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64 Cards in this Set
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saigner
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to bleed
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l'eau douce
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the fresh water
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un autel
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an altar
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l'angoisse
(fem) |
the angst
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le décalage
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the shift
the gap / lag |
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une gageure
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a challenge
a bet/wager |
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le garde-fou
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the safeguard
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le taux
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the rate
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rogner
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to trim
to skimp |
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le grenier
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the attic
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le vide-grenier
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the garage sale
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garder la tête hors de l'eau
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to keep your head above water
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tergiverser
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to procrastinate
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par suite de
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due to
owing to |
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un contretemps
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a setback
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un greffier
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a clerk
a recorder |
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un interrogatoire
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the interrogation
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dépeigner
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to portray
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le classeur
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the binder
the filing cabinet |
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se borner <faire>
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to limit oneself to <doing>
to be content with <doing> to simply <do> |
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la natte
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the (woven) mat
the braid / ponytail |
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un traversin
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a long pillow
a bolster |
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la punaise
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the pushpin
(also a type of bug) |
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le baquet
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the tub / basin
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le baquet d'aisances
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the toilet bucket
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une cuvette
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a bowl / basin
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agripper
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to grab / grip
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le barreau
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the bar / rung
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étreindre
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to hug / embrace
to envelop |
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une fêlure
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a small crack
a fissure |
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ébréché
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chipped
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le bord
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the edge
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dénombrer
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to enumerate
to count |
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la gamelle
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the mess bowl
the pet bowl |
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la lucarne
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the small window
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un huissier
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a bailiff
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vrombir
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to roar
to hum |
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la toque
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the (chef's) cap
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narquois
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mocking
snide |
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la chaleur
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the heat
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haïr
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to hate
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l'amidon
(masc) |
the starch
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ébranlé
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shaken
unsettled |
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la plaidoirie
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the pleading
the argument |
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accabler
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to overwhelm
to overpower |
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l'acharnement
(masc) |
the fierceness
the ruthlessness |
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un gouffre
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a gulf
a chasm |
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un éventail
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a (folding) fan
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la cassation
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the appeal / reversal of a ruling
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le pourvoi
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the appeal (court)
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constater
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to note
to point out |
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trancher
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to slice
to sever |
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le luxe
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the luxury
the indulgence |
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affreux
affreuse |
frightful
aweful hideous |
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recroqueviller
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to curl
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inédit
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novel / new / fresh
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abouti
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leading / successful / proven
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la piraterie
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the piracy
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faire pâle figure
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to pale (in comparison)
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la contrepartie
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the counterpart
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un étrier
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a stirrup
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mettre le pied à l’étrier
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to get one's foot in the door
to get started |
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par le bouche à oreille
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by word of mouth
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la bienveillance
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the benevolence
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