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235 Cards in this Set
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déboucher |
to uncork |
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échapper |
to escape, avoid |
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auprès |
next to, beside |
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auprès de |
in the eyes of |
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effaroucher |
to frighten |
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l'écu (m) |
shield, coat of arms |
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débiter |
to deliver; to cut; to let flow |
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une chandelle |
candle , (ancien) |
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démêler |
to detangle |
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éblouir |
to dazzle, overwhelm |
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le gibier |
game (as in, animals) |
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choir |
to drop; to renounce |
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parvenir |
to reach, achieve |
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l'amertume (f) |
bitterness |
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le tonnerre |
thunder |
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la basque |
coattail, skirt |
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davantage |
more, for longer, harder |
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l'ombrage (m) |
shade, resentment |
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priver |
to deprive, take away |
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le voeux |
wish, vow |
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convier |
to invite (S); to urge, incite |
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l'avidité (f) |
avidness, greed |
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un aveu |
admission, avowal |
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autant que |
as much/many as |
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un délais |
period of time, une extension (avec l'expectation de complétion) |
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des appas (m/pl) |
feminine charms |
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la fourberie |
guile, trickery |
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l'entretien (m) |
maintenance, interview |
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le/la fourbe |
swindler, cheat |
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resoudre |
to solve, to decide to [à] |
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des fers (m/pl) |
chains, shackles
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la haleine |
breath |
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un buisson |
shrub |
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un fossé |
ditch, moat |
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retenu |
retained, held in |
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frémis |
swishy, shivery |
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le fardeau |
burden, responsibility |
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immoler |
to sacrifice, to kill |
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achever |
to complete; to terminate |
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inopiné |
unexpected |
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le bien |
goods, property |
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assujettir (à) |
to subject someone to; subjugate |
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pourvue |
provided |
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polysémique |
qui a plusieurs sens |
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convenir à |
to suit st/so |
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le cordon |
cord, string |
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entasser |
to heap, accumulate, cram |
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gémir |
to moan, howl |
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l'artifice (m) |
a trick |
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tiré |
drawn, pulled |
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l'habileté (f) |
skill, dexterity |
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coups de maître |
trick or blow |
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esquiver |
to evade, shirk |
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ignorer |
to ignore; to be ignorant of |
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convenir |
to be suited to, adapted to |
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gronder au-dessus de nos têtes |
to hang over our heads |
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corrompu |
corrupted, rotten |
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un tour pendable |
a dirty trick |
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la rémission |
recovery; forgiveness |
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châtier |
to chastise, punish |
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épargner |
to save, spare; to set aside |
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le courroux |
anger, wrath |
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auprès de |
near by, close by |
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radouci |
syrupy |
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gronder |
to rumble; to scold |
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accuiellir |
to welcome; to receive |
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maudit |
wretched, cursed |
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le raideur |
rigidity |
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heurter |
to collide w/; to injure emotionally |
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flegmatique |
impassive |
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le vautour |
vulture |
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affamé |
starving |
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la droiture |
uprightness |
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médisant |
slanderous |
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atteint |
suffering, affected |
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décevoir |
to disappoint |
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la transparence |
openness |
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téméraire |
audacious; reckless |
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l'apanage (m) |
privilege |
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un benêt |
a dope |
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les gains (m,pl) |
profits |
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berné |
scammed, fooled |
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habile |
skilled, deft, capable |
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ébahi |
dumbstruck |
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ôter |
to remove, take off |
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s'ôter |
to move away; shove off |
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béni |
blessed |
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l'écart (m) |
distance, disparity, swerve, deviation |
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prévoir |
to predict; think up; organize; anticipate; not forget (sth) |
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se pâmer |
to faint, swoon |
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les démangeaisons (f) |
itching, desire |
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alentour |
around, in the area |
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bourbeux |
muddy |
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pompeux |
pompous, pedantic |
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entêté |
obstinate, stubborn |
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le moineau |
sparrow |
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lourdaud |
clumsy, slow-witted |
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s'ennuyer à mourir |
bored to death |
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la besogne |
task, drudgery |
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une coiffe |
headdress; book jacket |
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pudique |
modest, reserved |
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une puce |
flea; sweetie |
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un béni-oui-oui |
yes-man |
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un cul-béni |
goody two-shoes |
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saisir |
to grasp; capitalize on |
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à ma guise |
as I wish |
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vanter |
to praise |
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se vanter |
to brag |
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asservir |
to subjugate, enslave |
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usé |
worn out, spent |
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fâcheuse |
upsetting, disagreeable |
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un caillou |
pebble, stone |
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une pilule |
pill |
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avaler |
to swallow, devour |
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assujettir |
to subject (s.o. to sth) |
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s'assujettir |
to put up with |
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tantôt |
shortly; at times |
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derechef |
