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390 Cards in this Set
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bribe |
a fragment of a conversation |
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évantail |
a hand fan |
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sursis |
a reprieve |
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ânerie |
a stupidity |
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itou |
also (quécois) |
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sempiternellement |
always the same thing |
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abruti |
an idiot |
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factice |
artificial, imitation |
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affriolant |
attractive, appealing |
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poupon |
baby |
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bachelière |
bachellor |
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débander |
bad erection |
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batracien |
batrachian |
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barbu |
bearded |
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nombril |
belly button, navel |
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morsure |
bite, dog bite |
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énergumène |
bizarre person |
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vessie |
bladder |
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brin |
blade, twig |
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empâté |
bloated, fleshy |
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estompé |
blurred, soft |
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échouer |
boat wreck, to wreck a project |
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boulon |
bolt |
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caïd |
boss, big chief |
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jarnigoine |
brains, intelligence |
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reluisant |
bright, shinny |
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allégrement |
briskly, joyfully |
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airain |
bronze |
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ébouillanter |
burn with boiling water |
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buisson |
bushes |
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gabarit |
caliber |
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cierge |
candle stick |
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plâtre |
cast, plaster |
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chenille |
caterpillar |
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châtiment |
chastisement, corporal punishment |
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placoter |
chat, converse |
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gratteux |
cheap, stingy |
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cerisier |
cherry tree |
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varicelle |
chickenpox |
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mousseline |
chiffon |
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clope |
cigarette |
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mâchefer |
clinker, cinders |
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cadran |
clock face, dial |
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pavé |
cobblestone |
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falot |
colorless |
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rubrique |
column |
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boussole |
compass |
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aveu |
confession |
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effaré |
confused, alarmed |
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véreux |
corrupt |
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ouaté |
cotton, safety |
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convoitise |
coveting, desire |
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exiguë |
cramped, exigious |
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hurluberlu |
crank, crazy person |
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dingue |
crazy, nuts |
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cramoisi |
crimson |
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corbeau |
crowing |
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miette |
crumb |
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béquille |
crutch |
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bouclé |
curly |
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noiraud |
dark, swarthy person |
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dard |
dart |
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aurore |
dawn, daybreak |
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fulgurant |
dazzling, flashing |
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trépas |
dealth |
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fourbe |
deceitful |
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dédier |
dedicate |
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divagation |
delusion, rambling |
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exigence |
demand, requirement |
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anéantir |
destroy |
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bousillé |
destroyed |
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s'adonner |
devote to |
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déconfit |
disappointed |
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étalage |
display, show window |
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cuvette |
ditch |
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fossé |
ditch |
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ausculté |
doctor with a stethescope |
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seuil |
doorstep, threshold |
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embrasure |
doorway |
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fagoté |
dressed-up |
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pansement |
dressing, bandage |
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dégoulinant |
dripping |
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dégoulinant |
dripping |
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ébriété |
drunk |
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archarnement |
elbow-greese, hard work |
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braise |
ember |
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écarquiller |
eyes wide open |
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lubie |
fad, hairbrained idea |
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fée |
fairy |
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bolide |
fast car, meteor |
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dodue |
fat, chubby |
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fatidique |
fateful |
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accablant |
fatiguing, oppressive, overwhelming |
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fauve |
fawn-colored, rust-colored |
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bougre |
fellow, chap |
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brebis |
female sheep |
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comblé |
filled in, vover-joyed |
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aboutir |
finish, end |
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entame |
first slice, first card |
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fiole |
flask, mug |
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fugace |
fleeting, quick |
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braguette |
fly, flies |
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charpente |
frame |
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chouette |
fun, a nice person, owl |
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délirant |
funny, delireous |
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galère |
galley, buisness |
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attroupé |
gather together in a group |
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cucul |
gay, effeminant, tasteless |
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engrenage |
gears, gearing, chain |
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serre |
glasshouse, claw, talon |
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maussade |
glum |
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potinage |
gossip |
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potin |
gossip, noise |
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goulûment |
greedily |
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gémissement |
groan, moan |
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abîme |
gulf, chasm |
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caniveau |
gutter |
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demeuré |
half-witted |
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tracasserie |
harassment |
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carapace |
hard shell |
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coriace |
hard, tough |
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attelage |
harness |
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arpent |
harpoon |
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moisson |
harvest |
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pontage |
heart bypass surgery |
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canicule |
heatwave |
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troupeau |
herd |
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aloi |
honest, respectable |
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marelle |
hopscotch |
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cornu |
horned |
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crin |
horse hair |
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épris |
in love |
