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1
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la nomenclature

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nomenclature

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drôle (adj)

un drôle de travail (colloq)

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funny

a lot of work (or whatever)

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la fronde

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revolt
slingshot
catapult

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autre part

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elsewhere

somewhere else

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la dérogation

la dérogation à

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special dispensation
exemption

infringement of

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fronder

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to revolt against

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un serviteur

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servant

attendant

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implicitement

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implicitly

unconditionally

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une poudrière

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powder keg

storage for ammunition and explosives

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à l’opposé

à l’opposé de

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in contrast
on the other hand

contrary to

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l’opposé

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the other side

the other direction

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un appontement

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pier

platform

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l’appontage (m)

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landing (on an ac carrier)

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primer

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to take precedence over

be the dominant aspect

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une fournée

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batch

lot

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par ailleurs

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otherwise
furthermore
besides
moreover

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une souche

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stump (tree)
stub (ticket)
root (language)
strain (biology)

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un amas

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cluster

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un cluster

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cluster

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flécher

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to signpost

indicate direction

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l’écouvillon (m)

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swab

bottlebrush

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une manette

être aux manettes

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control
joystick

to be in control

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présentement

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now
presently
at this time

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octroyer

s’octroyer

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to grant
bestow

to allow oneself

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le retournement
turnaround time | reversal of a situation
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l’étain (m) les étains
tin pewter pewter ware
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la promiscuité
lack of privacy | promiscuity
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raboter
to plane | shave off
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un rabot
plane | flat surface
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le rabotage
planing | smoothing
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saboter
to make a hash of it | sabotage
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sabler
to put sand on (eg road)
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le plagiat
plagiarism
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enfumer
to smoke out
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têtu (adj)
headstrong | stubborn
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survenir
to happen to occur (death, storm) arise (difficulty) arrive unexpectedly (person)
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sous le radar
under the radar
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la démesure
excessiveness | immoderation
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démesurément
excessively | inordinately
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s’eriger en...
to set os up as...
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le défunt | la défunte
deceased
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les pompes funèbres (fp)
undertakers | morticians
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indigne de
unworthy of
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la frilosité
feebleness intolerance of cold nervousness
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une demi-vie
half-life
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la case départ
square one
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mirobolant (adj)
fantastic fabulous extraordinary
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la datation
dating (archaeology)
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faire irruption dans
to burst into
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se gourer
make a mistake
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un palace
luxury hotel
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le pourrissement
decaying | deterioration
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la commère
gossip
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la donne La donne à changé.
deal (cards) social structure Things have changed
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joncher
to strew | litter
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une joncture
juncture
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un sacré numéro
piece of work (perj)
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une traînée
whore
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traîner se traîner les pieds
drag to drag one’s feet
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le régime de croisière
cruising speed
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le ras-le-bol
lassitude weakness discontent (colloq)
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relativiser
to put st into perspective | put into context
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l’épandage l’épandage d’engrais
spreading spreading of fertilizer
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une licorne
unicorn
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le lavage de cerveau
brain washing
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combler le vide
to fill a void
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ruminer
to ruminate | mull over
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alimenter s’alimenter de
to feed supply make up to thrive on
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à propos de
about | on the subject of
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ne signifier à rien
to mean nothing
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trimballer s’trimballer
to lug around to trail around
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une préconisation
recommendation
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filer
to be off leave to spin (yarn)
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je décolle je bouge je m’arrache
i’m leaving now
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c’est parti on y va allons-y is very formal, not used
let’s go
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une dérive
a change of direction | a deviation from normal
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au travers de | à travers
through
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découlant de
stemming from | flowing from
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détenir
to keep | detain
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par-devers soi
keep for oneself
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disposer de
to have available | to make use of
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se disposer
to prepare
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un dire
opinion | st that is said
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ouvrier (adj)
related to manual labour
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tout au moins pas
at least not
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voir le jour
to open | come into being
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amonceler
to pile up | accumulate
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s’amonceler
to build up | accumulate
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faire valoir qc
to give importance to
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une démarche
a way of walking manner of thinking approach
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de ce fait
therefore for this reason thus
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en passant par
by way of
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unitaire (adj)
common | unified
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un constat
report | assessment
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Il en va de même
The same goes for
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mater
to put down bring under control give a matt finish to frost glass

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