once again |
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éventer |
to reveal; to air out |
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étourdi |
absent-minded |
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contraindre |
to compel, coerce |
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le caquet |
gossip, chatter |
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la bienséance |
propriety, politeness |
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demeurer |
to live, reside; to remain |
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se remettre à |
to recover, get back to |
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se remettre de |
to get over |
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une attente |
expectation |
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faillir |
to fail |
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mordu |
bitten; crazy about, smitten with |
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une canaille |
crook, scoundrel |
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assomer |
to stun, knock out; bore to sleep |
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le soulagement |
relief, soothing |
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la haleine |
breath |
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engourdi |
numb |
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le potage |
soup |
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tremper |
to soak, immerse, drench |
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l'éblouissement |
amazement |
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éclaircir |
to lighten; resolve |
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la médisance |
slander |
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bercer |
to cradle; sooth; delude |
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gager |
to bet; assure |
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parier |
to bet, gamble on |
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bénir |
to bless |
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le venin |
venom |
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compatir |
to commiserate with |
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j'ai des aguets |
I'm on the look-out |
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chatouiller |
to tickle, flatter |
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Diantre |
by jove! |
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courroucé |
angry, wrathful |
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mysogyne |
mysoginist |
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raisonneur, raisonneuse |
reasonable |
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redoutable |
formidable |
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nier |
to deny |
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épuisé |
exhausted/tired; out of stock
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une abîme |
abyss |
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usé |
worn out |
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accablé |
overwhelmed, afflicted |
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les fiançailles (f, pl) |
engagement
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affecter |
to affect; to feign; to move (emotionally); to appoint |
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l'évêché (m) |
diocese
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un échafaud |
scaffold (for punishment) |
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incarnat |
crimson |
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conjurer |
to entreat; to plot s.t.; to avert; to banish |
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alléger |
to lighten, reduce; relieve
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un maréchal |
marshal
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un écuyer |
squire |
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une plaie |
wound, pain in the neck |
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la fermeté |
firmness; rigor; confidence |
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éperdument |
madly, head-over-heals |
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un compère |
partner-in-crime; mate |
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une noisette |
hazelnut; small quantity |
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contrefaire |
to counterfeit; to distort |
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avide |
greedy |
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un gouffre |
gulf, abyss |
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épurer |
to purify, refine |
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la probité |
integrity |
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une dépouille |
hide; cadaver; wearing away |
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la parure |
jewelry; lingerie; trimmings |
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un éloge |
praise, accolade; eulogy |
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la bienveillance |
benevolence, indulgence |
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la bienséance |
propriety, politeness |
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oisif |
idle |
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écarter |
to dismiss (idea); to part s.t. (curtains); to rule something out |
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un soulagement comique |
comic relief |
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auparavant |
formerly, back in the day |
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funeste |
gloomy, dire |
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hautain(e) |
haughty |
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l'aigreur (f) |
sourness, sharpness |
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rompre |
to rupture; break up (relationship) |
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assortir |
to match; combine |
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le dévouement |
dedication |
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ébaucher |
to start; to throw together |
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entreprendre |
to begin; to go on about |
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épais |
thick |
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éloigner |
to distance, separate |
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outré |
outraged, exaggerated |
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se gêner |
to be in the way |
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taquiner |
to annoy, tease |
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s'interroger sur |
to wonder; to try to decide |
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inventer |
to invent |
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fictif |
fictional |
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biffé |
crossed out, erased |
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répandu |
widespread |
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intrinsèque |
intrinsic |
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briser |
to break, smash |
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la traite |
human trafficking; milking a cow |
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un écueil |
pitfall; reef |
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une oraison |
prayer, oration |
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la saillie |
overhanging, wittiness |
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s'épancher |
to wax on about; elaborate on |
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l'aumône (f) |
charity |
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se mettre à |
to set about doing |
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un abri |
refuge |
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une nimbe |
halo |
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le meulage |
milling, grinding |
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bien en deçà de qch |
well short of sth |
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compatissant |
compassionate |
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une sape |
gear, clothes; sapping, undermining |
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un novateur |
pioneer, trendsetter |
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un berger |
shepherd |
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pieux |
pious, sincere |
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en deçà de qch |
on this side of |
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en deçà de la réalité |
short of reality, underestimation |
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une racine |
root |
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la fainéantise |
sluggishness |
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un roturier |
commoner |
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cabaler |
to conspire |
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geler |
to freeze; to be frozen |
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constater |
to observe, to note |
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attrayant |
attractive (like things) |
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reconnaissant |
grateful |
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ouvrier |
worker; working (class) |
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soigner |
to treat; to nurse (to health) |
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un atout |
advantage, asset |
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essuyer |
to wipe; to dry; to suffer; to endure |
