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Intervenir

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To step in / To intervene

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Le déclanchement

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The outbreak

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Engager les hostilités

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To engage in hostilites

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Prendre les armes

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To take up arms

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Etre en guerre contre

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To be at war with

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Riposter

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To retaliate

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Représailles

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Retaliations / Reprisal

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Etre en quarantaine

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To be in quarantine

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Etre mis en quarantaine

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To be put under a quarantine

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Déployer des troupes

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To array / deploy troops

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Un bourbier

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A quagmire

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Renverser (gouvernement)

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To overthrow

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Le contrecoup

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The aftereffect / the aftershock

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Le moral

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The morale

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(En) prendre un coup

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To take a bit of a bashing

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Encaisser le coup

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To reel under the blow

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Retourner sa veste

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To change one’s colours

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Une défection (faire défaut à qqn)

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A defection / a withdrawal of support

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Un allié indéfectble

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An unshakable ally

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Exiger

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To exact / to demand

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21
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Clouer qqn au sol

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To pin down sb

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Attendre l’ordre de lancer l’offensive

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To hold fire

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Un marché aux puces

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A flea market

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Vendre qqch bon marché

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To sell smth for a song

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Négocier

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To bargain about / to haggle over

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Une foire / un parce d’attraction

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Un fun fair

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Renverser la tendance

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To reverse engines

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28
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Des célibataires endurcis

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Confirmed bachelors

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29
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Des vieilles villes

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Spinsters

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Soi-disant

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So-called

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Possible / éventuel

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Prospective

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32
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Etre rassemblé

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To be congregated

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33
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A l’extérieur

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In the open air / outdoor

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Un groupe

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A lot

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Un sort / un destin

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A lot

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Beaucoup

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A lot

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37
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En aucune façon

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By no means

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38
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Parmi

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Amid(st) / among(st)

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39
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La silhouette

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The figure

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Faire une sale tronche / une sale tête

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To cut a poor / sorry figure.

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Légèrement

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Slightly

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42
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Courbé

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Convex

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43
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Guibolles

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Shanks

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44
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Un nez en trompette

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A turned-up nose

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45
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Hautain

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Haughty

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46
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Aller aux toilettes

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To go to the loo

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47
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Des guirlandes

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Tinsels

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La matière première

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The raw material

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Une traversée

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A crossing / a passage

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Un bateau

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A boat

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Un navire

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A ship

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Une embarcation

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A craft

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A radeau

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A raft

54
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Un paquebot

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A liner

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Une cabine

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A cabin

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Le port

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The harbour

57
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Une couchette

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A berth

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Une chaise-longue

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A deck-chair

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Une couverture de voyage

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A rug

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Un train de marchandises

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A goods train

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Une locomotive

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A steam engine

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Un chauffeur de train

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A stoker

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Une gare

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A station

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Un chef de train

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A guard

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Un wagon

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A carriage / a coach

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Un fourgon à bagages

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A luggage-van

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Une place

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A seat

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Un compartiment

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A compartment

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Un filet à bagages

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A luggage-rack

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Un employé des chemins de fer

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A railway clerk

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La consigne

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The left-luggage office

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La salle d’attente

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The waiting-room

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Le quai

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The platform

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Le buffet de la gare

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The refreshment-room

75
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Un aller simple

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A single-ticket

76
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Un billet aller-retour

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A return-ticket

77
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Un ticket en règle

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A valid ticket

78
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Combien coûte un billet pour Londres ?

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How much is the fare to London ?

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Avoir le feu vert

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To get the go-ahead

80
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Un brocanteur

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A second-hand dealer

81
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Un particulier

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A private individual

82
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Rentrer chez soi (armée)

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To be discharged

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La portée, l’étendue

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The extent

84
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Etre sur le qui-vive

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To be alarmed

85
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Faire la guerre

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To make war

86
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Condamner à mort

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To sentence to death

87
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Un compromis

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A compromise

88
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Un adversaire, un opposant

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An opponent

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Dédaigneux

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Disdainful

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Hautain (litt)

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Supercilious

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Une voix sonore

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A carrying voice

92
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Etre au diapason / dans la note / à l’unisson

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To be in keeping

93
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Faire passer un message, faire passer, transmettre

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To convey

94
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Un sale phallocrate

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A male chauvinist pig

95
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Le manques de qch

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The want of smth

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Un arriviste, un parvenu

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A go-getter

97
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Une voix trainante

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A drawl

98
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Pincer la voix très haut

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To pitch one’s voice

99
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Une barrière

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A fence

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Une haie

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A fence

101
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Avoir le cul entre deux chaises

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To sit on the fence

102
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Enjoué

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Jolly

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Une cavalière chevronée

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A riding-mistress

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La vénerie

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The hunting field

105
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La lie de l’humanité

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The scum of the earth

106
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Belliqueux

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Warlike

107
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Aller de l’avant

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To move forward

108
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S’en tirer, s’en sortir

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To cope

109
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Sauf si

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Unless

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Sauf (adv)

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Except / but / save

111
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Sain et sauf

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Safe and sound

112
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Gâché

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Spoilt

113
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Un petit morveux

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A little brat

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Chéri (adj)

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Cherished

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Choyé

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Pampered

116
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Elever dans du coton

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To mollycoddle

117
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Choyer

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To coddle / to pamper

118
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Avoir un métier

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To have a career

119
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Avoir son métier à soi

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To have an occupation of one’s own

120
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Assurer (gérer)

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To get by

121
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Assurer (gérer)

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To hold / stand one’s own / ground

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