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| se mettre (se plier) en quatre | to bend over backwards
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| retrousser les manches | to roll up one's sleeves
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| une mine | an expression
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| avoir bonne mine | to look good, healthy
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| sous-estimer | to underestimate
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| une coupe | bowl, trophy, ice cream dish
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| un préservatif | condom
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| un agent de conservation | preservatice
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| embaucher | to hire
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| échapper | to escape
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| une race | a breed of animal
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| le voyage noces | wedding honeymoon
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| a voix haute | outloud
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| la lune de miel | calm, idyllic spell
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| les orteils (m) | toes
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| la cheville | ankle
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| avoir du pain sur la planche | to have a lot of work to do
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| (se) gaver | to stuff oneself
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| ça me gave! | i'm sick of it!
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| faire le malin; jouer au plus malin | to play the wise guy
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| les baguettes (f) | chopsticks
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| les coulisses | behind the scenes, backstage
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| gaucher, gauchere | right handed
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| droitier, droitere | right handed
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| un chouïa (fam) | a little but
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| grouiller | to swarm
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| se grouiller (fam) | to hurry
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| une échelle | a ladder
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| remorquer | to tow
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| une remorque | a trailer
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| (se) détendre | to relax
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| étouffant(e) | stifling
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| croquant(e) | crunchy, crispy
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| Il n'y a pas mort d'homme | it's not the end of the world
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| remuer ciel et terre pour trouver qqc | to search high and low
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| une pâte | dough
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| époustoufler | to amaze, to boggle
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| époustouflant(e) | mind-boggling
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| aléatoire | random
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| les petites annonces | classified ads
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| du brouillon | scrap paper
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| les pantoufles (m) les chaussons (m) | slippers
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| flou(e) | unclear, vague
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| une légende | photo caption
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| une pénurie | shortage, lack
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| en plein jour | in broad daylight
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| un pipelet, une pipelette | a chatty person (kid)
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| un commerçant | shopkeeper, store owner
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| une facture | a bill, an invoice
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| qqn me fait flipper | someone drives me crazy
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| un gond | hinge
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| sortir de ses gonds | to fly off the handle
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| la frange | bangs
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| chuchoter | to whisper
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| un groupe témoin | a control group (scientific)
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| une combine | a scheme, a plot
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| haché(e) | chopped, choppy
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| gratter | to scratch (off)
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| un(e) badaud(e) | an onlooker
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| journé (des) portes ouvertes | open house
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| aboyer | to bark
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| éternuer | to sneeze
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| éternuement | a sneeze
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| le pouce | thimb
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| l'index | index finger
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| le majeur | middle finger
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| l'annulaire | ring finger
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| l'auriculaire | pinky
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| souple | flexible, limber
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| le noyau | pit, stone of a fruit
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| le noyau dur (fig) | the ring leader
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| errer | se promener sans but précis
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| puant(e) | smelly, foul
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| l'oseille (fam) | cash, money
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| une pelle | shovel
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| travailler en binôme | work in pairs, partners
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| A vos marques, prêts, partez! | ON your mark, get set, go!
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| un interrupteur | light switch
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| la poussiere | dust
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| imposable | taxable
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| bouder | to sulk
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| frileux(euse) | sensitive to the cold
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| faire pschitt (fam) | to not last long
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| un pschitt | a spray (aerosol)
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| se blottir contre qqn | to cuddle
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| un scrutin | a ballot
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| au scrutin | by ballot
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| un bulletin (de vote) | by ballot
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| un bulletin blanc | blank vote
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| un bulletin nul | spoiled ballot
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| un vote a bulletin secret | a secret ballot
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| les suffrages exprimés | recorded votes
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| voter par correspondance | absentee voting
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| voter par procuration | absentee voting when one votes in the place of another
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| une urne | ballot box
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| l'isoloir | voting booth
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| le dépouillement | a vote count
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| le parrainage | sponsorship, backing
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| un bureau de vote | polling station
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| ex aequo | a egalité
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| une liste électorale | electoral register
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| émarger | to sign the electoral register
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| s'inscrire | to register to vote
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| une circonscription électorale | a campaign fund
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| une (élection primaire fermée/ouverte | open to members of a party/open to all
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| militer | to campaign, to be an activist
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| une caisse électorale | a campaign fund
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| se présenter aux élections | to run foroffice
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| une plate-forme | party platform
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| une programme (électoral) | electoral promises
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| un ballotage | a runoff
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| un élection cantonale | regional election
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| une clope (fam.) | une cigarette
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| une bougie | a candle
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| donner un coup de pied | to lick
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| avoir un coup de barre | to have a sudden feeling of fatigue
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| un jogging | sweat pants
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| une duré d'attention | attention span
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| expier | to atone for, to pay for a crime
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| coûter les yeux de la tête | to cost an arm and a leg
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| appeleer un chat un chat | to call a spade a spade
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| avoir le vertige | to be afraid of heights
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| un bindonville | a slum
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| plébisciter | to give overwhelming approval
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| un bilan | a write-up a review
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| l'avortement(m) | abortion
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| un échantillon | a sample
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| (s') entasser | to pile up objects, to crowd/squeeze people in
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| harassé(e) | exhausted, drained
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