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abuser de qqc
eg. abuser de sa force; abuser de la confiance de qqn |
to misuse, make bad use of
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insulter, injurier
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to revile
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avancer
eg. avancer en âge |
to advance
- when self-activity ABSENT - with clocks |
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S'avancer
eg. s'avancer rapidement, à marches forcées |
to advance
- with a hint of difficulty etc - with method of MOTION - as things draw nearer |
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le conseil
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advice
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l'avis (m.)
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advice
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l'opinion (f.)
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advice
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conseiller
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to advise
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un avis
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a notice
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un avis
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an intimation
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aviser
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to inform
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aviser
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to apprise
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aviser
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to notice, to perceive
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s'aviser
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to bethink oneself, to take it into one's head
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la douleur
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agony
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l'angoisse (f)
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agony
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le supplice
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agony
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la torture
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agony
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le tourment
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agony
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l'agonie (f)
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the agony OF DEATH
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agoniser
(ie. être à l'agonie) |
to be in the struggle of death
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s'accorder
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to agree
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s'entendre
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to agree
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tomber d'accord avec
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to agree
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agréer à qqn
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to be agreeable to
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agréer à qqn
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to suit someone
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agréer qqch
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to find agreeable
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agréer qqch
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to deign to accept something
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l'accord (m)
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agreement
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l'harmonie (f)
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agreement
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l'agrément (m)
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pleasure
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l'agrément (m)
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charm
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l'agrément (m)
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ornament
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changer
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to alter, to change
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altérer
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to alter FOR THE WORSE
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l'altération (f)
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a change FOR THE WORSE
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retoucher
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to alter clothes
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paraître
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to appear
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apparaître
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to appear (literary)
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apparaître
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to appear, with a SUDDEN or SURPRISING appearance
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l'apparence (f)
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EXTERNAL appearance
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l'aspect (m)
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the MANNER in which a person/thing presents itself to the eye
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la physionomie
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the EXPRESSION of the face
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l'apparition (f)
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the ACTION of appearing to the eyes
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une apparition
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a vision - strikes the PHYSICAL senses
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une vision
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a vision - strikes the IMAGINATION
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d'aspect lugubre
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mournful-looking
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approcher
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to come near, to draw near
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s'approcher
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to draw nearer - stressing PERSONAL ACTIVITY
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s'approcher
eg. la nuit s'approche |
to draw nearer
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l'arche (f)
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arch (of a bridge)
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l'arche (f)
eg. l'arche de Noé |
ark (Biblical)
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un arc de triomphe
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triumphal arch
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l'arc (m)
eg. tirer de l'arc |
a bow
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l'archet (m)
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bow (of a string instrument)
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aider
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to assist, help
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secourir
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to help, in URGENT need
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assister
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to stand at someone's side in order to help
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assister
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to help the poor
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assister
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to provide with what is needed
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assister à
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to attend, to be present at
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les assistants
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the spectators, bystanders
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un des assistants
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a spectator
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un assistant
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assistant
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l'auditoire (m)
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audience
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les assistants
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audience
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l'assistance (f)
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audience
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l'audience (f)
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hearing, sitting, of a COURT
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la balle
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bullet
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la balle
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a SMALL ball - for tennis etc
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le ballon
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an INFLATED ball
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la boule
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a LARGE ball. usually solid, eg. for bowls
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le boulet
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a cannon ball
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la boulette
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a meat-ball, a bread-ball
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la bille
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a BILLIARD ball
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le tonneau
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barrel, a BIG cask (for liquids)
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le baril
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barrel, a SMALL cask (for liquids)
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le fût
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cask for WINE, CIDER etc.
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la barrique
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a HUGE barrel for liquids OR solids
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la caque
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a barrel for HERRINGS
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la cloche
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a BIG bell
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la clochette
eg. d'une vache; d'une fleur |
a SMALL bell
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la sonnette
eg. d'une maison |
a SMALL bell
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le grelot
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little bell containing a ball - for cats etc.
