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124 Cards in this Set
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loger
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to accommodate
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le programme
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agenda (arrangements)
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le reconnaissance
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appreciation
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le célebataire
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bachelor
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la précaution
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caution
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la confiance
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confidence
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le dévouement
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devotion
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en fin de compte
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eventually
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la preuve
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evidence
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la conférence
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lecture
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les précisions
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particulars
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lamentable
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pathetic
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le préjugé
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prejudice
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faire semblant
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to pretend
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signaler
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to report
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sensé
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sensible
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la scène
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stage
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utiliser
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to use
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aborder un problème
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to tackle a problem
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une verrue
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eyesore
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la coutume
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custom
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les travaux d'entretien
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maintenance work
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le film d'épouvante
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horror film
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traiter de
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to deal with
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le bide
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flop
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les vivres
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foodstuffs
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les denrées alimentaires
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food supplies
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octroyer de l'aide
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to grant aid
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insalubre
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insanitary
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le taudis
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hovel
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déboucher
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unlock, unblock
come out, appear |
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le débouché
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market, outlet, job opportunity
(mouth of a valley, etc.) |
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je remets en cause
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I call into question
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tant que
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as long as
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tandis que
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while, whereas
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sitôt que
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as soon as
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quoi que
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whatever, no matter what
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encore que
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even though
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en admettant que
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assuming that
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de sorte que
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so that, in such a way
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de même que
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just as
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de manière que
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so that
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dans l'hypothèse où
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in the event that
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ainsi que
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just as, so as
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afin que
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so that
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malgré
bien que |
even though
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présumer
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to presume, to assume
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considérer
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to consider, regard
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la mallette
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briefcase
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conciler
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conciliate, accomodate
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conseiller verb
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to recommend, advise
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confirmer
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confirm, acknowledge
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se douter
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to suspect
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le faune
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fauna, crowd
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la boucherie
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butcher's trade, slaughter
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le abat-jour
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lamp shade
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le noyau
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stone of a fruit, core, nucleus, small group
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l'échevin
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magistrate, deputy mayor
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la litière
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litter bedding
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le flocon
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flake, speck, bit
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le marigot
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marshland
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la racine
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root
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clouté
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studded with
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le pou
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louse ... lice
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le cambouis
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dirty grease
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croquer
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to crunch
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le nègre
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Negro but also ghostwriter
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le parcours
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route, course.
career |
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l'accouplement
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mating, coupling
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le dindon
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turkey, dope (stupid)
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la bouchère
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butcher's wife
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le justaucorps
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leotard, body stocking
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vidanger
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drain, empty
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le coléoptère
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beetle
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le grabuge
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ruckus, havoc, bother
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la cagoule
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hood, balaclava
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grenouiller
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connive
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savonner
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to soap (up, all over)
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les roucoulades
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cooing, crooning
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le collimateur
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spotlight
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étayer
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to prop up, support
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le piston
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piston, but also "connections, string-pulling"
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magouiller
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wrangle, fiddle
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le frangin
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brother
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la toile
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cloth, canvas, but also the internet, the world wide web
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le cachot
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prison cell, dungeon
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la parois
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wall, side, inner surface
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garnir
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filled, stuffed, stocked, lined
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la cale
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wedge, block, but also hold of ship
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rallumer
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to relight
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le chalumeau
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blow torch, cutting torch
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s'acharner faire
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to try desperately to do
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tricoter
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to knit
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le merisier
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wild cherry tree
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le laiton
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brass
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le costard
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a suit
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la fougue
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enthusiasm, ardor
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guetter
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watch, be on look out
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fougueux
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fiery, enthusiastic, spirited, evil
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le deuil
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grief, bereavement
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opérer
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to operate on, to work
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aigu
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high pitched, acute
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navré
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heartbroken
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souscrire
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subscribe, agree with, etc
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le caisson
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crate
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se faire sauter le caisson
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blow my brains out .... in humorous contexts
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la souche
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tree stump, stock (family), strain (biol)
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rater
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fail, flunk, flop
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naze
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stupid, broken, rooted, nose (fam)
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chiottes
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bog, shitter, toilet
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le gus
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bloke
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se cogner
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to bump into something, to hit
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jumelles
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binoculars
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le taulier
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hotel boss
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pourrir
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rot, decay, decompose, spoil
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rallonger
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to extend, make something long
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la rallonge
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extension cord, additional sum
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insu
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unbeknownst to, unwittingly
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la fioriture
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embellishment, flourish
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gober
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to suck, swallow whole, gulp down
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fuyant
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evasive, elusive, receding, fleeting
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fugace
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transient, fleeting, passing, ephemeral
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la bourrasque
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gust, flurry
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le lieudit
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locality
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