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295 Cards in this Set
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dénouer
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to undo
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avoir la trouille
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to be scared to death
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dissert
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essay
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soutien-gorge
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bra
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une femme de ménage
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cleaning lady
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une ménagère
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housewife
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pot du vin
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bribe
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navire
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ship
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violacé
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purplish
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pourrie
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rotten
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douloureuse
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painful
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déferlement
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flood, surge, wave
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cuisse
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thigh
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bouillant
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boiling
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atroce
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terrible
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engueuler
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to tell off
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abîmer
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to damage
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guetter
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look out for; lie in wait for
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ecoeurement
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nausea
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faiseuse d'anges
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illegal abortionist
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bourrer
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to cram
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factice
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forced to
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éblouir
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to dazzle
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s'embêter
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to be bored
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goutte
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drop
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racaille
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scum
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dédaigner
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to despise
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éplucheur
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potato peeler
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s'arc-bouter
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to brace oneself
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pinard
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bad wine
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bidoche
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meat
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vielle carne
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old hag
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se cogner
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to bump into something
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être étourdi
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to be absent-minded
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une marée
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tide
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faire peter
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to plow up
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fade
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unappealing
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être agrégé
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to be incorporated
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minable
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pathetic
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pequenot
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redneck
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nickel
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spotless
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s'asseoir en tailleur
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to sit down cross-legged
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un dadais
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gawky youth
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une étudiante boursière
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scholarship student
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fouineur
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nosy
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se cloitre
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to cloister oneself
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le cafouillage
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mess
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farouche
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wild or fierce
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dérouiller
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to beat up
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à califourchon
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astride
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lâche-moi!
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let go of me!
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chatouiller
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to tickle
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les satyres
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lechers or perverts
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degobiller
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to barf, vomit
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goulument
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greedily
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être friand de
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to be fond of
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taché
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stained
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le filon
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gold mine; bonanza
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un coup de gueule
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a rant
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la foutaise
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crap
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une vieille chouette
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an old bag
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les bribes
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snatches, snippets
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la langue
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tongue
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se goinfre
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to stuff oneself
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saoul
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loaded, wasted; very drunk
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nargue
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to taunt
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l'sticot
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maggot
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les manants
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yokels
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fais vinaigre!
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get a move on!
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tilleul
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lime tree
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un(e) gosse
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kid
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la craie
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chalk
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tripoter
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to fiddle with
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une poignée
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handful
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poisseuse
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sticky
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gilet
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cardigan
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ruitilant
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sparkling, gleaming
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mépriser
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to disguise, scorn
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une natte
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braid
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ahuri
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dazed, stunned
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La poisse
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rotten luck
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manger les pissenlits par la racine
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pushing up daisies
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casser la croute
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to have a bite to eat
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à toi l'honneur
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you do the honors
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la der des ders
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(la dernière des dernières) the war to end all wars, the very last one
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on se foutait de moi
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no one gave a damn about me
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elles m'en ont fait baver
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they gave me a hard time
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en pleine poire
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in the face
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qui se ressemble s'assemble
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birds of a feather flock together
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c'est de la frime
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it's all an act
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s'agglutiner
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to cluster together
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dépit
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scorn
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cuisse
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thigh
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seau
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bucket
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catéchisme
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Sunday school
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pécher
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to sin
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péché mortel
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mortal sin; deadly sin
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manche
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sleeve
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noirci le tableau
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to paint a black picture of the situation
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bâtisse jaunâtre
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yellowish house
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lointain
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distant
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imper
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mac
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flageolanter
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to tremble
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dégueler
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to throw up
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avachies
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listless
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déguelase
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filthy
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facher
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to cut; to steal
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cossu(e)
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wealthy
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cuvette
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basin; bowl
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calendos
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camembert cheese (argot)
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s'égarer
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to get lost
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potable
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acceptable (fam)
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brevet
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diploma
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pudeur
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modesty, restraint
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limace
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slug
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picoter
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to sting
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de guingois
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lopsided
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flageolantes
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shaking
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faucher
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to steal
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un ciboulot
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a head
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mollarder
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spit
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se frotter
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to scrub oneself
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crado
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gross
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criailler
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to whine
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bâfrer
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to gobble
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une poufiasse
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a tart
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troquer
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to swap
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lubrique
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lecherous
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un robinet
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the tap
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la guigne
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bad luck
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s'affoler
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to panic
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piailler
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to chirp
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se gargariser
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to gargle
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gamberger
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to think hard
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flagorner
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to flatter
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un rouquin
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a redhead
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piger
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to understand
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gourde
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dorky
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écrabouiller
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to squish
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barbouiller
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to smear
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scier
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to stun
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affluence
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crowd
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mou
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soft
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cordon
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string
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dessous
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underneath
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dessus
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on top
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se tirer
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to push off
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bousculer
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to shove
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pleurnicher
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to whine
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échancrure
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low neckline
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quasiment
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almost; nearly
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bondé
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packed
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tuyau
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pipe
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décharné
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emaciated
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ficelle
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string
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couvre-chef
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hat
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larmoyant
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tearful
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rond de corozo
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button
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se déplacer
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to move around
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de conserve
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together
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parler chiffons
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to talk clothes
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tas
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heap
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coléoptère
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beetle
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blanchâtre
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whitish
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haranguer
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to yell at s.o.
