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feckless

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incapable, inefficace, inepte

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sagace

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sagacious

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to peer

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scruter, dévisager, regarder attentivement

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thundering

thunderous

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retentissant, phénoménal, formidable

orageux (stormy, tempestuous)

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void

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vacant, vide, manque, lacune

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au nom de

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on the behalf of

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vault

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voute, cave, cellier

vouter, cintrer

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bellicisme

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bellicocity

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to weaponize

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utiliser comme arme; employer comme arme potentielle; fabriquer à base d’une arme

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sparingly

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avec parcimonie, avec modération

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to slay

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tuer, exterminer, massacrer, briser

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mindful

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conscient, soucieux, vigilant, attentif

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amanuensis

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clerc, copiste, secrétaire

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rousing

to rouse

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vibrant, enthousiaste, passionné, entrainant

éveiller, exciter, stimuler

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esquisser

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to sketch, to draft (un brouillon), to outline

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to thread

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enfiler, fileter, renfiler, enfiler des perles

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righteous

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vertueux, justifié, droit

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Ø dire

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terrible, sinistre, affreux

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mettre en garde contre

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to warn against sth

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contemplate

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envisager, contempler, considérer avec attention

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for the sake of

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pour l’amour de; au nom de; dans l’intérêt de; par souci de

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the acme

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l’acmé, le zénith

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cling clung clung

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s’accrocher, rester collé à

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deft

deftly

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prompt, adroit, diligent, apte

adroitement

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un soulèvement

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an uprising

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the outset

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le commencement, le début

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charpentier, menuisier

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carpenter

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a plea

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appel, demande, réclamation, excuse (apology), allégation

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in the midst of

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au milieu de

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la pupille de l’oeil

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pupil

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ward

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quartier, service (emergency ward), salle, pupille de l’Etat (ward of the state)

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to assert

assertive

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affirmer, faire valoir, défendre

> péremptoire, assuré

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assessment

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estimation, évaluation

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le poignet

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the wrist

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la hanche

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the hip

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la paume

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the palm

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le front (du visage)

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the forehead

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clavicule

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collar bone

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le foie

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the liver

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la rate

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the spleen

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le rein

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the kidney

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la vessie

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the bladder

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tousser, la toux

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to cough, the cough

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muet

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dumb

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guérir, cicatriser

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to heal

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46
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un effet secondaire

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a side effect

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47
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la pommette

les taches de rousseur

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the cheek bone

the freckles

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un grain de beauté

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a mole

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les rides, ridé

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the wrinkles, wrinkled

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50
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svelte

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slender

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51
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potelé, rondelet

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chubby

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52
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yeux bridés

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slanted eyes (slanted = en pente, incliné)

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une biche

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a doe

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faire la moue, bouder, dire en faisant la moue

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to pout

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enflé, gonflé

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swollen, inflated

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une chataigne, cheveux chatains

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chestnut

chestnut hair

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ébouriffer

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to tousle

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chauve

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bald

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fuyant, en retrait, s’éloignant

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receding

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creux

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hollow

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une fossette

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a dimple

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out of the blue

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à l’improviste, de nulle part, inattendu, sans crier gare

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definite

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clair, net, précis, défini

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fellow

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mec, type, gars, confrère, membre d’un groupe

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to foot the bill

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payer la facture

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to help out

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apporter son aide, donner un coup de main, dépanner

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to tour

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visiter (en voyage organisé), voyager

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présomptueux

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presumptuous

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automne UK / US

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autumn (UK)

fall (US)

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précoce

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early

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71
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look out

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> fais attention
porter attention à
regarder/remarquer..

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72
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to trick someone

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tromper qqn

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73
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un lacet

de la dentelle

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a lace

lace

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to stare

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regarder fixement

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intently

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avec attention, intensément

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76
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delicatessen

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épicerie fine

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77
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le comptoir

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the counter

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78
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to be up to sth

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fabriquer (dans sens qu’est-ce que tu fabriques?)

