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in one's arms, around the waist
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à bras-le-corps
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astride, astraddle
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à califourchon
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on account of, owing to
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à cause de
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for certain, without fail
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a coup sûr
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fixed, permanent, live-in
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à demeure
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thoroughly
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à fond
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at full gallop
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à franc étrier
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in chalk
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à la craie
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rigidly, strictly
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à la spartiate
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at nightfall
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a la tombée de la nuit
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neglected, in utter neglect
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à l'abandon
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at random
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a l'aventure
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apart, aloof from
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à l'écart de
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half-way up or down the hill
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á mi-pente
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flat on one's face
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à plat ventre
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in the neighborhood of
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à proximité de
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on all fours
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à quatre pattes
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at the rte of
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à raison de
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with reluctance, grudgingly
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à regret
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to one's liking,acc to one's wishes
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à souhait
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so much that../the proof being that…
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à telle enseigne que
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as a favor, gratis, free of charge
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à titre gracieux
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unofficially
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à titre officieux
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with all one's might
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à tour de bras
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in turn, by turns, by the list
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à tour de rôle
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at all costs
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a tout prix
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sure, staunch
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à toute épreuve
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degenerate
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abâtardi
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debase -v, cause to degenerate
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abâtardir
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(naut); boarding(forced);collision
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abordage
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reach,approach (s.o.); tackle(prob)
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aborder
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land,berth,approach;board (ship)
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aborder
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forgive, absolve
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absoudre (j'absous,nous absolvons)
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forgive s.o. sth
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absoudre qn de qch
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lull (naut)
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accalmie -f
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accessory
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accessoire -n/ad
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agreement, settlement
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accord
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hasten, flock, rush, come running
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accourir
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gracious,affable; hospitable,welcoming
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accueillant
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acknowledge receipt of sth
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accuser reception de qch
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hotly eager
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acharné
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purchase, buying; thing bought
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achat -m
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acquire, obtain, get, win
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acquerir (j'acquiers, nous acquerons)
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acquired
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acquis
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adhere,stick,cling; join (à)
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adhérer
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adherence, compliance, joining
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adhésion
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membership,agreement,sticking
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adhesion -f
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admonish, censure, reprimand
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admonester
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address,direction;skill,dexterity
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adresse -f
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weakening
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affailblissement
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starve s.o.
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affamer
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strengthening
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affermissement
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distressing, sad, painful (news etc)
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affligeant
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flow (vers,dans);abound,be plentiful
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affluer
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crowd/flock to a place
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affluer à/dans un endroit
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insult,slight; affront, indignity
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affront -m
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agglutinate; to bind, cake
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agglutiner
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act like an imbecile
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agir en imbécile
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agitate,wave; shake; excite,perturb
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agiter
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agricultural
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agricole
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agriculture, farming
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agriculture -f
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clutch, grip, seize, grap
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agripper
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citrus fruit
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agrumes - m pl
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arm pit
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aisselle -f
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languid, downcast
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alangui
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alcove, bed-recess
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alcôve -f
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awl (?)
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alêne -m
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seaweed
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algue -f
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alibi
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alibi -m
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nutriment, food
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aliment -m
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tempting
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alléchant
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allure, attract; entice, tempt
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allécher
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go to s.o.'s rescue
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aller à la rescousse de qn
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limp along, hobble about
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aller clopin-clopant
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ally
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allié -m
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short speech
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allocution
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grant,allow; allocate, proportion
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allouer
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mass,heap,pile,accumluation
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amas
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arrangement, disposition, layout
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amenagement
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divide up,distribute;arrange (house,ship)
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amenager
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rock-solid friendship
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amitié à toute épreuve
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amorphous; spineless (person); flabby
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amorphe
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self-respect, pride
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amour-propre
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amputee
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amputé
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cocktail snack
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amuse-gueule -m
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ex-servicemen
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anciens combattants
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ass, donkey; fool, dunce, ass
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âne -m
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announcement, sign, ad
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annonce -f
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ennoble, raise to the noble rank
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anoblir
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attribute; prerogative (de -of)
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apanage
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perceive, see, set eyes upon
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apercevoir
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voiceless
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aphone -adj
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cliff, bluff, steep
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à-pic -m
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flatten,smooth (surface),smooth away (difficulties)
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aplanir
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apostle
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apôtre -m
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appreciable, considerable
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appréciable
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understanding; dread (de-of)
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appréhension -f
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apprentice; (f) novice
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apprenti
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apprenticeship, trial
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apprentissage
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approach,coming,nearness,proximity
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approche -f
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provisions, stock
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approvisionnement
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stock -v supply w necessaries
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approvisionner
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prop, stay, support
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appui
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bannisters
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appui d'escalier
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rough,harsh; bitter,biting; sharp
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âpre
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fit, suited; qualified to do sth
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apte à faire qch
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agricultural
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aratoire
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small shrub, bush
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arbuste
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steep, abrupt; arduous, difficult
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ardu
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ready money
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argent liquide
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dash in
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arriver en trombe
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watering
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arrosage -m
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mental hospital
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asile d'aliénés
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shelter, home, refuge
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asile -m
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inhale, draw/suck in; aspire,aim at
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aspirer
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attack, assault, onslaught;match
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assaut -m
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dry, drained
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asséche
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dry,drain, pump dry -v
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assécher
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besiege, surround; beset,lay siege to
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assièger
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thirsty,eager (for)
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assoiffé (de)
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rotate the crops (on piece of land)
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assoler
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matching, assortment
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assortiment -m
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deafening
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assourdissant
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astuteness, artfulness, guile
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astuce -f
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astute,artful,wily; guileful,crafty
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astucieux
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delays, excuses, dilly-dallying
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atermoiements
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atrocity
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atrocité
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harnessing; team (horses)
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attelage
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make an attempt at
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attenter à
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attempt suicide
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attenter à ses jours
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throw/strike down;overwhelm,astound
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atterrer
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ambush s.o.
