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"Une danse [...] écrite et réécrite, faite et défaite."	a dance step defined and then redefined ,done,then undone.	(Non-member)
forlonger	leave the pack behind	(Non-member)
Ils ne sinscrivent que dans cette fulgurance.	Only that blaze of light can define them	sporran
"chantiers immobiliers" & "installation anarchiques"	building sites and sporadic development	(Non-member)
"qu'il pourra face"/let if/love do its worst	see this site with the translation	liz askew
(cet e-mail est) coiffé	(an email) headed	(Non-member)
1,2,3 Soleil	what's the time Mr Wolf?	Mari O'Keefe
à fleur de lèvres	They mouthed words...	(Non-member)
A force de côtoyer	The more time you spend with/ in ..., the more ...; If you spend time...	(Non-member)
à l'aune de l'autre	against the yardstick of the other	DocteurPC
À tout malheur bonheur est bon.	Every cloud has a silver lining.	Gayle Wallimann
A un poil d'éléphant près	an elephant's whisker away	(Non-member)
accents crépusculaires	sombre overtones	Tony M
affin que cette feste ne fut troublé d'aucuns cottés	so that this celebration wouldn't be troubled in any way	Josée Bayeur
agencée par le balayage des lignes paires et impaires de l’écran télé	interlaced scanning of the tv image	tradubine
agenda de ministre	hectic/crammed schedule	suezen
approche amoureuse	initial flirting stage(s)	suezen
arbres...et d'ombres portées noires	trees...which cast black shadows on the ground	(Non-member)
arrêts de rigueur	Confinement to quarters	(Non-member)
au charme millénaire	with a timeless charm	(Non-member)

au gré de	to the rhythm of	...
au large de ma vie	out in the wide open spaces of my life	(Non-member)
au second degré	in a peculiar way	(Non-member)
augure favorable	favorable augury	(Non-member)
aune (à l'aune de/des)	by the yardstick of/measured against the yardstick of...	Hervé du Verle
auraient fait la fierté	...motions that would have made some parents so proud	(Non-member)
Autour de l'atre gris, Ou' le feu clair pe'tille et rit,	Around the gray hearth, where the fire crackles and laughs ...	(Non-member)
autour de qui gravitaient de fait nombre de beaux esprits	around whom revolved many fine minds	Paula Price
avaler son rond de cuir	...been so surprised he would have swallowed his elbow leather...	(Non-member)
avoir des pointes a son actif	to have st to one's credit	(Non-member)
à l'échapade	surreptitiously	(Non-member)
à la parfin	what the hell is she playing at?	(Non-member)
á mon céant	propped up	(Non-member)
écriture blanche et écriture rouge	Plain and flowery writing	Angela Dickson
Ô béni soit à jamais ce péché capital	Oh blessed be for all time this deadly sin!	juliebarba
À fleur d’eau, à fleur de peau	of the water's touch/of our skin's caress	Claudia Vale
ballet	ballet... la dance	(Non-member)
basseman ( bosseman )	boatswain's mate	(Non-member)
bâton de vieillesse	staff of old age	Steven Durose
billet d'humour	On a Humorous Note	(Non-member)

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