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support, soutien

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a prop

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ruiner qn

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to break the bank

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aux yeux troubles

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bleary-eyed

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la risée

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the laughingstock

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un édredon

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a comforter

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une coupure

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a nick

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prendre des mesures énergiques

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to take drastic actions

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draconien

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drastic

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fait maison, artisanal

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homespun

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banal, ordinaire

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run-of-the-mill

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malveillant

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vicious

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embué, humide

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steamy

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être exigeant

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to be picky*

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faire la fine bouche

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to be a picky eater

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15
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s’envoyer en l’air

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to get laid*

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je n’ai fait que mon travail

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all in a day’s work*

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sauver la mise, la situation

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to save the day

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une connexion, un branchement

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a hookup

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19
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un vagabond

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a bum

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le derrière

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the bum

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21
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remplir les salles

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to put bums on seats

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une banane

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a bum bag

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un dérapage

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a skid

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partir à vau-l’eau

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to be on the skids*

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antidérapant

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non-skid

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26
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les bas fonds

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Skid Row

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c’est de la rigolade

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it’s a cinch

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un voyageur aguerri

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a seasoned traveller

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un vieux routier de la politique

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a seasoned campaigner

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30
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être dans la course

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to be in the ball game

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31
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une autre paire de manches

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a different ball game

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un ramasseur de balles

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a ball boy

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33
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sève

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the sap

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34
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insaisissable, hors d’atteinte

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elusive

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sans blague

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no kidding

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36
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mettre le feu aux poudres

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to light the touch paper

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jour après jour

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day in day out

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être désagréable

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to got on someone’s bad side

39
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pousse-toi

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scooch over*

40
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c’est du bon travail

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it’s a good piece of work

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crème de la crème

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cream of the crop*

42
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un programme info

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an exploit

43
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un spectacle fabuleux

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an extravaganza

44
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le contenu, le fond

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the content

45
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qui vole un œuf, vole un bœuf

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once a thief , always a thief

46
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un alcootest

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a breathaliser test

47
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la bande d’arrêt d’urgence

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the hard shoulder (GB), the emergency lane (US)

48
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sens interdit

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no entry

49
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un autoroute à péage

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a turnpike

50
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un restaurent

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an eatery

51
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la salière

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the salt-shaker

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un varan

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a goanna

53
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sidérer

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to blew the cobwebs out of sbdy

54
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la pisciculture

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fish farming

55
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la consommation d’éléctricité

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the power usage

56
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avoir des principes

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to be principled

57
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ne laisser transparaître aucune émotion

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to keep a stiff upper lip

58
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pratiquement, quasiment

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all-but

59
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un lutin

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an imp

60
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le paysage, le décor

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the scenery

61
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brûlé par le soleil

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sun-baked

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très souvent

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oftentimes

63
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auquel l’on peut s’identifier

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relatable

64
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sembler une mission taillée pour

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to sound like a job for

65
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accessible, facilement abordable

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approachable

66
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médaille honorifique

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a badge of honour

67
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with humility

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hat in hand

68
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l’urgence de qch

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time sensitivity of sth

69
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traverser une mauvaise passe

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to go through a rough patch

70
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contre

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up against (difficultés, pb, équipe)

71
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montrer sa véritable identité

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to show true colors

72
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c’était du gâteau

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it was cakewalk

73
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fraîchement cueilli

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a fresh-cut sth

74
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sur mes genoux

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on my lap

75
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être dans les mains de dieux

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to be in the lap of the gods

76
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vivre dans le luxe

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to live in the lap of luxury

77
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les lecteurs ont bu cette histoire comme du petit lait

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readers lapped the story up

78
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un homme d’âge mûr

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a man of mature years

79
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un fromage fait, un vieux vin

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a mature cheese, wine

80
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un code secret

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a code word

81
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le nationalisme est un euphémisme qui désigne le racisme

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nationalism is a code word for racism

82
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excréments

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feces

83
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nauséeux

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queasy

84
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avoir mal au cœur, se sentir mal à l’aise

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to feel queasy

85
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un tireur d’élite

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a marksman

86
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dépasser

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to overshoot

87
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mettre dans le mille

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to hit the nail in the head

88
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test au détecteur de mensonge

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a polygraph test

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