Volume 3 Flashcards

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infime (adj)

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tiny, minor

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le dérapage

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skid, slip

blunder

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le charognard

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scavenger

bastard (slang)

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la santé

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health

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un obsédé

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fanatic

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obséder

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to obsess

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confectionner

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to make (clothing, food)

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la synthèse

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synthesis

summary of information

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bourrer

il est en train de bourrer sa pipe.

Être bourré de fric

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to stuff full

He’s in the process of filling his pipe.

to be loaded

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un toussotement

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sputter

cough slightly

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le fric (slang)

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money

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le flush

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flush

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arracher

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to uproot

tear off by force

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se pogner (Quebec slang)

Il s’est fait pogner par son patron.

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to be caught in the act

He was caught red handed by his boss.

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le carton

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cardboard

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un étau

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a vise

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un délateur

une délatrice

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an informer

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un cran

un cran de sûreté
avoir du cran

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a notch
a latching device
slang: guts

safety catch
to have guts

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la main-forte

prêter main-forte à quelqu’un

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assistance

to come to someone’s aid

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à mesure que…

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while…

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découdre

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to unpick, remove

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attrayant (adj)

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attractive, enticing, inviting

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l’attrayance (not in Larousse)

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attractiveness, appeal

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à la blague

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jokingly

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avoir beau + infinitive Il a beau penser à la problème.
to do something in vain He thought about the problem in vain.
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au poil (idiom)
naked
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un stand
a stall, stand (for selling items)
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le damassé (adj et nom)
Damask (a reversible fabric) Damask steel (hand wrought with wavy pattern)
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la complaisance
coomplacency
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l'acharnement (m)
fierceness, ruthlessness | stubborness
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un/une lâche lâché (adj)
coward cowardly
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secoué (adj)
shaken up
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secouer
to shake up
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raccourcir
to take a short cut
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la marge
margin, edge
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l'agacement (m)
irritation
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le déboire | les déboires
misfortune, setback, trial, disappointment
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fuyant (adj)
furtive, elusive, shifty
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maugréer
to grumble
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``` une pouffiasse (slang) une poufiasse ```
a prostitute, whore | a bitch
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un dédain de
disdain for | contempt for
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colmater comater les brêches
to plug, seal off, fill in to fill in the gaps
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virer une virée
to turn, change direction to fire, sack someone (colloquial) a walk, run, trip
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empresser s'empresser de faire quelque chose s'empresser autour (ou auprès) de quelqu'un
to be attentive to hasten to do something to be attentive to someone, to fuss over someone
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l'engrenage (m)
gears
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encarter
to insert
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côtoyer se côtoyer
to rub shoulders to rub shoulders with each other
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comateux (adj)
comatose
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la grève grever
strike strand, bank (as in river bank?) to cause economic strain
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délirant (adj)
delirious | outrageous
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accéder accédant
to access accessing (present participle)
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pondérer pondéré (adj) la moyenne provenciale pondérée
to make equal level-headed weighted the provincial weighted average
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une cote
quotation, odds
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ventiler
to ventilate | to break down (as to break down an list into subparts)
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en même temps
at the same time
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C'est évident rien qu'en le regardant
One can tell by only looking at him. You only have to look at him to tell.
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dans le cadre de ...dans le cadre de la procédure de séparation.
in the context of... as part of... in the context of the separation procedures.
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l'intitulé (m)
title
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intituler s'intituler
to title to be called, titled
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aux alentours de
around | in the vicinity of
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croiser
to come across, meet
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apparemment apparemment pas!
apparently apparently not!
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brièvement
briefly, shortly
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bref (adj) | brève
brief, short
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une revue annuelle
an annual review
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la grosseur de la grosseur d'une orange
size, thickness growth, swelling (on someone's body) the size of an orange
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être displacé à travers l'immense pièce
to be placed throughout the immense room
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la paroi
wall, partition
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une nageoire
a fin
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dépister
to track down, detect
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relié à
related to | connected to
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déterrer
to dig up
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une démarche faire des désmarches pour obtenir quelque chose
step, gait (in the act of walking) step, measure (abstract) to take steps to obtain something
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insolite (adj)
strange, unusual
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se produire
to happen
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déclarer
to declare
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sitôt
as soon as
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un adjoint | une adjointe
assistant
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léguer qqc à qqn
to leave (will) something to someone
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l'oisiveté (f)
idleness, laziness
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trafiquer
``` to traffic (contraband) to fiddle, meddle with something ```
