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1
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une tare

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defect (eg. hereditary)

pre-weighing of container

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maussade (adj)

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sullen

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de toute évidence

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obviously

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valoir pour

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to apply to

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frileux

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cautious

sensitive to the cold

timoré

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hérisser

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to anger sb

mettre en colère
irriter

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déguerpir

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to clear off

s’enfuir

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effroyable

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dreadful

effrayant

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guinder

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to make sb feel awkward

to raise, hoist up (nautical)

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résonner en

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to resonate with

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passer un bon moment

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to have a good time

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tomber dans le panneau

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get tricked

fall into a trap

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par ce temps

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in such a weather

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il se vérifier

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lt stands up to reason

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mettre dans tous les états

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to panic

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aux alentours de midi

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around noon

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la chambre d’amis

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guest bedroom

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déraper

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to slip

skid

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à son sujet

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about it

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épier

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to spy on

espionner

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traverser

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to cross

to go through
experience

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tenir bon

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to stay strong

keep focussed

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une comédie

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comedy

play acting

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un comédien (n, adj)

une comédienne

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actor
actress

feigned (as adj)

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sournois
sly hypocrite qui ne montre pas ses sentiments
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un timbré (n, adj) | une timbrée
loony
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un écheveau
hank (eg. of yarn) | tangle
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désemparer qn
to bewilder sb | disconcert
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officieux (adj)
unofficial
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insinuer
to insinuate
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faire du foin (idiom)
cause a scandal | kick up a ruckus
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une garce
bitch femme désagréable et vulgaire
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de part et d’autre
on either side
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escompter
to count on to discount (commerce)
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pour le moins c’était pour le moins étrange
to say the least it was strange to say the least
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un bourbier
quagmire
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(se) voler dans les plumes
to attack each other | fly off the handle
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à ce qu’on dit
so they say
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le lierre
ivy
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enthusiasmé (adj)
enthusiastic
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tirer des plans sur la comète
build castles in the air
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filer la comète
spend the night outdoors | be homeless
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l’avancée
advancement | progress
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la conduite
behaviour action of driving,leading...
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avoir le dessus sur sb
have the upper hand | to be superior
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un traître mot
a single word
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une affabulation
fabulation
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affabuler
spin a tale fabuler
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une pelote
ball (eg. ball of yarn)
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À tout le moins...
To say the least...
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cautionner
to accept support sb stand as guarantor for sb note: false cognate
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peloter
to grope caresser lutiner wind into a ball (ie, une pelote)
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tripoter
to grope fiddle with tâter sans précautions, nerveusement
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la divagation
ravings rambling thoughts propos incohérents
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une consœur
female colleague
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dealer
to deal drugs
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à la légère
lightly
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manigancer
to scheme comploter préparer secrètement
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apostropher
heckle | address sb unpleasantly
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narguer
taunt
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jubiler
to be jubilant
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s’etioler
to blanch become sickly devenir chétif
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désoler
to upset depress peiner
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un simulacre
pretence sham une représentation factice
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factice
false faux imité
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une cagoule
balaclava
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fébrile
feverish fiévreux excité
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l’usufruit (m)
usufruct use of property owned by sb else
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maison de repos
rest home
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échafauder
to fast track
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exorciser
to exorcise
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la bande-son
soundtrack
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esquiver | esquiver à
to duck | escape to
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une rasade
glassful
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délaisser
abandon sb or an animal | neglect

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