Mission to C1 Flashcards

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Wealth

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La richesse

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Messed up

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Naze

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To be very interested in; obsessed with

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Se pencher sur

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A slap

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Une claque

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Friend, accomplice

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Compère

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Altar

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L’autel

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To not fail to …

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Ne manquer pas de

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Nerves

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Les nerfs

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Smooth

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Lissé

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To depict

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Dépeindre; représenter

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To turn out to be

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Se révèler de

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Unmoved

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De marbre

literally: of marble

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To surround oneself

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S’entourer

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Remove, send away; To make a part of

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Faire partir

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To rehash, to rerun

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Rebâcher

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Especially since …

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Surtout que

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While; whereas

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Alors que; tandis que

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Endlessly

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En boucle

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Except

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Sauf; hormis; hors

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Twin

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Un jumeau

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As well as

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Ainsi que; aussi bien que

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Successful

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À succès; réussi; abouti; fructueux

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To remain

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Demeurer

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Striking

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Frappant; en grève; saisissant; gréviste

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As for; with respect to
Quant à
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To save; to manage; to savour
Économiser
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To point; to tally; to scrutinize
Pointer
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Shift
Le passage; le décalage
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Settlers
Les colons
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[He] can’t help but ...
[Il] peut pas s’empecher de ... [infinitive]
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To become aware / realize
Rendre compte; prendre conscience
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To make a decision
Prendre une décision
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To take sides with
Prendre parti pour
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To make an appointment
Prendre rendez-vous
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To take off (leave)
Prendre congé
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To get out safely
Se tirer d’affaire
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To have something under control
Avoir l’affaire en main
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To be involved (in a situation)
Être dans une affaire
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A bad deal
Une mauvaise affaire
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Collapse
Effondrer; capoter
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To think hard
Se creuser la tête
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To worry / stress
Stresser; se casser la tête
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To sulk
Faire la tête
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To lose one’s mind
Perdre la tête
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To make no sense
Avoir ni queue, ni tête
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To keep calm
Garder la tête froide
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To be fed up
En avoir marre; en avoir par-dessus la tête
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Hothead
Une tête brûlée
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To be stupid / annoying
Avoir une tête à claques
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To be arrogant
Avoir la grosse tête
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To be skillful
Avoir le coup de main
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To be a step ahead
Avoir un coup d’avance
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Gust (of wind)
Un coup de vent
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A salute / recognition / award
Un coup de chapeau
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Early in the morning
Au petit jour
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To be born
Naître; voir le jour
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To expose completely
Mettre au grand jour
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Day after day; more and more
De jour en jour
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To address the problem
Aborder la question
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Without a doubt
Certainement; incontestable que
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To start a conversation
Engager la conversation
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Until proven otherwise
Jusqu’à preuve du contraire
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Learning
L’apprentissage
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To take charge of
Prendre en charge
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To rely on
Se reposer sur
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Breakthrough
Une percée
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Improvement
L’amélioration
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To stick to (a routine)
S’en tenir à
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Learner
L’apprenant
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Content (material)
Le contenu
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Freighter
Le cargo
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Docks
Les quais
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Crew member
Un équipier
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Swinging back and forth; to sway / rattle
Le ballottement; balloter
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Half _____, half _____
Mi-_____, mi-_____
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To lag behind
Être à la traîne
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Broke (no money)
Fauché; dépourvu
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Trash, garbage; litter
Les déchets; l’ordure
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As a ____; being a _____ (contextual)
En tant que
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Dating; association
Le fréquentation
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Van
Une camionnette
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Printing
Le livraison
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Francs (slang)
Balles
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Quota; unit of troops
Un contingent
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Well rounded; deep, rich
Étoffé
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At the same time
À la fois; en même temps
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Deep-seated
