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feu de l'attente	beacon in the window	Nick Lingris
fi donc	Oh fie!	Crystal Samples
flotter	a wave of hope/optimism seemed to pervade the meeting	suezen
font vivre	are how they make a living	(Non-member)
fortres par l'esprit	strong willed	(Non-member)
frappée à son blason	A plaque OF HER COAT OF ARMS INsCRIBED WITH THE WORDS	(Non-member)
fret	stiff breeze	(Non-member)
géniale dérobade	brilliant hedging (around the issue)	Carol Gullidge
genre grande fete chic decadente	one of those big decadent-chic parties	(Non-member)
gigasse	string bean / beanpole	(Non-member)
glissement de peau	change of skin/shedding of skin	suezen
gourmand comme une poèle à frire	greedy as a gridiron	DocteurPC
Grande Prévot of the Salles des Armes	Fencing Master	Nick Lingris
grandeur d'espace	wide vistas	(Non-member)
guinguette	guinguette	Diana Arbiser
hierachite	oneupmanship	(Non-member)
hissees au mat de cocagne	sliding up and falling back down from the slippery path of illusion	(Non-member)
histoire à dormir debout	a tall story	(Non-member)
Homme, libre penseur ! te crois-tu seul pensant	So you alone are blessed with thought, free-thinking man,	Aisha Maniar
honnête homme	man of integrity or virtue	Carmen Schultz

Il a les yeux plus gros que le ventre	His eyes are bigger than his stomach	Yolanda Broad
Il fallait que je déploie de gros efforts pour ne pas y voir une fustigation.	I had to make a real effort not to feel I was being punished in some way	suezen
il ne suffit pas d'avoir raison pour ne pas avoir tort	it takes more than being right not to be wrong	(Non-member)
il va par et pour le monde	he goes about the world and he serves the world	(Non-member)
ils ne sont pas gratuits ni le fruit du hasard	they were not without cost, neither were they the result of chance	Angela Dickson
Ils ont assuré l'essentiel	they've covered the basics	(Non-member)
imprégnée	imbued with...	(Non-member)
inconçue	unimaginable/undreamt of	suezen
incrée	uncreated (ever-existing)	(Non-member)
inédit	unknown; never published, or published in a limited edition	(Non-member)
invulnérables	tose who are invulnerable	(Non-member)
ISBN/EAN	International Standard Book Numbers/European Article Numbering	(Non-member)
jardin-souvenir	Memory garden- refers to a garden that is decorated with items that evoke fond memories	(Non-member)
Je le laisse à cette heure aller un peu en debausche par dessein	Therefore, I do now of purpose somewhat give way unto licentious allurements	Gayle Wallimann
je m'en veux d'avoir arraché à...	I resent having wrenched or wrenching ...	(Non-member)
je m'impatientais en rageant tout ce que je savais	I was beside myself with rage/fury	sporran
Je n'ai que les yeux pour toi	I Only Have Eyes for You	(Non-member)
Je n’ai pas vocation à juger de la société... (Balzac quote)	My role is not to cast judgement on society, let alone reform it, I have quite enough to do just describing it	(Non-member)
Je ne parvins à saisir ni un signe d'anxiété, ni une ombre d'ironie, ni une mise en demeure	I was unable to perceive any sign of anxiety, any shadow of irony, or any hints of danger/threat.	(Non-member)
je vais t'atomiser!	I'm going to vaporise you!	(Non-member)

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