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dyke up, contain, hold back, restrain |
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skid, misdemeanour, misconduct |
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harness, get down to something |
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delay, reprieve, adjourn, stay (legal) |
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stubborn, restive, recalcitrant |
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mistreat, abuse, mangle, destroy, |
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lose, misplace get lost, lose one’s way |
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cog, gearwheel, machinery |
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contravene, depart from, infringe |
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underbrush, scrubland, jungle (metaphorical) |
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restraint, straitjacket, fetters, horse collar |
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blunt, dull, take the edge off |
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end, close, fence, shut off |
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instability, insecurity, hesitancty |
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reflect, mirror line of fire, line of sight, line of vision |
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downstream portion, support later on (?), as a consequence (?) |
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classify, sort, put into order, choose, pick out |
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package (of measures), presence (police. military), device, machine, apparatus, plan |
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take advantage of (positive) |
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take advantage of (negative) |
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just (a short time ago) (Je viens juste de l’en faire une.) just (only) (Je veux juste un reponse directe.) just (fair) (Leur punition etait severe mais juste.) |
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just (by a slim margin) (Il a rate le bus de peu.) |
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repercussion, negative effect (also in physics « angle of incidence » (?)) |
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where necessary, in that event, if need be, |
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note, notice, observe, record, certify |
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demarcate, circumscribe (panic, freak out) |
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for all that, provided that, clenching |
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twitching, contraction, state of tension |
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pride oneself, boast about |
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etre au diapason
diapason (nm) |
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to be in agreement with, in tune with etc
tuning fork |
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uproar, row, noise (splash (publicity) |
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pack, press, compress (tamp) pack up, pack away (familiar) shrink (someone tasser) |
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annoy, bore, bother, worry (familiar) be bored, be fed up (familiar) |
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graze (literary) send packing, (receive badly) (familiar) |
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gaffe, blunder, slip-up (familiar), whopper, fib |
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springboard, diving board |
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cheat, swindle (Quebec) dishonest person, liar |
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tidy, neat, orderly,
put away, bring around (persuade) |
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uncommon, abandoned, lying idle |
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original, novel, new, unprecedented, unpublished |
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buck (horse), stumble, flinch, balk, shy away from |
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tear down (level) niveler par le bas (le haut) |
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pick up, spice, raise, embellish, measure, dismiss, fire,
result from (« tout ca relevait d’un consensus social qui ne tenait a rien ») |
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not take much, be a very fine line (??)
(not to count for much) |
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foundation, base, bedrock |
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lock, cordon off, close off |
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tax, accuse someone of something (taxer qqn de qch) (slang) cadge, sponge, pinch, swipe |
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float, bail out, recapitalize |
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fool, deceive, cheat, swindle
at half-mast |
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sheepish, abashed, shame-faced |
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face down, flat on one’s stomach acting in a servile way |
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prevaricate, procrastinarte (?), pussyfoot, tergiversate |
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saddle bag, some sort of (woman’s) bag with similar straps (?) |
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coax, cajole, wheedle become softer |
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hang on (someone’s) every word |
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overflow (substance, emotion); excess, misbehaviour |
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aaclear, settle (debt); sell off, discount, put on sale, pay end in reduce to |
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se ratatiner ratatiner (familer) |
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shrivel up demolish, bump off |
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crochu
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hooked, curved
have a lot in common |
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sprinkle (also figurative), dredgecover lightly with a powdery substance (I.e. ‘dust’), figurative (give sparingly) |
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literally and figuratively |
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soft, weak, meek, pliable |
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cause to crumble, erode crumble, erode |
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lancer un pave dans la mare |
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make waves (I.e. do something that will have multiple unpredictable repercussions) also? set the cat among the pigeons, put a fly in the ointment |
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raging (and sudden?) hunger (J’ai la fringale.) |
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be distracted, raise an eyebrow |
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dissipate, dispel, waste, squander, fritter away |
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lingering odor, stench, reek |
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outside (adv) apart from outside (prep) |
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chip the corner of, ruin (figurative)
dog-eared |
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corner, bring to bay
[accule a la pauvrete] |
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turn someone against somebody, come between cloud, confuse quarrel |
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looked down on, disapproved of |
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moreover, besides, in addition. |
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harass, victimize, initiate (school, university) |
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upset (attrister, desoler) dismay (consterner) |
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term, root word (linguistics) name of a saint (religion) |
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shortly, soon, just now, this afternoon sometimes (now)…sometimes (now) |
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delay, postpone, adjourn, reprieve |
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transport, carry, dispatch |
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call out, hail, shout at stop, question, stop and question, take in for questioning |
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weigh, estimate the weight (or worth) of something |
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resistant, defiant, unyielding, refractory |
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affubler
affubler (qqn de qch) |
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deck yourself up in
saddle some with something |
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leave yourself open to criticism, to ask for something (harmful) |
