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Avoir du pain sur la planche.
To have hands full.
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le calvaire.
ordeal; calvary.
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demeurer (a\).
live; remain, stick, stay.
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demeure/.
backward, half-witted.
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un de/bile.
- idiot, fool, imbecile, stupid.
- mentally handicapped/challenged.
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ha/\ter.
- hasten, speed up, quicken;
- bring forward; hurry, rush
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se ha/\ter de.
rush into.
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se de/pe/\cher.
to hurry, rush.
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tabler sur.
bank on, count on.
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un amateur/
- amateur, hobbyist, non-professional.
- lover, connoisseur, buff.
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un amateur de sensations fortes.
thrill seeker.
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encenser.
praise to the skies.
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une e/gide.
aegis, auspirces, authority.
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sous l'e/gide de.
under the aegis of.
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abdiquer.
abdicate, give up.
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un pilon.
drumstick; pestle.
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pe/tillant.
- sparkling, glimmering;
- bubbly, fizzy;
- effervescent.
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e/\tre aux anges.
- to be ecstatic,
- to be beside oneself with joy,
- be over the moon.
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dompter.
subdue, master, train, tame.
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la fe/brilite/.
- fever, feverishness;
- nervousness, anxiety, restlessness.
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insolite.
bizarre, unusual, out of the ordinary, quirky.
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e/gorger.
cut sb throat, exsanguinate, slaughter.
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e/\tre enclin a\.
inclined to, subject to, liable to, disposed.
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e/branle/.
disturbed, rattled, shaken.
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co/\toyer.
- side-by-side, rub shoulders with, mix with,
- stand alongside, border on.
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un mille/naire.
- millennium, thousand years,
- ancient.
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de/opourvu.
without, lacking, devoid of.
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une e/chauffoure/e.
clash, scuffle, skirmish.
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les e/gards.
consideration.
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un e/gard.
consideration.
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un de/bouche/.
opening, prospect, outlet, end.
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une investiture.
inauguration, investiture.
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aux abois.
in dire straits, in desperate straits.
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un quai.
platform, quay, wharf, dock, embankment.
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de/pite/.
disappointed, let down.
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la de/rive.
- drift, drifting;
- downward slide/spiral;
- tailfin (plane), keel (boat).
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sombrer dans.
lapse into (alcoholism/depression).
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couler.
sink; ruin; flow; run; trickle, leak.
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faire les choux gras.
benefit from, gain.
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planer.
- glide, soar;
- daydream, head in clouds.
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un echiquier.
chessboard.
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briguer.
aspire to, set sights on, crave.
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e/pineux.
thorny, prickly, delicate.
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insuffler.
inspire, breathe life into.
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un temps fort.
upbeat, highlight.
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