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1
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échelle

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ladder

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selle

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saddle

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revanche

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revenge

en revanche - on the other hand

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évolué

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enlightened, civilized

evolved

Il n’est pas très évolué

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effluve

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aroma (both nausea-inducing and agreeable)

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détraqué

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broken down (machinery)

deranged (person, inf)

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garant

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guarantee

guarantor

être garant de quelqu’un - vouch for someone

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griser

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to exhilarate

to intoxicate

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enflure

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swelling

bastard (inf)

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dénaturé

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denaturated (alcohol)

warped, unnatural, distorted (person)

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pavé

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cobblestone

faire le pavé - walk the streets

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chantage

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blackmail

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efforcer

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to try hard to do

s’efforcer de comprendre

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dispos

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refreshed

in good form

avoir l’esprit dispos

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voile

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veil

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libidineux

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libidinous

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sillage

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trail of parfume

wake of a boat or plane

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carcan

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political, educational, or administrative constraints

institutional rigidity

vice-like grip

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empresser

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to hasten to do

to fuss over

s’empresser de faire

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caracole

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to be well ahead

to parade

caracoler en tête

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repousser

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to grow again

to repel, push back

to postpone

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avertir

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to inform

to warn

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désabusé

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disillusioned, cynical

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plongée

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diving

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refus

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refusal

c’est un motif valable de refus

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bastingage

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ship’s rail

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illustre

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illustrious

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dessein

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intention

design

grand dessein

à dessein (by design)

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acharner

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to persevere

to try desperately to do

to hound

s’acharner à faire

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assouvissement

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satisfaction, assuagement

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exploit

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feat, achievement

Quel exploit!

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dernièrement

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recently, lately

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détaler

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to bolt, dash off, run off

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envoler

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to fly off

to be blown away

to soar (a price)

to vanish

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pitrerie

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clowning around

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culbute

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somersault

collapse (of a bank, regime)

faire la culbute

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avènement

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accession, advent

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abruti

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stupid

moron

espèce d’abruti

ne prends pas cet air abruti

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poignard

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dagger

coup de poignard (dans le dos)

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rescousse

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rescue

appeler quelqu’un à la rescousse

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surenchérir

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to chime in, to add

to outbid

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impair

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odd-numbered

indiscretion, faux pas

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éternuer

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to sneeze

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ailé

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winged

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baver

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to drool, to slobber

to leak

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vouer

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to vow

to hold a sentiment

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empressement

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eagerness

attentiveness

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bribes

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snatches, bits and pieces

par bribes

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affairer

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to bustle about

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incompris

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a misunderstood person

un artiste incompris

c’est un incompris

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claudiquer

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to limp

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sibyllin

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mysterious and prophetic

sibylline

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reprise

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resumption

recapture

revival

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farouchement

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fiercely, doggedly

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désapprobateur

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disapproving

d’un air désapprobateur

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nanti

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well-off

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prodiguer

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to lavish

to give

prodiguer des excuses à quelqu’un

prodiguer ses efforts

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courbette

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bow down

faire des courbettes

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bafouer

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to scorn

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narquois

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mocking

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intraitable

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inflexible

je serai intraitable là-dessus

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pelisse

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fur-trimmed coat

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glapir

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to screech, shriek

to yap or bark (bird)

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intempéries

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bad weather

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fleuret

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fencing foil

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cavalier

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impertinent

horseperson

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bousculer

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to bump into; to knock about

to rush

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renifler

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to sniff

to snort

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borne

A

limit, boundaries

post

kilometer

dépasser les bornes

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supercherie

A

deception

user de supercherie

71
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fripon

A

mischievous

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pavot

A

poppy

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fouetter

A

flog

hit

il n’y a pas de quoi fouetter un chat

avoir d’autres chats à fouetter

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dénommé

A

by the name of

75
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éventer

A

to discover

to fan oneself (avec un éventail)

to go stale

le secret est éventé

76
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miroiter

A

to shimmer

faire miroiter qch à qn

77
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affubler

A

deck out in fancy clothes

s’affubler de / affubler qn de

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moelleux

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thick, soft, mellow

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enjoué

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cheerful, jovial, light-hearted

