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71 Cards in this Set
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l'agneau
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the lamb
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le pansement
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the dressing
the bandage |
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douteux
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doubtful
dubious |
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des histoires
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for ages
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la bagarre
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the confusion
the tumult |
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vif
vive |
alive
living |
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un taquet
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a cleat
a wedge |
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le loyer
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the rent
the rate |
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la mèche
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the wick
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lointain
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distant
far away |
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la crête
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the crest / peak
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l'écume
(fem.) |
the foam
the scum |
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la dentelle
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the lace
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la semelle
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the sole / tread
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aigu
aiguë |
sharp
shrill acute |
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la gifle
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the slap
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gifler
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to slap
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le mégot
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the butt
the stub |
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un maquereau
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lit: a mackerel (fish)
fig: a pimp |
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soûl
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drunk
(lit: sated) |
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plein de vin
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drunk
(lit: full of wine) |
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la volubilité
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loquacity
(the ability to speak well and often) |
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le seuil
(pronounced seull) |
the threshold
the sill |
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la fourrière
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the pound (for lost dogs)
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la cloison
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the partition / divider
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le cabanon
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the small cabin
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de justesse
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narrowly
barely |
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forain
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foreign
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une agent
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a cop
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un gousset
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a pocket watch
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le pourboire
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the tip / gratuity
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le cocher
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the driver
the coachman |
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dévier
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to deviate
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le biberon
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the baby bottle
the feeder also: the booze |
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la toile cirée
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the oilcloth
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le canotier
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the boater
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l'avant-bras
(masc) |
the forearm
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adossé
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backed
leaning back against |
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la devanture
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the facade
the display section of a shop |
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le deuxième à partir de la gauche
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the second from the left
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se redresser
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to recover
to recompose |
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le chalutier
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the trawler
the drifter |
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le rocher
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the boulder
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le pilotis
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the stilt (that holds a house/pier above water)
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la friture
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the frying
the fried food |
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éprouver
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to experience
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dévorer
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to devour
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le surplomber
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the overhang
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envisager
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to envision
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dévaler
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to plummet
to descend quickly |
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la bulle
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the bubble
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taillader
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to slash
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dégoutter
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to drip
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le sparadrap
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the band-aid
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graisseux
graisseuse |
fatty / greasy
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un roseau
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a reed
a woodwind |
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écarté
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discarded
remote / outlying |
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gravir
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to climb
to ascend |
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jaillir
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to gush / spurt
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la mâchoire
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the jaw
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étale
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still (calm, not moving)
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l'ancre
(fem) |
the anchor
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gicler
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to spurt
to splatter |
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étinceler
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to sparkle
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vaciller
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to waver
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la gâchette
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the trigger
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la fauteuil
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the armchair
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le bleu de chauffe
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the boiler suit
the jumpsuit |
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(la peine de) la marque
(le supplice de) la marque |
the brand / branding
(the torture by branding) |
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le carcan
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the stocks
the restraints |
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le gibet
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the gallows
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