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1
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outre

outre que

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besides

apart from

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une crue

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flood

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solder

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to close (a deal)
settle
reduce the price

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se solder par qc

se solder par un échec

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to end up in st

to end in failure

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une souillure

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atrocity
defilement
stain

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narguer

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mock
jeer

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à merveille

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wonderfully

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une remontrance

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reprimand

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tracasser

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to bother

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un civet

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stew

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faire le siège de la ville de Paris

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to put Paris under siege

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pendant ces temps difficiles

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during these troubled times

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beaucoup d’intrigues

note: plural

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a lot of twists in the plot

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prévenant (adj)

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considerate

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chanceler

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stagger (from a blow)
reel
falter

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un logeur

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landlord

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méprisant (adj)

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disdainful

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aboutir

aboutir à

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to lead
conduct
succeed

to lead to

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convier à

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to invite to

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calfeutrer

se calfeutrer

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to caulk
make windproof

to shut oneself away

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une écorchure

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graze

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Ça parle de

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It’s about

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un étal

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stall (for selling from)
stand

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griser

se griser de

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to intoxicate

to get drunk on

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le gisement (soft g) gisement de clientèle
deposit (eg mineral) field (eg oil) pool of customers
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braconner
to poach
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accabler
to overwhelm (with force or emotion)
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accablé (adj)
afflicted stricken
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une fouine
weasel
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toujours pas
still not
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une bonne action = B.A. J’ai fait ma B.A.
good deed I did my good deed
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un carnassier
carnivore
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pulluler
swarm (insects, not people) congregate
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trépigner trépigner de
to stamp one’s feet
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rider
wrinkle
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un paon
peacock
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capoter faire capoter
to collapse to ruin
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prodiguer à
to lavish on
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tâcher
to do endeavour
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un travers
quirk
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empiffrer s’empiffrer de
gorge stuff oneself with
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émousser
to blunt dull
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mendier mendier qc auprès de qn
to beg to beg sb for st
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un mendier un mendiant une mendiante
beggar
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mendiant (adj)
begging
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la broussaille cheveux en broussaille
undergrowth tousled hair
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la saleté
filth sordidness
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repoussant (adj)
repulsive
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l’accoutrement (m)
regalia formal or fancy clothing
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la contrefacon
forgery counterfeit
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une babiole
trinket
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monter quelque chose en épingle
to blow st out of proportion
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un bagne
penal colony
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la couenne
rind (eg. of pork)
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un carpe il est resté muet comme un carpe
carp he never said a word
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un trognon
core (eg apple) stalk
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la filouterie
fraud
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filouter
to commit fraud
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une paire de tenailles
a pair of pliers
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ingrat (adj)
unattractive ungrateful thankless
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une orée
edge (eg of a forest) start (fig)
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les cerneaux de noix
walnut halves
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se tracasser pour
to worry about
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le halage le chemin de halage
hauling dragging towpath
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un épervier
sparrowhawk
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cheminer
to walk alone plod
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un rustre
boor lout
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indécrottable (adj)
hopeless forlorn
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un bélier
ram
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insaisissable (adj)
elusive
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avoir un haut-le-cœur
to retch
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la miséricorde
mercy forgiveness
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une carriere
career quarry
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un madrier
beam timber
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un cloaque (prononcé: cloak)
cesspool filthy place
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à bout portant
at point-blank range straight out
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un clairon
bugle
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dramatique (adj)
dramatic theatrical tragic
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peiner
to struggle labour trouble
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une jument
mare
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une ânesse
female donkey
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un postier
mailman
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emmitoufler
to swaddle wrap up
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s’entretenir de qc
to discuss st
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contrôler
to control check verify
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l’ébullition (f) porter à ébullition être en ébullition
boiling bring to a boil to be in a fever of excitement
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houspiller se faire houspiller
to reprimand to be scolded
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un pécule amasser un petit pécule
nest egg to put a little money by
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le crottin
dung
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la vase
mud
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l’orgueil (n)
arrogance vanity

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