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le timbre
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a bell which is STRUCK, not shaken - for bicycles etc
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le bateau
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boat
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le navire
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ship
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le vaisseau
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ship - more a WAR ship
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le paquebot
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a liner, packet boat
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le canot
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rowing boat
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la barque
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fishing boat
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l'embarcation (f)
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craft (general boat)
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la cervelle
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brain - its substance
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le cerveau
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brain - the organ
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briser
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to break
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briser
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to SMASH, to SHATTER
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casser
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to SNAP - a CLEAN break
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rompre
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to break - implying resistance, effort or time
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enterrer
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to bury - to commit to the earth
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ensevelir
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to bury - deposit in the grave
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ensevelir
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to bury under something
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enfouir
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to bury - in a hole and cover with earth (eg. treasure)
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la fente
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a chink
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l'interstice (m)
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a chink
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la crevasse
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a cleft in a flat surface
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la lézarde
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an irregular crack in masonry
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le rocher
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cliff - by the sea or inland
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la falaise
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cliff - by the sea ONLY
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le précipice
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an abyss - - NOT a precipice
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monter
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to climb
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grimper
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to clamber up
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esclader
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to scale
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gravir
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to ascend
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le nuage
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cloud
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la nue
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a cloud at GREAT HEIGHT - usually used figuratively
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la nuée
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a mass of clouds about to BURST
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le confort
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comfort
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confortable
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comfortable - MATERIAL comfort, of houses etc
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être bien
eg. Je suis très bien ici. |
comfortable - PEOPLE
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commander
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to command
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ordonner
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to order
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faire une commande
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to give an order
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commander
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to order GOODS
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la confiance
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trust
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la confiance
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reliance
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la confidence
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a secret, an intimate matter confided to another
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le cours
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course - of a river, a life, of events etc.
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le cours
eg. un cours de physique |
course - of a subject
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la course
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the action of running
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la course
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a race
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la course
eg. une course en voiture |
the action of covering a space
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se tapir
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to crouch - hiding BEHIND something by making oneself small
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se blottir
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to curl up so as to occupy as small a space as possible
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étrange
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strange, odd, curious
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curieux
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inquisitive, interesting
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la mort
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death
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le trépas
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the passage from life to death
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le décès
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a legal or official term for death
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le décès
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death - a euphemism
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trépasser
il A trépassé |
to die
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décéder
il EST décédé |
to die
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tromper
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to deceive
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décevoir
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to deceive, but ofter to DISAPPOINT
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la déception
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disappointment
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le dévouement
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devotion
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la dévotion
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devotion (religious)
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vêtir
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to cover with clothes (without pretence to elegance)
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le vêtement
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item of clothing
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habiller
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to dress - implies suitable clothes, or some elegance
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l'habillement (m)
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clothing
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revêtir
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to put on special garments
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revêtir des habits de deuil
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to put on mourning clothes
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les habits (m pl)
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specifically - TOP clothing (eg coat)
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dresser
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to put up (vertically)
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dresser
eg. dresser un mât; dresser la tête |
to raise
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dresser
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to train - servants, animals
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le bord
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edge
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la lisière
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edge - of a wood or a field
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l'orée (f)
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the edge of a WOOD
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la force
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emphasis
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l'énergie
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emphasise
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l'emphase (f)
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bombast
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l'emphase (f)
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pomposity
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emphatique
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bombastic
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jouir de
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to enjoy THE POSSESSION OF
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goûter
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to appreciate
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savourer
eg. son bonheur, un repas |
to enjoy - slowly and deliberately
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se plaire à + INFIN
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to take delight in
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s'amuser
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to enjoy oneself
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se divertir
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to enjoy oneself
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échapper à
eg. à la mort, aux poursuites |
to evade
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échapper de
eg. de prison |
to save oneself from, to run away from
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l'exercice (m)
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physical exericise
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le devoir
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a written task
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la version
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a translation from a foreign language into our own
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manquer de faire qqch
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to fail or omit to do something
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manquer à
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to fail in one's duty to..
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ne pas réussir à + INFIN.
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to fail to succeed in
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ne pas parvenir à + INFIN.
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to fail to succeed in
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échouer
eg. échouer dans une tentative, échouer à un examen |
not to succeed - to completely fail
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faire faillite
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to go bankrupt
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faire banqueroute
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to go bankrupt FRAUDULENTLY
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faillir + INFIN
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to NEARLY do a thing
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fameux
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famous - ie. notoriety
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célèbre
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famous
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funeste
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fatal - bringing DESTRUCTION
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mortel
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fatal - causing DEATH
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fatal
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that which fate makes inevitable
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fatalement
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inevitably
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le destin
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fate - the power the rules our fate
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la destinée
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the destiny allotted to us
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le sort
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fate - both the power and our destiny
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le lot
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a share that falls to a person when things shared out
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la forme
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shape
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la taille
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size, waist
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la tournure
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manner in which a person is made or holds himself
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le fondement
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foundation - on which a building built
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la fondation
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action of founding a town etc.
