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L'étranger (Chap. 1) Flashcards

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ronflement

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hum, roar

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une attente

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wait; expectation

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mêler

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to mix, mix up

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la chair

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flesh

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le pantin

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jumping jack; puppet

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un villageois

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villager

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le vernis

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varnish, glaze; veneer

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la ride

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wrinkle, ripple

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étaler

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to spread, display

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écouler

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to sell off, dispose of

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ruisseler

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to stream; drip with sweat

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trempé

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drenched, soaking

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énervement

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irritation, nerviness

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la insolation

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sun stroke; period of sunshine

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la tempe

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temple (forehead)

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rattraper

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to recapture, catch up with

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une nuée

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swarm, flock

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(le) l’encens

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incense

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terne

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dull

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laqué

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lacquered

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le goudron

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tar; asphalt

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gluant

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sticky, gummy

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pétri (de)

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steeped in

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le cocher

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coachman

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Cocher

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to tick, notch

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enfoncer

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to drive in, push in/down

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insoutenable

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unbearable, untenable

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gorgé de

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bursting with, drenched with

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un éclat

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fragment; brightness

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éclater

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to burst; to break out

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perler

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to form in droplets

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la goutte

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drop

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la sueur

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sweat

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le feutre

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felt hat

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se hâter

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to hurry

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le crâne

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skull

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essuyer

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to dry, wipe

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éventer

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to fan, uncover

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couler

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to flow, run

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le crépitement

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crackling, rattle

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bourdonner

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to buzz, hum

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déprimant

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depressing

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tressaillir

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to shudder, quiver

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débordant

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unbounded, exuberant

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la trêve

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truce, respite

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truffé

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stuffed with, riddled with

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ballant

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dangling

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ourlé

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hemmed

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blafard

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wan

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peser

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to weigh; to weigh on

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ôter

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to take off, remove

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un col

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collar

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une étoffe

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material, fabric

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le nœud

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knot

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le soulier

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shoe

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tire-bouchonner

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to twirl

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la calotte

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skullcap; slap

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une aile

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wing

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mol, mou, molle

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soft, flabby

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une allure

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speed, pace; look

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un plumier

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pencil box

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osseux

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bony

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incliner

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to tilt; to incline

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la vis

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screw

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régler

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to adjust, to settle

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baisser

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to lower, turn down

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le chœur

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choir, chorus

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guère

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scarcely, not many/much

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accru

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increased

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accroître

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to increase

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les rougeurs

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red blotches; redness

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le remue-ménage

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commotion

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rayé

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striped, scratched

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interpeller

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to call out to; take in for questioning

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les pompes funèbres (fem.)

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undertakers, morticians

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auparavant

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first, beforehand

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ordonner

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to organize, arrange; to order

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veiller

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to stay awake, keep watch; to sit with (the dead)

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en l’espèce

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in the case in point

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accorder

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to grant; to match

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la cendre

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ash

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incommode

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inconvenient, uncomfortable

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un arrachement

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a tearing

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à carreaux

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checked pattern

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cracher

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to spit; burp

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tousser

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to cough

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la verrière

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glass roof, window

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le menton

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chin

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tassé

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packed down, crammed

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sucer

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to suck

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à la longue

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in the end

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penible

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hard, painful

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les reins (m. pl.)

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back

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le soupir

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sigh

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renifler

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to sniff

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bredouiller

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to mumble

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secouer

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to shake

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pencher

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to tilt, lean

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la canne

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walking stick

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le sanglot

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sob

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morne

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dismal, glum

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affaissé

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sagging

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dodeliner

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nod one’s head

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un tic

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tic, twitch

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saluer

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to greet; to wave at

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hocher

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to nod, shake one’s head

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bomber

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to bulge

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ressortir

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to go out again; to stand out

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le cordon

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string, lace

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grincer

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to creak

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la courbe

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curve

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la blancheur

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whiteness

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un frôlement

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light touch

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somnoler

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to doze

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la cafetière

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coffee pot

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la coutume

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custom

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empiler

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to pile, stack up

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éclabousser

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to splash

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épaissir

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to thicken

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le commutateur

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electrical switch

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le corbillard

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hearse

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le frelon

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hornet

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en arrière

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behind

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le teint

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complexion

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tortiller

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to twist, twiddle

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dévisser

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to unscrew, undo

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bégayer

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to stammer

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un foulard

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scarf

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le sarrau

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smock

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une planche

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plank, board

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le couvercle

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pot lid; aerosol cap

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au bout de

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at the end of, after

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impressionner

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to impress; to trouble

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assourdir

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to deafen, muffle

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taire

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to keep to oneself, to keep quiet

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se taire

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to fall silent, keep quiet

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la perruche

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parakeet

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le chevalet

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easel

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d’entre eux

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of them

  • aucun d’entre eux: none of them
  • deux d’entre eux: two of them
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tout compte fait

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on the whole

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la garde

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guard, watch

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subvenir aux besoins de qn

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to meet one’s needs

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serrer

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to grip, squeeze

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le congé

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holiday, leave, time off

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pareil

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the same; such

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le deuil

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mourning, bereavement

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revêtir

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to put on, to take on

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la peine

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sorrow, trouble

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étourdi

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scatter-brained, thoughtless

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un brassard

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armband

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la course

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running, rush

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un cahot

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jolt, bump

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une essence

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gas; essence, extract

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assoupi

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dozing

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à l’égard de

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towards, concerning

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