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33 Flashcards

1
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une disgrâce

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a stigma

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une catastrophe

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an act of God

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3
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se mettre à jour

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to catch up

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un effet de rattrapage

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a catch-up effect

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un petit sourire suffisant

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a smirk

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ultime

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last-ditch

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7
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un trousseau

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a hope chest

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8
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vue d’ensemble, présentation

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an overview

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9
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un pull-over

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a sweater

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10
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trop drôle

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priceless

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11
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un faux-filet

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a rib eye

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12
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un poète qui ne veux pas l’avouer

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to be a closet poet

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13
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un plateau

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a tray

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14
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un chouette moment

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a swell time

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15
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sortir en trombe

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to storm out

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16
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un essai

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a dummy run

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17
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un crétin

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a dummy*

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18
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un mannequin (shop)

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a dummy

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19
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un faux (gun)

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a dummy

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20
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cabossé

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dented

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21
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un ajout, une extension

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an addition

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22
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un écart de conduite

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a lapse

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un trou de mémoire, un moment d’inattention

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a lapse

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24
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avec dignité

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gracefully

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25
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une fossette

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a dimple

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26
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générosité

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largesse

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27
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à domicile

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live-in

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28
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mailles

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mesh

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29
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le grillage

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the wire mesh

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30
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s’accorder avec qqch

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to mesh with sth

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31
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un levier

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a lever

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32
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un démonte pneu

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a tyre lever

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33
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maladie de coeur

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a heart condition

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34
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soumettre (rebelle), apaiser (peur etc)

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to subdue

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35
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esquiver

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to fudge

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36
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la cannelle

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the cinnamon

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37
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zut

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darn it

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38
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repriser

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to darn

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39
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une farce, une blague

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a prank

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40
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c’est du vol

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it’s highway roberry

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41
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un dur à cuire, un voyou

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a roughneck

42
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un marché, un deal

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a dicker**

43
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exercer un contrôle strict sur qqch

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to keep a tight rein on sth

44
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mettre un frein à

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to rein in

45
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être mis dans le même sac

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to be lumped together with

46
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un morceau

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a lump

47
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une bosse

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a lump

48
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autant que

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as much as

49
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dans la mesure où

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in as much as

50
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un(e) jeune marié(e)

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a newlywed

51
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utilise ta caboche

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use your noodle

52
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parfaitement assuré, stable

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steady-rock

53
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se calmer, se ressaisir

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to steady

54
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doucement!

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steady on!

55
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filer le parfaite amour

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to be going steady

56
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un rendez-vous avec qqn que l’on ne connaît pas

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a blind date

57
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rivaliser sur un pied d’égalité avec qqn

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to compete on equal terms with sbdy

58
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blanc comme nage

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as pure as the driven snow

59
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se jeter au cou de qqn

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to throw one’s arms round sb’s neck

60
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un torticolis

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a stiff neck

61
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avoir qqn sur le dos

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to have sb’s breathing down the neck

62
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col roulé

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a roll-neck, a polo neck

63
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être au coude à coude

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to be neck and neck

64
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risquer sa peau

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to risk one’s neck

65
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la chasse d’eau

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the flush

66
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avoir beaucoup d’argent

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to be flush with money

67
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dans l’euphorie des débuts

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in the first flush

68
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dans sa première jeunesse

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in the first flush of youth

69
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une bouffée de chaleur

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a hot flush

70
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distribuer

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to give out

71
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le sidérurgie

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steel industry

72
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la chauffage d’appoint

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the space heater

73
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un chauffe-eau

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a heater

74
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une cage

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a shaft

75
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un manche (golf, tool)

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a shaft

76
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a lump

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a hump

77
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distinguer

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to tell apart

78
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dire à personne

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don’t tell a soul

79
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un groom

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a bell boy

80
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dégoûter

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to gross sb out*

81
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un demeuré

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a retard*

82
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récurer

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to scour

83
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passer au peigne fin, écumer

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to scour

84
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désuet, pittoresque

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quaint

85
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un cartable, une sacoche

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a satchel

86
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un péquenaud, un cul-terreux (attribué tout d’abord aux habitants des Appalaches ce terme désigne maintenant toute personne inculte, attachée à ses pénates)

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a hillbilly

87
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by the way

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incendentally

88
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un présentoir, un portant

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a rack

89
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un fissure

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a crack

90
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tétine

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a nipple

91
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gratuit, offert

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complimentary (comp)

92
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beaucoup trop

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to be way too

93
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une corvée

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a drudgery

94
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un bras artificiel

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a prosthetic arm

95
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le dévouement

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dedication

96
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une suite (à un livre, un film)

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a sequel

97
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faire suite à qqch

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to be a sequel to sth

98
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former un tout

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to make a seamless whole

99
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sans heurt (transition)

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seamless

100
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voilà!

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so there!

101
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ligne de crue (fig: sommet, apogée de qqch)

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high water mark

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