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52 Cards in this Set
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un recueil
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collection,anthology
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paraître
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to appear
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un dot
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dowry
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une espérance
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a hope,expectation
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un moyen
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way
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un commis
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clerk
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la misère
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poverty
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l'usure (user)
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wear (to wear out)
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un siège
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seat
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la laideur
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ugliness
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une étoffe
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fabric
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envier
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to envy
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la détresse
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distress
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or
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now
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en dépit de/avec dépit
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in spite of/with great vexation
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Elle se tut (se taire)
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to be quiet
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éperdu
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distraught
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bégayer
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to stammer
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nipper
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to be decked out/dressed up
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tâcher de
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to try/to endeavor
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une pierre
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a stone
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conter
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to relate/recount
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un coffret
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a jewellery box
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une parure/un collier
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a (jeweled) necklace
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demeurer
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to remain/to live
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avec emportement/un emportement
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angrily/a fit of anger
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un cocher
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coachman
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grelotter
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to shiver
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noctambule
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night owl
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songer
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to dream about/think about
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ôter
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to remove/take off
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affoler
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to be panic stricken
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un pli
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a fold
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un trajet
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a route
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une récompense
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a reward
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briser
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to break
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la fermeture
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the clasp
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emprunter
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to borrow
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les nécessiteux
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needy
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une bonne
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a maid
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une besogne
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work/chore
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le linge
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laundry
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un torchon
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kitchen towels
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les ordures
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garbage
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à mettre au net les comptes/faire les comptes
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to do the bookeeping
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le taux de l'usure
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interest rate
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mal peigné(e)
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dishevelled
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se délasser
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to relax
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ému(e)/émouvoir
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nervous,agitated,touched,xcited/to move, disturb
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balbuter
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to stammer
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toute pareille
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similar
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orgueilleux/orgueilleuse
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proud
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