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un calmant
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a sedative
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abruti(e)
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dopey (w/ meds)
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une planche
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a plank
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un comble
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an ultimate point, an extreme point
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un marque-page
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a bookmark
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une pulsion
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an impulse, urge
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un aliéné, une aliénée
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an insane person
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un perfusion
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a drip, an IV
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tutoyer
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to address sb using the 'tu' form
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un revirement de
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a turnaround in
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gommer
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to rub out, smooth away
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la délicatesse
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the delicacy, the sensitivity
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aborder
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to tackle, to approach
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la maladresse
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the clumsiness, the tactlessness
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dérapant(e)
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out of control
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basculer
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to change radically, to topple over
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percuter
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to explode against, to crash into
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freiner
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to slow down, to brake
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con, conne
un con, une conne |
cunt, idiot
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une bouffée
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a rush (of emotion), a puff (of wind)
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voguer
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to sail, to wander
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avorter
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to abort
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le linceul
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the shroud
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saupoudrer
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to give (sth) sparingly, to sprinkle
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la pénombre
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the half-light
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reporter
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to postpone, to defer
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saccager
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to wreck, to devastate
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le palier
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the landing (stairs)
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se laisser aller
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to let oneself go
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à l'improviste
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off the cuff
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la lubie
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the whim
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la veine
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the luck, the inspiration
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aggraver
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to increase, to make worse
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une éphéméride
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a block calendar
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une paperasse
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a bumph, a bunch of boring/wretched papers
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faire le délicat
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to be fussy
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tisser
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to weave, to spin
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être dupe (de)
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to be fooled (by)
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instaurer
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to institute, to establish
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éconduire
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to turn away, to reject
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un répit
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a respite
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dégainer
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to draw (a weapon)
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imparable
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irrefutable
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dorénavant
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henceforth
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constater
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to notice
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un empressement
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an eagerness, an attentiveness
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à chandelles
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candle-lit
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dédoubler
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to split in two
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sidéré(e)
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flabbergasted, astonished
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envisageable
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conceivable, possible
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parader
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to strut about (pej)
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sur-le-champ
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right away, on the spot
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forcément
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inevitably
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s'enliser
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to get stuck, to drag on
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prévenir
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to warn, to anticipate
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démembré(e)
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dismembered
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valoir
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to be worth
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se tasser
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to make oneself look smaller
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rapetisser
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to shrink, to diminish
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la dérive
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the drift, the daydream
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le silence
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the silence
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hoqueter
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to hiccup
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happer
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to catch, to seize
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un naufrage
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a shipwreck, a sinking
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l'adéquation
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the appropriateness
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le statu quo
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the status quo
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saccager
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to wreck, to devastate
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se garer
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to park, to pull over
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la frénésie
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the frenzy
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la culotte
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the pants, trousers
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la boulimie
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the bulimia
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s'étourdir de qch
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to become intoxicated with sth
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fumeux, fumeuse
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wooly, smoky, vague
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l'épuisement
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the exhaustion
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se recomposer
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to re-form
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le manège
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the merry-go-round
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le délassement
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the relaxation
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assouplir
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to soften, to relax (rules), to make more supple
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le zygomatique
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the zygomatic (cheekbone)
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écarté(e)
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isolated
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émietter
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to crumble, to split (sth) up
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la moquette
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the wall-to-wall carpet
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une friperie
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a second-hand clothes store
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un neurone
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a neuron, nerve cell
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huiler
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to lubricate, to oil
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effleurer
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to touch lightly, to graze
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assaillir
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to buffet, to assail
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picorer
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to peck at, to nibble
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une nuit blanche
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a sleepless night
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dégoulinant(e) (de)
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dripping (with)
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se dégourdir (les jambes)
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to stretch one's legs
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être en déplacement
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to be on the move
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une anémone
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an anemone
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un boucher
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a cork
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se bagarrer
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to scrap, to fight
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farfelu(e)
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hare-brained, far-fetched
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flancher
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to lose one's nerve
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lisse
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smooth, worn
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capillaire
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hair (adj)
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la dérive
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the drift (fig)
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réfréner
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to curb
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une moue
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a pout
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le manège
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the (little) game, trick
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se foutre de qch
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to not give a damn about sth
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clore
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to conclude, to close
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convoquer
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to call, to convene
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imprévisible
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unpredictable
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fantasmer sur
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to fantasize about
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importer peu
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to not really matter
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aléatoire
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unpredictable, risky
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dévier
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to deflect, to divert
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subitement
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suddenly, all of a sudden
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la porosité
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the porosity
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une amorce
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an initiation
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atterrir
