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100 Cards in this Set
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cramoisi
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crimson
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respirer une fleur
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to smell a flower
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Il n’a jamais rien fait d’autre que des additions.
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He never did anything but add up figures.
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anéantir
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to annihilate
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la graine
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the seed
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casser la graine
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to eat
(poetically) |
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fripé
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rumpled
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le coquelicot
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the poppy
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le rayonnement
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the radiance
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des jours et des jours
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for days and days
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bâiller
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to yawn
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un arrosoir
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a watering can
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la griffe
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the claw
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la toux
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the cough
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embaumer
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to embalm
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agacer
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to aggravate
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attendrir
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to tenderize
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s'enfuir
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to flee / escape / run away
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le jeton
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the token
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frétillant
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frisky
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la bagnole
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the car
(older slang) |
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béton
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fixed, solid
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un blaireau
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a poor sap
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boucler
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to finish (a job)
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le boulot
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the work/job
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brancher
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to appeal / interest / turn on
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ça va craindre.
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it'll be difficult.
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le cadre
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the executive
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la caisse
(argot) |
the car
(inf.) |
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camé
flippé shooté smaké |
high (on drugs)
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le char
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the car
(québécois) |
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la chignole
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the car
(lit: hand drill) |
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la chiotte
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the motorbike
(also toilet?) |
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le clou
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the old beater (car)
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émerger
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to get to the end of a job
(inf.) |
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fourguer
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to sell
to hand over |
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galère
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difficult
(hard going) |
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l'hosto
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the hospital
(sigle) |
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J'te dis pas!
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You can't even imagine!
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kiffant
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great, terrific
(from arabic) |
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la meule
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the motorbike
(lit. grindstone) |
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occulter
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to shut down / give up on
(lit: to hide/shadow) |
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la paille
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the straw (hay)
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sur la paille
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penniless
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passer un coup de fil
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to call up (on the phone)
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un bon plan
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a good idea
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recharger les batteries
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to recharge one's batteries
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s'arracher
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to leave
to break away to tear oneself away from |
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s'investir
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to devote oneself to
to get wrapped up in |
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se barrer
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to leave
to slope off |
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débiner
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to backbite / badmouth
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se taper
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to treat oneself
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speedé
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stressed out
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tenir le coup
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to last
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la tire
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the car
(lit: the wheels/tire) |
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top-délire
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fantastic
the tops |
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trimbaler
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to lug around
to card around |
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la virée
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the trip
the ride / spree |
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Y a pas photo!
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It's obvious!
No question! |
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au fin fond
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in the depths of
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le baratin
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the chat
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bien sapé
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very sharp (fashionable)
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boire un coup
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to have a drink
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avoir les boules
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to be scared
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ça me les gonfle.
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That really pisses me off.
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le connard
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the idiot / jerk
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le costard
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the suit (less formal)
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costard-cravate
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dressed formally
(informally speaking) |
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costume-cravate
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dressed formally
(formally speaking) |
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en avoir sa claque
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to have as much as one can take
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en pleine forme
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in top form
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faire sortir de ses gonds
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to make someone mad
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gonfler
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to exasperate
to annoy |
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le gaffeur
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the blunderer
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un impair
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the blunder
the oddity |
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le look
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the appearance (of a person)
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minauder
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to smirk
to simper |
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mortel
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marvelous
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piquer une crise
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to throw a fit
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plaquer
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to dump someone
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prendre un coup dans l'aile
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to have a shock
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l'aile
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the wing
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ringard
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corny
old-fashioned |
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s'égarer
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to lose one's way
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se figurer
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to imagine
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se saper
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to dress sharply
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tchatcher
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to chatter
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les tifs
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the hair
(argot) |
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tourner au vinaigre
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to turn sour
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Tu m'aurais vu!
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You should have seen me!
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voler dans les plumes
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to launch an attack
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l'évangile
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the gospel
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galamment
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gallantly
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luisant
reluisant |
shiny
buffed |
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arroser
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to water (a garden)
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figure-toi
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imagine that
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tenir la forme
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to keep in shape
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gonfler un pneu
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to blow a tire
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piquer un fard
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to blush suddenly
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le fard
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the makeup / rouge
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