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jadis |
in times past |
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engouement |
infatuation |
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anodin |
insignificant |
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illico |
instantly |
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saccadé |
jerky |
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besogne |
job, work |
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soubresaut |
jolt |
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môme |
kid |
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loustic |
kid, villain, funny guy |
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ménisque |
knee ligament |
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insouciance |
lack of concern |
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atterrisage |
landing |
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clapoti |
lapping (water) |
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mélèze |
larch tree |
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attardé |
late |
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fainéant |
lazy, idle |
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gambade |
leap (faire la) |
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terne |
lifeless, colorless |
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fardeau |
load, burden |
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larguer les amarres |
loosen the mooring |
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paumé |
lost, bewildered |
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désarroi |
lost, confused |
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égaré |
lost, stray |
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appât |
lure, bait |
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giser |
lying down |
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acajou |
mahogony |
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crinière |
mane, mane of hair |
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épandage |
manure spreading |
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maint |
many |
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guimauve |
marsh mallow |
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pote |
mate, buddy |
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dédale |
maze, criss-crossing roads |
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rougeole |
measles |
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émerillon |
Merlin |
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gamelle |
mess kit |
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pétrin |
mess, jam |
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espiègle |
mischevous |
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moisi |
moldy |
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biais |
moyen, crookeed |
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bourbeux |
muddy |
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bariolé |
multi-colored, gaudy |
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nombrilisme |
navel gazing |
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goulot |
neck (boire au…) |
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avenant |
nice, agreeable |
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chevet |
night stand |
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baliverne |
nonsense, balderdash |
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fouineur |
nosey, prying |
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calepin |
notebook |
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nocif |
noxious, harmful |
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tacot |
old rattletrap, banger |
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bée |
open-mouthed, flabergasted |
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lièvre |
pacemaker, do several things at once |
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meute |
pack, large group |
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bourré |
packed, stuffed |
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affolé |
panicked |
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galet |
pebble |
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songeur |
pensive |
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pioche |
pickax |
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tatillons |
picky |
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ficelle |
piece of string, stripe |
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épingle |
pin |
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auriculaire |
pinky |
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embûche |
pitfall, trap |
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piètre |
poor, mediocre |
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vérole |
pox |
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saugrenu |
preposterous, ludicrous |
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barème |
price list, fee table |
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souci |
problems, concerns |
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cortège |
procession |
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cuirasse |
protection against…; armor |
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olibrius |
queer customer or fellow |
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racaille |
rabble, riffraff |
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râteau |
rake, comb |
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frondeur |
rebellious |
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rocaille |
rocky terrain |
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côtoyer |
rub shoulders with, flirt with, have contact |
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échantillon |
sample |
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narquois |
sardonic, mocking |
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repu |
sated, full |
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grivoiserie |
saucy expression, juicy story |
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échafaudage |
scaffolding |
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écaillé |
scaled (fish) |
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épar |
scattered |
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cartable |
school bag |
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cinglé |
screwy |
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écornifleur |
scrounger |
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astiquer |
scrub |
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vergogne |
shameless (sans) |
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tôle |
sheet metal |
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naufragé |
shipwrecked |
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abasourdi |
shocked, dizzy |
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crampons |
shoe spikes (golf) |
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tamis |
sieve, sifter |
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dalle |
slab |
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pétasse |
slut |
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garce |
slut, bitch |
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sournois |
sly, shifty |
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felluette |
small, weak (fluette) |
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mouchard |
sneak, fink, informer |
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assoupir |
snooze |
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museau |
snout |
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soluté |
solution |
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commère |
someone sneaky, gossip |
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greffé |
someone who has had a heart transplant |
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apatride |
someone without a country |
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brûnatre |
somewhat brown |
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vivoté |
somewhat living |
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acariâtre |
sour, cantankerous |
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épagneul |
spaniel |
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étincelle |
spark |
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pétillant |
sparkling |
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échine |
spine |
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hargne |
spiteful anger |
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barbotine |
splashing about |
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éclabousser |
splatter |
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millepertuis |
St. John`s Wort |
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amorce |
start |
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chiche |
stingy, cheap |
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gratte-la-cenne |
stingy, cheap |
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pingre |
stingy, cheap |
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maille |
stitch |
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grès |
stoneware, pot |
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tabouret |
stool |
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houleux |
stormy |
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emblée |
straightaway, right away, immediately |
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réverbère |
streetlamp |
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civière |
stretcher |
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pantois |
stunned |
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estivale |
summery |
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rescapé |
surviving |
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baratin |
sweet talk, hot air, spiel |
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boursouflé |
swollen |
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épée |
