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Words Flashcards

1
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Faire échouer

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To scuttle

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Étayer

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To shore up

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Rester bouche cousue

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To remain mum

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4
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Imprudent

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Reckless

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Sordide (pour un lieu)

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Squalid

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6
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Escroquerie

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Scam

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7
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Cupidité / cupide

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Greed / Greedy

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8
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Destructeur

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Rampaging

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9
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Flatter

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To pander

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10
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Les failles / défauts

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The flaws

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11
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Les flots

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The flows

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12
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Un cadavre

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A corpse

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13
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Date d’échéance

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Due date

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14
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Adhésion

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Enrollment

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15
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Joues

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Cheeks

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16
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Paupières

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Eyelid

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17
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Cils

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Eyelashes

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18
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Sourcils

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Eyebrows

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19
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Gencives

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Gum

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20
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Menton

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A chin

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21
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Omoplate

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Shoulder blade

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22
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Avant bras

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Forearm

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23
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Coude

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Elbow

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24
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Phalange

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Knuckle

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25
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Cuisse

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Thigh

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26
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Mollet

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Calf

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27
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Entrejambe

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Crotch

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28
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Égratignure

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Scratch

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29
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robinet

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spigot

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30
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tuyau d’arrosage

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hose

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31
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machin / truc / bidule

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contraption

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32
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troupeau

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herd

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33
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dégager / foutre le camp

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scram

“the older boys told him to scram”

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34
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Rougeole

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measles

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35
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sangloter / sanglot / dire en sanglotant

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to sob / a sob / to sob smthg

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36
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Triste

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sorrowful

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37
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foule

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throng / crowd

As nouns the difference between throng and crowd is that throng is a group of people crowded or gathered closely together; a multitude while crowd is a group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order or crowd can be (obsolete) a crwth, an ancient celtic plucked string instrument.
As verbs the difference between throng and crowd is that throng is to crowd into a place, especially to fill it while crowd is to push, to press, to shove or crowd can be (obsolete|intransitive) to play on a crowd; to fiddle.

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38
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liaison / connexion

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nexus

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39
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personnes agées

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elderly

40
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marché aux puces

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flea market

41
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rénovation / remettre quelque chose a neuf (adj + verb)

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a makeover / to refurbish / to revamp

As verbs the difference between revamp and refurbish is that revamp is to renovate, revise, improve or renew; to patch while refurbish is to rebuild or replenish with all new material; to restore to original (or better) working order and appearance.

42
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sombre / triste / mélancolique / lugubre

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gloomy

43
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tirer / porter / trainer

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to haul

44
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contraindre (qqn à faire qqc) / forcer / imposer

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to compel

45
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reste / bout / vestige

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remnant (of smthg)

46
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rouler doucement (avec un véhicule)

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to trundle

47
Q

un four

A

an oven

48
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odeur / trace

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a whiff (of)

49
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irréfutable / percutant / captivant

A

compelling avec deux “l”

50
Q

se cacher / se tapir / roder

A

to lurk

51
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pointu / en pointe // alcoolisé

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spiked

ex : having spike shape
this cocktail is spiked with greygoose

52
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promesse / engagement

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a pledge / to pledge smthg to sb / pledge to do smthg /

53
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endiguer le flot

A

stem the flow

54
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polystyrène

A

styrofoam

55
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eau du robinet

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tap water

56
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détritus / déchets // civière

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litter

57
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dégingandé (grand et fin)

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lanky

a lanky boy

58
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a la voix douce / calme

A

soft-spoken

59
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surmonter / s’en sortir

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to cope

60
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au moins

A

at least

61
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rétrécir / diminuer // un psy

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to shrink // a shrink

62
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devinette / mystère / énigme

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a riddle

63
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atterré / consterné

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dismayed

64
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droit / juste / justifié

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righteous (prononciation : right-cheus)

65
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croustillant / chips

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crisp

66
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du chou // débile

A

cabbage

67
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bien rangé / ordonné / soigné

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neat

he always kept his room neat

68
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indulgent / clément

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forgiving

69
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idée / opinion

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a thought

70
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cependant

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though : prononciation : “zhow”

71
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carrière (de pierre) // but / objectif

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quarry

72
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dense / compact // bête / idiot

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dense

the tree canopy is so dense
she’s a bit dense

73
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peinard / pépère

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cushy

74
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évident / indéniable / flagrant

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obvious

75
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ramper / grimper / se faufiler // un sale type / fayot

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to creep // a creep

76
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banlieusard

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suburban

77
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sportif sans cervelle

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a jock

78
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Ruelle

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Lane

79
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Sorcellerie

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Witchcraft

80
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Un gland

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A Acorn

“The oak needs but an acorn” -> “Le chêne n’a besoin que d’un gland”

81
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Un cul

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a arse

“How about I keep my money, and you shove a license up your arse crack?”

82
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Un navire en ruine

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a battered vessel

83
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Regarder / Contempler / Voir

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To Behold

84
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Fiancé

A

Betrothed

85
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Un fardeau

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A burden

“I have the guns, but they have become a burden to me.”

86
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Des adieux

A

Farwell

87
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Affluer

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To flock

“Gents and dames will come flocking from all corners.”

88
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flotter / palpiter / battre

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To flutter

“there still beats the fluttering pulse of a dream.”

89
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Des sauvages

A

heathens

”[ . . . ] or I deliver death and hell’s fury to you and your little tribe of heathens.”

90
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Logement

A

lodging

“Shall we go to my lodging?”

91
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Le mélange / se mélanger

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mingling

“That’s the mingling of the two bloods.”

92
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Des ritals

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Wops

“That was a show to satisfy the wops.”

93
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Echouer

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washed up

“You washed up in a place you don’t belong.”

94
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Un serment

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A oath

“On my oath.”

95
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fourrer / carrer dans …

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To shove

“How about I keep my money, and you shove a license up your arse crack?”

96
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Une trêve

A

A truce

“So tell her there will be a truce.”

Anglais ZTN (5 decks)

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