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la glotte

coup de glotte

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glottis

glottal stop

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l’atout (m)

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asset

trump

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l’infime (f?)

chance infime

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tiny

remote probability

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écraser

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to crush

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écrasant (adj)

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enormous

overwhelming

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un blason

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coat of arms

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une lurette

belle lurette que

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ages ago

ages since

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une échoppe

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stall

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un chouan

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follower of Chouan, French royalist during the revolution

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équivoquer

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to equivocate

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l’équivoque (f)

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ambiguity

equivocation

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équivoque (adj)

sans équivoque

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ambiguous

unequivocal

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culbuter

La voiture a culbuté dans le ravine

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knock over
collapse

The car fell into the ravine.

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la jouvence

la fontaine de jouvence

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youth

fountain of youth

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une pétasse

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slut

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pourfendre

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to assail

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à la hussarde

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rough

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malencontreux (adj)

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unfortunate

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revoilà

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here is again

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l’orgeat (m)

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barley water

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mièvre (adj)

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sickly sentimental

soppy

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amidonner

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to starch

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un carabin

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medical student

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moyenner

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to average

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dépité (adj)
discouraged
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un tonton
uncle
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endiguer
to check | thwart
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rédhibitoire (adj)
crippling | insurmountable
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grincer
to creak
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toper-là!
It’s a deal, you’re on!
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le relationnel
interpersonal relations
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le socle
plinth basis (fig)
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s'évertuer
to make every effort
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larguer
to dump (in love)
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se faire larguer
to be dumped
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la désinvolture
casualness
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eructer
to belch
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un bémol
drawback | flat (pitch)
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le cheminement le cheminement de la pensée de qn
course progress sb’s line of thought
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ahuri (adj)
flabbergasted
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envers et contre tout(es)...
despite all...
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tanguer
to pitch and toss | rock
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inemployé (adj)
unused
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les marmaille (fp)
brats (perjoratif)
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piaffer
to paw the ground | to be rearing to go
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piaffant (adj)
to be champing at the bit
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la crinière
mane
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la garce
bitch
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une belette
weasel
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une pieuvre
octopus
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susurrer
to whisper
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sous-jacent (adj)
underlying
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pasticher
to mock
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éberlué (adj)
flabbergasted | astounded
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bâiller
to yawn
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potasser qc
to bone up on st
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un veinard | une veinarde
lucky devil/person
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comminatoire (adj)
threatening
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un porte-jarretelle
garter belt
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s'extasier
go into raptures
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en vrac
higgledy-piggledy
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la housse
cover (dust)
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provisoirement
temporarily | provisionally
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une chaumière
cottage, thatched cottage
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pudique (adj)
modest
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fortunée (adj)
wealthy | fortunate
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cousu d’or (adj) cousou main
rolling in money hand sewn Note: cousu is pp of coudre
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le museau
muzzle
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un jules
boyfriend
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Elle est arrivée avec trois heures de retard.
She arrived three hours late.
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dégrafer
unclasp | unstaple
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larvé (adj)
larval | immature
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mittoner
to simmer
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prometteur (adj)
promising
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penaud (adj)
sheepish
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engueuler
to tell sb off
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s’engueler avec qn
to have a row with sb
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entraîner
to drag along train entrain
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embaumer
to embalm
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soft (adj)
soft
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réclamer
to ask for | claim
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une corbeille
basket
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persifler
to mock
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roucouler
to coo
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pavoiser
to gloat | crow
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un mage
Magi (the Wise Men) | witch
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psalmodoer
``` to chant drone out (fig) ```
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un devin
soothsayer
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desservir
to serve lead into be a disservice to clear (the table)
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l’antenne (f) être à l’antenne sur l’antenne hors antenne
antenna feeler sub-branch to be on the air on the air off the air
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insolite (adj)
unusual
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assimilable (adj)
easily assimilated
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la calomnie
slander

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