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53 Cards in this Set
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s'emparer de
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to take oever, to tke possesion of
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les cartouches
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cartridges(for a gun)
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le gamin
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kid (child)
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de préférence
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preferably, in preference, of preference, by preference
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un pli
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a crease, a fold
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à vrai dire
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actually, truth be told, to tell the truth
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un chapeau de paille
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straw hat
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achever de + infinitif
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to complete, accomplish, or realize an action
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la poussière
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dust
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déchiqueté
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scraggly (untidy), ragged, torn
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étroit
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narrow
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un sursaut
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a startle, a jolt
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à deux pas
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very close, two steps away
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s'engouffrer
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to be engulfed, to surge, (for a ship) to sink
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griser
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to intoxicate
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doré
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gilded, glazed, golden, bronzed
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jadis
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once, ages ago
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parier
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to bet, to wager
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mou
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inert, sluggish, limp, soft, flabby
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traîner
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to lounge, to kick-about, to loiter, to straggle
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un ennui
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a problem, a worry, a bother, a bore
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déborder
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to boil over, to shove off(in a boat), to jut out from, to go overboard(exagerate)
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constater
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to notice, to certify, to record
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appartenir à
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to belong to
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interpeller
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to interpellate
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un répit
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delay, break
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une combine
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game (scheme, trick)
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tripoter
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to mess about, mess around
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grogon
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grumbling, grumpy
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renvoyer
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to send back, to fire from a job
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emboîter
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to stack, to pile
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un/une dactylo
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typing, typist
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autant que
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as much as
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pénible
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painful, hard, troublesome
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un poing
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fist
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tenir au courant
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to keep fully informed
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lâcher
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unhand, let go
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veule
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week, feeble
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cadet
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younger(brother, sister)
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planquer
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hide, stash
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la minuterie
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time switch, timer
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songer à quelquechose
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to muse on something
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hormis
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besides, save
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une narine
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nostril
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une tache
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stain
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une tâche
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task
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renifler
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to sniff
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soulever
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rouse, raise, lift
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calciner, calciné
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to burn off, charred
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retirer
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take out, withdraw, hide
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frémir
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to tremble, to swish
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la lassitude
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weariness, listlessness
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la besogne
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labor, drudgery
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