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1
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to shut SB up

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river son clou à QN (fam)

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he couldn’t take his eyes off her/the diamonds

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il avait les yeux rivés sur elle/les diamonts

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to be glued to the television/chained to one’s work

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être rivé à la télévision/à son travail

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to be riveted/rooted to the spot

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rester rivé sur place

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an invisible force held/pinned them to the ground

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ils étaient rivés au sol par une force invisible

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swaggering/blustering

to brag

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bravache

faire la bravache

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en réalité, les stratèges présidentiels n’ont jamais quitté des yeux les thermomètres sondagiers

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dealings/negotiations

negotiations took place and the whole business was hushed up

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tractations (f pl)

des tractations eurent lieu et l’affaire fut étouffée

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what would you do if you were me ?

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qu’est-ce que tu ferais à ma place ?

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10
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to tap/thread

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tarauder

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borderline

her grades put her on the borderline

I didn’t fire him but I was very close to doing so

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tangent

ses notes sont tangentes

je ne l’ai pas renvoyé, mais c’était tangent

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a tangent to the curve

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une tangente à la courbe

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13
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working drawing

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épure (f)

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to spirit away (mouchoir, carte), fold away (placard, lit) skirt around (difficultés)

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escamoter

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15
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astral, cosmique

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sidéral

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16
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to continue, endure, last

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perdurer

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as long as he’s in power, there will be no hope

you can have it as long as you give me it back

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tant qu’il sera au pouvoir, il n’y aura aucun espoir

vous pouvez le prendre à condition que/pourvu que vous me le rendiez

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18
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to bolt

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boulonner

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19
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cable (195m)

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encablure (f)

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20
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heinous, villainous

villain, scoundrel

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scélérat

scélérat (m), scélérate (f)

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21
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colourful (personne), vivid (prose), racy (plaisanterie)

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truculent

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22
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to be a huge success

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faire florès

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23
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even if

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même si

quand bien même

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24
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good nocturnal vision

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nyctalope

la chouette est un oiseau nyctalope

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25
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helmsman

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timonier (m)

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usual, customary

as usual/always

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accoutumé

comme à l’accoutumé

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27
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iniquitous, unjust, unfair

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inique

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28
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haughtiness

he won’t be quite so proud after this

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superbe (f)

cela va lui faire perdre de sa superbe

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29
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to paddle/splash around

to wade

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barboter, s’ébattre

patauger

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30
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to break (lumiere)

as soon as dawn breaks

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poindre

dès que le jour poindra

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an idea was growing in his mind

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une idée commençait à poindre dans son esprit

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32
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butterfly
ant
grasshopper
beetle
bug
punaise rouge aux taches noires

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un papillon
une fourmis
une sauterelle
un scarabée
une punaise
un gendarme

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33
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swarm

throng of supporters/admirers

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essaim (m)

un essaim de supporteurs/admirateurs

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starvation

to faint/die with hunger

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inanition (f)

tomber/mourir d’inanition

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35
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to be starving (hum)

to stick to/stand by

he won’t budge from his position/have it any other way

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démordre de

ne pas démordre de…

il ne démord pas de son idée

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stool

step ladder

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tabouret, escabeau (m)

échelle, escabeau

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cannibal

cannibalism

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anthropophage

anthropophagie (f)

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38
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to be effusive in ones apologies/thank profusely

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se confondre en excuses/remerciements

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39
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frolics - lovemaking

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ébats (m pl) - ébats amoureux

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40
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on the port - starboard

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à babôrd - tribord

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41
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area, surroundings

he lives around here somewhere

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parages (m pl)

il habite dans les parages

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42
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height gauge (arch =1.94m)

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toise (f)

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43
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bloodsucking

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hématophage

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44
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blinking

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cillement (m)

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45
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to sulk

(ami) refuse to talk to
(cadeau) refuse to accept
(élection) refuse to vote

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bouder

le public a boudé son film

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46
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to unknit, unravel

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détricoter

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47
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(animal) stubborn
(personne) rebellious

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récalcitrant

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48
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(projet) to get into a muddle
(orateur) to get mixed up

he got confused (in his explanations)

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cafouiller

il a cafouillé dans ses explications

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ford

to ford a stream

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gué (m)

passer un ruisseau à gué

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50
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authoritarianism

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autoritarisme (m)

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51
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to be like

to join a group
to marry into a family

to enter into an alliance

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s’apparenter à

= ressembler à
= cette histoire s’apparente à une aventure que j’ai vecue

= s’allier à = un groupe, une famille

= s’apparenter

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to swarm, spread, disperse

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essaimer

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53
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imitateur, successeur

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épigone (m)

