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1
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etre debout

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to stand, to be standing

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s’asseoir (quand on est couché)

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to sit up

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s’asseoir bien droit

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to sit up straight

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s’asseoir à califourchon

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to sit astride

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se redresser

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to straighten one’s back

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droit comme un i

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erect

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etre cambré

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to have an arched back

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etre vouté

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to have a stoop

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se pencher, se courber

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to have a bend

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se baisser

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to bend down

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plier les genoux

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to bend one’s knees

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courber la tete

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to bend, to bow one’s head

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s’agenouiller

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to kneel down

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s’accroupir

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to crouch, to squat down

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à quatre pates

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on all fours

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se coucher, s’étendre

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to lie down

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etre couché

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to lie, to be lying

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s’enfoncer dans un fauteuil

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to sink back into a chair

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19
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se vautrer dans l’herbe

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to sprawl in the grass

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20
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bien, mal se tenir

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to hold os well, badly

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21
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la démarche

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the galt

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22
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se tourner vers qqn

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to turn towards sb

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se retourner vivement

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to spin round, swing round

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tourner le dos à qqn

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to turn one’s back on sb

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il avait le dos tourné à la porte

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his back was turned towards the floor

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26
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croiser les bras

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to fold one’s arms

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les bras croisées

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with folded arms, with one’s arms folded

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croiser les jambes

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to croiss one’s legs

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les jambes croisées

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with one’s legs crossed, with crossed legs

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30
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les bras ballants

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with arms dangling

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les points sur les hanches

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with arms akimbo

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se déhancher en marchant

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to sway one’s hips

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33
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s’appuyer contre

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to lean against

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34
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se pencher sur

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to lean over

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35
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se pencher en avant, arrière

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to lean forward, bacward

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secouer la tete, faire non de la tete

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to shake one’s head

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faire oui de la tete

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to nod one’s head

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38
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ne pas tenir en plkace

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to be restless

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39
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etre remuant

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to be fidgety

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40
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un tic

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a nervous twitch, a tic

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41
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balancer les bras

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to swing one’s arms

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42
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hausser les épaules

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to shrug one’s shoulders

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43
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faire un signe de la main à

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to wave at

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44
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montrer qqch du doigt

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to point at sth

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faire signe à qqn de venir

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to beckon to sb

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46
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faire clquer ses doigts

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to click, snap one’s fingers

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47
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se tourner les puces

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to twiddle one’s thumbs

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48
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trembler

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to shake, to tremble

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49
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to shover

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frissonner (froid, peur)

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50
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a shiver

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un frisson

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51
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trembler de peur

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to quake, shake with fear,

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frémir, (repulsion horreur)

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to shudder

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frémir (espoir, colere)

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to quiver

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54
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un frisson

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a quiver, a shiver

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se tordre

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to writhe

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56
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gracieux

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graceful

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57
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maladroit

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clumsy

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58
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gauche

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awkward

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59
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etre tout sourire

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to be all smiles

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60
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sourire d’un air bete

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to have a silly grin on one’s face

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rire aux eclats

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to roar with laughter

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62
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éclater de rire

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to burst out laughing

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63
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rire bruyamment

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to guffaw

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64
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glousser

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to chuckle

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65
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rire betement

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a giggle

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66
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a giggle

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un petit rire bete

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67
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avoir le fou rire

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to get the giggles

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68
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ricaner

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to sneer

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pleurer

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to cry, weep

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70
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pleurer un bon coup

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to have a good cry

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71
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fondre en larmes

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to brust into tears

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72
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etre en larmes

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to be in tears

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73
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tearful

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larmoyant

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74
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il avait les larmes aux yeux

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his eyes were watering

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75
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les oignons me font pleurer

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onions make my eyes water

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76
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sangloter

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to sob

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77
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pleurnicher

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to whine

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78
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pliiser les yeux

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to screw up one’s eyes

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79
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froncer les sourcils

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to frown

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80
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regarder qqn en froncant les soucrils

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to frown at sb

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81
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lancer un regard mauvais a

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to scowl at

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82
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tirer la langue à

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to put out one’s tongue at

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83
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faire l amoue

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to pull a face, to pout

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84
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faire des grimaces à

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to make faces at

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85
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faire la grimace

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to grimace

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86
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a grimace

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une grimace de douleur

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87
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pincer le slevres

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to purse one’s lips

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88
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crier

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to shout, yell

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89
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hurler

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to scream, howl

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90
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pousser un cri perçant

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to shriek

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s’écrier

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to cry out, exclaim

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brailler

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to bawl

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crier au secours

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to shout for help

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crier après qqn

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to shout at sb

95
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crier qqch a qqn

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to shout sth to sb

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hurler de douleur

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to scream, howl with pain

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marmonner

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to mumble

98
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marmotter

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to mutter

99
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se racler le gorge

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to clear one’s throat

100
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gmir

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to moan, groan

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grogner

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to grunt

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gronder

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to snarl, growl

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parler d’une voix rauque

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to croak

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pousser des hourras

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to cheer

105
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des acclamatins

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cheering

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begayer

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to stammer, stutter

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un begue

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a stammerer, stutterer

108
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il mue

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his voice is breaking

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soupirer

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to sigh

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pousser un soupir

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to give a sigh

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un voix de stentor

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a stentorian voice

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parler bas, for

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to speak in a loud, low voice

