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204 Cards in this Set
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le stupre
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debauchery
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les couilles
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ballocks
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casse-couilles
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pain in the ass
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le tuyau
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hint, lead, (pipe)
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se poser
se poser des questions |
alight,
soul searching |
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la tronche
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head, face, "noodle"
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raide
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straight, stiff
(popular) broke |
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la tirelire
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piggy bank, money box
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le arrachage
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picking, pulling out, lifting
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rayon
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ray, radius, department
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le hachoir
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slicer, cutting board
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le ratelier
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tire rack, manger
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Il mange a tout les rateliers.
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cashing in on all sides
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le gus
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bloke
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le fourgon
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van
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se buter
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va ... he'll be even more stubborn
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buter contre qch
sur buter |
trip over sth
come up against |
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les bretelles
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braces, suspenders
access road |
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débarquer
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to unload, turn up, descend on
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il débarque toujours
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he never has a clue
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se taper
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get stuck with
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se taper dessus
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collq. ... have a fight, scrap, with
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chialer
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blubber, snivel, cry
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la tuile
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tile
blow (as in what a ....) |
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la fouille
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search
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le condé
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cop/flic
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le blazer
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blazer
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la baise
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sex, screwing, fuck
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tapir
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to hide
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dégringoler
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to race down, to fall, tumble down
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foncer
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to darken, to deeper,
fonce! Get a Move On |
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l'affolement
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panic
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déraper
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get out of control, slip, skid
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nier
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deny, repudiate
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poncer
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to sand, rubdown
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éreinter
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to exhaust, wear oneself out
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ronger
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to gnaw, erode, wear away
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se ronger les ongles
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bite one's nails
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se ronger les sangs
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to worry oneself sick
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le bisou
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kiss
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le taupe
une vielle taupe |
mole
female/ old bag |
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froisser
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crease, crumble, wrinke
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se froisser de
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to be hurt by
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le attouchement
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molesting, (not ok),
fondling (ok) touch |
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baigner
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to bathe
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tapir
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to hide
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mordre
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to bite, eat into
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je m'en suis mordu les doigts
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I could have kicked myself
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déchire
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to tear up, break up,
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le comédien
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actor
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la coulisse
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backstage, in the wings, "behind the scenes"
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rompre
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to break
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le cachet
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tablet, pill, stamp, fee
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verser
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to pour, to pay
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bousiller
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botch, wreck, to smash up
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grappe
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bunch, cluster
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le mépris
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(de) contempt for, disregard for
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le pognon
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cabbage, loot, cash, lettuce as in ..
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barbu
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bearded
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le braquage
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robbery,
turning circle |
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enfoiré
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fuckhead
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les fringues
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gear, clothes
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chiquer
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chew tobacco
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éteurner
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to sneeze
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le auvent
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canopy, awning
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la remorque
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trailer, towrope
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chauve
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bald, bare
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le caoutchouc
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rubber
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déglutir
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to swallow
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le dortoir
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dormitory
dormitory town/suburb |
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égrener
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to shell, remove seed
to chime out, drone out |
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arpenter
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to stride along, pace up and down
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tiède
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lukewarm, tepid, warm,
half-hearted |
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le rade
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cafe (also) harbor
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le bastringue
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stuff, dance hall, racket
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la dépouille
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skin, hide, body
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dépouiller
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skin, lay bare, rob
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le pognon
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cabbage, loot, cash, lettuce
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le taulier
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hotel boss
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rincer
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to rinse out,
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se rincer l'oeil
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to get an eyeful
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cogner
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knock, bang, beat up
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remplir
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to fill, fill up
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allonger
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to lay down, s' to lie down,
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se casser
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to go away
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casser
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breah, crack, demote, quash
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loger
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to house, put somebody up, to live
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obsèques
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funeral
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goinfrer
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stuff oneself, binge, make a pig of
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le gonfre
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greedy pig
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enfouir
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to bury
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farcir
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to stuff, cram
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se farcir
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get stuck with, put up with
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le moue
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pout
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la pièce
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room, money, literary piece, document
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ficher
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to put sth on a file, open file on, be on (police files).