Enracinée
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Presentation
Un exposé
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Speaker
Un locuteur
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Unfriendly
Inamical, hostile, froid
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Middle; environment; the mafia (slang)
Milieu
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In my wake; in your wake
À ma suite; à sa suite
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In a row
De suite; en rang
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Neutral
Neutre
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To venture; to take a risk
S’aventurer; se hasarder
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Curse words; to curse
Les jurons; jurer
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To reflect
Refléter
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Charm; pleasure
L’agrément
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Host
Un hôte
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Pine tree
Un pin
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Friendliness; togetherness
La convivialité
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Bearing; demeanor; conduct
La conduite; le comportement
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Shroud; grave clothes
Le linceul
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Teller (bank)
Guichetier
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Hardworking
Industrieuse; laborieux
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Veil
Le voile
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Bitter
Amère; froissé
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Dismal; gloomy
Lugubre
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To strangle
Étrangler
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A thirst
Une soif
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Icing
Le glaçage
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To resign
Démissionner; se démettre
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Misty
Brumeux; vaporeux; embrumé
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Dishonorable
Infamante
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Floods; streams
Les flots
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Dull
Terne; mat; sourd
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So that; in order to
Afin que; de sorte à
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Old rags
Les haillons
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Gravedigger
Un fossoyeur
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Weak; soft; crumby
Molle
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Precarious
Précaire
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To carry out
Opérer
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To infringe; to depart from principles; to ignore obligation
Déroger
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To pour out; to drip; to stream
Ruisseler
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Clamp; vice
Un étau
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Omen
Un augure; le présage; l’auspice
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Main road; artery
Artère
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To set down
Déposer
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Stretcher
La civière
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Lantern; wishy-washy
Un falot; falot
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Knot
Un noeud
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To stiffen; to tense
Raidir
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Deceased; to pass away
Trépassé; trépasser
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Procession
Le cortège
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Flagstone; flag; slab
Le dalle
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Shoe
La chassure; le soulier
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Cold northern wind, common in France
Le mistral
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There are lots
Il y a une quantité
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On time
Dans le temps; à l’heure
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It is useless to / that...
Il ne sert à rien que
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There is no way that...
Il n’est pas question que
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To suspect : To doubt
Se douter : Douter
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To insist
Insister que; tenir à ce que
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To ensure
Assurer; garantir; veiller à ce que
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It’d better; he’d better; you’d better ...
Y’a intérêt à ce que ...
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To hang up (a phone)
Raccrocher; prendre
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The great outdoors
Les grands espaces
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Reestablish; restore
Rétablir
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Sum up
Se résumer; récapituler; jauger
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Walkabout; surrounded by a crowd
Un bain de foule
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To be in the swing of things
Être dans le bain
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To be astonished; mystified
Être étonné, ahuri, ébahi, époustouflé, interloqué
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Clay
L’argile
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To resort to
Avoir recours à
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Offended; to offend
Offensé; offenser
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To wax
S’épiler
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To spy
S’épier
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Personally ...
Perso moi ...
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To be biased
Être biasé
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En soi ...
Per se ...
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Exception to the rule
Échapper à la règle
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I think that’s ... [that appears]
Ça me parait ...
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To use [to serve oneself of]
Se servir de
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To take advantage of
À en tirer parti
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Magnetic
Aimanté
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Elder; elder brother
Ainé; le frère ainé
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Joyfully; gleefully
Allègrement
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Matches; light
Allumettes
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Records
Annales
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Watercolor
Aquarelles
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To subdue; to steady; to bring under control
Assujetir
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Toddler
Un bambin
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Bathtub
Un bain; un baquet
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Packed tightly
Bondé
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Books (slang)
Les bouqins
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Scholarship; grant
Un bourse
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Compass
Une boussole
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Lighter
Le briquet
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Heavy silk fabric
Le brocade
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Grind; crush; mash
Broyer
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Wheelbarrow
La brouette
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Jug (for alcohol)
Une carafe
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Slow cooked bean stew from France
Le cassoulet
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Camel
Le chameau
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Chariot
Le char
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Christian
Chrétien
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Peak; summit
Un pic; sommet; cime
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Cutting; stinging; bitter; tough
Cinglant
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Comb
La coiffa
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To consult one another
Se concerter
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Tale; legend
Un conte
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Coerce; oblige; compel
Contraindre
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Region
Une contrée
