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in one's arms, around the waist
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à bras-le-corps
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astride, astraddle
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à califourchon
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on account of, owing to
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à cause de
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for certain, without fail
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a coup sûr
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fixed, permanent, live-in
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à demeure
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thoroughly
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à fond
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at full gallop
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à franc étrier
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in chalk
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à la craie
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rigidly, strictly
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à la spartiate
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at nightfall
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a la tombée de la nuit
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neglected, in utter neglect
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à l'abandon
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at random
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a l'aventure
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apart, aloof from
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à l'écart de
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half-way up or down the hill
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á mi-pente
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flat on one's face
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à plat ventre
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in the neighborhood of
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à proximité de
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on all fours
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à quatre pattes
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at the rte of
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à raison de
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with reluctance, grudgingly
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à regret
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to one's liking,acc to one's wishes
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à souhait
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so much that../the proof being that…
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à telle enseigne que
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as a favor, gratis, free of charge
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à titre gracieux
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unofficially
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à titre officieux
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with all one's might
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à tour de bras
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in turn, by turns, by the list
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à tour de rôle
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at all costs
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a tout prix
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sure, staunch
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à toute épreuve
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degenerate
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abâtardi
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debase -v, cause to degenerate
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abâtardir
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(naut); boarding(forced);collision
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abordage
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reach,approach (s.o.); tackle(prob)
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aborder
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land,berth,approach;board (ship)
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aborder
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forgive, absolve
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absoudre (j'absous,nous absolvons)
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forgive s.o. sth
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absoudre qn de qch
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lull (naut)
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accalmie -f
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accessory
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accessoire -n/ad
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agreement, settlement
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accord
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hasten, flock, rush, come running
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accourir
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gracious,affable; hospitable,welcoming
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accueillant
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acknowledge receipt of sth
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accuser reception de qch
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hotly eager
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acharné
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purchase, buying; thing bought
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achat -m
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acquire, obtain, get, win
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acquerir (j'acquiers, nous acquerons)
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acquired
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acquis
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adhere,stick,cling; join (à)
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adhérer
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adherence, compliance, joining
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adhésion
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membership,agreement,sticking
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adhesion -f
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admonish, censure, reprimand
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admonester
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address,direction;skill,dexterity
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adresse -f
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weakening
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affailblissement
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starve s.o.
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affamer
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strengthening
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affermissement
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distressing, sad, painful (news etc)
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affligeant
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flow (vers,dans);abound,be plentiful
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affluer
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crowd/flock to a place
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affluer à/dans un endroit
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insult,slight; affront, indignity
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affront -m
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agglutinate; to bind, cake
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agglutiner
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act like an imbecile
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agir en imbécile
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agitate,wave; shake; excite,perturb
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agiter
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agricultural
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agricole
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agriculture, farming
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agriculture -f
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clutch, grip, seize, grap
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agripper
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citrus fruit
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agrumes - m pl
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arm pit
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aisselle -f
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languid, downcast
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alangui
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alcove, bed-recess
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alcôve -f
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awl (?)
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alêne -m
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seaweed
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algue -f
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alibi
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alibi -m
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nutriment, food
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aliment -m
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tempting
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alléchant
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allure, attract; entice, tempt
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allécher
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go to s.o.'s rescue
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aller à la rescousse de qn
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limp along, hobble about
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aller clopin-clopant
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ally
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allié -m
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short speech
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allocution
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grant,allow; allocate, proportion
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allouer
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mass,heap,pile,accumluation
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amas
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arrangement, disposition, layout
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amenagement
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divide up,distribute;arrange (house,ship)
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amenager
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rock-solid friendship
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amitié à toute épreuve
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amorphous; spineless (person); flabby
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amorphe
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self-respect, pride
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amour-propre
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amputee
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amputé
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cocktail snack
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amuse-gueule -m
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ex-servicemen
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anciens combattants
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ass, donkey; fool, dunce, ass
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âne -m
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announcement, sign, ad
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annonce -f
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ennoble, raise to the noble rank
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anoblir
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attribute; prerogative (de -of)
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apanage
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perceive, see, set eyes upon
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apercevoir
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voiceless
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aphone -adj
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cliff, bluff, steep
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à-pic -m
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flatten,smooth (surface),smooth away (difficulties)
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aplanir
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apostle
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apôtre -m
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appreciable, considerable
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appréciable
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understanding; dread (de-of)
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appréhension -f
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apprentice; (f) novice
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apprenti
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apprenticeship, trial
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apprentissage
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approach,coming,nearness,proximity
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approche -f
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provisions, stock
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approvisionnement
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stock -v supply w necessaries
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approvisionner
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prop, stay, support
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appui
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bannisters
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appui d'escalier
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rough,harsh; bitter,biting; sharp
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âpre
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fit, suited; qualified to do sth
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apte à faire qch
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agricultural
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aratoire
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small shrub, bush
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arbuste
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steep, abrupt; arduous, difficult
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ardu
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ready money
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argent liquide
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dash in
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arriver en trombe
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watering
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arrosage -m
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mental hospital
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asile d'aliénés
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shelter, home, refuge
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asile -m
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inhale, draw/suck in; aspire,aim at
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aspirer
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attack, assault, onslaught;match
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assaut -m
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dry, drained
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asséche
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dry,drain, pump dry -v
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assécher
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besiege, surround; beset,lay siege to
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assièger
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thirsty,eager (for)
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assoiffé (de)
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rotate the crops (on piece of land)
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assoler
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matching, assortment
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assortiment -m
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deafening
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assourdissant
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astuteness, artfulness, guile
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astuce -f
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astute,artful,wily; guileful,crafty
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astucieux
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delays, excuses, dilly-dallying
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atermoiements
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atrocity
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atrocité
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harnessing; team (horses)
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attelage
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make an attempt at
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attenter à
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attempt suicide
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attenter à ses jours
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throw/strike down;overwhelm,astound
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atterrer
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ambush s.o.
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attirer qn dans une ambuscade
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stir up, poke (fire)
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attiser
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stir up hate
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attiser les haines
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unlawful assembly; (f) mob
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attroupement
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during the winter
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au cours de l'hiver
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in broad daylight
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au grand jour, en plein jour
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on the lookout
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au guet
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by means of sth
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au moyen de qch
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help!
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au secours!
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moreover,what's more,besides, after all
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au surplus
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besides, moreover
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au surplus
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openly; with everyone's knowledge
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au vu et au su de tout le monde
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audacity, daring, insolence
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audace -f
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haloed
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auréolé
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halo
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auréole -f
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at the expense of
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aux dépens de
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swallow down,drink up;devour
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avaler
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forearm
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avant-bras -m
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insolently
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avec audace
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gratefully
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avec reconnaissance
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terrifying experience
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aventure effrayante
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warning, notice
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avertissement
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avowal, confession
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aveu
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have a good head on one's shoulders
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avoir de la tête
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be in debt
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avoir des dettes
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have set ideas/very decided views on sth
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avoir des idées arrêtées sur qch
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feel remorse
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avoir des remords
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have spare time
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avoir du loisir
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have a nest egg
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avoir du pain sur la planche
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be certain
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avoir la certitude
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be glib, have the gift of gab
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avoir la langue déliée,bien pendue
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be tongue-tied
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avoir la langue liée
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have a good head on o's shoulders
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avoir la tête sur les épaules
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(f) be forging ahead,have wind in one's sails
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avoir le vent en poupe
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have a good head for business
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avoir l'entente des affaires
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have rings under one's eyes
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avoir les yeux cernés
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be out of gas
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avoir panne d'essence
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have s.o. in one's power
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avoir qn en sa puissance
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have s.o. on one's hands
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avoir qn sur les bras
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overcome/get the better of s.o./sth
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avoir raison de qn, qch
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be on edge, irritable
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avoir ses nerfs
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look after/take care of sth, s.o.
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avoir soin/prendre soin de qch/qn
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have one's share of troubles
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avoir son lot de tourments
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(f) have a black eye
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avoir un oeil au beurre noir
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be inclined to sth
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avoir une tendance a qch
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miscarriage, abortion
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avortement -m
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bauble, toy; (f) trifle
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babiole -f
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brawl, free fight, fray
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bagarre -f
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golf ball
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balle de golfe
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ball, bullet
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balle -f
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stray bullet
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balle perdue
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balustrade, low railing
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balustrade
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little child, urchin; tiny tot
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bambin -m
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bench,reef, sand-bank
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banc
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blindfold, headband, bandage
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bandeau
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blindfold s.o.
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bander les yeux a qn
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banished; exile, outlaw -n
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banni -n/adj
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banish, exile, outlaw -v
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bannir
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talk gibberish
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baragouiner
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speak broken English
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baragouiner l'anglais
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barring,stopping; barrier, construction
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barrage
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handrail
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barre d'appui
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bar/obstruct the way;strengthen w bars
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barrer
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barricade -n
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barricade -f
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barricade -v
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barricader
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rock, swing, topple over
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basculer
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lower part, foot (mt),basis, foundation
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base -f
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bass, bass voice, burden
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basse -f
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beating, throbbing; shuffling (cards)
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battement
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spade
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bêche -f
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stammer,lisp
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bégayer
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stammerer,stutterer
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bégayeur
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ram, Aries
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belier
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bull-dozer
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belier mécanique
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profit, gain, benefit
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bénéfice -m
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cattle, livestock
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bestiaux
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silliness, stupidity
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bètise -f
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reinforced concrete
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béton armé
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cement
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béton de ciment
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knick-knack, trinket
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bibelot -m
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can, drum, water-bottle, canteen
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bidon
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oilcan
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bidon à essence
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to be sure, of course
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bien sûr
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really?
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bien sûr?
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variegate -v, mottle -v
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bigarrer
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balance sheet; (f)weighing up (fig)
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bilan
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armored car
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blindée -f
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block, lump, pad
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bloc -m
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bluff -n
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bluff -m
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bluff -v
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bluffer
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limp -v
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boiter, clocher, clopiner
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lame, limping, rickety
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boiteux
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whether (you,we)like it or not
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bon gré mal gré
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you idiot!
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bon sang d'imbécile!
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bound,rebound; leap, bounce
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bondir
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good feeling
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bonne entente
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border,rim,fringe,edge,frame(mirror)
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bordure -f
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bounded, limited; narrow, mean
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borné
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boundary mark, stone,corner post
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borne -f
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boundaries, limits
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bornes -f pl
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grove, thicket, arbor
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bosquet -m
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hump, bump, bruise, lump
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bosse -f
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(f) to work hard
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bosser
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hunchback
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bossu - n/adj
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hunch-backed, humped
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bossu - n/adj
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shoemaker
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bottier
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scapegoat
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bouc émissaire
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stop, shut up, bar, obstruct
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boucher
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buckle; loop; ring; curl
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boucle -f
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buckle, fasten
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boucler
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shield; buckler
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bouclier
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baker
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boulanger
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muddy, miry
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bourbeux
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turn upside down, jostle,hustle
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bousculer
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whim, caprice; sally; flash of wit
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boutade -f
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shop
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boutique -f
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shopkeeper
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boutiquier
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boycot -v
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boycotter
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perch,roost; plug in;(tel)put through
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brancher
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aim a gun at s.o.
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braquer un fusil sur qn
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armful, stroke (swimming)
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brassée
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laced boot, ankle boot
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brodequin
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scrub, underwood
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broussailles
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burn, scald
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brûlure -f
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post office
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bureau de poste
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seamed, craggy
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buriné
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engrave, chisel
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buriner
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booty, spoils, plunder
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butin
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it gives me the shivers just to think about it
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ça me fait trembler quand j'y pense
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I'm rather worried that he isn't here yet
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ça me taquine qu'il n'arrive pas
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there's no sense in that
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ça ne rime a rien
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hiding place
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cachette
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mysterious wasy, underhanded work
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cachotterie -f
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savings bank
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caisse d'épargne
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chest, case, box, trunk
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caisse -f
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char, burn to a cinder
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calciner
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computer, calculator
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calculateur
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well-off,wealthy; well-read,informed
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calé
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calumny, slander, libel
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calomnie
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disguise, fake; camouflage
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camoufler
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duck (make); drake
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canard
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wild duck
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canard sauvage
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ill-natured gossip; cancan dance
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cancan -m
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cannon, gun, barrel (of gn)
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canon -m
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(mil) capitulate, surrender
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capituler
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obtain (sth)by insidious means,win over, catch
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capter
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hood, cap, cover
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capuchon
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chattering
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caquetage
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cackle; (f) chatter
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caqueter
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carabine, rifle
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carabine -f
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rifle
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carabine -f
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shell (lobster), carapace
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carapace -f
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shell (lobster etc), carapace
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carapace -f
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caress, fondle, stroke, cherish
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caresser
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look fondly at s.o.
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caresser qn du regard
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carp
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carpe -f
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square, patch, plot, landing
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carré
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cartridge
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cartouche -f
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case; instance; matter
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cas
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emergency
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cas urgent
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rack, cart-stand
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casier
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police record
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casier judiciare
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brittle; curt, abrupt (voice)
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cassant
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death trap; dare-devil
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casse-cou -m
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discharge s.o.