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attirer qn dans une ambuscade
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stir up, poke (fire)
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attiser
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stir up hate
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attiser les haines
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unlawful assembly; (f) mob
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attroupement
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during the winter
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au cours de l'hiver
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in broad daylight
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au grand jour, en plein jour
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on the lookout
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au guet
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by means of sth
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au moyen de qch
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help!
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au secours!
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moreover,what's more,besides, after all
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au surplus
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besides, moreover
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au surplus
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openly; with everyone's knowledge
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au vu et au su de tout le monde
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audacity, daring, insolence
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audace -f
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haloed
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auréolé
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halo
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auréole -f
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at the expense of
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aux dépens de
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swallow down,drink up;devour
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avaler
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forearm
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avant-bras -m
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insolently
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avec audace
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gratefully
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avec reconnaissance
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terrifying experience
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aventure effrayante
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warning, notice
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avertissement
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avowal, confession
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aveu
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have a good head on one's shoulders
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avoir de la tête
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be in debt
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avoir des dettes
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have set ideas/very decided views on sth
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avoir des idées arrêtées sur qch
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feel remorse
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avoir des remords
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have spare time
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avoir du loisir
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have a nest egg
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avoir du pain sur la planche
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be certain
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avoir la certitude
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be glib, have the gift of gab
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avoir la langue déliée,bien pendue
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be tongue-tied
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avoir la langue liée
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have a good head on o's shoulders
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avoir la tête sur les épaules
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(f) be forging ahead,have wind in one's sails
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avoir le vent en poupe
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have a good head for business
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avoir l'entente des affaires
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have rings under one's eyes
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avoir les yeux cernés
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be out of gas
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avoir panne d'essence
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have s.o. in one's power
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avoir qn en sa puissance
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have s.o. on one's hands
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avoir qn sur les bras
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overcome/get the better of s.o./sth
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avoir raison de qn, qch
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be on edge, irritable
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avoir ses nerfs
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look after/take care of sth, s.o.
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avoir soin/prendre soin de qch/qn
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have one's share of troubles
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avoir son lot de tourments
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(f) have a black eye
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avoir un oeil au beurre noir
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be inclined to sth
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avoir une tendance a qch
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miscarriage, abortion
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avortement -m
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bauble, toy; (f) trifle
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babiole -f
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brawl, free fight, fray
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bagarre -f
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golf ball
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balle de golfe
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ball, bullet
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balle -f
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stray bullet
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balle perdue
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balustrade, low railing
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balustrade
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little child, urchin; tiny tot
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bambin -m
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bench,reef, sand-bank
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banc
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blindfold, headband, bandage
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bandeau
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blindfold s.o.
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bander les yeux a qn
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banished; exile, outlaw -n
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banni -n/adj
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banish, exile, outlaw -v
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bannir
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talk gibberish
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baragouiner
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speak broken English
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baragouiner l'anglais
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barring,stopping; barrier, construction
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barrage
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handrail
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barre d'appui
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bar/obstruct the way;strengthen w bars
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barrer
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barricade -n
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barricade -f
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barricade -v
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barricader
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rock, swing, topple over
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basculer
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lower part, foot (mt),basis, foundation
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base -f
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bass, bass voice, burden
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basse -f
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beating, throbbing; shuffling (cards)
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battement
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spade
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bêche -f
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stammer,lisp
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bégayer
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stammerer,stutterer
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bégayeur
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ram, Aries
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belier
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bull-dozer
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belier mécanique
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profit, gain, benefit
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bénéfice -m
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cattle, livestock
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bestiaux
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silliness, stupidity
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bètise -f
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reinforced concrete
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béton armé
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cement
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béton de ciment
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knick-knack, trinket
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bibelot -m
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can, drum, water-bottle, canteen
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bidon
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oilcan
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bidon à essence
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to be sure, of course
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bien sûr
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really?
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bien sûr?
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variegate -v, mottle -v
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bigarrer
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balance sheet; (f)weighing up (fig)
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bilan
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armored car
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blindée -f
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block, lump, pad
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bloc -m
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bluff -n
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bluff -m
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bluff -v
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bluffer
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limp -v
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boiter, clocher, clopiner
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lame, limping, rickety
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boiteux
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whether (you,we)like it or not
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bon gré mal gré
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you idiot!
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bon sang d'imbécile!
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bound,rebound; leap, bounce
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bondir
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good feeling
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bonne entente
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border,rim,fringe,edge,frame(mirror)
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bordure -f
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bounded, limited; narrow, mean
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borné
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boundary mark, stone,corner post
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borne -f
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boundaries, limits
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bornes -f pl
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grove, thicket, arbor
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bosquet -m
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hump, bump, bruise, lump
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bosse -f
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(f) to work hard
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bosser
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hunchback
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bossu - n/adj
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hunch-backed, humped
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bossu - n/adj
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shoemaker
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bottier
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scapegoat
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bouc émissaire
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stop, shut up, bar, obstruct
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boucher
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buckle; loop; ring; curl
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boucle -f
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buckle, fasten
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boucler
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shield; buckler
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bouclier
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baker
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boulanger
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muddy, miry
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bourbeux
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turn upside down, jostle,hustle
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bousculer
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whim, caprice; sally; flash of wit
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boutade -f
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shop
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boutique -f
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shopkeeper
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boutiquier
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boycot -v
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boycotter
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perch,roost; plug in;(tel)put through
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brancher
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aim a gun at s.o.
