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1
Q

autoroute, route nationale

A

Highway

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autoroute (USA)

A

Freeway (gratuite) / Motorway (M1) / Expressway

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3
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une route à péage

A

a toll road

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4
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un bilan, le tribut

A

the toll

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5
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le code de la route

A

the Highway code

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6
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venteux

A

windy

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7
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serpenter / remonter (une montre), enrouler

A

to wind, wound, wand (a watch)

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clôturer un speech, un compte en banque

A

to wind up a speech, a bank account

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9
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le phare

A

the lighthouse

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le brouillard de mer / la brume

A

the fog, foggy

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le mélange de brouillard et de fumée (brouillard industriel)

A

the smog

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12
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se garer

A

to park

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13
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au crépuscule

A

at dusk

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14
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l’écume

A

the foan, foany

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15
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les embruns

A

sea spray

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16
Q

ça sent le brûlé

A

it smells of burning

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17
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y a anguille sous roche

A

to small a rat

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18
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se retirer

A

to recede

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19
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une bande

A

a strip

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20
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jonché d’algues

A

seaweed-strewn

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21
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fruits de mer

A

seafood

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22
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coquillage

A

seashell

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23
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un changement profond

A

a sea change

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24
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une rayure

A

a stripe

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25
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immensité

A

vastness

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26
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gigantesque

A

vast

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27
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les écrans de cinéma

A

the movie screens

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28
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s’émerveiller

A

to marvel

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29
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la taille

A

the size

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30
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envahir

A

to march into

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31
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poser une mine

A

to plant a mine

32
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une graine

A

a seed

33
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enterrer

A

to bury

34
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une tombe

A

a grave

35
Q

une ville fantôme avec des becs de lièvres

A

a city of harelipped ghosts

36
Q

un lièvre

A

a hare

37
Q

avoir un bec de lièvre

A

to be harelip

38
Q

semer le doute

A

to sow (sowed, sown) seeds of doubt

39
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rugir

A

to roar

40
Q

oublieuse

A

unmindful

41
Q

barboter, se tremper les pieds

A

to wade

42
Q

un péché

A

a sin

43
Q

pécher

A

to sin (sinned)

44
Q

se noyer

A

to drown

45
Q

le fond

A

the bottom

46
Q

adopter une idée

A

to embrace a …

47
Q

faire la grasse matinée

A

to have a lie in

48
Q

un boulangerie

A

baker

49
Q

aller à la boulangerie

A

to go to the baker’s / the bakery

50
Q

aller au bureau de tabac

A

to go to the tobacconist’s

51
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aller chez le marchand de journaux

A

to go to the newsagent ‘s

52
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aller chez le teinturier / au pressing

A

to go to the dry cleaner’s

53
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aller chez le poissonnier

A

to go to the fishmonger’s

54
Q

cordonnier

A

shoemaker

55
Q

esthéticienne

A

beautician

56
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papéterie

A

the stationer’s

57
Q

l’usine de papier

A

the paper mill

58
Q

mastiquer bruyamment

A

to munch

59
Q

se ranger sur le bord de la route

A

to pull over

60
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s’arrêter

A

to pull up

61
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déboiter

A

to pull out

62
Q

une nappe

A

a tablecloth

63
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une serviette

A

a napkin

64
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une corbeille de pain tranché

A

a basket of sliced bread

65
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disposer

A

to arrage, to lay,

66
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mettre la table

A

to lay the table

67
Q

l’agencement

A

the layout

68
Q

un set de table

A

a table mat / a placemat

69
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une soucoupe

A

a saucer

70
Q

une soucoupe volante

A

a flying saucer

71
Q

hausser les épaules

A

to shrug

72
Q

qu’est-ce qui t’arrive

A

what’s come over you ?

73
Q

en s’asseyant

A

sitting down

74
Q

bénir la table

A

to say a prayer / to thank God for the food

75
Q

dire la messe

A

to say Mass

76
Q

un peu plus tard

A

a bit later on / shortly afterwards