rate
|
hors ligne
|
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swell, surge -n
|
houle -f
|
|
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port-hole, scuttle
|
hublot
|
|
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howling, roard, scream
|
hurlement
|
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|
howl, roar, yell
|
hurler
|
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bright idea, brainstorm
|
idée lumineuse
|
|
|
ignoramous, ignorant
|
ignare -m/adj
|
|
|
ignoble, vile, mean
|
ignoble
|
|
|
he accepted gradually
|
il a accépté en renâclant
|
|
|
he's turned thirty
|
Il a dépassé la trentaine
|
|
|
he's had a good education
|
il a fait de bonnes études
|
|
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he's turned forty
|
il a franchi la quarantaine
|
|
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he loves his work
|
il a le coeur a l'ouvrage
|
|
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his heart is in the right place
|
il a le coeur bien accroché
|
|
|
he's truly inspired
|
il a le feu sacré
|
|
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his face was drawn
|
il avait les traits tirés
|
|
|
he's trying to find out
|
il cherche à s'informer
|
|
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he's heading for disaster
|
il court à sa perte
|
|
|
he made a great fuss about it
|
il en a fait tout un plat
|
|
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he is smitten with her
|
il en est épris
|
|
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he'd be green with envy
|
il en ferait une jaunisse
|
|
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he's in on it, knows what's going on
|
il est dans le coup
|
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he's always scratching himself
|
il est tojours à se gratter
|
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it's foggy
|
il fait du brouillard
|
|
|
it's a bit chilly
|
il fait frisquet
|
|
|
it is very hot
|
il fait une grande chaleur
|
|
|
he lives w/in his means
|
il mène unve vie conforme à ses moyens
|
|
|
he's ready for anythg,wl stop at nth
|
il ne recule à rien
|
|
|
he doesn’t hold a candle to you
|
il ne t'arrive pas à la cheville
|
|
|
there's hardly any left
|
il n'en reste plus guère
|
|
|
he's behind the times
|
il retarde sur son siècle
|
|
|
he is sometimes well, sometimes ill
|
il se porte tantôt bien, tantôt mal
|
|
|
he need coaxing/persusasion
|
il s'est fait prier
|
|
|
he was seriously mistaken
|
il s'est gravement trompé
|
|
|
he's setttled down
|
il s'est rangé
|
|
|
it only takes an hour to
|
il suffit d'une heure pour
|
|
|
it's thundering
|
il tonne
|
|
|
he saw his hopes dashed
|
il vit sombrer ses esperances
|
|
|
at once, immediately
|
illico
|
|
|
visionary, fanatic; illuminated
|
illuminé
|
|
|
waterlogged, saturated w water
|
imbibé d'eau
|
|
|
ultra-conservative policy
|
immobilisme
|
|
|
unchangeable, unalterable
|
immuable
|
|
|
unalterable, unchanging, fixed
|
immuable
|
|
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unmoved, unimpressionable
|
impassible
|
|
|
impatiently.
|
impatiemment
|
|
|
irritate, annoy
|
impatienter
|
|
|
domineering, haughty; pressing
|
impérieux
|
|
|
bother, pester,annoy,inconvenience
|
importuner
|
|
|
indefinite, unprecise
|
imprécis
|
|
|
unforeseen, (the) unexpected
|
imprévu -n/a
|
|
|
recklessness, imprudence, rashness
|
imprudence
|
|
|
impulse, impetus, motive
|
impulsion
|
|
|
futility, inanity
|
inanité
|
|
|
shameful, (fig) low-down
|
inavouable
|
|
|
be s.o.'s responsibility
|
incomber à qn
|
|
|
unknown (person), (to)
|
inconnu (de/à) -n/a/
|
|
|
instil (into), inculcate (in)
|
inculquer (à)
|
|
|
undecided, unsettled, indecisive, irresolute
|
indécis
|
|
|
indefensible
|
indéfendable
|
|
|
indication, sign,token, mark
|
indice -m
|
|
|
indignant, shocked
|
indigné
|
|
|
clothes industry
|
industrie vestimentaire
|
|
|
indelible, unerasable
|
ineffaçable
|
|
|
invaluable
|
inestimable
|
|
|
foul (deed), vile, unspeakable
|
infâme
|
|
|
lowest, tiny, minute
|
infime
|
|
|
immensely, extremely, infinitely
|
infiniment
|
|
|
bend, sag, shift
|
infléchir
|
|
|
ungrateful; thankless,unprofitable
|
ingrat
|
|
|
ungrateful (to), ingrate
|
ingrat (envers) -m/adj
|
|
|
inhospitable
|
inhospitalier
|
|
|
initiate, person in the know
|
initié
|
|
|
untiring,unflagging, unwearying
|
inlassable
|
|
|
untiringly, tirelessly
|
inlassablement
|
|
|
innate, inborn
|
inné
|
|
|
innumerable
|
innombrable
|
|
|
inundate,flood,glut, swamp
|
inonder
|
|
|
unheard of, extraordinary,outrageous
|
inouï
|
|
|
enter, register
|
inscrire
|
|
|
mad, senseless, foolish (person)
|
insensé
|
|
|
unusual, unprecedented
|
insolite
|
|
|
insistently, urgently
|
instamment
|
|
|
entreaties, authorities
|
instances -f pl
|
|
|
schoolteacher, governess
|
institutrice
|
|
|
prohibition, forbidding
|
interdiction
|
|
|
forbid s.o. sth
|
interdire qch à qn
|
|
|
interned/ internee
|
interné
|
|
|
uncompromising, obstinate
|
intraitable
|
|
|
not to be found, matchless
|
introuvable
|
|
|
intruder, gate crasher;intruding
|
intrus
|
|
|
beleagured, invested
|
investi
|
|
|
iodine
|
iode -m
|
|
|
irrational, unreasoning
|
irraisonable
|
|
|
dead drunk
|
ivre mort
|
|
|
formerly, once, of old
|
jadis (lit)
|
|
|
I gave up (fig)
|
j'ai calé (fig)
|
|
|
I've found a beautiful house
|
j'ai déniché une maison superbe
|
|
|
I had to give in (fig)
|
j'ai dû m'incliner
|
|
|
I had enough trouble in +ger
|
j'ai eu assez de mal pour +inf
|
|
|
spring up, shoot forth,gush out,flash
|
jaillir
|
|
|
jaundice
|
jaunisse -f
|
|
|
I've known him for a long time
|
je le connais de longue date
|
|
|
that's just like me
|
je me reconnais bien lá
|
|
|
I couldn't care less
|
je m'en fiche éperdument
|
|
|
I don't belong to their circle/set/class
|
je n'appartiens pas à leur milieu
|
|
|
I'm serious
|
je ne plaisante pas
|
|
|
I had no part in it whatsoever
|
je n'y ai pris aucune part
|
|
|
I know how to handle him
|
je sais comment le prendre
|
|
|
I'm exhausted
|
je suis aneanti
|
|
|
I'm terribly sorry to hear
|
je suis navré d'apprendre
|
|
|
I'm older than you
|
je suis plus âgé que vous
|
|
|
I am sick and tired of
|
j'en ai soupé de
|
|
|
your guess is as good as mine
|
j'en sais autant que toi
|
|
|
I want some, too
|
j'en veux également
|
|
|
jetty, pier, breakwater
|
jetée -f
|
|
|
cast anchor
|
jeter l'ancre
|
|
|
make ends meet
|
joindre les deux bouts
|
|
|
I forget how it goes on
|
j'oublie la suite
|
|
|
elbow one's way through the crowd
|
jouer des coudes à travers la foule
|
|
|
cuff-links
|
jumeaux de manchettes
|
|
|
to a certain extent, to some degree
|
jusqu'a un certain point
|
|
|
just, right, fair, accurate
|
juste
|
|
|
subject to
|
justiciable de
|
|
|
juvenile, youthful
|
juvénile
|
|
|
the discussion grows acrimonious
|
la discussion s'envenime
|
|
|
love is blind
|
la passion aveugle l'entendement
|
|
|
he was in the grip of fear
|
la peur l'étreignait
|
|
|
he lost his head
|
la tête lui a tourné
|
|
|
lace, bend/winding path; noose
|
lacet
|
|
|
release, slacken, let go, loosen
|
lâcher
|
|
|
give s.o. a good kick
|
lâcher un coup de pied a qn
|
|
|
let me go!
