Deck 1 Flashcards

(200 cards)

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à main armée, sous la menace

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at gunpoint

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à mon avis

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in my opinion

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3
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à peine

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barely

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à pic, raide

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steep

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aborder un problème

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to address an issue

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abroger, révoquer

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to repeal

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7
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absorber

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to soak up

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acclamer, grêler

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to hail

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additif

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dope

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10
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adopter progressivement

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to phase in

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affaiblir, altérer

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to impair

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affaire ratée, pétard mouillé

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damp squib

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agiter

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to stir

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agrafe, pince

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clamp

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agresser (main armée)

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to mug

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agression

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assault

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Ah oui, j’allais oublier !

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Oh yes, I almost forgot!

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18
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aisé, rupin

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well to do

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19
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aisselle

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armpit

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20
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alarmer, effrayer

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to startle

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21
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amende

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fine

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annuler, casser (jugt)

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to overrule

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apaiser, calmer (douleur)

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to soothe

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apaiser, modérer (peine, peur)

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to allay

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aperçu, coup d'oeil
glimpse
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apogée
climax
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ardoise
slate
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ardu
arduous
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arrière-pays
hinterland
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articulation, jointure
joint
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aspect, apparence
guise
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assainir
to cleanse
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assez long
longish
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assister à
to attend
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astucieux, malin
crafty
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au nom, pour
for the sake
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au préalable
beforehand
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aube
dawn
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avalanche
spate
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avantages
benefits
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avocat
solicitor, lawyer
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avoir beaucoup de mal à faire qch
to be hard pressed to do sth
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avoir mal au dos
to have an aching back
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avoir mauvaise conscience
to feel pang of conscience
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avoir un don/sens pour
to have a flair for
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babillage
babble
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baguette, bâton
baton
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balluchon, paquet, fagot
bundle
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banlieusard
commuter
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barbe
beard
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bas, rampant, vil
grovelling
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battant, rabat, clapet
flap
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bégayer
to stutter
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bétail
livestock
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bête
beast
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bière
ale
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blesser
to injure
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bleu, contusion
bruise
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bourdonner, fredonner
to hum
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bourrer, entasser
to shove
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bourse, subvention
grant
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bras en écharpe
arm in a sling
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brebis
ewe
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bricoler, tergiverser
to tamper with
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broyeur
crusher
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bruine
drizzle
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brutaliser, intimider
to bully
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c'est très gentil à vous
that's very nice of you
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cacher
to conceal
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calmer, faire taire
to hush
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canular
hoax
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carreau (textile)
check
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carrière (min.)
quarry
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caution, garantie
bail
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ce qui marche le mieux
what's known to work best
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ce serait une erreur de
it would be madness to
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céder
to give in
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cerf, daim
deer
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cerner
to beset
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chagrin, peine, douleur
grief
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chagriné, triste
sorrowful
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chavirer
to capsize
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chef d'accusation
count
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chêne
oak
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cheville
ankle
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chic
posh
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chiffon
rag
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chiffre
figure
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choisir, éliminer
to cull
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citer, coter
to quote
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clameur
hue
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clandestin
surreptitious
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clémence
mercy
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clou, ongle
nail
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coaguler
to clot
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cogner
to bash
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comme si
as though
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commencement
inception
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complet, total
comprehensive
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condamné d'avance
foredoomed
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condamner
to doom
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confiance
reliance
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conflit, choc, désaccord
clash
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confortable, douillet, à l'aise
cosy
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congédier
to sack
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connaitre comme le fond de sa poche
to know like the back of one's hand
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connaitre par coeur
to know by heart
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considérer, envisager
to regard
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consternation
dismay
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content de soi
complacent
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contestation, lutte
strife
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contre-coup
backlash
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contrecarrer
to balk
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convention, contrat
compact
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convoquer
to convene
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cordial, sincère
hearty
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couchette, évitage
berth
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coudre
to stitch
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coup de froid
cold snap
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courir le risque de
to run the risk of
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courroie, bretelle
sling
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couver (feu)
to smoulder
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couver (œuf)
to hatch
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crâneur
bigheaded
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crédule
gullible
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crépuscule
dusk
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crier
to scream
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crottin
dung
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cuisse
thigh
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dangereux
hazardous
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dans le coin
hereabouts
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danses folkloriques
barn dance
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dé à coudre
thimble
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de bonne humeur
cheerful
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de premier plan
front-line
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décennie
decade
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décharger, vider
to dump
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découvert (banq)
overdraft
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dédaigner, mépriser
to scorn, to despise
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déduire, conclure
to infer
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défricher
to grub up
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demander en mariage
to propose
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dépendances (maison)
outhouse
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déprécier, décrier
to disparage
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déroute, débâcle, débandade
stampede
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désaccord
disagreement
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descendre (marée)
to recede (tide)
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destin
fate
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détenu
inmate
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détournement de fonds
embezzlement
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détournement, enlèvement, rapt
abduction
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détours
deviousness
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devancer, anticiper
to forestall
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devancer, distancer
to outpace
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différer, être dissident
to dissent
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diminuer
to dwidle
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diriger
to steer
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distance, réserve
aloofness
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divergence, dissidence
dissent
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dogme, opinion
tenet
161
domination
sway
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don pour
flair for
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donner la fessée
to slap
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donner une tape
to pat
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dot
dowry
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doter de
to endow with
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douche froide, rabat-joie
damper
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douleur, angoisse
pang
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doux, humble
meek
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draguer
to chat up
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dramaturge
playwright
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droit, taxe
fee
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du à
owing to
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duper, attraper
to trick
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dur, affreux
dire
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dur, sévère
stern
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dynamisme
drive
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eaux d'égouts
sewage
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échanger, troquer
to swap
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éclat
glare
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économie, épargne
thrift
182
effroi
fright
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élan
impetus
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éliminer progressivement
to phase out
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elle a les oreilles décollées
her ears stick out
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éloges, louanges
praise
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emprunter
to borrow
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en civil
plainclothes
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en friche
in fallow
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en liberté
at large
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encombrement, pagaille
clutter
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encourager, parrainer
to foster
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enfoncer, pousser
to thrust
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engorgement, surabondance, encombrement (marché)
glut
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énigme, devinette
riddle
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entasser
to heap
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entourer de, renfermer dans
to encompass with, in
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entraîner
to entail
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entreprise individuelle
one-man business
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épargnes
savings