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318 Cards in this Set
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la cheminée
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fire place
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(fem) les perceuses
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drills
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fredonner
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hum
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badin
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light-hearted
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brailler
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bawl
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glousser
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chuckle
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insolite
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unusual
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se ressaisir
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pull o.s. together
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le pelage
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coat/fur
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ouste
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scram
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retrousser
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pull up
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raideur
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stiffness
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avérer
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prove to be
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jaillir
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burst
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munir de
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provide
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crochu
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hooked
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capachon
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cap
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un briquet
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lighter
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le réverbère
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street lamp
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le bambin
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tot
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parvenir
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achieve
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bredouiller
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mumble
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chiffres
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symbols
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le muret
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low wall
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À l’écart
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out of the way
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broussaille
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undergrowth
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hirsute
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shaggy
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la manche
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sleeve
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se moucher
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blow ones nose
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en sursaut
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with a start
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glapir
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yelp
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raffistoler (familiar)
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patch up
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s'affaisser
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sink, subside
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ébouriffé
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disheveled
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se gaver
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gorge o.s. w/
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une limace
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slug
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efflanqué
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emaciated
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s'écroulé
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collapse
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s'écrouler de rire
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collapse from laughter
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rapetisser
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make smaller
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percuter
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strike/crash into
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broyer
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crush/grind
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étreindre
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grasp/embrace
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dénicher
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dig up/flush out
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la ferraille
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scrap iron
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un tas
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pile/heap
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l'anneau
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ring/links
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geindre
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groan
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un écriteau
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notice
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ahurir
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dumbfounded
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la fouille
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search
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se raviser
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to change ones mind
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étrenner
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use for the 1st time
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les béquilles
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crutches
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tremper
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soak
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s'emparer de
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seize
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un interstice
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crack
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évantrer
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rip open (sac)
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une carabine
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rifle
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passablement
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tolerably
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s'égosiller
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shot one's head off
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crisper
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tense/clench (poings)
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étaler
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spread out
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mou/molle
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soft
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ronfler
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snore
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rassis (ise)
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stale
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effarer
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alarm
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un cintre
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coat hanger
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édenté
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toothless
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l'écume
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foam
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crasseuse
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grimy
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la crinière
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mane (cheval)
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le vacarme
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uproar
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ébrécher
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to chip
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frétiller
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to wiggle
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narquois, (e)
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derisive
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(se) recroqueviller
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curl up
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froisser
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crumple (figurative) take offense
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une oie
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goose
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nettement
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clearly/definitely
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la tignasse
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mop of hair
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frayer
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open up
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se frayer un passage
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clear a way/path
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accaparer
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monopolize
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l'étal
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stall
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en pente
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sloping
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se pencher
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learn (forward)
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se bifurqué
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branch off, fork
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achever
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finish off/end
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aspirer
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inhale/suck up
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éternuer
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sneeze
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bourru
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surly
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la pénombre
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half hlight
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l'aisselle
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armpit
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une gerbe
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spray
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l'envergure
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wingspan/scope/caliber
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le trac
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nerves/stage fright
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hisser
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hoist-haul
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se blottir
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snuggle, huddle
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assombrir
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darken, make gloomy
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éternuer
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sneeze
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bourru
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surly
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la pénombre
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half light
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l'aisselle
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armpit
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une gerbe
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spray
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l'envergure
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wingspan/scope/caliber
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le trac
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nerves/stage fright
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hisser
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hoist-haul
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se blottir
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snuggle, huddle
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assombrir
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darken, make gloomy
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déteindre sur
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(figurative) rub off on
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escarpé
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steep
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la falaise
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cliff
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fébrile
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feverish
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parsemer
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strewn with
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la mine
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expression, appearance
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ébahi
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dumbfounded
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(s)escrimer
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struggle
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chatouiller
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tickle
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un cachot
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dungeon
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la cime
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peak/tip
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empoigner
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grab (s'- come to blows)
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un virage
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turn
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de justesse
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just/narrowly
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l'égratignure
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scratch
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une entorse à
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infringement
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figé (e)
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fixed/set
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répercuter
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echo
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tremousser
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wriggle
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vaciller
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sway/hobble
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boiter
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limp
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gare (à toi!)
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watch out!
