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Descendre du

Sortir de

A

To get down from

To get out of

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Un wagon de fret/marchandises

Un wagon voyageurs

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A wagon

A coach / a carriage

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Le pare-brise

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The windshield (US)
The windscreen (GB)
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Se protéger la tête

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To protect, to shield one’s head

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Crier

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To scream, to yell

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Un garde

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A guard

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Parvenir à

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To manage to

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Hurler de rage / de douleur

Chialer

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To howl with rage / pain

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Une meute de loups

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A pack of wolves

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Hurler de joie

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To shout with joy

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Hurler de rire

Plié de rire

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To scream with laughter

To bent over with laughter

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Crier(très aigu), pousser un cri strident

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To shriek, to screech, to scream

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En faisant quelque chose

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While doing sthg

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Si ce n’était…., s’il n’y avait eu

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But for the…

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Un gémissement

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A moan

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L’odeur du sang

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The smell of blood

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Laisser échapper, pousser un grognement
Gémir de plaisir, de douleur
Bonheur parfait/absolu, dans la confusion la plus totale

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To utter a groan
To groan with pleasure / to groan, to moan with pain
Utter happiness, complete and utter confusion

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J’en ai marre de l’entendre toujours se plaindre

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I’m tired of him moaning and groaning all the time

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Cri plaintif, pleine de larme

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To whimper, to whine

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Être essoufflé

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To be out of breath

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Reprendre son souffle

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To catch one’s breath

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Mes jambes me portent mal

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My legs can hardly/barely/scarcely bear my weight

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Soudainement, d’un coup

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Abruptly, suddenly, all of a sudden

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Péjoratif, désobligeant, dénigrant, peu flatteur

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Derogatory

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Poser le pied sur le sol américain

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To set foot on the US soil ([soyel] )

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Inculquer des valeurs à quelqu’un

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To instill value in sb

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Un citoyen à part entière

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A full-fledged citizen

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Pâte (d’un animal)

Griffe

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Paw

Claw

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Piétiner, écraser

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To trample on sb, stg

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Cest prendre ses désirs pour des réalités

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It is wishful thinking

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Avoir l’intention de

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To meant to

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Fournir à quelqu’un qlqch

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To provide sb with stg

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Étudier gratuitement

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To study for free

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Un certificat

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A diploma

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Incontrôlable, accablant, massif

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Overwhelming

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Trafiquant, passeur

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Smuggler

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Avoir la garde d’un enfant

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To take a child into custody

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Mettre quelqu’un en garde à vue

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To remand sb into custody

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Une audience

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A hearing

39
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Détails particuliers

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Specifics

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Maltraitance

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Mistreatment, ill-treatment

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Tuteur

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Custodian

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Améliorer, mettre en valeur

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To enhance

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Clément, miséricordieux

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Merciful, humanely

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Stratagème (pas tricher)

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Gamesmanship

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Maltraiter, malmener quelqu’un

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To manhandle

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Se rendre

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To turn oneself in

47
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Décision peu judicieuse, mal avisée

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A misguided decision

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Rapatrier quelqu’un

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To deport, to repatriate

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Se lancer dans un voyage périlleux

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To embark on a perilous journey

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Demandeur d’asile

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Asylum-seeker

51
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Un décret

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An executive order

52
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Une clause

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A provision

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Avoir la même opinion sur

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To see eye to eye on the Matter of

54
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L’obstruction pour l’obstruction

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Opposition for opposition is sake (the Nasty Party of No)

55
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Indemme

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Unharmed, unscathed

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Des avoirs

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Assets

57
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A en croire les racontars

La rumeur dit que

A

Rumor has it that

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Valoir plus de

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To worth over

59
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Empoisonné au mercure

A

Polluted with mercury

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Insister pour que (subjonctif)

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To insist that (subjonctif)

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Être inculpé

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To be indicted

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Les rails du tramway

La voie ferrée, le sentier, la piste de musique

A

The streetcar track

The track

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Employé de banque
Un caissier
Un guichetier
Un geôlier/gardien de prison

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A (bank) teller
A cashier, checkout assistant (supermarket)
A ticket seller
A gaoler, jailer, warder

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Des gens fiables

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Dependable people

65
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Aussi facilement, tranquillement que

Se tracasser, se donner du mal

A

With no more fuss than

To fuss over

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Exigu

A

Cramped

67
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Une mansarde (chambre sous le toit)

A

An attic room

68
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La table de billard

Fléchettes

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Pool table, billiard table

Darts

69
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Parler sur un ton, d’une voix…

A

To speak in a voice…

70
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Cette voix-même

A

The very voice