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250 Cards in this Set
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a nursing home
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un asile
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dead
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décédé(e)
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a burial
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un enterrement
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an old person
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un vieillard
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to stay up (vigile)
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veiller
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a day off
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un jour de congé
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a boss
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un patron(ne)
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similar/ such
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pareil(le)
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in short
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en somme
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To have to do something
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avoir à faire qch.
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w/out a doubt
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sans doute
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a done deal
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une affaire classée
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to feel sorry for
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avoir de la peine
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to borrow
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emprunter
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an armband
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un brassard
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haste
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une hâte
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a run
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une course
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reflection
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la réverbération
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to doze
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s'assoupir
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distance/ trip
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le trajet
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to smile
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sourire
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path
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le chemin
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building superintendent
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le concierge
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to shake hands w/
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serrer la main à...
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to keep
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garder
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to take back/ withdraw
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retirer
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a file
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un dossier
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after all
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tout compte fait
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at the end of
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au bout de
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a boarder
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un pensionnaire
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to die
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mourir
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to make/ render
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rendre
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to discuss
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bavarder
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to be quiet
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se taire
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to resume
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reprendre
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deafening
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assourdi(e)
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to set a time/ date
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fixer + time/ date
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a coffin
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une bière
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a coffin
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une bière
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a coffin
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une bière
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a cover
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un couvercle
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hardly
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à peine
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to drive/ push in
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enfoncer
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to stutter
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bégayer
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to unscrew
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dévisser
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to twist/ twirl
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tortiller
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an abcess
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un chancre
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behind me
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dans mon dos
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to buzz
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bourdonner
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to get used to
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se faire à
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hearse
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corbillard
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intervene/ interrupt
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intervenir
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have rights over
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avoir des droits sur
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suddenly/ abruptly
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brusquement
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to thicken
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épaissir
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to blind
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aveugler
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flash/ splash
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l'éclaboussement
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to turn off
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éteindre
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brightness
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l'éclat
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to arrange
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disposer
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in the back
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au fond
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hurting
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blessant(e)
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to slide
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glisser
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to squeak
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grincer
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the waist
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la taille
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to go out/ stand out
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ressortir
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light/ glimmer
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une lueur
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light/ glimmer
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une lueur
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a wrinkle
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une ride
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to lean
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se pencher
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sigh
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le soupir
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sob
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le sanglot
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painful
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pénible
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to guess
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deviner
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so much
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tant
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vigil
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la veille
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inconvenient
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incommode
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to heat
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chauffer
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a document
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une pièce
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undertakers
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des pompes funèbres
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before hand
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auparavant
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attend
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assister à
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in this case
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en l'espèce
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a prayer
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une prière
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a sheet/ cloth
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un drap
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remove/ take away
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ôter
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a bow-tie
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un noeud d'étoffe
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sweat
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la sueur
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to beat down/ hit
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taper (sur)
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to swing
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balancer
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a drop
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une goutte
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to wipe
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essuyer
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to make burst
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faire éclater
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to boil
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bouillir
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to become flustered
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se troubler
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to catch up
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rattraper
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at the temples
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aux tempes
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sunstroke
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une insolation
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perspiration
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en transpiration
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irritation
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énervement
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to stream
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ruisseler
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to run off (water)
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s'écouler
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flesh
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la chair
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a root
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une racine
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mix
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se mêler
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relieved
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soulagé
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to pile up
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s'amonceler
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to sort
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dépouiller
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dispatch
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à l'expédition
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to begin
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se mettre à
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to throw oneself
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se lancer
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pursuit
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à sa poursuite
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touched down/ planted my feet
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j'ai pris appui
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to vault/ jump
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sauter au vol
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bump into
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heurter
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hallway
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le palier
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crust/ scab
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croûtes (f.)