to do , drive, |
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se ficher
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to stick
,,, dedans to screw up |
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la ficelle
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string
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inopiné
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unexpected, unforseen
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fuir
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vanish, recede, slip away, run, leak, evade, escape
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égarer
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lead astray, lose, mislay sth
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le poignard
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dagger, stabbing (coup de)
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briguer
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to crave, set one's sights on, aspire to
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rajouter
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to add to, exaggerate, overdo it
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écoper
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bail out (nautical), take the rap, be on the receiving end,
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blé
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corn, wheat,
cash, dough |
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la caution
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Bail. (jur)
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le bail
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Lease
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reculer
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to put off, back up, put back, to move back, push back
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raser
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to shave, to demolish
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envenimer
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to inflame, aggravate, fan the flames
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la taule
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prison
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baratiner
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to give the spiel, chat up
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le affichage
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poster, campaign poster, display
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ruser
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be crafty, trick
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récolter
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to harvest, dig up, collect, reap, win
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grouiller
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to swarm, mill about
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se grouiller
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get a move on
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le découvert
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overdraft
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le prêt
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lending
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le loyer
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rent
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ramener
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to reduce, restore
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le remous
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backwash, eddy, turmoil
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chamailler
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bicker, squabble
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navrer
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to upset
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la dalle
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flagstone, slab
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daller
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to pave
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séquelles
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legacy, consequences
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la séquelle
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relapse, after-effect, consequence, repercussion
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la loge
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lodge, dressing room
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balader
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take sb for a drive, a walk
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envoyer qn balader
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send someone packing
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tramer
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weave, hatch
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se tramer
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(plot) to be hatched
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dépenser
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to spend
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il s'en est pris a moi
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he has attacked me
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la poupe
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the stern
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vau l'eau
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down the drain
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le bidon
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can, drum, tin
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bidon
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bogus, phoney
cheque ... dud check |
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démener
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to thrash about, struggle
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se démener
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se démener pour faire
to put oneself to some trouble to do; |
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lier
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to tie
il avait les mains liées lit, fig his hands were tied; |
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bosser
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to work
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le gardien
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security guard
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lauriers
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laurels
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la pente
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slope
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être sur la mauvaise pente
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be on a slippery slope
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roder
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to run in, break into
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être (bien) rodé
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[personne] to have the hang of things;
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botter
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kick,
"dig" appreciate, Am. slang |
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Ca me laisse le cul par terre'?
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to be flabbergasted
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déborder
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to overwhelm, outflank, go beyond,
.... de overflow, boil over |
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se laisser déborder
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to let oneself be overwhelmed
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s'abattre
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to swoop down on, beat down on
to descend upon |
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débouler
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to charge down (money), tumble down, to come charging along, fall head over heels, start
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débouler chez qqn
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turn up at sb's home
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déraper
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get out of control, out of hand, deteriorate,
slip, skid, etc. |
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emprunter
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borrow, imitate, take out a loan, follow or take a route
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fourbe
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dishonest, double-dealing, fallacious, cheating
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congédier
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dismiss
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renfrogner
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to become sullen
se ... to scowl, frown |
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humecter
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to moisten, dampen
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se apitoyer
apitoyer |
to feel sorry for someone
move someone to pity |
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engueuler
s' |
to tell someone off
to have a row |
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le goudron
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tarmac, tar
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l'empêchement
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unforeseen difficulty, obstacle
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filouter
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filch, chisel
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entamer
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to start, to initiate, to enter, to open, to cut into, to undermine, to shake
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la écluse
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lock
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les abords
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surroundings
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congédier
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to dismiss
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engoncer
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bundled up
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sous-main
en sous-main |
desk blotter
under the table, secretly |
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baraqué (adj)
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husky (big)
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la carrure
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shoulder
(innate qualities) |
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débiner
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to badmouth
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se débiner
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to clear off, make oneself scare,
fall apart |
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louper
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to miss, to botch
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la touffe
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tuft of hair, clump
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le chêne
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oak tree
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entrouvrir
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to open sth a little, half open
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le pépin
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seedless, slight problem
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déchéance
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decline, degeneration
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esclaffer
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guffaw, laugh loudly
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plisser
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to fold, crinkle up, crease
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la grisaille
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daily grind
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obtempérer
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to comply with
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gêner
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disturb, block, bother, hinder, embarrass,
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bleuir
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to turn blue
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crever
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to burst
to wear out |
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le noeud
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knot, node
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le surplomb
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overhang
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le fret
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freight
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bancal
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rickety, shakey
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rabattre
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to shut, fold, fold back, turn down, take in, pull down, blow down
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la faillite
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bankruptcy
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il y a foule
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there are crowds
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farfouiller
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rummage about
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la pommette
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cheekbone
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la bave
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dribble, sprittle
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le grabuge
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mayhem, ruckus
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par-dessus
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over
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la sage-femme
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midwife
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