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100 Cards in this Set
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défaillir
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to go weak
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dés
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dice
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guetter
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to look out, watch for,
peek at |
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souiller
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to soil
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émousser
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to blunt, to dull
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razzias
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raid
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redevable
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indebted
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hôte
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host, steward
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couvre-chef
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headress
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chevauchée
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ride, cavalcade
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ballotter
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to shake about
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pommeau
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pommel
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arçon
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horn
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froncer
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to furrow (one's brow)
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baguette
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drumstick (for drumming), sick
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manier
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to hangle
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cabrer
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to buck
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gouffre
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abyss, chasm
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moineau
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sparrow
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pinson
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finch
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tacheter
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to put spots on; to mottle
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septentrional
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north
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casque
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helmet
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bossu
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humped, hunched
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montagnard
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mountain dweller
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ébrécher
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to put a knick into (as in a sword blade)
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secouer
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to shake
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éperon
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spur
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ponceau
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culvert
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pente
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slope, grade, incline
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centaine
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a hundred, about a hundred
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parsemer
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to scatter
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chaumière
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thatched cottage
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coursier
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steed
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tranchée
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trench
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rempart
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rampart, bulwark
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comporter
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to comprise
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brèche
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a breach
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interpella
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to hail
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poing
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fist
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marteau
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hammer
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chaussée
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roadway
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garnir
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to garnish
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fente
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slot, slitq
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cour
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courtyard
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falaise
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cliff
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affouiller
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erode the shore (expression)
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rangée
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a row
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parsemer
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to scatter, sprinkle
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pourchasser
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to hunt down, give chase to
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fourmis
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ant
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foudre
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lightning
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guetteur
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lookout
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trapu
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stocky
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déverser
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to pour out
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cinglant
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scathing
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dru
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heavy
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nuée
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cloud
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blé
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wheat
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épi
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ear(of corn, wheat)
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barbelé
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barbed
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bélier
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ram
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poignée
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handle, knob
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sabreur
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swordsman
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poterne
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postern (back or side entrance)
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se ruer
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to charge
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balayer
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to sweep
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éperdument
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madly
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reculer
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to retreat
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déchiqueter
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to cut into bits
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voguer
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to sail, drift
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gond
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hinge
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entasser
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to heap, pile up
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poutre
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beam, girder
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trébucher
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to fumble
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bâcler
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to make short work of
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montagnard
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mountain-dweller
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tâter
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to feel, get a sense of
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mugir
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to low (like a cow); to moo
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grappin
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grapple
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galet
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smooth stone
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monticule
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hillock
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gueule
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face, kisser
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obturer
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to fill (a tooth)
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affûter
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sharpen
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fléchir
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to flex, bend
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flots
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sea, waves
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flot
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tide
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béant
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gaping
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frayer
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to blaze (a trail)
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glaner
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to glean, cull
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bander
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to wrap
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trébucher
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to stumble
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sueur
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perspiration
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sceller
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to seal, close tightly
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ronger
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to gnaw, eat away
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freiner
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to brake, slow down, to rein
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frein
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brake, rein
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blaireau
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badger
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blairer
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to stand
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