|
lâchez-moi
|
|
|
gap, break, hiatus, blank
|
lacune -f
|
|
|
the matter is pending
|
l'affaire est en instance
|
|
|
let one's knowledge get rusty
|
laisser rouiller ses connaissances
|
|
|
show one's true character
|
laisser voir le bout de l'oreille
|
|
|
dawdle -v
|
lambiner
|
|
|
ground swell
|
lame de fond
|
|
|
razor blade
|
lame de rasoir
|
|
|
thin plate, strip, blade
|
lame -f
|
|
|
throw, fling, cast, hurl
|
lancer
|
|
|
sparkle, flash -v
|
lancer des étincelles
|
|
|
challenge s.o.
|
lancer un défi à qn
|
|
|
languish, pine, linger
|
languir
|
|
|
lacquer -v
|
laquer
|
|
|
theft, spoils
|
larcin
|
|
|
room, space; open sea
|
large -m
|
|
|
tired, weary, fatigued, bored
|
las
|
|
|
wash-basin, lavatory
|
lavabo
|
|
|
does the dog bite
|
le chien est-il méchant?
|
|
|
lobster makes me ill
|
le hommard me rend malade
|
|
|
all along, all through
|
le long de
|
|
|
the country's all excited
|
le pays s'émeut
|
|
|
the sooner the better
|
le plus tôt sera le mieux
|
|
|
time flies
|
le temps file
|
|
|
the weather promises to be fine
|
le temps s'annonce beau
|
|
|
suck up to s.o.
|
lécher les pieds de qn
|
|
|
prevail over, get the better of
|
l'emporter sur qn
|
|
|
pleasant things in life
|
les agrément dans la vie
|
|
|
shellfish
|
les crustacés
|
|
|
lethargy, apathy
|
léthargie
|
|
|
show the white flag
|
lever la crosse dans l'air
|
|
|
weigh anchor
|
lever l'ancre
|
|
|
crack -n
|
lézarde -f
|
|
|
crack -v
|
lézarder
|
|
|
leave me alone, let me be
|
liassez-moi tranquille
|
|
|
progeny, offspring, issue
|
lignée
|
|
|
bloodhood, detective
|
limier -m
|
|
|
the immediate future
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l'immediat -m
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liquidate, wind up/settle (business)
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liquider
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edge, border (of field), skirt (forest)
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lisière -f
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smooth, glossy;smoothness,gloss
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lisse -n/a
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twin bed
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lits jumeaux
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delivery, installment (of book)
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livraison -f
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engage/wage/enter into battle
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livrer une bataille
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supply and demand
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l'offre et la demande
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furnished apartment
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logement garni
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pass/go alongside
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longer
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hug the coast
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longer la côte
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talkative, garrulous
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loquace
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in rags, in tatters, ragged
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loqueteux
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eye -v, have one's eye on
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lorgner
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skylight
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lucarne -f
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clear-headedness, lucidity
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lucidité
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toboggan, sled
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luge -f
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go tobogganing/sledding
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luger /faire de la luge
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chew, munch, masticate
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macher
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jaw
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machoire -f
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hoard (money), pigmy, ugly person
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magot - (fig)
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vest -n
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maillot de corps
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what on earth for?
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mais pourqoui donc?
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clumsily, tactlessly
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maladroitement
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curse
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malediction
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at the wrong moment
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malencontreusement
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unfortunate
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malencontreux
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ill use, manhandle, give a rough time
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malmener
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mistreat, abuse, handle roughly
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maltraiter
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broomstick
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manche á balai -f
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mandate, commission, warrant
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mandat
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arrest warrant
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mandat d'arrêt
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eat hungrily, with relish
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manger à belles dents
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manner, way, style
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manière
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manifestly, obviously
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manifestement
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be tactless -v
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manquer de doigté
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map of the world
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mappemonde -f
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Tuesday at the earliest
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mardi au plus tôt
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mutter -v
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marmonner
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fancy leather work/goods/trade
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maroquinerie
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row of houses
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masions en enfilade
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assets/liabilities
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masse active/passive
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club, stick, cudgel
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massue -f
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shanty, hovel
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masure -f
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mast, pole
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mât -m
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mattress, pad,cushion
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matelas -m
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sailor, seaman
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matelot
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curse, fume, grumble (about)
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maugréer (contre)
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gloomy, sullen
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maussade
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tight corner, awkward situation
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mauvais pas
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miserable, wicked, evil
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méchant
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lame excuse
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méchanté excuse
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displeased, dissatisfied (with)
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mécontent (de)
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medecine
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médicament
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distrust, mistrust
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méfiance
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beware of
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méfiez-vous de
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caution, care, consideration
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ménagement
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be sparing of, use words w tact
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menager
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deal tactfully/gently w s.o.
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menager qn
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beg for, solicit, implore
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mendier
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little hand (child's language)
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menotte -f
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handcuffs
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menottes -f pl
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systematic, methodical
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méthodique
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endanger, jeapordize, imperil
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mettre en péril
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high-light -v
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mettre en vedette
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mess something up
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mettre la pagaille dans qch
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awaken s.o.'s suspicions
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mettre la pouce à l'oreille de qn
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pawn sth -v
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mettre qch en gage
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torture s.o. (fig)
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mettre qn au martyre
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summon, compel s.o. to
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mettre qn en demeure de
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launch a shiip
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mettre un navire à flot
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crowd, mob, pack
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meute -f
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simmer, stew
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mijoter
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small income
|
minces revenues
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mine, undermine; wear away,consume
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miner
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thorough, minute
|
minutieux
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observation post, prison tower
|
mirador
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adjustment, rectification
|
mise au point
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adjusting, finalizing
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mise au point
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formal notice, summons
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mise en demeure
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poverty, wretchedness, trouble
|
misere -f
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mitten
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mitaine -f
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clothes-moth
|
mite -f
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seedy, dingy, shabby
|
miteux
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tommy gun
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mitraillette
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stump (of amputated limb)
|
moignon
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sparrow
|
moineau
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go mouldy; mildew, mold -v
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moisir
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harvesting, crop, harvest
|
moisson -f
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brat, kid, youngster
|
môme -m
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momentarily, temporarily
|
momentanément -m
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heap, pile
|
monceau
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convert into cash, capitalize on
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monnayer
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go/get on board
|
monter à bord
|
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state of mind
|
moral -m
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jump at the offer (fig)
|
mordre à la grappe
|
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take the bait
|
mordre à l'âppat
|
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bite the dust
|
mordre la poussière
|
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hut, shanty
|
morne
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words in bold type
|
mots en vedette
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pout
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moue -f
|
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anchoring, mooring
|
mouillage
|
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mossy, moss-covered
|
moussu
|
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mud-wall
|
mur en torchis
|
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high defensive wall, side of ship
|
muraille -f
|
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muzzle, snout; (fig) mug
|
museau
|
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|
transfer -n (military personnel)
|
muter
|
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|
insubordinate, unruly, saucy (pers)
|
mutin -n/a
|
|
|
dumbness, muteness
|
mutisme
|
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|
come to nothing
|
n'aboutir à rien
|
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|
backstroke
|
nage sur le dos
|
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|
braid, pig-tail
|
natte -f
|
|
|
turnip
|
navet -m
|
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shuttle, incense-box
|
navette
|
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vessel, ship
|
navire
|
|
|
heart-rending, distressing
|
navrant
|
|
|
heartbroken, woebegone
|
navré
|
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|
don't keep us in suspense
|
ne nous faites pas languir
|
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|
you'd better not!