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casser qn aux gages
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promiscuous, accidental
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casuel
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categorical,explicit, clear(ly)
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catégorique
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wine cellar
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cave à vins
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hollow
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cave -adj
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hollow, sunken
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cave -adj
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cellar, vault
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cave -f
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cellar, vault
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cave -f
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the best part of it is that…
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ce qu'il y a de plus fort, c'est que..
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that wine goes to your head
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ce vin porte à la tête
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it doesn't really matter
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cela ne fait pas grand-chose
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it cannot last long
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cela ne peut pas se maintenir longtemps
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it's not noticeable
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cela ne s'apperçoit pas
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that's going too far
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cela passe les bornes
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that's obvious
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cela se devine
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cell
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cellule -f
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encircle,surround; shell,husk(walnuts)
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cerner
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certificate, testimonial, diploma; (f) proof
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cértificat
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certitude, certainty,assurance
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certitude
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brain, mind, intellect, intelligence
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cerveau
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hothead
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cerveau brûlé
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empty-headed person,airhead
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cerveau vide
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these two factors are interdependent
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ces deux facteurs s'interpénètrent
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it's out of the question
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c'est exclu
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it's a bargain; (f) done!
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c'est marché fait
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it's bulky (not transportable easily)
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c'est peu portatif
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that's his way of thinking
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c'est sa façon de penser
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he's a silly fellow
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c'est un sot personnage
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he/she's a driip
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c'est une nouille
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that music gets on his nerves
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cette musique lui porte sur les nerfs
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jackal
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chacal -m
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flesh, meat
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chair -m
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noisy squabble
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chamaille -f
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bicker, squabble -v
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chamailler
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battlefield
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champ de bataille
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race track
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champ de courses
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stagger, totter, reel, falter
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chanceler
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stagger, reel; falter, waver
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chanceler
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candlemaker, candlestick
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chandelier -m
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change one's mind
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changer d'idée
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christmas carol
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chant de Noel
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dirge
|
chant funèbre
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singing, song, melody
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chant -m
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blackmail, extortion
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chantage -m
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sing folk songs
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chanter des airs folkloriques
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lumber yard
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chantier de bois
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yard, worksite, depot
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chantier -m
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shipyard
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chantier naval
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in charge of
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chargé de
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(nau) drinking-tan, charnel house
|
charnier -m
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cart
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charrette -f
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cart, carry, transport
|
charrier -m
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plough, snowplough
|
charrue -f
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charter
|
charte -f
|
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cauldron
|
chaudron
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red-hot
|
chauffé à roue
|
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sea-wall,causeway;roadway,reef
|
chausée
|
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embankment, dike
|
chausée -f
|
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lime
|
chaux
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short-cut
|
chemin de traverse
|
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caterpillar, tractor
|
chenille
|
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(head of) hair, tail (of comet)
|
chevelure
|
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bushy, unkempt hair
|
cheveux en broussaille
|
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|
experienced
|
chevronné
|
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|
(f) experienced
|
chévronné
|
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calculate,reckon, number
|
chiffrer
|
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fanciful, chimerical
|
chimérique
|
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|
visionary; fanciful; chimericl
|
chimérique
|
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shock,collision, blow, impact
|
choc
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|
|
unemployment
|
chomage -m
|
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|
thing physically impossible
|
chose materiellement impossible
|
|
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target
|
cible -f
|
|
|
target
|
cible -f
|
|
|
(naut) sail (before the wind)
|
cingler
|
|
|
lash, cut with a whip -v
|
cingler
|
|
|
five hours on end/at a stretch
|
cinq heures d'affilée
|
|
|
curve,bend, arch (tunnel),coat hanger
|
cintre -m
|
|
|
circumspect, wary, reserved
|
circonspect
|
|
|
shear (metal); clip (coins)
|
cisailler
|
|
|
stretcher, bier; hand-barrow
|
civière -f
|
|
|
protest one's innocence
|
clamer son innocence
|
|
|
slap -n
|
claque -f
|
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|
shut up, cooped up
|
claquemuré
|
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|
immure, coop up, confine,imprison
|
claquemurer
|
|
|
class, classify, sort, reckon
|
classer
|
|
|
limping
|
claudicant
|
|
|
limp -n
|
claudication
|
|
|
limp, hobble; (f) go wrong somewhere
|
clocher
|
|
|
partition, division, compartment
|
cloison
|
|
|
partitioned
|
cloisonné
|
|
|
partition -v
|
cloisonner
|
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|
enclosure, cloister wall
|
clôture -f
|
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|
enclose, shut in; close down;end
|
clôturer
|
|
|
studded
|
clouté
|
|
|
clashing colors
|
coleurs disparates
|
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|
fill in, plug up, clog up
|
colmater
|
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|
farmer, colonist, settler
|
colon
|
|
|
farmer, colonist
|
colon -m
|
|
|
colon
|
côlon -m
|
|
|
comatose
|
comateux
|
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|
as usual
|
comme de coutume
|
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|
break ground -v
|
commencer à labourer
|
|
|
running commentary
|
commentaire perpétuel
|
|
|
common (land); communal,parochial
|
communal
|
|
|
press release
|
communiqué de presse
|
|
|
official statement (to press)
|
communiqué -m
|
|
|
obligingness, passive cooperation
|
complaisance
|
|
|
affable, civil, kind
|
complaisant
|
|
|
concept
|
concept -m
|
|
|
conceiving, idea, design
|
conception
|
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|
birth control
|
conception dirigée
|
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|
chorus of place
|
concert de louanges
|
|
|
harmony; unanimity, concord
|
concert -m
|
|
|
fellow citizen, fellow countryman
|
concitoyen
|
|
|
conclusive, decisive
|
concluant
|
|
|
put (idea,question) in concrete form
|
concrétiser
|
|
|
self-confidence
|
confiance en soi
|
|
|
trust, entrust; confine, disclose
|
confier
|
|
|
entrust s.o. w sth, tell s.o.sth in confidence
|
confier qch à qn
|
|
|
snow drift
|
congère -f
|
|
|
(naut) bill of lading
|
connaissement
|
|
|
dedicate, devote, assign;sanctify
|
consacrer
|
|
|
preserve, canned food
|
conserve -f
|
|
|
keep cool
|
conserve sa tête
|
|
|
pickles
|
conserves au vinaigre
|
|
|
constitute, form,establish,make,settle
|
constituer
|
|
|
establish a precedent
|
constituer un précédent
|
|
|
contact, touch, connection
|
contact -m
|
|
|
contagious,catching; infectious
|
contagieux
|
|
|
contemplate; behold,view; gaze at
|
contempler
|
|
|
smuggling, smuggled goods
|
contrabande -f
|
|
|
immoral
|
contraire à la morale
|
|
|
lower down, downwards
|
contre-bas
|
|
|
cross,thwart, oppose (s.o.'s plans)
|
contrecarrer
|
|
|
recoil; after-effects, consequence
|
contre-coup
|
|
|
region, country (indeterminate sense)
|
contrée
|
|
|
butress, abutment
|
contrefort
|
|
|
foot-hills
|
contreforts - m pl
|
|
|
(box) counter (blow)
|
contrer
|
|
|
accident,disappointment,mishap
|
contretemps -m
|
|
|
convince (de-of), convict,prove s.o. guilty
|
convaincre
|
|
|
convalescence
|
convalescence
|
|
|
suitably, appropriately,decently
|
convenablement
|
|
|
convert
|
converti -m
|
|
|
shell, cocoon, web, hull
|
coque -f
|
|
|
smart, stylish
|
coquet
|
|
|
shell
|
coquille f
|
|
|
horn, horn player, corn (of foot)
|
cor -m
|
|
|
rope, cord, line
|
corde -f
|
|
|
pork chop
|
côtelette de porc
|
|
|
sunset; the west
|
couchant -m
|
|
|
small bed, berth, bunk
|
couchette
|
|
|
loud, gaudy color
|
couleur criarde
|
|
|
stroke of luck
|
coup de bonheur
|
|
|
shove, effort -n
|
coup d'épaule
|
|
|
cutthroat, ruffian
|
coupe-jarret
|
|
|
cut, gash, paper money
|
coupure -f
|
|
|
stiffness, tiredness
|
courbature
|
|
|
curve
|
courbe -f
|
|
|
curve, sweep (of road), graph
|
courbe -f
|
|
|
run wild
|
courir les champs
|
|
|
river; water course; stream
|
cours d'eau
|
|
|
court, woo -v
|
courtiser
|
|
|
cushion
|
coussin
|
|
|
expensive, costly
|
coûteux
|
|
|
scar, seam
|
couturer
|
|
|
brood, sit on/incubate (eggs)
|
couver
|
|
|
smoulder (fire,passion),sit (hen on eggs)
|
couver
|
|
|
gloat over one's victim
|
couver du regard sa victime
|
|
|
gaze intently/look fondly at s.o.
|
couver qn des yeux
|
|
|
spitoon
|
crachoir
|
|
|
chalk
|
craie -f
|
|
|
fear, apprehension,dread, awe
|
crainte -f
|
|
|
fearful
|
craintif
|
|
|
skull, cranium; bold, plucky
|
crâne - n/adj
|
|
|
dissolute mob, low scoundrel
|
crapule -f
|
|
|
crack, crackle, snap, crunch
|
craquer
|
|
|
boasting, story, fib
|
craquerie -f
|
|
|
gross, crass
|
crasse -ad
|
|
|
dirt, squalor, avarice
|
crasse -f
|
|
|
dirt; avarice
|
crasse -f
|
|
|
dirty, filthy, squalid;(f) stingy
|
crasseux
|
|
|
creditor
|
créancier
|
|
|
manger, crib; public day nursery
|
crèche -f
|
|
|
set a precedent
|
creer un précédent
|
|
|
crenelated (wall); notched
|
crénelé
|
|
|
hollow
|
creux
|
|
|
burst,split; die (animals);croak (people)
|
crever
|
|
|
crying,squallng; bawler, squaller
|
criard -n/a
|
|
|
riddle, pierce all over;overwhelm
|
cribler
|
|
|
mane; mop of hair
|
crinière -f
|
|
|
creed, cove; flaw
|
crique -f
|
|
|
sudden swerve, sudden turn,detour
|
crochet -m
|
|
|
hook -n
|
crochet -m
|
|
|
crusade
|
croisade -f
|
|
|
crossing,intersection,interbreeding
|
croisement -m
|
|
|
cruiser
|
croiseur
|
|
|
swastika
|
croix gammée
|
|
|
crunch,crackle; devour,eat hastily
|
croquer
|
|
|
sinking, crumbling, ready to fall, tottering
|
croulant
|
|
|
lie,wallow (in flith);stagnate (water)
|
croupir
|
|
|
stagnating
|
croupissant
|
|
|
raw (meat,silk,material);crude
|
cru -adj
|
|
|
thigh
|
cuisse
|
|
|
chicken leg
|
cuisse de poulet
|
|
|
throw over,upset violently;(f)fall for
|
culbuter
|
|
|
riding breeches
|
culotte de cheval
|
|
|
pair of trousers, shorts, breeches
|
culotte -f
|
|
|
at first,to begin with
|
d'abord
|
|
|
typist
|
dactylographe
|
|
|
type -v
|
dactylographier
|
|
|
canopy
|
dais -m
|
|
|
checkerboard
|
damier
|
|
|
in one's heart of hearts
|
dans (en) son for intérieur
|
|
|
on the whole
|
dans l'ensemble
|
|
|
on the whole
|
dans l'ensemble
|
|
|
in the dark
|
dans les ténèbres
|
|
|
in his infinite wisdom
|
dans son infinie sagesse
|
|
|
without interruption
|
d'arrache-pied
|
|
|
willingly, readily
|
de bonne grâce
|
|
|
choice, prime
|
de choix
|
|
|
for fear that; lest
|
de crainte que
|
|
|
far-reaching
|
de grande envergure
|
|
|
by far
|
de loin
|
|
|
unwillingly, ungraciously
|
de mauvaise grâce
|
|
|
of my own free will/accord
|
de mon propre gré, mon plein gré
|
|
|
from head to toe
|
de pied en cap
|
|
|
first-rate
|
de premier ordre
|
|
|
purely formal
|
de pure forme
|
|
|
extra, additional
|
de renfort
|
|
|
stroll along, walk up and down
|
déambuler
|
|
|
sell, retail; (f) spread,recite,spout
|
débiter
|
|
|
spread news
|
débiter des nouvelles
|
|
|
clear away, remove
|
déblayer
|
|
|
shovel away the snow
|
déblayer la neige
|
|
|
overflowing(river);overwhelmed(man)
|
débordé
|
|
|
overflow; project, jut out,protrude
|
déborder
|
|
|
throw out of gear,(f)give up work
|
débrayer
|
|
|
decently, with decency
|
décemment
|
|
|
decency
|
décence
|
|
|
decade
|
décénnie -f
|
|
|
decent, modest
|
décent
|
|
|
disappointment
|
déception
|
|
|
unhappy love affair
|
déception sentimentale
|
|
|
decree,enact; award, bestow
|
decerner
|
|
|
resolutely,firmly,definitively
|
décidément
|
|
|
resolutely, firmly,positively
|
décidément
|
|
|
decimate
|
décimer
|
|
|
unhook, detach, set in motion; laucnh
|
déclencher
|
|
|
decline,close; wane,waning (moon)
|
déclin -m
|
|
|
(f) calm down
|
décolérer
|
|
|
rubbish; debris, ruins
|
décombres - m pl
|
|
|
upset, confound, frustrate;disconcert
|
déconcerter
|
|
|
disappointment,mortification,set-back
|
déconvenue -f
|
|
|
cut up,slash, cut out
|
découper
|
|
|
shake-up
|
déferlement
|
|
|
unfurl, shake out
|
déferler
|
|
|
unfurl
|
déferler
|
|
|
defile, narrow pass;(f)difficulty
|
défilé
|
|
|
stave/smash in;(f)knock bottom out of (argument)
|
défoncer
|
|
|
clear,reclaim(land);break(new ground)
|
défricher
|
|
|
redeem(mortgage),emit,disengaging
|
dégager
|
|
|
(f) awkward, ungainly, loosely built
|
dégingandé
|
|
|
(f) trickle, drip, run
|
dégouliner
|
|
|
(f) trickling,drip,run
|
dégouliner
|
|
|
degradation, defacement, weathering
|
dégradation
|
|
|
tumble down;bring toppling down
|
dégringoler
|
|
|
disguise -v
|
déguiser
|
|
|
ruinous condition, desrepair,decay
|
délabrement
|
|
|
forsaken
|
délaissé
|
|
|
foresake, desert, abandon
|
délaisser
|
|
|
deliberate,determined,resolute
|
delibéré
|
|
|
deliberately
|
delibérément
|
|
|
delicacy, weakness,nicety
|
délicatesse
|
|
|
demarcate (territ), define (powers)
|
délimiter
|
|
|
misdemeanor, offense
|
delit
|
|
|
choice, picked, select
|
d'élite
|
|
|
get away; oust,drive out, eject
|
déloger
|
|
|
go off, get away;oust,eject,drive out
|
déloger
|
|
|
dismantling
|
démantelement
|
|
|
dismantle
|
démanteler
|
|
|
gait, walk, bearing; measure, step
|
démarche -f
|
|
|
canvasser
|
démarcheur
|
|
|
unmoor, cast off; get underway
|
démarrer
|
|
|
disentangle, unravel
|
démeler
|
|
|
clear up a misunderstanding
|
démeler un malentendu
|
|
|
crazy, mad (person)
|
dément -n/adj
|
|
|
denial, flat contradiction,disappointment
|
démenti -m
|
|
|
(vul) extricate, free s.o. (de-from)
|
démerder
|
|
|
resignation
|
démission
|
|
|
old-fashioned, out-of-fashion,obsolete
|
démodé
|
|
|
take out of the nest; hunt out,dislodge
|
dénicher
|
|
|
commodity, foodstuff
|
denrée -f
|
|
|
extricate, free -v
|
dépêtrer
|
|
|
travelling,journey;transfer,displacement
|
déplacement
|
|
|
deplorable, lamentable, pitiable
|
déplorable
|
|
|
gas station
|
dépôt d'essence
|
|
|
refuse dump
|
dépotoir
|
|
|
depress -v
|
déprimer
|
|
|
ridiculous, laughable;absurdly low
|
dérisoire
|
|
|
disapproval (de - of)
|
désapprobation
|
|
|
unarmed
|
désarmés
|
|
|
disavow, repudiate;disown;retract
|
désavouer
|
|
|
desert,abandon, quit
|
déserter
|
|
|
plain
|
déshérité
|
|
|
wishing to, desirous of
|
désireux de
|
|
|
quick-witted
|
d'éspirit vif
|
|
|
despot
|
despote
|
|
|
remove stains, detach, untie
|
détacher
|
|
|
unharness; leave off working
|
dételer
|
|
|
relaxation,easing;trigger, firing
|
détente
|
|
|
distress, grief,anguish
|
détresse -f
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debt -n
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dette -f
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precede,go before; outrun,surpass
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dévancer
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predecessors
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devancier -m
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ancestors, forefathers
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devanciers - m pl
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(hydr) overflow, outfall
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déversoir
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guess, predict (the future)
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deviner
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fortune-teller
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devineresse
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riddle, conundrum
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devinette
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disfigure; stare s.o. down
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dévisager
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diffuse, broadcast
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diffuser
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digestible
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digestible
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deserving,worthy (de-of);dignified
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digne
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worthy of the name
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digne de ce nom
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trust-worthy
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digne de confiance
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noteworthy
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digne de remarque
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graduate
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diplômé
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diploma
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diplôme -m
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talk nonsense
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dire des betises
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dissimlar, ill-matched
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disparate -ad
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disparity, incongruity
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disparate -f
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outpatient clinic, public dispensary, welfare dept
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dispensaire
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safety device
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dispositif de sécurité
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dissident, dissenter,non-conformist
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dissident -n/a
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hide/keep sth from s.o.
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dissimuler qch a qn
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dissolve -v,disintegrate,melt (in water)
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dissoudre (je dissous,nous dissolvons)
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distinct, separate (de-from);clear
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distinct
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domain, estate, property
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domaine -m
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public property
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domaine public
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national, belonging to the state
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domanial
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giving(à-to);gift,natural talent
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don -m
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given fact, datum
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donnée -f
