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120 Cards in this Set
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bishop
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un èvêque
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candlestick
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un chandelier
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pawn (e.g., in chess)
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un pion
(note: "un pion" is also used to describe the name of the person who looks after the kids during recess) |
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silverware
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l'argenterie
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to bless
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bénir
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hard-of-hearing
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malentendante
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stem (of a flower)
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une tige
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to hiccup
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hoqueter
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out-of-luck
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pas de bol
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fence
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une clôture
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chain-link fence
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un grillage
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to fart
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péter
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bucket
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un seau
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to faint
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s'évanouir
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clotheshanger
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un cintre
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coatrack
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une porte-manteau
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How much do you weigh?
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Quel est ton poids?
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to hum
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fredonner
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dove
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une colombe
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hummingbird
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un colibri
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to contain
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contenir, comporter
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awake
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éveillé
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to drown
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se noyer
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fencing
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léscrime
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to get out of the way
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ecarter, dégager
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steep
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pentu
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to connect
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relier
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to put on an act
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jouer la comédie
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tight (e.g. tight-fitting clothes)
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serré
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good-fitting clothes
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ajusté
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to consider, to hope for
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songer à
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tonsils
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les amygdales
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packaging
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l'emballage
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to wrap, to unwrap
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emballer, déballer
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to crawl
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ramper
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to slit somebody's throat
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trancher la gorge de qqn
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decade
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une décennie
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century
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un siècle
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diaper
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une couche
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to back up
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reculer
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a back up disc
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un disc sauvegarde
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brakes
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les freins
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to balance (onself)
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se tenir en équilibre
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barbed wire
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le fil barbelé
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breath
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la haleine
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to bark (like a dog)
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aboyer
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in contrast to; whereas
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tandis que, alors que
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as long as
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tant que
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as soon as
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dés que
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As your husband...
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En tant que ton mari...
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rear view mirror
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le rétroviseur
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to turn on one's blinker lights (on a car)
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mettre son clignotant
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to unscrew
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dévisser
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to slam the door
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claquer la porte
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ripe; mature
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mûr
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That shirt looks good on you.
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Cette chemise te va bien.
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clover
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un tréfle
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factory
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une usine
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cigarette butt
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le mégot
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coffin
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le cercueil
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to collapse
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s'effondrer, s'ecrouler
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to trigger, to set off
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déclencher, provoquer
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calf (part of the leg)
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le mollet
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grumbling, grumpy
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ronchon, grognon, grincheux
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to shake
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secouer
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What for?
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Pour quoi faire?
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to purr
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ronronner
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magnet
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un aimant
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to choke
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s'étrangler
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to strangle
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étrangler
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to suffocate
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étouffer
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I can't stand her
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Je ne peux pas la supporter
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Stop clowning around!
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Arrete de faire l'imbecile!
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windshield
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un pare-brise
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amongst
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parmi
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to apply (for a job)
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poser sa candidature, postuler
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aisle (of a supermarché)
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le rayon
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aisle or window? (airplane)
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couloir où fenêtre?
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soggy (cereal)
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ramolli
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soggy (earth)
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detrémpé
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to sigh with relief
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soupire avec soulagement
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to draw names out of a hat
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tirer au sort
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handkerchief
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un mouchoir
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tattletale
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cafteur, cafteuse
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show-off
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crâneur, crâneuse
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to dodge
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esquiver
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Everything will be all right.
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Tout ira bien.
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I love you more than anything.
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Je t'aime plus que tout.
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to shiver (from the cold)
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frissoner, trembler
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jackpot
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le gros lot
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port (left side of a boat)
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bâbord
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starboard (right side of a boat)
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tribord
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to suspect something
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se douter de qqch.
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mentally retarded
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arrièré
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hood (of a sweatshirt)
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une capuche
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a loved one
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un être aimé
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tic-tac-toe
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morpions
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porcupine
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un hérisson
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cheetah
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un guépard
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on the air
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à l'antenne
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to sprawl
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se vautrer
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skunk
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un putois
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messenger
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un coursier, une coursière
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to sharpen
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aiguiser
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to sniff
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renifler
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to hang up (a jacket)
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accrocher (une veste)
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to hang up (the telephone)
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raccrocher (le téléphone)
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Keep to your left.
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Tiens ta gauche.
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This seat is taken.
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Ce siège est occupé.
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This seat is open.
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Ce siège est libre.
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to hold on to
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se tenir à
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to spin around
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virevolter
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toad
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un crapaud
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to scorn, to disdain
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mépriser
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There's a first for everything.
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Il y a un début à tout.
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to water (plants)
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arroser
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chess board
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un échiquier
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to be up for the challenge
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être à la hauteur
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to slash, to gash
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taillader
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to scrape
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racler
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