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un roller

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roller-skate

rollerblades

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une capeline

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wide-brimmed hat

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un croquis

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sketch

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s’écrier

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to exclaim

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la quenouille

tomber en quenouille

partir en quenouille

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cattail
bullrush

go track and ruin

to go down the drain

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fichu (adj)

être fichu

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lousy
wretched

to have had it

note: pp of ficher which doesn’t seem to stand alone as a verb

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éperdument

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utterly

desperately

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enfariner

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flour (sprinkle, add)

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un connard

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jerk
sod
mother fucker

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revanchard (adj)

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vengeful

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un pontage

pontage coronarien

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bypass
decking

coronary bypass

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l’analphabétisme (m)

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illiteracy

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cornaquer

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to show around

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dégarni (adj)

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bald

empty

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un volet

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shutter

flap

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le retardement

à retardement
une bombe à retardement

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delay

delayed action
time bomb

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un manège

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merry-go-round

riding school

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l’œillade (f)

faire des œillades à
lancer une œillade à qn

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wink

make eyes at
to wink at sb

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prometteuse (adj)

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promising

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le ratage

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failure

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distraire

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to distract

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sectaire (adj)

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sectarian

exclusionary

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se cailler

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to curdle

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le moût

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must (wine)

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il appert (v exp)
it appears it is reported it seems
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la manille
shackle
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la bouffe
grub | food
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une once une once de
ounce an ounce of
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inépuisable (adj)
inexhaustible
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les connaissances (f)
knowledge
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in extremis
at the last minute
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rire jaune
to force oneself to laugh
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éperdu (adj)
distraught passionate frantic
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une bourrade
shove thump poke
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la complicité
complicty | involvement
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de long date de longue date
long ago long standing Note: both are in dictionary even though it’s .
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les mœurs
mores customs attitudes
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la cochonnerie manger des cochonneries
rubbish to eat junk food
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une greluche
idiot
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agencer bien agencé
to lay out arrange well laid out
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une nageoire nageoire dorsale
fin dorsal fin
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l’embonpoint (m)
stoutness
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hargneux (adj)
aggressive | belligerent
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un plateau plateau-repas
tray plateau TV dinner
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une griffe
claw
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requinquer
to perk up | cheer up
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griffer
to scratch
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se gausser se gausser de
to laugh to deride
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la délicatesse
delicacy tactfulness thoughtfulness
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le décoffrage
removal of molding forms
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brut de décoffrage (adj)
rough and ready
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rengainer
to put back in its holster | sheathe
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le bordel
brothel | goddamn mess
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la plénitude
fullness
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un faire-part un faire-part de naissance
announcement birth announcement
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Il va de soi...
It’s up to you...
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régénérateur (adj)
regenerative
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modulable (adj) salle modulable
flexible mulpi-purpose room
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par-ci par-là
here and there
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l’exutoire (m)
outlet | release
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l’essoufflement (m)
breathlessness
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anéantir
to annihilate
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décevant (adj)
disappointing
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prenable (adj)
susceptable to being taken
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un coureur une coureuse coureur de jupons
runner driver womanizer
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Qui pis est...
what’s worse is...
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valide (adj)
able-bodied | valid
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la défaillance
failure | fault
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strictement
strictly
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un infarctus
infarct | coronary thrombosis
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affriolant (adj) dessous affriolants
alluring tempting sexy underwear
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inadapté (adj)
maladjusted | unsuitable
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déliquescent (adj)
declining | decaying
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hallucinant (adj) C’est hallucinant!
incredible hallucinating It’s incredible!
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désemplir
to empty
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un costaud | une costaude
strong, sturdy person
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un saisonnier | une saisonnière
seasonal worker | holidaymaker
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happer
to snatch
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la rançon
ransom
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cafter cafter qn
to snitch to snitch on sb
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débrouiller
unravel | sort out
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se débrouiller
to manage | cope
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en connaissance de cause
with full knowledge of the facts
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navré (adj)
sorry
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tenter le diable
to tempt fate
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une pancarte Il y a une pancarte dans la vitrine.
sign There’s a sign in the window.
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jalonner jalonner qc (exp)
to mark out punctuate to be strung out on st
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un jalon poser les jalons de
range pole milestone to pave the way for
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l’épeautre (m)
spelt (kind of grain)
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une aubaine
godsend windfall bargain
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à tout hasard
just in case by chance on the off chance
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il est temps de partir
It’s time to leave Note use of il est instead of c’est.
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éclairé (adj) consentement éclairé milieu éclairé
enlightened informed consent enlightened environment
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au bons soins de... À Clément, au bons soins de ses parents
care of... To Clément, care of his parents

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