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54
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inexhaustible, unlimited, tireless

if you get him talking on wine, he’ll go on for ever

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intarissable

sur le vin, il est intarrissable

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55
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to cross out, delete

crossing out - you have done too much crossing out

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raturer

rature (f) - tu as fait trop de ratures

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56
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to scatter, disperse

scattered about the world

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éparpiller

éparpillés un peu partout dans le monde

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57
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rasping, hoarse

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éraillé, avoir la voix éraillée

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58
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without the knowledge of

to go out without one’s parents knowing
without my/his being aware of it

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à l’insu de

sortir à l’insu de ses parents
à mon/son insu

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to comply with

to obey an order

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obtempérer à = se soumettre à

obtempérer à un ordre

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breastplate, armour

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cuirasse (f)

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61
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mass grave

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charnier (m)

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62
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to tie SB down to ST

to compel/force/oblige SB to do ST
he’s on a very strict diet

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astreindre QN à QCH

astreindre QN à faire QCH
il est astreint à un régime sévère

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63
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sated, to be full up

I’ve had my fill of detective films

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repu - être repu

je suis repu de films policiers

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to feed

to feast one’s mind on knowledge
to feast on comic strips

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repaître

repaître son esprit de connaissances nouvelles
se repaître de bandes dessinées

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65
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psyche, mind

the balance of her mind is disturbed

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psychisme (m)

son psychisme est perturbé

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66
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conscientious objector

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statut d’ “objecteur de conscience”

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67
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collision, intermingling, blending

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télescopage (m)

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68
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to dismay, appal

I was appalled at his answer
I found him reeling from the shock of the news

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atterrer

sa réponse m’a atterré
je l’ai trouvé atterré par la nouvelle

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69
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to poison, infect, inflame

you’ve only made things worse

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envenimer

tu n’as fait qu’envenimer les choses

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70
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together

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de pair

la méchanceté va souvent de pair avec la betise

71
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fence, hedgegrow

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palissade

72
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aggravation, worsening

the new wave/outbreak of terrorism

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recrudescence

la recrudescence du terrorisme

73
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risky, (informatique) random access, (math) random

it’s uncertain

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aléatoire

c’est aléatoire

74
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to hold up traffic

to hinder, hamper a project

to hamper negotiations

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entraver - gêner circulation

entraver - initiative/projet

entraver une négotiation

75
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steal

his legs collapsed under him

to evade/shirk one’s responsibilities

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dérober = voler

ses jambes se sont dérobées sous lui

se dérober à ses obligations

76
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facetious, humorous (also noun = joker)

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facétieux

77
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appropriate

until we find the appropriate solution

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idoine

jusqu’à ce que nous trouvions la solution idoine

78
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solar energy
panels for electricity
panels for hot water
solar water heater
system heating & hot water combined
heat pump

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le solaire
les panneaux photovoltaïques
panneaux solaires thermiques
chauffe-eau solaire
system solaire combiné (chauffage + eau chaude)
pompe à chaleur

revendre votre production d’électricité à un fournisseur d’énergie
auto consommant votre production
avec stockage sur batterie

79
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rare metals

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métaux rares

80
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motley, multi-coloured (tissu)
colourful (foule)

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bariolé

81
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disparate

none of the furniture matches

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hétéroclite

tout le mobilier est hétéroclite

82
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to hatch, incubate, si on (oiseau)

I can feel ST coming on (maladie)

to gaze fondly at (personne aimée)

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couver

je crois que je couve QCH

83
Q

articulate, fluent, eloquent

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disert

84
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temperance, soberness

he was restrained in his congratulations

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sobriété

il mit la sobriété dans ses félicitations

85
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to congratulate

congratulations !
to be pleased/glad about ST
I am pleased to say I remained calm

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féliciter QQN de QCH

permettez-moi de vous féliciter !
se féliciter de QCH
je me félicite d’être resté calme

86
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triangle

equilateral, isosceles, scalene

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triangle (m)

équilatéral, isocèle, scalène

le théorème de Pythagore

87
Q

highly traumatic images

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images hautement traumatogènes

88
Q

to feast

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repaître

Les tabloïds se repaissent des histoires royales pour vendre du papier

89
Q

computer illiteracy

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l’illectronisme

90
Q

to have the first use of ST

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avoir l’étrenne de QCH

91
Q

New Year’s Day present

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étrennes (f pl)

qu’est-ce que tu veux pour tes étrennes ?

pourboires pour postmen, dustmen etc in the weeks running up to the New Year

92
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respite, rest

a breathing space

tirelessly, relentlessly

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répit (m)

un moment de répit

sans répit

93
Q

bloodless

this country’s industry was bled white by the war

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exsangue

après la guerre, notre industrie était exsangue

94
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cremation

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crémation (f)

95
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to break up (cause to disintegrate or to crumble)

to disband - the club disbanded

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désagréger

le club s’est désagrégé

96
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beggar’s bag

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besace (f)

97
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idleness, laziness

I feel like loafing around this morning

he’s been loafing around all day !