|
ne vous en aviser pas!
|
|
|
nevertheles, yet
|
néanmoins
|
|
|
nothing, naught, worthlessness
|
néant
|
|
|
nevertheless, all the same
|
n'empêche que
|
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|
nervousness
|
nervosité
|
|
|
not be able/fit to do sth
|
n'être pas fichu de faire qch
|
|
|
plainly, clearly, distinctly, quite
|
nettement
|
|
|
build nest, hang out, lodge
|
nicher
|
|
|
jet black
|
noir de jais
|
|
|
unconcerned, indifferent, nonchalant
|
nonchalant
|
|
|
worthy of note, eminent (also noun)
|
notable
|
|
|
especially, in particular, among others
|
notamment
|
|
|
tie, fasten; form, build up (alliance)
|
nouer
|
|
|
food, sustenance,nurture,board
|
nourriture -f
|
|
|
we live on the same floor
|
nous sommes voisins de palier
|
|
|
smoke screen
|
nuage artificiel
|
|
|
cloud; (fig) swarm,flock,multitude
|
nuée -f
|
|
|
null and void (legal)
|
nul et non avenu
|
|
|
nowhere else
|
nulle autre part
|
|
|
nowhere
|
nulle part
|
|
|
cloud, darken -v
|
obnubiler
|
|
|
dark, gloomy, obscure
|
obscur
|
|
|
obsess,haunt;importune
|
obséder
|
|
|
funeral
|
obséques
|
|
|
dull, stubborn, obtuse
|
obtus
|
|
|
mind your own business
|
occupe-toi de tes oignons
|
|
|
mind your own business
|
occupez-vous de vos affaires!
|
|
|
offer, proposal
|
offre -f
|
|
|
olive colored
|
olivâtre
|
|
|
you're as old as you feel
|
on a l'âge de ses artères
|
|
|
opposite, contrary
|
opposé
|
|
|
but,now, well
|
or
|
|
|
gold bouillion
|
or en lingot
|
|
|
funeral prayer
|
oraison funebre
|
|
|
garbage, refuse
|
ordures -f pl
|
|
|
goldsmith, silversmith
|
orfèvre -m
|
|
|
origin, source, extraction, birth
|
origine -f
|
|
|
bones (dead man, animal)
|
ossements
|
|
|
or else, otherwise
|
ou bien..
|
|
|
where do you hang out?
|
où perchez-vous?
|
|
|
wrought, crafted
|
ouvragé
|
|
|
mess, shambles, chaos
|
pagaille
|
|
|
landing (of stairs)
|
palier
|
|
|
bandage, dressing
|
pansement
|
|
|
dress (wound), bandage,put in cast
|
panser
|
|
|
striped paper/material
|
papier/tissu à rayures
|
|
|
in comparison (with, to)
|
par comparaison (avec, à)
|
|
|
gradually
|
par degrés
|
|
|
later on, afterwards, eventually
|
par la suite
|
|
|
on principle
|
par principe
|
|
|
out of spite
|
par rancune
|
|
|
owing to, in consequence of
|
par suite de
|
|
|
travel through/go over (country)
|
parcourir
|
|
|
speak harshly
|
parler avec dureté
|
|
|
talk for hours on end
|
parler des heures durant
|
|
|
partition, wall, inner side/surface
|
paroi -f
|
|
|
sprinkle with, strew with
|
parsemer de
|
|
|
division, sharing, partition
|
partage
|
|
|
flower bed
|
parterre -m
|
|
|
game of chess
|
partie d'échecs
|
|
|
parts of speech (gram)
|
parties du discours
|
|
|
succeed in life, arrive at/reach
|
parvenir à
|
|
|
step,pace,stride; footprin
|
pas -m
|
|
|
harmless
|
pas méchant
|
|
|
illegitamate favor, unfair promotion
|
passe-droit
|
|
|
master key
|
passe-partout
|
|
|
fry -v
|
passer à la poêle
|
|
|
rough s.o. up, give s.o. 3rd degree
|
passer qn à tabac
|
|
|
footbridge, gangplank
|
passerelle
|
|
|
exciting, fascinating, gripping, thrilling
|
passionnant
|
|
|
ardent ,passionate; enthusiast
|
passionné -n/adj
|
|
|
let's forget all about it
|
passons l'éponge
|
|
|
big-pawed puppy,chubby child
|
pataud
|
|
|
village (fig)
|
patelin
|
|
|
clothes peg, curtain hook
|
patère -f
|
|
|
pasty, clammy
|
pâteux
|
|
|
exercise patience, wait patiently
|
patienter
|
|
|
paw, foot (of animal, bird)
|
patte -f
|
|
|
food (for animals), fodder, pasture
|
pature -f
|
|
|
palm
|
paume
|
|
|
suburban house
|
pavillion de banlieue
|
|
|
dress (ship), deck w flags, rejoice
|
pavoiser
|
|
|
payable at maturity
|
payable à l'échéance
|
|
|
pay to the last farthing
|
payer rubi sur l'ongle
|
|
|
toll, tollhouse
|
péage
|
|
|
labor, toil -v; pain, grieve -v
|
peiner
|
|
|
lawn
|
pelouse
|
|
|
tendency, fondness, propensity
|
penchant -m
|
|
|
tip up, tilt, lean over
|
pencher
|
|
|
hanging
|
pendaison
|
|
|
for hours on end
|
pendant des heures entières
|
|
|
develop a taste for sth
|
pendre gout a qch
|
|
|
hard, arduous; painful
|
pénible
|
|
|
painful to see
|
pénible à voir
|
|
|
canal boat, barge
|
peniche
|
|
|
prison
|
pénitentiare
|
|
|
semi-darkness
|
pénombre
|
|
|
slope, incline
|
pente -f
|
|
|
shortage, dearth, scarcity
|
penurie -f
|
|
|
break through the crowd
|
percer la foule
|
|
|
forsee the future
|
percer l'avenir
|
|
|
be all at sea
|
perdre la boussole
|
|
|
lose one's temper
|
perdre son sang-froid
|
|
|
lose momentum
|
perdre son élan
|
|
|
vicissitudes
|
péripéties
|
|
|
resourceful person
|
personne de ressource
|
|
|
highly esteemed person
|
personne trés cotée
|
|
|
ruin, destruction, loss
|
perte -f
|
|
|
weigh one's words
|
peser ses termes
|
|
|
sip
|
petite gorgée
|
|
|
petrified, paralyzed with fear
|
pétrifié de peur
|
|
|
kneeding trough
|
pétrin
|
|
|
petroleum, oil
|
pétrole -n
|
|
|
dishonest
|
peu honnête
|
|
|
shallow
|
peu profond
|
|
|
populate, people, throng -v
|
peupler
|
|
|
lighthouse, beacon, headlight
|
phare -m
|
|
|
seal -n
|
phoque -m
|
|
|
moutain peak; pick-axe
|
pic -m
|
|
|
trample, stamp/tread on
|
piétiner
|
|
|
speak ill of the dead
|
piétiner un cadavre
|
|
|
gable
|
pignon
|
|
|
smart (looking),spruce,trim
|
pimpant
|
|
|
affected, prim
|
pincé
|
|
|
nail-clipper
|
pince á ongles
|
|
|
paper clip
|
pince á papier
|
|
|
pncers, pliers, forceps
|
pince -f
|
|
|
pawn
|
pion -m
|
|
|
reed pipe
|
pipeau
|
|
|
runway, race track, track
|
piste -f
|
|
|
eye-bolt, peak (mountain)
|
piton
|
|
|
plead, argue, litigate, defend
|
plaider
|
|
|
plead guilty
|
plaider coupable
|
|
|
intercede for me
|
plaider ma cause
|
|
|
joke, jest, speak in jest
|
plaisanter
|
|
|
sensual pleasures
|
plaisir des sens
|
|
|
board, plank
|
planche
|
|
|
floor, floorboard
|
plancher -m
|
|
|
hover, soar, look down on (sur)
|
planer
|
|
|
hover, soar; smooth, make even
|
planer
|
|
|
gunnel (naut)
|
plat-bord
|
|
|
tray, plateau
|
plateau
|
|
|
platform (in all senses)
|
plate-forme
|
|
|
full to burstng
|
plein à craquer
|
|
|
fold, bend -v
|
plier
|
|
|
gold filling
|
plombage d'or
|
|
|
plunge, dip, immerse -v
|
plonger
|
|
|
diver, hotel dishwasher
|
plongeur
|
|
|
well-filled pockets
|
poches bien bourrées
|
|
|
frying pan
|
poêle -f
|
|
|
stove
|
poêle -m
|
|
|
handful, handle, bunch, handshake
|
poignée
|
|
|
highest point, zenith, climax
|
point culminant
|
|
|
boiling/melting point
|
point d'ebullition, de fusion
|
|
|
point (time, space), point,dot,extent
|
point -m
|
|
|
bit/touch of sarcasm
|
pointe de sarcasme
|
|
|
point (pin, sword), tip, head
|
pointe -f
|
|
|
chest
|
poitrine -f
|
|
|
expired policy (ins)
|
police déchue
|
|
|
toll-bridge
|
pont à péage
|
|
|
bear witness/give evidence
|
porter temoignage
|
|
|
door (auto, train)
|
portière
|
|
|
staid, grave
|
posé
|
|
|
rest, lie (on sth), pose
|
poser -v
|
|
|
jar, pot, carton
|
pot
|
|
|
bribe, hush money
|
pot-de-vin
|
|
|
dust, powder
|
poudre -f
|
|
|
powder keg; gunpowder warehouse
|
poudrière
|
|
|
so to speak
|
pour ainsi dire
|
|
|
as a crowning misfortune
|
pour comble de malheur
|
|
|
for nothing!
|
pour des prunes!
|
|
|
with honorable intentions
|
pour le bon motif
|
|
|
for so small a matter
|
pour si peu de chose
|
|
|
to cut it short
|
pour trancher net
|
|
|
why so?
|
pourquoi cela?
|
|
|
what for?
|
pourquoi faire?
|
|
|
however, yet, still, nevertheless
|
pourtant
|
|
|
nevertheless, however, still, yet
|
pourtant
|
|
|
carry matters to extremes
|
pousser les choses à l'extrême
|
|
|
grunt, growl -v
|
pousser un grognement
|
|
|
dust, speck of dust
|
poussière -f
|
|
|
dusty
|
poussièreux
|
|
|
wheezy, short-winded
|
poussif
|
|
|
could you spare me a few minutes?
|
pouvez-vous m'accorder quelques minutes?
|
|
|
lice
|
poux, les
|
|
|
feasible, passable
|
practicable
|
|
|
useful, practice
|
pratique -adj
|
|
|
practice what one preaches
|
prêcher d'exemple
|
|
|
go further into detail
|
préciser les détails
|
|
|
precise detail, precision
|
précision
|
|
|
take it easy, loll
|
prélasser
|
|
|
deduct, set apart
|
prélever
|
|
|
premature, untimely;premature child
|
prématuré
|
|
|
be promoted
|
prendre du galon
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take a liking to sth
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prendre goût a qch
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flee, take flight -v
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prendre la fuite
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put out to sea, decamp
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prendre le large
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take s.o. to task, call s.o. to account
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prendre qn à partie
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fool s.o./take s.o. in
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prendre qn pour dupe
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retire on a pension
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prendre sa retraite
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get even with
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prendre sa revanche sur
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enter into a contract
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prendre un engagement
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make great strides
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prendre un grand essor
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have a drink (fig)
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prendre un pot
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get drunk (pej)
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prendre une cuite
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preparation
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préparatif
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urgent, pressing, insisting
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pressant
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paperweight
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presse-papiers
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pawnbroker
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preteur sur gages
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warn in advance
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prevenir d'avance
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foreseeable
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prévisible
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strave s.o.
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priver qn de nourriture
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reasonable price
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prix avantgeux
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lawsuit
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procès civil
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curriculum
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programme des études
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prey, quarry
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proie -f
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make a speech
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prononcer un discours
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propel -v
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propulser
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dentures, false teeth
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prothése dentaire
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plum tree
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prunier
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flea
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puce -f
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virgin (ant)
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puceau, pucelle
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modest, chaste
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pudique
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draw (water) from
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puiser (à, dans)
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take an idea from an author
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puiser une idée chez un auteur
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oil well
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puits de pétrole
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desk (school)
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pupitre -m
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describe (as)
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qualifier de
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quality, property, qualification
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qualité
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slum (fig)
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quartier pouilleux
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what a dump!
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quel sale patelin!
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somewhat surprises
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quelque peu surpris
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coughing fit
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quinte de toux
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fifth, caprice, fit
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quinte -f
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bands, flap
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rabat -m
