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un brochet

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pike (fish)

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une truite

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trout

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un trait d’union

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hyphen

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un rang

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range (of values)
rank
row

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un barreau

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rung of a ladder

bar (of anything)

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quatre-vingts chose
quatre-vingt trois choses

deux cents choses
deux cent dix chose

mille est invariable
dans une date, peut s’écrire mil:
mil neuf cent vingt (pas de s)

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(reminder)

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éclairé (adj)

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enlightened
illuminated
lighted

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outre (prep)

passer outre

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in addition to
otherwise

to pass over
ignore

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outré (adj)

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excessive

unusual

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outrer

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to outrage

exaggerate

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en ce qui concerne…

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concerning

concernant

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un merisier

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wild cherry tree

cherry wood

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le ci-contre

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opposite

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barrir

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to trumpet (elephant’s sound)

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un gigot

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leg of lamb (culinary)

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le reste de

le reste de lait se trouve dans le frigo

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rest
remainder
residue

The rest of the milk is in the fridge.

note: no partative article

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dépanner

dépanner qn

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to help
repair

to tide sb over

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en direction de

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towards

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abstraire

s’abstraire de…

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to consider st in isolation

to cut oneself off from…

more common: faire abstraction de…

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abstrait (adj)

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abstract

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en abstraction

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in isolation

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à lui seul

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by itself

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un soupirail

les soupiraux

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cellar window(s)

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l’ail (m)

plural: aulx (also ails seems to be in use)

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garlic

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un/une garde-chasse
game warden
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une oiseau-mouche
hummingbird
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une bête-à-corne
horned cattle
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un char-à-banc
cart with bench (horse drawn)
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un abat-jour
lampshade
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un non-lieu
dismissal of charges
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un camée
cameo junkie
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un arbre à came un galet de came
camshaft cam follower
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un galet
stone roller (eg cam follower)
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désigner
to designate refer to point out
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un usager | une usagère
user (of a public service)
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un utilisateur | une utilisatrice
user of a machine, device
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réputé (adj)
of repute célèbre connu
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un déplacement les déplacements
movement displacement travel (business) shifting events
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aller à la ligne (texte)
insert a line return | start a new paragraph
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grandement faire grandement les choses
largely in style to do things in style
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se prélasser
to lounge | laze
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par alliance
by marriage
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un même ... une même ... Une même machine peut faire plusieurs fonctions.
the same... The same machine can perform several operations.
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selon que
given that étant donné
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dès que
as soon as | = aussitôt que
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un scripteur
writer | scribe
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un/une tzigane
gypsy
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tels...
as... | such as...
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l’hypocrisie (f)
l’hypocrisy = dissimulation, fausseté
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un enchâssement
setting (of a gem) embedded item (inc linguistics)
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attendu que
since considering that whereas
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non pas que + subjonctif
not that (je puisse le changer)
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Item 408 in parce que/puisque clause, can omit verb group: Il a été éliminé parce que trop jeune
“il était “ was omitted
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quand bien même
even if | even though
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quand même “merci quand même”
nevertheless anyway “thanks anyway”
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item 413 in quoique/bien que clause can omit verb group: Quoique très à l’aise, elle dépense peu.
“elle soit” was omitted
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ruiner
to ruin spoil bankrupt
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pour peu que
in the event that | if
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importer il importe peu que...
to import (from outside) to matter (be important) it doesn’t matter that...
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équivaloir à
to be equivalent to
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un porte-voix
megaphone loud hailer = un mégaphone
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au pas marcher au pas
at a walking pace to walk in step
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un estivant
summer visitor
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une outarde
Canada goose
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un clochard
tramp
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détaler
to bolt dash off = s’enfuir
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une pente
slope | hill
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au détour de...
at the bend in...
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un detour
detour bend
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appréhender Les cultivateurs appréhendent une sécheresse.
to arrest (sb) to fear dread The farmers fear a dry spell.
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pour l’instant
now at this time = en train de
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le libre-arbitre
free will
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attiser
to stir up kindle to fan = aviver
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une copule
in linguistics: intransitive verb that links subect to an attribute. eg: Le garçon semble paresseux.
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tenir compte de
to take account of

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