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braquer un fusil sur qn
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armful, stroke (swimming)
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brassée
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laced boot, ankle boot
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brodequin
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scrub, underwood
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broussailles
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burn, scald
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brûlure -f
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post office
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bureau de poste
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seamed, craggy
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buriné
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engrave, chisel
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buriner
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booty, spoils, plunder
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butin
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it gives me the shivers just to think about it
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ça me fait trembler quand j'y pense
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I'm rather worried that he isn't here yet
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ça me taquine qu'il n'arrive pas
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there's no sense in that
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ça ne rime a rien
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hiding place
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cachette
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mysterious wasy, underhanded work
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cachotterie -f
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savings bank
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caisse d'épargne
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chest, case, box, trunk
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caisse -f
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char, burn to a cinder
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calciner
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computer, calculator
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calculateur
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well-off,wealthy; well-read,informed
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calé
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calumny, slander, libel
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calomnie
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disguise, fake; camouflage
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camoufler
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duck (make); drake
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canard
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wild duck
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canard sauvage
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ill-natured gossip; cancan dance
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cancan -m
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cannon, gun, barrel (of gn)
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canon -m
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(mil) capitulate, surrender
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capituler
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obtain (sth)by insidious means,win over, catch
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capter
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hood, cap, cover
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capuchon
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chattering
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caquetage
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cackle; (f) chatter
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caqueter
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carabine, rifle
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carabine -f
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rifle
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carabine -f
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shell (lobster), carapace
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carapace -f
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shell (lobster etc), carapace
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carapace -f
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caress, fondle, stroke, cherish
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caresser
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look fondly at s.o.
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caresser qn du regard
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carp
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carpe -f
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square, patch, plot, landing
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carré
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cartridge
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cartouche -f
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case; instance; matter
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cas
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emergency
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cas urgent
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rack, cart-stand
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casier
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police record
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casier judiciare
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brittle; curt, abrupt (voice)
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cassant
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death trap; dare-devil
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casse-cou -m
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discharge s.o.
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casser qn aux gages
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promiscuous, accidental
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casuel
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categorical,explicit, clear(ly)
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catégorique
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wine cellar
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cave à vins
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hollow
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cave -adj
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hollow, sunken
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cave -adj
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cellar, vault
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cave -f
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cellar, vault
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cave -f
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the best part of it is that…
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ce qu'il y a de plus fort, c'est que..
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that wine goes to your head
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ce vin porte à la tête
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it doesn't really matter
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cela ne fait pas grand-chose
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it cannot last long
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cela ne peut pas se maintenir longtemps
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it's not noticeable
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cela ne s'apperçoit pas
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that's going too far
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cela passe les bornes
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that's obvious
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cela se devine
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cell
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cellule -f
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encircle,surround; shell,husk(walnuts)
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cerner
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certificate, testimonial, diploma; (f) proof
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cértificat
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certitude, certainty,assurance
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certitude
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brain, mind, intellect, intelligence
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cerveau
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hothead
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cerveau brûlé
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empty-headed person,airhead
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cerveau vide
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these two factors are interdependent
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ces deux facteurs s'interpénètrent
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it's out of the question
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c'est exclu
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it's a bargain; (f) done!
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c'est marché fait
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it's bulky (not transportable easily)
