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30 Cards in this Set
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un tourbillon
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a whirlwind
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jadis
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formerly, in the past
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imparfait subjonctif d'avoir
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que j'eusse
que tu eusses qu'il eût que nous eussions que vous eussiez qu'ils eussent |
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s'étendre sur
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to enlarge upon
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un visionnaire
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a visionary
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vainement
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in vain, vainly
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menacer de
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to threaten with
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précipiter q'un de
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to push sb off (balcony, stairs, etc.)
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Cesse tes enfantillages! (m)
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Stop being childish!
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se hérisser
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to bristle
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le délire
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the delirium, frenzy
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la charge
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the responsibility, burden
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un office
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a job, an office
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pesant(e)
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heavy, burdensome
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tordu(e)
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twisted, crooked
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piquer
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to sting, to prick
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retentir
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to ring out, resound out
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s'arracher à
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to tear oneself away from
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le cabinet
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the office, the firm
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la craie
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the chalk
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enfin
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finally, lastly
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assigner (à)
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to assign (to)
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la taciturnité
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the reticence
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prétexter
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to use (sth) as an excuse, to plead
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pratiquer
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to carry out, make, do
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un gond
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an hinge
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les habits (mpl)
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the clothes
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le bouton
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the doorknob
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informe
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shapeless
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terne
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dull, drab, dingy
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