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154 Cards in this Set
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un cauchemar
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a nightmare
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un électroménager
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an electrical household appliance
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l'habillage
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the dressing
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un vacarme
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a noise, a racket
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une aiguille
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a needle, a pointer
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le chaleur
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the heat
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une diatribe
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a diatribe, an attack
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la sonnerie
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the ringing, the alarm, the bell
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aigu(e)
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acute, sharp
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douloureux, douloureuse
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painful
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éclatant(e)
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loud
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effroyable
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appaling, horrifying
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infâme
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loathsome, vile
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secoué
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shaken
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claquer
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to bang, to flap
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outrepasser
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to go beyond, to overstep
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reculer
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to back up
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supporter
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to support, to back up
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se taire (irregular)
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to be quiet, silent
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un avion de frêt
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a cargo plane
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un chalutier
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a trawler
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un clin d'oeil
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a wink
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un collimateur
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a windshield projection display
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un commutateur
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a switch
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les congressistes
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participants at a congress
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le décollage
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the takeoff (of a plane)
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un démenti
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a denisal, refusal
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les essuie-glaces
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windshield wipers
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le gouvernail
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rudder
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un ornithologue
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a bird specialist
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les parages
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waters
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le piqué
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dive
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un somme
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nap
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la tableau de contrôle
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a control panel
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la courbette
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bow and scrape
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la crête
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crest (water)
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une fermeture d'éclair
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a zipper
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les haies
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bushes; hedges
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les inutilités
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uselessness
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la passerelle
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passenger, loading bridge
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la raclée
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beating
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la rouille
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rust
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étincelant(e)
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glittering, sparkling
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aterrir
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to land
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balayer
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to sweep
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bougonner
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to grouch, to grumble
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se fracasser
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to be shattered, to be smashed
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heurter
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to collide with, to hit
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rompre
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to break
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un archevêque
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an archbishop
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un chevalier
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a knight
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un compte-gouttes
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a dropper
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un cortège
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a procession
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le cortex
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the cortex
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un coude
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an elbow
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un court métrage
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a short film
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un insigne
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an emblem, a badge
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un soubresaut
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a jolt
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une bande de pillards
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a gang of looters
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la besogne
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the task, the work
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l'étendue
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the area
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une facette
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a facet
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une friandise
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a delicacy, a tidbit
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une griserie
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an intoxication
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la liesse
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the jubilation
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une prouesse
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a feat
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une recrue
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a recruit
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une rixe
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a brawl, a fight
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bardé de
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loaded with
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chevronné
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experienced
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ému
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moved (emotionally)
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incommensurable
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immeasurable
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incontesté
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uncontested, undisputed
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pervers
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depraved, perverted, pernicious
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aboutir
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to reach (something); to succeed
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canaliser
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to channel
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se courber
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to bow down
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enclencher
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to engage, to set in motion
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s'engouffrer
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to rush, to surge
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s'esclaffer
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to burst out laughing, to guffaw
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fouiller
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to dig, to search
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ligoter
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to bind hand and foot
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occire
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to slay
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postillonner
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to sputter
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répandre
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to scatter, to spread
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inopinément
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unexpectedly
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l'abri
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the shelter
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un chantier terrestre
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a site on land
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un étang
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a pond
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le palier
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the level, stage
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le peuplement
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the population
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un récif de corail
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a coral reef
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le scaphandre
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the diving suit
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les vaisseaux sanguins
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the blood vessels
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une armure de maille
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chain-link armour
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la brouette
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the wheelbarrow
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une bulle
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a bubble
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la décompression
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the decompisition
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les empreintes de doigts
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the fingerprints
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une épave
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a shipwreck
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l'ivresse des profondeurs
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depth disorientation
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la minutie
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meticulousness
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la narcose
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narcosis, oxygen deprivation
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les pinces
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the pliers
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la pression ambiante
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atmospheric pressure
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étanche
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waterproof
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imperméable
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waterproof
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indispensable
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indispensable
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insolite
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strange, unusual
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maldroit(e)
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awkward
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pétrolier
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petroleum, oil, oil-producing
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comprimer
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to compress
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emballer
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to wrap
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éprouver
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to feel, to experience
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fournir
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to provide
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se précipiter
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to advance, move forward
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prélevel
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to take a sample
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se relâcher
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to loosen, to go slack, to relax
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l'ameublement
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furniture
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un auvent
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a canopy
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un canapé
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a couch
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un châle
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a shawl
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le creux de la main
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the hollow of one's hand
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un éventail
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a fan
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un fuyard
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a runaway
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un malfaiteur
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a criminal
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le mécénat
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the sponsorship
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le perron
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the steps leading to an entrance
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un rouquin
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a red-head
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un toit en pente
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a sloping roof
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les convives
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the guests (at a meal)
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une décennie
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a decade
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la démence
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insanity, madness
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la désuétude
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disuse, obsolescence
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une esquisse
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a sketch
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une fuyarde
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a runaway
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une imposte
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a transom (window)
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la sorcellerie
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witchcraft
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les victuailles
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provisions (food)
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démentielle
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insane
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ponceau
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poppy red colour
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s'appauvrir
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to grow poorer
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s'apprêter
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to get ready for something
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assaillir
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to attack
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asservir
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to master, to overcome
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béer
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to gape in amazement
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broder
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to embroider
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cloîtrer
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to shut away
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crocheter
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to pick a lock
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défier
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to challenge
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entrebaîller
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to half-open
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entrouvrir
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to open partway
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germer
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to germinate
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rôder
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to roam
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