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data, particulars
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données -f pl
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intimate, hint
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donner à entendre
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put ideas in s.o.'s head
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donner des idées à qn
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set a good example
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donner le bon exemple
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take s.o. in, deceive s.o.
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donner le change à qn
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give full vent to one's anger
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donner libre cours à sa fureur
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let your imagination take you
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donner libre cours à son imagination
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resign -v
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donner sa démission
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(naut) ground, strike
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donner un coup de talon
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stab s.o.
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donner un coup de poignard à qn
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slap s.o. -v
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donner une claque a qn
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give s.o. an IOU
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donner une reconnaissance a qn
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dormitory
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dortoir
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endow, dower
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doter
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cool off (excitement)
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doucher
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from beyond the grave
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d'outre-tombe
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drama, play, sensational affair
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drame -m
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woolen cloth
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drap
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sheet
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drap de lit
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registration fee, entrance fee
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droit d'inscription
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civil rights
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droits civils
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comically, facetiously,excessively
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drôlement
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sheepishly
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d'un air penaud
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preceptibly, appreciably
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d'une manière sensible
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duplicity, double-dealing,deceit
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duplicité
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sewage
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eaux d'égout
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dazzle,dazzling sight,vertigo,fit of dizziness
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éblouissement
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shake, loosen, unsettle
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ébranler
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boiling, ebulution
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ébullition
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scarlet, hectic red
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écarlate
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open, spread out
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écarquiller
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open one's eyes wide, stare
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écarquiller les yeux
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reef,rock; (f)danger,stumbling block
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éceuil -m
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crescent-shaped, indented
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échancré
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exchange
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échange -m
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sample, pattern, specimen
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échantillon
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escape; space,interval
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échapée
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vista, glimpse (sur - over)
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échapée (de vue)
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break (s.o.'s) back, tire (s.o.) out
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échiner
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booth; street stall, small workshop
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échoppe -f
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be stranded; (f)fail,be disappointed
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échouer
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bark; rind; peel;external appearance
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écorce
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bark (of tree), rind, peel
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écorce
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earth's crust
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écorce terrestre
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follow s.o.'s advice
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écouter les avis de qn
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jewel case
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écrin
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fall in/down,collapse,be destroyed
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écrouler
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froth, foam, scum (soup, jum)
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écume
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scum, dregs of society
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écume de la société
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stable; (f) pigsty
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écurie -f
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enact, decree (penalties)
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édicter
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edifying (example)
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édifiant
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erect, set up,build; enlighten,instruct
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édifier
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efficacy,effectiveness;efficiency
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efficacité
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lean, thin, lank; (f)dry,meager
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efflanqué
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breaking down, caving in; collapse, breakdown
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effondrement
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dig deeply,overwhelm
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effondrer
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sewer, draining
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égout -m
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work out,prepare,elaborate,build up
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élaborer
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darting forth, shooting pain;twinge
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élancement
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stock-breeder
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éleveur
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incubator (for chickens)
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éleveuse
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she's quite promiscuous
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elle couche avec n'importe qui
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she died in childbirth
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elle est morte en couches
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far (away);distant;furthermost
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eloigné
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emaciated, wasted
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émacié
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encase, nest; pack in boxes
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emboîter
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mouthpiece (wind inst),mouth (river)
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embouchure -f
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ambush
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embuscade -f
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amazed, wonder-struck
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émerveillé
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riot
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émeute
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riot -n
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emeute -f
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rioter
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émeutier
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rioter
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emeutier
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eminence,rising ground; superiority (moral/int)
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eminence -f
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emissary, messenger
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émissaire
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tangle; mix up facts,muddle (story)
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emmêler
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wrap up warmly
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emmitoufler
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site, location; place, gunpit
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emplacement
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grasp,seize,grab;catch,arrest
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empoigner
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moved, affected (by emotion)
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ému
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in keeping with
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en accord avec
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secretly
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en cachette
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in that case
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en ce cas
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unemployed
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en chomage
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accordingly
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en consequence
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as a last resort
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en dernière recourse
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in exchange for
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en échange de
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have one's own way
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en faire sa volonté
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bell-shaped
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en forme de cloche
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as a token of friendship
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en gage d'amitié
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on a leash
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en laisse
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bound for Rio
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en partance pour Rio
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in broad daylight
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en plein jour
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in full swing
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en pleine activité
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potentially
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en puissance
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potentially
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en puissance
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as a reprisal for, in retaliation for
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en représaille pour, de
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in secret
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en sécret
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behind the scenes
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en sous-main
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in any case
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en tout cas
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in use, in usage
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en usage
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in an airtight chamber, as a recluse
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en vase clos
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nearing completion
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en voie d'achèvement
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during his lifetime/in his day
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en/de son vivant
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frame,straddle, bracket -v
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encadrer
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put on a hood; hood, cover -v
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encapuchonner
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tangling up, tangle
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enchevêtrement
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inclined,disposed (to sth,to do sth)
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enclin à qch, à faire qch
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encumber,congest (streets)
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encombrer
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endemic
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endémique
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painful; sore, tennder
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endolori
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don, put on; (com)endorse (chck)
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endosser
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assume/shoulder responsibility
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endosser une responsabilité
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place, spot; passage (book)
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endroit
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endurance, long-suffering, staying power
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endurance -f
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hardened, hard, callous, inveterate
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endurci
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harden -v
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endurcir
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childbirth;giving birth (literary wk)
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enfantement -m
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swollen
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enflé
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swelling, inflammation
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enflure -f
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smoky, smoke-blackened
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enfumé
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include, embody
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englober
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lime; (f) take in (decieve)
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engluer
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numbness, dullness, sluggishness
|
engourdissement
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garner -v
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engranger
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embolden
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enhardir
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encourage s.o. to do sth
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enhardir qn à faire qch
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charge,direct; prescribe; enjoin
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enjoindre
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enemy
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ennemi
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deep-rooted, deep-seated
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enraciné
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enrol, recruit, enlist
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enrôler
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sign, index, token
|
enseigne -f
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sow (a field)
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ensemencer
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bury,entomb; shroud (a corpse)
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ensevelir
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notch, nick; gash,cut; slash
|
entailler
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cut into, penetrate, begin -v
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entamer
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listen to reason
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entendre raison
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understanding (de-of), skill, agreement (entre)
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entente -f
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enthusiast, enthusiastic
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enthousiaste -n/ad
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begin to sing; strike up
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entonner
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funnel
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entonnoir
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hindrance, impediment to sth
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entrave à qch
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shackle, fetter
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entrave -f
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shackle, fetter; hinder, hamper
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entraver
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shackle, fetter; hinder, impede
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entraver
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hold up traffic
|
entraver la circulation
|
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in parenthesis
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entre parenthèse
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warehouse, store, emporium
|
entrepôt -m
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(f) burst in, storm out
|
entrer/sortir en trombe
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maintain,keep up; support
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entretenir
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catch a glimpse of;just be able to see
|
entrevoir
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interview
|
entrevue -f
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spread; breadth; span; wingspan
|
envergure
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surround -v
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environner
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look/stare in face;consider,view
|
envisager
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look to the future
|
envisager l'avenir
|
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blooming, beaming
|
épanouissement
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disperse,scatter,spread (sth)
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éparpiller
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scattered, dispersed,dishevelled
|
épars
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flatten; (f)amaze,dumbfound
|
épater
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shoulder
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épaule -f
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ephemeral, short-lived,transitory
|
ephémère
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endurance test
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epreuve d'endurance
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gear,tackle; (av) crew,personnel
|
équipage -m
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prank, escapade
|
equipée
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erect, set up, raise (statue);establish (office)
|
ériger
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scale, climb over
|
escalader
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skirmish
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escaramouche -f
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squad
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escouade -f
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space out,place apart,leave space btw
|
espacer
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you idiot!
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espèce d'enflé
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mischievous, rougish
|
espiègle
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spirit, mind, wit
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éspirit
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narrow mind
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espirit borné
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trial,testing; attempt(ing), try
|
essai
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out of breath
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essouflé
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what next?; so what?
