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30 Cards in this Set
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une esquisse
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a sketch, outline
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les yeux égarés
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wild/distracted eyes
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un bouffon
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a clown or jester
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facétieux (-se)
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mischievous, facetious
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se communiquer
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to pass on sth to each other (info)
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parvenir à
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to reach (achieve, gain)
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recueillir
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to collect, gather
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ne pas tarir sur qn/qch
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to talk endlessly about sb/sth
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la sève
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the sap, the vigor
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jaillir
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to gush out
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prosaïque
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prosaic, mundane
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démontrer
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to demonstrate, to prove
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un principe
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a principle
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la crédulité
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the gullibility, credulity
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attribuer à qn
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to credit sb with, to grant or award
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l'humeur (f)
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the mood, temper (neutral)
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à l'insu de
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without knowing, unbeknownst that
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exceller dans
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to excel in
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un engourdissement
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a numbness, dullness
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s'élancer
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to dash forward (people), to soar upwards (buildings)
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un envol
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a flight (bird, imagination)
a takeoff (plane) |
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le déchaînement
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the raging (of a storm)
the outcry (of a crowd) |
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un ouragan
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a hurricane, storm
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fouetter
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to flog, to whip
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écumant(e)
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foaming, foamy
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abuser
abuser de |
to fool, to go too far
to abuse, overindulge in sth |
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limer
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to file down
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la gêne
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the embarrassment, discomfort, inconvenience
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une stance
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a stanza
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l'ardeur (f)
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the ardor, fervor, enthusiasm
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