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ABEL BOOK > Alle the lonely people > Flashcards

Alle the lonely people Flashcards

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staffing

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recrutement

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to track down

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localiser des personnes

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the news was dismal

dismal result

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les nouvelles étaient maussades/lugubres

résultat lamentable²

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a sandwich wash down with tea (food accompany with a drink)

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un sandwich avec un thé - sous entendu on fait passer on fait descendre

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to settle

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s’installer

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galore (ɡəˈlɔːʳ)

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en abondance, à gogo

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despondency

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découragement

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to have the wit to do sth

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avoir la présence d’esprit de faire quelque chose

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much to my dismay

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à mon grand désarroi

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the gist of sth

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l’essentiel de qq chose

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to fret about (worry about sb)

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se tracasser

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to graze a knee

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écorcher un genou

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a sodden tissue

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un mouchoir trempé

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pick up the pace

to speed up

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accélerer la cadence

accélérer

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Let me treat you

a treat

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laisse-moi t’inviter

une petit plaisir

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to start out (career)

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faire ses débuts

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a dogsbody

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une bonne à tout faire

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haberdashery (US = sells shop men and UK = button)

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US = magasin de vêtement pour homme
UK = mercerie
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19
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the eletion

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l exaltation, la joie, l euphorie

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the longing

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le désir

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to utter a question

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poser une question

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houndstooth coat

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un manteau pied de poule

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23
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patent lies

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des mensonges flagrants

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to embolden sb to do sth

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encourager qq’un à faire qq chose

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clouds loom

to loom large

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des nuages apparaissent - se profilent

occuper tousles esprits - être une préoccupation majeure

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it drives me up the wall

What are you driving at ?

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cela me rend fou

où veux tu en venir ?

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27
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to step out (date with so)

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sortir avec quelqu’un

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28
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kill two birds with one stone

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faire d’une pierre deux coups

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she’s fanning her face with her hands

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elle évente son visage avec ses mains

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30
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he is an item l

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il est en couple

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wary
to be wary of
(feeling about possible danger)

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méfiant

se méfier de

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to revel in sth (be happy about)

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savourer - se délecter de qq chose

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33
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he shrugged

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il haussa les épaules

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34
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to concregate

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se rassembler

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35
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to loathe each other

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se détester

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36
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to cross the treshold

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franchir la porte

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37
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riffle through (a book)
rillfe through drawers
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feuilleter (un livre)

fouiller dans un tiroir

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38
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a biscuit barrel

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une boîte à biscuit

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39
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embossed paper

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papier gaufré

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40
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to rustle up (cooking)

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préparer un repas en vitesse

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41
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to pluck from (a book from the shelf)

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prendre - sortir (un livre de l’étagère)

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I jack in (my job)

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j’ai quitté (mon boulot)

43
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a toddler

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un bambin

44
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to soothe sb

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apaiser - calmer qq un

45
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you have had a wasted journey

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tu as fait un trajet pour rien

46
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to pace up and down

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faire les cent pas

47
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to get cold feet

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avoir la pétoche - la frousse

48
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they could ill afford

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ils ne pouvaient pas se permettre

49
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a backbreaking job

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un travail éreintant

50
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incensed (angry)

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furieux

51
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a whole heap

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un tas de

52
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to cut sb off

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interrompre

53
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the phone pokes out the pocket

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le téléphone dépassait de la poche

54
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the van screechs to a halt

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la camionnette s’arrêta dans un crissement de pneus

55
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the weather was bleak

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le temps était maussade

56
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a sense of foreboding

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une appréhension

57
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endeavour (ɪnˈdɛvəʳ)

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tentative - effort

58
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to be footloose and fancy free

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être libre comme l’air

59
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the foodwell

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le plancher

60
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dumpy

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boulotte - courtaud (petit et trapu)

61
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albeit

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quoique , bien que

62
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to duck down in her seat

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se baisse rapidement dans son siège

63
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to stow away

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ranger

64
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a hurdle (syn : difficulty)

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une difficulté - un obstacle

65
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a searing pain

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une peine cuisante (très douloureuse)

66
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sheepisly

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honteusement

67
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to strike up (stroke) a conversation

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engager une conversation

68
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despondent

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découragée, abattu

69
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a checked shirt

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une chemise à carreaux

70
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to throw sth out off kilter

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détraquer quelque chose

71
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filthy (she walks with her shoes in the mud, so they were filthy)

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sale

72
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to lean on each other

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s’appuyer l’un sur l’autre

73
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to stride

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marcher à grand pas

74
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to mull over (thrink about)

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réfléchir à , ruminer

75
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a web of deceit

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un tissu de tromperie, duperie

76
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to muster

Bob had musterd his courage

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Rassembler, trouver

Bob a trouvé (rassemblé- du courage

77
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to crinkle

His eyes crinkle in a smile

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se plisser (yeux, visage) (se froisser, chiffonner = papier-

Ses yeux se sont plissés de rire

78
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sorry for the crossed wires

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désolé pour le malentendu

79
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She’s a bit dense

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elle est un peu idiote

80
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he squirmed (feel shame)

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il ne savait plus où se mettre

81
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To feel giddy

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être excité, ne plus tenir en place

82
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to spur on (encourage)

on the spur on the moment

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pousser à faire quelque chose

sur un coup de tête,

83
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a diehard

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un fervent absolu, un fan

84
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to stoop doing sth

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s’abaisser à faire quelque chose

85
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to play up

my leg plays up

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faire des bêtise - faire des siennes

ma jambe fait des siennes (sous entendu me fait mal)

86
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heart pounding

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battemement du coeur

87
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my room is in disarray

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en désordre - en bataille(pour les cheveux)

88
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a brimming cup

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une tasse pleine à ras bord

89
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the bourough

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le quartier

90
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the flock (of people)

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la foule

91
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make it snappy

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grouille toi

92
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the boss is snappy today

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le boss est de mauvaise humeur aujourd’hui

93
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a snappy sound bite

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une citation plein d’entrain

94
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to pledge sth

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promettre, s’engager à faire quelque chose

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raucous (laughter)

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bruyant

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to beckon (sb over)

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faire signe (à qq un de venir)

97
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to blow your mind

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stupéfier - c’est hallucinant

98
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that’s really sick

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c’est de très mauvais goût

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to be sick of sth

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en avoir assez de qq chose

100
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outward looking

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extraverti (être ouvert sur le monde extérieur)

101
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outward journey

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le voyage aller

102
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to wend one’s way

to wend your way

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se mettre en chemin

se faufiler

103
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a scheme

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un plan, un projet

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