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96 Cards in this Set
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landslide
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un glissement de terrain
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rescuer
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un sauveteur
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orchard
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un verger
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matched, matching (with)
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assorti(e) (à)
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tight-fitting
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moulant(e)
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to see sth through
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mener qch à terme
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top (clothes)
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un haut
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G-string
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un string
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foil
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le papier d’alu(minium)
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dark heavy sky
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un ciel de plomb
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citizen, national
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un(e) ressortissant(e)
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order (administrative)
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un arrêté
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mortar
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un/le mortier
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in the grip of
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en proie à
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military HQ
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un état-major
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rifle
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une carabine
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to discover (fam.)
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dénicher
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address book
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un carnet d’adresses
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lymph node
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un ganglion lymphatique
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to run off with, to scoop
to swipe, bag |
rafler
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soda (chem.)
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la soude
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to emerge, loom
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se profiler
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to break open ones’ piggy-bank
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casser sa tirelire
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to nick, bust (fam.)
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alpaguer
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croque-monsieur (abbrev. fam.)
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un croque
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to splash money around (fam.)
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flamber
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lost (arg.)
misfit |
(un/e) paumé(e)
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to state, report
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faire état de
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raging, wild
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demonté(e)
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parcel
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un colis
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dismissal
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un limogeage
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to put in the hot seat (fam.)
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mettre sur la sellette
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to be on one’s way to doing sth
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être en passe de faire qch
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to gallop, run
to run wild (imagination) to rush around (fam.) |
galoper
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to dismiss sb from (e.g. ses fonctions)
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démettre qqn de
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in the spotlight
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sous les feux de la rampe
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act of smoking weed/getting high (arg.)
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la fumette
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it’s there in black and white
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c’est en toutes lettres
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dementia, mental instability
insanity (law, e.g. état de ~) |
la démence
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witticism, joke
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une boutade
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fateful
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fatidique
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countdown
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un compte à rebours
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to allocate
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affecter
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burnt (fam.)
drunk, high (arg.) mad (arg.) |
cramé(e)
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to create mayhem, raise hell (fam.)
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foutre le boxon
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extension lead
a bit of extra cash (fam.) an extra, little bit more (fam.) |
une rallonge
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to be careful not to do sth
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se garder de faire qch
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zero tolerance
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l’impunité (f) zéro
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hilly, uneven (terrain)
damaged (vehicle) accident victim |
(un/e) accidenté(e)
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cheers! (fam.)
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tchin-tchin
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to force os
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se faire violence
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to become disillusioned
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déchanter
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bitumen, asphalt
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le bitume
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to break a taboo
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briser un tabou
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(in) concrete
cast-iron (argument, alibi) |
en béton
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concrete
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le béton
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bruise
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une ecchymose
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public prosecutor’s office
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le parquet
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headlong, full-on
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de plein fouet
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forbidding, off-putting
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rébarbatif(-ive)
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rollercoaster
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une montagne russe
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excess weight
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la surcharge pondérale
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lozenge
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une pastille
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giving up (cigarettes, drugs), weaning off (baby)
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le sevrage
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to be inspired by
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s’inspirer de
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well-filled, well-stuffed (e.g. cushion)
well-padded (person) (fam.) |
bien rembourré(e)
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frenzied
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en délire
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it’s sheer madness! (fam.)
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c’est du délire!
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part
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un volet
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to not give a damn about it (fam.)
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n’en avoir rien à carrer
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playful
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ludique
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to strike, smash into
to twig, understand (fam.) |
percuter
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daisy
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une marguerite
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to make one’s blood run cold
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glacer le sang
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tar
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le goudron
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to swarm, be swarming (with)
to be teeming, rife with (ideas, mistakes) |
fourmiller (de)
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to rush (wind)
to disappear (into) |
s’engouffrer (dans)
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saucer
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une soucoupe
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flying saucer
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une soucoupe volante
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to give free rein to (imagination)
to give vent to (feelings) |
donner libre cours à
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to whirl around, spin, wheel, swirl
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tournoyer
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to dabble on the stock exchange
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boursicoter
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hands-free kit
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un kit mains libres
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earpiece
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une oreillette
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stag night
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un enterrement de vie de garçon
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serving hatch
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un passe-plat
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a touch of madness/eccentricity
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un grain de folie
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merry-go-round
game |
un manège
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to follow in the footsteps of
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emboîter le pas sur
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to bask (in the sun)
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se prélasser
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settee
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un canapé
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storage space (in house)
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des espaces de rangement
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to do some tidying up
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faire du rangement
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to sb’s great displeasure
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au grand dam de qqn
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dammit! (fam.)
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bigre
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ordinary, everyday
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