French Vocab 10 Flashcards

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cause, reason, case

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une cause

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obliging, indulgent

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complaisant(e)

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turning point, change of direction, bend

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le tournant

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hefty

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baraqué(e)

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needle

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une aiguille

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to extricate oneself from

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se dépêtrer de

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pity

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l’apitoiement (m)

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inadvertently

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mégarde

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shameful

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inavouable

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evasion

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une dérobade

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fit/bout of depression

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un accès de déprime

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rocky, stony

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rocailleux (euse)

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empty, vague

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en l’air

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bitter

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amèr(e)

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den, lair, hovel

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une tanière

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to tear sb off a strip

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remonter les bretelles à qn

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how will you go about it?

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comment vas-tu t’y prendre?

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to demean oneself, to lower oneself

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déchoir

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so

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en sorte que

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modest, self conscious, discreet

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pudique

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enclosed

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ci-joint

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to resit/retake an exam

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se représenter à un examen

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heaviness, dullness, inertia

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la pesanteur

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to delude oneself with

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se bercer de

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to cram (exam)
bachoter
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mock exam
un examen blanc
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to make do with, to settle for
se rabattre sur
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number of students/pupils, workforce
un effectif
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to sneak into, slip into
se glisser
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story teller
un/une affabulateur (trice)
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pleasure, charm, approval, agreement
un agrément
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to be crazy about
raffoler de
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lumbering, clumsy
pataud(e)
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live wire
un/une boute-en-train
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face
une bouille
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flattering, gratifying, sycophantic
flatteur/ flatteuse
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partitioned, coompartmentalised
cloisonné(e)
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he’s a bit surly
il est un peu ours
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evidence, statement
une disposition
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acquired
acquis(e)
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stamp, plug, buffer, swab
un tampon
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regular
un/une habitué(e)
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armful of, (whole) host of
une brassée de
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to try to be, to be meant to be, to like to think of oneself as
se vouloir
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wind tunnel, blower, bellows
la soufflerie
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to patch up
rafistoler
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to do, to drive, to open a file on
ficher
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galley, also hell, mess
la galère
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in the corridors of power
sous les lambris (panelling, marble walls) m pl
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to fulfil, achieve, to make, carry out, also realise
réaliser
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to draw on, to draw on one’s savings
puiser, puiser dans ses économies
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levy, puncture (medical eg lumbar)
une ponction
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savings, nest egg
une pécule
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stingy
radin(e)
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(slow) progession, course, evolution
le cheminement
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hold, influence
une emprise
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to tip the scales
faire pencher la balance
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opposing view, counter argument, equivalent
la contrepartie
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to line up, to get in line, to pull in, pull over
se ranger
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support
l’appui (m)
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explosive
détonant(e)
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flat refusal
un non-recevoir
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to increase, make more expensive, to add, to go one step further
renchérir
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all the more reason
d’autant plus
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well and truly, definitely
bel et bien
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steam roller
un rouleau compresseur
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give and take
le donnant-donnant
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to strike a chord
faire vibrer la corde
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further enquiry
un complément d’enquête
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villainous
crapuleux (euse)
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immunity, impunity
l’impunité (f)
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excessive, inordinate
démesuré(e)
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cure, medicine
un remède
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to make one’s mind up
se décider
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to make a hole in
écorner
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to relent, to let oneself be swayed
se laisser fléchir
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detail, accuracy, precision
une précision
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show-off
frimeur (euse)
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uncouth
plouc
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agile, nimble, also risqué
leste
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party animal
un/une noceur/noceuse
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to hate
haïr
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to have the gift of the gab
avoir du bagou
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malicious gossip
un ragot
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arrangement, agreement
un accommodement
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well known, notorious
notoire
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ulterior motive
une arrière-pensée
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pleading, imploring
suppliant(e)
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untimely, misplaced
intempestif (ive)
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wait, expectations
une/les attente(s)
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chain, sequence
un enchaînement
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shameful
inavouable
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round, rounded
arrondi(e)
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to attach
accoler
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paralysed with terror
glacé d’épouvante
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little finger
l’auriculaire (m)
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correction
une rectification
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NG tube
une sonde gastrique
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lever, joystick
la manette
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horror story/film
un roman/film épouvante
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ring finger
l’annulaire
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gear, paraphernalia
l’attirail (m)
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rough, rasping
râpeux/ râpeuse
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to rattle, shake, weaken
ébranler
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gruel, baby cereal
la bouillie
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one armed, one handed
manchot/manchotte
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case
un étui
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to mumble
bafouiller
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fellow creature, own kind
un/une semblable
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straw (to drink through)
un chalumeau
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to breathe in, inhale, to suck up
aspirer
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to scold
houspiller
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to defuse, drain
désamorcer
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switch
un commutateur
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corner, corner cupboard/shelves
une encoignure
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binocular/glasses case
un étui à jumelles /lunettes
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to be scolded
se faire houspiller
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back (of a chair)
