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Chômer

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ne pas travailler un jour de fête ; close, not be working

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Un sandow

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tendeur ; luggage strap

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En fil de fer

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brin de fer ; wire

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Une colline

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petit relief arrondi ; hill

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Suer

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transpirer ; sweat

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Pancarte

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écriteau ; notice, sign

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Saillante

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Proéminent ; projecting, protruding

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Revisser [qch]

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visser de nouveau [qch] de dévissé ; retighten, screw back up

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Assourdissant

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qui rend sourd ; deafening

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Alentour

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aux environs ; in the surrounding area

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Déséquilibrer

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faire perdre l’équilibre ; throw off, destabilize

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Pâturage

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pâture ; pasture, pastureland

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Le carrelet

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plie ; plaice (fish)

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Le Maquereau

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petit poisson apprécié pour sa chair ; mackerel

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Le merlan

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poisson ; whiting

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s’égrener

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se distancer ; be strung out, to spread across

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agglutiné

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aggloméré, regroupé ; stuck together, clumped

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beffroi

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tour de ville ; belfry

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atteler

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fixer un attelage ; to harness, hitch, yoke

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la moisson

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récolte d’une culture à maturité ; harvest

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La visière

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protection pour les yeux sur un casque ; visor

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le bourg

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village urbanisé ; market town, large village

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le clignotement

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lumière intermittente ; flashing

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le déclic

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petit bruit ; click, tick, clicking, ticking

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clin d’œil

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mouvement ; wink

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aussitôt

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immédiatement ; immediately, straight away

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réagir

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agir à la suite de [qch] ; react

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bousculer

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choquer et renverser [qch] ; jostle, shove

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solennellement

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de façon grave, solennelle ; solemnly, gravely

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la pente

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montée, descente ; slope, hill

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un cahot

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saut, bond ; jolt bump, lurch

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fébrile

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excité, nerveux, fiévreux ; feverish, restless, excited

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la chaleur

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température élevée, ardeur, entrain ; heat, warmth

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confluer

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aller vers un même lieu, se réunir ; flow together, meet, converge

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une artère

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vaisseau sanguin partant du cœur ; artery

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gesticulant

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s’agitant remuant ; gesticulating, move about

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un hennissement

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cri des chevaux ; neigh, whinny

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strié

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rayé, à rayures ; ribbed, striped

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la soierie

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étoffe de soie , fabrication commerce de soie ; silk, silk factory

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tenter

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essayer ; try, attempt

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frayer

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ménager un chemin ; clear, open up

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étroit

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pas large ; narrow

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se raidir

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se contracter ; tense, stiffen

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se détendre

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se relâcher ; loosen itself, become slack

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antinomique

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contradictoire ; contradictory

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advenir

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arriver, résulter ; happen, occur, come of

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la gêne

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difficulté ; difficulty, discomfort

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la caserne

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logement pour soldats ou pompiers ; barracks

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frêle

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qui manque de force ; fragile, frail

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cireux

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qui est de la nature de la cire ; waxy

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équarrisseur

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personne qui dépèce les animaux ; butcher

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se plaindre

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exprimer une douleur ; complain

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quant à [qch]

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pour ce qui est de [qch] ; as for [sth] when it comes to [sth]

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bourrelier, bourrelière

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artisan d’articles de cuir ; saddler

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le dédain

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mépris, indifférence ; contempt, scorn, disdain

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capote

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familier - préservatif ; condom
vêtement militaire ; greatcoat

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un écœurement

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nausée ; nausea
familier - abattement ; disillusionment

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de ce fait

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par conséquent pour cette raison ; because of this, as a result

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fringant

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vif, alerte, élégant ; spry, alert, elegant

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élancé

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svelte ; slender, willowy

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soigneux

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précautionneux ; careful, particular

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pester contre [qch/qqn]

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exprimer son mécontentement ; curse

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un étui

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protection réservée à un objet ; case, holder, holster

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