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c'est peu portatif
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that's his way of thinking
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c'est sa façon de penser
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he's a silly fellow
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c'est un sot personnage
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he/she's a driip
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c'est une nouille
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that music gets on his nerves
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cette musique lui porte sur les nerfs
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jackal
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chacal -m
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flesh, meat
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chair -m
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noisy squabble
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chamaille -f
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bicker, squabble -v
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chamailler
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battlefield
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champ de bataille
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race track
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champ de courses
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stagger, totter, reel, falter
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chanceler
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stagger, reel; falter, waver
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chanceler
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candlemaker, candlestick
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chandelier -m
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change one's mind
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changer d'idée
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christmas carol
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chant de Noel
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dirge
|
chant funèbre
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singing, song, melody
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chant -m
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blackmail, extortion
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chantage -m
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sing folk songs
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chanter des airs folkloriques
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lumber yard
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chantier de bois
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yard, worksite, depot
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chantier -m
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shipyard
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chantier naval
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in charge of
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chargé de
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(nau) drinking-tan, charnel house
|
charnier -m
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cart
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charrette -f
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cart, carry, transport
|
charrier -m
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plough, snowplough
|
charrue -f
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charter
|
charte -f
|
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cauldron
|
chaudron
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red-hot
|
chauffé à roue
|
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sea-wall,causeway;roadway,reef
|
chausée
|
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embankment, dike
|
chausée -f
|
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lime
|
chaux
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short-cut
|
chemin de traverse
|
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caterpillar, tractor
|
chenille
|
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(head of) hair, tail (of comet)
|
chevelure
|
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bushy, unkempt hair
|
cheveux en broussaille
|
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|
experienced
|
chevronné
|
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|
(f) experienced
|
chévronné
|
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calculate,reckon, number
|
chiffrer
|
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fanciful, chimerical
|
chimérique
|
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|
visionary; fanciful; chimericl
|
chimérique
|
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shock,collision, blow, impact
|
choc
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|
|
unemployment
|
chomage -m
|
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|
thing physically impossible
|
chose materiellement impossible
|
|
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target
|
cible -f
|
|
|
target
|
cible -f
|
|
|
(naut) sail (before the wind)
|
cingler
|
|
|
lash, cut with a whip -v
|
cingler
|
|
|
five hours on end/at a stretch
|
cinq heures d'affilée
|
|
|
curve,bend, arch (tunnel),coat hanger
|
cintre -m
|
|
|
circumspect, wary, reserved
|
circonspect
|
|
|
shear (metal); clip (coins)
|
cisailler
|
|
|
stretcher, bier; hand-barrow
|
civière -f
|
|
|
protest one's innocence
|
clamer son innocence
|
|
|
slap -n
|
claque -f
|
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|
shut up, cooped up
|
claquemuré
|
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|
immure, coop up, confine,imprison
|
claquemurer
|
|
|
class, classify, sort, reckon
|
classer
|
|
|
limping
|
claudicant
|
|
|
limp -n
|
claudication
|
|
|
limp, hobble; (f) go wrong somewhere
|
clocher
|
|
|
partition, division, compartment
|
cloison
|
|
|
partitioned
|
cloisonné
|
|
|
partition -v
|
cloisonner
|
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|
enclosure, cloister wall
|
clôture -f
|
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|
enclose, shut in; close down;end
|
clôturer
|
|
|
studded
|
clouté
|
|
|
clashing colors
|
coleurs disparates
|
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|
fill in, plug up, clog up
|
colmater
|
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|
farmer, colonist, settler
|
colon
|
|
|
farmer, colonist
|
colon -m
|
|
|
colon
|
côlon -m
|
|
|
comatose
|
comateux
|
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|
as usual
|
comme de coutume
|
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|
break ground -v
|
commencer à labourer
|
|
|
running commentary
|
commentaire perpétuel
|
|
|
common (land); communal,parochial
|
communal
|
|
|
press release
|
communiqué de presse
|
|
|
official statement (to press)
|
communiqué -m
|
|
|
obligingness, passive cooperation
|
complaisance
|
|
|
affable, civil, kind
|
complaisant
|
|
|
concept
|
concept -m
|
|
|
conceiving, idea, design
|
conception
|
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|
birth control
|
conception dirigée
|
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|
chorus of place
|
concert de louanges
|
|
|
harmony; unanimity, concord
|
concert -m
|
|
|
fellow citizen, fellow countryman
|
concitoyen
|
|
|
conclusive, decisive
|
concluant
|
|
|
put (idea,question) in concrete form
|
concrétiser
|
|
|
self-confidence
|
confiance en soi
|
|
|
trust, entrust; confine, disclose
|
confier
|
|
|
entrust s.o. w sth, tell s.o.sth in confidence
|
confier qch à qn
|
|
|
snow drift
|
congère -f
|
|
|
(naut) bill of lading
|
connaissement
|
|
|
dedicate, devote, assign;sanctify
|
consacrer
|
|
|
preserve, canned food
|
conserve -f
|
|
|
keep cool
|
conserve sa tête
|
|
|
pickles
|
conserves au vinaigre
|
|
|
constitute, form,establish,make,settle
|
constituer
|
|
|
establish a precedent
|
constituer un précédent
|
|
|
contact, touch, connection
|
contact -m
|
|
|
contagious,catching; infectious
|
contagieux
|
|
|
contemplate; behold,view; gaze at
|
contempler
|
|
|
smuggling, smuggled goods
|
contrabande -f
|
|
|
immoral
|
contraire à la morale
|
|
|
lower down, downwards
|
contre-bas
|
|
|
cross,thwart, oppose (s.o.'s plans)
|
contrecarrer
|
|
|
recoil; after-effects, consequence
|
contre-coup
|
|
|
region, country (indeterminate sense)
|
contrée
|
|
|
butress, abutment
|
contrefort
|
|
|
foot-hills
|
contreforts - m pl
|
|
|
(box) counter (blow)
|
contrer
|
|
|
accident,disappointment,mishap
|
contretemps -m
|
|
|
convince (de-of), convict,prove s.o. guilty
|
convaincre
|
|
|
convalescence
|
convalescence
|
|
|
suitably, appropriately,decently
|
convenablement
|
|
|
convert
|
converti -m
|
|
|
shell, cocoon, web, hull
|
coque -f
|
|
|
smart, stylish
|
coquet
|
|
|
shell
|
coquille f
|
|
|
horn, horn player, corn (of foot)
|
cor -m
|
|
|
rope, cord, line
|
corde -f
|
|
|
pork chop
|
côtelette de porc
|
|
|
sunset; the west
|
couchant -m
|
|
|
small bed, berth, bunk
|
couchette
|
|
|
loud, gaudy color
|
couleur criarde
|
|
|
stroke of luck
|
coup de bonheur
|
|
|
shove, effort -n
|
coup d'épaule
|
|
|
cutthroat, ruffian
|
coupe-jarret
|
|
|
cut, gash, paper money
|
coupure -f
|
|
|
stiffness, tiredness
|
courbature
|
|
|
curve
|
courbe -f
|
|
|
curve, sweep (of road), graph
|
courbe -f
|
|
|
run wild
|
courir les champs
|
|
|
river; water course; stream
|
cours d'eau
|
|
|
court, woo -v
|
courtiser
|
|
|
cushion
|
coussin
|
|
|
expensive, costly
|
coûteux
|
|
|
scar, seam
|
couturer
|
|
|
brood, sit on/incubate (eggs)
|
couver
|
|
|
smoulder (fire,passion),sit (hen on eggs)
|
couver
|
|
|
gloat over one's victim
|
couver du regard sa victime
|
|
|
gaze intently/look fondly at s.o.
