Deck 2 Flashcards

(200 cards)

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épouvantable

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dreadful

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espiègle, malicieux

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impish

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estime

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esteem

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estropié (n)

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cripple

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étable

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cowshed

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étancher (soif)

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to quench

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état, situation critique

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plight

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étinceler, miroiter

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to glisten

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étrange, bizarre

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quaint

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être l’auteur de

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to originate

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être souffrant

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to ail

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être trempé jusqu’aux os

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to be soaked to the skin

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évaluation, appréciation, expertise

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appraisal

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évaluer

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to assess

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évangile

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gospel

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évasion fiscale

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tax avoidance

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éventualité

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contingency

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éviter, esquiver, éluder

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to dodge, to sidestep

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évoquer

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to conjure up

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exagération

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overstatement

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excessif

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fulsome

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expédier

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to dispatch

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exploit, tour de force

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feat

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exposer

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to set out

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exprimer un sourire, une grimace
to grin
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exquis, raffiné
exquisite
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facilement
readily
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faible
feeble
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faire attention à
to pay heed to
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faire connaissance avec
to make acquaintance with
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faire des représailles
to retaliate
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faire la navette
to ply
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faire pénitence
to do penance
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faire ressembler à
to liken to
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faire tout un cirque
to kick up a fuss
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fallacieux
deceptive
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famille d'accueil
foster home
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farouche
coy
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faubourg, périphérie
outskirts
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faux, falsifié
spurious
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femme de ménage
charwoman
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fente, fissure, rupture
rift
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fente, rainure, ouverture
slit, slot
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fermé, partisan
clannish
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ferme, soutenu, optimiste, flottable
buoyant
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fiancé, jeune marié
bridegroom
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fiancée, jeune mariée
bride
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fidélité, obéissance
allegiance
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finalement
eventually
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fissure
crack
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flamboyer, évaser
to flare
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flâner, traîner
to loiter, to stroll
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fléau
plague
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foire
fair
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forcer, obliger
to compel
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formidable, splendide
gorgeous
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fou
loony
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fouiller, creuser
to delve
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fouillis, pagaille
jumble, muddle
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foulure, entorse
sprain, strain
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franc
outspoken
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frêle, fragile
frail
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frotter
to rub
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fuir, éviter
to shun
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furtif
sneaky
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gager
to pawn
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gémir
to groan
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gigantesque, abondant
lavish
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glissement, changement
shift
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glisser, onduler
to slither
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gonfler, enfler
to surge, to swell
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goutter, tomber doucement
to dribble
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grain, défaut
speck
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grange
barn
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gribouiller
to scribble
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griffe
claw
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grille, grillage
grid
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grimace, sourire
grin
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grogner, emmêler
to snarl
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grogner, gronder sans cesse
to nag
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gronder, réprimander
to scold
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habilement, avec talent / compétence
ably
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hacher
to mince
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hacher, tailler
to hack
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hanche
hip
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harceler, importuner, tourmenter
to badger, to plague
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herser, déchirer
to harrow
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hésiter
to dither
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HLM
tenement
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hypothèque
mortgage
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hypothèse
assumption
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Il faut s'y habituer
It takes some getting used to
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impartial
even handed
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impasse, pat (échecs)
stalemate
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imperfections
shortcomings
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impitoyable
ruthless
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imprimés, impressions
print-outs
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incessant
relentless
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incident
fault
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inclinaison, courbe
bend
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inconvénient
drawback
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incursion, raid
foray
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indulgent, doux
lenient
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inégal, modéré
patchy
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inerte
supine
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inondé
awash
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inquiétant
ominous
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inscrire, sauvegarder
to enshrine
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intellectuel
highbrow
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intervenir
to step in
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intervention, manigances
meddling
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intimider
to daunt
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intransigeant, inflexible
adamant
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inventaire
stocktaking
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irrité
sore
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je devrais y être habitué maintenant mais
I'd be used to it by now, but
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je ne peux pas la supporter
I can't abide her
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je parie que vous êtes épuisé
I bet you're exhausted
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jeu de fléchettes
darts
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jeu de mots
pun
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jeune prodige
whiz kid
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jeunes mariés
newlyweds
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joue
cheek
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joyau, perle (erreur)
gem
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joyeux, rudement
jolly
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juger, estimer
to deem
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jusqu'à présent
hitherto
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la houle
surge
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la voiture de mes rêves
the car of my dreams
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lâcher, baisser
to drop
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lamentable, lugubre, sombre
dismal
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lancer avec force
to hurl
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le cambrioleur court toujours
the buglar is still at large
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le coup de grâce
the final nail in his coffin
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lécher
to lick
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lent, impassible
stolid
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levure
yeast
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liaison
linkage
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libérer sous caution
to free on bail
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limer (ongles)
to file (nails)
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liquidation
winding up
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lit de camp
cot
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localiser
to spot
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location vente
hire purchase
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loucher
to squint
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louer, mettre/prendre en location
to rent
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louer, vénérer
to laud
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lugubre, sinistre, triste (tps)
dreary
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maîtriser
to overpower
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malveillant
malevolent
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manie, lubie
fod
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manif
mob
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masure, taudis
hovel
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maudire, jurer
to curse
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maussade
glum
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mauvaise herbe
weed
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mauvaise volonté
ill will
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médiocrité
meanness
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méditer sur
to muse on
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mélanger, brasser
to mash
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menottes
handcuffs
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menteur, mensonger
mendacious
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mépris, dédain
scorn
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mépriser, dédaigner
to despise, to scorn
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mériter
to deserve
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mettre en commun
to pool
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mettre fin, faire échouer
to scotch
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mince
slender
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modérer, calmer
to tamper
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monter (marée)
to come in (tide)
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moqueur, dérisoire
derisive, derisory
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morne, triste, livide
bleak
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mousse, écume
froth
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muet
dumb
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mûr
ripe
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murmurer
to mutter
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nain
midget, dwarf
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navette, train de banlieue
commuter train
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ne pas faire l'affaire
to be found wanting
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ne pas mâcher ses mots
not to mince words
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néant, nullité
nonentity
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neige fondue
sleet
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nombre impair
odd number
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nombre pair
even number
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nouveau-nés (éclosion)
hatchlings
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nuisible
deleterious
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nul
nil
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objecter
to demur
189
obstacle
hindrance
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odieux, antipathique
obnoxious
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oisif
idle
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opposant systématique
naysayer
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ordures
rubbish
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parcourir (texte)
to skim through
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parcours du combattant
assault course
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parents et amis
kith and kin
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parfum
scent
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particulier
peculiar
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partir comme une flèche
to shoot off/out
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passer au jet
to hose