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63 Cards in this Set
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un bourrelet
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a roll, padding
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ferrugineux(-se)
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rust-colored
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friable
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crumbly
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un pressoir
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a press
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une lambourde
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a joist (beam in building for floor/ceiling support)
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un poussin
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a chick
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une fougère
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a fern
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un panonceau
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a sign, board
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le dallage
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the paving
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pourrir
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to rot, to deteriorate
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un jubé
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a gallery (in a church)
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un paillasson
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a doormat
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se rétrécir
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to narrow, to contract
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s'empourprer de
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to flush (turn crimson) with
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une pommette
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a cheekbone
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un fossoyeur
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a gravedigger
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un bedeau
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a church caretaker (a verger or beadle)
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semer
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to sow (seeds)
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une sépulture
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a grave, burial
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s'affliger de qch
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to be distressed about sth
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l'amadou (m)
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tinder
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un caniche
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a poodle
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un meunier, une meunière
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a miller
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la petite vérole
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small pox
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un chardonneret
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a goldfinch
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l'osier (m)
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wicker
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une écumoire
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a skimming ladle
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une bille
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a billiard ball
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un lambin
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a "slowpoke"
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un renflement
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a bulge
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la saillie
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the projection (stickin out)
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un orteil
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a toe
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user
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to wear down
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une alose
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a shad (type of fish)
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tressaillir de
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to start with (surprise)
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rubicond(e)
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ruddy
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rubicund
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le cassis
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blackcurrant
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goder, godailler (archaic)
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to wrinkle, to pucker
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la dîme
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the tithe
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gaillard(e)
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strapping, ribald
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la canne
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walking stick
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la bâche
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the tarpaulin
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une bourriche
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a hamper (for food, etc)
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les halles (fpl)
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the covered market
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un poteau
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a post (pole)
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cintrer
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to take sth in at the waist, to vault/arch
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le tympan
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the eardrum, or recessed space before a door
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appuyer sur/contre
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to rest, to lean on/against
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une patte
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(animal) foot
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la charte
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the charter
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un quinquet
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old oil lamp
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ancienne lampe à huile à réservoir
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un bocal, des bocaux
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a jar
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la devanture
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the shop front, shop window
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entrevoir
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to catch a glimpse of, to make out
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un dépuratif
dépuratif (adj) |
a purgative
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le racabout
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racahout (chocolate substitute used by Arabs)
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une pastille
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a (medicine) drop
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une enseigne
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a shop sign
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la largeur
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the width, breadth
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sceller
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to seal, to fix securely
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le comptoir
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the counter, bar (in a shop)
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vitrer
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to glaze
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un fusil
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a shotgun
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