un dossier
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it’s raining hard
il pleut comme vache qui pisse
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to reach, gain, achieve
parvenir à
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it’s raining cats and dogs
il pleut des cordes
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it’s very dry
il fait sec
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it’s drizzling
il bruine
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it’s sleeting
il grêle
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there’s thunder about
il tonne
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to succeed
parvenir
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the weather is oppressive
il fait lourd
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it’s dewy
il y a de la rosée
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torrential rain
les pluies sont diluviennes
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to achieve one’s aim
parvenir à son but
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the weather is dull
le temps est maussade
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it’s raining
il flotte
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it’s freezing
ça caille
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it’s awful weather
il fait un temps de chien
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flash of lightening
un éclair
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gusts of wind
il y a des bourrasques
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to be freezing, also curdle, congeal
cailler
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to send something to someone
faire parvenir quelques choses à quelqu’un
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thunder
le tonnerre
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quail
une caille
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lightening
la foudre
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to gust
souffler en bourrasques
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it’s very cold
il fait un froid de canard
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clap of thunder
un coup de tonnerre
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tie, string, rope, strap
une attache
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hook, staple
une agrafe
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the building was struck by lightning
la foudre est tombée sur le bâtiment
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paper fastener
une attache parisienne
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it’s cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
on se les caille ici
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to cough and splutter
crachoter
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matrix
la matrice
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sound proofing
l’insonorisation
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ugliness
la raideur
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hem, edge
un ourlet
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pearly
nacré(e)
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on your marks, get set, go
attention, top, partez
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pip, beep
un top
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just like that
d’un seul coup
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swish, lisp
un chuintement
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master painting
une toile de maître
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it’s delicious
je me régal
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committee united behind its chairman
un comité bien soudé autour de son président
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skull cap
une calotte
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light green
vert clair
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cloth, canvas
la toile
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to treat to a delicious meal, to treat, to pay the bill
régaler
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sleeve, round (cards), game
la manche
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handle, neck (guitar), knuckle, clumsy idiot
le manche
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sea green
vert d’eau
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linen, hemp, cotton
toile de lin, chanvre, coton
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dark green
vert foncé
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to curl up, huddle up
recroqueviller
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that is to say
à savoir
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to court, woo
courtiser
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conjuring trick, wangling
un tour de passe-passe
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to get one’s hands dirty
mettre les mains dans le cambouis
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you and your like
vous et vos congénères (derogatory)
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forces of opposition
le contre-pouvoir
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to reduce, weaken
amoindrir
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to take to pieces, debone
désosser
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shock and awe
le choc et la stupeur
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gust, flurry
une rafale
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rioter
un émeutier, une émeutière
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striking
saisissant
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wrath, ire
le courroux
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right to citizenship by birth
le droit du sol
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refuge, sanctuary, asylum
l’asile (m)
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to oust, evict
évincer
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to exhaust oneself, to become exhausted
s’épuiser
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to be indignant
s’indigner
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saver
un/une épargnant(e)
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familiarisation, addiction
une accoutumance
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standard, flag
un étendard
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crossroads, crossing, junction
un croisement
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without necessarily
sans pour autant
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to rally, win over
rallier
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negotiation
une tractation
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haggling
le marchandage
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hideous, ugly, dreadful, despicable, awful
affreux (euse)
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to secure on something
gager sur qch
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beehive
la ruche
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the object of his/her desire
l’objet de sa convoitise
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crumb
une miette
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screw
un vis
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beads of sweat formed on his/her face
la sueur perlait sur son visage
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to rally to, to join, to come round to
se rallier à
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under negotiation
en tractation
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to haggle
faire du marchandage
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to surround, encircle
ceinturer
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lacking, devoid
dénué
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to suppose that
gager que
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to treat somebody like an invalid/like one’s son
traiter quelqu’un en malade/comme son fils
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artless, simple, naive, gullible
naïf, naïve
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devoid of inventiveness
dénué d’inventivité
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herring
un hareng
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to digest
digérer
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a senseless act
un acte dénué de sens
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smoked herring, kipper
un hareng saur
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bit by bit
par bribes
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brain, mind
un cerveau
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for all that
pour autant
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to escape from, avoid
soustraire
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unshakeable, unwavering
inébranlable
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escalation, higher bid
une surenchère
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blessing or curse
un bienfait ou fléau
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to bury one’s face in the cushions
enfouir son visage dans les coussins
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to be plain for all to see, also flaunted, to spread
s’étaler
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blight
un fléau
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sensitive to the cold
frileux (euse)
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deception, hoax
une supercherie
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to take up position, to entrench oneself
se retrancher
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frost, ice
le givre
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to put somebody back on their feet
remettre quelqu’un à flot
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clumsiness
la maladresse
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undermine, shake, also initiate, start
entamer
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to use deception
user de supercherie
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forgive my clumsiness
excusez ma maladresse
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flood, stream, torrent
un flot
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I’m so clumsy
je suis d’une maladresse
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to come first/last
arriver en tête/en queue
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to take precedence
faire primer
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unpredictable, insecure, risky
aléatoire
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to want nothing to with, stay away from, to avoid, to steer clear of
bouder
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smokescreen
un trompe-l’œil
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a big leap into the unknown
un grand saut dans l’inconnu
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insane
insensé(e)
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bible (figurative)
le bréviaire
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scribble, scrawl
un gribouillage
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