French Vocab

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185 Terms

1

loin s’en faut

far from it

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s’occuper de

take care of (an issue)

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faute de

for lack of

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4

bousculer

to shake things up

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5

faire tache

to make a mark

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6

exiger

to demand

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attrister

to sadden

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8

détraqué

unhinged, nutty

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9

un raccourci

a shortcut

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10

evincer

to evict

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11

une poignée de main

A handshake

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12

la maree

the tide

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13

eplucher

to peel or skin

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14

terrasser qqn

to floor someone

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15

la taille

the waist

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le sol

the ground

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17

facetieux

mischievous

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18

un nain

a gnome

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19

a perte de vue

endless

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20

en dire long sur

speaks volumes about

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21

esquisser

to outline

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22

disséquer

to dissect

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23

susciter

to provoke, Arouse

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24

à proprement parler

strictly speaking

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25

mollement

nonchalantly

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26

boulimique

bulimic

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27

le préambule

the introduction

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28

une dépense

an expense

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s’inscrire dans le sillage

to follow in the footsteps

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30

le rendement

the yield

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31

une exonération

an exemption

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32

amorcer

to initiate

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33

Un bilan

an assessment, appraisal

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34

un fardeau

a burden

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35

affoler

to panic (someone)

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36

la dette

The debt

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37

désespéré

in despair

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38

les ovules

the eggs (cells)

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39

comestible

edible

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40

une lueur

a weak light

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41

l’enfer

the hell (m)

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42

Époustouflé

flabbergasted, gobsmacked

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43

accablé

overwhelmed

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44

Plier

to fold up

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45

entamer

to start, initiate

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46

l’essor

the rise

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47

indémodable

timeless

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48

instaurer

to establish

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49

frémir

to tremble

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50

une réticence

a reluctance

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51

être gage de

to be a token of

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52

au mépris de

with no regard for

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53

la louange

the praise

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percutant

striking

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55

boucher

to plug, block, seal

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56

validiste

ableist

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le pari

the bet, gamble

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le mépris

the scorn, distain

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59

un coéquipier

a teammate

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l’épanouissement (m)

the fulfilment

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61

lors de

during

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sinueux

contorted, tangled

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au terme de

at the end of

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le dénouement

the outcome

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de plein fouet

head on

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66

clore

to close, end

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criant

blatant, outrageous

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percuter

to collide with

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un foisonnement

an abundance

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70

épais

thick

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une tranche

a slice

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72

le béton

the concrete

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73

caillouteux

rocky, stony

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affligeant

distressing, upsetting

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75

la sottise

the nonsense

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76

la glose

the commentary

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77

pourfendre

to fight, battle against

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78

surplomber

to overlook

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79

un collant

a pair of tights

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80

être muté

to transfer (move for work)

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81

la carte postale

the postcard

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82

un crissement

a screeching

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83

un pneu

a tyre

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84

comprendre l’allusion

to take the hint

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85

de toutes façons

regardless

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hausser les épaules

to shrug

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être fichu

to be a goner

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une perturbation

a disruption

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une emprise

a hold, an influence, a control

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90

c’est le comble

it takes the biscuit

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91

maussade

bad-tempered, gloomy

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une floriège

an anthology, collection

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93

un frémissement

a murmur, simmering

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94

l’enjeu

the stakes, prize

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95

redresser la situation

to rectify the situation

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96

un aveu

a confession

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97

réhibitoire

deal-breaker (adj)

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98

tracasser

to worry, fret

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99

bien-pensant

right-minded

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moralisateur

preachy

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