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kill joy, spoilsport, wet blanket
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rabat-joie -m
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back (of animal)
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râble -m
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backward race
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race moins évoluée
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scrape -v
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racler
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scrape bottom of barrel
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racler les fonds du tiroir
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raft
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radeau
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gust of wind; hail of bullets
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rafale -f
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skiff
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rafiot
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patch up (sth)
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rafistoler
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clean sweep, raid, round-up
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rafle -f
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rabies
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rage -f
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passionate, violent-tempered
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rageur
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stiffness, tightness, abruptness
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raideur
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reduce speed
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ralentir la marche
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slacken the pace
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ralentir l'allure
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bring (s.o./sth) back again
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ramener
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creep,crawl -v
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ramper
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creep, crawl -v
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ramper
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resentment, rancour, bitterness
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rancoeur -f
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rancour, spite, grudge
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rancune -f
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outing, motor tour
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randonnée
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ordered, tiny, steady
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rangé
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row, line (people,trees),tier (seats)
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rangée
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line up, draw up
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ranger, se
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shorten, belittle
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rapetisser
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rapsy (tongue), grating, harsh
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râpeux
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swiftness, speed
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rapidité
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revenue, bearing
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rapport
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bring/take back; repeal, revoke
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rapporter
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close cropped/shaven
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ras
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bore (fig)
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raseur (fig)
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ravine, gully
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ravin -m
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supplying, provisioning, supplies
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ravitaillement -m
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strike out, expunge
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rayer
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radiant, beaming
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rayonnant
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glowing w health
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rayonnant de santé
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register, inventory, take census of
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recenser
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record, register, take census of
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recenser
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come through (w one's life)
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réchapper de
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quest, search, pursuit
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recherche
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recital, story, account, narrative
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récit
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nook, recess
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recoin
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reward, compensation,amends
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récompense
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strengthening, stimulating
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réconfortant
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have recourse, resort to
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recourir (á)
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appeal for mercy
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recours en grâce
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recruit, new member
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recrue -f
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gather,get together;receive,shelter
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recueillir
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editorial staff, drafting, editing
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redaction
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draw up/draft, write out, edit
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rédiger
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dread, fear -v, hold (so,sth) in awe
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redouter
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dining hall
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réfectoire -m
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serious-minded, thoughtful, deliberate
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réfléchi
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reflected light, reflection
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reflet -m
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drive back, force back, expel
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refouler
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cool down, grow cold
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refroidir
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shelter, refuge, sanctuary
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refuge -m
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refugee
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refugié
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make up for lost time
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regagner le temps perdu
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return to one's home
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regagner son foyer
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arch look
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regard espiègle
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stare into space
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regarder dans l'éspace
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yacht race
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régate à voiles
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make one's plans for the day
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régler sa journée
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rejoin, reunite, overtake, catch up
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rejoindre
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raise s.o.'s spirits
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relever/remonter le moral à
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connect, link; join, bind again
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relier
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repay, refund
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rembourser
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reimburse s.o. for sth
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rembourser qn de qch
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repairing, overhauling
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rémise en état
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date back (to), go back, rise
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remonter
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tow, haul, drag, draw along
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remorquer
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tug, towing boat, towboat
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remorqueur
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replacement
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remplaçant
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carry off (prize), achieve, win
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remporter
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sniff, snort, show reluctance
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renâcler
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give up doing sth
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renconcer à faire qch
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give back, render; make (à qn)
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rendre
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do s.o. a service
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rendre service à qn
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deny,disown,disavow, forswear
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renier
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withdraw all claims; give up,renounce
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renoncer
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air out
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renouveler l'air
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renew a lease
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renouveler un bail
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pour out, shed, spill, sprinkle
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répandre
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iron; go/come again, turn over
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repasser
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mark, locate, spot
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repérer
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respite, breathing space
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répit
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fold, winding, bend
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repli -m
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fold sth up, turn in, (mil) withdraw
|
replier
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recapture; start again
|
reprendre
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resume, take back/again
|
reprendre
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reprisal
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représaille -f
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reproach, upbraid
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reprocher
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survivor (disaster), person rescued
|
rescapé
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tighten, restrain, put away again
|
reserrer
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determined, resolved, solved
|
résolu
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determinedly, resolutely
|
résolument
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national, citizen
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ressortissant -n
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reestablish,restore;repair;recover
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rétablir
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retard -v, delay
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retarder
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hold back, detain, restrain
