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1
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aboutir

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to succeed, turn out well, come to a successful conclusion

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aboutir à

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to lead to, result in; to end at/in

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aboutir à un compromis

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to come to a compromise

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abouti

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finished, completed

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s’affirmer

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to assert yourself

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(s’)allonger

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to lay down, stretch out; to prolong, extend, make sth longer; to get longer

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(l’)allongé

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lying, stretched out; dead person (fam)

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bouillir

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to boil; to be boiling with rage, seethe, fume

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faire bouillir/frémir

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to boil

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faire bouillir la marmite

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to be the breadwinner, bring home the bacon

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ça fait un bail

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long time no see

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le chantier

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building site, construction work; mess (fam)

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en chantier

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under construction; in a mess

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chevronné, expérimenté

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experienced, seasoned, highly-qualified

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convoquer

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to summon, call in, ask to attend

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couché

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lying, stretched out; crouched

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cuire

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to cook; to bake

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dur à cuire

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hard nut to crack, tough cookie

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déambuler, errer

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to wander

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déceler

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to detect, discover, spot, find

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le déclic

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click(ing), tick(ing); spur, stimulus, prompt, cue

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avoir un/le déclic

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the penny drops, something clicks, to have a brainwave/light-bulb moment

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deviner

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to guess, work out, figure out, surmise; to sense, perceive; to make sth out

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dinguer

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to slam into sth

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le/la dingue

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madman, madwoman, lunatic

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dingue (fam)

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mad, crazy; incredible, unbelievable

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être raide dingue de (qch/qn)

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to be crazy about sth/sb

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le truc de dingue

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crazy stuff

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le dos

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back, spine

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avoir bon dos

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to be a convenient scapegoat

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le coup de couteau dans le dos

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a stab in the back

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dans le dos (fam)

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behind sb’s back

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de dos

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from behind, from the back

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être sur le dos de (qn)

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to be on sb’s back

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se mettre (qn) à dos

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to set sb against you, make an enemy of sb

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scier le dos à (qn)

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to get on sb’s nerves

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tourner le dos à (qch/qn)

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to turn your back on (sth/sb)

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voyager sac au dos

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to go backpacking

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écarter

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to move aside; to take away, divert; to spread, part, open, move apart; to rule out, dismiss; to exclude, remove

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s’écarter

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to step aside, move out of the way; to move away; to stray/digress from

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écarté

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isolated, remote, well away from sth

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l’écart (m)

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distance, gap, space, interval; difference; swerve; deviation, lapse, going off the rails

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à l’écart

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over there

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à l’écart de (qch/qn)

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well away from sth/sb

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creuser l’écart

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to widen the gap

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l’écart de conduite

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misconduct, misdemeanour; cheating (on sb)

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l’écart de langage

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misuse/inappropriate use of language

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faire un écart

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to step aside, move out of the way; to slip up, break the rules

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rester/se tenir à l’écart

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to keep your distance, stay away, steer clear; to stay out of sth

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se mettre/se tenir à l’écart

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to shut yourself away, keep yourself to yourself

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tenir (qn) à l’écart

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to remove sb from somewhere, put sb in isolation

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éloigner

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to move sth away; to push/drive sb away, alienate; to postpone, put off; to take away, divert

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s’éloigner

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to move/pull away

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s’éloigner (de qch)

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to get away, distance yourself; to digress

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s’éloigner (de qn)

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to grow apart

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à bon escient

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wisely, astutely, intelligently

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à mauvais escient

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ill-advisedly, unwisely, inappropriately

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éveillé

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alert (mentally), sharp, quick (intellectually)

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flâner

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to wander; to lounge about, do nothing

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foncer

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to become darker; to hurry up (fam); to have drive (fam)

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foncer bille en tête

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to blindly push on, dive in head first, bulldoze ahead

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foncer dans le tas

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to rush in

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frémir

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to tremble, shake, quiver; to emerge

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frémir d’aise

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to quiver with pleasure

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frissonner

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to shiver; to shake, tremble

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le frisson

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shiver

67
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se gour(r)er (de)

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to get mixed-up, make a slip-up/mistake, get the wrong sth

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l’indemnité (f)

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compensation, damages; allowance

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médire de/sur

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to bad-mouth, slander, bitch about

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mûrir

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to ripen; to mature, grow up

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laisser mûrir une idée

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to think/mull over an idea

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mûr

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ripe; experienced; mature; ready, fully developed; drunk (fam)

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d’âge mûr

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middle-aged

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aller droit dans le mur

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to be heading for disaster

75
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être dos au mur

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to have your back to the wall, be backed into a corner, have no way out

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faire le mur

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to sneak out

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mettre (qn) au pied du mur

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to back (sb) into a corner

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(le) pédant

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conceited; show-off

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pendre

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to hang

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se pendre

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to hang yourself; to hang, cling

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prémunir

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to protect, shield

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se prémunir

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to protect yourself, guard against

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prétendre

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to claim, affirm, maintain

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prétendre faire qch

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to claim/maintain you can do sth; to intend/aim to do sth

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prétendre à

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to be entitled to, have the right to, qualify for

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se prétendre qch

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to claim to be sth

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prétendre à des indemnités

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to claim damages

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prétendre à un poste de (qch)

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to look for a job as (sth)

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rendre dingue

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to drive sb mad

90
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rendre fou/folle

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to drive sb mad; to drive sb crazy (arouse)

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sois prudent

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be careful

92
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la sonnette

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bell, doorbell

93
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le coup de sonnette

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ring at the door

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tirer la sonnette d’alarme

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to raise the alarm, set the alarm bells ringing

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soudain(ement), subitement, tout à coup

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suddenly, abruptly

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la soudaineté

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suddenness, sudden nature, unexpectedness

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soupçonner

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to suspect; to doubt, have doubts about

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subit

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sudden, immediate

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supplier (qn) de faire (qch)

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to beg/plead with sb to do sth

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susciter (l’enthousiasme, l’intérêt, une vive réaction)

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to arouse, provoke; to stir up, set off

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se taire

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to keep quiet, say nothing

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faire taire (qn)

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to shush, shut sb up

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le tort

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fault, wrongdoing; harm, injustice

104
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à tort

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wrongly, mistakenly; unjustly, undeservedly

105
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avoir tort

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to be wrong

106
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accuser (qn) à tort

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to wrongly accuse

107
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causer du tort à (qn)

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to hurt (sb’s feelings), offend

108
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donner tort à (qn)

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to rule against

109
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être dans son tort

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to be in the wrong

110
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faire du tort à (qn)

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to do sb wrong, hurt, harm

111
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traîner

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to drag (around); to lie around; to dawdle; to drag on; to last/take long; to be stuck with; to hang down to

112
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se traîner

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to go at a snail’s pace; to drag yourself along/about

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être à la traîne

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to be/lag behind; to be behind the times

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