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brunir |
to go brown, to get a tan; (cuisine) to brown; to polish (?)
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briser
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go break
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l’arête (f)
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fishbone; edge; (mountain) ridge, crest; (nose) bridge; (roof) apex
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traîner
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to drag, to pull; to lie around; to dawdle; to drag on
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traînant
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drawling; longwinded; trailing
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le dossier
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(chair) back; folder, file; (=sujet) question, issue; (=article) feature
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bâiller
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to yawn; to gape, to be half open, to be ajar
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le bâillement
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yawn; gap
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la corbeille
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basket; ≈ the floor (of the Stock Exchange)
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la mousse
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moss; foam; (cuisine) mousse
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le bain de mousse
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bubble bath
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le mousse
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ship’s boy
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mousser
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to foam; to lather
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mousse (adj inv)
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(de caoutchouc) foam, rubber
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la balle mousse
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rubber ball
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l’assiette (f)
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plate
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éraillé
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rasping, hoarse
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bégayer
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to stammer, to stutter
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pendant (adj)
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(langue) lolling, hanging out; (admin.) pending
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le pendant
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counterpart, equivalent, matching piece
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faire pendant à
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to match; to be the counterpart of, to correspond to
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disposer
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to arrange; (qn à qqch) to dispose, incline sb towards sth
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disposer de
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to have at one’s disposal; to make use of; (vous pouvez disposer) you may leave
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le bandeau
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headband; blindfold; (med) head bandage
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bomber
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to bulge; to camber
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le chignon
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(hair) bun
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la tige
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stem; (baguette) rod
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livrer
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to deliver, (coupable) hand over, (secret) give away
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livrer bataille
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to give battle
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la livrée
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livery
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l’éventail (m)
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fan; (=choix) range
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en éventail
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fanned out, fan-shaped
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le gant
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glove
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prendre des gants
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to handle the situation with kid gloves
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relever le gant
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to take up the gauntlet
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le poignet
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wrist; (chemise) cuff
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coller
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to stick on, to seal, to stick up, to hang; to stick together; to press (against, to sth); (education) to give detention to; (vi) to be sticky; to stick; to cling (to sb); (=marcher) to make sense; (entre deux personnes) to get along
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la grappe
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cluster
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en grappes
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in clusters
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le Rameau
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branch, small branch
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les Rameaux
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Palm Sunday; (de famille) branch
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se renfrogner
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to scowl, frown
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renfrogner
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to make sb scowl, frown
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assouvir
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to satisfy, appease
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le maniement
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handling, use, manipulation
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manier
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to handle, operate, use; (cuisine) to rub into, to combine; (vielli) to manipulate
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se manier
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to get a move on
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la parure
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jewellery; (de linge) set; finery
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le fosse
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ditch; (fig) gap
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la fosse
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pit; grave
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la fosse à purin
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cesspit
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la fosse aux lions
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lions’ den
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la fosse aux ours
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bear pit
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le carreau
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(floor, wall) tile; windowpane; (motif) check; (cartes) diamonds
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la mare
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pond, pool
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bourbeux
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muddy
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écrémer
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to skim; to cream off the best from; to make a selection
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fulgurant
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lightning (modif); lightning, swift, immediate; (pain) searing; blinding, dazzling; stormy, thundery, menacing
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étaler
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to spread, to spread out; to display, to parade; to stagger
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la cuiller
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spoon; spoonful
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alentour
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around
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les alentours (mpl)
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surroundings
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aux alentours de
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around
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la banquette
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seat
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le cotillon
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streamers, confetti, party favours; petticoat; (historical: dance) cotillion
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le gilet
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waistcoat; cardigan
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le gilet de corps
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vest
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se tirer
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to be nearly over; (familier) to be off
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s’en tirer bien
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to do well, to manage very well, to get by fine
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s’en tirer
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to come out of, to get out of, to manage
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se faire tirer la peau
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to have a facelift
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s’en tirer à bon compte
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to get off lightly
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se faire tirer le portrait
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to have your picture taken
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se faire tirer les oreilles
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to be told off
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se tirer d’affaire
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to get yourself out of a situation
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se tirer dans les pattes
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to stab each other in the back
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se tirer dessus
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to shoot at each other
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se tirer la bourre
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to compete with each other
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se tirer les cheveux
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to pull your hair out
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se tirer une balle dans le pied
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to shoot yourself in the foot
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tirer à blanc
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to shoot blanks
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tirer à bout portant
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to shoot at point blank range
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tirer à l’arc
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to do archery
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tirer à la courte paille
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to draw straws
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tirer a pile ou face
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to flip a coin
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tirer au clair
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to sort it out, to clarify matters
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tirer au flanc
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to goof off, to malinger
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tirer dans le mille
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to be right on the mark
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tirer des plans sur la comète
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to make (over-)ambitious plans
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tirer la courverture à soi
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to take all the credit
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tirer la gueule
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(familier) to sulk; to pull a face
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tirer la lange
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to stick your tongue out; to be exhausted
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tirer le diable par la queue
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to live from hand to mouth
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tirer les ficelles
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to pull the strings, to call the shots
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mirer les marrons du feu
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to do all the dirty work for sb
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tirer les rois
