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se lasser
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to grow bored/weary
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las(se)
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bored, weary
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brider
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restrain, bridle, curb
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à peine
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hardly, barely
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une cheville
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ankle
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gonfler
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to blow up, to swell
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affreusement
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terribly
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le seuil
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threshold, doorstep
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accroupir
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to squat
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un éventaire
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stall, stand
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le feutre
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felt
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une housse
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cover, dustcover
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la selle
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saddle
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harnacher
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to harness / to rig out (col.)
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le caoutchouc
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rubber / rubber plant
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remorquer
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to drag behind / to tow
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le grillon
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cricket (insect)
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un éventail
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range
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un étalon
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stallion / benchmark, standard
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tandis que
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whereas, while
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la denrée
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foodstuff
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user
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to wear out
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appartenir
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to belong to
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l'épargne (f.)
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savings
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épargner
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to save (money)
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accaparer
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to monopolise
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la preuve
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proof
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l'accroissement (m.)
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growth
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déborder
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to overflow
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la roue
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wheel
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épais(se)
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thick
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allécher
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to tempt
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terne
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dull, drab, subdued, lack-lustre
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jalonner
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to line / to punctuate / to mark
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l'argile (f.)
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clay
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saillir
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to jut out / to project / to bulge
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retroussé(e)
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turned up, curling
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le hibou
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owl
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la cloison
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partition, screen
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mordre
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to bite
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effriter
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to crumble, to break up
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le gradin
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tier, terrace
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tant
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much
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tant que
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as long as
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immuable
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immutable, perpetual
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la demeure
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residence
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la grue
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crane (bird)
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pencher
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to tilt / to lean
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prêter
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to lend
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alors que
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while, when
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écoulé(e)
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past
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écouler
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to sell / to fence
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s'écouler
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to pass / to flow / to move
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ardent(e)
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glowing, blazing / fervent
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un autel
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altar
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avoir lieu
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take place, happen
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ouaté(e)
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quilted, padded
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l'ouate (f.)
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lining, padding
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grelotter
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to shiver
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s'emparer de
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to seize, to take over
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daller
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to pave
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un haut-parleur
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loud-speaker
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la foudre
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lightning
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la récolte
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crop, harvest
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foncer
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to darken
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foncé(e)
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dark, deep
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l'enceinte (f.)
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compound
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la paille
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straw
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entretenir
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to look after, to maintain / to support
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le soin
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care
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s'étendre
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to stretch, to spread
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l'étang (m.)
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pond
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draguer
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to dredge / to hit on
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choyer
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to pamper
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patiner
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to skate
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pionnier, -ère
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pioneer
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la crête
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crest
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dépourvu(e) de...
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devoid of...
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pendre
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to hang
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ôter
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to remove, to take off
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épars(e)
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scattered, sparse
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plier
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to fold / to bend / to submit
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la sébile
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begging bowl
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la calotte
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cap / skull-cap
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exhausser
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to raise
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le guet
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lookout
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soumettre
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to subdue / to submit / to subject
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le moine
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monk
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jadis
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formerly, in the past
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recueillir
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to collect / to gather / to get, to gain
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voguer
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to sail
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godiller
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to scull
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le cuivre
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copper / brass
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se dresser
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to stand up / to stand (building, statue etc)
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arracher
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to pull up, to dig up / to tear down
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analogue (à)
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similar (to)
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aménager
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to convert / to equip / to create (a garden etc)
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la taille
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waist, waistline / size
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le dédoublement
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opening out / splitting in two
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la rocaille
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rock garden
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d'autant plus
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all the more
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semer
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to sow / to scatter
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la bosse
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bump
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tacheté(e)
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speckled
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la cuve
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tank, vat
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rapetisser
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to shrink / to shrivel
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le délire
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madness, delirium
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la vasque
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basin
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mordoré(e)
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bronze (adj.)
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dépérir
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to waste away, to wilt
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paisible
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tranquil, peaceful
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le squelette
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skeleton
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creuser
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to dig, to dig a hole
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s'efforcer de...
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to try hard to...
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les semblables
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fellow creatures
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au sein de
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within
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le quant à soi
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imperturbability, sang froid
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escompter
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to anticipate
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entrevoir
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to glimpse, to catch a glimpse / to foresee (a difficulty)
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ne ... guère
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hardly, barely
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éprouver
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to feel / to experience / to meet with
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constater
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to notice
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la haie
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hedge
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ronger
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to gnaw, to eat into
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la mousse
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moss / foam
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délabré(e)
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dilapidated, ruined
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parachever
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to complete, to put the finishing touches to
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les représailles
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reprisals
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relier
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to link / to bind (a book)
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foncier, -ère
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from land
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la flamme
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pennant / flame / love, passion
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abriter
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to shelter
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s'abriter
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to take shelter
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le paravent
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screen, folding screen
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la potiche
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vase
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tarabiscoté(e)
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over-ornate / convoluted (reasoning)
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jasper
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to marble
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attarder
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to linger
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s'attarder sur...
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to dwell on
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les parages
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vicinity, neighbourhood
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la hâte
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haste
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avoir hâte de
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to look forward to (col.)
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la bâche
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tarpaulin
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la rame
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oar
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héler
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to hail, to call
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déprimant(e)
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depressing
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criailler
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to whine
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exiger
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to demand / to require
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pire
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worse
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les pires ...
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the worst ...
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emmener
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to take s.o.
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la frairie
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neighbourhood, quarter
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coudoyer
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to brush past / to rub shoulders
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le forain
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stallholder / showman
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fendre
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to chop / to crack
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blindé(e)
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armoured
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la foule
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the mob / crowd
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le voyou
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lout
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le grouillement
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swarming
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le bateleur (-se)
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acrobat
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les ferrailles (f.)
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scrap metal
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le lacet
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(shoe)lace
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récurer
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to scour, to scrub
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une baraque
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shed, shack
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une rengaine
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a corny old tune
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debout
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standing
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baisser
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to lower
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la baisse
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fall
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cependant que
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whereas, while
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fuser
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to ring out, to burst forth
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se rendre
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to go / to surrender
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volontiers
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gladly, readily
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assouvir
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to satisfy, to satiate
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la miséricorde
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mercy
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l'écorce (f.)
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bark (of a tree), skin (of a fruit)
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le brouet
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soup (lit.) / brew (pej.)
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