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24 Cards in this Set
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une jarretière
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a garter
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le comble
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the extreme, the height
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effaré(e)
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aghast, alarmed
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une truffe
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a truffle OR the nose of a dog
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un hourra
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a cheer, "hurrah!"
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leste
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risqué, daring
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une embrasure
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an opening (in a wall)
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entrecoupé(e)
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broken, interrupted
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la tenaille
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pincers
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une bouffée
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a whiff, a puff
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apprêter
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to finish (an end of cloth), prime (wood)
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tremper jusqu'aux os
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to soak to the bone
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une étole
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a stole
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grossier (-ière)
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coarse, rude
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abréger
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to shorten
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s'assoupir
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to doze off
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un butor
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an oaf, a boor
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déchirant(e)
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heartrending, agonizing
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étreindre
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to clasp, to embrace
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contigu(ë)
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adjoining
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fourré(e)
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filled, lined
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frotter
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to rub
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léguer à q'un
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to leave sth to sb, to hand down or pass on
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se traîner
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to crawl along, to drag oneself
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