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Le vieux barbon

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Old geezer

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Tomber dans les oubliettes

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Fall into oblivion

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Être regardant

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To be choosey

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Interlocuteur

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Person being spoken to

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Éolien

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Windmill

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Émoustillé

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Excité

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Ça t’embēte de?

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Does it bother you to?

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Du tac au tac

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Quick as a flash

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La cigogne

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Stork

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Les bas bleus

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Femmes très èduquèes

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Je m’en tape

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Je m’en moque

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Bafouiller

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To stutter

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Interpeller

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To question

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Mordu

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Fan/ addict

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Il n’est pas fiable

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Not reiable

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La chair de poule

Cette vieille maison me file la chair de poule

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Goose bumps

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L’interrupteur

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Switch

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Courbature j’étais courbaturé

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Stiff muscles

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En costard

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En costume. (Argot)

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Redouter

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Craindre énormément / appréhender

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Toiser

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Regarder avec dédain

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Des fossettes

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Petit creux à la joue

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Frimeur frimeuse

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Celui qui se donne des airs

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La trouillarde

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Qui a peur / lâche

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Godiche

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Qui manque d’adresse / awkward

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Mitonner

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Cuire à petit feu

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Émoustillé

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Excité

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La cigogne

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Stork

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Rembobiner

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To rewind

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La fêlure

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Fente d’un objet fêlé

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Jaillir

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Apparaître soudainement : surgir

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Quelle déchéance

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Fait de se dégrader

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Cocu/e

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Trompé par sa femme ou son mari

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Broncher

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Manifester sa mauvaise humeur

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Avec désinvolture

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Avec néglicence
With abandon
Flippancy

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Faire la figuration

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To do extra/ walk on (theatre cinema)

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Un décalage entre

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A discrepancy

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La torréfaction

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Roasting

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Les algues fpl

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Seaweed

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Faire une enchère

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To make a bid

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Le commissaire-priseur

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Auctioneer

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La cécité et la surdité

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Blindness and deafness

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Le sevrage sevré

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Weaning

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Le lait caillé

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Sour milk

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Acheter français

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Buy French

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Le daim

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Suede

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Liés aux revenues

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Linked to income

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Se mélanger

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To mix with

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La fiabilité

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Reliability

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Des occasions

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Bargains

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Je me méfie un peu

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A little wary

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Râler

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Se plaindre

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Or may be:

On n’apprend pas à un singe à faire des grimaces.

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You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

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On se fait marcher dessus

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You’ll be walked on

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Le vernissage

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Réception qui marque l’ouverture d’une exposition

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Le marigot

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Eau stagnante

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Riposter

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Rêpondre vivement

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Trépigner

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Frapper les pieds contre le sol

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Des potins

Des médisances

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Gossip

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En faire un festin

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Make a meal of sth

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Sans crier gare

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Brutalement

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Un habit queue-de-pie

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Tail coat

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Une mésalliance

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Mariage avec une personne issue d’un milieu social consideré inférieur

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Tétine

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Capuchon en caoutchouc percé d’un trou qui s’adapte sur les biberons

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Retors

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Rusé

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Lapidaire

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Bref, concis et tranchant

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Petrir

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Façonner

Donner sa marque

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Oisif

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Inactif

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Mitrailler
Mitraillette
Mitrailleuse

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arme automatique qui tire par rafales

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Choyer

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Entourer d’affection et de tendresse

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Un sopalin

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Essuie tout

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Faire partie d’un jury

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To do jury service

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Course de haies

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Hurdles

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Elle se prend pour qui

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Who does she think she is?

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La partie plaignante
L’accusation
Têmoin à charge

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Prosecution

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La défense
Pour sa décharge
Témoin à décharge

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Defence

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Crédule

Naif

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Gullible

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Bifurquer

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To branch into

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La trouille

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Peur

Lâcheté

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Scélerat

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Criminel

Infâme

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Reprends toi!