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retenir
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hold the attention
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retenir l'attention
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hold one's breath
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retenir son souffle
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resound, reverberate, ring, echo
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retentir
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fall down again, fall back, hang down
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retomber
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retirement, hiding place, retreat
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retraite
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return match, requital, revenge
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revanche -f
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reconsider one's opinion/refusal
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revenir sur son opinion/refus
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coating, lining, sheathing
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revêtement
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revolting, sickening, shocking
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révoltant
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rebel, insurgent
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revolté
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elapsed, ended; accomplished
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révolu
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ground floor, ground level
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rez-de-chausée
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heavy cold (pej)
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rhume carabiné
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sneering, derisive laugh
|
ricanement
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sneer -v
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ricaner
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you are perfectly right
|
rien de plus juste
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no wonder!
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rien d'étonnant à cela
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retort, pat answer
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riposte -f
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retort, make a smart reply (fig)
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riposter
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rite, ritual
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rite -m
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faucet, tap
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robinet
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rock, boulder
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rocher
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prowl -v, be on the prowl
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rôder
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prowl about/roam the streets
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rôder les rues
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gnaw,nibble; eat up, torment
|
ronger
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rose garden
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roseraie
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rosebush, rose tree
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rosier
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commoner, of the common people
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roturier
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wheels, cog, machinery
|
rouage -m
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rust -n
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rouille -f
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be rolling in money
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rouler sur l'or
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rolling (naut)
|
roulis
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roughly, severely;(fig) awfully,very
|
rudement
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uncouthness, harshness, abruptness
|
rudesse -f
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stream (down), trickle
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ruisseler, -ant, -ment
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confused noise, uproar,(fig) rumor
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rumeur -f
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ponder an idea
|
ruminer une idée
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artful,crafty,sly,cunning,wily
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rusé
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trick, ruse; guile, craft
|
ruse -f
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fall/crash down; swoop down (on)
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s'abatter (sur)
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scuttle -v
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saborder
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go away/stay away (fm home,schl)
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s'absenter
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jerky, abrupt (movement, style)
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saccadé
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be caught/hooked (par), cling to (a)
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s'accrocher
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damned, bloody; holy, sacred
|
sacré
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drop, flop into; slide down
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s'áffaler
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panic, lose one's head, go off deep end
|
s'affoler
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sound in body and in mind
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sain de corps et d'ésprit
|
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striking, piercing,startling
|
saissisant
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be joined, attach oneself
|
s'ajouter
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dirt, filth, obscenity, dirty trick
|
saleté -f
|
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packed house (theat)
|
salle bondé
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grow longer, lengthen, lie down
|
s'allonger
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safety, welfare, greeting
|
salut -m
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coolness, composure
|
sang-froid
|
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strap, band
|
sangle -f
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sob -n
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sanglot
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sob -v
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sangloter
|
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augur (well or ill)
|
s'annoncer
|
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unattractive
|
sans agrément
|
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homeless
|
sans asile
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freely
|
sans contrainte
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immediately
|
sans délai
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unleavened
|
sans levain
|
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seedless
|
sans pépins
|
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unprincipled
|
sans principes
|
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no hard feelings!
|
sans rancune!
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without going into details
|
sans rien préciser
|
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without hesitation
|
sans se faire prier
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smoothly
|
sans une secousse
|
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calm down, grow quiet
|
s'apaiser
|
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assume (w/o right)
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s'arroger
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become dark or gloomy
|
s'assombrir
|
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weeping willow
|
saule pleurer -m
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spinkle powder, dust, dredge
|
saupoudrer
|
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jump (in temperature, price)
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saute -f
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jumping, hopping, informal dance
|
sauterie -f
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save, rescue
|
sauver
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take it into one's head to do sth
|
s'aviser de faire qch
|
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quicken, liven up, become acute
|
s'aviver
|
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difficult, tricky; indecent, shocking
|
scabreux
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improper, shocking
|
scabreux
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scan, chant
|
scander
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seal, confirm,put official seal on
|
sceller
|
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scrutinize, examine closely
|
scruter
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show o.s. (to be), prove (to be)
|
se reveler
|
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swing, rock -v
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se balancer
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tan -v, get sunburnt
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se basaner
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delude o.s.
|
se bercer d'illusions
|
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restrict o.s., show self-restraint
|
se borner
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be confined to
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se borner à
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stuff o.s. -v
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se bourrer
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be reckoned/included/taken into acct
|
se compter
|
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agree (with)
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se concilier avec
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merge, become confused
|
se confondre
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be satisfied with
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se contenter de
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hold/hang on to, clutch sth
|
se cramponner a qch
|
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be argued/debated; struggle,strive
|
se débattre
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get rid of s.o./sth, rid o.s of s.o/sth
|
se défaire de qch/qn
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extricate o.s. from
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se démêlér de
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struggle, exert o.s.,thrash about
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se démener
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contract o.s., go back on one's word
|
se démentir
|
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exert o.s. -v
|
se dépenser
|
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move about, travel
|
se deplacer
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unfurl, spread; deploy, spread out
|
se déployer
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come along, go along
|
se déranger
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steal away, escape
|
se dérober
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unroll, develop; take place
|
se dérouler
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relax, become slack
|
se détendre
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fall,empty,flow (of rivers, canals)
|
se déverser
|
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get ready to do sth
|
se disposer à faire qch
|
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get ready for sth
|
se disposer à qch
|
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hide, be hidden
|
se dissimuler
|
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gather evidence,historical/social facts
|
se documenter
|
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get run over
|
se faire écraser
|
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fall -v
|
se ficher par terre
|
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be built on/based on sth
|
se fonder sûr qch
|
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take offense at
|
se formaliser de
|
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search/feel in one's pockets
|
se fouiller
|
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strain a muscle
|
se froisser un muscle
|
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be careful not to do sth
|
se garder de faire qch
|
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surrender,indulge in,devote o.s. to
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se livrer (à)
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distrust s.o.