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reddish
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rougeâtre
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to beat
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battre
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to carry along
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entraîner
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hatred
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la haine
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really
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au fond
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dirty dog
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charogne
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bastard
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salaud
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to disgust
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dégoûter
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a bandage
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un pansement
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fight
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une bagarre
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to have enough
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avoir son compte
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a neighborhood
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le quartier
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cheating
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la tromperie
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rent
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le loyer
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to act
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agir
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hit
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taper
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shutters
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les volets
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in the streets
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le milieu
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if i were in his place
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à sa place
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to push away
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repousser
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ink well
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un encrier
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completely
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tout à fait
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the screen
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l'écran
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to agree
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convenir de qch.
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a wave
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une vague
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bitterness
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l'amertume
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to stick close to
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se coller
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to scold
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gronder
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in such a way
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de tell façon
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shouted
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hurler
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to fill
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s'emplir
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renter
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le locataire
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plumber
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un plombier
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to slap
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gifler
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heavy hit
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une claque épaisse
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cigarette butt
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le mégot
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a pimp
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un maquereau
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to shut up
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fermer sa gueule
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to be drunk
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être soûl
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no matter what one does
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avoir beau + inf.
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to expect
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attendre
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besides
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d'ailleurs
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a witness
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un témoin
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a game
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une partie
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to try/ attempt
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tenter
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to fidget
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s'agiter
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slang for building
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une baraque
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get lost/ to go astray
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s'égarer
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rights/ fees
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les droits
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to croak
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crever
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shoes
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les souliers
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crusty/ scabby
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croûteuses
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at the disposal of
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à la disposition
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cabin
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le cabanon
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to follow
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suivre
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among whom/ which
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parmi lesquels
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to warn
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avertir
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understood
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entendu
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in reality
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au fond/ dans le fond
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in any case
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en tout cas
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in business
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dans les affaires
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embarassed
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empêtré(e)
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to stretch out
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tendre
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jerky
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saccadé(e)
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to take off/ get rid of
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se débarasser de qch./ qq.
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a tip
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un pourboire
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to gobble up
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engloutir
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to check off
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cocher
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implementation
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une application
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doorstep
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le pas de la porte
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to run over
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écraser
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police
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commissariat
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crouched up
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accroupi
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railroad
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les chemins de fer
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pension
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la retraite
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coat/ fur/ hair
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le poil
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to cure
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guérir
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to yawn
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baîller
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in this respect
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à cet égard
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at least
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du moins/ au moins
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hidden
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furtif
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scales
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écailles (f)
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to bark
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aboyer
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to shake
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secouer
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to make fun of
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se moquer de
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to let go/ let down
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lâcher
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blinds
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les persiennes (f)
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short sleeves
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à manches courtes
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a man's straw hat
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un canotier
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cheat on
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manquer à
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a warning
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un avertissement
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his guy
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un type
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to hold a grudge against
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en vouloir à qq.
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to joke around
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faire des plaisanteries
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to scatter
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éparpiller
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rows/ lanes
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une file
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enclosed
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enfoui
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nude/ bare
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nu(e)
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to gather
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cueillir
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fish fry
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une friture de poisson
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terrific
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épatant
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to move away
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s'éloigner
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off the coast
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au large
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swim on their backs
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faire la planche
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gluant/ sticky
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visqueux
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to consider
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envisager
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vertically
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d'aplomb
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unbearable
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insoutenable
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to go alon/ border
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longer
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to get wet
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mouiller
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to get wet
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mouiller
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come closer together
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rapprocher
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to make a face
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faire mine
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the weight
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le poids
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bubbles
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bulles (f)
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to cut up
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taillader
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to take a step back/ reverse
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reculer
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nailed/ immobile
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cloué
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to support/ hold
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soutenir
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to break
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se briser
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greasy
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graisseux
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to part
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écarter
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to close in
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se refermer
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to lower
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baisser
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to slip
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se couler
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to approach
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aborder
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to explode
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se gonfler
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to squeeze
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serrer
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fist
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le poing
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drunkenness
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ivresse (f)
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to empty out/ pour out
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déverser
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to contract/ clench
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se crisper
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to flee
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fuir
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