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11/04/2013
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Term
trunk
 Definition
un tronc
Term
ember
 Definition
la braise
Term
incandescent
 Definition
incandescent
Term
to blaze, gleam, shoot up, increase (fam)
 Definition
flamber
Term
fireplace, hearth
 Definition
la cheminée
Term
stained glass
 Definition
le vitraux
Term
greenish/greeny
 Definition
verdâtre
Term
to partition, divide, compartmentalise
 Definition
cloisonner qch
Term
stingy, miserly
 Definition
avare
Term
to be stingy with
 Definition
être avare de
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oak
 Definition
le chêne
Term
back (of chair)
 Definition
le dossier
Term
to surmount, sit on top of
 Definition
surmonter
Term
chin
 Definition
le menton
Term
palm
 Definition
la paume
Term
glow, gleam, glimmer, ray
 Definition
la lueur
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to twist
 Definition
tordre
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plait, braid
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une tresse
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to pick up/lift up
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relever
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to form, shape, make
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former
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handle
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une anse
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to lean against, stand with your back against
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s'adosser
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to manage to do sth, to reach, attain
 Definition
parvenir à
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to age, make sb look older
 Definition
vieillir
Term
to shake, rattle
 Definition
ébranler
Term
flooring
 Definition
le plancher
Term
leg, thigh
 Definition
le cuisse
Term
boot
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la botte
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leather
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le cuir
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to sully, make dirty
 Definition
souiller
Term
mud
 Definition
une boue
Term
to brush, polish
 Definition
brosser
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to hang, to dangle
 Definition
pendre
Term
dagger, poinard
 Definition
une dague
Term
appearance, look
 Definition
la mine
Term
crumbly
 Definition
friable
Term
jaw, jawbone
 Definition
la mâchoire
Term
giant, heavy weight
 Definition
le géant
Term
to take off, remove
 Definition
ôter
Term
flexibility, suppleness
 Definition
la souplesse
Term
surprising
 Definition
surprenant
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giant, colossus
 Definition
un colosse
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appalling, execrable
 Definition
exécrable
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guts, bowels
 Definition
les tripes (f)
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give up the ghost
 Definition
rendre l'âme
Term
mason
 Definition
le maçon
Term
key stone
 Definition
la clef de voûte
Term
wavy
 Definition
ondulé
Term
to wave
 Definition
onduler
Term
courtyard
 Definition
la cour
Term
lean on
 Definition
s'appuyer (à)
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to reign, to prevail
 Definition
réigner
Term
dubious, suspicious
 Definition
suspect
Term
to take one's leave
 Definition
prendre congé
Term
chain, series, succession
 Definition
une enchaînement
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