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avoir uen voix grave

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to have a deep voice

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avoir un filet de voix

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to have a thin voice

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doux

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soft

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percant

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shrill

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high pitched

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aigu

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fluté

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pipping

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rude

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rough

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dur

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harsh

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rocailleux

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gravelly, rasping

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enroué

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hoarse

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rauque

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husky

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avoir le hoquet

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to have hiccups

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un rot

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a burp

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faire faire son rot à un bébé

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to burp a baby

127
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un renvoi

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a belch

128
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son estomac gargouillait

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his tummy was gurgling

129
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avoir des gaz

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to have wind

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une quinte de toux

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a fit of coughing

131
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un reniflement

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a sniffle

132
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le souffle, l’haleine

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breath

133
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respirez bien fort

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take a deep breath

134
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respirer bruyamment

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to wheeze

135
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avoir le souffle coupé

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to gasp for breath

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haleter

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to paunt, to puff

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s’étrangler

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to choke

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ronfler

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to snore

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la transpiration

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perspiration

140
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en sueur

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in a sweat

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des gouttes de sueur

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beads of perspiration, sweat

142
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je suis en nage

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the sweat if pouring off me

143
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ranspirer des pieds

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to have sweaty feet

144
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un crachat

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a spittke

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baver

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to dribble

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aller aux toilettes

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to go to the lavatory, toilet

147
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aller au petit coin

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to spend a penny

148
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faire pipi

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to pee, have a pee, wee

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uriner

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to unrinate, to pass water

150
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les selles

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stools

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viril

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viril, manly

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impuissant

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impotent

153
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un amant

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a lover

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enlacer

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to embrace, to hug

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caresser

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to caress, fondle

156
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avoir des rapports sexuels

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to have sex, sexuel intercourse

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les rapports sexuels protégés

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safe sex

158
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coucher avec

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to sleep with, to go to bed with

159
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avoir ses regles

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to menstruate, to have one’s period

160
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un preservatif

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a condom, a rubber

161
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prendre la pilule

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to be on the pill

162
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un stérilet

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a loop, inta uterine device

163
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re reveiller en sursaut

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to wake with a start

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mettre le reveil à 5 h

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to set the alarm for 5

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le revil a sonné

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to alarm has gone

166
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se lever

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to get up, to rise

167
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etre matinal

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to be an early riser

168
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un leve tot

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ean early bird

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un leve tard

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a night owl

170
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se tourner et se retourner dans son lit

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to toss and turn

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sauterdu lit

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to jump out of bed

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se frotter les yeux

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to rubb one’s eyes

173
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dormir tard

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to sleep in

174
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faire la grasse matiné

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to have a lie in

175
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se reposer

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to rest up , to have, take a rest

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eveillé

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wakeful

177
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bien reveillé

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wide awake

178
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ca m’empeche de dormir

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it keeps me awake

179
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passer une nuit blanche

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to have a sleepless night

180
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il n’a pas fermé l’oeil de la nuit

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he didn’t sleep a wink, get a wink of sleep

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avoir des insomnies

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to suffer from insomnia

182
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à moitié endormi

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sleepy

183
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avoir sommeil

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to feel sleepy, to be

184
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d’un air endormi

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drowsily, sleepily

185
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la somnolence

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sleepiness

186
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dormir debout

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to be asleep on one’s feet

187
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je dors dbeout

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I can’t keep my eyes open

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tomber de sommeil

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to be ready to drop

189
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somnolent

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drowsy, somnolent

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la torpeur

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torpor

191
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c’est l’heure d’aller se coucher

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it’s bedtime

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etre couché, au lit

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to be in bed

193
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se coucher

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to go to bed

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aller faire dodo

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to go to beddy byes

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coucher qqn

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to put sb to bed

196
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border qqn

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to tuck sb in

197
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reussir à s’endormir

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to get to sleep

198
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s’endormir soudainement

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to drop off

199
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endormir qqn

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to put sb tto sleep

200
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dormir à points fermés

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to be sound asleep , fast

201
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dormir paisiblement

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to slumber

202
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le marchant de sable est passé

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the sandman has been here

203
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j’ai dormi trop longtemps

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I overslept

204
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ne pas entendre son reveil

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to sleep through one’s alarm

205
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faire le tour du cadran

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to sleep round the clock

206
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un sommeil profond

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deep sleep

207
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dormir comme une souche

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to sleep like a log

208
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avoir le sommeil lourd, leger

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to be a heavy, light sleeper

209
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un petit sommea

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a doze, a nap

210
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s’asosupir

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to doze off

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sommeiller

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to doze, to snooze

212
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piquer un roupillon

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to have a snooze , forty winks

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faire la sieste

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to have a siesta, take

214
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marcher en dormant

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to walk in one’s sleep, to sleepwalk

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somnambulisme

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sleepwalking

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voir qqn en reves

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to see sth in one’s dreams

217
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Il l’a vu en reve

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il came to him in a dream

218
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fais de beaux reves

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pleasant dreams, sweet

219
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cauchemardesque

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nightmarish

220
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une reverie

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daydream, a reverie

221
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revasser

A

to daydream

222
Q

un reve eveillé

A

a waking dream

223
Q

avoir des visions

A

to have visions, to see things

224
Q

entrer en trance

A

to go into a trance

225
Q

un geste

A

a gesture