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et après?
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workbench
|
établi -m
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stallion,stud horse; standard
|
étalon
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pond
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étang
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vise
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étau -m
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stay,shore,support (a theory)
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étayer
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chequered material
|
étoffe à damier
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stuff, upholster;furnish w materials
|
étoffer
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(naut) stem, stempost (of ship)
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étrave -f
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stem, stempost
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étrave -f
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|
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be at death's door
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être à l'éxtrémité
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(mil) be posted to a ship
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être affécté à un navire
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be at grips with s.o. (sth)
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être aux prises avec qn
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be at s.o.'s heels, on s.o.'s heels
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être aux trousses de qn
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be burnt to death
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être calciné
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be in the same boat
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être dans le même panier
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be within one's rights
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être dans son droit
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be in a bad mood/temper
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être de mauvais poil
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be angry
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être en colère
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be below the level of sth
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être en contre-bas de qch
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be in a whirl, in a turmoil
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être en ébullition
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be wide-awake, on the alert
|
être en éveil
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be in s.o.'s favor
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être en faveur aupres de qn
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be in a position to do sth
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être en mesure de faire qch
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be in, be at home
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être là
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be sick and tired of sth
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être las de qch
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be friendless, unprotected
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être sans appui
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be/get in contact w s.o.
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être/entrer en contact avec qn
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stirrup
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étrier -m
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skimpy, tight
|
étriqué
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vanishing,fainting,disappearing
|
évanouissement
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evasive
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evasif
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air,expose to air; fan;(f) divulge
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éventer
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possible, contingent
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éventuel
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exceed,go beyond;tire, wear out
|
éxceder
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eccentricity
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excentricité -f
|
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eccentric, odd; eccentric person
|
excentrique
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except, excepting
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excepté
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exact, require; demand, call for
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éxiger
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exclude, shut out, preclude
|
exlcure (j'exclus, nous excluons)
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exorbitant, outrageous
|
exorbitant
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expectation
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expectative -f
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experienced
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expérimenté
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experiment, test, experience
|
expérimenter
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bee-keepng
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exploitation apicole
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work (mine,patent);take unfair advantage of, cultivate
|
exploiter
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explode, blow up
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exploser
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explosive
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explosif
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anemic,bloodless; (f)cadaverous
|
exsangue
|
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extort,wring(money,etc)fm s.o.
|
éxtorquer -(à qn)
|
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facilitate, make (sth) easier, easy; promote
|
faciliter
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work,shape (material);mold,form(abstract)
|
façonner -v
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keep the pot boiling
|
faire bouillir la marmite
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give s.o. a lecture
|
faire de la morale a qn
|
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advertise -v
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faire de la réclame
|
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be absent/wanting; fail, give out
|
faire défaut
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save, put away money
|
faire des économies
|
|
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gloat over sth
|
faire des gorges chaudes de qch
|
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arrow-head
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faire flêche de tout bois
|
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have a high opinion of
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faire grand cas de qn
|
|
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put an ad in the papers
|
faire insérer une annonce
|
|
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smuggle -v
|
faire la contrabande (de)
|
|
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(f) do the cooking
|
faire la popote
|
|
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purchase sth
|
faire l'achat de qch
|
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go around
|
faire le tour de
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|
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sort out -v
|
faire le tri
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|
|
vie w one another in doing sth
|
faire qch à qui mieux mieux
|
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do sth reluctantly
|
faire qch avec repugnance
|
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point out, call attention to
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faire remarquer
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swallow one's pride
|
faire taire son orgeuil
|
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|
trip s.o.
|
faire trébucher qn
|
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make a deposit
|
faire un dépôt
|
|
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make/lay a bet
|
faire un pari
|
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take a blood test
|
faire une prise de sang
|
|
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bundle, union, beam
|
faisceau -m
|
|
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match-maker
|
faiseur de mariages
|
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miracle worker
|
faiseur de miracles
|
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schemer
|
faiseur de projets
|
|
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insignificant; dim,wan(light),colorless
|
falot
|
|
|
familiarity, intimacy;intimate terms
|
familiarité
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|
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lantern, light
|
fanal -m
|
|
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footsoldier, infantryman
|
fantassin -
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|
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marionette; puppet
|
fantoche -m
|
|
|
stuff (poultry etc)
|
farcir
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mow, cut, reap; mow down (troops)
|
faucher
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mowing-machine, mechanical power
|
faucheuse -f
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favor
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faveur -f
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|
|
favor; be partial to (s.o. sth)
|
favoriser
|
|
|
egyptian fellah
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fellah -m
|
|
|
use every means to an end
|
fer de flêche
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ferocious, savage, wild, fierce
|
féroce
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fetid, stinking
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fetide
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stiff, cold,set (features, smile)
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figé
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end up doing sth
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finir par faire qch
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blazing; (f) smart, flashy
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flambant
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flaming, blazing; flamboyant, gaudy
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flamboyant
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stroll, saunter
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flanerie -f
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flank,secure; deal (blow), throw
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flanquer
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puddle, pool
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flaque -f
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arrow, spire
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flêche -f
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bend,flex; (f) move,melt; yield,sag
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flechir
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brand, stigmatize; sully,stain;fade
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flétrir
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floating
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flottaison -f
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wave, float, stream (in wind);waver, hesitate
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flotter
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fluctuate btw hope and fear
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flotter entre l'ésperance et la crainte
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dash,rush,charge,swoop(upon)-v
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foncer
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drive (in); sink; deepen,darken
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foncer
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rush/charge/swoop down on s.o.
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foncer sur qn
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found, start, set up(business,newspaper)
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fonder
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burst into tears
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fondre en larmes
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pounce on s.o.
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fondre sur qn
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the conscience
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for intérieur
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pirate, bucanner
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forban
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mad,furious, enraged
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forcené
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fortifying; tonic, fortifier
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fortifiant -n/adj
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small fort
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fortin
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grave digger
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fossoyeur
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terrifying, crushing, overwhelming
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foudroyant
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motley crowd
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foule bigarée
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tread, trample on; (f)tread,walk on
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fouler
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oven
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fournaise -f
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batch (loaves of bread)
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fournée -f
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plunder,ravage;rummage,upset
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fourrager
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thicket, jungle
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fourré -m
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coolness,chiliness,freshness,bloom
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frâicheur
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frankness; sanctuary, asylum
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franchise
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scrape; rub; graze; spawn
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frayer
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scrape, rub, graze -v
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frayer
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check/restrain a movement (pol)
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freiner un mouvement
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quiver, shudder, tremble;be agitated
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fremir
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waste, fallow land
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friche -f
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curl,frizz (hair);graze,border on
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friser
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shiver, cold fit, shudder -n
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frisson
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shiver, shudder -v
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frissoner
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coward
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froussard
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(f) coward, cowardly
|
froussard
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fruitful, advantageous,profitable
|
fructueux
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flight,running away;leakage,escape
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fuite -f
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smoke, steam, fumes;(f)dream, vain hope
|
fumée -f
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manure,dung,dunghill,manure heap
|
fumier -m
|
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fuse, rocket, splint; (f) volley
|
fusée -f
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sky rocket
|
fusée volante
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spread insensibly,liquify,dissolve
|
fuser
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execution by shooting;discharge of weapons
|
fusillade -f
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futile, frivolous (pers);idle (pretxt)
|
futile
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pledge, pawn; token, sign
|
gage -m
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wages, pay
|
gages - m pl
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pebble
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galet
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keep one's cool
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garder son calme
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lad, young fellow
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gars
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tear gas
|
gaz lacrymongène
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lawn, turf, sod
|
gazon
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groan, moan; (f) wail, lament
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gémissement
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generator
|
générateur
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management, administration,care
|
gestion
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squirt out, spurt out; squelch
|
gicler
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lap
|
giron -m
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lay, bed, stratem, lode, vein
|
gisement -m
|
|
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oil-field
|
gisement pétrolifère
|
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frosty, icy
|
glacial
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icy, frosty
|
glacial
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yelp, yap, bark -v
|
glapir
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|
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yapping, yelpfing
|
glapissement
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bird-lime, glue
|
glu -f
|
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pin, key (also of grenade)
|
goupiller
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|
cudgel, club, thick stick
|
gourdin
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|
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club, cudgel, bludgeon
|
gourdin -m
|
|
|
dew-drop
|
goutte de rosée
|
|
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puppet government
|
gouvernment fantoche
|
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graceful, pleasing, gracious
|
gracieux
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step, tier -n
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gradin -m
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barn
|
grange -f
|
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scarpe,scratch;(f)make a little on the side
|
gratter
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free of charge,gratuitous,groundless
|
gratuit
|
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liking,taste,will, pleasure
|
gré -m
|
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slender, thin
|
grêle -ad
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|
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hail of bullets
|
grêle de balles
|
|
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shower of blows
|
grêle de coups
|
|
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hail
|
grêle -f
|
|
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scrawl, scribble
|
griffoner
|
|
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nibble at, pick at, toy with
|
grignoter
|
|
|
nibble,nibble at; pick at,toy w (food)
|
grignoter
|
|
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lattice -v, surround w wire netting
|
grillager
|
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toaster
|
grille-pain
|
|
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grill,broil; toast; roast (cfe); burn
|
griller
|
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grind, gnash, grate
|
grincer
|
|
|
grind one's teeth
|
grincer ses dents
|
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grow gray, go gray
|
grisonner
|
|
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growl, mutter, chide, scold -v
|
gronder
|
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growl, snarl -v
|
gronder
|
|
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boulder
|
gros galet
|
|
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first prize
|
gros lot
|
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pregnancy
|
grossesse
|
|
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stir, move, be crawling
|
grouiller
|
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grouping, group, coupling
|
groupement -m
|
|
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watch, watching
|
guet -m
|
|
|
lie in wait for,watch for (s.o.);be on the lookout for
|
guetter
|
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abode,dwelling; (av) cockpit
|
habitacle
|
|
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pant,gasp for breath,puff and blow
|
haleter
|
|
|
hook, fish-hook
|
hameçon -m
|
|
|
tiring, exhausting
|
harassant
|
|
|
exhaust, worry -v
|
harasser
|
|
|
harass, worry, torment
|
harceler
|
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|
bold,audacious,daring, fearless
|
hardi
|
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|
snarling (dog); peevish,cross,cantankerous
|
hargneux
|
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|
hasty,hurried, premature
|
hâtif
|
|
|