|
couver qn des yeux
|
|
|
spitoon
|
crachoir
|
|
|
chalk
|
craie -f
|
|
|
fear, apprehension,dread, awe
|
crainte -f
|
|
|
fearful
|
craintif
|
|
|
skull, cranium; bold, plucky
|
crâne - n/adj
|
|
|
dissolute mob, low scoundrel
|
crapule -f
|
|
|
crack, crackle, snap, crunch
|
craquer
|
|
|
boasting, story, fib
|
craquerie -f
|
|
|
gross, crass
|
crasse -ad
|
|
|
dirt, squalor, avarice
|
crasse -f
|
|
|
dirt; avarice
|
crasse -f
|
|
|
dirty, filthy, squalid;(f) stingy
|
crasseux
|
|
|
creditor
|
créancier
|
|
|
manger, crib; public day nursery
|
crèche -f
|
|
|
set a precedent
|
creer un précédent
|
|
|
crenelated (wall); notched
|
crénelé
|
|
|
hollow
|
creux
|
|
|
burst,split; die (animals);croak (people)
|
crever
|
|
|
crying,squallng; bawler, squaller
|
criard -n/a
|
|
|
riddle, pierce all over;overwhelm
|
cribler
|
|
|
mane; mop of hair
|
crinière -f
|
|
|
creed, cove; flaw
|
crique -f
|
|
|
sudden swerve, sudden turn,detour
|
crochet -m
|
|
|
hook -n
|
crochet -m
|
|
|
crusade
|
croisade -f
|
|
|
crossing,intersection,interbreeding
|
croisement -m
|
|
|
cruiser
|
croiseur
|
|
|
swastika
|
croix gammée
|
|
|
crunch,crackle; devour,eat hastily
|
croquer
|
|
|
sinking, crumbling, ready to fall, tottering
|
croulant
|
|
|
lie,wallow (in flith);stagnate (water)
|
croupir
|
|
|
stagnating
|
croupissant
|
|
|
raw (meat,silk,material);crude
|
cru -adj
|
|
|
thigh
|
cuisse
|
|
|
chicken leg
|
cuisse de poulet
|
|
|
throw over,upset violently;(f)fall for
|
culbuter
|
|
|
riding breeches
|
culotte de cheval
|
|
|
pair of trousers, shorts, breeches
|
culotte -f
|
|
|
at first,to begin with
|
d'abord
|
|
|
typist
|
dactylographe
|
|
|
type -v
|
dactylographier
|
|
|
canopy
|
dais -m
|
|
|
checkerboard
|
damier
|
|
|
in one's heart of hearts
|
dans (en) son for intérieur
|
|
|
on the whole
|
dans l'ensemble
|
|
|
on the whole
|
dans l'ensemble
|
|
|
in the dark
|
dans les ténèbres
|
|
|
in his infinite wisdom
|
dans son infinie sagesse
|
|
|
without interruption
|
d'arrache-pied
|
|
|
willingly, readily
|
de bonne grâce
|
|
|
choice, prime
|
de choix
|
|
|
for fear that; lest
|
de crainte que
|
|
|
far-reaching
|
de grande envergure
|
|
|
by far
|
de loin
|
|
|
unwillingly, ungraciously
|
de mauvaise grâce
|
|
|
of my own free will/accord
|
de mon propre gré, mon plein gré
|
|
|
from head to toe
|
de pied en cap
|
|
|
first-rate
|
de premier ordre
|
|
|
purely formal
|
de pure forme
|
|
|
extra, additional
|
de renfort
|
|
|
stroll along, walk up and down
|
déambuler
|
|
|
sell, retail; (f) spread,recite,spout
|
débiter
|
|
|
spread news
|
débiter des nouvelles
|
|
|
clear away, remove
|
déblayer
|
|
|
shovel away the snow
|
déblayer la neige
|
|
|
overflowing(river);overwhelmed(man)
|
débordé
|
|
|
overflow; project, jut out,protrude
|
déborder
|
|
|
throw out of gear,(f)give up work
|
débrayer
|
|
|
decently, with decency
|
décemment
|
|
|
decency
|
décence
|
|
|
decade
|
décénnie -f
|
|
|
decent, modest
|
décent
|
|
|
disappointment
|
déception
|
|
|
unhappy love affair
|
déception sentimentale
|
|
|
decree,enact; award, bestow
|
decerner
|
|
|
resolutely,firmly,definitively
|
décidément
|
|
|
resolutely, firmly,positively
|
décidément
|
|
|
decimate
|
décimer
|
|
|
unhook, detach, set in motion; laucnh
|
déclencher
|
|
|
decline,close; wane,waning (moon)
|
déclin -m
|
|
|
(f) calm down
|
décolérer
|
|
|
rubbish; debris, ruins
|
décombres - m pl
|
|
|
upset, confound, frustrate;disconcert
|
déconcerter
|
|
|
disappointment,mortification,set-back
|
déconvenue -f
|
|
|
cut up,slash, cut out
|
découper
|
|
|
shake-up
|
déferlement
|
|
|
unfurl, shake out
|
déferler
|
|
|
unfurl
|
déferler
|
|
|
defile, narrow pass;(f)difficulty
|
défilé
|
|
|
stave/smash in;(f)knock bottom out of (argument)
|
défoncer
|
|
|
clear,reclaim(land);break(new ground)
|
défricher
|
|
|
redeem(mortgage),emit,disengaging
|
dégager
|
|
|
(f) awkward, ungainly, loosely built
|
dégingandé
|
|
|
(f) trickle, drip, run
|
dégouliner
|
|
|
(f) trickling,drip,run
|
dégouliner
|
|
|
degradation, defacement, weathering
|
dégradation
|
|
|
tumble down;bring toppling down
|
dégringoler
|
|
|
disguise -v
|
déguiser
|
|
|
ruinous condition, desrepair,decay
|
délabrement
|
|
|
forsaken
|
délaissé
|
|
|
foresake, desert, abandon
|
délaisser
|
|
|
deliberate,determined,resolute
|
delibéré
|
|
|
deliberately
|
delibérément
|
|
|
delicacy, weakness,nicety
|
délicatesse
|
|
|
demarcate (territ), define (powers)
|
délimiter
|
|
|
misdemeanor, offense
|
delit
|
|
|
choice, picked, select
|
d'élite
|
|
|
get away; oust,drive out, eject
|
déloger
|
|
|
go off, get away;oust,eject,drive out
|
déloger
|
|
|
dismantling
|
démantelement
|
|
|
dismantle
|
démanteler
|
|
|
gait, walk, bearing; measure, step
|
démarche -f
|
|
|
canvasser
|
démarcheur
|
|
|
unmoor, cast off; get underway
|
démarrer
|
|
|
disentangle, unravel
|
démeler
|
|
|
clear up a misunderstanding
|
démeler un malentendu
|
|
|
crazy, mad (person)
|
dément -n/adj
|
|
|
denial, flat contradiction,disappointment
|
démenti -m
|
|
|
(vul) extricate, free s.o. (de-from)
|
démerder
|
|
|
resignation
|
démission
|
|
|
old-fashioned, out-of-fashion,obsolete
|
démodé
|
|
|
take out of the nest; hunt out,dislodge
|
dénicher
|
|
|
commodity, foodstuff
|
denrée -f
|
|
|
extricate, free -v
|
dépêtrer
|
|
|
travelling,journey;transfer,displacement
|
déplacement
|
|
|
deplorable, lamentable, pitiable
|
déplorable
|
|
|
gas station
|
dépôt d'essence
|
|
|
refuse dump
|
dépotoir
|
|
|
depress -v
|
déprimer
|
|
|
ridiculous, laughable;absurdly low
|
dérisoire
|
|
|
disapproval (de - of)
|
désapprobation
|
|
|
unarmed
|
désarmés
|
|
|
disavow, repudiate;disown;retract
|
désavouer
|
|
|
desert,abandon, quit
|
déserter
|
|
|
plain
|
déshérité
|
|
|
wishing to, desirous of
|
désireux de
|
|
|
quick-witted
|
d'éspirit vif
|
|
|
despot
|
despote
|
|
|
remove stains, detach, untie
|
détacher
|
|
|
unharness; leave off working
|
