Jo Nesbo 2

Question 1

Embrace, hug each other , untertwine, interlace

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S’enlacer
Enlacer embrace, hold, take in yr arms
Il l’enlaça pour la réconforter.

Question 2

Understand, twig, get v

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Piger
Je ne pige que dalle = je ne comprends rien. Commonly used .inf
Being completely clueless

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Gurgle v

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Glouglouter

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Speech, adresse n

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Discours m
Discourir de give a speech about, talk over
Descourir sur talk about, discuss

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Skip n

Cable car, telecabin

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Benne f

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Rubbish, garbage, litter

Swear word, obscenity

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Ordures nfpl

Ordure nf

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Cancel out, offset, compensate for, neutralise

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Contrebalancer

S’en balancer couldn’t care less about

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Internalise v

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Intérioriser
And hold sth in, swallow
Elle intériorise sa colère
Il a intériorisé le mode de vie japonaise

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Plea n

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Supplication f

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Rowdy, raucous, noisy adj

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Tapageur
Les voisins sont tapageurs ce soir
En entendant ces sanglots tapageurs

Question 11

Piece (music) n

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Morceau m
J’aime jouer ce morceau au piono
Elle trouve le morceau qu’elle cherche sur son ipod.
And lump, cube, bit, fragment, extract, passage
A collection of extracts un recueil de morceaux

Question 12

Fill out, put on weight

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S’étoffer

Develop, expand, fill out,pad étoffer

Question 13

Slumped, slouched adj

Crumpled, rumpled, shape less

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Avachi
Il s’était encore plus avachi sur son siège
Avachir to slump, flop down

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Bloke

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Gus

Question 15

Hoarse, huskh, rough, croaky adj

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Rauque
Il fume bc et sa voix est rauque
D’une voix rauque huskily adv

Question 16

Shoulder blade

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Omoplate f

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Paint pots

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Les bidons de peinture

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Tarp, tarpaulin, canvas sheet

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Bâche f

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Work boot

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Brodequin m

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Rot n
Corruption
Scumbag

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Pourriture f

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Tool box

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Une caisse à outils

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Back light, back lighting n

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Contre-jour m
Les objets en contre-jour
À contre-jour backlit, against the light

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Stepladder, stool

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Escabeau m

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Zigzag, twist and turn, bore into v

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Vriller

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Suppress, hold back, restrain v

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Réprimer | Réprimer un bâillement

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Den, lair | Retreat, hideaway

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Tanière f

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Teeth marks, bite

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Morsure f | Morsure de serpent

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Dream, fantasise v

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Fantasmer

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Coward n | Week, feeble, cowardly adj

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Lâche mf Ce soldat est un lâche Une attitude lâche

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Pliers, tongs

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Pince f Not pl! Pincé tight lipped adj

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Disapproving, critical adj

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Réprobateur | Sa moue réprobatrice exprimait....

Question 32

Cotton bud (ear ones)

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Coton-tige m

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Tarmac, tar, bitumen

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Goudron m | Goudron de pin

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Act like a fool/idiot, fool about, talk nonsense

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Déconner

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Swing n

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Balançoire f | Je pousse X sur la balançoire

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Sweetish, sickly sweet adj

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Douceâtre

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Ajar adj

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Entrouverte

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Hook, hanger, peg

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Patère f

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Jack (car)

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Cric m

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Ditch n

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Fossé m | Fosse , pit, grave

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reckless driver n

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Chauffard m

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Crime tape

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Les tresses de la police

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Swollen, puffed up adj

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Bouffi

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Sea gull, gull | Lice raft

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Mouette f

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Pacify, calm down v | Quench

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Apaiser S'apaiser Calm down, become calm Apaisement Cooling off' down, calming down

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Lucky charm, talisman

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Grigri m | Gri-gri

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Pinch, pilfer v

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Chaparder

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Handle, manage, get by

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Se débrouiller

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Vegie patch, vegetable garden

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Potager m

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Bobby pin hair clip

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Barrette f

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Ruin spoil damage

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Abimer

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Brush graze touch v | Scrape scratch

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Effleurer

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Smooth straighten touch re hair beard

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Lisser

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``` Junk cheap (object) Bargain n ```

