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33 Cards in this Set
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se faufiler
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to weave in and out
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défiler
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to march, parade, file
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le tournant
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turning point
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râblé
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stocky
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chahuteur
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boisterous
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rebondir
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to bounce
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bondir
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to jump
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cailloux
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pebbles
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grossièretés (f)
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obscenities, vulgarities
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déclencher
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to trigger
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cogner
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to knock
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l'arcade sourcilière (f)
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brow bone
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écarquillé
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wide
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écarter
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to open wide, spread
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la bagarre
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fight
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gifler
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to slap
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décharné
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emaciated
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le chair
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flesh
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vaciller
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to sway, rock, waver
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un élan
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momentum, elk
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peuplé
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populated, inhabited
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beau-frère/belle-sœur
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brother/sister-in-law
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tendre
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tender (verb: to stretch, make tense, extend)
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s'étrangler
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to choke
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insoupçonnable
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beyond suspicion
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une enquête
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inquiry, investigation
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s'animer
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to liven up, come to life, get going
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accabler
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to impose, overwork, oppress
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séducteur
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seducer (adj. seductive)
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s'écorcher
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to scrape oneself, graze
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faute de
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for lack of, for want of
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brouillon
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rough copy, draft
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la nuque
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nape of the neck
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