|
se méfier de qn
|
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go on strike, strike
|
se mettre en grève
|
|
|
go to war
|
se mettre en guerre
|
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|
go in search of, in quest of
|
se mettre en quête de
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strut,stalk proudly, flaunt
|
se pavaner
|
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bend, stoop, slope
|
se pencher
|
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bow, bend, yield -v
|
se plier
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dash/rush headlong
|
se précipiter
|
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be taken, grasp (à), begin
|
se prendre
|
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give one's attention to a matter
|
se préoccuper de qch
|
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|
happen, occur
|
se produire
|
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blaze up, revive, light up again
|
se rallumer
|
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amount to, come to
|
se ramener à
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take sides w s.o.
|
se ranger du coté de qn
|
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sit down again
|
se rasseoir
|
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change one's mind, think better of it
|
se raviser
|
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|
maintain a stubborn silence
|
se renfermer dans le mutisme
|
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fall over/down, overturn, lean back
|
se renverser
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blame o.s.
|
se reprocher
|
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resolve, determine,dissolve
|
se resoudre
|
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|
pull o.s. together, regain self-control
|
se ressasir
|
|
|
entrench o.s. behind
|
se retrancher derrière
|
|
|
revolt, rebel - v (against)
|
se revolter (contre)
|
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|
swim to safety
|
se sauver à la nage
|
|
|
result in
|
se solder par
|
|
|
avoid, elude sth
|
se soustraire à qch
|
|
|
succeed each other
|
se succéder
|
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dye one's hair
|
se teindre
|
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|
dig o.s. in; entrench o.s.
|
se terrer
|
|
|
be out of a job
|
se trouver sans engagement
|
|
|
session, meeting, performance
|
séance -f
|
|
|
bucket, pail
|
seau
|
|
|
shake, totter; (of train) start
|
s'ébranler
|
|
|
become known, spread (of news)
|
s'ébruiter
|
|
|
wander/stray from the subject
|
s'écarter du sujet
|
|
|
escape; break free/loose
|
s'échapper
|
|
|
run/flow away
|
s'écouler
|
|
|
political upheaval
|
secousse politique
|
|
|
tempting, fascinating, attractive
|
séduisant
|
|
|
exert o.s., strive, endeavor
|
s'éfforcer (à)
|
|
|
strive, endeavor, do one's best to
|
s'éfforcer de
|
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amuse o.s. at s.o.'s expense
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s'egayer aux dépens de qn
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stay, sojourn; remain
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séjourner
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spring, bound, shoot forward
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s'élancer en avant
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work one's way up
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s'élever à force de travail
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saddle, seat
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selle -f
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bolt, run away; get carried way
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s'emballer
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appearance
|
semblant -m
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lie in wait;shirk active service
|
s'embusquer
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get excited, be touched/moved
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s'émouvoir
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take hold/possesion of, seize
|
s'emparer de qch
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pull through, manage
|
s'en tirer
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be angry/annoyed w o.s. about sth
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s'en vouloir de qch
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get excited/worked up/irritable
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s'énerver
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rush, sweep, surge, dive
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s'engouffrer
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sink, get bogged down, be engulfed
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s'enliser
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express o.s. clearly
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s'énoncer
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inquire, make inquiries
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s'enquerir
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|
common sense
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sens commun
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sensible (person, action)
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sensé
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feeling, sensation, sense, opinion
|
sentiment
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fester, go septic
|
s'envenimer
|
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|
fly away/fly off
|
s'envoler
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become thick
|
s'épaissir
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|
|
after-effects
|
sequelles, les -f
|
|
|
hypodermic needle
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seringue hypodermique
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|
|
oath, pledge
|
serment
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|
|
packed like sardines
|
serrés commes des harengs
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|
his doubts faded
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ses doutes se sont dissipés
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stretch o.s. out, spread, sprawl
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s'étaler
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die peacefully,decrease, be extinguished
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s'eteindre
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go/die out, grow dim, fade
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s'éteindre
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try to forget
|
s'étourdir
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|
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threshold, sill
|
seuil
|
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escape, get away/out of
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s'évader (de)
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|
wean -v
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sevrer
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deprive s.o. of amusements
|
sevrer qn de distractions
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tire o.s. out
|
s'éxtenuer
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|
and so…
|
si bien que…
|
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|
if that's agreeable to you
|
si cela vous convient
|
|
|
flabbergasted, struck dead
|
sidéré
|
|
|
whistling, whistle, hiss, sizzling
|
sifflement
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|
|
wake, track
|
sillage
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|
track, trail, wake -n
|
sillon -m
|
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|
furrow, plough -v
|
sillonner
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|
|
get impatient with/at
|
s'impatienter contre
|
|
|
become impregnated, imbued
|
s'impregner
|
|
|
curve in -v
|
s'incurver
|
|
|
peculiar, remarkable, uncommon,odd
|
singulier
|
|
|
learn details of a business
|
s'initier aux detailles d'un commerce
|
|
|
install o.s., settle o.s.
|
s'installer
|
|
|
get into,enter, penetrate
|
s'introduire
|
|
|
sip (one's wine etc)
|
siroter
|
|
|
be obstinately resolved (to), insist
|
s'obstiner (à)
|
|
|
carefully, painstakingly
|
soigneusement
|
|
|
solemn
|
solennel
|
|
|
founder/go down (naut);come to grief
|
sombrer
|
|
|
perfunctory, scanty, basic/brief
|
sommaire
|
|
|
when all is said and done
|
somme toute
|
|
|
sleeping pill
|
somnifere
|
|
|
his business is on verge of collapse
|
son affaire craque
|
|
|
his spirits are low
|
son moral est bas
|
|
|
his knowledge is entirely superficial
|
son savoir est tout en superficie
|
|
|
thoughtful, dreamy
|
songeur
|
|
|
ring at full peal
|
sonner à toute volée
|
|
|
be opposed to sth
|
s'opposer a qch
|
|
|
adorn os, be admired
|
s'orner
|
|
|
rise from nothing
|
sortir du néant
|
|
|
sudden start, jolt
|
soubresaut
|
|
|
anxious, full of care,pensive
|
soucieux
|
|
|
soil, dirty, pollute, tarnish
|
souiller
|
|
|
lighten the burden of, relieve, ease
|
soulager
|
|
|
suitor, wooer
|
soupirant
|
|
|
wry smile
|
sourire pincé
|
|
|
at hand, at one's beck and call
|
sous la main
|
|
|
under the care, auspices of
|
sous l'égide de
|
|
|
behind bars
|
sous les grilles
|
|
|
under oath
|
sous serment
|
|
|
uphold, back; hold up, support
|
soutenir
|
|
|
resolve, determine,dissolve
|
se resoudre
|
|
|
pull o.s. together, regain self-control
|
se ressasir
|
|
|
entrench o.s. behind
|
se retrancher derrière
|
|
|
revolt, rebel - v (against)
|
se revolter (contre)
|
|
|
swim to safety
|
se sauver à la nage
|
|
|
result in
|
se solder par
|
|
|
avoid, elude sth
|
se soustraire à qch
|
|
|
succeed each other
|
se succéder
|
|
|
dye one's hair
|
se teindre
|
|
|
dig o.s. in; entrench o.s.
