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factice (adj)

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forced
false
pretend

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point final

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end of discussion

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le nec plus ultra

le nec plus ultra de…

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ultimate

the last word in…

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s’y prendre

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to go about it

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aux premières loges

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in an ideal position

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en de tels moments

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at such times

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complaire à faire

complaire dans

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to take pleasure in doing

to take pleasure in

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au propre comme au figuré

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Literally as well as figuratively

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la bruine

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drizzle

le crachin

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une accalmie

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lull

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moteur au ralenti

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motor idling

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hayon

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hatchback

rear door of a vehicle

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survoler

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to fly over

skim through

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la file du milieu

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middle lane

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sous forme de question

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as a question

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sous la pluie

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in the rain

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un parfait inconnu

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a perfect stranger

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de près

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close up (to st)

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un grain

un grain de folie

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grain
a spot of

a touch of madness

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un sac isotherme

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insulated bag

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l’air de rien

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casually

with no fuss

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un pochoir

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stencil

stencilled image

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atone (adj)

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apathetic

expressionless

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la branlette

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masturbation

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une balancelle
swing seat
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soir de réveillon
Christmas eve | New Years Eve
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un sablier
hourglass
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fendiller
to crack | craze
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chiffonner
to crease crumple bother disturb
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dans les airs
airborne
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par temps dégagé
in clear weather
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éreinter qc
to exhaust st to criticize
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la bizarrerie
quirkiness
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en amont
uphill | upstream
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une enceinte
enclosed space
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la louange
praise | eulogy
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fouler aux pieds
to trample
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effarer
to alarm
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la noirceur
blackness
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renfrogné (adj)
sullen
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piètre (adj)
mediocre
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refouler
to repress | push back
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caser se caser
``` to put (into a small space) to marry off ``` to get married
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mesquine (adj)
mean spirited
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tripoter
fiddle with to grope (perj) tâter
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douillet (adj)
soft | snug
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râler (inf)
grumble
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mièvre (adj)
vapid | affected
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la sinistrose
doom and gloom
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fêler
to crack | split
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fêlé
cracked crazy (inf)
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une potiche
large vase
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geindre
to winge
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charrier
to carry along to go too far that’s really pushing it
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relever
to pick up raise up (many meanings)
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cuisiner
to cook to grill (colloq)
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environner
to surround
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remuant (adj)
restless boisterous (child)
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désemparé (adj)
disoriented
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un transat la transat
deck chair baby chair transatlantique race
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imprimer imprimer à
to print impart to impress on
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guinder
to be awkward, unnatural
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guindé (adj)
prim | stiff, unnatural
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carburer à qc
to run on qc (eg gasoline) to work flat out (colloq)
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danser sur une chanson
to dance to a song
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être à l’écart à l’écart de
to be isolated away from
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tomber en pâmoison
swoon | collapse
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un boulet
cannonball ball and chain millstone around the neck
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un lourdaud
oaf | lummox
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cantonner
to quarter billet station restrain (to a place)
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une bourgade
small town
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baffer (colloq)
to slap
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une baffe (colloq)
clout | slap
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avoir le vin mauvais
to have trouble with alcohol
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la décontraction
relaxation
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la désinvolture
casual attitude
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l’argenterie
silverware | silver
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ratatiner
to kill (slang) to shrivel
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n'empêche il n'empêche que...
all the same (tout le même) regardless nevertheless the fact remains that...
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écouler
to sell out | to traffic
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écoulé (adj)
past | passed
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un dérivatif
distraction | diversion
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dérivatif (adj)
repulsive | distasteful
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déraisonnable (adj)
unreasonable | foolish
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défier défier avec méprise
to challenge provoke mock
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se défier
to dare os
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ressasser
to turn over (in mind) | dwell on
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un osier
willow tree | wicker
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à cet effet
for this purpose
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à califourchon
astride
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un contractuel | une contractuelle
contract employee
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complaire se complaire à faire
to please satsfy a desire to take pleasure in doing
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emboutir
``` to stamp (metal) crash into (informal) ```

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