32 Flashcards

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un dresseur

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a handler

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une page vierge

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a blank sheet

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un regard dénué d’expression

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a blank look

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avoir l’air déconcerté

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to look blank

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catégorique

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point-blank

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rejeter

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to cast aside

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mettre sur pied

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to set up

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plats cuisinés

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convenience foods

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toilettes publics

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public convenience

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commerce de proximité, ouvert tard

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a convenience store

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tout confort

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all moderne convenience (all mod cons)

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dans les meilleurs délais

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at your earliest convenience

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formuler

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a frame

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14
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arrêt sur image

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freeze-frame

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une tromperie

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a deception

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obtenir qqch par des moyens frauduleux

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to obtain sth by deception

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aveuglement

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self-deception

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les choses mettent plus de temps à se construire qu’à se détruire

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Rome wasn’t built in a day, but it burned in one.

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19
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fouetter

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to lash

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20
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un pâturage

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a grazing

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mettre la main sur qch/qqn

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to get ahold of sth

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officieusement

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off the record

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officiel

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on the record

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casier judiciaire

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criminal record

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avoir fait ses preuves
to have a good track record
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branleur
a wanker***
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conclure une entente
to cut a deal with*
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faire couler le sang de
to shed the blood of
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une énigme
a conundrum
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accréditation, justificatif, référence
credential
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téléshopping
infomercial
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une embuscade
an ambush
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intrinsèquement, en soi, fondamentalement
inherently
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équiper qqn de qch
to kit sb out with sth
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une batterie
a drum kit
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sournois, tortueux
devious
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une sacrée quantité de
a heck of a lot
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et puis zut!
what the heck!
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peu importe
who cares
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malin (pej)
cunning
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dégrader, effilocher
to unravel
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torturer
to excruciate
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assistance dépannage
a beakdown cover
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dépanneuse
a breakdown truck
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faire de la monnaie sur un billet de 10
to break a 10 $ bill
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s'engourdir
to numb
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être transi de, en état de choc, paralysé de peur
to be numb with cold, to be numb with shock, to be numb with fear
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personne turbulente, chahuteur
a rowdy
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extraverti
outgoing
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discret, sobre
low-key
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un cas particulier, unique (même intrus)
an outlier
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être à la barre, aux commandes
to be at the helm
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un appreçu
an insight
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à tel point que
so much so that
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abattre
to cull
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envisager de faire qqch
to contemplate doing sth
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bien sûr, je t'en prie
by all means
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rebutant, rébarbatif
off-putting
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tromper, leurrer
to delude
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pousser, bousculer
to hustle
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hésitation, doute
a qualm
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des scrupules
moral qualms
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lunatique, fanstasque
temperamental
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être d'humeur à faire
to be in the mood for
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faire des progrès
to come along
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se ressaisir
to pull oneself together
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se remuer
to pull one's finger out*
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consanguin, inné
inbred
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faire face à
to face up to
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ne tenir aucun compte de
to ride roughshod over sth/sb
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annuler, mettre fin
to call off
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un spectateur, un passant, un badaud
a bystander
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infroissable
crushproof
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être frénétique
to be at fever pitch
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avoir l'oreille absolue
to have perfect pitch
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un avantage
a perk
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se ragaillardir
to perk up
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haut de gamme
top-notch
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catin
strumpet
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chouette
swell * (US)
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dépasser les bornes
out of line
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casser d'un coup sec, fermer d'un coup sec
to snap
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parler d'un ton sec
to snap at
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quémandeur, implorant
supplicant
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an intruder
an interloper
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un sentiment de bien-être
an afterglow
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un picotement
a tingling
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une vrille
a gimlet
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indomptable
indomitable
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faux, raté, un chèque sans provision
a dud
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entrer d'un pas nonchalant
to saunter in
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une sucette
a lollipop
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a thread
a yarn
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ue histoire
a yarn
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douloureux, sensible
sore
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c'est un point sensible
that's a sore point
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en vouloir a qqn
to be sore at sb
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un charlatan
a quacker
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une teinture
a dye
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teindre
to dye