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to land
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inachevé(e)
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unfinished
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coûte que coûte
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at all costs
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doué(e)
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talented
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agripper
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to grab
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un(e) syndicaliste
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a union activist
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le rebord
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the ledge
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malin, maligne
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clever
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neurasthénique
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depressed, depressive
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devoir qch à qn
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to owe sb sth
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détendu(e)
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relaxed
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se montrer
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to prove to be, to show oneself to be
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déteindre sur
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to rub off on
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divaguer
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to rave, to ramble
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un empêchement
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an impediment, unforeseen difficulty
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mouliner
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to purée
to grind (coffee) |
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saccager
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to wreck, to sack
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tasser
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to cram, to squash
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à son tour
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his/her time, now
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dégager
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to let out
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déconcertant(e)
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disconcerting
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sillonner
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to travel (to and fro) across
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à coup sûr
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without fail
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rabaisser
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to belittle
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une tournure
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a turn
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hiberner
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to hibernate
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indolore
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painless
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une tuile
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a tile
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fantasmé(e)
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fantasized
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transparaître
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to show through
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une balançoire
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a swing, a seesaw
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endosser
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to take on, to shoulder
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un sans-faute (inv)
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a faultless performance
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s'embrouiller dans
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to get in a muddle with
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un boute-en-train
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a live wire
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plus de (heure)
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past (time)
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grossier, grossière
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rude, coarse
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prévenant(e)
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considerate
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surjouer
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to play it up, to ham it up
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le sidéral
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the sidereal
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l'après-coup (m)
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the after-fact
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brouillon, brouillonne
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untidy, disorganized
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la rature
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the crossing-out
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se confier à
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to confide in
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s'épancher
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to open own's heart
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pompeux, pompeuse
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pompous, bombastic
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se gargariser de
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to revel in
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un carrosse
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a (horse-drawn) carriage
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rêvasser
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to daydream, to muse
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extatique
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ecstatic
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la posologie
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the dosage
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passager, passagère
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temporary, passing, brief
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instaurer
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to establish, to impose
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scinder
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to split, to break up
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insensibiliser
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to anesthetize, to desensitize
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une connivence
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a connivance, a tacit agreement
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partir en trombe
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to go hurtling off
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avoir de quoi être
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to have good reason
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un demeuré, une demeurée
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a simpleton
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le calvaire
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the ordeal
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échafauder
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to put sth together, to construct, to devise
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savamment
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learnedly, adroitly
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s'acharner
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to persevere
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sempiternel, sempiternelle
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perpetual, endless
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la mine
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the expression, the look
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bourdonner
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to murmur, to buzz
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bizuter
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to rag on, to bully
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arnaquer
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to defraud, to scam
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paranoïaque
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paranoid
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debout
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standing
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quelconque
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ordinary, characterless
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frustré
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frustrated
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fortiche(s)
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smart, clever
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le carrelage
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the tiled floor, the tiling
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tenir le coup
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to hold out
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hanter
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to haunt
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un rivage
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a shore
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un avant-goût
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a foretaste
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grandiloquent(e)
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pompous, grandiose
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hiératique
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pertaining to priests, sacerdotal
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extorquer à qn
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to extort from sb
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faire en sorte de
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to try to
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le ragot
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the malicious gossip
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un repère
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a landmark, a reference point
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plausible
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plausible, credible
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un ratage
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a failure
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consterné(e)
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disconcerted, consternated
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une bizarrerie
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a quirk, a strangeness
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engoncé(e) dans
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squeezed into
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en suspens
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in suspense
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virer
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to fire
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propulser
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to propel
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une coupe de champagne
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a glass of champagne
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un pot
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a jar, a pot
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se raccrocher à
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to grab hold of, to cling to
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dévancer
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to pre-empt
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une parcelle
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a fragment, a particle
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en avoir marre (de qch)
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to be fed up (with sth)
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combler
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to fill (in)
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ébouriffé(e)
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dishevelled
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prendre qch en main
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to come to grips with sth
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un chausson
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a slipper
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dériver
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to divert
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hocher la tête
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to nod
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faire l'économie de qch
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to save the cost of sth
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démanteler
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to dismantle
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un escadron
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a squadron
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le préjudice
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the harm, the damage
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une filière
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a career ladder
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le butin
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the spoils, the loot
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un baiser
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a kiss
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s'éterniser
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to drag on
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aboutir à
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to lead to, to end up at
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un réduit
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a cubbyhole
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un convoi
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a train
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une fourmi
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an ant