sword |
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interloqué |
taken aback |
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écheveau |
tangle, web |
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basané |
tanned |
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bavasser |
tattle |
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nounours |
teddy bear |
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ladite |
the aforementioned |
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brèche |
the break |
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billot |
the log |
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chossée |
the pavement |
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démarrage |
the strart |
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cabotin |
theatrical, show-off |
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bourrade |
thump, bourrade du coude(dig) |
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coup de foudre |
thunderbolt |
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foudre |
thunderbolt |
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pompette |
tipsy |
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éméché |
tipsy, merry |
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esquiver |
to avoid |
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aboyer |
to bark |
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trouille |
to be scared (avoir la…) |
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douer |
to bless with, talented |
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rebondir |
to bounce |
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frôler |
to brush against |
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s'esclaffer |
to burst out laughing |
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ensevelir |
to bury, to hide |
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gazouillis |
to chirp, to babble, to gurgle |
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escamoté |
to conjure away, to evade, escape |
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fêler |
to crack |
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abîmer |
to damage, to spoil |
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avilir |
to degrade, to debase |
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revendiquer |
to demand, to insist |
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déceler |
to detect |
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désamorcer |
to difuse, to drain |
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affubler |
to disguise, to deck with clothes |
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voguer |
to drift, to wonder |
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ahurir |
to dumbfound, to astound |
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musarder |
to dwadle, to idle about |
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s'amenuiser |
to dwindle |
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marivauder |
to engage in sophisticatd banter |
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faillir à la tâche |
to fail the task |
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narguer |
to flout, to thumb one`s nose at |
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jauger |
to gauge |
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flancher |
to give up, to pack up |
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s'abîmer |
to go bad, to spoil |
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engloutir |
to gobble up, to wolf down |
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tâtons |
to grope along (avancer à) |
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maugréer |
to grumble |
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jaillir |
to gush, to spurt |
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détenir |
to hold, to be in possession of |
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embrigader |
to indoctrinate |
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demeurer |
to live somewhere |
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larguer |
to loose, to release |
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persifler |
to make fun of |
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cafouiller |
to make shambles, to mess up |
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se gouer |
to mess up, to make a mistake |
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embobiner |
to mix up, to hoodwink |
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fureter |
to nose about, to ferret |
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capitonner |
to pad with |
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garer |
to park, to put in store |
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rafistoler |
to patch up |
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douillet |
to pay through the nose, |
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picosser |
to peck, to tease |
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éplucher |
to peel, to disect |
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manigancer |
to plot, to devise |
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atteindre |
to reach, to get at, to attain |
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songer |
to reflect, to consider |
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désagglutiné |
to release |
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dejanté |
to remove from its rim, to go crazy, off your rocker |
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renier |
to renounce |
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ballotter |
to roll around |
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vadrouiller |
to rove around |
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fuguer |
to runaway |
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s'enfuir |
to runaway |
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érafler |
to scratch |
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hurler |
to scream |
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visser |
to screw an |
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gribouiller |
to scribble, to scratch |
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engouffrer |
to shovel, to devour |
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recroqueviller |
to shrivel up, to curl up |
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siroter |
to sip |
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défoncé |
to smash |
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humer |
to smell |
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ricaner |
to snigger |
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renifler |
to snort |
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ramollir |
to soften |
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patauger |
to splash about |
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étaler |
to spread |
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échelonné |
to spread out |
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accroupir |
to squat, to crouch |
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s'accroupir |
to squat, to crouch |
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veiller |
to stay up, to keep a vigil |
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foudroyer |
to strike |
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s'empiffrer |
to stuff one`s face |
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troquer |
to swap, to exchange |
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garrocher |
to throw (québecois) |
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desarçonné |
to throw, to unseat |
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nouer |
to tie, to knot |
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frémir |
to tremble, to shudder |
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dandiner |
to waddle, to waddle along |
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se vautrer |
to wallow |
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déambuler |
to wander, to stroll |
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brailler |
to yell, to howl |
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crapaud |
toad |
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périple |
tour, journey |
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cerne |
tree ring marks, shaddows under the eyes. |
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bedaine |
tummy |
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déboulonner |
unbolt |
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défèque |
undone |
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balbutier |
unintelligle babbling |
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avéré |
was proved or turned out to be… |
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punaise |
water stick insect |
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démarche |
way of walking, start of something, approach |
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faiblard |
weak, feeble |
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apesenteur |
weightlessness |
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baraqué |
well built, rough |
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puits |
well, shaft |
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costaud |
well-built |
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freluquet |
whippersnapper |
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chuchoter |
whisper |
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écume |
white part of the wave, foam |
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mèche |
wick, hair highlights |
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zigoto |
wierdo |
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faune |
wildlife, bunch of people |
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frimas |
wintery weather |
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bedonnant |
with a big tummy |
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plaie |
wound |