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la fosse
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grave
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la tombe
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a grave with a stone over it
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le tombeau
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a grave - supulchral monument raised over the grave
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le sépulcre
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sepulchral monument (but chiefly ancient or biblical)
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le convive
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guest (invited to a meal)
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l'invité
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a guest
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l'hôte
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guest
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l'hôte
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host
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hagard
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wild-looking, wild-eyed
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les cheveux
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hair
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le poil
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fur, body hair
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le crin
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hair from a horse's mane or tail
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le foyer
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home
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le chez soi
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home
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ignorer
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not to know
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impressionant
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impressive
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travailleur
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hard-working
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l'exemple (m)
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instance
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des instances (f. pl.)
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entreaties
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le bijou
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jewel
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le joyau
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RICH/PRECIOUS jewel, crown jewels
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le travail
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labour, work
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le labeur
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work (in poetry, high style)
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le labour
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tilling
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le laboureur
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plougman
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labourer
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to plough
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la lumière
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light
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la lueur
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gleam, glimmer
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le jour
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daylight
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la clarté
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pure, clear light
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l'éclat
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strong, brilliant light
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le luxe
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luxury
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la luxure
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lust
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luxueux
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luxurious
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luxurieux
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lustful
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épouser
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to marry - to take as a husband/wife
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marier
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to marry off - to give your daughter/son to be wed
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marier
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to perform the ceremony of marriage
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se marier
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to get married
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épouser qqn en secondes noces
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to get remmarried
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les noces d'argent
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silver wedding
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le commerçant
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merchant (general)
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le négociant
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large-scale trader
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le marchand
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trader in small-scale business
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avancer qqch
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to move something forwards
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se remuer
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to move
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reculer qqch
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to move something backwards
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nouveau
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new - different, fresh
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neuf
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brand-new, newly made
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suivant
eg. la page suivante, le jour suivant |
next
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prochain
eg. la semaine prochaine |
next (very near in time)
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la nuit
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night - after bedtime
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le soir
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night - before bedtime
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le chiffre
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number - a figure
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le nombre
always SINGULAR |
number - expressing quantity
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le numéro
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number - denotes order, a number in a series
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observer
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to notice, to look at
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remarquer
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to observe, to notice
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faire observer
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to remark, to point out
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faire remarquer
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to notice, to point out
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faire la remarque
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to remark, to point out
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le bureau
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office
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un office
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an office, position or function
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un office
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religious service
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une office
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a pantry, servants' room
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l'occasion (f)
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opportunity
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l'opportunité (f)
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opportuneness
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la douleur
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grief
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un grief
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a grievance
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la peine
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effort
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la peine
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trouble
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la peine
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difficulty
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la peine
eg. faire de la peine à quelqu'un |
mental pain
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les parents
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relations
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la partie
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a part
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le parti
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a political party or faction
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la portion
eg. une portion de viande |
a share, when things are portioned
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le rôle
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part - actor's part
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prendre son parti d'une chose
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to be resigned to something
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la part
eg. la part du lion; il réclame sa part |
a share which falls to each person when the thing is divided among many
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faire part à qqn de qqch
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to communicate something to someone
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l'endroit (m)
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a place - a particular spot
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un lieu
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a place
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avoir lieu
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to take place
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tenir lieu de
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to replace, to take the place of
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le lieu du crime
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crime scene
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la place
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position, seat
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la place
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town square
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le préjugé
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prejudice
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le préjudice
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a detriment, a wrong committed
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les préparatifs (m pl)
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preparation
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la préparation
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the ACT of preparing
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faire semblant de
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to pretend to
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feindre de
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to pretend to
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prétendre
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to assert or intend
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prétendre à
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to aspire to, to lay claim to
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fier
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proud
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altier
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proud (haughty, arrogant)
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hautain
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proud (haughty, arrogant)
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orgueilleux
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proud (conceitedly)
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vaniteux
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vain
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vain
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useless, empty, vain
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se rendre compte de
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to realise
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se faire une idée exacte de
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to apprehend clearly
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réaliser
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to make real
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réaliser
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to convert into money
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recouvrir
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to cover again, to cover entirely
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recouvrer
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to recover, to get back
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réfléchir
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to reflect - of a surface, to throw back what strikes it
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la réflexion
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reflection - of a surface throwing back what strikes it
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refléter
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to reflect a weakened image (light, colour)
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le reflet
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reflection of a weakened image (light, colour)
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reprendre
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to resume
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continuer
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to resume
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se remettre à
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to resume
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résumer
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to sum up
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se lever
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to get up from LYING or SITTING
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s'élever
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to rise into the AIR (often fig.)
