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146 Cards in this Set
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preparer son droit
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to study law
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furtif
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stealthy
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des regards furtifs
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lurking gazes
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la hardiesse
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boldness
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accoster quelqu'un/quelque chose
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to shore/dock/hook
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aborder quelqu'un/quelque chose
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to approach a person/problem
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faire exception a la regle
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to be the exception to the rule
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gater quelque chose/quelqu'un
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to spoil/to ruin
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une manoeuvre
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a manuever
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opter pour
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to opt for
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scruter quelqu'un/quelque chose
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to scrutinize/examine
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laisser a quelqu'un le soin de
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to leave it to someone to do something
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franchement
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boldly
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se (faire) griller
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to get caught doing something/to blow it
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battre en retraite
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to beat a retreat
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zigzageur
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to wriggle
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un eventaire
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a stall
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le champ de vision
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the field of vision
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une escarmouche
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a squabble
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carrement
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frankly
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tromper
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to cheat (on someone)
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se tromper
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to make a mistake
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realiser
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to bring about
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s'appliquer
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to apply oneself to
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le passage cloute
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pedestrian crossing
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vehement
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vehement
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la chaussee
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the street
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l'imminence
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the imminence
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heurter de plein fouet quelqu'un/quelque chose
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to hurt someone fully
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alerte
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alert
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se confondre en excuses
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to apologize profusely
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se cogner a quelque chose
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to bump into
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se casser la figure
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to crash
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les gravats
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the rubble
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un dedommagement
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a compensation
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saisir la balle au bon
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to seize the opportunity
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tracasser
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to bother
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ca ne saurait tarder
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it is imminent
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une parcelle
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a bit of
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un poste d'observation
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an observation point
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les investagations
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the investigations
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le guet
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the lookout
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le refectoire
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the refectoire
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un avant-gout
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a foretaste
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un intermede
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an interlude
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octroyer quelqu'un/quelque chose
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to allocate/to grant
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mariacher/maraicheres
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from the market
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le brouhaha
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the hubbub
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les polycopies
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the handouts
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dalloz
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the name of a press specialized in law
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le tintamarre
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the din
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vain(e)
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futile
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nez a nez
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face to face with
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la flanerie
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the saunter
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substantiel(le)
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significant
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charnu(es)
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fleshy
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etre aux prises avec quelqu'un/quelque chose
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to struggle with
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un voyou
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a thug
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debiter des aneries
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to talk a lot of nonsense
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un periple
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a journey
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a mon aise
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at ease
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a l'improviste
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unnanounced
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sacrificier a quelque chose
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to conform to
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agacer
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to annoy
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une querelle
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a quarrel
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feindre
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to feign
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un accord tacite
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a tacit agreement
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par force clin d'oeil
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thanks to many winks
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un visage de marbre
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a stony face
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soigneusement
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carefully
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une allure/l'allure
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a pace
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jeter un regard a quelqu'un
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to peek
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un regard appuye
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a naive look
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du tac au tac
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to answer quick as a flash
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une manie
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a habit
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jouer le jeu
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to play the game
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un guet
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a lookout
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une obsequiosite
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conspicuous gallantry
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arborer
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to wear/to display
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faire une entorse a la regle
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to bend the rules
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se hasarder a (faire) quelque chose
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to venture
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prevenir
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to anticipate
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jeter son devolu sur quelque chose
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to set one's heart on
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feindre de (+ infinitif)
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to pretend to
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quitte a +infinitif
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even if it means/if you...you might as well
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docile
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submissive
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un pretexte
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an excuse
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un emoi
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a turmoil/an excitement
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une fatuite
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self-complacency
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un avance
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an approach
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sortir de la reserve
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to open up
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se cantonner a quelque chose
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to keep to
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la docilite
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submissiveness
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tourner au burlesque
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becoming ridiculous
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un caprice
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a qhim
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la sobriete
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moderation
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la voracite
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voracity/gluttony
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se venger de qulequ'un/quelque chose
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to bite back
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indigne
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unworthy
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une irritation
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annoyance
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se justifier
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to make excuses
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passer a l'attaque
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to initiate the raid
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le roti
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the roast
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l'idee me prit
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I suddenly thought
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se faire un peu prier
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wanting to be persuaded
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engloutir
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to gulp
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voracement
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ravenously
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se degouter de quelque chose
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to be disgusted about
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le comptoir
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the counter
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la lumiere frisante
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the verging light
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esquiver
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to dodge
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les deboires
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disappointments, setbacks
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l'avant-veille
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two days before
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un cageot
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a crate
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provocant(e)
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provacative
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dissiper l'embarras
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to clear up the awkwardness
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aviser (a) quelque chose
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to see, to notice
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une porte cochere
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a carriage door
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s'adosser a quelque chose
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to lean back on
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la muraille
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a great wall
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raison de plus
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all the more reason to...
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boucler quelqu'un
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to imprison
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en principe
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as a rule/in theory
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romanesque
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romantic
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un serieux consomme
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accomplished seriousness
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de la desinvolture
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lack of self-consciousness
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ou m'etais-je fourre
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in what kind of trouble did I get myself into?
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etre recu a un examen
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to have successfully passed an exam
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la perspective
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the prospect
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une convention
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an agreement
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cela plaide en sa faveur
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it speaks in favor of her
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sursauter
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to jump
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une entorse
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a sprain
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ostensiblemetn
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pointedly/conspicuously
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un sarcasme
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a sarcastic remark
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s'engouffrer
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to rush/to dive
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mediter sur quelque chose
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to ponder over
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pis que du vice
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worse than vice
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un pur non-sens
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a real nonsense
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se contraindre a faire qqch
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to force oneself to
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languir
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to yearn
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odieux
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despicable
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donner des remords a qqun
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to give remorses
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faire les cent pas
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to pace
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se detraquer l'estomac
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to upset one's stomach
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en somme
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in sum
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