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1
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agape/ open mouthed

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be’e

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eve, vigil-watchfulness

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veille

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watch, look after

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veiller

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reset, return, remit
set back, hand over,
deliver

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remettre

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5
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unconscious

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evanoui

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dreamy or daydreamer

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reveur

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7
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dread

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epouvante

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8
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such and such

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tel

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9
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tile, window pane

diamond (cards)

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carreau

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10
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recreant

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la^che

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alas

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he’las

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12
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bottled

stupid

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bouche’

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13
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to stiffen to tense

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raidir

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14
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immediately

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de’s que

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15
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stirring, rousing

catchy

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entrai^nant

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16
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shooter (slang)

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flingue

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17
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whitening

laundering

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blanchiment

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18
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drubbing

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a total defeat

a thrashing

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19
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whorl

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type of spiral or circular pattern

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20
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flounce

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go or move in an exaggeratedly impatient manner

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21
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swaddling

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age old practice of wrapping an infant in blankets

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22
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compendium

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brief compil. containing the main general principles of a larger work or system-
A CONDENSED SUMMARY

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23
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syllabus

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compendium containing the heads of a discourse and the like

OUTLINE OF A COURSE OF STUDIES

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24
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bramble

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prickly shrub

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25
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corollary

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deduction, inference

consequence, result

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26
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petulant

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irritable, peevish

contemptuous

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27
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gobbeldegook

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incomprehensible jargon of specialists

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28
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slinky e.

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thin, lank

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29
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tumescence

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becoming tumid, swallen

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30
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calciner

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reduce to a powder or friable substance by heat

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31
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braying

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making a harsh noise, blaring

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32
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gait

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manner of walking,

a march

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33
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spay

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to display, spread

spay, castrate

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34
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unbid

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not commanded

uninvited

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35
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gush

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to flow copiously

36
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cinder

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partly burned coal

37
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valedictory

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bidding farewell

38
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hardly, barely, with difficulty

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gue’re

39
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crooked, weird, rum

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biscournu

40
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dazed, stunned, awestruck

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abasourdi

41
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stand against

to lean

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adosser

42
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wall, partition

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paroi

43
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lower down

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contrebas

44
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untangle, straighten out

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de’brouiller

45
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to freeze

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figer

46
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to stack up, bundle

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gerber, gerbe

47
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to want to throw up infml

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avoir le gerbe

48
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to dodge

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esquiver

49
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splinter
flash
shine
fame

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e’clat

50
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grating rasping squeaky

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grincant

51
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to squash

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ecrabouiller

52
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to harm

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nuire

53
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irascible, quick tempered

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emporte’

54
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to carry away, sweep away

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emporter

55
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to rush

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foncer

56
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to collapse, to fade (dream)

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ecrouler

57
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to squat, crouch, bend down

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accroupir

58
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padlock

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cadena

59
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to guffaw

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s’eslaffer

60
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stare at, peer

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devisager

61
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to designate, to represent

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designer

62
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to dart, lay into

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foncer sur

63
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to travel, to glance through

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parcourir

64
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to bury

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enfouir, enterrer

65
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pile, stack, mound

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tas

66
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to thump

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assener

67
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telling

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assene’

68
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to knock, club

to bore to tears

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assomer

69
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to depress, to make sad or upset

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navrer

70
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to fall or collapse

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ecrouler

71
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rag

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chiffon

72
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to snigger

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ricaner

73
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smart, mischievous, cunning

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malin

74
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to flush out

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debusquer

75
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to drain, to wring out

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egoutter

76
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nook, recess, corner

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recoin

77
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waste

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dechet

78
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dash, dive, vigour

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e’lan

79
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to watch, be careful

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guetter

80
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to appear, to loom

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surgir

81
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tomcat

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matou

82
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stream, brook. treacle

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ruisseau

83
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to point out

to represent

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designer

84
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Haul down, lower

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affaler

85
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to swirl to whirl

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tourbilloner

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