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1
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Advocacy

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Soutien, plaidoyer

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Alleviate

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Apaiser, alléger

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Assertiveness

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Assertivité (exprimer ses droits)

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Armpit

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Aisselles

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Appraisal

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Appréciation, évaluation

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To ascertain

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S’assurer de

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24/7

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24h sur 24

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Arms akimbo

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Poings sur les hanches

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Astride his horse

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À califourchon

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To assume

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Supposer, présumer

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11
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To be anchored

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Être accroché

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Above all
Particularly
Especially (as)

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Surtout (que)

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And what’s most important…

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Et le plus important est que…

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14
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As well

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Également

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Accurate

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Précis

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To acquaint sb with smthg

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Renseigner qq’un sur qq chose

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Acquainted

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Familiarisé avec, au courant

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To abide (by)

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Respecter (une règle)
Se conformer
Supporter (I can’t abide people smoking in restaurants).

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19
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Annoying

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Gênant

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20
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To avenge

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Venger (réparer)

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21
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To request an ADDITIONAL 5NM it the right

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…de plus…

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Aimlessly

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Sans but

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Abiding

Low abiding

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Respectueux

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To take aim

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Viser

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25
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Mouth agape

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Bouche bée

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An apex

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Un sommet, point culminant

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27
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To accompany

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Accompagner, escorter

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An academic

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Un universitaire

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Academic

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Universitaire, scolaire

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30
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Accountant

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Comptable

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31
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A «faux pas»

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Une bévue, gaffe

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32
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Anxious
Worried
Concerned

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Inquiet

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33
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An aftermath

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Séquelles, suite

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34
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Brackets

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() ou crochets

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35
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Bloodclot

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Caillot de sang

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36
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A breakdown of

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Panne, rupture

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37
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Fuel bowser

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Camion d’avitaillement

Pompe de station service

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38
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The break-up of

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Le détail de

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39
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A booth

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Un guichet, baraque

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40
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Thé brim (of a hat)

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Le bord

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41
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A brat

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Un polisson

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42
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A burden

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Un fardeau, une charge

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43
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An expectation confirmation

A bias

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Un biais

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44
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To bow

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Saluer

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45
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A broth

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Un bouillon

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46
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Bare-chested

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Torse nu

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47
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Blunt

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Émoussé

Brusque, direct (let me be blunt)

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Butt

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Le bout
La fin
La crosse
Le mégot
Une butte
Les fesses
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49
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Bewitched

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Ensorcelé

Envouté

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50
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Brisk walking

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Marche rapide

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51
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Brisk

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Vif

Alerte

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52
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To blurt

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Laisser échapper qq chose

She blurt out the first thing that came into her head

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53
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A bloke

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Un type (UK)

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54
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To batter

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Battre
Maltraiter
Frapper sur

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55
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To boast

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Fanfaronner

Se vanter de

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56
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To bulge

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Se gonfler
Se renfler
Saillir

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57
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Bubby

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Pétillant

Plein d’entrain (bubby laugh)

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58
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Brittle

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Cassant
Fragile
Indifférent
Sec
Aigu
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59
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To bellow

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Beugler
Meugler
Brailler

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60
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To bore

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Ennuyer

Forer, sonder (they’re boring for coal)

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A balding man

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Un homme qui devient chauve

62
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Bewildered

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Perplexe

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A bun

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Un chignon

64
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Bowed

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Courbé (back)

Baissé (head)

65
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Blossom

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Fleur

To be in blossom = être en fleur

66
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To blossom

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Fleurir, éclore

67
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To bust

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Bousiller, abimer

68
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To burst

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Éclater, crever (ballon)
Entrer brusquement (to bust into a house)
69
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To blow away

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Chasser, disperser (vent)

70
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To blow

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Souffler

71
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To brim

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Déborder (eyes brimming with tears)

72
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Bust

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Cassé, fichu

Être fauché (to go bust = faire faillite)

73
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The bust

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La poitrine, le buste

74
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To go ballistic

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Peter les plombs

75
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Bachelorhood

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Célibat (homme)

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Celibacy

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Célibat (femme ou prêtre)

77
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Single

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Célibataire

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To bear

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Porter, apporter, supporter
(To bear something in mind = se souvenir de qq chose)
(Bear with me = un peu de patience)