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soudain
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suddenly
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avidité
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eagerness, greed
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se précipiter
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to hurl oneself
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godelureau
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fop
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brumeux-euse
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misty; hazy
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nacré
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pearly
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rouspéter
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to grumble
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jouvenceau
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jeune homme
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squelettique
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skeletal
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dot
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dowry
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foutriquet
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nobody; little runt
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charnier
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mass grave
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radis
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radish
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je n'ai pas un radis
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i haven't got a penny to my name
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squelette
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skeleton
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chair
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flesh
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mégalomanie
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obsession with greatness; wealth
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adiposité
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fatness
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fuite
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flight, escape
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banlieue
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suburbs
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mécontent
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discontent
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vêture
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habillement
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coquin
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mischevious; daring
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gâcher
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to spoil; to ruin
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échancré
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plunging; neckline
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faire exprès
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to do it on purpose
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morveux
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jerk
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dindon
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turkey
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aubergine
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eggplant
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salaud
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bastard
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profiter
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to take advantage of
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coude
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elbow
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s'esbigner
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to skedaddle
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lâchement
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in a cowardly way
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arpion
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hoof
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feutrer
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to line with
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bagarre
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fight
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rageur
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hot-tempered
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gisant
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lying
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fendre
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to split
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bords
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edges
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galon
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braid
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se tenir
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to be held
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tressauter
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to jump
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osseux-euse
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bony
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obus
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shell
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vis
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screw
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fessé
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spanking
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con
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stupid, idiot
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nouille
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idiot; noodle
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susdit
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above-mentioned
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ledit
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aforementioned
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vache
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cow
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ivre
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drunk
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ployer
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to bend
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canicule
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heat wave
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funamble
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tightrope walker
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avec brio
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brilliantly
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romancier
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novelist
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mettre en scène
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to stage
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buriné(e)
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engraved
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éphèbe
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Adonis
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et toc
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so there
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acabit
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type
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chaleur
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heat
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s'étaler
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to spread
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foirer
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to fall through
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heurt
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collision
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buter
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to bump
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garde-chasse
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gamekeeper
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maligne
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crafty
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étincelant
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sparkling
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rouspéter
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to grumble
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désinvolte
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casual, offhand
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se tasser
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to squash up
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boue
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mud
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glabre
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smooth-faced
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paltoquet
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a boorish person
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abbé
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priest
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geai
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bluejay
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hache
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ax
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ci-gît
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"here lies"
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aile
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wing
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nus vers
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naked worms
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rogne
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anger
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enchevêtrement
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labyrinth
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courge
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summer squash
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plate-bande
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flower bed
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grabataire
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bedridden invalid
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furoncle
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furuncle/boil
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dégueulasse
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filthy
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la sueur
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sweat
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une volière
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aviary
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sabot
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hoof
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s'ecouer les puces
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to give a piece of one's mind
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impuissant
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powerless
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la lâcheté
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cowardice
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godelureau
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jeune
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piétiner
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to stamp, trample
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blanc-bec
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clean-shaven
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parallélépipède
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un prisme avec six faces
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flandrin
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homme de haute taille, mince
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hic et nunc
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ici et mainenant
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faire le poireau
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to wait
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épanoui
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in full bloom
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citrouille
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pumpkin (nut)
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poireau
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leek
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tournesol
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sunflower
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se greffer
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to come along on top of sthg
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monter en graine
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to seed
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citron
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lemon (head)
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cornichon
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pickle (idiot)
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navet
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turnip
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piétiner
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to trample on
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écraser
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to crush
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châtigne
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chestnut; punchs
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marrons
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chestnut; hits
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grabataires
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bedridden invalids
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opiniâtre
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stubborn person
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ignoble
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disgusting
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boutonneux-euse
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pimply, spotty
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panard
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feet
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dégonfler
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to chicken out
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gratinée
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stiff/tough cusine
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grouiller
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swarming, teeming
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castor
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beaver
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mille-pattes
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centipede
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cavaler
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to run
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girafeu
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baby giraffe
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puce
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flea
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