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de plain-pied
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(phrase) at street level
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de plain-pied avec
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(phrase) "on the same page" with; (to act) in accordance with
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eclaboussé(e)
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(adj) smeared (by something nasty)
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le congé
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(n) vacation
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le relent
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(n) stench
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narquois(e)
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(adj) mocking (as in, a mocking tone)
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chichement
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(adv) cheaply, meanly, miserly
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le volet
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(n) shutter (for a window);
flap (of an airplane) |
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railler
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(v trans) =bafouer (to scoff at)
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tenir à
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(v) to care (about), be fond (of)
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stercoraire
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(adj) feculent, "shitty" (Swann uses this
to decribe music that Odette likes) |
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épaissir
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(v) to thicken, become thick, eg:
a jelly a fog Odette's waist |
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(s'en ficher) comme un poisson d'une pomme
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(phrase) not to care a fig for s.t. or s.o.
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se soucier de
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(v) to care about (conjugated like "oublier")
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de chair
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(phrase) in the flesh
"son visage_____" |
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la lassitude
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(n) weariness
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serré(e)
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(adj) tight (e.g., jeans)
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à son gré
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(phrase) as one likes or wishes (referring to one's actions)
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déjoué(e)
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(adj) twarted
"Mais, sa prudence fut _______" |
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le bond
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(n) leap or bound (often with surprise)
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l'aubépine
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(n) hawthorn
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la mine
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(n) facial expression
"Vous avez bonne____," ("You're looking well.") |
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la meute
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(n) pack (of valets)
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pour des prunes
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(phrase) for nothing
"Tu n'es pas Guermantes_________" ("You're not a Guermantes for nothing.") |
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causer
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(v) =parler
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Pourquoi en être triste?
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(phrase) Why be sad about it?
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Vous en doutez?
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(phrase) You doubt it?
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l'eventail
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fan
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la frime
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(n) put-on or show
"C'est une_____." ("It's just a put-on.") |
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la laideur
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ugliness
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la bru
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=belle-fille
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méchant(e) (chez les adultes)
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(adj) "mean," disagreeable
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ressentir
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(v) to feel (an emotion)
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la blague
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(n)jest, leg-pull
"Ça c'était pas de_____." |
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être jolie à croquer
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(phrase) to look pretty as a picture
(said of girls) |
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crier à tue-tête
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(phrase) to scream one's head off
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le genre
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(n) type, kind
"Elle n'était pas mon____!" |
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reprisé(e)
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(adj) mended
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épars(e)
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(adj) scattered (said of people)
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ensevelir
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(v) to bury (a body)
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clapoter
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(v trans) to lap up (a fluid)
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l'étandue
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expanse
(eg: "sur une_____de 16 Km;" "_____d'eau") |
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s'offusquer de
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(v) to take offense at
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le papotage
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(n) idle chatter
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balbutier
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(v) to babble (baby talk); stammer
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contrarier
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=irriter, ennuyer
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la joue
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(n) cheek
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hue!
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(exclam) Giddy-up!
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empêcher
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to prevent
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faire question de
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(phrase) to ask about
"Et il ne___plus_____ __ Swann chez les Verdurin" |
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factice
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(adj) artificial, false
"Le même ton, un peu _____." |
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se passer de
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(v) to do without (s.o. or s.t.)
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se mettre à
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(v) to start to (do something)
"_____ à sangloter" |
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dispenser de faire quelque chose
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(phrase) to excuse from doing something
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songer à
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(v) to think about
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soudoyer
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(v) to bribe
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à l'écart
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(phrase) on the sidelines
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être à l'écart
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to be isolated
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s'enhardisser
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to become bolder
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la prunelle
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(n) pupil (of an eye); the eye itself
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le carreau(-x)
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(n) anything with a square shape
eg: a window pane, a tile, a diamond (in cards) |
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à carreaux
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(adj phrase) checked, checkered (eg: clothes)
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simuler
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(v) to feign
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la terminaison
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(n) ending
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la dépêche
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(n) dispatch, message
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