raise one's voice
|
hausser la voix
|
|
|
shrug one's shoulders
|
hausser les épaules
|
|
|
spring, bound, surprise -n
|
haut-le-corps
|
|
|
haggard,emaciated,sunken
|
hâve -adj
|
|
|
dazed, stunned condition
|
hébétude -f
|
|
|
unusual, strange, odd
|
hétéroclite
|
|
|
clash w s.o. head-on
|
heurter qn de front
|
|
|
door-knocker, door-stop
|
heurtoir
|
|
|
hierarchy
|
hiérarchie -f
|
|
|
hoist, lift, run up, raise
|
hisser
|
|
|
just to get a breath of fresh air
|
histoire de prendre un peu l'air
|
|
|
winter, wintry -adj
|
hivernal
|
|
|
horde
|
horde -f
|
|
|
outlaw
|
hors-la-loi -m
|
|
|
swelling, surgin
|
houleux
|
|
|
oyster; (f) fool
|
huitre
|
|
|
dampen, moisten
|
humecter
|
|
|
damp, wet, moist, humid
|
humide
|
|
|
hygiene
|
hygiène -f
|
|
|
hypnosis
|
hypnose -f
|
|
|
hypnotist
|
hypnotiseur
|
|
|
he must have turned in his grave
|
il a dû se retourner dans sa tombe
|
|
|
he's a graduate of/has his degree fm
|
il a ses diplômes de
|
|
|
he leaped w rage
|
il bondit de rage
|
|
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it's in my interest to do it
|
il est de mon intérêt de le faire
|
|
|
he's a grocer by trade
|
il est épicier de son état
|
|
|
the cost of living is high here
|
il fait cher vivre ici
|
|
|
you must try to be reasonable
|
il faut vous raisonner
|
|
|
it comes to my mind/occurs to me that
|
il me vient l'idée que
|
|
|
he has no reason to complain
|
il n'a nulle cause de se plaindre
|
|
|
he was fuming
|
il ne décolerait pas
|
|
|
he does nothing except eat and drink
|
il ne fait rien sinon manger et boire
|
|
|
(f) he's at his wits' end
|
il ne sait pas à quel saint se vouer
|
|
|
they're not on good terms
|
il ne sont pas bien ensemble
|
|
|
he can't take a joke
|
il n'entend pas raillerie
|
|
|
he's no foool
|
il n'est nullement sot
|
|
|
there's no denying it
|
il n'y a pas à le nier
|
|
|
he's bent on hurting you
|
il s'acharne à vous nuire
|
|
|
he's good at that
|
il s'y entend bien
|
|
|
he works more than anyone
|
il travaille plus qu'aucun
|
|
|
a storm is brewing
|
il va faire de l'orage
|
|
|
opinions are divided
|
il y a partage d'opinions
|
|
|
there's sthg wrong somewhere
|
il y a quelque chose qui cloche
|
|
|
illiterate, uneducated
|
illettré
|
|
|
illusory, illusive
|
illusoire
|
|
|
imbibe, steep, soak -v
|
imbiber
|
|
|
immaculate; stainless
|
immaculé
|
|
|
immerse, plunge -v
|
immerger
|
|
|
immoderate, excessive, inordinate
|
immodéré
|
|
|
dirt, refuse, street-sweepings
|
immondices -f pl
|
|
|
unthinkable
|
impensable
|
|
|
imperishable
|
impérissable
|
|
|
imperturbable, unruffled
|
impeturbable
|
|
|
pitiless, ruthless, merciless, unrelenting
|
impitoyable
|
|
|
pitiless,ruthless; unrelenting
|
impitoyable
|
|
|
income tax
|
impôt cedulaire sur le revenu
|
|
|
tax, duty
|
impôt -m
|
|
|
with impunity
|
impunément
|
|
|
unpunished
|
impuni
|
|
|
impute, ascribe, attribute
|
imputer
|
|
|
unexpected,unforeseen,unlooked for
|
inattendu
|
|
|
incise, cut; lance
|
inciser
|
|
|
devolve upon, be incumben ton
|
incomber à qn
|
|
|
fickleness, flightiness,changeableness
|
inconstance
|
|
|
undeniable, incontestable
|
incontestable
|
|
|
foray, raid, incursion
|
incursion
|
|
|
indefensable
|
indéfendable
|
|
|
without loss or damage;uninjured
|
indemne
|
|
|
undeniable
|
indeniable
|
|
|
indicator,gauage;(f) informer
|
indicateur
|
|
|
inexpressable, unspeakable
|
indicible
|
|
|
inexpressable,unspeakable,unutterable
|
indicible
|
|
|
individualist
|
individualiste -m
|
|
|
inevitable
|
inévitable
|
|
|
inextricable
|
inextricable
|
|
|
lowly; tiny; infinitesimal
|
infime
|
|
|
unfortunately, unhappy, ill-fated
|
infortuné
|
|
|
inhuman, unfeeling
|
inhumain
|
|
|
uninterrupted, unbroken
|
ininterrompu
|
|
|
untiringly
|
inlassablement
|
|
|
inoffensive, harmless, innocuous
|
inoffensif
|
|
|
inundation, flood
|
inondation -f
|
|
|
inoperative, invalid, inefficient
|
inoperant
|
|
|
unsatisfied
|
insatisfait
|
|
|
insane, mad,foolish; madman,fool
|
insensé - n/adj
|
|
|
insidious
|
insidieux
|
|
|
distinguished
|
insigne -adj
|
|
|
distinguishing mark, badge
|
insigne -m
|
|
|
fathomless; unfathomable
|
insondable
|
|
|
unstable, shaky, unsteady,unreliable
|
instable
|
|
|
institute, establish, set up,found
|
instituteur
|
|
|
teach, instruct -v
|
instruire (j'instruis,nous instruisons)
|
|
|
inform s.o. of sth
|
instruire qn de qch
|
|
|
boarding school;living in (period,system)
|
internat -m
|
|
|
(mil) challenge, summon to answer
|
interpeller
|
|
|
summon,call upon, question
|
interpeller
|
|
|
internal (heat);domestic,civil (war)
|
intestin
|
|
|
notify, summon
|
intimer
|
|
|
give s.o. notice, orders to leave
|
intimer l'ordre de partir a qn
|
|
|
entitle, give a title to (book,person)
|
intituler
|
|
|
poisonous
|
intoxicant
|
|
|
poison -v
|
intoxiquer
|
|
|
the opposite
|
inverse - adj
|
|
|
entrust s.o. w a mission
|
investir qn d'une mission
|
|
|
rainbow-colored, irisated,iridescent
|
irisé
|
|
|
rainbow-hued; irridescent
|
irisé
|
|
|
speak ironically
|
ironiser
|
|
|
unrealizable
|
irrealisable
|
|
|
indomitable,unyielding,unshakable
|
irreductible
|
|
|
unreal
|
irréel
|
|
|
irreparable
|
irrémédiable
|
|
|
isolation, loneliness
|
isolement
|
|
|
route,way;guide book;itinerary
|
itinéraire
|
|
|
I have a great deal to do
|
j'ai fort à faire
|
|
|
I've been through it
|
j'ai passé par là
|
|
|
I took the short cut
|
j'ai pris la traverse
|
|
|
spout, gush, spurt out
|
jaillir
|
|
|
terraced garden
|
jardin en terrasse
|
|
|
gauge -v
|
jauger
|
|
|
size up a man
|
jauger un homme
|
|
|
I'll tell it to him/to his face
|
je le lui dirai à sa barbe
|
|
|
I gave him a sound licking
|
je lui ai flanqué une pile
|
|
|
I'm overjoyed
|
je nage dans la joie
|
|
|
I don't mix w them
|
je ne fraye pas avec eux
|
|
|
I deny having seen him
|
je nie l'avoir vu
|
|
|
I deny that he saw him
|
je nie qu'il m'ait vu
|
|
|
that's my temper/the way I am
|
je suis ainsi fait
|
|
|
I'm at my wit's end
|
je suis au bout de mon rouleau
|
|
|
I'll keep you informed
|
je vous tiendrai au courant
|
|
|
I heard the leaves rustling
|
j'entendais fremir le feuillage
|
|
|
lamentation, doleful story
|
jérémiade
|
|
|
lay the foundations
|
jeter les bases
|
|
|
rush; (fr can) wedding ring
|
jonc
|
|
|
play a leading part
|
jouer un rôle prépondérant
|
|
|
yoke
|
joug -m
|
|
|
busy day
|
jour chargé
|
|
|
day out, holiday
|
jour de sortie
|
|
|
halcyon days
|
jours sereins
|
|
|
jungle
|
jungle -f
|
|
|
oath, curse
|
juron
|
|
|
rightly, deservedly; just,precisely,exactly
|
justement
|
|
|
the summer months
|
la belle saison
|
|
|
the last straw
|
la dernière goutte qui fît déborder le vase
|
|
|
the end justifies the means
|
la fin justifie les moyens
|
|
|
the lion's share
|
la part du lion
|
|
|
it's a slashing rain
|
la pluie cingle
|
|
|
the town was ''en fête
|
la ville était en liesse
|
|
|
labour, toil, hard work
|
labeur -f
|
|
|
digging
|
labour à la bêche
|
|
|
till, plough -v
|
labourer
|
|
|
the accused pleads not guilty
|
l'accusé nie
|
|
|
tear, lacerate; deface, slash
|
lacérer
|
|
|
lace, hairpin, bend; noose
|
lacets
|
|
|
on that note, with these words
|
là-dessus
|
|
|
ugly as sin
|
laid comme une chenille
|
|
|
leash
|
laisse -f
|
|
|
show a glimpse of,discover
|
laisser entrevoir
|
|
|
pass, permit
|
laissez-passer -m
|
|
|
scrap, bit, shred (of cloth)
|
lambeau
|
|
|
scrap, bit, shred
|
lambeau
|
|
|
(mil) flame-thrower
|
lance-flammes -m
|
|
|
sharp, stinging tongue
|
langue acérée
|
|
|
vernacular
|
langue vulgaire
|
|
|
thin strip of material, lash
|
lanière -f
|
|
|
thin strip of material;strap,lash
|
lanière -f
|
|
|
broad-shouldered
|
large d'épaules
|
|
|
tire; exhaust (s.o.'s patience)
|
lasser
|
|
|
self-defense
|
l'auto-défense
|
|
|
benefit of the doubt
|
le bénéfice du doute
|
|
|
should the occasion arise
|
le cas écheant
|
|
|
coast is clear
|
le champ est libre
|
|
|
back of the throat
|
le fond de la gorge
|
|
|
dead of winter
|
le fort de l'hiver
|
|
|
it was bitterly cold
|
le froid cinglait
|
|
|
the big day
|
le grand jour
|
|
|
the world is full of dangers
|
le monde est plein d'écueils
|
|
|
the morning twilight
|
le petit jour
|
|
|
distant relation
|
le plus éloigné
|
|
|
the accused is flanked by two policemen
|
le prévenu est encadré par deux gendarmes
|
|
|
the alleged thief
|
le voleur présumé
|
|
|
the common people
|
le vulgaire
|
|
|
zeal, ardour
|
le zèle
|
|
|
the water had got in everywhere
|
l'eau avait pénétré partout
|
|
|
singing lesson
|
leçon de chant
|
|
|
things are going wrong
|
les affaires se gâtent
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armour
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les blindés
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foothills
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les contreforts
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underpriveleged
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les déshérités
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underpriviledged, outcasts of fortune
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les déshérités
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hell has broken loose
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les diables sont dechaînés
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the major powers
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les Grandes Puissances
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the devastated regions
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les régions ravagées
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injury,hurt; (med)lesion;(jur)wrong
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lesion -f
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registered letter
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lettre chargée
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lure, bait;(f) allure,entice,decieve
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leurrer
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lever, crowbar
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levier
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control
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levier de commande
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bundle, file (of papers)
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liasse -f
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free trade
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libre échange
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bond of friendship
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lien d'amitié
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tie, bond
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lien -m
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refuge
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lieu d'asile
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dividing line
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ligne de démarcation
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water-line, watermark
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ligne de flottaison
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line, path; way, rank
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ligne -f
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flax, linen
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lin -m
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inverse, inverted, opposite
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l'inverse -m
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edge, border, verge,outskirts,list
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lisière -f
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smooth, sleek, glossy
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lisse
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bedding
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literie -f
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litter, stable-litter
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litière -f
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premesis, building
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local -m
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locate -v
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localiser
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housing, lodging,accomodation
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logement -m
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law of diminishing returns
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loi du rendement non-proportionnel
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way back
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loin en arrière
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leisure
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loisir
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five meters long
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long de cinq mètres
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go,walk,run along; skirt, hug
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longer
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piece/plot of land
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lopin de terre
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latch (of door)
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loquet
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share (estate);portion,lot,parcel,batch
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lot -m
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sunglasses
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lunettes solaires
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struggle to the death
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lutte à mort
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spotted
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maculé
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stain, spot, blemish
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macule -f
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stain, spot
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maculer
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sly,crafty; sly fox; mottled
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madré
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labour, manpower;cost of labor
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main d'oeuvre
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upkeep; bearing,demeanor,attitude
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maintien
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self-control
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maîtrise personelle
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major, greater, superior, of age
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majeur -adj
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sickly, morbid
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maladif
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unskillful, clumsy, akward, blundering
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maladroit
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unfortunate;unhappy, wretched
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malheureux
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headline; cuff, wristband
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manchette
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one-armed, one-handed (person)
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manchot - a/n
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handling, management;use,conduct
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maniement
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feel (cloth);handle (tool); wield, control
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manier
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manna; basket, hamper, crate
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manne -f
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be under-staffed
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manquer de personnel
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mildness,gentleness,forbearance
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mansuétude -f
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underground forces
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maquis =m
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marsh, bog, fen
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marais
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stepmother,mother (unnatural,cruel)
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marâtre -f
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dealing, deal, bargain; market
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marché
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flea market
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marché aux puces
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waddle -v
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marcher comme un canard
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marshland, bog, swamp
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marécage -m
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pot, pan
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marmite -f
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marked,unmistakable,pronounced
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marqué
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massacre,butcher;(f)bungle,spoil,ruin
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massacrer
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massage, rub down (horse)
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masser
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bludgeon
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matraque f
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big,knotted stick; life-preserver
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matraque -f
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roll, register, list,enrollment
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matricule -f
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curse, execrate; rue, detest
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maudire
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detestable
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maudissable
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moor/ moorish
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maure -n/ad
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surly, sullen, grim
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maussade
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abuse, mistreatment
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mauvais traitments -m pl
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malnutrition; poor nutrition
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mauvaise hygiène alimentaire
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miserable,wretched;evil, wicked
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méchant
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lame excuse
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méchante excuse
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wick, bit, drill
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méche -f
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unrecognizable, barely recognizable
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méconnaissable
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dissatisfied with
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mécontent de
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cigar or cigarette stump
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mégot
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empty threat
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menace en l'air
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threat
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menace -f
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underhanded, manoeuvre, intrigue
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menée -f
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schemings
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menées - f pl
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carry out (mission, plan)
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mener à bonne fin qch
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have several irons in the fire
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mener trois cheveux de front
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small
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menu
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minor repairs
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menues réparations
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pocket money
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menus frais
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small talk
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menus propos
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contemptible
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méprisable
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contemptuous, scornful
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méprisant
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very smooth sea
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mer d'huile
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meritorious, deserving
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méritoire
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messiah
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messie -pr m
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sharecropper
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métayer -m
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put that in yr pipe and smoke it
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mettez ça dans votre sac
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lend a hand
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mettre la main à la pâte
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eat quickly;(f) work w a will
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mettre les bouchées doubles
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tear sth to shreds
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mettre qch en lambeaux
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arraign s.o. for trial
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mettre qn en accusation
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blindfold s.o.
