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Avoir l’habitude de

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To be used to doing

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Habitude passée

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He used to do

He was accustomed to doing

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Prendre l’habitude faire qlqch

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To get used to do stg

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Être douillet

Être résistant

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To have a low pain threshold

To have a high…

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Éditeur

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Publisher

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Dans ces conditions

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Under these conditions

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Trou à rat

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Rathole

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Se sentir obligé de

Obliger, contraindre légalement

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To feel bound to

To bind sb

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Une solution miracle

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An easy solution

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S’avérer être

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To turn out to be

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Un marasme économique

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A budget quagmire

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Troubles de l’anxiété, de la personnalité, mentaux, de l’humeur, de l’alimentation…, maladie génétique, dérèglement hormonal, épilepsie

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Anxiety, multiple personality, mental, mood, eating, genetic, hormonal, seizure …disorder

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S’entendre avec quelqu’un

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To get along well with

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S’attacher progressivement l’une a l’autre

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To grow fond of one another

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Une hausse de

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A rise in

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Un torchon

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A tea towel

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Un aspirateur
Un fer à repasser
Une machine à laver
Un lave vaisselle

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A vacuum cleaner
A flat iron (to iron)
Wahing machine
A dishwasher

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Faire le tour de

A toute vitesse

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To go around

To race over

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Servir quelqu’un

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To wait on sb

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Passer devant qlch

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To walk past stg

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Une écurie

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A stable

21
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Toiletter

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To groom

22
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Avancer très lentement (en voiture) en première

Marcher à quatre pattes

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To crawl along in first

To crawl

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Serrer les dents

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To grit one’s teeth

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S’entêter à faire qlqch

Prendre la décision de faire qlch

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To go and do stg

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Être de plus en plus

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To be increasingly

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Sans vouloir vous offenser, vous froisser

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No offence meant

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Un commerçant

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A shopkeeper

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Être faiblement éclairé
Avoir la peau claire
Être un type cultivé

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To be dimly-lit
To be fair-skinned
To be well-read chap

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Bâiller

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To yawn

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A la dernière mode

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In the latest fashion

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Vous me semblez faire un étranger coiffeur

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I feel you are not much of a hairdresser

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Monter à bord de qlch

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To board stg

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À contrecœur

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Grudgingly

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Ce que je veux c’est que…

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What I want is to be….

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Si c’était à refaire

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If It had to be done again

36
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Éclater en sanglots

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To burst into tears

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Ce fût une surprise

Ce ne fût pas une surprise

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This came as a surprise

This came as no surprise

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Démissionner

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To resign

39
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Une question d’habitude

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A matter of habit

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Prendre le thé chez john

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To have tea at John’s

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De toute évidence il…

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He clearly…

42
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Profiter de qlqch

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To profit by smtg

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Beaucoup aimer, adorer l’archéologie

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To be fond of archaeology

44
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Lequel d’entre vous

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Which one of you

45
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A qui croyez-vous parler

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Who do you think you’re talking to