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hit, strike, clamp down, put your foot down |
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wrest, snatch, tear, extract |
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poncif (nm)
poncif (adjective) |
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common place, cliche
commonplace, banal |
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bump into, jostle, shove
shake up (mp) |
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boarding (coming on board) |
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s’ebrouer
?(Il’s s’ebrouent parfois comme une caste au-dessus de la loi.)? |
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pamper, spoil, caress, make a fuss over somebody |
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hoard, booty [argent amasse] |
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give birth to, give rise to |
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do something ahead of somebody else [Il m’a pris de vitesse sur ce coupe la.] |
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take over from, take turns |
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train, break in, tame
assess take stock of |
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import, be important, matter |
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stalk, cob, roundup, raid
grab, nab, make off with, swipe |
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purification, sanitation, clean up |
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denounce, inform on, tell on, back out of, renounce |
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response, retort
in response |
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precarious, shaky, dubious, dicey, bandy legged, bow-legged |
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weave (tisser), plot
be hatched, be woven, be afoot |
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ratify, approve, rubber stamp |
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guard, protect, shelter, shield |
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The term is used in French traditionally to describe nouveau riche attitudes; such as « wearing expensive suits, stylish sunglasses and conspicuously large wristwatches » or anything that is ostentatious and can be considered of « poor taste ». |
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bad after taste, misadventure, misfortune, ‘scrape’ (?) |
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not pull any punches, behave heavy handedly |
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drag, hang out, around, hang around in a bar |
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beat up, rain down blows upon |
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weary, tired, bored, fed up with |
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lance-pierre manger au lance-pierres etre paye au lance-pierre |
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slingshot grab a quick bite to eat to be paid peanuts |
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decrocher
decrochage scolaire (nm) |
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draw/drop back (military), land/get (familiar), give up/abandon (familiar), switch off, pick up, take down dropping out of school |
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prendre le train en marche |
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get in on the action, jump on the bandwagon |
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showdown, power struggle, arm wrestling, |
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at bay (hunting)
in a desperate situation, in dire straits |
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converge, come together, flock |
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delivery van, mini van, people carrier (Que) |
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at bay (hunting)
in a desperate situation, in dire straits |
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converge, come together, flock |
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delivery van, mini van, people carrier (Que) |
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affront, (vexation humilante) (poking?) |
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truchement (nm)
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spokesperson
through the intervention of |
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rebel, rise up, rail against |
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tear (something torn), hitch, snag |
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Downs syndrome. mongolism, trisomy |
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carrying about, shaking about, (lively?) |
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dancing procession, dance |
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increase, round up, make even |
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especially as, particularly as, as far as |
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attraction, appeal, attractive trait |
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real estate, property (adjective) |
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street lamp, street light |
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street lamp, street light |
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fierce opponent, sworn enemy |
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desire for purity, do-gooderism |
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vote in (by a large majority?), elect |
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triumph, prevail, win decisively |
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present oneself as, pretend to be |
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respectable, desirable, socially acceptable |
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(of a person nobody wants anything to do with), (of someone regarded as a pariah) |
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raise, raise (subject), arouse, whip up |
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arrache-pied, d’arrache-pied |
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having many clients, well-stocked |
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See oneself as, purport to be |
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Compost, Fertile ground, breeding ground |
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subsidence, fall, collapse (also metaphorical) |
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advise, recommend, encourage |
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deficiency, lack, insolvency |
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subscription, dues, contribution |
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imply, hint, suggest, suppose |
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commode (nf)
commode (adjective) |
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chest of drawers
handy, practical, convenient, easy-going, accomodating |
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coordinating (qui rassemble) |
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frame, framework, supervison, control |
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counter, box-office, grill, hatch |
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be fully realized, take on its full meaning |
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tie up, lash down, tie (connect) (metaphorically) |
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notice, detect, spot, pick out
get your bearings |
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put on, pull on, slip on, enter, take (street, etc) |
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caterpillar, tufty cord (carpets etc) track, low tunnel |
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gaff, blunder, cock-up, lie / fib (familiar) |
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sweeten, tone down, bowdlerize |
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litter, gestation, range, reach, impact, significance, stave, staff |
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bitter, fierce, tireless, unrelenting, tenacious, unrelenting |
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outrageous, unconventional |
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despise, hold in contempt |
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ornament, embellish, adorn |
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Debauchery ( debauche luxure) |
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track down, discover, detect |
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lezarder
se lezarder, lezarder |
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bask in the sun, lounge, lay about
crack |
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sweeten, tone down, bowdlerize |
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