French Vocabulary 5
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| parrainer | to sponsor, support, godfather
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| vainqueur | winner, victor
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| parcours politique | political career
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| parcours | route, way, course, path, career, record, journey
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| destitué | removed, displaced, deposed, discharged
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| alors | so, then, now then, at that time
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| lors | then, for, while, during
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| lorsque | when, by the time
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| dès que | as soon as
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| puisque | because, since
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| dès | from, since, upon
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| dés | dice
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| autant que | as far as, as much as, as many as
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| autant | as much, so much, all the, such
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| pourtant | however
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| presque | almost, nearly, just about
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| parfois | occasionally, sometimes, art times
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| fois | time
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| à peu près | nearly, just about, more or less
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| faire valoir | assert, represent, enforce, show off
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| d'une pierre deux coups | Idiom - two birds with one stone
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| déballer | to unpack, pour out
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| gambader | to frolick, cavort, gambol
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| alors que | whereas, while, even though, when
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| alentours | surroundings, neughborhoods
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| remarquer | to notice, alight, find by chance
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| balayeur | sweeper
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| estomper | to blur, smear, fade, dim
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| en provenance | from
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| provenance | origin, source
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| brume | mist, haze, fog
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| légère | slight, light, thin, airy
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| sentier en pierres | stone path
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| pierres | stones
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| sentir | to feel, sense, reek
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| sentier | trail, path, footway
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| mener | to lead, conduct
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| défraîchie | shabby, soily, faded
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| asseyant (inf: asseoir) | sitting down, seating
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| peignaient | were painting, were combing (3rd person pl)
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| rosée | dew
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| profita | took advantage of, profited
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| sursauta | jumped, rose, stood up, got up
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| revenu | noun: income; adj: returned; verb: came back, hot back, came again
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| déverrouillant ( inf: déverrouiller ) | unlocking, unbolting
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| laiton | brass
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| facteur | postman, factor, wherefore
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| colis | package, parcel, luggage, baggage
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| emballé | verb: packed, wrapped; adj: runaway
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| ficelle | twine, string, thread
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| attaché | adj: attached, devoted, fastened, selfless; verb: tied
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| plaça (inf: placer) | placed, set, located, laid (3rd person simple past)
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| scruta (inf: scruter) | peered, examined, scrutinized (3rd person simple past)
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| avait de être | had to be
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| restait introuvable | was remaining unfound
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| restait | was staying, was remaining
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| livrer | to deliver, furnish, give away, denounce, fork up
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| abasourdi | dazed, thunderstruck, stunned
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| introuvable | untraceable, undiscovetable
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| plia ( inf: plier) | folded, bent , creased
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| réponse | reply, reponser, answer, solution
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| furent | were, remained, existed
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| au fur et à mesure | as one goes along
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| décrivant ( inf: décrire ) | describing, prortraying
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| inhabituelle | unusual, unfamiliar
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| déplaçant (inf: déplacer ) | moving, displacing, shufting, relocating, exchanging, dislodging
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| s'empêcher | refrain
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| empêcher | prevent
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| effriter | to crumble
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| soyeux | silky
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| réfugier | to take refuge, to den, to emigrate
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| tenter | to try out, to attempt, to tempt, to assay
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| douleur | pain, agony, ache
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| déclenché | verb: triggered; adj: off
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| attraper | to arrest, to capture, to catch, to grapple
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| fournissaient ( inf: fournir) | were providing, were supplying, were furnishing, were catering to
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| engagea ( inf: engager ) | committed to, engaged, hired, retained, nominated
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| lueur | glow, ray, glimmer, flare, glint
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| apprêter | to finish, prime, unlimber, dress
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| narines | nostrils
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| noces | nuptial, spousal; noce means wedding
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| soie | silk, soy, tang, bristle
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| tenaient (inf: tenir) | were holding, were hanging onto, were manning (3rd person plural)
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| demeura ( inf: demeurer) | remained, lived, stayed, resided (1st and 3rd person sing.)
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| brin | strand, ply, shred, sorig, whit
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| gazon | turf, sod
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| grimper | to climb, shinny, mountaineer, clamber, f----
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| réconfort | comfort, reassurance
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| sortirait ( inf: sortir ) | would come out, would leave, would exit, would go out, would get off
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| attiré | attracted
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| vendeur | seller, vendor, salesman, shop assistant
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| séance | session, sitting, showing
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| dédicace | dedication, autograph, inscription
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| paysage | scenery, landscape
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