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80 Cards in this Set
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une allure
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pace, speed
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un guet
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lookout
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consacrer
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to devote
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une bastide
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country house
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un dispositif
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system, operation
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le soutien
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support
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un échevin
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municipal magistrate
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la cible
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target
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le bouc émissaire
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scapegoat
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une émeute
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riot
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une lutte
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conflict
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un écorcheur
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extortionist, skinner
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puissant
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powerful
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le complot
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plot
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la méfiance
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mistrust
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le faubourg
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outskirts
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aigu
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intense
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la rivalité
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rivalry
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l'appui (m)
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support
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Âpre
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bitter, harsh
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affamé
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starving
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l'embellissement (m)
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improvement
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concrétiser
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to make a reality
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sceller
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to seal, fix
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hanter
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to haunt
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se propager
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to spread
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un péage
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toll
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une cocard
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badge
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digérer
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to digest
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priver
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to forbid, deprive
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une antisèche
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cheat-sheet
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s'intituler
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to be tilted
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une barricade
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barricade
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embaucher
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to hire
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une perruque
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wig
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mélanger
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to mix, blend
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une fossé
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ditch
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un carcan
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administrative constraints
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un éveil
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awakening
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reculer
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to move/push back
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ruser
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to trick, be crafty
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doué
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gifted, talented
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redoutable
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formidable
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une perfidie
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betrayal
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crédule
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gullible
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platement
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humbly
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songer
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to think of
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un ronflement
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snore
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odieusement
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obnoxiously
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bouleverser
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to shatter, change, disrupt
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un bibelot
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ornament
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une potiche
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vase
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un magot
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pile of money
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un sou
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a cent
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culbuter
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to knock over
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balayer
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to sweep
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trembloter
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to tremble
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un poumon
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lung
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débraillé
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sloppy
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un bègue
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stammer
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l'amertume (f)
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bitterness
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frémir
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to quiver
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un sanglot
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sob
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un hoquet
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hiccup
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écarter
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to move apart
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haleter
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to puff, heave
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la poussière
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dust
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se coller
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to press against
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moite
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sweaty, damp
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las
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weary
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bouffi
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puffy
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chétif
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puny, scrawny
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un coin
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corner
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morceller
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to divide into pieces
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le tonnerre
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thunder
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un attentat
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attack
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endeuiller
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to cast a shadow over
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une séance
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show, screening
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la pellicule
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film
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un canotier
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boating hat
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