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plancher sur (v)

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to work on

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épater

épater la galerie

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to amaze
impress

show off

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prendre son pied

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to get one’s kicks

reach orgasm

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se ficher de qn

se ficher de qc

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to make fun of sb

to not give a damn about st

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un boulet

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cannonball

ball and chain
burden

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se débattre

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to struggle

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tourner l’œil

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pass out

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opiner du chef

opiner de la tête

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to nod in agreement

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un pêne

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bolt (door)

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un gâche

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striking plate (door)

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le papier journal

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newsprint

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paître

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to graze (animals)

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le porte-gobelet

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cup holder

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être sur sa lancée

continuer sur sa lancée

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to get underway

to keep going

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élancer (vit)

s’élancer

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to have a throbbing pain

to throw os forward

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le lieu-dit…

lieux-dits) (pl

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placed called …

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une fourche

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pitchfork

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scinder

se scinder

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to split

to split up

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l’odorat (m)

sens de l’odorat

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sense of smell

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ébaucher

à l’état d’ébauche

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to sketch out

in the state of a sketch (a beginning)
partially discernible

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caler

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to wedge

to stall (un moteur)

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une clôture de barbelés

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barbed wire fence

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s’étirer

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to stretch (oneself)

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malmener

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to mistreat

manhandle

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balloter
to be tossed back and forth
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la frondaison
foiliage
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en citadine
As a city dweller
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une grève
strike bank (of lake, water)
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un à-pic
sheer drop
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refermer
to close again
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tabagique (adj)
smoking
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morfler
to get beaten up
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un mal de chien
a pain in the ass
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un blanc
blank (firearm)
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je ne pourrais pas t’en vouloir
I couldn’t blame you
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refourguer qc
palm st off | sell st of dubious value
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la subtilité
subtlety
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lexical (adj)
lexical
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historique (adj) un historique faire l’historique de...
historical historic history to give the historical background of...
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enfouir s’enfouir dans/sous...
to bury tuck away to bury os in/under...
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potasser
to study up | bone up
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amoindrir
to weaken | reduce
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un dénommé | une dénommée
one named...
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une passade
fad | brief affair
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être de taille
to be sizable
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insister pour que
to insist that
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un veinard | une veinarde
lucky person
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un abruti | une abrutie
moron
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une devanture
store front | shop window
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se demerder (argot)
to manage | get by
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s’affaisser
to collapse | sag
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un boîtier
case
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un bip
bip (sound)
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un code
code
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un relent
lingering odour | whiff
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une planque
hideout
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un/une faussaire
forger
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une confession
confession
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un sac de sport
duffle bag | tote bag
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les lentilles de contact (fp)
contact lenses
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un quadra
person in their forties
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à l’endroit
right way up
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jouir
take pleasure in have an orgasm
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se ratatiner
to shrivel up
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gronder
to scold
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se tourner et se retourner
to toss and turn
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gober
to swallow whole | be gullible
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faire le tapin
to be on the game, doing a con le racolage
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un pèquenaud
country bumpkin
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grassouillet (adj)
chubby
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un terre-plein
platform | raised area
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de sorte que
so that
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un sigle
set of initials
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une calandre
radiator grill
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une kyrielle
an endless string of st
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seyant (adj) mal-seyant (adj)
becoming unbecoming
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désœuvré (adj)
inactive | at a loose end
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la procuration
power of attorney
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valdinguer
to send flying
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se démerder
to manage se débrouiller
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un micheton
john (customer of a prostitute) sucker
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tailler une pipe
give a blow job
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une oreillette
ear cavity | earbud (écouteur)
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amonceler | s’amonceler
to pile up
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engueuler s’engueuler
to abuse tell off have a row
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Je t’emmerde!
Fuck you!
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courir aprés
to chase | run after
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mettre en plein dans la mille
hit the nail on the head
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cavaler
flee be a womanizer
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maculer
to make dirty salir barbouiller (also means to smear, daub)
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le tournis
dizziness vertigo le vertige
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un rabat
flap
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le cahot
jolt | shaking from rough road
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batailler
to fight lutter
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l’acquiescement
acquiescence | reluctant consent

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