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baisser la tête / relever la tête

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  • lower one’s head (choré) / to raise one’s head

- to look down / look up

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a swallow // a sparrow

to swallow

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une hirondelle // un moineau

avaler

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une gorgée

boire une gorgée

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a sip

to take a sip

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to be low

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ne pas avoir le moral

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to be fussy

tu fuss about sth

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être difficile (avec la nourriture…)

faire toute une histoire de qqch

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avoir les yeux fixés sur

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to stare

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85
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je sais bien que

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I do know that

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tapis

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carpet/rug

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bien aller à qqn

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to suit s.o / fit s.o (=être à la bonne taille)

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un nègre (littéraire)

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a ghost writer

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89
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to shrug off

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ignorer

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90
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unqualified

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sans réserve

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momentum

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élan, dynamisme, moment

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a string

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une corde, chaine

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broad

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large, vaste

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to hedge

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esquiver, répondre à côté, éviter de répondre

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prétenter une émission télé

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to host a talk show

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dépourvu de, privé de

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devoid of

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désirer ardemment qqch, mourir d’envie de

implorer (le pardon)

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to crave sth

to crave one’s pardon

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poise

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le calme, “cool and collected”

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to weather

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supporter ≈ to endure

100
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to revert

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réparer, revenir sur ce qu’on a fait

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relativiser

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to relativize

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les droits des animaux

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animal rights / animal’s rights

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great apes

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les grands singes, primates

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au carrefour de

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at the crossroads of

105
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conscience de soi

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self-awareness

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faire avancer, pousser plus loi

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to further

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transformer en

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to process into

108
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un pré

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a meadow

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un plaidoyer pour

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a vindication for

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nuancer

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to qualify

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les menottes

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fetters

|&raquo_space; unfettered = que rien n’arrête

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le zèle

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zeal

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gracier

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to pardon

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une condamnation à perpétuité

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a life sentence

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to expose

exposure

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dénoncer

mise à nu

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to recoil

a recoil against

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rejeter, avoir une grosse réticence

une réticence

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mesquin

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petty

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formation professionnelle

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vocational training

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un casier judiciaire

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a criminal record

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ouvrir la voie à

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to pave the way to

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to stall

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caler (voiture) / être à l’arrêt

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SWAT

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special weapons and tactics (≈GIGN)

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une seringue

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a syringe

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un infirme

handicaper

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a cripple

to cripple

125
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ils ne voulaient rien entendre

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they wouldn’t listen

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volontiers

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gladly

127
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une candidature à

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an application for

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diluer

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to dilute

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to wrangle

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se battre, lutter

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l’empreinte numérique

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digital footprint

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the output

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le rendement

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une installation

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a facility

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une centrale nucléaire

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a nuclear plant

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gagner du terrain

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to gain ground

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lever un embargo

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to lift an embargo

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vous feriez mieux de

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you had better + BV

137
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c’est assez compliqué COMME ÇA

A

complicated enough AS IT IS

138
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une trompe

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a trunk

139
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a shred
shredded
a shredder

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un fil (a thread)
en lambeaux
une broyeuse

140
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il est grand temps que

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it’s high time + PRÉTÉRIT

141
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j’en ai ras le bol (2)

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i’m fed up with this / i’ve had enough

142
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it’s time to go

it’s time we went

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c’est l’heure d’y aller

il faudrait vraiment que vous y allions

143
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la police est violente

la police est organisée…

A

the police are violent

the police is organised

144
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an attack dog

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un molosse / gros chien de garde

145
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to cave in

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capituler devant, céder aux pressions de

146
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memorabilia

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souvenirs, archives, objets de collection

147
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vente aux enchères

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auction

148
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to wrangle

wrangling

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disputer, se disputer, se quereller

querelle, dispute, tractation,

149
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marmonner, murmurer

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tu mutter

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to comply (with)

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se conformer, se plier à, respecter

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manier, exercer (une influence, un contrôle, brandir

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to wield

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countenance

to countenance

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contenance, attitude, expression du visage

consentir, accorder

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whipping boy

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bouc émissaire

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to hunch

to have a hunch that

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se recroqueviller

avoir le pressentiment que, soupçonner

155
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a backlash (against)

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une réaction (violente) contre qqch

156
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s’en mettre plein les poches, se remplir les poches

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to feather one’s own nest

157
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abonder

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to abound

158
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vested interest

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intérêt personnel, particulier, direct (dans une entreprise..)

