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87 Cards in this Set
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bumpy
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cahoteux
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rough
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rude
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to pace up and down
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faire les cent pas, arpenter
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pacemaker
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un stimulateur cardiaque
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rough draft
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un brouillon
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to pierce
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percer
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I was robbed!
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Je me suis fait volé!
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gums (of your teeth)
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la gencive
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to nibble
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grignoter
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plaintiff
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le plaignant
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the defendent
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le prévenu
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He has some nerve!
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Il a du toupet!
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belief
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un croyance
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crook, swindler
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un escroc
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shed (e.g. a storage shed)
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une remise, un appentis
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sour
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aigre
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That took me by surprise.
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Ça m'a pris à l'improviste.
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ditch
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le fossé
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robin (a bird)
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le rouge-gorge
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nevertheless, yet
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pourtant
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sparkling wine
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le vin pétillant
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tire tracks (also the word for blinders on a horse)
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les ornières
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blackbird
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un merle
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chunky, fat
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boulette
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canvas
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la toile
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can opener
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un ouvre-boites
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carefree
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insouciant
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life expectancy
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l'espérance de vie
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to expect
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s'attendre à (e.g., Je m'attends à parler français dans trois mois = I expect to speak French at the end of 3 months.)
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to speak well of
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dire du bien de
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to speak poorly of
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dire du mal de
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Can I have one?
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Je peux en avoir?
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to deal with
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avoir affaire à (e.g., J'ai affaire au director de l'ecole = I have to deal with the director of the school).
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moat
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une douve
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I would think so, I suspect so
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Je m'en doute.
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to suspect
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se douter
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doubtful
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douteaux, douteuse
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an activist writer
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un écrivain engagé
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nowhere
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nulle part
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Nothing happens.
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Rien ne se passe.
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to start (e.g., a car or a computer)
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démarrer
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The computer froze.
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L'ordinateur a planté.
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to make the trip, to complete the route
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faire la trajet
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hive
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une ruche
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hobby
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un passe-temps
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hoarse (e.g. a hoarse voice)
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enroué
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hoax
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un canular
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random
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aléatoire
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to get a hold of onself
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se maîtriser
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to be homesick
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avoir le mal du pays
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to play hookey
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faire l'école buissonière
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to hop
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sauter à cloche pied
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clove of garlic
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une gousse d'aile
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color blind
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daltonien
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condom
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une capote
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crispy
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croustillant
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curtsy
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une réverence
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We're there!
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On y est!
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tense, stressed out
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tendu
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to bum something off of someone
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taper qqch de qqn
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bruise
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un bleu, une contusion
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phone booth
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une cabine telephonique
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spleen
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la rate
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spool
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une bobine
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trigger (of a gun)
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la gâchette
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We'll come back to it.
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On va revenir.
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hoop
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un cerceau
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thingee
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un machin
(e.g. Passe-moi le machin pour la télé = Pass me the thingee for the tele) |
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What's-his-name
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Machin (e.g., Machin! Venez ici! = Hey, whatever-your-called! Get over here)
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to be worried
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s'en faire
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torpedo
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une torpille
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to sabotage
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torpiller
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a mean person
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un vachard
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filled to the brim
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plein a déborder
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to part with, to give away
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se dessaisir (e.g., Je vais me dessaisir touts mes vieux vetements = I'm giving away all my old clothes)
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sketch (drawing) or outline (e.g. of a paper)
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une esquisse
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to tire, to weary
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lasser (e.g., La fête a lassé les enfants = The party tired out the children)
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mistrust
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la méfiance
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to be completely unsuspecting
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être sans méfiance
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near-sighted; myopic
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miraud
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cunning, wily
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futé
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trinket, knick-knack
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un bibelot (e.g., son appartement est plein des bibelots).
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the wrong way; against the normal direction; backwards
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à rebours (e.g., C'est à rebours de bon sense = It goes against common sense)
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Can you count backwards?
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Peux-tu compter à rebours?
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descendent
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un rejeton
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to take a shortcut
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prendre un raccourci
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to pass away; to die
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décéder
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