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flemme (f)

je me sens comme une grosse flemme ce mating

il tire une de ces flemmes aujourd’hui !

98
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otherness

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altérité (f)

99
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to dread

he dreads meeting you

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redouter

il redoute de te rencontrer

100
Q

to plane (down)

I scraped my knee on the wall

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raboter

je me suis raboté le genou contre le mur

101
Q

to jibe at, mock

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brocarder

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a vague desire, stray impulse

he sometimes gets the urge to decorate the kitchen (but never get round to it)

a vague desire to write

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velléité

il lui vient des velléités de repeindre la cuisine

des velléités littéraires

103
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foolish, insane

it is utterly absurd to think that…

this is preposterous

an excessive amount of money

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insensé

il est complètement insensé de penser que…

c’est insensé !

une somme insensée

104
Q

fortified castle

drawbridge

arrow slit

keep

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château fort

le pont-levis

une meurtrière

le donjon

105
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crenelations (openings on top of the ramparts)

dungeon

gatehouse

great hall

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les créneaux

un cachot

un corps de garde

la grande salle

106
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moat

portcullis

throne

tower

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les douves (f)

une herse

le trône

une tour

107
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turret

rampart, wall

watchtower

chain mail

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une tourelle

les remparts

une tour de guet

la cotte de mailles

108
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archer

armor

sword

crossbow

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un archer

l’armure (f)

une épée

une arbalète

109
Q

shield

battering ram

catapult

siege

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un bouclier

un bélier

une catapulte

le siège

110
Q

quand on parle du loup, on voit sa queue

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111
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quand on parle du loup, on voit sa queue

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quand on parle du loup ; quand on parle du loup, on en voit la queue ; la personne dont on est en train de parler arrive

112
Q

jumble (d’objets) , bunch (de personnes)

a tissue of lies

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ramassis (péjoratif)

un ramassis de mensonges

113
Q

ambiguous, having several meanings

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polysémique

114
Q

significance, meaningfulness

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prégnance (f)

115
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to unbolt, remove the bolts from, to oust

take down a statue

to get fired, the sack, the boot

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déboulonner

déboulonner une statue

se faire déboulonner

116
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wall painting

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art pariétal

117
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silt

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limon (f)

118
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to capsize
stop it, you’ll tip the boat over !

everything around me is spinning

to be nauseated, heartbroken

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chavirer
arrête, tu vas faire chavirer la barque !

tout chavire autour de moi

avoir le coeur qui chavire (de dégoût, de chagrin)

119
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by chance

if by any chance you see him, give him my message

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d’aventure

si d’aventure tu le vois, transmets-lui mon message

120
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to cajole, soften

she’s trying to cajole/coax him into agreeing

are you saying this to soften me up ?

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amadouer

elle essaie de l’amadouer pour qu’il accepte

c’est pour m’amadouer que tu me dis ça ?

121
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desire, greed

to stare at something greedily

lust

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convoitise (f)

regarder QCH avec convoitise

convoitise (de la chair)

122
Q

militia

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milice (f)

123
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tantalise

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exciter la convoitise de

124
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torture (to torture SB)

when he goes to school, it’s as if he was going to his own funeral

the punishment of Tantalus

I’m going though agony with this headache

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supplice (m) (mettre QQN au supplice)

il va à l’école comme au supplice

le supplice de Tantale (tournant au supplice de Tantale pour certains…)

ce mal de tête est un vrai supplice

125
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I still remember as if it was yesterday

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je m’en souviens encore comme si c’était hier

126
Q

remarkable, noteworthy

unparalleled lie/slander

royal insignia

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insigne

mensonge/calomnie insigne

les insignes de la royauté (m)

127
Q

to be under SB’s strict authority

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être sous la férule de QN

128
Q

surrender

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reddition (f)

129
Q

to dodge, avoid, skirt

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esquiver

130
Q

countryside with small fields and many hedges

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bocage (m)

131
Q

to disown, repudiate

Peter denied Christ three times

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renier

Pierre a renié Jésus par trois fois

132
Q

an administration lacking memory

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une administration amnésique

133
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exaggerated

he’s extremely touchy

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exacerbé

il est d’une susceptibilité exacerbée

134
Q

(cuisine) split almonds

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amandes effilées

135
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to gash/slash

to slash one’s wrists

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taillader

se taillader les poignets

136
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(restaurant) caff

at the local caff

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boui-boui

au boui-boui du coin

137
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club, bludgeon

staggering blow/rip-off (fam)

sledghammer argument

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massue (f)

coup de massue

un argument massue

138
Q

feast

to feast

A

bombance (f)

faire bombance

139
Q

flat, snub (aplati - nez - forme)

amazed (fam)