|
se terrer
|
|
|
be out of a job
|
se trouver sans engagement
|
|
|
session, meeting, performance
|
séance -f
|
|
|
bucket, pail
|
seau
|
|
|
shake, totter; (of train) start
|
s'ébranler
|
|
|
become known, spread (of news)
|
s'ébruiter
|
|
|
wander/stray from the subject
|
s'écarter du sujet
|
|
|
escape; break free/loose
|
s'échapper
|
|
|
run/flow away
|
s'écouler
|
|
|
political upheaval
|
secousse politique
|
|
|
tempting, fascinating, attractive
|
séduisant
|
|
|
exert o.s., strive, endeavor
|
s'éfforcer (à)
|
|
|
strive, endeavor, do one's best to
|
s'éfforcer de
|
|
|
amuse o.s. at s.o.'s expense
|
s'egayer aux dépens de qn
|
|
|
stay, sojourn; remain
|
séjourner
|
|
|
spring, bound, shoot forward
|
s'élancer en avant
|
|
|
work one's way up
|
s'élever à force de travail
|
|
|
saddle, seat
|
selle -f
|
|
|
bolt, run away; get carried way
|
s'emballer
|
|
|
appearance
|
semblant -m
|
|
|
lie in wait;shirk active service
|
s'embusquer
|
|
|
get excited, be touched/moved
|
s'émouvoir
|
|
|
take hold/possesion of, seize
|
s'emparer de qch
|
|
|
pull through, manage
|
s'en tirer
|
|
|
be angry/annoyed w o.s. about sth
|
s'en vouloir de qch
|
|
|
get excited/worked up/irritable
|
s'énerver
|
|
|
rush, sweep, surge, dive
|
s'engouffrer
|
|
|
sink, get bogged down, be engulfed
|
s'enliser
|
|
|
express o.s. clearly
|
s'énoncer
|
|
|
inquire, make inquiries
|
s'enquerir
|
|
|
common sense
|
sens commun
|
|
|
sensible (person, action)
|
sensé
|
|
|
feeling, sensation, sense, opinion
|
sentiment
|
|
|
fester, go septic
|
s'envenimer
|
|
|
fly away/fly off
|
s'envoler
|
|
|
become thick
|
s'épaissir
|
|
|
after-effects
|
sequelles, les -f
|
|
|
hypodermic needle
|
seringue hypodermique
|
|
|
oath, pledge
|
serment
|
|
|
packed like sardines
|
serrés commes des harengs
|
|
|
his doubts faded
|
ses doutes se sont dissipés
|
|
|
stretch o.s. out, spread, sprawl
|
s'étaler
|
|
|
die peacefully,decrease, be extinguished
|
s'eteindre
|
|
|
go/die out, grow dim, fade
|
s'éteindre
|
|
|
try to forget
|
s'étourdir
|
|
|
threshold, sill
|
seuil
|
|
|
escape, get away/out of
|
s'évader (de)
|
|
|
wean -v
|
sevrer
|
|
|
deprive s.o. of amusements
|
sevrer qn de distractions
|
|
|
tire o.s. out
|
s'éxtenuer
|
|
|
and so…
|
si bien que…
|
|
|
if that's agreeable to you
|
si cela vous convient
|
|
|
flabbergasted, struck dead
|
sidéré
|
|
|
whistling, whistle, hiss, sizzling
|
sifflement
|
|
|
wake, track
|
sillage
|
|
|
track, trail, wake -n
|
sillon -m
|
|
|
furrow, plough -v
|
sillonner
|
|
|
get impatient with/at
|
s'impatienter contre
|
|
|
become impregnated, imbued
|
s'impregner
|
|
|
curve in -v
|
s'incurver
|
|
|
peculiar, remarkable, uncommon,odd
|
singulier
|
|
|
learn details of a business
|
s'initier aux detailles d'un commerce
|
|
|
install o.s., settle o.s.
|
s'installer
|
|
|
get into,enter, penetrate
|
s'introduire
|
|
|
sip (one's wine etc)
|
siroter
|
|
|
be obstinately resolved (to), insist
|
s'obstiner (à)
|
|
|
carefully, painstakingly
|
soigneusement
|
|
|
solemn
|
solennel
|
|
|
founder/go down (naut);come to grief
|
sombrer
|
|
|
perfunctory, scanty, basic/brief
|
sommaire
|
|
|
when all is said and done
|
somme toute
|
|
|
sleeping pill
|
somnifere
|
|
|
his business is on verge of collapse
|
son affaire craque
|
|
|
his spirits are low
|
son moral est bas
|
|
|
his knowledge is entirely superficial
|
son savoir est tout en superficie
|
|
|
thoughtful, dreamy
|
songeur
|
|
|
ring at full peal
|
sonner à toute volée
|
|
|
be opposed to sth
|
s'opposer a qch
|
|
|
adorn os, be admired
|
s'orner
|
|
|
rise from nothing
|
sortir du néant
|
|
|
sudden start, jolt
|
soubresaut
|
|
|
anxious, full of care,pensive
|
soucieux
|
|
|
soil, dirty, pollute, tarnish
|
souiller
|
|
|
lighten the burden of, relieve, ease
|
soulager
|
|
|
suitor, wooer
|
soupirant
|
|
|
wry smile
|
sourire pincé
|
|
|
at hand, at one's beck and call
|
sous la main
|
|
|
under the care, auspices of
|
sous l'égide de
|
|
|
behind bars
|
sous les grilles
|
|
|
under oath
|
sous serment
|
|
|
uphold, back; hold up, support
|
soutenir
|
|
|
absolute monarch
|
souverain absolu
|
|
|
cut it short, be brief
|
soyez bref
|
|
|
witty, humorous, spiritual
|
spirituel
|
|
|
glory, magnificence, splendor
|
splendeur -f
|
|
|
sportsman, outdoor enthusiast
|
sportif
|
|
|
stadium, athletic club
|
stade -m
|
|
|
training/instruction perd;probation
|
stage -m
|
|
|
brand, stigmatize, brand w infamy
|
stigmatiser
|
|
|
scratched, streaked
|
strié
|
|
|
astounded, dumbfounded, stupefied
|
stupéfait
|
|
|
subconscious/the subconscious
|
subconscient -n/a
|
|
|
undergo,sufer, go through,sustain
|
subir
|
|
|
undergo a test
|
subir une épreuve
|
|
|
subordinate
|
subordonné
|
|
|
subsidy, aid
|
subside -m
|
|
|
subsidize
|
subventionner
|
|
|
a tricky subject
|
sujet plein d'embûches
|
|
|
deceit, fraud, swindle,hoax
|
supercherie
|
|
|
put to death, execute
|
supplicier
|
|
|
beseech, implore
|
supplier
|
|
|
suppress, put down, abolish, moit
|
supprimer
|
|
|
kill s.o., do away with s.o.
