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84 Cards in this Set
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le fer à cheval
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the horseshoe
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recourbée
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curved
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ferrer
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to shoe a horse
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le âne
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the ass (animal)
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le équidé
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the equine (horse, ass, zebra)
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le hameau
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the hamlet (small town)
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le colza
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the rapeseed (similar to canola)
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velu
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furry / hairy
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le ricanement
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the sniggering / sneer
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voguer
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to sail / move in the water
(what the boat does, not the captain) |
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renverser
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to invert
to tip over |
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la marmite
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the earthenware pot
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l'autocuiseur
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the pressure-cooker
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retentir
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to ring
to sing out to reverberate |
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la roue
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the wheel
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la besogne
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the task
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les uns
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some of them
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gambader
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to frolic
to skip |
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au temps jadis
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long ago
once upon a time |
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soulagé
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relieved
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amonceler
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to pile
to stack up |
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la poursuite
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the pursuit
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noyer
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to flood
to overflow |
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la poussière
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the dust
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l'élan
(masc.) |
the momentum
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le treuil
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the winch
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le mât
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the mast
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la coque
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the hull
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longer
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to skirt
to sidestep |
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péter plus haut que son cul
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to act pretentiously
to go beyond your means |
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hors de souffle
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out of breath
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l'haleine
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the breath
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en nage
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sweating
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le tablier
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the apron
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le palier
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the landing
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voûté
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vaulted
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la frayeur
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the fear
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frayer
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to spawn
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l'épagneul
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the spaniel
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la charogne
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the carrion
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le boudin
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the blood sausage
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défait
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undone
unmade |
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le cigogne
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the stork
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l'âtre
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the hearth
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une hutte
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a hut
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la poigne
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the grip
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écumant
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foaming
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le houblon
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the hops
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la chèvre
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the goat
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le bouc
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the (male) goat
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le chat-huant
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the barn owl
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touiller
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to toss
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la clairière
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the clearing
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dépourvu
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devoid
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le clocher
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the bell tower
the steeple |
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la chaumière
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the cottage
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le gland
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the acorn
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l'aumône
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the alms (for the poor)
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la mie
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the crumb
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errant
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wandering
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le désespoir
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the despair
the desperation |
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l'almanach
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the almanac
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s'écarter
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to scatter
to part |
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la fureur
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the fury
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lapider
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to stone (to death)
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champêtre
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rural
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subitement
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suddenly
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à huitaine
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in about a week
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le prodige
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the miracle
the prodigy |
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la magie
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the magic
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touffu
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thick / dense
bushy |
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le supplice
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the torture
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le bûcher
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the bonfire
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quant à
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as for
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l'amertume
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the bitterness
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allaiter
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to breastfeed
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rangé
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tidy
ordered |
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autrement
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otherwise
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l'arrière-petite-fille
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the great-granddaughter
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priver
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to deny
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le scélérat
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the evildoer
the miscreant |
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garrotter
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to bind
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la nuée
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the thick cloud
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l'houille
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the coal
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