Unsorted Vocab Flashcards

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un faubourg

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neighbourhood, area

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couler

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to sink, trickle

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le aisance

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ease, affluence

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fastueux

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sumptuous

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le égard

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consideration

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guetter

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to spy on

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une éclaircie

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sunny spell, respite

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une fébrilité

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anxiety, restlessness

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un fourmillement

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swarm

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engouffrer

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to devour

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s’engouffrer

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to rush into

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le bousculade

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crush, rush, scrum

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une épave

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wreck

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frémir

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to tremble

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s’accrocher

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to cling to

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une enceinte

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surrounding wall

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enceinte (adj)

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pregnant

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vicieux

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perverted

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inouï

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unheard of

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foudroyant

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violent

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grillager

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to fence in

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amarrer

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to moor, tie fast

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la chair

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flesh

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sceller

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to seal

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éblouir
to dazzle
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contourner
to bypass, circumvent
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sursauter
to jump with surprise
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balutiement
stuttering
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dorénavant
henceforth
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le étouffement
suffocation
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un îlot
islet, city block
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raser
to shave, skim
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la cime
peak, top, crown
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un panonceau
plaque
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vrac
loose
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à la rigeur
at a push
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fouiner
to search through
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déhanchement
squirming, limp, swaying seductive walk
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la chevelure
hairdo
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un peinge
comb
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navré
sorry
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une voilette
veil
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une gageure
challenge
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le dédain
disdain, contempt
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le effroi
fear, terror
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une emprise
hold, influence
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bannir
to banish, ostracise
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pactiser
agree terms with
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une caserne
barracks
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un aulne
alder tree
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seigle
rye
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lisse
smooth, bland
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un serment
oath
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s'engloutir
to sink
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laiteux
milky white
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épuisant
exhausting
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suavité
sweetness
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bercer
to rock, cradle
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le plafond
ceiling
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se cambrer
to arch your back
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une torsade
twist, braid
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s'accouder
to lean on your elbow
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une tache
stain, mark
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engourdi
numb
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une pépinière
garden centre
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la mousissure
mould
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s'acharner à
to persist
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s'acharnger sur
to attack, harass
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miteux
seedy
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sordide
sordid
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la grille
railings, grill, grid
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isolé
secluded
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se précipiter
to leap
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précipiter
speed up, chuck
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une revue
magazine
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démorde
to let go of
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ne pas en démordre
to stick to, stand by
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repousser
to reject, repulse, postpone
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la hyperbole
hyperbole
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une échéance
due date, deadline, maturity
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un effroi
terror
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feindre
to pretend, feign
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une cachette
hiding place, secret
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farouche
timid, fierce, wild
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un parterre
flowerbed
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la pelouse
lawn
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le perron
front steps
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chanceler
to stagger
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un dortoir
dormitory
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tournoyer
to swirl, whirl
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un aile
wing of a bird or plane
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une aile
wing of a house or cooked wing
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une fêlure
crack, fissure
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guérir
to cure
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se guérir
to recover from
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épier
to spy on, observe
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famélique
scrawny
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se tromper
to get wrong, be mistaken
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flairer
to smell, sense
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attrister
to sadden
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un euphémisme
euphemism
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gêner
to disturb, embarrass, annoy
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gifler
to slap
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un billard
billiard table
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éperdument
madly
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le entracte
interval
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une description
description
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assouvir
to quench, satisfy
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une nourrice
nanny
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la pudeur
modesty, humility
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offusquer
to offend
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s'offusquer
to take offence
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s'affoler
to panic
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affoler
to panic someone
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dépareillé
odd, unmatching
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un arbuste
shrub
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égarer
to lose, misplace
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insondable
unfathomable
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embusquer
to waylay
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roder
to develop
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enfoncer
to sink
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épaisseur
thickness
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une moue
pout
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effaré
aghast
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exprès
intentionally
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une écluse
lock
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piéger
to trap
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poignarder
to stab
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cerner
to surround, encircle
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le acier
steel
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assoiffé
parched, thirsty
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la brume
mist
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brumeux
misty
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broyer
to grind
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frôler
to skirt, come close to
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la épouvante
horror, terror
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adosser
to lean against
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s'adosser
to lean with your back against
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voûter
to cause to stop, bend
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cheviller
to peg, pad out a text
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un maladroit
klutz
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maladroit (adj)
clumsy, cack0handed
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effacement
deletion, humility
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s'acharner
to desperately attempt to
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crever
ro burst, puncture
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assourdissant
deafening
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clouer
to nail down
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ciller
to blink
