32 Flashcards

1
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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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5
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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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8
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plats cuisinés

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convenience foods

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9
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toilettes publics

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public convenience

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10
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commerce de proximité, ouvert tard

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a convenience store

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11
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tout confort

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all moderne convenience (all mod cons)

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12
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dans les meilleurs délais

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at your earliest convenience

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13
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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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15
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une tromperie

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a deception

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16
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obtenir qqch par des moyens frauduleux

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to obtain sth by deception

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17
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aveuglement

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self-deception

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18
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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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21
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mettre la main sur qch/qqn

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to get ahold of sth

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22
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officieusement

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off the record

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23
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officiel

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on the record

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24
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casier judiciaire

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criminal record

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25
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avoir fait ses preuves

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to have a good track record

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26
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branleur

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a wanker***

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27
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conclure une entente

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to cut a deal with*

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28
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faire couler le sang de

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to shed the blood of

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29
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une énigme

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a conundrum

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30
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accréditation, justificatif, référence

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credential

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31
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téléshopping

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infomercial

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32
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une embuscade

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an ambush

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33
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intrinsèquement, en soi, fondamentalement

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inherently

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34
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équiper qqn de qch

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to kit sb out with sth

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35
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une batterie

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a drum kit

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36
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sournois, tortueux

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devious

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37
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une sacrée quantité de

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a heck of a lot

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38
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et puis zut!

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what the heck!

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39
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peu importe

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who cares

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40
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malin (pej)

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cunning

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41
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dégrader, effilocher

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to unravel

42
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torturer

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to excruciate

43
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assistance dépannage

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a beakdown cover

44
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dépanneuse

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a breakdown truck

45
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faire de la monnaie sur un billet de 10

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to break a 10 $ bill

46
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s’engourdir

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to numb

47
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être transi de, en état de choc, paralysé de peur

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to be numb with cold, to be numb with shock, to be numb with fear

48
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personne turbulente, chahuteur

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a rowdy

49
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extraverti

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outgoing

50
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discret, sobre

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low-key

51
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un cas particulier, unique (même intrus)

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an outlier

52
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être à la barre, aux commandes

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to be at the helm

53
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un appreçu

A

an insight

54
Q

à tel point que

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so much so that

55
Q

abattre

A

to cull

56
Q

envisager de faire qqch

A

to contemplate doing sth

57
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bien sûr, je t’en prie

A

by all means

58
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rebutant, rébarbatif

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off-putting

59
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tromper, leurrer

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to delude

60
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pousser, bousculer

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to hustle

61
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hésitation, doute

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a qualm

62
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des scrupules

A

moral qualms

63
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lunatique, fanstasque

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temperamental

64
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être d’humeur à faire

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to be in the mood for

65
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faire des progrès

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to come along

66
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se ressaisir

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to pull oneself together

67
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se remuer

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to pull one’s finger out*

68
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consanguin, inné

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inbred

69
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faire face à

A

to face up to

70
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ne tenir aucun compte de

A

to ride roughshod over sth/sb

71
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annuler, mettre fin

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to call off

72
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un spectateur, un passant, un badaud

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a bystander

73
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infroissable

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crushproof

74
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être frénétique

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to be at fever pitch

75
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avoir l’oreille absolue

A

to have perfect pitch

76
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un avantage

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a perk

77
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se ragaillardir

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to perk up

78
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haut de gamme

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top-notch

79
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catin

A

strumpet

80
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chouette

A

swell * (US)

81
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dépasser les bornes

A

out of line

82
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casser d’un coup sec, fermer d’un coup sec

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to snap

83
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parler d’un ton sec

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to snap at

84
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quémandeur, implorant

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supplicant

85
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an intruder

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an interloper

86
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un sentiment de bien-être

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an afterglow

87
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un picotement

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a tingling

88
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une vrille

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a gimlet

89
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indomptable

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indomitable

90
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faux, raté, un chèque sans provision

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a dud

91
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entrer d’un pas nonchalant

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to saunter in

92
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une sucette

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a lollipop

93
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a thread

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a yarn

94
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ue histoire

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a yarn

95
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douloureux, sensible

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sore

96
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c’est un point sensible

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that’s a sore point

97
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en vouloir a qqn

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to be sore at sb

98
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un charlatan

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a quacker

99
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une teinture

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a dye

100
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teindre

A

to dye