79
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Betrothal

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Fiançailles (archaïque)

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To bow

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Saluer

81
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The bow

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Proue d’un bateau

82
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To beckon (to smdy)

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Faire un signe (à qu’un)

83
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A bonnet (UK)
A hood (US)
A

Un capot de voiture

84
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A beak

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Un bec (oiseau)

85
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A bumpkin

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Un plouc, un pèquenot

86
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A banter

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Plaisanterie, badinage

87
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A brat

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Un morveux

88
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Chaos

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Chaos

89
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Carbon copy

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Copie conforme

90
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Countryman

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Compatriote

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Consignee

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Destinataire (NOTOC)

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Crowd control

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Contrôle de la foule

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Contingency

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Éventualité, évènements inattendu

Contingencies = frais

94
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Custody

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Garde à vue, garde

95
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To cap

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Limiter

96
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Commissioning

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Mettre en service

97
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Chequered

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Varié
En dents de scie
A damier

98
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Comprehensive

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Exhaustif

99
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An only child

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Fils/fille unique

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Conversely

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Réciproquement, inversement

101
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Caretaker

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Concierge

102
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Clumsy

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Maladroit, gauche

103
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To conceal

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Cacher, dissimuler

104
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A cap

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Un bonnet
(Base-ball cap = casquette)
105
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Cognizant

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Conscient

106
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Case

If it’s still the case

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Si c’est tjs le cas

107
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Contrary to

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Contrairement à

108
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Orders

Instructions

A

Une consigne

109
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To collapse

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S’effondrer

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To catch hold

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S’accrocher, saisir

I caught hold of her

111
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Chives

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Ciboulette, civette

112
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Cast-iron

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Fonte

113
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Clapped-out

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Fichu (machine)

Crevé (personne)

114
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To give (me) the creeps

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Me donne la chair de poule

Me dégoûte

115
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To curl

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Friser, boucler

116
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To clasp

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Serrer, saisir, étreindre

117
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A chain mail

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Une cote de maille

118
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A cobble

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Un pavé (rue)

119
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To cough up

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Cracher (en toussant)

Banquer, raquer (= to pay up)

120
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To conceal

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Cacher, dissimuler

121
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To cut off

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Couper

Rompre (he cut himself off from his family)

122
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To cling

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S’accrocher, coller, persister
(They clung to one another)
(To cling to a hope)
(A dress that clings to the body)

123
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To chatter

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Papoter, bavarder, cliqueter

Machine, dents si froid,…

124
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To crouch

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S’accroupir, se ramasser

125
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A choir

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Un chœur (église, chant)

126
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To crawl

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Ramper, marcher à 4 pattes

127
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Cinnamon

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Cannelle

128
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A chuckle

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Un gloussement, un petit rire

129
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To cast

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Jeter, lancer, projeter

130
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Cocky

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Suffisant, qui a du toupet

131
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Cuckoo

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Coucou

132
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Catchy

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Facile à retenir, qui trotte dans la tête

133
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Careless

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Négligent, peu soigné, insouciant

134
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Cumbersome

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Encombrant, embarrassant, lourd, pesant

135
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To commit

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Commettre, perpétrer confier, remettre à

He was committed to a mental hospital

136
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A commitment

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Un engagement
Une obligation (committed to land)
137
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Cattle

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Bétail

138
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Congratulations

A

Toutes mes félicitations

139
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A crack

A

Une félure, fente, fissure

140
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To crack open

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Casser (œufs, noix)

141
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To crush

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Écraser, broyer

142
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A craving

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Une envie impérieuse, besoin fort

To have a craving for smthg

143
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A call

A

Un appel, visite à qq’un
Un jugement
Une escale

144
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Compliant

A

Accommodant
Docile
Conforme

145
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A cranny

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Une fissure (sur la route ?)
Une fente
(Every nook and cranny = les moindres recoins)
146
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Crammed

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Bourré, bondé

Crammed with people

147
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A chap

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Un type, un homme (informal)

148
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To clamber

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Grimper (en s’aidant des mains)

149
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To clatter

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Heurter, entrechoquer bruyamment

150
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A courtyard

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Une cour (= a yard)

151
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To call-in

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