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Chapitre 11 Flashcards

1
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un gesture

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a gesture

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2
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faire oui de la tête

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to nod

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faire signe à quelqu’un

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to beckon to s.o

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donner une poignée de main à qqn

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to shake hands with s.o

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5
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agiter la main en signe d’adieu

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to wave good-bye

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6
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la force

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strength

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7
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vigoureux, valide

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able-bodied

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robuste, vigoureux

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sturdy, lusty

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l’adresse, l’habileté

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skill

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adroit, habile

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skilful, clever

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11
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maladroit

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clumsy

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12
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embarrassant

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awkward

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13
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invalide

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disabled

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14
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un estropié, un infirme

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a cripple

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15
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boiter

boiteux, estropié

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to limp

lame

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16
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un bossu

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a hunchback

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17
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immobile

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motionless, still

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18
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être couché

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to lie, to be lying

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19
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bouger, remuer

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to stir

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20
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être agenouillé

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to be kneeling

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21
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(s’)appuyer sur qqch

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to lean (on sth.)

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22
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se mettre sur son séant

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to sit up

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23
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se coucher, s’étendre

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to lie down

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24
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se (re)lever

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to get up, to rise

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25
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la démarche

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gait

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26
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l’allure

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pace

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27
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flaner, s’attarder

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to saunter, to loiter

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28
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se hâter, se dépêcher

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to hurry, to hasten

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29
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rôder, traîner

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to hang about

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30
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marcher à grand pas

une enjambée

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to stride

a stride

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31
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marcher d’un pas majestueux

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to stalk

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32
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marcher au pas

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to march

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33
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sur la pointe des pieds

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on tiptoe

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34
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se glisser furtivement

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to creep, to steal

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35
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marcher péniblement

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to plod along

36
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traîner les pieds

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to shuffle along

37
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cheminer

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to tramp about

38
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errer, vagabonder

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to wander, to roam about

39
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ramper, se traîner

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to crawl

40
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à 4 pattes

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on all fours

41
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marcher à pas chancelants

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to toddle, to totter

42
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tituber

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to reel, to stagger

43
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trébucher

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to stumble

44
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faire un croc-en-jambe à qqn

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to trip s.o. up

45
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glisser sur qqch

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to slip on sth.

46
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garder l’équilibre

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to keep one’s balance

47
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(se) laisser tomber

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to drop

48
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ramasser qqch.

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to pick up sth.

49
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faire demi-tour

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to turn round

50
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s’enfuir

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to run away

51
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prendre ses jambes à son coup

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to take to one’s heels

52
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s’élancer, se précipiter

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to rush, to dash, to dart (in/out/off)

53
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aller à toute vitesse

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to tear

54
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se baisser

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to stoop

55
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se croiser les bras

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to fold one’s arms

56
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courber, se baisser

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to bend

57
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grimper, gravir

redescendre

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to climb (up)
to climb down
58
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s’aider des pieds et des mains

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to scramble (up/down/out)

59
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saisir qqch.

saisir vivement qqch

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to seize sth

to grab sth

60
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empoigner qqch

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to grasp sth

61
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s’agripper à qqch

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to clutch (at) sth

62
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se cramponner à qqch

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to cling to sth

63
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étreindre qqn

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to clasp s.o.

64
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obtenir qqch en pressant

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to squeeze sth. out

65
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tordre qqch (avec force)
tordre, retourner qqch
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to wring

to twist sth.

66
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arracher de force

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to wrench

67
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frapper qqn, qqch

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to strike s.o, sth.

68
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donner un coup

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to deal a blow

69
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serrer (poings, dents)

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to clench

70
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allonger, tendre

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to stretch (out)

71
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atteindre qqch de la main

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to reach out for sth.

72
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caresser

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to stroke

73
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battre, rosser

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to beat, to thrash

74
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gagner, se diriger ver

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to make for

75
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se frayer un passage

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to fight one’s way through

76
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marcher sur qqch.

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to tread (on sth.)

77
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fouler aux pieds, écraser

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to trample

78
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tirer, traîner qqch

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to draw sth

79
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soulever qqch

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to raise sth

80
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traîner qqch avec peine

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to drag sth along

81
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enfoncer, fourrer

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to thrust

82
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lancer qqch à qqn :
~pour qu’il l’attrape
~pour le blesser

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to throw sth :
~to s.o
~at s.o

83
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lancer, jeter avec violence

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to fling, to hurl sth. (at s.o)

84
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épuisé

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tired out, exhausted

85
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las

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weary

86
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vif, remuant

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lively, restless

87
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rester tranquille

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to keep still, quiet

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