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se dresser
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to rise VERTICALLY
to stand (building, town) |
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se soulever (contre qqn)
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to rise IN REBELLION
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surgir
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to rise up SUDDENLY before one
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rugir
le rugissement |
roar (lion)
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mugir
le mugissement |
roar, bellow - wind, storm, waves, flames etc.
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gronder
le grondement |
to roar - the sea, thunder, machinery
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le rocher
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rock - a mass of stone
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la roche
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a block of hard stone - sometimes isolated
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le roc
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rock - referring to hardness, solidity
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l'écueil (m)
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a reef, in the sea
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le brisant
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a rock, the top of which is level with the sea
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romanesque
eg. une passion romanesque, des aventures romanesques |
remote from ordinary experience, novelistic
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le paysage
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landscape
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le lieu
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a scene (of combat, murder etc)
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le site
un site enchanteur |
a stretch of country considered from the POV it presents as a landscape
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un emplacement
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site
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sensé
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sensible
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plein de bon sens
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sensible
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sensible
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sensitive
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briller
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to shine - steadily, of a brilliant light
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resplendir
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to shine - dazzlingly or gloriously bright
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reluire
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to shine - reflecting the light
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étinceler
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to sparkle
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le bord
eg. le bord de l'eau, le bord de la mer |
the shore, the edge
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le rivage
eg. le rivage d'une fleuve, d'un lac |
the shore of a river, lake
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la rive
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bank of ANY watercourse
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la rive droite
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the right bank of a river
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la rive gauche
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the left bank of a river
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la berge
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a STEEP bank of a river or canal
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la plage
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sandy beach
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la grève
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shingly beach
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l'orage (m)
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a thunder or rain storm
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la tempête
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a wind-storm, usually at sea
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maigre
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thin
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amaigri
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emaciated
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mince
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slim, slender
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grêle
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too slender, fragile (of the body)
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grêle
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thin (voice)
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svelte
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willowy, slender
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rare
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thin (hair)
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fluet
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very slim (body)
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employer
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to use
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se servir de
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to use
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user de
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to use
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user
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to use up, to wear out
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la perspective
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a prospect
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l'échappée (f)
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vista, glimpse
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la vue
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view - perception of what's within eyes' reach
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un coup d'oeil
eg. une maison d'où l'on a un beau coup d'oeil |
view
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vif
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vivid
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saisissant
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vivid
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la charrette
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wagon, cart
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le chariot
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a farm cart or wagon
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le fourgon
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a military cart for baggage/provisions
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le tombereau
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a rubbish cart
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le char
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chariot
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le wagon
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railway carriage
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réveiller
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to wake, to awake
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éveiller
eg. éveiller les soupçons, la jalousie etc. |
to wake, to awake
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le mur
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wall - acting as support or enclosure
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la muraille
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wall - larger, forming a barrier or defence
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la vague
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wave
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les flots (m pl)
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waves - more poetical
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l'onde (f)
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wave - the surge
also - water of a fountain or stream |
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la houle
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wave - swell
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la lame
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wave - one which expands into a sheet of water
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le brisant
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wave - a breaker
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le chemin
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a way, a road
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la route
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road, the high-road
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la rue
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street, road in town
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la ruelle
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lane, alleyway
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une allée
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a walk, with trees on both sides
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le sentier
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footpath
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la voie
eg, la voie publique, une voie fréquentée, la voie ferrée |
road, track
but ONLY in certain expressions |
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sauvage
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wild, uncivilised
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farouche
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wild, avoiding the company of man (shy)
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fauve
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tawny
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fauve
ie. les bêtes fauves (ie. lion, tigre) |
wild - in SPECIFIC EXPRESSION
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la fenêtre
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window
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la croisée
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casement window
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le carreau
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window pane
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la vitre
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large pane of glass
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le vitrail
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stained-glass window
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la vitrine
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shop window, or a glass-case
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le mot
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a single word
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la parole
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the spoken word; connected words
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