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la gent

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mankind (inc women)

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à court de

à court d’essence

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short on
short of

running low on gas

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un fétiche

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fetish
mascot
idol

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le chansonnier

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singer

songbook

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le plus clair de

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the greater part of

most of

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un luron

une luronne

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lad

lass

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à cœur joie

s’en donner à cœur joie

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fully
wholeheartedly

to have the time of one’s life

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tant bien que mal

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somehow or other
with great difficulty
as best as one can

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du tac au tac

repondre du tac au tac

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quick as a flash
without missing a beat

to reply tit for tat

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à l’instar de

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like

following the example of

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poindre

l’aube poindre

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to break
dawn
peep through

the dawn is breaking

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coup de tête

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impulse

whim

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le dessein

à dessein

à dessein de

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intention
purpose

on purpose
deliberately

with the intention of

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une fourre-tout

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holdall

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la barbe à papa

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cotton candy

candy-floss

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foraine (adj)

une fête foraine

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fairground

carnival

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un paon

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peacock

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éperdument

éperdument amoureux

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madly
desperately
wildly

madly in love

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gambader

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to frolic
skip
leap
scamper

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trimer

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to slave away (informal)

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une embûche

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pitfall
trap
hazard

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imbu (adj)

imbu de sa personne

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full of
filled with
imbued

full of oneself

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débordé (adj)

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full
overflowing
pressed
pushed for time

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ensevelir

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to enshroud

bury

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un croquis
sketch
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une bulle
bubble
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un citadin | une citadine
city dweller
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pile-poil
exactly
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encaisser
collect tolerate put up with
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l’agrume (m)
citrus fruit
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esclaffer
to guffaw
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ahurir
to astound
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enfarger s’enfarger s'enfarger dans quelque chose s'enfarger dans sa phrase
to catch one’s foot in something to get one’s words mixed up
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illustre (adj) un illustre inconnu
illustrious a perfect nobody
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un périple
journey | voyage
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dégoter
to find whistle hit
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huppé (adj)
upper-crust (colloq)
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renfrogner se renfrogner
scowl frown become sullen
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bordélique (adj)
messy | untidy
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en tout temps
any time | always
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un rebondissement
new development change in direction bounce rebound
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enfourcher enfourcher un vélo enfourcher son dada
to mount to get on a bicycle to get on one’s hobby-horse
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un coup de circuit
home run
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une trompe
trunk (elephant) tube (eg trompe de Fallope) pump
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une trempe
calibre
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rêvasser
to daydream | muse
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s’époumoner (colloq)
to shout/sing oneself hoarse
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``` un gaffeur (colloq) une gaffeuse ```
blunderer
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horripiler
to exasperate
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à domicile
at home (eg a home game)
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délier
untie | loosen
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l’engouement pour
infatuation for | passion for
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faire faux bond
to stand (sb) up
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corail (adj) le corail une barrière de corail
coral (colourj coral coral reef
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tenter le coup
to give it a go | give it a try
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en mesure mettre en mesure être en mesure de le faire
in time enable to be up to the job
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arrimer à
to dock with
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à un cheveu de
within a hair’s breadth of
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fougueusement
enthusiastically
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un tourtereau
turtle dove | lovebird
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un restant
leftover | remainder
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un débardeur
stevedore | tank top
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les dessous affriolants
sexy underwear
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palpitant (adj)
exciting | thrilling
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voulu (adj)
wanted required requisite intended
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une encolure
neckline
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à titre de
as | by way of
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cartonner
be a hit
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cuver
to sleep off | to ferment
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faire la morale sur
moralize about
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dérider | se dérider
to cheer up
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dépassé (adj)
outdated
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dépayser
to disorient
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hébéter
to daze confuse stun
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endiablé (adj)
lively wild swinging
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dévaliser
to strip rob raid
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à tout jamais
for ever and ever
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poireauter
to hang about
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la luxure
lechery | lust
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la guenille
rag old cloth tattered clothing
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faire preuve
demonstrate | exhibit
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déhancher
to sway one’s hips
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cocasse (adj)
comical | funny
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dînatoire (adj)
lunch
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vous voyez le genre
you get the idea.
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la tonte
shearing
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à la blague
joking
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le tracas
trouble
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entremettre
to intervene interpose interfere
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foirer (vulgar)
fuck up
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à la vitesse de l’éclair
at the speed of light
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la rampe
ramp hand-rail footlights
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mettre une sourdine à en sourdine
to tone down quieten down
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largué (adj) (colloq)
lost | out of touch
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un lot le gos lot
prize jackpot
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éperdument amoureux de qqn
madly in love with sb
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tout au plus
at the most
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bissextile (adj) unevannée bissextile
to do with a leap year leap year
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éblouir
to dazzle
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éclabousser
to splash | bespatter
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frencher
to french kiss
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être de mise
to be appropriate | be the current trend
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piètrement
poorly | horribly
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mine de rien
although it may not seem so
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les vergetures (fp)
stretch marks
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se pavaner
to strut about
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les balivernes (fp)
nonsense | twaddle
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un mets (invar)
dish | delicacy
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un accro (colloq)
addict
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les intemperies (fpj
bad weather
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empoigner
grab grasp take hold of
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jaser
to gossip | chatter
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un suppôt un suppôt de Satan
henchman attendant follower limb of the devil
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une longueur d’avance
to be ahead | to have a head start
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un nid douillet
cosy nest | happy home
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le grand chelem
grand slam
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ahurissant (adj)
mind-boggling
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faire un poisson
to string along | to carry out a practical joke
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une trêve
truce respite intermission cessation
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sauter au cou de qn
to fly into the arms of sb

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