dételer
|
|
|
relaxation,easing;trigger, firing
|
détente
|
|
|
distress, grief,anguish
|
détresse -f
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debt -n
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dette -f
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precede,go before; outrun,surpass
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dévancer
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predecessors
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devancier -m
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ancestors, forefathers
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devanciers - m pl
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(hydr) overflow, outfall
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déversoir
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guess, predict (the future)
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deviner
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fortune-teller
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devineresse
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riddle, conundrum
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devinette
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disfigure; stare s.o. down
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dévisager
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diffuse, broadcast
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diffuser
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digestible
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digestible
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deserving,worthy (de-of);dignified
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digne
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worthy of the name
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digne de ce nom
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trust-worthy
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digne de confiance
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noteworthy
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digne de remarque
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graduate
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diplômé
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diploma
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diplôme -m
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talk nonsense
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dire des betises
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dissimlar, ill-matched
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disparate -ad
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disparity, incongruity
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disparate -f
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outpatient clinic, public dispensary, welfare dept
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dispensaire
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safety device
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dispositif de sécurité
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dissident, dissenter,non-conformist
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dissident -n/a
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hide/keep sth from s.o.
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dissimuler qch a qn
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dissolve -v,disintegrate,melt (in water)
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dissoudre (je dissous,nous dissolvons)
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distinct, separate (de-from);clear
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distinct
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domain, estate, property
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domaine -m
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public property
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domaine public
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national, belonging to the state
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domanial
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giving(à-to);gift,natural talent
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don -m
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given fact, datum
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donnée -f
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data, particulars
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données -f pl
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intimate, hint
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donner à entendre
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put ideas in s.o.'s head
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donner des idées à qn
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set a good example
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donner le bon exemple
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take s.o. in, deceive s.o.
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donner le change à qn
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give full vent to one's anger
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donner libre cours à sa fureur
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let your imagination take you
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donner libre cours à son imagination
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resign -v
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donner sa démission
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(naut) ground, strike
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donner un coup de talon
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stab s.o.
