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06/29/2010
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orignal (m.)
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moose
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écureil (m.)
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squirrel
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coyote (m.)
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coyote
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corbeau (m.)
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crow
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raton laveur (m.)
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racoon
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moufette (f.)
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skunk
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moineau (m.)
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sparrow
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souris (f.)
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mouse
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marmotte (f.)
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marmot
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suisse (f.)
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chipmunk
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lapin (m.)
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rabbit
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couguar (m.)
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cougar
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renard (m.)
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fox
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blaireau (m.)
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badger
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cerf (m.)
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deer
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chèvre de montagne (f.)
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mountain goat
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boeuf musqué (m.)
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muskox
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accuser réception de
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acknowledge receiving
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achever
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to finish, to end
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acquit
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receipt
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actif
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assets
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action
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shares, stocks
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addition
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bill
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affaire
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business, things
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agent
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policeman
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agréer
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accept, approve
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agrément
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please, amusement, charm
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amateur
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lover, fan
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amende
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fine
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ancien
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old, former
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société anonyme
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Incorporated
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anticipation
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advance (salary)
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appareil
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device, apparatus, systems
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appointments
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salary
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arranger
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to mend,tidy, suit
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avantageux
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becoming, reasonable, profitable
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bachelier
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someone who has the bac
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bail
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lease, caution
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blonde
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light beer
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brassière
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child's sweater
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bride
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bridle
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brut
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raw, rough
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poids brut
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gross weight
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sucre brut
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raw sugar
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bulletin
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ticket
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bureau de tabac
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tobacco shop
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cabine
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booth
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cabinet de dentiste
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dentist's office
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cabinet de toilette
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dressing room
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cabinet de travail
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study
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cabinet noir
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dark room
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cadet
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junior
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canapé
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sofa, couch
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carton
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cardboard
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change
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exchange
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lettre de change
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bill of exchange
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bureau de change
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foreign exchange office
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circulation
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traffic
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circulation en sens unique
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one-way traffic
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accidents de la circulation
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road accidents
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défense de circuler sur l'herbe
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keep off the grass
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cité
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housing development
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collège
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grammar school, highschool
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combinaison
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slip (lingerie)
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comédien
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actor
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compétition
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rivalry
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café complet
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coffee with a bun
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thé complet
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tea with cookies
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contrôleur
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inspector
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billet de correspondance
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transfer ticket
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corsage
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bodice, blouse
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crû
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raw
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vin de cru
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local wine
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déception
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disappointment
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délicieux
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charming, delightful
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déposer
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to deposit
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deshonnête
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improper, unseemly
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détail
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retail
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distraction
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recreation
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distribution
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delivery (letters), casting
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dresser
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set up table, train
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dresser les oreilles
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to prick up ears
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se dresser
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to stand, rise
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embarras
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difficulty, fuss, hindrance
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embrasser
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to take up, include
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entretenir
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to maintain, support, keep up
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étiquette (f.)
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label, ticket
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éventuel
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possible, uncertain
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exhiber
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to present, produce
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expérience
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experiment, test
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personne expérimenté
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experienced person
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exposer
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to exhibit
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exposition
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exhibition, exposure (Photo.)
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figure (f.)
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+face, air, appearance
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figurer (v.)
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to act
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fine
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best quality brandy
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friction (f.)
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rubdown
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se garder de
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to refrain from, to abstain
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Dieu m'en garde!
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God forbid!
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génie (f.)
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engineering
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gentil
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pretty, aimiable, kind
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grappe (f.)
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bunch
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halle (f.)
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market, marketplace
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avoir hâte
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to be in a hurry, to be anxious to
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mauvaise herbe
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weed
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hôtel de ville
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city hall
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hôtel de postes
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General Post Office
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idiotisme
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idiom
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ignorer (v.)
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to not know
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impasse (f.)
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dead end
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incessament
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immediately
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inconviénient
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disadvantage
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indication (f.)
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detail
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ingénuité (f.)
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lack of sophistication, simplicity
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intoxication (f.)
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food poisoning
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tout juste
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just barely
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chanter juste
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to sing in tune
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lard (m.)
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bacon
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au long et au large
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in length and width
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librarie (f.)
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bookshop
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location (f.)
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renting, rental price, booking
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lunatique
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odd
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luxure (f.)
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lust, lewdness
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machin
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thingy, what's-his-name
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paillaison(m.)
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doormat
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dessous de plat
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placemat
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mémoire (m.)
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bill, memorandum, treastise
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avoir bonne mine
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to look well
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avoir mauvaise mine
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to not look well
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faire bonne mine à qqn.
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to greet someone pleasantly
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faire la mine à qqn.
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to pout at someone
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faire mine de
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to pretend to
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avoir la mine trompeuse
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to have a deceitful look
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mortel
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long, tedious
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nature morte
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still life
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payer en nature
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to pay in kind
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omelette nature
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plain omelette
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enfant naturel
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illegitimate child
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notice
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review, critical comment/sketch, account
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donner congé
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to give notice (from company)
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donner avis
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to give notice (from employee)
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obligation
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bond
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occasion
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opportunity, chance
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vente d'occasion
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sale, bargain
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office
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service, turn
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opportunité
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expediency, opportuness
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ordonnance
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order, regulation, prescription (med.)
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parti pris
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foregone conclusion
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en prendre son parti
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to take something as the inevitable
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partie
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game
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passionné
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enthusiast, fan
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patron
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+pattern
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à peine
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scarcely, hardly
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pension
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+boarding school
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physicien
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physicist
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place
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job, seat, room, square
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Faites place!
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Make way!
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faire place à qqn.
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make room for someone
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retenir des places
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to secure seats
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plan
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map, chart
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premier plan
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foreground
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arrière-plan
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background
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potable
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drinkable
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conserver, confire
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to preserve
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prétendu (adj.)
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so-called
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prétendu (n.)
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suitor
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procès-verbal
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minutes, statement
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cheval de race
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thoroughbred
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etre reçu premier
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to come out first
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réclamer
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to complain, appeal against
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reconnaissance
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gratitude, recognition
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mal aux reins
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my back hurts
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rente
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yearly revenue/income
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à la riguer
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if need be
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