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Strap(s)
Les courroies
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Melting pot
Un creuset
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Crude
Crues
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Teenage; adolescent
D’ado
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Déception
Dissapointment
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Weak
Faible; défaillant
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To unearth; hunt down; smoke out
Dénicher
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Telegrams
Dépechês
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Despite
Malgré; en dépit de
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To dust off
Dépoussiérer
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Food (slang)
La bouffe
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Exquisite
Exquis
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Discovery
Éveil
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To eclipse; to obscure
Occulter
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Persistance
L'opiniâtreté
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Gilding of gold
Le dorure
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Schoolchildren
Écoliers
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Reef; pitfall
L'écueil
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Era
L'epoch; l'ère
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To disembowel; to turn out
Éventrer
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Enchanting (fairy-like)
Féerique
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Buttock; bottom; cheek; rump
Les fesses
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To fertilize; to impregnate
Féconder
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To blaze
Flamboyer
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To encourage; to fawn, to woo; to soothe
Flatter
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Flood; stream
Un flot
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To open up; to clear
Frayer
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Dating
Les fréquentations
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To park
Garer
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To engrave; to carve; to scratch; to brand
Graver
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To strike at; to stand off against
Grever
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Recovery; healing
Le retablissement; le recuperation; la guérison
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Ticket seller; ticket salesperson
Le guichetier
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As you wish
Á votre guise
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To accomadate; to host
Héberger
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To sacrifice (to a god)
Immoler
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Unfailing; inexhaustible
Intarissable
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Juicy
Juteux
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To bask, to lounge; to crack
Lézarder; se lézarder
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Talkative
Loquace
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Sleeve; handle
Une manche
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To send for, to summon
Mander
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To screw, fuck, shag
Niquer
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To work carefully on something; to decorate
Ouvrager
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Blot, blob; [a way to cook meat]
Le pâté
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Gemstones
Les pierreries
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Paintbrush
Le pinceau
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To pump; to suck; to milk
Pomper
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Potbellied man
Le poussah
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Precious
Précis
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Rebel
Un rebelle
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To badmouth someone
Tailler un costard (à qqn)
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The fact remains that ...
Toujours est-il que ...
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To make an enemy of someone
Se mettre quelqu’un à dos
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Fake; junk
En toc; du toc
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To abandon
Abandonner; délaisser; déserter
250
To undo; to rid oneself of something; to dismiss someone
Défaire; se défaire de qch; se défaire de qqn
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To bet something on someone
Parier (qch) sur (qch/qqn)
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To deal with someone
Avoir affaire à (qqn)
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Given that; taking into account that
Compte tenu de
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To make your way through a path
Se frayer un chamin
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To slap, to smack
Gifler
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To be on the lookout for; to be eagerly awaiting
Être à l’affût de
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To take your hat off to someone
Tirer son chapeau à (qqn)
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To babble, prattle; to gossip
Jaser; jaser sur
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Sassy; daring
Culotté
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Butt-naked
Nu comme un ver
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Be heading for disaster
Aller droit dans le mur
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To blow a fuse; to fly off the handle
Sortir de ses gonds
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To have consequences; to drag on and on
Avoir des suites
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To buzz; to hum
Bourdonner
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Doctor (slang)
Le toubib
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To stun; to stagger
Sidérer
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To close, to end, to shut off; to enclose, to fence off
Clorer; clôturer
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To laugh at, to mock someone/thing; to not care about someone/thing
Se ficher de (qqn/qch); | S’en ficher de (qqn/qch)
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Speaking (identifying oneself on the telephone)
À l’appareil
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Tablecloth
Le nappe (de table)
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To coat something with
Napper (qch) de
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To divert, to reroute; to embezzle; to distort
Détourner
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To turn away from; turn one’s back on
Se détourner de (qch/qqn)
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Wildly, indiscriminately
À tort et a travers
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Behind closed dors
À huis clos
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To splash; to splatter; to tarnish
Éclabousser
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To make a big deal out of something
En faire tout un plat
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To state; to mention
Faire état de
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Practicing [of religion]
Practiquant
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To rub the wrong way
Hérisser le poil de [qqn]
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To stand out; to be obvious
Crever les yeux
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To switch on; to start up
Se mettre en marche
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To turn up
Faire monter
284
Close to
Proche á; á proximité de [qch]
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To sand down; to polish
Polir
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To damage; to fall into disrepair
Abîmer, détériorer; s’abîmer, se détériorer
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Public transportation
Transports en commun
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To make an effort
Faire des efforts á [infinitif]
289
Third
Tiers
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And that’s when; and then
Voilà que
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Thunder
Le tonnerre
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Tap; faucet
Le robinet
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To make ends meet
Joindre les deux bouts
294
Dirtiness
Saleté
295
It’s not that special.
Ça casse pas trois pattes à un canard.