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mousseux

A

fizzy, frothy

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vautrer

A

sprawl, loll

se vautrer dans un fauteuil

82
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démesuré

A

excessive

immoderate

83
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pèlerine

A

cape

84
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cran

A

notch, hole

to be edge: être à crans

85
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périphérique

A

peripheral

86
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tourné

A

turned towards

turned sour

on tour

round of drinks

beating

87
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habileté

A

skill

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baluchon

A

bundle

faire son baluchon

89
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débordant

A

overactive (imagination)

overflowing (emotion)

débordant de vitalité/d’énergie

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hardi

A

bold, risqué

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affluer

A

to flock

to rush to

to pour in

92
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jongler

A

to juggle

jongler avec les chiffres

93
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aveu

A

confession

faire des aveux

de son propre aveu

94
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patibulaire

A

sinister-looking

à la mine patibulaire

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barbiche

A

goatee

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constater

A

to notice

to ascertain, establish

comme tu peux le constater

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bâtisseur

A

builders

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estrade

A

platform

99
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savamment

A

learnedly

adroitly

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escadrille

A

squadron

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assouplissement

A

softening

relaxation

s’attendre à un assouplissement de la politique d’austérité

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gré

A

to someone’s liking, will, taste

by chance

contre le gré de quelqu’un

trop violent à mon gré

au gré des circonstances

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prédire

A

to predict

prédire quelque chose à quelqu’un

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entamé

A

under way, started

la journée était bien entamée

le sandwich était à peine entamé

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empiffrer

A

to stuff oneself with

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désopilant

A

hilarious

une histoire désopilante

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miette

A

crumb

bits, pieces

donne m’en juste une miette

réduire en miettes

108
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siffloter

A

to whistle to oneself

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épanchement

A

outpouring

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râpeux

A

rough

rasping

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parcelle

A

small amount

plot of land

parcelle de verre

il n’y a pas une parcelle de vérité là-dedans

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lambeau

A

rag, scrap

strip, ribbon

des vêtements en lambeaux

tomber en lambeaux

des lambeaux de conversation

113
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galeux

A

scabby

mangy

peeling or decrepit building

chien galeux

114
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pelé

A

mangy animal

threadbare

115
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tanière

A

den

lair

hovel

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aménager

A

convert

equipping an apartment

117
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déplacer

A

to move (physical or thru time)

to shift

to travel

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faufiler

A

to slip into

to creep into

119
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crouler

A

to collapse

to be weighed down by or inundated with

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malencontreuse

A

unfortunate

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cachette

A

hiding place

sortir de sa cachette

en cachette - il fume en cachette

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bûche

A

log

tumble/fall

prendre bûche

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dépot

A

warehouse, storehouse

deposit

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quolibet

A

jibe

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bourrasque

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gust, flurry

souffler en bourrasques

126
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être sous la coupe de

A

be under the control of

127
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punaise

A

drawing pin

mean woman

exclamation - heck!

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retentir

A

to ring out, resound

to have an impact on

retentir en quelqu’un

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livrer

A

to deliver

to hand over

to abandon, surrender

to confide

to devote oneself to

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palier

A

stair landing

plateau

l’inflation a atteint un palier

131
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confondre

A

to confuse

to merge

to coincide

notre avenir se confond avec celui de l’Europe

132
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entamer

A

to undertake

to undermine

to eat into

to cut into

133
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effleurer

A

to touch lightly, to graze

le livre ne fait qu’effleurer la question

134
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poêle

A

stove

frying pan

passer quelque chose à la poêle

135
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indomptable

A

indomitable, untamable

avec une énergie indomptable

136
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recoin

A

corner, recess

tous les coins et les recoins

137
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rejeton

A

offspring

138
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procuration

A

power of attorney

donner une procuration à quelqu’un

139
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assistance

A

aid - assistance financière

audience

140
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louche

A

shady, seedy

141
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lave

A

lava

142
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clarionner

A

to proclaim from the rooftops

143
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déclamer

A

to declaim

144
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étiquette

A

tag, label - porter une étiquette

etiquette

145
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désemparer

A

distraught

at a loss

in distress

146
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proie

A

prey

idionm: lâcher la proie pour l’ombre

147
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dérobé

A

concealed

furtive

148
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assener

A

to hurl, hit

assener un coup à quelqu’un

une réplique bien assénée

149
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subvenir

A

to meet a need

subvenir aux besoins du pays de la région

subvenir aux besoins de sa famille

150
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claque

A

slap

donner une claque à quelqu’un

en avoir sa claque

151
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déteindre

A

to fade

to run (color)

to run off

déteindre au lavage

152
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flasque

A

flabby, flaccid, slack

flask

153
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sépultre

A

grave

burial

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remettre

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to put back

to hand over - remettre quelque chose à quelqu’un

155
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craque

A

tall story

156
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laitue

A

lettuce

157
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redresser

A

to straighten up

to improve

redresser la situation

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pou

A

louse

avoir des poux

nitpick - chercher des poux

to be ugly - être laid comme un pou

159
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attachante

A

charming, engaging

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