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le givre
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frost
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(s') emmitoufier
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wrap up (warmly)
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(se) cramponner à
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cling to
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pouffer
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guffaw
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acharné
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relentless
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un raccourci
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shortcut
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dépérir
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whither
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chevrotante
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quavering
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jacasser
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chatter
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(s) accroupisser
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squat
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accabler
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overwhelm
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éclore
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hatch, open (flower)
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jonché de
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littered with
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embué
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mist up (yeux)
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le fardeau
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burden
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fouiner
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nose about
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un sentier
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path
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tituber
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stagger
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égarer
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mislay/lead astray
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déceler
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detect/reveal
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la manigance
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little plot
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laisser tomber
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drop
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saugrenue
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preposterous/ludicrous
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une échelle
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ladder (scale)
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parcourir
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travel/go through
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fou rire
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giggle
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dodu
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plump
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(se) dondiner
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waddle
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une chauve-souris
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bat
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égayer
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cheer/brighten up
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loucher
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squint
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rauque
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harsh/raucous
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tenir le coup
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hold out
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couiner
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squeak
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sans desserrer les dents
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without opening ones mouth
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surnois (e)
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sly, underhand
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une liasse
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bundle/wad
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désopilante
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hilarious
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éclabousser
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splash
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écorcher vif
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skin alive
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(se) engouffre dans
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rush into (w/ force)
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intraitable
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inflexible
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louche
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shady, dubious
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prévenant
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thoughtful
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pouilleux (se)
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filthy
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(se) pavaner
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strut
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rouillé
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rusty
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se ratatiner
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shrivel up
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(se) entasser
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pile up
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la brouette
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wheel barrow
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se méprendre sur
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be mistaken about
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(s) affaler
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slump (down) collapse
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une lacune
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gap
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bancal
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wobbly, shaky
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débraillé
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slovenly
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une pré
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meadow
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leguer
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bequeth
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le chouchou du prof
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teacher's pet
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une écaille
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scale
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Bâcler son travail
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to not pay attention to work
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l'outrance
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excess
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À l’outrance
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all out
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un appât
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bait, lure
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éperonner
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spur (on)
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meutrir
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bruise
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embaucher
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to hire/take on
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une barbiche
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goatee
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éreinter
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exhaust, criticize severly
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le remous
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eddy/back wash (figurative) turmoil
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le pouce
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thumb/big toe/inch
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les arrhes
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deposits
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ballant
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dangling
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un guet-apens
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ambush
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échouer
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fail
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perspicacité
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shrewdness
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les entrepots
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wharehouses
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la gageure
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wager (against all odds)
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coûte que coûte
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at all costs
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hébété
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dazed
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à coup sûr
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definitately
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avare
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miserly
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au delà
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beyond
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la besogne
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job
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gâter
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to spoil; go bad
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la devanture
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shop front window
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sillonner
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criss cross
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cahoter
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bump/jolt
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heurter
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hit/bump into
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le badaud
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on looker
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décerner
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award
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le poumon
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lung
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en nage
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sweating
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goguenard
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mocking
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Être censé faire
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be supposed to do
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piailler
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squeal/squawk
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le lustre
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chandelier
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franchir
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get over (obstacle) cross
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en vouloir à qqn
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have a grudge against s.o/ be annoyed w/ s.o
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le ménagement
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care and consideration
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toiser qqn
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look s.o. up and down
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bourbeux
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muddy
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fulgurante
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(vitesse) lightning fast
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maculer
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stain
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le tracas
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worry
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déboussolé
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(fam) disoriented
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grignoter
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nibble
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réprimer
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repress/supress
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sceller
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seal/cement
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(s) assoupir
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doze
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grouiller
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be swarming w/
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constallé de
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be studded w/
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un gond
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hinge
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huer
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boo
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une écharde
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splinter
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les degats
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damage
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enterrment
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burial/funeral
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les bribes
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scraps
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la miette
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crumb/scrap
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chatoyer
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glitter
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démanger
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itch
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terne
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dull/drab
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buté
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obstinate
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se goinfrer
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(fam) stuff o.s. like a pig
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écarquiller les yeux
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open one's eyes wide
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miteux (se)
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shabby
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écoeurer
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sicken
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esquiver
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dodge
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basculer
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topple over
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atterer
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dismay
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apprivoiser
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tame
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enchevêter
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tangle
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reporter
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take back/put off
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tripoter
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fiddle with
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le chantage
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blackmail
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arpenter
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pace up and down
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le comble
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height
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l'allégresse
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gaiety
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gambader
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leap about
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À l’affût de
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on the watch for
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la piste
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track, trail
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une carte blanche
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a free hand
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étriqué
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tight (fig) small minded
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tenir à l'écart
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keep out of things
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béant
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gaping
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se tenir debout
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be standing, stand
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patauger
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splash about
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l'éboulis
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fallen rocks/earth
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la chair de poule
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goose bumps
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l'échine
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backbone
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afin que (de)
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so that/ in order to
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la disette
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food shortage
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Le châtiment
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punishment
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les viscères
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intenstines
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la brindille
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twig
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soustraire à
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escape from
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la toison
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fleece
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l'émule
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imitator
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rogner
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trim/cut
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entrevoir
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make out/glimpse
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pondéré
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level headed
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saillant(e)
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projecting
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une coquille
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shell
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découcher
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stay out all night
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un atout
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asset, advantage, trump card
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insensé
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mad
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allécher/tenter
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tempt
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pourvu que
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provided that
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l'aubaine
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(stroke of) good fortune
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s'étioler
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wilt
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en rade
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(fam) stranded, behind
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indéchiffrable
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indecipherable
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ameuter
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draw a crowd of (fig) stir up
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À défaut de
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in lack of
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la déesse
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goddess
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se désaltérer
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quench ones thirst
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se branler
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jack off
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un boulet
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someone/something who sucks
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ça craint
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that sucks
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fourmis aux pieds
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pins and needles (dans les jambes)
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faire une pipe/une turlutte/sucer qqn
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blow job
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un bourreau
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executioner
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le sirop d'érable
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maple syrup
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la gestion du temps
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organiser mon temps
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la pénurie
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shortage
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une ampoule
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lightbulb; (sur peau) blister
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fainéant
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idle
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