French Vocab

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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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bousculer

to shake things up

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faire tache

to make a mark

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exiger

to demand

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attrister

to sadden

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détraqué

unhinged, nutty

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un raccourci

a shortcut

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evincer

to evict

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une poignée de main

A handshake

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la maree

the tide

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eplucher

to peel or skin

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terrasser qqn

to floor someone

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la taille

the waist

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le sol

the ground

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facetieux

mischievous

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un nain

a gnome

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a perte de vue

endless

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en dire long sur

speaks volumes about

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esquisser

to outline

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disséquer

to dissect

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susciter

to provoke, Arouse

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à proprement parler

strictly speaking

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mollement

nonchalantly

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boulimique

bulimic

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le préambule

the introduction

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une dépense

an expense

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s’inscrire dans le sillage

to follow in the footsteps

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le rendement

the yield

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une exonération

an exemption

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amorcer

to initiate

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Un bilan

an assessment, appraisal

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un fardeau

a burden

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affoler

to panic (someone)

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la dette

The debt

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désespéré

in despair

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les ovules

the eggs (cells)

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comestible

edible

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une lueur

a weak light

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l’enfer

the hell (m)

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Époustouflé

flabbergasted, gobsmacked

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accablé

overwhelmed

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Plier

to fold up

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entamer

to start, initiate

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l’essor

the rise

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indémodable

timeless

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instaurer

to establish

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frémir

to tremble

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une réticence

a reluctance

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être gage de

to be a token of

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au mépris de

with no regard for

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la louange

the praise

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percutant

striking

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boucher

to plug, block, seal

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validiste

ableist

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le pari

the bet, gamble

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le mépris

the scorn, distain

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un coéquipier

a teammate

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l’épanouissement (m)

the fulfilment

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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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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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épais

thick

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une tranche

a slice

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le béton

the concrete

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caillouteux

rocky, stony

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affligeant

distressing, upsetting

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la sottise

the nonsense

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la glose

the commentary

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pourfendre

to fight, battle against

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surplomber

to overlook

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un collant

a pair of tights

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être muté

to transfer (move for work)

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la carte postale

the postcard

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un crissement

a screeching

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un pneu

a tyre

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comprendre l’allusion

to take the hint

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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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c’est le comble

it takes the biscuit

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maussade

bad-tempered, gloomy

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une floriège

an anthology, collection

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un frémissement

a murmur, simmering

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l’enjeu

the stakes, prize

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redresser la situation

to rectify the situation

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un aveu

a confession

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réhibitoire

deal-breaker (adj)

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tracasser

to worry, fret

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bien-pensant

right-minded

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moralisateur

preachy