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to eat the Epiphany cake
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tirer les vers du nez à qqn
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to worth sth out of sb
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tirer parti de
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to take advantage of, to make good use of
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tirer sa dernière cartouche
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to give it your last shot, to play your last card
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tirer sa reverence
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to bow out (gracefully)
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tirer sur l’ambulance
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to kick sb while they are down, to pour water on a drowning man
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tirer son épingle du jeu
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to extricate yourself, to get out while the going is good; to play your cards right
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tirer sur tout ce qui bouge
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to shoot at anything that moves
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tirer sur la corde
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to push it, to push your luck
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tirer un coup de chapeau (à)
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to congratulate; to take your hat off to sb
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tirer un trait sur qqch
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to scrap sth, to forget about sth
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la torpeur
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torpor, drowsiness
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failler faire qqch
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to nearly do sth
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la muraille
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(high) wall
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le menton
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chin
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cambrer
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to arch
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le coude
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elbow; bend
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faire un coude
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to bend
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la rampe
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banisters; ramp; slope; (théâtre) the footlights; floodlights
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passer la rampe
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to come across well
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s’accouder
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to lean on your elbow
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bourdonner
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to buzz, to hum
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grelotter
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to shiver
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blotter
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to huddle, nestle
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la serre
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greenhouse
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hérisser
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to ruffle; to make stand on end; to fluff up
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hérissé (de)
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bristling; spiked (with)
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le nid
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nest; den, lair
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la nidification
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nesting
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la nidation
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(méd.) implantation
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l’écurie (f)
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stable
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la râtelier
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(étable) rack; (familier) false teeth
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manger à tous les râteliers
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to be all things to all people
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le plancher
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floor; minimum level
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plancher (sur qqch)
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(familier) to work on sth; to have a test
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plancher (adj)
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minimum
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dresser
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to put up, to erect; to draw up
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dresser un chien
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to train a dog
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dresser la table
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to set the table
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dressr l’oreille
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to prick up one’s ears
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dresser qqn contre qqn d’autre
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to set sb against sb else
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la gourmette
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chain bracelet; (équit.) curb chain
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ranger
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to put away; to tidy up; to arrange; to rank
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rangé
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orderly
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se ranger
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to go, to belong (sw); to settle down; to come round to, to fall in with
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le boc
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(vielli) carriage; mauvais cabaret, lieu de débauche
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fourrer
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to stick, to put
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la roue
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wheel
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faire la roue
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(paon) to spread its tail; to do a cartwheel
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descendre en roue libre
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to freewheel down
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pousser à la roue
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to lend one’s support
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roué
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cunning
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rouer qqn de coup
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to give sb a thrashing, to beat sb black and blue
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mou, molle, mol
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soft; flappy, limp; spineless; feeble
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le mou
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(=abats) lights, lungs; (corde) slack; wimp
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avoir du mou
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to be slack
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donner du mou
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to give some slack
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tremper
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to soak, to drench
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tremper qqch dans
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to dip sth in
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tremper dans
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to be involved in, to have a hand in
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l’écume (f)
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foam; scum
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écumer
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to skim; to plunder; to foam; to foam at the mouth
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la caisse
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box; till; checkout; fund; cashier’s desk; case, casing
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passer à la caisse
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to go to the checkout
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faire sa caisse
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to count the takings
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le fond de caisse
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float
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la lieue
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league
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raccommoder
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to repair, to darn; to patch things up between
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le recul
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fall, decline; retreat; (armes à feu) recoil; postponesment; distance
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prendre du recul
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to stand back, to detach yourself, to put into perspective
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faire un movement de recul
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to start back
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avec le recul
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with the passing of time, in retrospect
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le recul de l’économie
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the recession
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manquer de recul
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to be incapable of objectivity, to lack perspective
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le harnais
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harness
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border
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to line; to trim; to tuck up (in bed)
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la trouvaille
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find; brainwave
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fouetter
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to whip; (cuisine) to whisk
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le bidet
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bidet; (horse) cob
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chasser
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to hunt; to chase away, out; to get rid of, to banish; (véhicule) to skid
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frotter
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to rub, to scrub; (allumette) to strike
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le désœuvrement
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idleness
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cracher
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to spit out; (lave) to belch
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la bouffée
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breath; blast; hot flush; flush, fit
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bouffer
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(familier) to eat; (cuisine) to puff out
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la pompe
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pump; pomp
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le plâtre
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plaster; plaster statue; (méd) plaster cast
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les plâtres (mpl)
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plasterwork
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essuyer les plâtres
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to face teething problems
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ébahir
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to astonish
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la semelle
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sole
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batter la semelle
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to hang around
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la cire
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wax
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cirer
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to wax
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le ciré
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oilskin
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le frottement
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friction; rubbing
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les frottements
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(fig) friction, difficulties
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l’air (m)
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air; tune; look, air
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le grand air
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