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posément

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calmly

sedately

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rabaisser

se rabaisser

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belittle
reduce

to demean os

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un bouc émissaire

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scapegoat

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reprocher qqn à qqc

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to blame sb for st

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avoir des sautes d’humeur

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to have sudden mood swings

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se mettre qqn à dos

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to get on sb’s bad side

alienate sb

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fouiner

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to nose about

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un cadran numérique

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digital display

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jumelé (adj)

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twin

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jumeler à

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to combine with

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déroger à

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to deviate from

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noyer

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to drown
flood
embed

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se noyer dans

se noyer dans la foule

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to drown
embed

to blend into the crowd

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probant (adj)

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evidential
convincing
conclusive

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enguirlander

se faire enguirlander par qqn

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to chew out

to get told off by sb

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le congédiement

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dismissal

firing

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isolément (adv)

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in isolation

individually

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se nourrir de

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to live on

to feed on

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une faille

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fault (geology)

weakness

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s’entêter à faire

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to persist in doing st

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s’entêter dans qqc

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to persist in st

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bander

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to bandage
bend
tense

to have an erection

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émoustiller

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to exhilarate

titilate

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le vétiver

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vetiver (a fragrant grass)

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trimbaler
to lug around
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égaré (adj)
temporarily lost (oneself, an other person or an object)
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en vouloir à qqn
to be cross with sb
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dévaster
to devastate | ravage
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aérer
to air out | ventilate
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s’aérer
to get some fresh air
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achalander
to supply | equip
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achalandé (adj)
to do with business, trade
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l’épouvante (f)
terror
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un as
ace
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rembourrer
to pad
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un matou
tomcat
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raffermir
to strengthen | tone
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un établi
workbench
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un abrutissement
act of rendering inhuman
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s’y prendre s’y prendre avec qqc/qqn
to go about it to handle st/sb
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de surcroît
moreover | besides
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en surcroît
in addition
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un allumeur
igniter
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une allumeuse
tease (perj)
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un chauffard
roadhog
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un récidiviste
repeat offender
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déparer
to spoil | mar
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le défaitisme
defeatism
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n’être pour rien dans
to have nothing to do with
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tracasser
to bother | annoy
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capoter faire capoter
``` to overturn (vehicle) collapse (person) ``` to ruin
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une malédiction
curse | spell
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un iceberg
iceberg
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la divagation
ravings | rambling
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oiseux (adj)
idle | futile
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prendre à témoin
to bear witness
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sommairement
summarily
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fins d’analyse
analytical purposes
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une bernache
barnacle also, kind of goose
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une carabine
rifle
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une couette les couettes
quilt duvet pigtails (hair)
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dans la passée
in the past
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la fratrie
siblings | sibship
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diététiste (m&f) (Québec)
dietician
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un répertoire
directory index notebook répertoire (théâtre, musique)
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un orme
elm
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un sautoir
long necklace
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déplacé (adj)
unwarranted | inappropriate
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en cadeau
as a gift
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désarçonner se faire désarçonner par
to throw sb (unsettle) to be unsettled by
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faire son possible pour... (vieille)
to do one’s best to...
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prévenant (adj)
thoughtful | respectful
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démener se démener
to thrash about | to go to much trouble
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embêter (inf)
annoy | embitter
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démentir
to refute
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lorgner
leer at oogle cast longing glances at
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brailler
bawl | yell
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subit (adj)
sudden
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l’effarement
alarm
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de pair avec
paired with
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peu reluisant
far from brilliant

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