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un lustre

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chandelier

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une toile

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cloth

web

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le living

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living room

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un mandat

mandat de perquisition

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mandate
warrant
money order

seach warrant

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la présomption

présomption d’innocence

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presumption
assumption

presumption of innocence

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fourrer

fourrer son nez dans qc
Où as-tu fourré mon passeport?

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to stick
put

to stick one’s nose into st
Where did you put my passport?

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aliéner

s’aliéner

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to alienate

to give up

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un pair

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peer

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un colimaçon

un escalier en colimaçon

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snail

spiral staircase

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une rambarde

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guardrail

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le dessus

l’appartement du dessus
en dessus

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top

the upstairs flat
above

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un intrus

une intruse

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intruder

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figer

figer sur place

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to freeze

to root to the spot

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laisser entendre

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to suggest
imply
give the impression

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achever

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to complete
finish
finish off

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dépecer

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to dismember

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égarer

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to lead astray

to mislay

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un défilé

un défilé de

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narrow pass   (geog)
procession

a stream of

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l’émoi (m)

en émoi

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commotion
agitation
emotion

excited

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le courant de retour

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reflow

return current

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dû à

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due to

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propager

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to spread

propagate

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se propager

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to be propagated

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faire en sorte

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to make sure

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rembourré (adj)
padded
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tressaillir
to shiver shudder quiver
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une manigance
scheme
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bousiller
to wreck
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acquis (adj)
assured | taken for granted
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par écrit
in writing
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consigner
to record write down put on consignment
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un rabat
flap
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une trace trace écrite garder trace de
trace track written record to keep track of
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par téléphone
by ‘phone
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pas de quoi
don’t mention it! | nothing much
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le commandement
command
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en plus de
in addition to
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las (adj)
tired
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caler
``` to prop up to stall (car) ```
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Ça n’a aucun sens.
That makes no sense.
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étayer
to prop up support back up
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fermement
firmly
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faire feu
to fire (a gun)
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la ferveur
fervor
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un as
ace
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sacré (adj) Il a un sacré culot!
a hell of a He has one hell of a nerve!
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un gnon
blow punch dent
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assener
to deal a blow
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un manchot
one-armed man | penguin
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un écran de fumée
smoke screen
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le baratin
smooth talk | sales pitch
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accusatoire (adj)
accusatory
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omettre
to omit
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aux termes de la loi
according to the law
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un flingue
gun | piece
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prêter le flanc prêter le flanc à
to invite to lay oneself open to
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La cause est étendue!
The matter is settled!
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réchapper de/à qc réchapper
to come through st survive
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la fougue
ardour | passion
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la déontologie
professional ethics
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le barreau
the bar (law)
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sur la même longueur d’onde
on the same wavelength
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indécelable (adj)
undetectable
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du bout des lèvres
half-heartedly | reluctantly
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démolir
to demolish
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déboîter
to release disconnect pull out dislocate
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la terminaison terminaison nerveuse
ending nerve ending
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drôlement
very really oddly (in a good way)
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bousiler se bousiler
to wreck to ruin one’s health
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quoi que ce soit de mal
anything wrong
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tortiller se tortiller
to twist to wriggle
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un numéro d’equilibre
balancing act
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jouxter
to adjoin
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une affichette
small poster
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enfouir
to bury
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mordre à l’hameçon
to rise to the bait
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un hameçon
fishhook
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dissiper
to dissipate clear disappear
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défoncer
to smash in/open/down
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se défoncer
to get stoned/high
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Ce ne sont pas tes oignons. Occupe-toi de es oignons.
It’s none of your business. Mind your own business
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expédier
to send | to dispatch
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un surin
dagger | knife
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coupant (adj)
sharp (blade) | cutting (voice, tone)
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dans le cul
up your ass
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se renverser sur...
to put oneself back into...
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révulser
to disgust
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révulsé (adj)
``` rolled upwards (eyes) contorted (face) ```
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empêtrer s’empêtrer avec qn s’empêtrer dans qc
to mire entagle to get embroiled with sb to get tangled up in st
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baiser avec qn
to fuck sb
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une supposition
supposition | guess
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éclairé (adj)
enlightened
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décocher décocher une case à cocher
``` to shoot (an arrow, a look) to throw (a punch, a blow) ``` to uncheck
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cocher cocher la case
to tick (a box) to check the box
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futé (adj)
clever
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un fute
pants
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retour à la case départ
back to square one
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chercher noise à qn
to try to pick a quarrel with sb
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une noise
quarrel | fight
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bosser bosser un exam
to work cram to cram for an exam
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le loyer
rent
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la guestuelle
body language
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le revers et l’avers de la même médaille
two sides of the same coin
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un pot-de-vin
bribe

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