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donner un coup de poignard à qn
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slap s.o. -v
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donner une claque a qn
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give s.o. an IOU
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donner une reconnaissance a qn
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dormitory
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dortoir
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endow, dower
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doter
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cool off (excitement)
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doucher
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from beyond the grave
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d'outre-tombe
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drama, play, sensational affair
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drame -m
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woolen cloth
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drap
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sheet
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drap de lit
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registration fee, entrance fee
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droit d'inscription
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civil rights
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droits civils
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comically, facetiously,excessively
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drôlement
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sheepishly
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d'un air penaud
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preceptibly, appreciably
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d'une manière sensible
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duplicity, double-dealing,deceit
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duplicité
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sewage
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eaux d'égout
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dazzle,dazzling sight,vertigo,fit of dizziness
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éblouissement
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shake, loosen, unsettle
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ébranler
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boiling, ebulution
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ébullition
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scarlet, hectic red
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écarlate
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open, spread out
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écarquiller
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open one's eyes wide, stare
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écarquiller les yeux
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reef,rock; (f)danger,stumbling block
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éceuil -m
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crescent-shaped, indented
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échancré
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exchange
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échange -m
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sample, pattern, specimen
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échantillon
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escape; space,interval
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échapée
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vista, glimpse (sur - over)
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échapée (de vue)
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break (s.o.'s) back, tire (s.o.) out
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échiner
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booth; street stall, small workshop
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échoppe -f
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be stranded; (f)fail,be disappointed
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échouer
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bark; rind; peel;external appearance
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écorce
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bark (of tree), rind, peel
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écorce
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earth's crust
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écorce terrestre
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follow s.o.'s advice
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écouter les avis de qn
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jewel case
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écrin
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fall in/down,collapse,be destroyed
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écrouler
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froth, foam, scum (soup, jum)
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écume
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scum, dregs of society
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écume de la société
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stable; (f) pigsty
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écurie -f
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enact, decree (penalties)
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édicter
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edifying (example)
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édifiant
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erect, set up,build; enlighten,instruct
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édifier
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efficacy,effectiveness;efficiency
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efficacité
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lean, thin, lank; (f)dry,meager
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efflanqué
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breaking down, caving in; collapse, breakdown
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effondrement
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dig deeply,overwhelm
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effondrer
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sewer, draining
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égout -m
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work out,prepare,elaborate,build up
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élaborer
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darting forth, shooting pain;twinge
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élancement
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stock-breeder
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éleveur
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incubator (for chickens)
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éleveuse
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she's quite promiscuous
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elle couche avec n'importe qui
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she died in childbirth
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elle est morte en couches
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far (away);distant;furthermost
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eloigné
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emaciated, wasted
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émacié
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encase, nest; pack in boxes
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emboîter
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mouthpiece (wind inst),mouth (river)
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embouchure -f
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ambush
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embuscade -f
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amazed, wonder-struck
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émerveillé
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riot
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émeute
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riot -n
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emeute -f
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rioter
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émeutier
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rioter
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emeutier
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eminence,rising ground; superiority (moral/int)
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eminence -f
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emissary, messenger
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émissaire
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tangle; mix up facts,muddle (story)
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emmêler
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wrap up warmly
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emmitoufler
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site, location; place, gunpit
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emplacement
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grasp,seize,grab;catch,arrest
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empoigner
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moved, affected (by emotion)
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ému
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in keeping with
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en accord avec
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secretly
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en cachette
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in that case
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en ce cas
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unemployed
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en chomage
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accordingly
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en consequence
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as a last resort
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en dernière recourse
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in exchange for
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en échange de
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have one's own way
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en faire sa volonté
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bell-shaped
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en forme de cloche
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as a token of friendship
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en gage d'amitié
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on a leash
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en laisse
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bound for Rio
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en partance pour Rio
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in broad daylight
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en plein jour
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in full swing
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en pleine activité
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potentially
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en puissance
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potentially
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en puissance
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as a reprisal for, in retaliation for
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en représaille pour, de
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in secret
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en sécret
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behind the scenes
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en sous-main
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in any case
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en tout cas
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in use, in usage
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en usage
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in an airtight chamber, as a recluse
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en vase clos
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nearing completion
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en voie d'achèvement
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during his lifetime/in his day
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en/de son vivant
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frame,straddle, bracket -v
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encadrer
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put on a hood; hood, cover -v
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encapuchonner
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tangling up, tangle
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enchevêtrement
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inclined,disposed (to sth,to do sth)
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enclin à qch, à faire qch
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encumber,congest (streets)
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encombrer
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endemic
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endémique
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painful; sore, tennder
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endolori
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don, put on; (com)endorse (chck)
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endosser
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assume/shoulder responsibility
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endosser une responsabilité
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place, spot; passage (book)
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endroit
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endurance, long-suffering, staying power
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endurance -f
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hardened, hard, callous, inveterate
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endurci
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harden -v
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endurcir
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childbirth;giving birth (literary wk)
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enfantement -m
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swollen
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enflé
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swelling, inflammation
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enflure -f
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smoky, smoke-blackened
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enfumé
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include, embody
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englober
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lime; (f) take in (decieve)
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engluer
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numbness, dullness, sluggishness
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engourdissement
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garner -v
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engranger
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embolden
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enhardir
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encourage s.o. to do sth
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enhardir qn à faire qch
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charge,direct; prescribe; enjoin
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enjoindre
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enemy
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ennemi
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deep-rooted, deep-seated
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enraciné
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enrol, recruit, enlist
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enrôler
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sign, index, token
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enseigne -f
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sow (a field)
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ensemencer
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bury,entomb; shroud (a corpse)
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ensevelir
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notch, nick; gash,cut; slash
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entailler
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cut into, penetrate, begin -v
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entamer
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listen to reason
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entendre raison
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understanding (de-of), skill, agreement (entre)
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entente -f
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enthusiast, enthusiastic
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enthousiaste -n/ad
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begin to sing; strike up
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entonner
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funnel
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entonnoir
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hindrance, impediment to sth
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entrave à qch
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shackle, fetter
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entrave -f
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shackle, fetter; hinder, hamper
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entraver
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shackle, fetter; hinder, impede
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entraver
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hold up traffic
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entraver la circulation
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in parenthesis
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entre parenthèse
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warehouse, store, emporium
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entrepôt -m
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(f) burst in, storm out
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entrer/sortir en trombe
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maintain,keep up; support
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entretenir
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catch a glimpse of;just be able to see
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entrevoir
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interview
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entrevue -f
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spread; breadth; span; wingspan
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envergure
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surround -v
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environner
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look/stare in face;consider,view
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envisager
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look to the future
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envisager l'avenir
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blooming, beaming
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épanouissement
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disperse,scatter,spread (sth)
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éparpiller
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scattered, dispersed,dishevelled
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épars
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flatten; (f)amaze,dumbfound
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épater
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shoulder
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épaule -f
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ephemeral, short-lived,transitory
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ephémère
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endurance test
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epreuve d'endurance
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gear,tackle; (av) crew,personnel
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équipage -m
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prank, escapade
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equipée
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erect, set up, raise (statue);establish (office)
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ériger
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scale, climb over
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escalader
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skirmish
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escaramouche -f
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squad
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escouade -f
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space out,place apart,leave space btw
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espacer
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you idiot!