159
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to instantiate

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exemplifier, illustrer par un exemple

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envy

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envie, jalousie

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se méfier de

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be suspicious of
be wary of
beware of
distrust

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gagner de la vitesse

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to gain momentum

163
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superficiel, peu profond

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shallow

164
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je REGRETTE que le gvt ne FASSE pas // n’ait pas fait

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I WISH the gvt DID.. / had done..

|&raquo_space; WISH + PRÉTÉRIT

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la plupart des français

la plupart des français que je connais

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most French people

most of the French people I know

166
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je préfèrerais que tu ne dises pas (3)

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i’d rather you wouldn’t tell
i’d rather you didn’t tell
i’d prefer you not to tell

> > prefer + infinitif

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le respect DE

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the respect FOR

168
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masser

A

to massage

169
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a stroke

A

une attaque (cardiaque ou cérébrale)

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tout à l’heure

A

earlier today

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féliciter POUR qqch

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to congratulate ON sth

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timbre (poste)

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(postal) stamp

173
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cachottier

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secretive

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une foule de

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a host of, a great deal of, a bunch of

175
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éduquer, éducation (des enfants)

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to bring up, upbringing

176
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mon oeil !

A

my foot !

177
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être dans tous ses états

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to be hot under the collar

178
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a prank

A

une farce, un canular

179
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a his expense

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à ses dépens, frais, à son détriment

180
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to overshadow

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éclipser, mettre dans l’ombre

181
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to indulge

A

faire plaisir

182
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to inveigh

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attaquer par la parole, fulminer, protester avec véhémence

183
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to blinker

A

clignoter

184
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a makeover

A

une transformation

185
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to drench

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tremper, mouiller, absorber, éponger

186
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to retch

A

vomir

187
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horrendous

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épouvantable, horrible

188
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to scrub

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frotter (des assiettes, une table, ou bien un dos..)

189
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catégorique

A

adamant

190
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graft (2 sens)

A
  • greffer

- la corruption

191
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to rip

A

déchirer, fendre

192
Q

a compact

A

un accord, une convention, une charte

193
Q

to hallow

A

sanctifier, adorer, glorifier

194
Q

to jettison

A

se délester de, jeter à la mer, abandonner

195
Q

to flout

A

bafouer, faire fi de, mépriser

196
Q

blithe

A

joyeux, gai, insouciant, serein

197
Q

frénésie

A

frenzy

198
Q

se tortiller

A

to squirm

199
Q

on the brink of

A

au bord de, à deux doigts de, sur le point de

200
Q

to stifle

A

étouffer, suffoquer, asphyxier; réprimer

201
Q

a probe

to probe

A

une sonde, un sondage, une enquête

sonder, enquêter…

202
Q

intimider

A

to cow

203
Q

irksome

A

ennuyeux, irritant, ingrat

204
Q

to bring about

A

amener, causer, provoquer

205
Q

to stoke

A

alimenter, fournir en charbon, entretenir

206
Q

détourner

A

to divert

207
Q

a plight

A

une situation critique

208
Q

measly

A

misérable, insignifiant

209
Q

to scorn

A

mépriser, dédaigner, négliger

210
Q

wary of

A

soucieux, vigilant, prudent

211
Q

tantamount to

A

équivalent à, comme

212
Q

uncough

et cough ?

A
grossier, fruste
la toux (rien à voir)
213
Q

les fouilles

A

excavation

214
Q

englober

A

to encompass

215
Q

potager

A

kitchen garden

216
Q

peat

A

la tourbe

217
Q

miscarriage

A

fausse couche

218
Q

une perruque

A

a wig

219
Q

dismall

A

lugubre, triste

220
Q

une estimation

A

an estimate

221
Q

a stem
to stem a flow
to stem from

A

une tige
endiguer, colmater, boucher
provenir de

222
Q

pourquoi s’attaquer à ..? (GR)

A

why tackle ..?

223
Q

se marier à

divorcer de

A

to marry Ø so

to divorce Ø so

224
Q

avec le recul

A

in hindsight

225
Q

en vertu de

A

by virtue of

226
Q

to rejoice of /about

A

se réjouir de

227
Q

to have a sense for / of

A

avoir l’intuition de,savoir naturellement, avoir une capacité à anticiper..

228
Q

les britanniques (4)
les écossais
les gallois

A
British ppl
The British
Britons
The brits
-the Scots
- the Welsh
229
Q

faire sécession

A

to secede

230
Q

emboiter le pas, faire de même (2)

A

to follow suit

to follow in their footsteps

231
Q

Plus tôt je ferai, … mieux je me porterai..

A

the sooner i DO .., the the better off i will be

232
Q

vacancier (2)

A
  • vacationer

- holiday-maker

233
Q

trop peu de

A

too few

234
Q

exactitude

A

accuracy

235
Q

Qu’on les en informe !

A

Let’em be told