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CH42 : The human body Flashcards

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incarner, l’incarnation

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to embody, the embodiment

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des muscles

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brawn

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musclé

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brawny

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une glande

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a gland

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une articulation

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joint

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intelligent, doué

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brainy

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intelligent, doué

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brainy

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une idée originale

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a brainchild / brain-child

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les traits

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the features

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la nuque

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the nape

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le teint

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the complexion

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barbu / imberbe

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bearded / beardless

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le torse / la poitrine (cage thoracique)

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the torso / the chest

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le buste

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the bust

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la poitrine / les seins

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the breast / the bosom

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la colonne vertébrale

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the backbone

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une vertèbre

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a vertebra

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les intestins

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the bowels / the intestines

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les tripes

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the guts

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le tibia

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the shin

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un mollet

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a calf

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sanguinaire

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bloodthirsty

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sans pitié / de sang froid

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cold-blooded / bloodedly

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être glacé jusqu’aux os

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to be chilled/frozen to the bone

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donner la chair de poule à qq un

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to make somebody’s flesh creep

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de la tête aux pieds

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from head to foot

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être fou amoureux

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to be head over heels in love

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jouer à pile ou face

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to toss heads or tails

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se creuser la cervelle

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to rack one’s brains

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faire la grimace

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to make/pull a face

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à première vue

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on the face of it

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surveiller qqn

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to keep an eye on sby

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attirer l’attention de qqun

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to catch sby’s eye

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de bouche à oreille

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by word of mouth

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la lèvre supérieure / inférieure

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the upper / lower lip

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se battre avec acharnement

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to fight tooth and nail

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se raser la barbe

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to shave off one’s beard

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avoir du cran

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to have guts

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croiser les bras

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to fold one’s arms

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lever / baisser la main

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raise / lower one’s hand

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donner 1 coup de main à qqun

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to give somebody a hand

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croiser les doigts

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to keep one’s fingers crossed

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être très maladroit

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to be all thumbs

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fréquenter qqun

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to rub shoulders with somebody

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faire preuve de fermeté

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to put one’s foot down

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partir en signe de mécontentement

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to vote with one’s feet

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Je partage totalement son point de vue

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I see eye to eye with him

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plaisanter

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to speak tongue-in-cheek

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Elle aime les sucreries

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She has a sweet tooth

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regarder qqun en fronçant les sourcils

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to frown at sby

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«Tu ne vois pas que je suis submergé de travail?»

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Can’t you see I’m up to my eyes at work?

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se contenter de belles paroles
n’être X qu’en paroles

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to pay lip service to
-> He only pays lip service to environmentalism

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vouloir à tout prix

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to have one’s heart set on X

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hausser les épaules

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to shrug one’s shoulders -> shrugged

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s’atteler à la tâche

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to put one’s shoulder to the wheel

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se moquer de qqun

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to pull sby’s leg

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taper sur les nerfs de qqun

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to set one’s teeth on edge

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Je n’y ai jamais mis les pieds

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I have never set foot there

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Les rôles sont inversés maintenant

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The boot / shoe is on the other foot now

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On dit des Britanniques qu’ils ne montrent pas leurs émotions quand ils sont en colère

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The British are said to always keep a stiff upper lip

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La fuite des cerveaux

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The brain drain

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Une pomme de discorde

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A bone of contention

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Un secret honteux, un cadavre dans le placard

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A skeleton in the cupboard

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Tout dans les muscles, rien dans la tête

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All brawn and no brains

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A perte de vue

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As far as the eye can see

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La voix du sang est la plus forte

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Blood is thicker than water

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