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espèce d'enflé
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mischievous, rougish
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espiègle
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spirit, mind, wit
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éspirit
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narrow mind
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espirit borné
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trial,testing; attempt(ing), try
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essai
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out of breath
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essouflé
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what next?; so what?
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et après?
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workbench
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établi -m
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stallion,stud horse; standard
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étalon
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pond
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étang
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vise
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étau -m
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stay,shore,support (a theory)
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étayer
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chequered material
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étoffe à damier
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stuff, upholster;furnish w materials
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étoffer
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(naut) stem, stempost (of ship)
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étrave -f
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stem, stempost
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étrave -f
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be at death's door
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être à l'éxtrémité
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(mil) be posted to a ship
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être affécté à un navire
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be at grips with s.o. (sth)
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être aux prises avec qn
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be at s.o.'s heels, on s.o.'s heels
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être aux trousses de qn
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be burnt to death
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être calciné
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be in the same boat
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être dans le même panier
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be within one's rights
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être dans son droit
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be in a bad mood/temper
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être de mauvais poil
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be angry
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être en colère
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be below the level of sth
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être en contre-bas de qch
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be in a whirl, in a turmoil
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être en ébullition
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be wide-awake, on the alert
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être en éveil
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be in s.o.'s favor
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être en faveur aupres de qn
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be in a position to do sth
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être en mesure de faire qch
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be in, be at home
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être là
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be sick and tired of sth
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être las de qch
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be friendless, unprotected
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être sans appui
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be/get in contact w s.o.
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être/entrer en contact avec qn
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stirrup
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étrier -m
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skimpy, tight
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étriqué
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vanishing,fainting,disappearing
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évanouissement
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evasive
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evasif
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air,expose to air; fan;(f) divulge
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éventer
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possible, contingent
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éventuel
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exceed,go beyond;tire, wear out
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éxceder
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eccentricity
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excentricité -f
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eccentric, odd; eccentric person
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excentrique
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except, excepting
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excepté
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exact, require; demand, call for
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éxiger
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exclude, shut out, preclude
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exlcure (j'exclus, nous excluons)
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exorbitant, outrageous
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exorbitant
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expectation
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expectative -f
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experienced
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expérimenté
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experiment, test, experience
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expérimenter
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bee-keepng
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exploitation apicole
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work (mine,patent);take unfair advantage of, cultivate
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exploiter
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explode, blow up
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exploser
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explosive
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explosif
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anemic,bloodless; (f)cadaverous
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exsangue
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extort,wring(money,etc)fm s.o.
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éxtorquer -(à qn)
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facilitate, make (sth) easier, easy; promote
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faciliter
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work,shape (material);mold,form(abstract)
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façonner -v
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keep the pot boiling
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faire bouillir la marmite
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give s.o. a lecture
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faire de la morale a qn
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advertise -v
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faire de la réclame
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be absent/wanting; fail, give out
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faire défaut
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save, put away money
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faire des économies
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gloat over sth
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faire des gorges chaudes de qch
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arrow-head
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faire flêche de tout bois
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have a high opinion of
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faire grand cas de qn
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put an ad in the papers
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faire insérer une annonce
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smuggle -v
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faire la contrabande (de)
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(f) do the cooking
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faire la popote
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purchase sth
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faire l'achat de qch
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go around
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faire le tour de
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sort out -v
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faire le tri
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vie w one another in doing sth
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faire qch à qui mieux mieux
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do sth reluctantly
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faire qch avec repugnance
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point out, call attention to
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faire remarquer
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swallow one's pride
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faire taire son orgeuil
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trip s.o.
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faire trébucher qn
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make a deposit
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faire un dépôt
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make/lay a bet
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faire un pari
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take a blood test
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faire une prise de sang
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bundle, union, beam
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faisceau -m
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match-maker
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faiseur de mariages
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miracle worker
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faiseur de miracles
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schemer
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faiseur de projets
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insignificant; dim,wan(light),colorless
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falot
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familiarity, intimacy;intimate terms
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familiarité
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lantern, light
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fanal -m
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footsoldier, infantryman
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fantassin -
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marionette; puppet
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fantoche -m
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stuff (poultry etc)
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farcir
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