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un sigle
acronym | initials
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tarir se tarir ne pas tarir d'éloges sur qqc/qqn
to peter out to dry up to be full of praise for something/someone
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bifurquer à...
to split off to...
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la besogne une basse besogne
work, job; task a menail chore
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la pudeur
modesty, bashfulness
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un écorché vif une écorchée vive C'est un écorché vif.
hypersensitive person He's hypersensitive.
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pénible (adj)
painful
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pâtir de...
to suffer as a result of...
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adosser à (vt) | adosser contre
to lean on | to lean against
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irisé
irridescent
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un conte un conte de fées
a story, yarn a fairy tale
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cassant (adj)
brittle, harsh
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l'afficheur (m)
``` poster Caller ID (list of missed calls; numbers and caller) ```
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maigrichon (adj)
skinny
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répercuter | se répercuter
to pass on something | to echo, to have repercusions
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férocement (adv)
ferociously, harshly
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la rectitude
correctness, straightness
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tonitruer tonitruant
to thunder thundrous
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la prestation
performance
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alimenter
to feed
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un casier
pigeonhole record (police) slang ?
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un morse
a walrus
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l'affluence (f)
crowd | abundance
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un manif
manifestation
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un emmerdeur (slang)
pain in the neck
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enjoliver
to embellish, prettify
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sillonner
to criss-cross
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un joyau
a jewel, showpiece
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désamorcer
to defuse
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égarer
mislead | misplace
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un remou
eddy | turmoil
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à mi-chemin entre
midway between
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être en mesure de...
to be able to...
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un croisement de x et de y un croisement de chaise et de lit.
a cross between x and y a cross between a chair and a bed.
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une trouvaille
a find (of something of value)
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décontenancé (adj)
taken aback
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avant-coureurs
forerunners
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le genre humain
human nature
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humble (adj) (mute h)
humble
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Toujours rien de nouveau concernant...
Still nothing new concerning...
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un pâté de maisons À quelques pâtés de maisons de là....
a (city) block Several blocks away...
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en continu
continuously
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un maillon la force de notre maillon le plus faible
a link the strength of our weakest link
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la nervosité
nervousness
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un échelon
rung (of a ladder) | grade, degree
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durement
harshly | hardly
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fructueux C'est le début d'une longue et fructueuse association.
fruitful It's the beginning of a longue and fruitful association.
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entreprennant (adj)
enterprising
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le courtage une firme de courtage
brokerage a brokerage firm
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tout à l'heure
in a short while
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versé (adj) Versé en plusieurs langues
versed, skilled, experienced Fluent in several languages
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posé (adj)
calm, composed
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l'écroulement (m?)
collapse
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emparer | s'emparer
to appropriate | to get hold of
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brader
to sell off (cheap) | to slash prices
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un preneur | une preneuse
taker (eg. of a deal)
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brouiller brouiller les pistes
confuse, scramble cover one's tracks
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ores d'ores et déjà (expression)
already already
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la petitesse
smallness
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donner du fil à retordre (expression) Mon nouvel employé me donne du fil à retordre. Note: 'l' in fil is pronounced
literally: to cause the thread to be twisted tighter (ie again) figurative: to cause a problem, concern My new employee is a problem.
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quoique
albeit
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un tremplin
springboard
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inciter
to incite | to encourage
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davantage | davantage de
more | more
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haletant (adj)
breathless
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un picotement
tingling
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contourner
to bypass
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accepter
to accept | to approve
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obtempérer à
to comply with
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un heurt de faire qqc sans heurt
a knock, bump, upset to do something smoothly, without upset
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À la longue
eventually, in the end
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le débit
debit outflow, output rate of flow
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aléatoirement
randomly, arbitrarily
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drainer drainer vers
to drain, tap to attract to
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un recul
recoil | retreat, regression
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dandiner | se dandiner
to waddle | to waddle
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l'amoncellement (m)
accumulation drift accumulation due to force of wind or water
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médusé (adj)
stunned
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méduser
to paralyse, stun, daze
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une prime
a bonus
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un maître chanteur
blackmailer
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faire mine de
to appear to lit: to make (a) face (of)
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marchander
to bargain, haggle
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dévisager | dévisager a qqc/qqn
to stare | to stare at something/someone
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démanger
to itch
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une démangeaison
an itch, urge
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tout à la fois
at the same time
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béant (adj)
gaping
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trôner
to hold pride of place
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être à la hauteur (expression)
to measure up
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voyant (adj)
showy
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malaxer
to knead, mix, puddle
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le badinage
banter
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la manchette
cuff | headline of a newspaper
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un puce
a flea | a microchip
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partagé (adj)
divided | torn
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une liasse
a bundle | a wad
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enfouir
to bury
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l'intervalle (m)
interval interlude break
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pointer
to point check in scrutinize
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nonobstant
notwithstanding