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mine en rien

A

although it may not seem so
casually, like nothing is happening
sneakily

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en rien

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not at all

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aléatoire (adj)

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insecure
risky

random (math)

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faire le deuil

faire le deuil de

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mourn

say goodbye to
forget about

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le bazar

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store
bazaar

mess (colloq)
clutter

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un fugueur

une fugueuse

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runaway (child)

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découpé (adj)

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divided
fretful
indented

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découper

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carve

carve up

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glandouiller

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overflow

slop over

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un leurre

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lure

delusion

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carrer

se carrer dans un fauteuil

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to square
form a square

to ensconce oneself in an armchair

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embarquer

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embark
load

pick up (colloq, by police)

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la balade

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walk (à pieds)
ride (à velo, moto)
drive (en voiture)

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le cadastre

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land registry

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susurrer

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to whisper

spread a rumour

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une trotte

ça fait une trotte

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a walk

it’s a fair walk

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trotter

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to trot

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au bas mot

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at least

at the very least

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sur un ton

sur un ton réprobateur

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in a voice
with a tone

reproachfully

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obséder

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to obsess

haunt

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obsédant (adj)

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obsessive
compulsive
haunting

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rembrunir

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to darken

cloud over

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les voies de fait

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assault

battery

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une remise

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shed

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d’avance joué d’avance
beforehand a done deal destiny
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une perche
perch (fish) pole stick boom (microphone)
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le harnais (h aspiré)
harness
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métisser
to crossbreed
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une empreinte
imprint mark footprint
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en gros
in bulk roughly
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raffoler de
to be very keen on | crazy about
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un ensemble de suivi
tracking assembly
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un fuseau le fuseau horaire
spindle taper (narrowing) bobbin time zone
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l’aléa (m)
riskiness
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la versatilité
fickleness inconsistency versatility
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un entrefilet
paragraph | short report
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avant je serai là avant deux heures avant que je mangerai avant que je ferai les courses
before (adv) I’ll be there before two o’clock before (conj) I’ll eat before I do the shoppimg.
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encore longtemps
well into the future | well ahead
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pour l’heure
for now
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à coups répétés | à plusieurs reprises
repeatedly | over and over
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débusquer
break cover | flush out
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morfler
to get hit | take blows
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un vulgarisateur | une vulgarisatrice
popularizer
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les doigts dans le nez J’ai réussi mon examen les doigts dans le nez
easily I passed my exam easily
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J’ai la flemme!
I don’t feel like it!
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J’me casse!
I’m outa here!
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Casse-toi!
Bugger off. Leave me alone! Get the fuck outa here!
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Laisse tomber.
Forget it. (Meaning depends on tone, just as in English).
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Arrête de te la péter!
Stop showing off! Péter = to fart But it also means to snap something. In this case it refers to snapping one’s suspenders—as in bragging.
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se baiser
to lie with to fuck oneself to screw each other
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craquant (adj)
adorable | sexy
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bonne chaude in reference to a woman
hot, sexy in a vulgar sense to be avoided
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niquer
to fuck
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les retraites
pensions
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épauler
support | help
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un fif
fag (derog)
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chancelant (adj)
shaky | faltering
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la ritournelle C’est toujours la même ritournelle
story song It’s always the same old story.
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pourvoir à les postes à pouvoir
to provide for the pots to fill
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empourprer s’empourprer
to flush to become flushed glow
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le clavardage
chat (internet)
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larguer se falarguer
to cast off dump to be dumped
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le matraquage médiatique
media hype
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avoir la main mise
have the upper hand
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affranchir s’affranchir
``` to frank (eg. a letter) to free (de from) ``` to free oneself (de from)
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le fondement
foundation
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complexifier
make complex
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davantage encore
further
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d’ailleurs
moreover
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cupide (adj)
greedy | grasping
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un actionnaire
shareholder
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en fût
in a barrel | on tap
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couver
brood | smolder
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rouillé (adj)
rusty
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égoïste (adj)
self-serving
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cupide (adj)
self-serving
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un préoccupation
concern | worry
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un apprivoisement
taming
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imbattable (adj)
unbeatable
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tirailler
to pull tug to fire (shoot) randomly
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pertinemment
perfectly well
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au bout de compte
at the end of the day | finally
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un ajout
addition (house, text...)
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hâtif (adj)
hurried rushed hasty
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une étoile filante
shooting star | falling star

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