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Le Petit Nicolas Vocab Flashcards

1
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Boiter

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To limp

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Reculler

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To back up

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Brillantine

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Hair oil/gel

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Insupportable

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Unbearable/intolerable (person’s behavior)

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Étonné

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Amazed/Astonished

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Bocal

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Jar/bowl

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Épatante

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Impressive/splendid/amazing

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Mouillé

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Wet/damp

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Être coincé

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To be in a jam/ to be stuck or wedged

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Engin

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Machine/equipment/contraption/gadget

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Tartine (de confiture)

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Slice (of bread w/jam)

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La maîtresse

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Teacher (female)

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Propre

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Clean

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14
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Bien coiffé

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Have your hair done neatly

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Habillé en

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Dressed in

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Les jouets

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Toys

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Sinon

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Otherwise/if not/except

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18
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S’en aller

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To go away

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19
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Un appareil

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Camera

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Rater

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To miss

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21
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Le chouchou

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Teacher’s pet

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22
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C’est dommage!

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That’s too bad!

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23
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Donner un coup de poing

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To punch

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Se mettre à (commencer à)

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To begin

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25
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Se passer

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To take place/to happen

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Le rang

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Row

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27
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Par terre

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On the ground

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28
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La caisse

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The crate

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29
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La cave

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The cellar

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30
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Avoir l’air

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To seem

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31
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Drôlement

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Amusingly

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32
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De retour

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Returning/upon returning

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33
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Lâcher

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To let go/release

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34
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Faire la guignol

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To act like a clown

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35
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Se salir

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To get dirty

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36
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Ce n’est pas grave

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It’s not serious/no harm done

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37
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À part

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Except

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38
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Le casque

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Helmet

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39
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Faire des histoires

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To make a fuss

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40
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Tirer les oreille

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To pull the ears

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41
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Mettre en colère (se fâcher)

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To get angry

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42
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Sagement

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Wisely/properly/quietly

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43
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Obtiner (des enfants)

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To win over

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44
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Jusqu’au bout

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To the end

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45
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Un avertissement

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A warning

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46
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Se tenir

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To behave

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S’installer

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To settle down/to find a place (i.e., when lining up)

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In petit bonhomme

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A kettle fellow/fella

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49
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Cesser/arrêter

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To stop

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50
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Mordre

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To bite

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51
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Tellement

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So/really

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52
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C’est gagné!

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That’s just great! (Sarcasm)

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53
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Racler

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To scrape away/off

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54
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La tache

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Stain

55
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Tandis que

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While

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Le désordre

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Disorderliness

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Croiser

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To pass by

58
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Donner in coup de pied

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To kick

59
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Esquiver

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To dodge/evade

60
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Empêcher

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To prevent/stop

61
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Hurler

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To scream

62
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Moucher

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To blow one’s nose

Slang: to put someone in their place

63
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Chercher noise à quelqu’un

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To pick a quarrel with someone

64
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Des tas de = beaucoup de

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A lot of

65
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Prendre la pose

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To strike a pose

66
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Faire un joli sourire

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To smile big

67
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Fairs de la peine à quelqu’un

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To hurt someone

68
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Les affaires

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Things/stuff

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Une panoplie

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An outfit

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Le képi

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A French military cap

71
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Les menottes

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Handcuffs

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Le bâton

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Stick or pole/baton

73
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Le sifflet à roulette

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Whistle

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Un ceinturon

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Uniform belt (such as police utility belt)

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Les cartouches

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Cartridge for a gun

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En bois

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Made of wood

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Un étui

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A holster

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La crosse

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The butt of a revolver

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Une hache

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A hatchet

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Une plume

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A feather

81
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Se déguiser

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To dress up/disguise (to play dress-up)

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En mouton

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Made of sheepskin

83
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Un gilet en cuir

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A leather vest

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À carreaux

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Checkered

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Des éperons

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Spurs

86
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Un fusil

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A gun

87
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Une flèche

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An arrow

88
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Un mouchoir

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A handkerchief/bandana

89
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Chouette

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Great/awesome

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Le goûter

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Afternoon snack

91
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Embêter

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To pester/ bother

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Embêtant

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Annoying

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Le croupion

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Bottom

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En tout cas

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In any case/anyway

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Tu me fais rigoler

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You make me laugh

96
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Donner une gifle

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To slap

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Fairs pan

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To smack your bottom

98
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Ti m’as eu coyote

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A reference to Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote

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Donner des tapes

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To hit

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La culotte

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Pants/underwear

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Un voleur

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A thief

102
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Prendre

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To hang

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Volaille

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Slang for cops or also for women

104
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Pourtant

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Nevertheless/even so

105
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Se battre

A

To fight

106
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Le manche

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The handle

107
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Toc!

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Knock! (onomatopoeia)

108
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Attendre à quelqu’un chose

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To expect something

109
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De nouveau

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Again

110
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Les gars

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Guys

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Vaincre

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To beat

112
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Ça me plaît

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I like that/it pleases me

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Bouder

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To pout/sulk

114
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Une poche

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A pocket

115
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D’ailleurs

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By the way

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Plumer

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To pluck

117
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Ce when tu peux être contrariant

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Oh, you can be really annoying

118
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Tout de même

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All the same/even so

119
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La corde à linge

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Clothesline

120
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Ça va pas, non?

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You’re not ok (sarcasm)

121
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Bouger

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To move

122
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Tirer

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To shoot

123
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L’herbe

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The grass

124
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Faire du vacarme

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To make a racket

125
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S’amuser

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To have fun

126
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À peine

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Hardly

127
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Sauter

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To jump

128
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Par-dessus

A

Over

129
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La haie

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The hedge

130
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Taquiner

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To tease

131
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Le peau-rouge

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Redskin (derogatory term for Native Americans)

132
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Taureau Debout

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Standing bull

133
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Le visage pâle

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Pâle face (term for white man)

134
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Se détacher

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To get loose, to free oneself

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