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mettre un bandeau à qn
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tax sth -v
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mettre un impôt sur qch
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miller
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meunier
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murder, voluntary manslaughter
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meurtre -m
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crumb, morsel, smithereen
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miette -f
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delicate,sweet, pretty; cute
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mignon
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cook slowly,stew;(f) plot, brew -v
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mijoter
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militia
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milice -f
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millenium, 1000 years
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millénaire, millénium
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(f) seedy, shabby, wretched-looking
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minable
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minor -n/adj (underage)
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mineur -n/adj
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arraignment for trial
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mise en accusation
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stake (sur -on); bid (auction)
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miser (sur)
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mitigated
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mitigé
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mitigate, alleviate, modify
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mitiger
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submachine gun, tommy gun
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mitraillette -f
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machine gun
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mitrailleuse -f
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body in motion; motive
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mobile -m
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marrow, medula
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moelle (mwal)
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watch-dog, mastiff
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molosse -m
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mundane,worldly, earthly
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mondain
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ride a horse bareback
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monter un cheval à cru
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morals,ethics,moral
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morale -f
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loose morals
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morale relâchée
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cut up into small pieces
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morceler
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at death's door
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moribond
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dejected,gloomy;bleak,dreary,dismal
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morne
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mortal, fatal, destined to die
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mortel
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mortar
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mortier -m
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code word
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mot chiffré
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witticisms
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mots d'éspirit
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sod, turf
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motte de gazon
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clod, lump (of earth)
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motte -f
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sneak, narc, stool-pigeon,police spy
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mouchard
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grind,mill (corn, coffee)
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moudre (je mous, nous moulons)
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mill
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moulin
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watermill
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moulin à eau
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windmill
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moulin à vent
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die of a broken heart
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mourir de chagrin
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blunt (of tools)
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mousse -adj
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moss, froth,foam,lather
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mousse -f
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cabin boy, ship boy
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mousse -m
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mosquito net
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moustiquaire
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mosquito, gnat, sandfly
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moustique
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means -n
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moyen -m
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average
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moyenne -f
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mule (female)
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mule -f
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mule (male)
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mulet -m
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supplied,furnished,fortified (de)
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muni
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provide, supply, furnish (de)
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munir
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walling in; blocking/bricking up
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murage
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wall in (town), wall/block/brick up
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murer
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Mohamedan, moslem
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musulman -na/d
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mute (wine); (mil) transfer (personnel)
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muter
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swim under water
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nager entre deux eaux
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dwarf, dwarfish
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nain - n/adj
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sail, navigate
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naviguer
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vessel, ship
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navire
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SOS
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navire en détresse
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ship outward bound
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navire en partance
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have no guts
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n'avoir rien dans le ventre
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don't move
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ne bougez pas!
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born in squalor
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né dans la crasse
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don't be silly
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ne faites pas l'oie
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be adamant
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ne pas transiger
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don't be so argumentative
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ne raisonnez pas tant
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don't tease your sister
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ne taquine pas ta soeur
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cloudy, misty, hasty, gloomy
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nébuleux
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negation, denial
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négation
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be neither fish nor fowl
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n'être ni chair ni poisson
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hook nose
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nez recourbé
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deny (fact, God)
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nier
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namely, particularly, especially
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nommément
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chain-pump, bucket-chain, noria
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noria -f
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tie, knot -v
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nouer
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noodles
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nouilles -f pl
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we're all in the same boat
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nous sommes tous logés à la même enseigne
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nucleus, core, stone (of fruit)
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noyau
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stone (of fruit),kernel, nucleus,core
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noyau -m
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coring (fruit), infiltration
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noyautage
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core (fruit), infiltrate
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noyauter
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no, not one, worthless,non-existent
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nul, nulle
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not at all
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nullement
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(f) be hoodwinked
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n'y voir que du feu
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oblige, constrain, bind, compel
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obliger
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edge, slant, swerve -v
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obliquer
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stubborn, self-willed, dogged
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obstiné
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get into s.o.'s good graces, ingratiate o.s. w s.o.
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obtenir les bonnes grâces de qn
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grant,concede,allow(to),bestow(on)
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octroyer (à)
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odious, hateful, loathsome,obnoxious
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odieux
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unofficial
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officieux
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goose
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oie -f
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idle, lazy
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oisif
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omit, leave out, pass over
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omettre (omis)
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omission
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omission
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we knock off at 5
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on dételle à 5 heures
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he's awfully touchy
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on ne le prendrait pas avec des pincettes
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one can't guard against everything
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on ne peut pas parer à tout
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you have been misinformed
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on vous a mal renseigné
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operation, proces, working (nature)
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operation
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opulence, wealth
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opulence
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storm, thunderstorm
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orage
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agenda
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ordre du jour
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orphanage, children's home
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orphelinat
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oscillate, swing, sway
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osciller
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waver between two opinions
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osciller entre deux opinions
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forgetful
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oublieux
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carbon monoxide
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oxyde de carbone
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compact,pact,covenant
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pacte -m
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pagan, heathen
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païen
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stale bread
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pain rassis
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pale, tame (style)
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pâle
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white as a sheet
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pâle comme un linge
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palisade, fence, stockade
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palissade -f
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palliate -v
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pallier
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malaria
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paludisme
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bare wall, piece of wall
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pan de mur
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flap, piece, section
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pan -m
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placard, bill; poster,picket-sign
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pancarte -f
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basket
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panier
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shopping basket
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panier à provisions
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(f) alarmist
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paniquard
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panic, scare
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panique -f
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breakdown, mishap; holdup
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panne -f
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soldier outfit (for kid)
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panoplie de soldat
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trophy
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panoplie -f
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pair of trousers, slacks
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pantalon
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by chance
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par aventure
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by chance
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par aventure
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luckily, fortunately
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par bonheur
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for instance, (int) my word
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par exemple
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boot, besides, in addition
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par surcroît
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paradox
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paradoxe -m
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distance covered, route, course
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parcours
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on to of that/it/them
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par-dessus le marché
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adorn, set off,embellish,ward off
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parer
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fend, guard -v
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parer à
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idle, fritter away one's time
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paresser
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bet, wager, stake
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pari -m
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pariah
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paria -m
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speak "off" (to the crowd)
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parler à la cantonade
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speak freely
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parler avec franchise
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talk shop
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parler boutique
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|
speak openly, plainly
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parler sans rien déguiser
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debate, debating society
|
parlote -f
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partition wall, wall
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paroi -f
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paroxysm
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paroxysme
|
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division, sharing, allotment
|
partage -m
|
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(naut) departure
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partance
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private person, individual
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particulier
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slowly, little by little
|
pas à pas
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not much
|
pas grand-chose
|
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harmless
|
pas méchant
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pedestrian crossing
|
passage clouté
|
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impassioned, ardent; enthusiast
|
passionné -n/adj
|
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let's change the subject
|
passons à autre chose
|
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batter
|
pâte à frire
|
|
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toothpaste
|
pâte dentifrice
|
|
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paste, pasta
|
pâte -f
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batter
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pâte lisse
|
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patent, obvious, evident
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patent -m
|
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license (trade or profession)
|
patente -f
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suffer (for others)
|
pâtir
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poor wretch,miserable wretch
|
pauvre hère
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(f) die -v
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payer le tribut à la nature
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pay tribute
|
payer tribut
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pigskin
|
peau de porc
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pigskin
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peau de truie
|
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comb
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peigne -m
|
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pelican
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pélican
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shovel, scoop, dustpan
|
pelle -f
|
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crest-fallen, shame-faced
|
penaud
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for weeks and weeks
|
pendant des semaines et des semaines
|
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in my leisure hours, spare time
|
pendant mes loisirs
|
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laborious, painful
|
pénible
|
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penitentiary
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pénitentiare
|
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pensioner, boarder
|
pensionnaire
|
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slope,inclination,declivity,ascent
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pente -f
|
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scarcity, shortage, dearth;poverty
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pénurie -f
|
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seed-bed, nursery
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pépinière -f
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perilous, hazardous
|
périlleux
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perimeter,periphery; area,sphere
|
périmètre
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perpetual,everlasting; endless,constant
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perpétuel
|
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perpetuated
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perpétuer
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perplexed, embarrassed, irresolute
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perplexe
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banter, mock (ill-naturedly)
|
persifler
|
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personnage, great person,somebody
|
personnage
|
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person of well-balanced judgement
|
personne de sens rassis
|
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personnel, staff
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personnel -m
|
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skeleton staff
|
personnel reduit
|
|
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perverse, depraved
|
pervers
|
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perversity
|
perversité -f
|
|
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little man
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petit bonhomme
|
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little; not very; not many, few
|
peu
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poorly gifted; unsuitable,irrelevant
|
peu apte
|
|
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inconclusive
|
peu concluant
|
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indecent
|
peu décent
|
|
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spare parts
|
pièces de réchange
|
|
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small coin; short play,playlet
|
piécette -f
|
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limestone
|
pièrre a chaux
|
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rolling stone gathers no moss
|
pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse
|
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pedestrian
|
piéton
|
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wretched, poor; lame, paltry
|
piètre
|
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pillar
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pilier
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pillage, looting
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pillage
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pillaging, thieving; pillager
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pillard -n/adj
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test pilot
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pilote d'essai
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pine tree
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pin
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peg, stake, post
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piquet
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piracy
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piraterie
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udder, dug (of cow)
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pis -m
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pivot, hinge
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pivot -m
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turn on a pivot, revolve, turn,wheel
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pivoter
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board, plank, shelf
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planche -f
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sole (of foot); plant
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plante -f
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seaweed
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plante marine
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veneer, lay on (plaster); tackle, bring down
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plaquer
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fully; entirely, quite
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pleinement
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weep copiously, bitterly
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pleurer à chaudes larmes
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pleat, crease, crumple, corrugate
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plisser
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dagger
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poignard
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wrist, cuff
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poignet
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question mark
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point d'interrogation
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buffoon, punch + judy
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polichinelle -m
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mixed farming
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polyculture -f
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pine-cone
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pomme de pin
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poised, calm, self-controlled
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pondéré
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(f) kitchen, meal room, mess
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popote -f
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rabble, riff-raff; populace
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populace -f
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pig, hog
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porc
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chief doorway,portal, front gate
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portail -m
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carry,convey; take,inscribe
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porter
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post an item in the ledge
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porter un article au grand-livre
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set foot
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poser le pied
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key position
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position clef
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cramped position
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position étriqué
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fire hydrant
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poste d'incendie
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kitchen garden
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potager
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gallows; crutch; slide rule
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potence -f
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hen-house
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poulailler
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pulse
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pouls -m
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stern (naut)
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poupe -f
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for good,in earnest; really
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pour de bon, tout de bon
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make matters worse
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pour renfort de potage
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make matters worse
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pour surcroît de malheur
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pursue,endeavour to obtain,seek
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poursuivre
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periphery, circumference
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pourtour -m
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periphery, circumference
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pourtour -m
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push,shove,thrust; grow -v
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pousser
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groan, utter a groan
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pousser un gémissement
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beam, girder
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poutre -f
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purchasing power
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pouvoir d'achat
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precarious, delicate
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précaire
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precarious, delicate
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précaire
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preceding, previous
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précédent -ad
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precedent
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précédent -n
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hasty,hurried; headlong, abrupt
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precipité
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recommend,praise; advocate
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préconiser
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prefigure, foreshadow -v
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préfigurer
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deduct, set apart
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prélever
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deduct, set apart
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prélever
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levy the tithes
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prélever la dîme
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take a sample
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prélever un échantillon
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first-aid
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premiers secours
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undertake to do sth
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prendre à tache de faire qch
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sample, take samples of
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prendre des échantillons de
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swallow the bait (person)
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prendre l'hameçon
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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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take a liking to s.o., take to s.o.
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prendre qn en amitié
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catch s.o. in the act/red-handed
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prendre qn sur le fait
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obliging, kind, engaging
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prévenant
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provident, prudent, careful
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prévoyant
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principality
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principauté
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panic-stricken
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pris de panique
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behavior,conduct,process,operation,method
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procédé
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proceeding,conduct,behavior,method
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procédé -m
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proxy, power of attorney
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procuration -f
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prodigious, stupendous
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prodigieux
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lavish sth on s.o.
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prodiguer qch à qn
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desecration
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profanation
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profane, desecrate (church);violate (grave)
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profaner
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desecrate, profane, misuse (talent)
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profaner
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steady progress
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progrès ininterrompu
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progressive, gradual
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progressif
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gradually
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progressivement
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project,delineate,plan;design
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projeter
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promote
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promouvoir
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owner, proprietor
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propriétaire
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protocol
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protocole
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provisional, temporary
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provisoire
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prudent, discreet, advisable
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prudent
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stench, foul smell
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puanteur -f
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go to the source
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puiser à la source
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draw from
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puiser à/dans
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horse-power
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puissance en cheveux
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force, strength, authority
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puissance -f
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never mind that, that need be no obstacle
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qu'à cela ne tienne
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quality;qualification;title,rank
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qualité -f
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what a bore!
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quel bassin!
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any (whatever); some sort of
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quelconque
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what nonsense!
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quelle betise!
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quarrel, dispute
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querrelle -f
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who made you judge in this matter?
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qui vous a consititué juge?
