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1
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gémir de douleur

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to whimper in pain

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2
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sans rechigner

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without a whimper

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3
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boudeur

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sulky

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4
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tirelire

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a money box

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5
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lire sur les lèvres

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to lip-read

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6
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cultivé

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well-read

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7
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faire sa part de travail

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to pull one’s weight

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crispé, énervé

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to be edgy

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9
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quand on parle du loup

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speak of the devil

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10
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ce n’est pas tes affaires

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it is none of your business

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11
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annuaire

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the yearbook

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12
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cinglé, dingue

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bonker

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13
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reçu

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roger

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14
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explosion

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the bomb blast

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15
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et truc dans le même genre

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and whatnot*

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16
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donnant-donnant

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fair’s fair

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17
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apparat

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pageantry

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18
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beauty pageant

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un concours de beauté

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19
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avoir une certaine liberté d’action

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to have some leeway

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20
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rattraper son retard

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to make up leeway

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21
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work from midnight to 8 am

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to work graveyard, graveyard shift

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22
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faire partie de l’équipe de nuit

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to work the graveyard shift

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23
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faire étalage de

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to flaunt

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24
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pénitence

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penance

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25
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chevet

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bedside

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26
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pointer (en arrivant/en partant)

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to clock in/out

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27
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chien de garde

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Watchdog

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28
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ne pas rendre toute la monnaie, être injuste

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to short-change

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29
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ne fait pas l’enfant

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act your age

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30
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futuriste

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space-age

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31
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atteindre le majorité

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to come to age

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32
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saisir

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to snatch up

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33
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stériliser

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to neuter

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34
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neutre

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neuter

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35
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une planque

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a stash house*

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36
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décliner une invitation

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to beg off

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37
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un nœud papillon

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a bow tie

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38
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ue tenue de soirée

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a black tie

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39
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faire match nul

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it was a tie

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40
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terminer ex-aqueo avec qqn

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to tie with sbdy

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41
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Beth a terminé 4ème ex-aqueo avec Margaret

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Beth tied with Margaret for fourth place

42
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entrer dans l’histoire

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to go into the record books

43
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sénace de dédicace

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book signing

44
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être un mystère, incompréhensible

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to be a closed book

45
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passer un savon à qqn

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to throw the book at sb

46
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être bien vu de qqn

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to be in sb’s good book

47
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l’habit ne fait pas le moine

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don’t judge a book by the cover

48
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être dans le coup

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to be in on the deal

49
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un pigeon (idiot)

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a patsy

50
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représentant

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rep

51
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filer qqn

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to shadow sbdy

52
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to put someone down

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dénigrer, réprimer

53
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prévenir, avertir

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to tip off

54
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entaille, balafre, crevasse

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a gash

55
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sainteté

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sanctity

56
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picoler

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to booze

57
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beuverie

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a booze-up

58
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pom-pom girl, majorette

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a cheerleader

59
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millésime

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a vintage

60
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un grand vin

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a vintage wine

61
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avec le recul que nous avons aujourd’hui

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from today’s vantage point

62
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poste d’observation

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a vantage point

63
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coupé court

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to be cropped

64
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coupé ras

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to be close-cropped

65
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handicap

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an impairment

66
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un labyrinthe

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a maze

67
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coup de collier

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a push

68
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a push to do sth

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un effort pour faire qqch

69
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à la limite

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at a psuh

70
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pousser une porte pour l’ouvrir

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to push a door open

71
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plaider pour qqch²

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to push the case for sth

72
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friser la cinquantaine

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to be pushing fifty

73
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faire irruption dans une pièce

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to push into a room

74
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bouton de sonnette

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a push bell

75
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poursuivre qqch

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to push ahead with sth

76
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bousculer

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to push around

77
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écarter (une idée)

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to push aside

78
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tirer vers le bas

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to push down

79
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réclamer

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to push for

80
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forcer le passage, doubler dans une queue

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to push in

81
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faire des pompes

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to do push-ups

82
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Quelle taille faites vous?

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What size do you take?

83
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Une chose à la fois

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Let’s take one thing at a time

84
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enseigner qqch à qqn

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to take sbdy for sth

85
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Quel est votre sentiment à ce sujet?

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What’s your take on this?

86
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devoir y regarder à deux fois

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to do a double take

87
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concessions mutuelles

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a give and take

88
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ressembler à

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to take after

89
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se mesurer à

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to take on

90
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passer ses nerfs sur qnn

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to take sth out on sbdy

91
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prendre la suite, reprendre

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to take over

92
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se prendre d’amitié pour qqn, prendre goût

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to take to

93
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salaire net

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take-home pay

94
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prendre sur soi de faire qqch

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to take it upon onseself to do sth

95
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accepter l’offre de qqn

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to take sbdy up on an offer

96
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parasite (à la radio, télé)

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a static

97
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Ce n’était vraiment pas de bol

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It was hard luck on him

98
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serveur

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a bartender

99
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faire un coup de traître

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to play dirty

100
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esprit mal tourné

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dirty-minded

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