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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Quelque chose qui se distingue, qui sort du lot

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A standout

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Remarquable, qui sort du lot, exceptionnel, extraordinaire

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Standout

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Se démarquer, se détacher, trancher, ressortir

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To stand out

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Betterave

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Beet root, beet

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Grosse moto, gros cube

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Hog

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Goinfre

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Hog

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Monopoliser, accaparer

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To hog

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Scélérat, vaurien

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Miscreant

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Païen

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Pagan, heathen

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Gingembre confit

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Stem ginger

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Endiguer, enrayer, juguler, ralentir

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To stem the tide of

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Balance, mouchard

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Snitch

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Cafter

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To snitch on

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Spongieux

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Squishy

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Nain (offensive)

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Midget

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Locaux, bâtiment

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Premises

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Parodie, pastiche

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Travesty

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Envahi par les mauvaises herbes

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Weedy

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Intellectuel, cérébral

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Highbrow

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Moignon

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Stump

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Concert, engagement

Boulot

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Gig (slang)

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Cachet (four meanings)

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Seal, stamp
Tablet, pill
Fee (artist)
Charm

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Dingue, farfelu, fou-fou, fofolle

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Wacky

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Plein d’esprit, spirituel, amusant, drôle (clever humour)

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Witty

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Factice, faux (fake, not real)

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Dummy

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Mannequin (for displaying clothes in the stores)

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Model, mannequin, dummy

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Farfelu, loufoque, extravagant

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Screwball (old fashioned ?)

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Bouffonnerie, farce

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Slapstick

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Prétentieux

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Pretentious, vain, snooty

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Auto-dépréciation, auto-dérision

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Self-depracating

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Supporter

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To put up

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Se vanter (de, que)

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To brag (that, about)

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Provoquer, causer

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To bring on

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Vas-y (challenge)

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Bring it on

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Colportage

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Hawking

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Engouement, mode

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Fad

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Dernière lubie

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Latest fad

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Objet de famille, héritage

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Heirloom

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Familier

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Colloquial

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Radin (colloquial and pejorative)

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Cheap, Cheapskate, skinflint

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Une trotte, un bout, un bout de chemin

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A hike

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Marcher longtemps

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To hike

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Maladroit, empoté

Lourd, inconvenant

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Clumsy

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Tordu

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Wrung

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Mauvaise personne

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A wrong’un

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Entreprendre

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To undertake

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Échouer

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To strand

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Rive, rivage (shore)

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Strand

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Banquise

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Floe, ice floe

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Juger, estimer, considérer

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To deem

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Livre relié, livre cartonné (book with stiff cover)

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Hardcover

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Planter la tente

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To stake the tent

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Poteau électrique, téléphonique, pylône électrique

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Utility pole

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Poteau, mât, perche, piquet

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Pole

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Canne à pêche

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Fishing pole

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Livre de poche

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Paperback

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Situation désespérée, détresse

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Plight

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Destinée manifeste

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Manifest destinity

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Vers, aux alentours de

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Circa

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Buse

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Chicken hawk

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Faucon

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Hawk, falcon

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Belliciste, va-t-en-guerre (comme un aigle)

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Hawkish

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Colporteur

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Hawker

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Fauconnier

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Falconer

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Visser

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To screw in, to screw down, to screw

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Revisser

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To screw sth Back on (sth)

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Tiens-toi correctement.

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Behave yourself.

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Légèreté, manque de sérieux

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Levity

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Sérieux, grave, solennel

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Solemn

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Protocole

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Decorum

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Se détendre, se desserrer, décoincer

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To loosen up

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Desserrer, détendre, assouplir

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To loosen

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Susceptible, vexé, froissé

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Huffy

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Révélation, divulgation

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Disclosure

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Être ensemble, sortir ensemble

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To go steady (with)

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Caisse, boîte, cajeot

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Crate

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Travailler au noir

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To moonlight

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Internat, pensionnat

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Boarding, boarding school

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Filiale

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Subsidiary, affiliate, branch

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Passer, faire un tour

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To come over, to pay à visit

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Menuisier

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Joiner

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Quelqu’un qui aime rencontrer du monde

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Joiner

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Trier, ranger

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To sort out

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Nommer, fournir (une tâche)

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To appoint

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Fouineur

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Busybody

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C’est ça !

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Some hope !

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Décliner une invitation

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To turn down an invitation

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Reclus, solitaire

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Recluse

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Fais comme tu veux !

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Suit yourself!

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Bon gré, mal gré

Fatalement

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Willy-nilly

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Proue d’un navire

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Ship´s bow

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Poupe

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Stern

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Strict, sévère, austère

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Stern

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Non intentionnel

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Unintended

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Pagaie

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Paddle

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Calomnie, diffamation

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Slander

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Infâme

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Infamous

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Tristement célèbre

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Infamous

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Calomnier, diffamer

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To slander

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Crêpage de chignons

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Cat fight

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Combat aérien

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Dog fight

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Corrida

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Bull fight

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Émoustillant

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Titillating

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Torride, érotique

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Steamy

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Humide, embué

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Steamy

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Très content, ravi, aux anges

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Thrilled

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Cartonner, se vendre comme des petits pains

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To fly off the shelves

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Sentier, chemin, passerelle

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Walkway

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Cambrousse, au milieu de nulle part

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The boonies

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Pénible, lourd

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Onerous

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Altruiste, désintéressé

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Selfless

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Emprunt soldé

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Loan discharged

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Rembourser un crédit

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To pay back a loan

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Subventionner

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To subsidise

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Ça, tu peux le dire.

Ça, c’est vrai.

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You’re telling me.

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J’ai une dette envers toi.

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I’m indebted to you.

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Enfin libre

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Free at last, free at last

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Assigner, citer à comparaître

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To subpoena

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Bombe à retardement

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Time bomb

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Réanimation par Massage cardiaque

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CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation)

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Qui fout les jetons

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Creepy

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