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person of fifty
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quinquagénaire
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whatever you might say
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quoi que vous disiex
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be that as it may
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quoi qu'il en soit
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jibe
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quolibet -m
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plane -v (wood)
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raboter
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(f) polish one's style
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raboter son style
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(f) ricket
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rachitique
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(f) drubbing, thrashing
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raclée -f
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radiant, beaming, shining
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radieux
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refinery
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raffinerie -f
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sweep/carry off, round up
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rafler
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air raid
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raid aérien
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(mil) raid, long-distance flight
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raid -m
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all the more reason
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raison de plus
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lame reasoning
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raisonnement boiteux
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reason (sur), argue (sur-about)
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raisonner (sur)
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reason w s.o.
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raisonner qn
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recover freshness/youth;renew, modernize
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rajeunir
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slacken, slow down, slow up
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ralentir
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be rolling in money
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ramasser l'argent à la pelle
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handrail
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rambarde -f
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(naut) hand-rail
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rambarde -f
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ramification, branching, branch
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ramification
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creep, crawl
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ramper
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art student; (f) dauber
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rapin -m
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brim-ful glass (of wine)
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rasade -f
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shave,shave off; graze, skim
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raser
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settled, sedate (disposition)
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rassis
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fasten, tie again; retie,link up
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rattacher
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recapture,catch again;overtake
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rattraper
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catch again,retake;make up fr(lost)
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rattraper
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make up for lost time
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rattraper le temps perdu
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hoarse, rough, harsh
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rauque -ad
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ravage, devastate -v
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ravager
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raid, incursion, foray, razzia
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razzia -f
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realization,carrying into effect
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réalisation
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realistic
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réaliste
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stern, surly, grim, forbidding
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rébarbatif
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beat again, repeat, tell over & over
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rebattre
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edge,border,rim; hem(garment)
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rebord -m
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rebuff, repulse, snub
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rebuffade -f
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replacement
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rechange -m
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escape (de-from); rescue,save s.o.
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réchapper
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container, receptacle, vessel
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recipient
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claim,request;complaint,protest
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réclamation
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advertising, publicity
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réclame -f
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complain,claim/demand back;call for (s.o.,sth)
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réclamer
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recognition,gratitude,acknowledgement
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reconnaissance -f
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curved, hooked
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recourbé
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renewed outbreak; new spell
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recrudescense -f
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recoil; room to move back
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recul
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distant, remote (place, time)
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reculé
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stand back -v
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reculer
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scouring, cleaning
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récurage
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scour, clean (pots and pans)
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récurer
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formidable, dangerous (à -to)
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redoubtable
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sit up
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redressez-vous
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flow back, ebb, fall bck (invading horde)
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refluer -v
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drive back, force back
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refouler
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hold back one's tears
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refouler ses larmes
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repress one's feelings
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refouler ses sentiments
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flat refusal
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refus catégorique
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feast, exquisite dish; treat
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régal -m
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diet
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régime alimentaire
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cast/throw the blame on others
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rejeter la faute sur d'autres
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intermission, rest, respite
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relâche -m
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neighborliness
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rélations de bon voisinage
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relief, the relieving troops
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relève -f
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remorse, self-reproach
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remords -m
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win a victory
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remporter la victoire
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carry off a prize
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remporter un prix
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move,stir, rouse
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remuer
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move furniture
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remuer des meubles
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produce, yield; return, profit
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rendement
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frock-coat
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rendingote -f
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knocking in,driving in(deep);recess
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renfoncement -m
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reinforcement; fresh supply
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renfort
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reinforcement,help,aid,relief
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renfort
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sniff, snort; smell
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renifler
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new lease on life
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renouveau de vie
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inform s.o. about sth
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renseigner qn sur qch
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withdraw into one's shell
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rentrer dans sa coquille
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den, lair, nest, haunt
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repaire -m
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cast aspersions on s.o.
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répandre des calomnie sur qn
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fish up,fish out, rescue
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repêcher
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mark w reference mks,fix/adjust
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repérer
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mark w guide marks;adjust,fix,set
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réperer
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retort, cue; replica
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réplique -f
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reply, answer, retort
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répliquer
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make some sort of reply
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répondre d'une façon quelconque
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give a straight answer
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répondre sans détours
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get back into harness
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reprendre le collier
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reprisal, retaliation
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représailles -f pl
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disapprove of, reprobate
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reprouver
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repugnance, dislike (pour-for),aversion, loathing (pour)
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repugnance -f
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resistance,opposition (à-to),staying power
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résistance
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surf, breakers, undertow
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ressac
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resemble/be like/look like s.o./sth
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ressembler à qn, à qch
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national; under the jurisdic of
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ressortissant
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stay in bed
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rester au lit
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stay alive
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rester en vie
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go unpunished
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rester impuni
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be/lie fallow
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rester, être en friche
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result
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résultat
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entrench, fortify
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retrancher
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stormy meeting
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reunion houleuse
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society gathering
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réunion mondaine
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revise (text); examine, inspect
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reviser
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wrinkled, corrugated
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ridé
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wrinkle
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ride -f
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ridicule -v
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ridiculiser
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furrow,trench;(f)have fun/a lark
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rigoler
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jeer, mockery, laughing-stock
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risée -f
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bank, side (river);shore, strand
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rivage -m
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rival -v
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rivaliser
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rival
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rivalité
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river, stream, Riviera
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rivière -f
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bath robe
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robe de chambre
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robust, sturdy (child),stout (faith)
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robuste
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rock-work, grotto-work
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rocaille -f
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rubble
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rocaille -f
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rock, boulder
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roche -f
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holly-hock
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rose trémière -f
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reed
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roseau
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dew
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rosée
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rotary
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rotatif -adj
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rotary press
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rotative -f
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steam-roller
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rouleau-compresseur
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road suitable for motor vehicles
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route carrossable
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road 20 feet wide
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route qui a 20 pieds de large
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rudiments
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rudiments - m pl
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rush, onslaught
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ruée -f
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gold rush
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ruée vers l'or
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roaring, roar
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rugissement
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sandy, gritty
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sablonneux
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sack, bag; sacking, pillage
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sac
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sleeping bag
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sac de couchage
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paper bag
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sac en papier
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set/lean one's back against sth
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s'adosser à/contre qch
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weaken, become weaker
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s'affaiblir
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slide down; (f) drop/flop into
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s'affaler
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become stronger, firmer
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s'affermir
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fall into a panic
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s'affoler
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become infatuated w
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s'affoler de
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kneel, fall on one's knees -v
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s'agenouiller
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bleeding,blood-letting;trench,ditch
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saignée -f
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wage-earning, wage-earner
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salarié - n/adj
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stretch out,stretch;lie down at full length
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s'allonger
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stretch out, grow longer, stretch
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s'allonger
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bastard, skunk
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salopard, salaud
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salutary, wholesome, beneficial
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salutaire
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round of applause
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salve d'applaudissements
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salvo
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salve -f
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grow thin
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s'amaigrir
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get better, improve
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s'améliorer
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become thinner, smaller
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s'amenuiser
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bloody, cruel, cutting
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sanglant
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wild board
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sanglier -m
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sanitary
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sanitaire
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of no importance
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sans consequence
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indisputably, w/o question
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sans conteste
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faultless, flawless
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sans défaut
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plainly, frankly
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sans détours
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without obstacles
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sans encombre
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unprecedented
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sans précédents
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otherwise
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sans quoi
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without respite, intermission
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sans relâche
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ineffective, fruitless
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sans résultat
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unrivaled
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sans rival
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smoothly
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sans secousse
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doze off, drop off to sleep
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s'assoupir
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lay hold of, secure sth
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s'assurer de qch
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sit down to table
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s'attabler
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attack, tackle s.o. or sth
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s'attaquer à qn, à qch
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lessen (light);grow dimmer,softer
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s'atténuer
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absurd,preposterous,ridiculous
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saugrenu
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rescue -v
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sauver, délivrer, secourir
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learned, erudite; skillful, clever
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savant -adj
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scientist, scholar
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savant -m
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venture, take risks
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s'aventurer
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venture, take risks -v
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s'aventurer
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know how to go about it
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savoir comment s'y prendre
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(mil) flogging
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schlague -f
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scorpion
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scorpión
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scrutinize, scan, examine closely
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scruter
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hold one's noose
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se boucher le nez
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cover one's ears
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se boucher les oreilles
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tighten one's belt
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se boucler la ceinture
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rear (of horse, fig of person)
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se cabrer
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prance, rear; (f)revolt,fly into a passion
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se cabrer
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(f) settle comfortably (in armchair)
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se caler
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(f) plant o.s. in front of s.o.
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se camper devant qn
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take a firm stand
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se camper solidement sur ses jambes
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withdraw into o.s.,keep to o.s.
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se cantonner en soi-même
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squabble, wrangle -v
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se chamailler
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shut o.s. away
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se claquemurer
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mingle,be lost in,be confounded
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se confondre
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be overapologetic
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se confondre en excuses
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hold/hang on to, clutch sth
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se cramponner à qch, à qn
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break loose,run riot, run wild
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se déchainer
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brake out
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se déchaîner
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disguise o.s.
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se déguiser
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get out of a mess
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se démerder
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be nonplussed/disconcerted,lose countenance
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se démonter
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desist, give up; swerve,deviate
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se departir
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extricate oneself (de-from)
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se dépêtrer (de)
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get depressed
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se déprimer
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come unfastened; break away, get loose
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se détacher
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come unfastened,get loose,stand out clearly
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se détacher
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turn away/aside; swerve,abandon
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se détourner
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flow, pour into
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se déverser dans
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take the trouble
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se donner le mal
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get accustomed to sth
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se faire à qch
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call in/report in sick
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se faire porter malade
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get a shave
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se faire raser
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be pleased w sth;pat o.s. on back
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se féliciter de q ch
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deepen (of color)
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se foncer
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clear a way (for o.s.),force one's way in
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se frayer (un) passage
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plow through the snow
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se frayer un chemin dans la neige
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take care not to do sth
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se garder de faire qch
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spoil, deteriorate
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se gâter
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allow o.s. to be tempted
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se laisser tenter
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delude o.s.
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se leurrer d'illusions
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hold on, continue -v
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se maintenir
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contact, get in touch w
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se mettre en rapport avec
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change,alter; be altered,changed
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se modifier
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curl up(into ball);huddle,crowd together
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se pelotonner
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endure, become established
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se perpétuer
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be continued,follow its course
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se poursuivre
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take advantage, avail o.s.
