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sansquoi.
without which; otherwise.
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sinon.
- if not, otherwise;
- except, other than, save.
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fixe/s sur son sort.
know his fate.
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au peigne fin.
w. fine-tooth comb.
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maculer.
blur, stain, smudge.
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embourbe/.
stuck (in mud), bogged down.
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s'e/taler.
spread out, stretch over.
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bonde/.
crowded, full, packed.
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faire l'appel.
call the roll.
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manquer l'appel.
missing, not be present.
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pourvoir en cassation.
- appeal, go to appeals court;
- equip, fit with, provide with;
- provide for, cater for.
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recours en cassation.
recourse to appeals court.
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le recours.
- resort, solution, recourse;
- help, aid;
- plea, submission.
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dessaisir.
- relinquish, part with,
- give up.
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soustraire.
subtract, take away.
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prescrire.
lapse, prescribe.
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insupportable.
unbearable, insufferable.
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donner du fil a\ re/tordre.
cause difficulties.
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accablant.
- exhausting, oppressive (heat),
- overwhelming, damning.
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pas la/\cher le morceau.
not spill the beans.
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cracher le morceau.
spit it out, spill the beans.
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la liasse.
bundle, batch, wad (money).
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le repaire.
den, lair, hideout, haunt.
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un outrage.
affront, insult, contempt of court.
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graisser la patte.
grease the (paws) wheels.
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-
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le pot-au-rose.
hidden scecret.
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-
en revanche.
on the contrary.
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-
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la exone/ration.
forgiveness.
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e/\tre mal en point.
feel under the weather.
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le sommier.
bed base, boxspring.
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subir.
- suffer, endure, subject to.
- put up with, deal with.
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interminable.
never ending, interminable.
-
happer.
- snatch, captivate;
- hit (by a car)
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le long de.
along, the length of.
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-
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bouder.
sulk, stay away from, give cold shoulder.
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allant de soi.
take for granted.
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mettre en cause.
accuse, blame, suspect.
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envergure.
large scope, scale, (wingspan).
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le forfait.
criminal act.
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le de/brayage.
- to disengage clutch.
- short work stoppage.
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percevoir.
- perceive;
- receive, collect, detect, sense.
-
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le repe\re.
- landmark, point of reference,
- marker.
-
-
un dispositif.
- measure, plan, package;
- machine, apparatus, device.
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le pave/.
- cobblestone;
- paved street, road;
- (fig) massive book, doorstop, tome;
- (meat) slab, steak, thick slice.
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ex aequo.
tied, draw; equally placed.
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un coup de la te/\te.
barely.
-
-
une irruption.
bursting in, sudden entrance.
-
s'ave/rer.
- prove true, prove to be, show yourself to be;
- be proved, come true.
-
factice.
false, artificial.
-
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le forcene/.
madman, deranged.
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indemne/.
unharmed, uninjured, unscathed, uninfluenced.
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sain-et-sauf.
safe and sound.
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le morceau.
- bit, piece, morsel, slice, fragment,
- passage, excerpt;
- hunk, eye-candy, dish.
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la rixe.
fight, brawl, altercation.
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mettre en emoi.
in turmoil.
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le crible.
scrutiny, analysis; sieve.
-
crible/.
riddled, full of holes.
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-
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bestial.
bestial, brutish.
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le be/tail.
livestock, cattle.
-
tireur embusque/.
sniper.
-
tireur a\ gages.
hired killer.
-
le gage.
- wages, pay;
- pledge, deposit,
- security, guarantee.
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mont-de-pie/te/.
pawnshop.
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