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Pacotille f

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Bud | Zit

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Bourgeon m

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Grumpy, cranky,groutchy adj

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Grincheux

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Immature adj

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Immature

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Recovery, resumption, regrowth n

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Reprise f | And for TV shows repeated

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Boarding school

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Pension f

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Flash in the pan

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Un feu de paille

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Decline n

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Déchéance f

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Drug addict' junkie

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Toxicomane m

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Speechless quiet adj

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Coi

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Hungry, Famished, starving adj | Hungry for

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Affamé (de qch) Il est affamé de savoir Affamer v

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Raise, pick up, lift

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Relever

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Petty, mean adj

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Mesquin

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Hop up and down | Stamp yr feet

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Trepigner

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Scribble | Scrawl

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Gribouiller

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Double-sided' printed on both sides, front and back

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Recto verso | Write on the back écrire au verso

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Lampshade

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Abat-jour m

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Nursery rhyme

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Comptine m

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Puppy

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Chiot

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Ditto, lîkewise

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Itou

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Mud

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Boue f

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Darkness | Obscurity

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Ténèbres fpl

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Deafness, hearing loss

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Surdité f

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Be exhausted, dry up, run out

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Tarir | Even fig

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Ignorant , uncultivated adj

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Ignare

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Babble, prattle, chatter on, chatter away

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Babiller

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Housing estate, housing project

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Lotissement m

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Absence, lack, shortage | Defiency

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Manque m

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Filthy vile squalid adj

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Immonde

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Distant, remote adj | Distance n

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Lointain m

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Breath

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Haleine f À en perdre haleine breathlessly Il parla à en perdre haleine Courir à perdre haleine run lîke the wind

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Small garden

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Jardinet m

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Candle

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Chandelle f

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From now on

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Désormais

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Stare v

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Dévisager

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I sort it out myself

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Je vais me démerder tout seul

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Piss off, annoy, bothet

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Hérisser | Fig bristle

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Detect notice locate pick out | Identify

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Repérer

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Sow scatter sprinkle

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Semer

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Unearth find

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Dénicher

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Scrape scrub v

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Racler

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Start, jump w surprise

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Sursauter

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Absent minded

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Étourdi

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Slightly, a little | Lightly

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Légèrement | Il a l haussé le voix

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Great! | Brilliant!

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Génial

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Head for, towards

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Se diriger vers | Elle se dirige vers la sortie

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Again

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De nouveau

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As long as (time)

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Aussi longtemps que

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Think of sth, consider doing or think'of doing sth | Daydream

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Songer à qqc, songer à faire qqc Songer Je songe à m'installer à Sydney

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Knead, mix, beat

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Malaxer Il faut malaxer la pâte.... And il se malaxe le front

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Good grief! Good Lord! Goodness!

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Bon sang!

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Cluttered, littered, Congested, jammed Obstructed

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Encombré Even : the sky Le bureau était encombré de papiers Les rues étaient encombrées

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Mind intellect

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Esprit m

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Wait patiently v

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Patienter | Il patiente en lisant un livre

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Parking n

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Stationnement m | Le s est payant de 8 h à 18 h

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Traffic warden

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Contractuel m

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Warning n

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La mise en garde

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Enter

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Pénétrer dans | And touch, infiltrate

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Building n

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Édifice m

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Feast sl | Binge, slap-up

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Gueuleton m

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Paper cup, tumbler

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Gobelet m | Un gobelet en polystyrène à la main

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Ages ago

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Belle lurette f Il y a belle lurette que Ca fait b l que...

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Discuss, debate

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Débattre de Discuter sur Nous débattons de l'égalité des sexes

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Peak hours

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Aux heures de pointe

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Spirit soul | Heart and soul

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Âme f

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Home fig | Fold

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Bercail m | Il retourne au bercail après un an autour du monde

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Weave v

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Slalomer

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Butt rear end fam Hindquarters Haunch

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Arrière-train m

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Free mason

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Franc-maçon m

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Not trust, be suspicious of , beware of

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Se méfier de | Méfie-toi! Be careful!

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You speak shop!

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Tu parles boutique

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Worthy of, appropriate for

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Digne | Digne de