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se prévaloir
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walk up and down
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se promener de long en large
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rally to/around
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se rallier à
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come near again,draw nearer
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se rapprocher
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sit/stand up
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se redresser
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recover fm an illness
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se remettre d'une maladie
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acquire sth
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se rendre propriétaire de qch
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make inquiries, find out about sth, ask about sth
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se renseigner sur qch
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spread like wildfire
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se répandre comme une trâinée de poudre
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resign o.s., submit to sth
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se résigne à qch
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be alike
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se ressembler
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entrench o.s., dig in
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se retrancher
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shrink,contract;get narrow minded
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se rétrécir
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wake up w a start
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se réveiller en sursaut
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hurt, fling o.s. at s.o, sth
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se ruer sur qn, qch
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escape, run away, make off
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se sauver
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concern,trouble o.s.,care (de-for)
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se soucier (de)
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trouble/concern o.s. (de-about)
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se soucier (de)
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give in, yield (à-to)
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se soumettre (à)
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comply with s.o.'s wishes
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se soumettre aux volontés de qn
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crawl along
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se traîner
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become transfigured
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se transfigurer
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turn into
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se transformer en
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get revenge
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se venger
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fill one's glass
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se verser une rasade
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turn aside, swerve,deviate,err
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s'écarter
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move aside, diverge, deviate
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s'écarter
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deviate, stray from
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s'écarter de
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dryness,draught;spareness
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sécheresse -f
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slave at a piece of work
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s'échiner à un travail
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run aground, get stranded
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s'échouer
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slip away, slip out
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s'éclipser
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assist,back up,second; support,promote
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seconder
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helpful, willing to help
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secourable
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first-aid practice
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secourisme
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shake,shaking,jolt,shock
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secousse -f
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open secret
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secret de polichinelle
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century-old, age-old,time-honored
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séculaire
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become obliterated; wear away; stand aside
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s'effacer
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fall in, collapse
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s'éffondrer
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strive, endeavor to do sth
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s'efforcer de faire qch
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sow -v; spread, strew, scatter
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semer
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shout o.s. hoarse
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s'empoumoner
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have a good time, live it up
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s'en donner à coeur joie
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undertake/pledge to do sth
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s'engager à faire qch
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pluck up courage -v
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s'enhardir
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senile
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sénil
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senility
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sénilité
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become proud, elated
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s'enorgueillir
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pride o.s. on sth,on having done sth
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s'enorgueillir d'avoir fait qch
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enroll o.s., enlist
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s'enroler
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path
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sentier
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winding path
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sentier en lacets
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footpath
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sentier piéton
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(f) be eager to get back home
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sentir l'écurie
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open out, bloom, beam,blossom
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s'épanouir
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open up,bloom (flower);beam(face)
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s'épanouir
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disperse -v
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s'éparpiller
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serene, calm (sky/person);unruffled
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serein -adj
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evening deew
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serein -m
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serpent, snake
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serpent
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rattlesnake
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serpent à sonnettes
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be the butt of s.o.'s jokes
|
servir de cible aux railleries de qn
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be out of breath, winded
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s'essoufler
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vanish,disappear;die away,faint
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s'évanouir
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lose all patience
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s'éxaspérer
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practice sth, practice doing sth
|
s'exercer à qch, à faire qch
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(f) whet one's whistle
|
s'humecter le gosier
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struck dead/dumb,flabbergasted
|
sidéré
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have its head office
|
siéger
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it that's all (the difficulty)
|
s'il ne tient qu'à cela
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furrow, plough, streak (sky)
|
silloner
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come to a stop
|
s'immobiliser
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take root
|
s'implanter
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take root
|
s'implanter
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image,apparition;sham;simulation
|
simulacre -m
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incline,lean,bend, yield -v
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s'incliner
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lean, bow, bend, yield
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s'incliner
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exercise one's wits/strain brain to do sth
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s'ingénier à faire qch
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otherwise; (or) else, if not
|
sinon - conj
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intersperse, come between
|
s'interposer
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sip -v
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siroter
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indulge in pleasures
|
s'octroyer des plaisirs
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care
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soin
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ground, earth, soil
|
sol -m
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solid as a rock
|
solide comme un roc
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solitary,single,alone;lonely person
|
solitaire -adj
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apply for a job
|
solliciter un emploi
|
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applicant
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solliciteur
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solicitued; (tender) care, anxiety,concern
|
sollicitude -f
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dark, somber, gloomy
|
sombre
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drowse, doze -v
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somnoler
|
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emergency exit
|
sortie de secours
|
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emergency exit
|
sortie éventuelle
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suffering, in pain; unwell, ailing
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souffrant
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soil, dirty,stain, blemish
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souiller
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rising,swelling; revolt,general protest
|
soulèvement
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raise a general outcry
|
soulever un tollé général
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subdue, submit,refer; bind
|
soumettre
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safety valve
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soupape de sûreté
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valve
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soupape -f
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supple, pliant, flexible, docile
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souple
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writing pad, desk pad
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sous-main
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basement, sub-stratum
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sous-sol
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cavern, tunnel, subway
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souterrain -m
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silky
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soyeux
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Sparta
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Sparte
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spartan, austere
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spartiate
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robbing,plundering, spoliation
|
spoliation
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spontaneous
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spontané
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spontaneously
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spontanément
|
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skeleton; framework; outline
|
squelette
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stele (bearing inscription)
|
stèle -f
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sterile,barren,childless;fruitless(efforts)
|
stérile
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brand w infamy;set shame on sth/so
|
stigmatiser
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stop or make stop (ship/train)
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stopper
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undergo, go through, suffer,sustain
|
subir
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subjugate, subdue, master;overwhelm, captivate
|
subjuguer
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snake (s.o.'s watch);pinch (s.o.'s money)
|
subtiliser
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succomb, yield (à); die
|
succomber
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stale, trite subject
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sujet usé
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supervise
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superviser
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supplication,beseeching,entreaty
|
supplication
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on the spot, at the scene
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sur place
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overburden,oveload, overwork
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surcharger
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addition, increase
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surcroît
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superhuman
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surhumain
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overworking, overexertion
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surmenage
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mental strain
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surmenage intellectuel
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surplus, excess, remainder
|
surplus
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surprising, astonishing
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surprenant
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start, jump -n
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sursaut
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capable of sth, liable to sth
|
susceptible de qch
|
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apt to occur
|
susceptible de se produire
|
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go about it
|
s'y prendre
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sympathetic, likeable; attractive
|
sympathique
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sympathizing; sympathizer
|
sympathisant
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trusteeship, syndicate
|
syndicat -m
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task
|
tache -f
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tactic, tactics; tactical
|
tactique - n/adj
|
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cutting, cut; edge; stature; waist
|
taille
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heel
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talon
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pressed, spurred
|
talonné
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press hard, urge, spur
|
talonner
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drum -n
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tambour
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drum -v
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tambouriner
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tease, plague, torment
|
taquiner
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tardy, belated, late; backward
|
tardif
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feel s.o.'s pulse
|
tâter le pouls a qn
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armadillo, attoo
|
tatou -m
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tatoo -n
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tatouage -m
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mole
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taupe -f
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tint, give a color to
|
teinter
|
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tinge -v
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teinter légèrement
|
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rash, reckless; foolhardy
|
téméraire
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show, evince, prove sth;give evidence of sth
|
temoigner (de) qch
|
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tendency, propensity, trend
|
tendance
|
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stretch, tend, lead; (à- to)
|
tendre
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set a trap
|
tendre un piège
|
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darkness, gloom
|
ténèbres - m pl
|
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take after s.o.
|
tenir de qn
|
|
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(f) hold the floor
|
tenir le crachoir
|
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take for granted
|
tenir pour acquis
|
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keep s.o. in suspense, hold s.o. breathless
|
tenir qn en haleine
|
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hold one's tongue
|
tenir sa langue
|
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face the music
|
tenir tête à l'orage
|
|
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attempted murder
|
tentative d'assassinat
|
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attempt to escape
|
tentative d'évasion
|
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attempt, endeavor
|
tentative -f
|
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tempt, put to the test, attempt
|
tenter
|
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|
make useless attempts to
|
tenter d'inutiles efforts pour
|
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try one's luck
|
tenter la/sa chance
|
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try one's luck
|
tenter l'aventure
|
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|
terrace, bank
|
terrasse -f
|
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|
lay s.o. low;overwhelm,crush
|
terrasser
|
|
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(f) stubborn as a mule
|
têtu comme un âne
|
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theory
|
théorie -f
|
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tepid, lukewarm,mild
|
tiède
|
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bell,gong;stamp; timbre, tone quality
|
timbre -m
|
|
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helm
|
timon -m
|
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steerage, steering, signaling
|
timonerie
|
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shooting, fire, firing
|
tir -m
|
|
|
shoot aimlessly,snipe at the enemy
|
tirailler
|
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malingerer
|
tire-au-flanc
|
|
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corkscrew, corkscrew curls
|
tire-bouchon
|
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cobweb, spider's web
|
toile d'araignée
|
|
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linen, cloth
|
toile -f
|
|
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measure/size up/take stock of s.o.
|
toiser
|
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tolerant
|
tolérant
|
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grave
|
tombe -f, tombeau -m, fosse -f
|
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|
fall into a/the trap
|
tomber dans le piège
|
|
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(f) brief exposition of a point
|
topo -m
|
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(f) cracked, touched, infatuated, in love
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toqué
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turtle, sea turtle
|
tortue de mer
|
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tortoise
|
tortue -f
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watchtower
|
tour de guet
|
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whirl,eddy, swirl -v
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tourbilloner
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turn,revolve,change direction, face the other wa
|
tourner
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turnstile; sprinkler
|
tourniquet
|
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first and foremost,in the first place
|
tout d'abord
|
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|
a whole list
|
toute une liste
|
|
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poison/poisonous
|
toxique -n/ad
|
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bustle about,fidget; worry,pester
|
tracasser
|
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trace,mark out,plot, draw,outline
|
tracer
|
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tract, pamphlet
|
tract -m
|
|
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milk a cow
|
traire une vache
|
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milking
|
traite -f
|
|
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negotiate w one's creditors
|
traiter avec ses créanciers
|
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|
treat s.o. civilly
|
traiter qn avec civilité
|
|
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treat s.o. as an equal
|
traiter qn d'égal
|
|
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weave; (f) plot, contrive, hatch
|
tramer
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trench
|
tranchée
|
|
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transfigure
|
transfigurer
|
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compromise
|
transiger
|
|
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squat, dumpy, thick-set, stocky
|
trapu
|
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squat, stalky, thick-set
|
trapu
|
|
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enclose,encircle;ferret out,round up
|
traquer
|
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brainwork
|
travail de tête
|
|
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work with a will
|
travailler d'arrache-pied
|
|
|
work for one's living
|
travailler pour vivre
|
|
|
stumbler, totter
|
trébucher
|
|
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sorting out
|
tri
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|
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picking,sorting,choice, selection
|
triage -m
|
|
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tribe
|
tribu -f
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tribute
|
tribut
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|
|
drudge, toil
|
trimer
|
|
|
triumph (de,sur -over)
|
triompher
|
|
|
overcome a difficulty
|
triompher d'une difficulté
|
|
|
intestines, guts
|
tripes -f pl
|
|
|
gloomy prospect
|
triste expectative
|
|
|
three hours without a break
|
trois heures sans dételer
|
|
|
watersprout
|
trombe -f
|
|
|
overzealous
|
trop zélé
|
|
|
herd, drove, flock
|
troupeau
|
|
|
herd, drove, flock
|
troupeau
|
|
|
first aid kit
|
trousse de première urgence
|
|
|
stuff w truffles; (f) stuff,cram (de-with)
|
truffer
|
|
|
sow
|
truie -f
|
|
|
slaughter; butchery,carnage
|
tuerie -f
|
|
|
hired assassin
|
tueur aux gages
|
|
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sepulchral mound
|
tumulus
|
|
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tunic, coat
|
tunique -f
|
|
|
system of pipes, plumbing
|
tuyauterie
|
|
|
great mob
|
un amas de peuple
|
|
|
fog so thick you could cut it w a knife
|
un brouillard à couper au couteau
|
|
|
a man named Charles
|
un dénommé Charles
|
|
|
an overthrown empire
|
un empire écroulé
|
|
|
free thinker
|
un éspirit fort
|
|
|
a very important man
|
un grand personnage
|
|
|
man overboard!
|
un homme à la mer!
|
|
|
man about town
|
un mondain
|
|
|
busybody
|
un officieux
|
|
|
a storm was brewing
|
un orage couvait
|
|
|
music enthusiast
|
un passionné de musique
|
|
|
a wee bit, a dash
|
un tantinet
|
|
|
unanimous
|
unanime
|
|
|
scold, shrew -n
|
une criarde
|
|
|
tragic outcome
|
une issue tragique
|
|
|
society woman
|
une mondaine
|
|
|
hair-cut
|
une taille de cheveux
|
|
|
unity,unit; (f) concord,agreement
|
unité
|
|
|
worn, threadbare, frayed
|
usé
|
|
|
vaguely, dimly
|
vaguement
|
|
|
bravely, courageously
|
vaillament
|
|
|
brave, courageous
|
vaillant
|
|
|
vainly, in vain, to no purpose
|
vainement
|
|
|
valid, good (title, excuse)
|
valable
|
|
|
small valley; dale; dell; vale
|
vallon
|
|
|
vapor, steam, fume, haze
|
vapeur -f
|
|
|
steamship
|
vapeur -m
|
|
|
misty, steamy, vaporous
|
vaporeux
|
|
|
mud, slime, ooze
|
vase -f
|
|
|
carry, convey -v
|
véhiculer
|
|
|
venality
|
vénalité -f
|
|
|
blab, blow the gaff
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vendre la mèche
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alley
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venelle
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small street; alley
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venelle -f
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avenge
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venger
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venomous, poisonous, spiteful
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venimeux
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sale
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vente -f
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verdant, green
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verdoyant
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greenery, green vegetable
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verdure -f
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rod, wand, switch, cane
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verge -f
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orchard
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verger -m
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worm-eaten
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vermoulou
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shed tears
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verser des larmes
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clothes in rags, tatters
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vêtement en lambeaux
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decayed, decrepit
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vétuste -adj
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decay, decrepitude
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vétusté -f
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soft, weak, feeble
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veule
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flabbiness, slackness, listlessness
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veulerie -f
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vex, plague, annoy
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vexer
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(f) provisions,victuals,eatables
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victuaille
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the old refrain, the same old story
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vieille rengaine
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old crone, old hang
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vieille tope
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old fellow, old foggy
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vieux bonhomme
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villager, bumpkin; rustic
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villageois -n/adj
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rape
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viol -m
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break one's promise
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violer sa promesse
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virulent
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virulent
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scarred face
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visage couturé
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aim at
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viser á
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aim high
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viser haut
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live from hand to mouth
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vivre au jour le jour
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living, food
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vivre -m
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provisions, supplies
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vivres - m pl
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provisions, supplies
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vivres -m pl
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basic vocabulary
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vocabulaire de base
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railroad,track, line
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voie ferrée
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read s.o.'s mind
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voir clair dans l'éspirit de qn
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proximity, neighborhood
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voisinage
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shrill voice
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voix glapissante
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toneless voice
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voix sans timbre
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voluntairy, spontaneous; self-willed
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volontaire -ad
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volunteer
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volontaire -m
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will -n
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volonté -f
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scroll
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volute -f
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vow, dedicated, consacrate
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vouer
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arched, stooping, bent
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voûté
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arch, vault, hollow; (f) roof,canopy
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voûte -f
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hooligan,loafer; gutter-snipe
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voyou -m
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vulgar, common law
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vulgaire
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is it possible to do it?
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y a-t-il moyen de le faire?
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sunken/deep-set eyes
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yeux creux
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yid, kike (pejorative for jew)
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youpin, youtre
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striped (de-with)
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zèbré
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zebra
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zèbre -f
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zealous
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zélé
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