L'étranger 1

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ajouter

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to add

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tasser (contre un militaire

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to cup (se tasser is to shrink)

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cahots

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jolts

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brassard

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armband

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soutien

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support (noun)

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asile

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asylum

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se gêner

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to be ashamed

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bourdonner

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to buzz

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frelons

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hornet

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morgue

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arrogance, haughtiness but also mortuary and morgue

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aveugler

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to blind

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épaississant

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thickener, thickening

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épaissir

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to thicken? yup

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veiller

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to stay awake, to be on the watch

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empiler

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to pile up, to stack both i and t

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tricoter

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to knit

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réchauffer

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to reheat or to warm up – se réchauffer is to get warmer

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lueur

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light

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nid

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den, lair, nest

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hocher

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to nod

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dodiliner

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to nod

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se pencher

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to bend, to lean out/over/into/toward, to look into

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reins

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loin, kidney, back

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pénible

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hard, painful, tiresome

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vieillard

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elderly people

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faire un peu de toilette

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to get washed up a little bit

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rougeurs

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redness, blushing

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cour

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court, yard, courtyard

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ôter

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to remove, to take off

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trêve

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truce, respite

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rangés

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orderly, gathered around

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plumier

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pencil box

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infirmière

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nurse

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blafard

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wan,
(of a person’s complexion or appearance) pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion : she was looking wan and bleary-eyed. See note at pale .
• (of light) pale; weak : the wan dawn light.
• (of a smile) weak; strained.

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déléguée

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delegate

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bouchonner

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to rub down, to caress, to crowd someone

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pompes funèbres

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mortician

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ne … guère

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scarcely

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l’espèce

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species, sort, kind

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encensor

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noun - censer, thurible (a container in which incense is burnt)

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enfoncer

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transitive: to drive in, to push in, to hammer in, to drive into, to push something down onto, to break open, to cause to cave in, to smash, to thrash, to beat
intransitive: to sink in, to give way

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rayé

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striped, scratched (rayer=to scratch)

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auparavant

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first, beforehand, previously

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averti

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well-informed, informed

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enterrement

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burying, funeral procession, burial, funeral

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puéril

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childish

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prêtre

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preist

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soulier

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low heeled shoes

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ourlée

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hemmed, rimmed