|
supprimer qn
|
|
|
on that score, in that respect
|
sur ce point, en ce point
|
|
|
on a large scale
|
sur une grande échelle
|
|
|
rise, come in to view, loom (up)
|
surgir
|
|
|
appear suddenly
|
surgir brusquement
|
|
|
at once, forthwith
|
sur-le-champ
|
|
|
overpopulated
|
surpeuplé
|
|
|
overhang -v , jut out
|
surplomber
|
|
|
touchy, thin-skinned, sensitive
|
susceptible
|
|
|
bedside table
|
table de chevet
|
|
|
freckle
|
tache de rousseur
|
|
|
spot, blemish, blob
|
tache -f
|
|
|
implied, tacit
|
tacite
|
|
|
silent, taciturn
|
taciturne
|
|
|
old car, rattle-trap, jalopy (fig)
|
tacot
|
|
|
slim waist
|
taille mince
|
|
|
do, please be quiet
|
taisez-vous, je vous en supplie
|
|
|
press hard, urge, spur
|
talonner
|
|
|
pitch heavily
|
tanguer dur
|
|
|
as long as I live
|
tant que je vivrai
|
|
|
presently, by and by,soon,sometimes
|
tantôt
|
|
|
crouch, lurk, hide away
|
tapir
|
|
|
pat, drum -v
|
tapoter
|
|
|
tap, thread -v
|
tarauder
|
|
|
spoiled (fruit),depraved, corrupt
|
taré
|
|
|
heap, pile - (fig) a lot
|
tas -m
|
|
|
huddled up; (fig) full, complete
|
tassé
|
|
|
dye,stain, tinge, color
|
teindre
|
|
|
dye sth red
|
teindre qch en rouge
|
|
|
tincture of iodine
|
teinture d'iode
|
|
|
rashness, temerity, bold/daring speech
|
témérité
|
|
|
testimony, evidence
|
temoignage -m
|
|
|
eye witness
|
temoin oculaire
|
|
|
raw weather
|
temps âpre
|
|
|
tongs
|
tenaille
|
|
|
torture -v
|
tenailler
|
|
|
pincers
|
tenailles -pl
|
|
|
stretch, hold out; lead, conduce
|
tendre -v (à)
|
|
|
dark, gloomy, obscure
|
ténébreux
|
|
|
take sth into account/consideration
|
tenir compte de qch
|
|
|
resist -v
|
tenir tête à
|
|
|
run a café
|
tenir un café
|
|
|
make the attempt
|
tenter l'entreprise
|
|
|
dress;good manners; session
|
tenue
|
|
|
end, terminus; term, expression
|
terme -m
|
|
|
playground, field
|
terrain de jeu
|
|
|
terrifying
|
terrifiant
|
|
|
lukewarmness
|
tiedeur
|
|
|
reel (about), lurch, stagger
|
titubant
|
|
|
holder, bearer, occupant (office)
|
titulaire
|
|
|
linen,canvas, sail
|
toile -f
|
|
|
eye scornfully/up and down
|
toiser
|
|
|
sheet metal
|
tôle -f
|
|
|
corrugated iron
|
tôle ondulée
|
|
|
fall prey to temptation
|
tomber en proie à la tentation
|
|
|
your damn dog
|
ton sacré chien
|
|
|
thunder, boom -v
|
tonner
|
|
|
soldering iron
|
torche à souder -f
|
|
|
daub -n
|
torchis -m
|
|
|
torpedo boat
|
torpilleur
|
|
|
torso, chest
|
torse -m
|
|
|
fault, wrong, error, injury
|
tort -m
|
|
|
soon after
|
tôt après
|
|
|
sooner or later
|
tôt ou tard
|
|
|
whirlwind, whirlpool
|
tourbillion
|
|
|
whirl -v, swirl
|
tourbilloner
|
|
|
round, tour, round of visits (doctor)
|
tournée
|
|
|
beat around the bush
|
tourner autour du pot
|
|
|
sincerely yours
|
tout à vous
|
|
|
at the very least
|
tout au moins
|
|
|
at the most
|
tout au plus
|
|
|
quite simply
|
tout bêtement
|
|
|
wide awake
|
tout éveillé
|
|
|
everything went smoothly
|
tout s'est fait sans heurt
|
|
|
all things considered, thinking it over
|
toute reflexion faite
|
|
|
yet, however, still,nevertheless
|
toutefois
|
|
|
treachery, treason, betrayal
|
trahison -f
|
|
|
lag behind
|
traîner le pied
|
|
|
drag so's name through the mud
|
traîner qn dans la boue
|
|
|
have a millstone around o's neck
|
trâiner un boulet
|
|
|
arrow, dart, stroke
|
trait -m
|
|
|
stroke of genius
|
trait de génie
|
|
|
witticism
|
trait d'éspirit
|
|
|
hyphen
|
trait d'union
|
|
|
continuous/broken line
|
trait plein/discontinu
|
|
|
treacherous, false; traitor
|
trâitre - n/a
|
|
|
regular features
|
traits réguliers
|
|
|
journey, ride,drive, path, way
|
trajet -m
|
|
|
cut,cut off; decide,determine,settle
|
trancher
|
|
|
slice, cut; operate
|
trancher
|
|
|
cut to the quick,begin wrk in earnest
|
trancher dans le vif
|
|
|
let us say no more
|
tranchons lá
|
|
|
convey/ferry across river
|
transborder
|
|
|
enclose, round up, hem in
|
traquer
|
|
|
track/hunt down; enclose, surround
|
traquer
|
|
|
work extremely hard
|
travailler avec acharnement
|
|
|
work without a break
|
travailler sans répit
|
|
|
passage, crossing
|
traversée
|
|
|
hardening (metallurgy)
|
trempe -f
|
|
|
mix, dilute, soak -v
|
tremper
|
|
|
quiver, shudder, shiver
|
tressaillir
|
|
|
cheat, trick (s.o.)
|
tricher
|
|
|
clink glasses, hob-nob (with)
|
trinquer (avec)
|
|
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triplets
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trois jumeaux
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(broken) piece, end, stub, stump
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tronçon
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log
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tronçon de bois
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barter, exchange, swap -v
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troquer
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exchange bad for worse
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troquer son cheval borgne contre un aveugle
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manhole
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trou d'homme
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uneasiness, confusion, agitation
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trouble
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disturb, thicken, confuse, unsettle
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troubler
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disturb, peturb, make cloudy/dim
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troubler
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first aid kit
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trousse de première urgence
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bundle, package, case, kit
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trousse -f
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find a happy medium
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trouver le juste milieu
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fake -v
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truquer
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tile; run of bad luck (fig)
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tuile -m
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pipe, tube; (fig) hot tip
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tuyau
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ear-drum, drum
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tympan
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ulcerated; (fig) embittered
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ulceré
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subsequent (to), later
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ulterieur (à)
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howling, shouting
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ululation, ululement
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a real he-man
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un beau mâle
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running fire of questions
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un feu roulant de questions
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elderly
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un peu âgé
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once and for all
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une fois pour toutes/une bonne fois
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throng of barbarians
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une nuée de barbares
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go to blazes
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va te faire ficher!
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uproar, din, racket
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vacarme
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be at tramp,play truant, roam,wander
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vagabonder
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heat wave
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vague de chaleur
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dishes, crockery
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vaisselle
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winnow; (fig) tire out
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vanner
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vulture
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vautour -m
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wallow, sprawl
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vautrer
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star; mounted sentry (mil)
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vedette
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vegetate, lead aimless/boring life
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végéter
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vehement
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vehement
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see to it that sth is done
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veiller à ce que qch se fasse
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watch over/see to sth
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veiller à qch
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lucky (person)
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veinard
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slight desire or inclination
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velléité -f
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sell sth at a loss
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vendre qch à perte
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hold in reverence, venerate
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vénérer
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fall due -v
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venir à échéance
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orchard
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verger -m
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varnished
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verni
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magnifying glass
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verre grossissant
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bolt, lock -v (door)
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verrouiller
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hillside
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versant de colline
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dizzy, vertiginous
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vertigineux
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jacket, lounge-coat (for men)
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veston
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empty space, gap, void
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vide -m
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life full of ups and downs
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vie cahotée
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hard life
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vie pénible
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strong, sturdy; vigorous
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vigoreux
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ugly mug
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vilain museau
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clean-shaven face
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visage glabre
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quickly; eagerly; angrily, sharply
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vivement
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dead end
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voie sans issue
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there's the snag, that's the trouble
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voilá le hic
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that's why!
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voila pourquoi!
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sail
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voile -f
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veil
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voile -m
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sailing ship, windjammer
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voilier
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calm, steady voice
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voix posée
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flock, brood, volley
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volée
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shutter, flap
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volet
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vomiting, vomit
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vomissement
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pleasure trip
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voyage d'agrément
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bore (drill);twist;ascend spirally
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vriller
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glowing eyes
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yeux de braise
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bright eyes
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yeux lumineux
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