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Chin up

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Bancal

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Shaky

Wobbly

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Embarassé

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Encombré

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Primeur

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Nouveauté

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Rebiquer (cheveux)

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Hair(to stick up/ curl up)

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Happer

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Saisir brusquement

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Ne pas arriver à la cheville

Je ne t’arriverai jamais á la cheville

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Ëtre très inférieur

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Guigner

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Convoiter

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Bourré d’argent

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Rich

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Débusquer

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Chasser

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Jauger

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To size up

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La hargne

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Mauvaise humeur

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La ficelle

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Tirer les ficelles

Connaitre les ficelles du métier

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Foudroyer

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Frapper de la foudre

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Le pétard

Être en pétard contre

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Feu d’artifice

Être en colère

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Le cure-dents

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Tooth pick

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Baffe

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Gifle

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Moribond

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Mourant

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Le sens inné

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Innate sense

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Une babiole

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Chose sans importance

Trifle

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Fourvoyer

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Tromper

Égarer

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En berne

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Hissé à mi-mât en signe de deuil

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Mijaurée

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Femme aux manières prétentieuses

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Une denrée

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Foodstuff

Commodity

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Une ripaille

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Grand repas où tout se trouve en quantité

Faire ripaille

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Dégourdi

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Adroit

Ayant de l’habileté

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Le poinçon

Elle me poinconne

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Stamp

Hallmark

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La rombière

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Bourgeoise d’age mûr prétentieuse et ridicule

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Pouffiasse

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Prostituéep

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Dorloter

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Entourer de soins affectueux

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En ébullition

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Bubbling

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Verser une rançon

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Pay a ransom

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S’en prendre á

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To attack

To take it out on

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Échaffouré

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Skirmish

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Un appareil photo numérique

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Digital camera

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Molle et nouille

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Personne peu dégourdi

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T’en fais pas

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Don’t worry

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Je suis pas né de la dernière pluie

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Didnt come down on the last shower

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Larbin

Je suis devenu un larbin

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Homme servile

Domestique

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Être aux abois

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Dans une situation désastreuse

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Berner

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Tromper

Abuser

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Un travesti

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Un travelo

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Une vraie corvée

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Un travail pénible

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La mouise

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La grande pauvreté

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Une fouille merde

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Personne curieuse et indiscrète

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En rade

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En panne

Abandonne

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Peau de vache

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Personne peu aimable

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Chipoter

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Grignoter

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C’est une autre paire de manches

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C’est beaucoup plus difficile

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Personne têtue

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Mauvaise pioche

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Débile

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Stupide

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Chiant

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Penible

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Sévir

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Punir sévèrement

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Reluquer

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Regarder

Guigner avec convoitise

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Réclamer

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Demander avec insistance

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Appareil dentaire

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Braces

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Gribouiller

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Doodle

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Efflanqué

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Maigre

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Dégringoler

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Tomber sur le sol

S’effondrer

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Connivence

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Complicité

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Rengaine

C’est à chaque fois la même rengaine

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Refrain

Paroles répétées sans cesse

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Paraphe un

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Signature abrégée

142
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Un traquenard

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Piège

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Rêvasser

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Se laisser aller à la rêverie

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Un HLM

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Habitation à loyer modéré

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Maladroit

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Qui manque d’adresse

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Barbouiller

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Salir

Faire des taches

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Du blé

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Argent

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Échafaudait un plan

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Assembler un projet

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Gambader

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Bondir

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Maussade

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Boudeur

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Volatiliser

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Transformer en vapeur

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Déglutir

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Avaler

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Frileux

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Sensible au froid

154
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Plier bagage

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Partir rapidement

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Teigneux

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Homme hargneux

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La bique

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Chèvre

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Amadouer

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Rendre plus calme

158
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Chercher noise

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Chercher querelle

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Le biffeton

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Billet de banque

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Flipper

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Avoir peur

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Monter sa boîte

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S’établir une entreprise

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Chopper une rhume

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Attraper une rhume

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Au rabais

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À moindre prix

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Fourguer

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Vendre à bas prix

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La malle

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Coffre de voiture

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Fouiner

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Chercher

167
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Les bigorneaux

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Perriwinkles

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Être dans le déni

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In denial

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Être radieuse

Être épanouie

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Lié avec amour

Contentement

170
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Le tiercé

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Bookies

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Les courses de chevaux

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Horse racing

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Une soirée bien arrosée

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Night spent deinking

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Se lâcher

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To let os go

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Draguer

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To chat up

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