A

épaté

140
Q

to exhaust, tire out - to be worn out/exhausted

to exhaust OS doing ST

A

exténuer - être exténué

s’exténuer à faire QCH

141
Q

food - to serve SB up to SB

pasture

food, diet - poetry is his favourite reading matter

A

pâture (f) - jeter/donner QN en pâture à QN

pâture (lieu)

la poésie est sa pâture favorite

142
Q

puppet

a puppet government

a non-existant army

A

fantoche (m)

un gouvernement/souverain fantoche

une armée fantoche

143
Q

swollen, puffy, bombastic

A

boursouflé

144
Q

to enthrall, captivate

she held him spellbound

I was enthralled by so much grace

A

subjuguer

elle le subjugait

je restai subjugué devant tant de grâce

145
Q

to prop/shore up

to be based on

A

étayer

s’étayer sur = s’appuyer sur

146
Q

to pound, pulp

A

pilonner

147
Q

making someone a noble

A

adoubement (m)

148
Q

to contaminate, pollute (air, sang)

to corrupt, taint (relation, situation)

A

vicier

149
Q

igneous

fiery, burning

A

igné

150
Q

snail

A

colimaçon (m)

151
Q

thus is drawn the shape of the new Europe

A

ainsi se dessine le visage de la nouvelle Europe

152
Q

coil (fumée)

curl, scroll (lianes)

A

volute (f)

153
Q

to vault, tertarch

to stoop

A

voûter

se voûter

154
Q

vault
the canopy of heaven

cranial vault, roof of the mouth, arch of the foot

A

voûte (f)

la voûte céleste

voûte crânienne, voûte palatine (ou du palais), voûte plantaire

155
Q

Socrates: I know that I know nothing

A

le maître mot de Socrate: je sais que je ne sais rien

156
Q

susceptible to SB’s beauty

not recommended for perople of a nervous disposition

a sentient being

the world as perceived by the senses

A

sensible à la beauté de QN

personnes sensibles s’abstenir

un être sensible

le monde sensible

157
Q

iniquitous, unjust, unfair

A

inique

158
Q

latent, concealed

a rebellion was already brewing in 1964

A

larvé

en 1964 il y avait déjà une révolte larvée

159
Q

to scan (littérature)

A

scander

160
Q

hearsay

through the grapevine

A

ouï-dire

par ouï-dire

161
Q

to appal, sicken

appalled/sickened by such ungratefulness

A

ulcérer

ulcéré par tant d’ingratitude

162
Q

rebellion, revolt

A

fronde (f)

163
Q

procrastination

A

atermoiement (m)

164
Q

to crush, grind

A

piler

165
Q

to wiggle

A

(hips) remuer
(person) (se) remuer, frétiler

166
Q

to twist

to wiggle one’s bottom/hips

A

tortiller

tortiller des fesses/hanches

167
Q

to wriggle

he’s quivering with impatience

he wriggled his way under the fence

the fish wriggled from her grasp

I managed to wriggle out of the situation

A

(ver, poisson) frétiller

il frétille d’impatience

il est passé sous la clôture en se tortillant (à ventre plat)

le poisson réussit à s’échapper des ses mains en se tortillant

j’ai réussi à me sortir de cette situation

168
Q

to wriggle out of

to wriggle out of a task

he wriggled out of paying

A

se dérober à/esquiver une tâche

il a trouvé un moyen d’éviter de payer

169
Q

to shake

A

(rug, tablecloth, person) secouer

(bottle, cocktail, dice) agiter

(earthquake, explosion) ébranler = faire trembler

170
Q

she shook me by the shoulders
the wind shook the branches

to shake sugar onto ST
to shake vinegar onto ST
to shake salt/pepper onto ST

shake well before use

A

elle m’a secoué par les épaules
le vent agitait les branches

saupoudrer QCH de sucre
asperger QCH de vinaigre
saler/poivrer QCH

bien agiter avant l’emploi

171
Q

the dog shook itself (dry)

he shook his head

A

le chien s’est ébroué (pour se sécher)

il a dit/fait non de la tête

172
Q

to twist

try twisting the dial to the left

you have to twist the lid clockwise

the seat-belt got twisted

A

tourner, visser

essaie de tourner le cadran vers la gauche

il faut visser le couvercle dans le sens des aiguilles d’une montre

la ceinture (de sécurité) s’est entortillée

173
Q

to twist (body, part of body)

I twisted my head (round) to the left

he twisted himself free

her face was twisted with pain

A

j’‘ai tourné la tête vers la gauche

il s’est dégagé en se tortillant

ses traits étaient tordus par la douleur
la douleur lui tordait le visage

174
Q

town councillor, local dignitary (on the town council)

A

édile (m)

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