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1
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to drop by

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to pop in*

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excentrique, décalé

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offbeat

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qui n’est pas en rythme, à contrtemps

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offbeat

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ignorant

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benighted

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avec bienveillance

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benignly

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protracted

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prolongé

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longuement

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protactedly

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8
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a large number of

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a raft of

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une mine à ciel ouvert

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a strip mine (US)

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magique Edimbourg

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Magical Edinburgh

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l’automne venu

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with autumn

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12
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le doit autant à … que

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owe it as much TO … as

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13
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revêtir

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to don

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14
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venir en famille

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to come with family

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15
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to undertake

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to set out

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16
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une cornemuse

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a bagpipe

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17
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sur les pas

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on the trail

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18
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l’optimisme

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a feel-good factor

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19
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avoir bon coeur

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to be good-hearted

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jovial

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to be good-humoured

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21
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protéger la réputation de qn

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to protect sb’s good name

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22
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facile à vivre, bon enfant

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good-natured

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23
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avoir bon caractère

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to be good-tempered

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24
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bon à rien

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no good*

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25
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activism with no effect ( just to feel better)

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slacktivism (slacker + activism)

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soutenir, encourager

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to root for

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27
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un traînard

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a laggard

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28
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avoir le hoquet

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to have the hiccups (hiccough)

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29
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kilométrage

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mileage

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30
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consommation d’essence

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the gas mileage

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31
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parcourir plus de kilomètres par litre

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to get a better milage

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32
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mettre bas

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to farrow

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33
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museau

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a snout

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34
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col de l’utérus

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a cervix

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35
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une couchette

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a bunk

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36
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sécher les cours

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to bunk off, to skive off school

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37
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éclabousser

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to splatter

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38
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escroquer, avoir par la ruse

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to trick

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39
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faire son cirque, fanfaronner

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to showboat

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40
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arracher les dents

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to pull teeth

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41
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un bonbon

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a candy

42
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tu as le nez qui s’allonge

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Liar, liar, pants on fire

43
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se déguiser en

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to dress up as

44
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une fête déguisée

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a dress-up party

45
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to dress up

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to dress smartly

46
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un couvercle

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a lid

47
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exposer au grand jour

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to lift the lid on sth, to take the lid of sth

48
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contenir, enrayer qqch (violence)

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to keep the lid on sth

49
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lâche, flottant

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floppy

50
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dégueuler

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to puke up

51
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chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin

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it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack

52
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un petit plaisir

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a treat

53
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pour faire plaisir à qqn

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as a treat for sb

54
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on est gaté!

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what a treat

55
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payer qqch à qqn

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to treat sb to sth

56
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faire plaisir à qqn

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to give sb a treat

57
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ça m’a vraiment fait plaisir

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it was a treat

58
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faire des folies

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to splash about

59
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to splatter

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to splash

60
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une permission, un congé

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a furlough (US)

61
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pelucheux

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fluffy

62
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être d’un grand secours

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to be a pillar of strength

63
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morve

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snot*

64
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le chouchou

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the pet

65
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caresser un animal de compagnie

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to pet

66
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miroiter

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to shimmer

67
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se sentir désarmé

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to feel helpless

68
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sans défense

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helpless

69
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une inclinaison

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a slant

70
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un point de vue, une perspective

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a slant

71
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déformer qqch

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to give a slant

72
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cloîtrer, enfermer

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to coop up

73
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mollement

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limply

74
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paniqué

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panicky

75
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la ciconférence

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the girth

76
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sa corpulence

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ample girth

77
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une sangle (cheval)

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the girth

78
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le commencement des ennuis

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the thin end of the wedge

79
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enfoncer qqch dans qch

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to wedge sth in sth

80
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être coincé entre

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to be wedged between

81
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aller et venir

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to go back and forth

82
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s’affaisser

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to sag

83
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les ouvriers, l’usine

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the shop/factory floor

84
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être terrassé

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to be floored

85
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être désorienté

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to be floored by sth

86
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avoir la parole (speaker)

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to have the floor

87
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a bunch

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a scad*

88
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avant-garde

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cutting edge

89
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le nappage, la garniture

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the topping

90
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glandouiller, faire le fou

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to fool around

91
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une sauterelle

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a grasshopper

92
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hors-d’œuvre

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a appetiser

93
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jeter un coup d’oeil

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to glance

94
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regarder fixement

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to stare

95
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apercevoir

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to glimpse

96
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regarder avec un regard noir

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to glare

97
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reluquer

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to ogle

98
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cligner des yeux

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to blink

99
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regarder qqn bouche bée

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to gape at

100
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faire les gros yeux à qqn, regarder en fronçant les sourcils

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to frown at / to scowl at

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