59 Flashcards

1
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percer

A

to hit the big time

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2
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délai de livraison

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lead time

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3
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temps réglementaire

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normal time

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4
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time to take the conseqeunces

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payback time

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5
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profiter le plus possible des moments passer avec qqn

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to spend quality time with sb

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6
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être en chômage partiel

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to work short time

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7
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une pratique consacrée

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a time-honoured practice

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8
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Les gens ont de moins en moins de temps

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people are becoming increasingly time-poor

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9
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faire attention à ce que tu dis

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watch your mouth

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10
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Rub-a-dub

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English nursery rhyme

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11
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en fin de compte

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at the end of the day

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12
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une moquerie

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a taunt

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13
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piétiner

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to stomp

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14
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un cerf

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a stag

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15
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confesser

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to confess to

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16
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billet de dix livres

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a tenner*

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17
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un poulailler

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a coop

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18
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se faire la malle

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to fly the coop

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19
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enfermer

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to coop up

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20
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pénitence

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penance

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21
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it’s simple

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there’s nothing to it

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22
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l’important est d’essayer

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the main thing is to try

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23
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c’est tout ce qu’on peut en dire

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that’s all there’s to it

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24
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un monstre

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a behemoth (lit)

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25
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toile de fond, contexte

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a backdrop

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26
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rassis, blasé

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stale

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27
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aider, encourager

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to abet

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28
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injurier

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to revile

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29
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produire en série (publication)

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to churn out leaflet

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30
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de façon hésitante

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haltingly

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31
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s’attaquer aux libertés civiles

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to chip away at civil liberties

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32
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se séparer de qn

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to part company with

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33
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se faire une raie

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to part one’s hair

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34
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découragé

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despondent

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35
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insuffler à qch à qch

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to imbue sth to sth

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36
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être pénétré d’un sentiment

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to be imbued with a feeling

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37
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bruyant, tapageur

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raucous

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38
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saborder, abandonner

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to scuttle

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39
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s’enfuir à toutes jambes

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to scuttle away

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40
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to scold

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to chide

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41
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to chide

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to rebuke

42
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un reproche

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a rebuke

43
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une remise, un abri

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a shed

44
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perdre, supprimer, licencier

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to shed

45
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faire la lumière sur qch

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to shed light on sth

46
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un objet qui suscite des commentaires

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a conversation piece

47
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reconstituer

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to piece together

48
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to create pb for

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to bedevile

49
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un minimum de

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a modicum of

50
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compenser

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to offset

51
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vouloir trop en faire

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to overreach oneself

52
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beugler

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to blare

53
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être entravé

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to be stymied

54
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se faire beau

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to doll up oneself

55
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donner au compte-gouttes

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to dole out

56
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à la rigueur

A

at a pinch

57
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pincer qn

A

to give a pinch

58
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être dans le pétrin

A

to be in a pinch

59
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souffrir financièrement

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to be feeling the pinch

60
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choisi avec soin, trié sur le volet

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handpicked

61
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un lionceau

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a lion cub

62
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un journaliste stagiaire

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a cub reporter

63
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une flaque

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a puddle

64
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écorché

A

cutaway

65
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ébouriffer

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to ruffle

66
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faire perdre son flegme à qn

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to be ruffled

67
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réaliser qch

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to wise up sth *

68
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un lit roulant

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a gurney

69
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mettre sur pied

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to put together

70
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dire qch devant qn

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to tell sth before sb

71
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difficile à manier

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unwiedly

72
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un fléau

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a flail

73
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battre l’air, agiter dans tous les sens

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to flail

74
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légèreté

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levity

75
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paillardise

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ribaldry

76
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un troupeau

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a herd

77
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être entassé

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to be herded

78
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un essaim, une nuée

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a swarm

79
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grouiller de monde

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to be swarming with people

80
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en avoir ras le bol

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to be bellyful

81
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le marteau et la faucille

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the hammer and sickle

82
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une doublure

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a double body

83
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revenir sur ses pas

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to double back

84
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faire un duo

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to do a double act

85
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une contrebasse

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a double bass

86
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a catch 22

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a double blind

87
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un double jeu

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a double-dealing

88
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avoir deux poids, deux mesures

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to have double standard

89
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un cocu

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a cuckold

90
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un blaireau

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a badger

91
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harceler

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to badger

92
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se repentir

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to rue the day

93
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une confrérie, une communauté

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a fraternity

94
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serpenter, se perdre en explication

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to meander

95
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foutaise

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hogwash*

96
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le divorce pour les nuls

A

divorce for dummies

97
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chahuter

A

to heckle

98
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un portant, un présentoir

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a rack

99
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un rattrapage

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a catch-up

100
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être vaniteux

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to be vain