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691 lits de justice
          1. n. plural of lit de justice
692 à mi-voix
          1. adv. in a low voice, sotto voce
693 tous les quinze jours
          1.
694 en ami
          1. adv. as a friend
                Je viens en ami. - I come as a friend.
695 trente et un
          1. num. thirty-one
696 quelle heure est-il
          1. Phrase. what time is it?
697 cas d'école
          1. n-m. a theoretical case used for study of a theory
          2. n-m. a real-life case that matches the theory perfectly; a textbook case
698 d'homme à homme
          1. prep. man-to-man (directly, forthrightly and honestly)
                une discussion d'homme à homme
                s'entretenir d'homme à homme
          2. prep. one-on-one, one-to-one
699 poignée de main
          1. n-f. handshake
700 bon courage
          1. interj. good luck!, Godspeed!
701 cour d'honneur
          1. n-f. (architecture) cour d'honneur
702 petite amie
          1. n-f. female equivalent of petit ami: girlfriend (girl/woman to whom one has a romantic attachment)
703 passage à l'acte
          1. n-m. (psychology) Impulsive acting out
704 enfant terrible
          1. n-m. enfant terrible, wild child
705 pour ne pas dire
          1. conj. not to say, if not
                Julien est très beau, pour ne pas dire parfait, quoi. - Julien is very handsome, if not, like, perfect
706 tempête de sable
          1. n-f. sandstorm (strong wind carrying clouds of sand)
707 diseuses de bonne aventure
          1. n. feminine plural of diseuse de bonne aventure
708 cartes de visite
          1. n. plural of carte de visite
709 faire la moue
          1. v. to pout
710 menu fretin
          1. n-m. small fry
711 parti politique
          1. n-m. political party (political organization)
712 lampe de poche
          1. n-f. torch, flashlight
713 Europe centrale
          1. Proper noun. Central Europe
714 gros temps
          1. n-m. (nautical, idiomatic) dirty weather
715 corne d'abondance
          1. n-f. cornucopia
716 joie de vivre
          1. n-f. joie de vivre, zest for life
                respirer la joie de vivre - to breathe the joy of life
717 à rebours
          1. adv. backwards, the wrong way; against the grain
718 il y a lieu
          1.
719 beaux esprits
          1. n. plural of bel esprit
720 je t'en prie
          1. Phrase. I beg you, please
          2. Phrase. go ahead, please, help yourself (response to being asked permission, e.g. to come in, to pass someone, to start eating)
          3. Phrase. you're welcome, don't mention it (familiar, in response to a thank you)
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