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se cogner qch
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to bump into sth
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pneumatique
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inflatable
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diluer
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to dilute, thin down
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un volet
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a shutter
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le diktat
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the dictum
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enchaîner
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to go on, pursue
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minable
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pathetic, miserable
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guetter qch
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to threaten, to be sth on the brink
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un démenti
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a denial
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les commérages (m)
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the gossip
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grignoter
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to encroach on
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une plaine
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a plain
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stressant(e)
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stressful, upsetting
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envoûter
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to bewitch
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convoquer
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to send for
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l'humour (m)
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the humor
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être en ébullition
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to be in a ferment,
to be in a fever of excitement |
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défaillir
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to faint
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une solicitation
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an appeal, a request
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remuer
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to fidget
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en biais
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on the slant
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mouliner
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to purée, to grind
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cynique
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cynical
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virer qn
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to fire, to sack sb
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le génie
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the genius
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syndiquer
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to unionize
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une apnée
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an apnea, a pause
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sous scellé(e)
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appropriated, annexed
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le ragot
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the malicious gossip
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la recette
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the takings (business)
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un maillon
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a link
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se tromper
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to be mistaken, to make a mistake
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être aux premières loges
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to be in an ideal position
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s'énerver (pour)
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to get worked up (over)
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incongru(e)
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unseemly
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un ovni
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a ufo
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alors que
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while, when
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décortiquer
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to dissect
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farfelu(e)
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hare-brained, far-fetched
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un croque-mort
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an undertaker
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ne servir à rien de faire qch
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to be useless to do sth
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la pénombre
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the half-light
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blablater
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to chit-chat, engage in small-talk
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bredouiller
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to mumble
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en décalage
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out of step
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un court-circuit
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a short circuit
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chambouler qch
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to mess sth up, to shake sth up
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refréner
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to curb, to restrict oneself
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cutané(e)
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skin (adj)
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le cabillaud
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the cod (fish)
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la morue
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the cod (fish)
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le merlan
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the whiting (fish)
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le maquereau
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the mackerel (fish)
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le hareng
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the herring (fish)
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le loup (de mer)
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the (sea) bass (fish)
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le flétan
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the halibut (fish)
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la plie
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the plaice (fish ≈ flounder)
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le calvaire
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the ordeal
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requinquer qn
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to buck up sb
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une banquette
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a wall/window seat
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trôner
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to sit enthroned
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se séquestrer
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to withdraw
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perdre pied
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to go out of one's depth, to lose ground
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infini(e)
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infinite
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un exégèse
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an exegesis (critical explanation)
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la pulsion
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the impulse, urge
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un entretien d'embauche
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a hiring interview
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embaucher
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to hire, to recruit
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a quota (on)
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un quota (sur)
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repenser à
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to think back to, to reconsider
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une mèche
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a lock (of hair)
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glorifier
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to glorify, to accentuate
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sournois(e)
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sly
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entamer (une discussion)
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to enter into (a discussion)
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se redresser
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to straighten up
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un cocon
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a cocoon
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Moïse
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Moses
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tendancieux, tendancieuse
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biased, tendentious
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qch de louche
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something fishy, shady
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grand(e) ouvert(e)
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wide open
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la mesquinerie
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the meanness
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une lubie
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a whim, a fancy
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s'en foutre
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to rake it in (informal)
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entraver
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to hinder, to impede
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un scoop
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a (press) scoop
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la comptable
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the accountant, the bookkeeper
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la mie (de pain)
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bread without crust
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émietter
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to crumble
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la pompe
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the pump
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se déchaîner
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to go into a rage, to burst out
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suicidaire
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suicidal
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une indemnité
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an indemnity, a compensation
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passager, passagère
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temporary, passing
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démissionner
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to oust, to resign
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la vitre
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the windowpane
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se remémorer
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to recall, to recollect
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she should have done sth
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elle aurait dû faire qch
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râler
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to moan, to give out a death rattle
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une errance
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a wandering
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la veille
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the day before
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s'effriter
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to crumble (away)
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perché(e)
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perched
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un vase
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a vase
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un parcours
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a route, a course
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décalé(e)
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staggered
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se dégourdir
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to stretch one's legs
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foncer
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to tear along (in a hurry)
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trafiquer
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to fiddle with
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planté(e)
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standing
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désert(e)
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uninhabited
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repérer
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to spot
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un deux-pièces cuisine
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a one-bedroom apt
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un virage
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a bend
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un tournis
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a staggers
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truffé(e)
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truffled
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