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un cillement
a blink
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le socle
base, bedrock
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une divagation
wandering, rambling
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blottir
to huddle
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se blottir
to cuddle up to
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empoigner
to grab, seize
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un bord
edge, rim, river bank
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épuisé
exhausted
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aborder
to reach, approach
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un mugissement
lowing, roaring
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arracher
snatch, tear
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un aveu
confession
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saigner
to kill, bleed
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un vacarme
racket
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déborder
to overflow
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un aboutissement
completion, result
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engluer
to stick
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s'engluer
to get caught up in
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rechuter
to relapse
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conger
to bang, knock
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étirer
to draw out
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affable
friendly
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semptiernel
perpetual, never-ending
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un éloge
praise, eulogy
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un chignon
bun hairstyle
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farder
to make up, paint
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biais
crooked, via
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mondain
urbane, social
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un fouet
whip
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soupirer
to sigh
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s'ankyloser
to stiffen
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une hébétude
stupor
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la buée
steam, vapour
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une trêve
truce, let-up
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la maladresse
clumsiness
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vriller
to bore into
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une vanne
sluice gate
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une arête
fishbone, edge
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emplir
to fill
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un/une dingue
madman, lunatic
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un minerai
ore
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un gouffre
chasm, abyss
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basculer
to topple, tip over
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mollement
gently, nonchalantly
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pudiquement
modestly
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bâillonner
to gag
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greffer
to transplant
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rôdeur (adj)
prowling
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impavide
fearless
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balnéaire
seaside
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étinceler
to sparkle
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irisé
iridescent
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un lampadaire
street light
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altier
haughty
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bâiller
to yawn
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le ramage
foliage, birdsong, warbling, babble
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la tôle
sheet metal
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cadenasser
to lock up
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la signification
significance
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un bolide
racing car
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la mâchoire
jawbone
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un crépiment
crackling
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buter
to bump off, antagonise
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étirer
to draw out
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un marécage
fen, marsh
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un cil
eyelash
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un ongle
fingernail, toenail
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étaler
to spread out
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une mouette
gull
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piailler
to chirp, screech
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vallonné
rolling
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un mousquet
musket rifle
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saoul
drunk
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prostré
prostrate
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en amont
beforehand, upstream
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amont
uphill
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espiègle
mischievous
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se voûter
to stoop
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incruster
to inlay, embed
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un fouille-merde
shit-stirrer
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gêner
to disturb, annoy
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le coude
elbow
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une pige
measuring rod
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une ficelle
string, ins & outs
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un gauchère
left-handed person
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un miroir sans tain
two-way mirror
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crever de trouille
be scared to death
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un rafiot
boat
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un loufiat
bumpkin
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un bidon
can, container
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la faillite
bankruptcy
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patauger
to wade
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encaisser
to box up
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le paillasson
doormat
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un borborygme
rumbling noise
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glander
to mess about
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un étalon
stallion
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ausculter
to examine
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chambouler
to upset
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fourrer
to stuff, fill
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cingler
to whip
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larguer
to release, jettison
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une foire
funfair
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une bagarre
fight
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un gendre
son-in-law
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magouiller
to scheme
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les menottes (f)
handcuffs
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adosser
to lean against
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éternuer
to sneeze
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un poignard
dagger
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la roubignole
testicle
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désenclaver
to open up
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réjouir
to delight
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emboîter
to assemble
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une courtepointe
quilt
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un buisson
shrub
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un soutien-gorge
bra
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une niaiserie
nonsense
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vil
vile
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siroter
to sip
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étirer
to draw out
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fulgurant
lightning quick
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se cabrer
to rear up
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un bourreau
executioner
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la bru
daughter-in-law
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la bretelle
braces, sling, slip road
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une bosse
hump
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bécoter
to kiss
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cogneur
hard-hitting
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voûté
vaulted
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vaillant
valiant
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raffoler
to be crazy about
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un taillis
thicket, copse
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un guéridon
pedestal table
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fouiner
to rummage through
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un chardon
thistle
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un alentours
surroundings
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costaud
tough, hefty
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craquer
to split open, give way
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un patelin
hamlet, dump
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bâcler
to botch
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engueuler
to tell off
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un chanteur
singer
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un freluquet
whippersnapper
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irisé
iridescent
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un souffre-douleur
punchbag, scapegoat
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suinter
to seep, ooze
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basculer
to tip over
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un chiot
puppy
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chevauchant
overlapping
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le cuir
leather
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sucer
to suck
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le béton
concrete
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s'estomper
to blur, fade
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happer
to snatch
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éprouver
to feel, experience
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enfoncer
to sink
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dégringoler
to tumble down
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un homard
lobster
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une étreinte
hug
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une échancrure
low neckline
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attraper
to trick
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un comble
attic
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nacré
pearly
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défoncer
to smash open
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une emprise
hold, influence
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ébaucher
to begin
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la piste
dance floor, track, runway
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requérir
to apply for