Huis Clos Flashcards

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Chimney

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Une cheminée

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Les meubles

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Furniture

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Un fauteil

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An armchair

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Nonsense

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L’ânerie

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A tunnel

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Un entonnoir

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Subit

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Sudden

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ôter

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To take off/ to deprive

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S’épargner

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To spare yourself

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Intimacy

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La familiarité

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To turn up

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S’amener

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Jurer

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To swear

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Un pal

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A stake

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Songer

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To dream

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A mirror

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Une glace

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To sink

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S’enfoncer

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Le type

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Guy

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Se noyer

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To drown

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Without

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Hors/dépourvu

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A nightmare

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Un cauchemar

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Vanter

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To praise

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Paner

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To bet

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S’allonger

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To lie down

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Sofa/settee

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Un canapé

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To keep quiet

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Se taire

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Sauter
To jump
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Une coupure
A power cut/ interruption
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Gémir
To moan/ whine
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Suspicious
Soupçonneux
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An eyelid
Une paupière
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A curtain
Un rideau
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Teasing
Taquin
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Attrophié
Withering
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Anéantir
To destroy
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Humecter
To moisten
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A break
Un répit
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Snug/ cosy
Douillet
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Dedans
Indoors
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Parbleu
Of course
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Au bout de
At the end
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A corridor
Un couloir
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A switch
Un interrupteur
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Release date
Un jour de sortie
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Chicaner
To quibble
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Sursauter
To start/ jump (with surprise)
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Une sonnette
A doorbell
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Coincé
Jammed/ stuck up
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To get carried away
S'emballer
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Paper-knife
Un coupe-papier
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To shrug
Hausser les épaules
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Flatter
To stroke
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Un poing
A fist
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Se rasseoir
To sit back down
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To inquire
Se renseigner
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Disappointed
Déçu
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To be aware
Etre au courant de
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Sot
Stupid
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Regretter
To miss
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Le bourreau
Torturer
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A mistake
Une méprise
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Worn out
Rompu
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Look/appearance
La mine
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Assommant
Stifling/ boring
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Importun
Troublesome
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Se receuillir
To gather yourself
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Bolted
Verrouillé
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To move
Remuer
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A spinning top
Une toupie
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Demander pardon
To ask for forgiveness
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Se rendre compte de
To realise/ summarise
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Infliger
To inflict
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To succeed
Aboutir
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Constrictive
Contraignant
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To extend
Rallonger
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Se diriger vers
To head towards
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Pour quoi faire?
What for?
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To bury
Enfouir
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To relieve
Soulager
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Ugly
Laid
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Disposer
To arrange
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Bordeaux
Burgundy
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S'incliner
To yield
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To wilt
Se faner
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To kill/finish
Achever
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Mascara
Le rimmel
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Abruti
Idiot/idiotic
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Une balle
A bullet
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La casarne
Barracks
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To suspect
Se douter de
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Lost
Absorbé
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To worry about
Se préoccuper de
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Le front
Forehead
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Un veston
Jacket
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Une salle de rédaction
A writing room
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A woodlouse
Un cloporte
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To undress
Se déshabiller
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Sceller
To seal
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Vide
Empty
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Sleeves
Les manches
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Elbow
Un coude
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Shortsleeves
En bras de chemise
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Demeurer
To remain
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Étouffé
Smothered
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Le hasard
Chance/luck/fate
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Recoil
Un recu
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To get to the bottom of
Aller jusqu'au bout de
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Regulated
Réglé
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Un didascalle
Stage direction
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Fusiller
To shoot
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Diriger
To guide/ lead/ run
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Un enterrement
A funeral
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To make a mistake
Se tromper
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To fold/ cross
Croiser
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In short
En somme
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Craintif
Timid/fearful
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Orgueilleux
Proud
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Un vielliard
An old man
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Subalterne
Inferior/menial
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A handshake
Une poignée de main
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A clue
Un indice
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Jouer la comédie
To put on an act
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Assorti
Matching
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Posé
Controlled
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Raw (vegetables) | Crude/rough/rude
Cru
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Courts administration service
Le greffe
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Défendre à qqn de faire qqch
To forbid someone from doing
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Chanceller
To totter/stagger
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Une causeuse
A love seat
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To hurry/leap/rush
Se précipiter
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A mat/rug/carpet
Un tapis
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Nuire
To harm
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Une tirade
A monologue/soliloquy
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Un bavardage
A discussion
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Standing
Debout
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Distress/ despair
Le désespoir
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A game
Un manège
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Avoir affaire à
To have to deal with
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Le miroir aux alouettes
Lure/ enticement
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Apprivoisé
Tame
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To attempt to do something
Tâcher de faire qqch
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Awake
Éveillé
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Avoir du goût de revenez-y
To leave you wanting more
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Soulagé
Relieved
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En deuil
In mourning
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Reluctant
Réticent
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Achevé
Finished/ complete
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Hole
Un trou
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To remain
Demeurer
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However much
Avoir beau
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To struggle
Avoir de la peine
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Faire des mines
To make glances
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Un péché
A sin
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Apeuré
Frightened
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Bad-tempered
Colérique
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Worm
Vers
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A lout
Un goujat
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Une mulâtresse
A mixed raced mistress
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Dérisoire
Ridiculous
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Fracasser
To squash
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Hoarse
Rauque
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Ignobles
Disgusting
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Se pencher
To lean
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Un sanglot
A sob
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Se vouloir de qqn
To bear a grudge
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To muddle
Embrouiller
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To fan
éventer
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To be clear of the situation
Se tirer d'affaire
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La secousse
Tremor
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Chuchoter
To whisper
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S'embrasser
To kiss
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Frissoner
To shiver
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Tricks
Ruses
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Rotten
Pourrie
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To offer/lend
Prêter
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Guetter
To spy
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Un chevaux de bois
A carousel
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Lâchez prise!
Give up!
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To shake yourself off
Se secouer
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Help
Au secours
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Emmener
To take
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An idiot
Un niais
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The chest
La poitrine
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Thumbling
Petit Poucet
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Chavirer
To upset
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Le toupet
Cheek
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To fling
Flanquer
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To wallop
Cogner
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Le dépit
Bitterness
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Grelotter
To shiver
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Un salaud
A bastard
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To lock away (inf)
Coffrer
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To suffocate
Étouffer
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To guess
Deviner
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Dépité
Aggrieved
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Épier
To spy on
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La consigne
Order
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Denial
Le démenti
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Weary
Las
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Mettre la main au collet
To arrest
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Fin
Perceptive
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Tambouriner
To drum
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Clammy
Moite
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An octopus
Une pieuvre
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A swamp/ marsh
Un marécage
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Sortir ses griffes
To bear your claws
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Un trouble-fête
A spoil sport
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Les tenailles
Pliers
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Tweezers
Les pincettes (f)
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A whip
Un fouet
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Sulphuric acid
Le vitriol
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Bondir
To leap
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Se fouter de
To make fun of
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Une patte
A claw/ paw
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A love triangle
Un ménage à trois
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Twisted
Tordu
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Stifling
Étouffant
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Punchy
Percutant
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L'humour pince-sans-rire
Deadpan humour
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Incisif
Hurtful