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1
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sur le pt de

A

on the edge of

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une minie jupe

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a mini skirt

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une societe ou la repartition en classes so est tres importante

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a class-ridden society

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renverser un gouvernement

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to topple

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ordonné

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uncluttered

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perdre sa couleur

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to fade

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le coucher de soleil

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the sun set

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voler en eclat

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to rip apart

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s’arreter, passer voir qn

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to stop BY

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remettre qch

rendre qch

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to hand IN

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trainer

se ballader

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to roam

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s’habituer à qch ( rarement utilisé)

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to take ON

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rester au nv de qch

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to keep UP WITH

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commencer

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to make a start

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rabaisser qn

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to put someone DOWN

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16
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bien que

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even tough

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17
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le feu des projecteurs

A

limelight

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18
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mouchoirs en papiers

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paper handkerchiefs

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grossier

maladroit

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botch

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20
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décorer publiquement

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to award honours

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21
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prétentieux

A

cocky

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22
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il avait bu bien trop de wisky

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he had drunk much too much wisky

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23
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il avait trop bu

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he had been drinking to much

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24
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un ( verre) de trop

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one ( glass) too many

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25
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rappeller qch à qn

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to remind sb of sth

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ne pas supporter qn ou qch

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to put UP with sb/sth

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27
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etre à court de qch

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to run OUT OF

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28
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manquer de

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to be short of sth

I am £50 to short

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29
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etre la forme abrégée de qch

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to be short FOR sth

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30
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il etait bien trop en colere pour se rendre compte de son erreur

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he was much too much angry to realize his mistake

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il pleut comme vache qui pisse

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it’s raining cats and dogs

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32
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cet exercice est tellement diffcile qu’on ne peut pas le faire
2

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this is so difficult an exercise/ such a difficult exercise that we cannot do it

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33
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exiger

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to demand

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34
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de l’avis général

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by any standard(s)

by anyone’s opinion or values

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35
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une partie importante ( de qch)

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a large part OF
a good part OF

… the project is devoted to facilities

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36
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Veux tu venir à la maison ?

Disons samedi

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Do you want to come at home ?

( Let’s ) say Saturday

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37
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c’est à dire

3

A

That is
that is to say
namely

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38
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ce n’est pas peu dire !

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that is saying a lot !

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39
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dis donc !
ca alors !
2

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Say !

I say !

40
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qu’est ce que tu dis de cela ?

A

what do you say of that ?

41
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cela, vous pouvez le dire !

A

You can say that again !

42
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Ma mere me fait faire mes devoirs

obliger qn à faire qch

A

my mother makes me do my homework

make sb do sth

43
Q

voix passive

on faisait repeter cette phrase aux enfants

A

the children were made to repeat this sentence

44
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appartenir à

A

to belong to

45
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penser à qch, qn

2

A

to think of/ about sth

46
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le marche obligataire

A

the bond market

47
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soutenir

A

to bolster

48
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un marriage blanc

A

a bogus marriage

49
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faux, bidon

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bogus

50
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un blocus

A

a blockade

51
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une aubaine

A

a blessing

52
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fauche, sans le sou

A

broke

53
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un courtier

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a broker

54
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un butoir, un tampon

A

a buffer

55
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une zone tampon

A

a buffer zone

56
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contraindre qn par la menace à faire qch

A

to bull sb into doing sth

57
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rater, bousiller

2

A

to bungle, to botch

58
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un travail baclé

2

A

a bungled job/ a botched job

59
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faire faillite

3

A

to bust
to go bust
to go bankrupt

60
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iln’y a pas de rose sans épine

A

there is no rose without a thorn

61
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une tâche, une souillure, une honte

A

a blemish

62
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maladroit

A

clumsy

63
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une apogée, un point culminant

A

a climax

64
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une situation à suspense, un moment d’angoisse

A

a cliffhanger

65
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sécher les cours

A

to skip classes

66
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un marché actif, porteur

2

A

buoyant, bullish

a buoyant market

67
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enterrer

A

to bury

68
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pratiquer la politique de l’autruche

A

to bury one’s head in the sand

69
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enterrer la hache de guerre

A

to bury the hatchet

70
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etre plongé dans son travail

A

to be burried in one’s work

71
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plongé dans ses pensées

A

to be burried in one’s thought

72
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une expression à la mode

A

a buzz word

73
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contourner

A

to bypass

74
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vulgaire

A

coarse behaviour

75
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grossier, ordinaire

A

coarse

76
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trouver des excuses, fermer les yeux sur

A

to condone

77
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un taxi

A

a cab

78
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mettre qn au pied du mur

A

to call sb bluff

79
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commander, avoir le dernier mot

A

to call the tune

80
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dépendre de, etre subordonné à

2

A

to be contingent on

to depend on

81
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une eventualité

A

a contingency

82
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etre favorable/ propice à

A

to be conducive to

83
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mener à, conduire à

A

to conduce to

84
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un cours

A

a class ( faux-ami)

85
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une corvée

2

A

a drudgery

a chore

86
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impertinent (comportement)

A

cheeky

87
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une graphique, une courbe

A

a chart

88
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le plafond

A

the ceiling

89
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un gvt provisoire

A

a caretaker government

90
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un concierge, un gardien

A

a caretaker

91
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pourvoir aux besoins de

satisfaire, répondre à

A

to cater for

92
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se renverser, chavirer

A

to capsize

93
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sonder l’opinion

A

to canvas opinions

94
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faire du démarchage electoral

solliciter des votes

A

to canvas

95
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etre fauché

2

A

to be bust

to be broke

96
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adopter une attitude ferme face à

A

to take a strong stand against