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1
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2 récites au compteur

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2 books on the clock

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Welshman

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Gallois

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3
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evil tongues

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les mauvaises langues

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to connect, link, relate

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apparenter

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to frown

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souciller

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to not bat an eyelid

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ne pas sourciller

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everything is excess with the new manager

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Avec le nouveau directeur, tout est démesure.

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this product is available (reflex. verb) in many forms

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Ce produit se décline sous plusieurs formes

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since he has been ill, he has grown much weaker

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Depuis qu’il est malade, il décline beaucoup.

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10
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terrace / (seats)

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le gradin

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the boggy stench of these drains is foul

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Les miasmes fangeux de ces égouts sont nauséabonds

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12
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a lagoon

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un lagon

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13
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a grandstand

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une tribune

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14
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to confuse/ get mixed up

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confrondre

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15
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a length - pool

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un longueur

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16
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gleaming

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luisant

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only a madman would go fishing in this weather

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Seul un dément irait pécher par ce temps

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18
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interlocked / layered

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imbriquer

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19
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the bill - ‘damage’

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la douloureuse

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20
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reputation

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la renommée

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21
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a calling / visiting card

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un bristol

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22
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a tone / shade

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une nuance

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a slate / whiteboard / tab

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l’ardoise (f)

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a butler

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un majordome

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to flit/ flutter around

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voleter

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a hummingbird

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un colibri

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27
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ready to consider everything

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prête à tout envisager

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28
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a limb

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un membre

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29
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to shrink

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rapetisser

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30
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shock wave

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l’onde du choc

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31
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foam / froth (n)

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l’écume (f)

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32
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a diving / space suit

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un scaphandre

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33
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to mill / swarm / team(not fourmiller)

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grouiller

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34
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to draw / obtain

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puiser

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a stone/ kernel/ heart - figuratively

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un noyau

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to receive/ hold, contain

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receler

37
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intrinsic/ inherent

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intrinsèque

38
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to mirror

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mirer

39
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the sill / edge / rim

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le rebord

40
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to hide / conceal / dissimulate

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dissimuler

41
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a decade

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une décennie

42
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these walks in the country relax me

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Ces promenades à la campagne me détendent

43
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to over hang/ look

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surplomber

44
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a patron

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mécène

45
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gravity

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la pesanteur

46
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bad weather

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les intemperies (f)

47
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his new hobby makes him happy

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Sa nouvelle passion l’épanoui

48
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she has blossomed/ come out of her shell

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elle s’est épanouie

49
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the plant opened up in the sun

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La plante s’est épanouie au soleil

50
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there is a swarm of butterflies

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Il y a une nuée de papillons

51
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a hot cloud escapes from the erupting volcano

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Du volcan en éruption s’échappe une nuée ardente

52
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we see in the sky a storm cloud

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On voit dans le ciel une nuée d’orage

53
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wake / vapour trail

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le sillage

54
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to come/ arise from

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provenir

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a fancy/ whim

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une lubie

56
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a basket

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une corbeille

57
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brushstroke

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coup de pinceau

58
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thick layers

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epaisses couches

59
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to smooth

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lisser

60
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to land

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atterrir

61
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a bungalow

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un plan-peid

62
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the render - building

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le crépi

63
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the sun was toppling over the horizon

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le soleil basculait vers l’horizon

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crocuses are the first sign of spring

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Les crocus sont les prémices du printemps

65
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tin

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étain

66
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to stick/ jut out

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saillir

67
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flesh

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la chair

68
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silver plated

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argenté

69
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to smell (not sentir)

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humer

70
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odeur du vin

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le bouquet

71
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inevitably

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immanquablement

72
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no matter

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peu importe

73
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to defuse / alleviate

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désamorcer

74
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to hang onto

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s’accrocher à

75
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I hang my keys on the key rack

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J’accroche mes clés au porte-clés

76
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summer tires don’t grip on snow

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Les pneus d’été n’accrochent pas sur la neige

77
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there will always be another dusk

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il y aura toujours un nouveau crépuscule

78
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chipped

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ébréché

79
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cracked

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fendu

80
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standing

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debout

81
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the workers spun wool from morning to night

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Les ouvrières tissaient la laine du matin au soir

82
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crows often chase magpies

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Les corbeaux chassent souvent les pies

83
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synonym to ‘commencer’ beginning with ‘a’- to initiate

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amorcer

84
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the fisherman baits the hook

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Le pêcheur amorce l’hameçon

85
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the shooter primes his weapon

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Le tireur amorça son arme

86
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this mountain contains precious metals

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cette montagne recèle des métaux précieux

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