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Toit en pente

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Pitched roof

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Ramasser un joli paquet

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To make à killing

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Chat de gouttière

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Gutter

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Ruisselant

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Dripping

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Épineux, délicat , difficile

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Tricky

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Arracher les yeux de quelqu’un

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To scratch one’s eyes out

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tinter

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to tinkle

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pénis

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dink, dinkle, schwang

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aspirateur

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vacuum

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en lambeaux, en haillons

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ragged

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dingo, cinglé

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kook (us)

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fou, insensé

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madcap

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fille (old-fashioned)

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gal

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dessous de verre

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coaster

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perles de condensation

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beads of condensation

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s’approcher petit à petit

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To inch

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bec verseur

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easy-pour spout

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serrer, empoigner, agripper

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to clench

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téméraire, imprudent, irréfléchi

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reckless

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Échelle

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Ladder

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Engagement, vœu, promesse

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Pledge

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Découpage

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Cut-out

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Découpé

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Cutout

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Courageux, téméraire, audacieux, osé

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Bold

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Demeure, Domicile

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Abode

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Menu détail, moindre détail

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Minute detail

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Environs, alentours, proximité

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Vicinity

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Les échelons d’une entreprise

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Corporate ladders

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Pénible, difficile, douloureux

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Harrowing

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Cependant, toutefois , néanmoins

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Nonetheless

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31
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Colérique

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Wrathfull

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32
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Faire le blocus de

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To blockade

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33
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Froideur, réserve (deadlock)

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Standoff

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Être au bord de, être à deux doigts de, être à la veille de

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To be on the brink of

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Alimenter, entretenir

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To stoke,

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Susciter

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To stir up

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Remuer, changer de position

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To stir

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38
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cocher une réponse

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to tick an answer

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joyeux, gai, enjoué

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cheerful

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rarement

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seldom

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prospectus, brochure, dépliant

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leaflet

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mettre la table

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to set the table

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nettoyer la table

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to clear the table

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passer l’aspirateur

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to hoover

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sortir la poubelle

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to take the dustbin out

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paresseux, fénéant, feignant

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lazy

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une récompense

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a reward

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une poignée de main (se serrer la main)

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a handshake

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49
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faire exploser

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to blow up

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poudre (à canon)

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gunpowder

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un complot

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a plot

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52
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trahison

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treason

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compétences, habileté, don

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skill, ability

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54
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dessiner

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to draw

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Faible, flou

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Faint

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56
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Donc, par conséquent

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Hence, therefore

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Sortie éducative

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Field trip

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Presbytère

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Manse

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Faites-vous plaisir

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Pamper yourself

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Casse-cou, risque-tout

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Daredevil

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Chercher, rechercher

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To seek, I sought, sought

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Prétendument, censément

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Allegedly, said to be

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Avaler, gober (propre et fig.)

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To swallow

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Tout gober (idiom.)

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Hook, line and sinker

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Caprice, coup de tête, lubie, passade

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Whim

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Talon

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Heel

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Concis

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Pithy, concise

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Bouleversement, séisme, cataclysme, soulèvement

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Upheaval

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rejeter la faute sur

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to pass the blame on

70
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qui donne la chair de poule

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spooky

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fouetter

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to whip

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jouer aux dés

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to shoot craps

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belette de merde (= qui cherche à tirer profit du travail d’un autre)

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crapweasel

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étouffer, s’étouffer, s’étrangler

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to choke

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espiègle, malicieux

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impish

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salir, souiller

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to mess up

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mutiler, estropier

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to mangle

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paon

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peacock

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cire

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wax

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songeur, pensif, étonné

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wondering

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Vous, probablement

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you betcha

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devoir de l’argent

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to owe some money

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émerveillement, étonnement

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wonderment

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après réflexion

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on second thought

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se taire

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to shush

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mettre en désordre, ficher en l’air, tout rater

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to mess up

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reculer, faire un pas en arrière

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to step back

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piétiner, fouler au pied, bafouer

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to trample

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essorer

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to mangle

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chut

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shush

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prêtrise, clergé

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priesthood

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panne d’électricité

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blackout

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mariable

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eligible

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pillard, pilleur

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looter

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surfait

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overrated

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reculer, faire un pas en arrière

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to step back

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jeter les fondations

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to lay the groundwork

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table de billard

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pool table

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Illettrisme

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Illiteracy

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Homicide

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Manslaughter

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Abattu, découragé

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Dejected

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Grondement

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Rumbling

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Évaluer, jauger, juger

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To assess

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magnifique, splendide, superbe

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gorgeous

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tirer la chasse d’eau

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to flush the toilet

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imprécis, vague, flou, indistinct

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vague

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être décédé

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to be passed

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éclairage

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lighting

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ouf !

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phew !

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jeter quelquechose dans les toilettes

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to flush something down the toilet

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bordeau (couleur)

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burgundy

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buriné

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weather-beaten

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retrouver sa direction, sa route, se repérer, s’orienter

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to get / to find one’s bearing

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aiguiser, affuter, tailler (en pointe)

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to sharpen

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vendre la mèche

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to spill the beans

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avoir une boule dans la gorge, avoir la gorge serrée

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to have the lump in one’s throat

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J’ai une bosse sur le front

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I’ve got a lump on my forehead

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mettre son grain de sel

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to chip in

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mot difficile à prononcer

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mouthful

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rembourrage, paille, bourre, matelassure

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stuffing

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tailler, sculpter

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to carve

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À un bon tarif

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At a great rate

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Encore un autre, un…de plus

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Yet another

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Rupture de stock

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Inventory shortage

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Dégradation volontaire, acte malveillant

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Malicious mischief

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Excentrique, original, décalé

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Quirky

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À l’arrêt, immobilisé, paralysé, bloqué

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At a standstill

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Reporter, différer, remettre à plus tard

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To postpone

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Impraticable

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Impassable

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Plein de, criblé de

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Riddled with

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Harnais, baudrier

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Harness

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Gaffe, bourde, boulette

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Blunder

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Occasionnel, ponctuel, temporaire, à intervalles irréguliers

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Casual

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Éparpillé, parsemé, disséminé

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Scattered

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Appuyer

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To bear down

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Fosse, trou

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Pit

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Quartier pauvre, bas quartier, taudis

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Slum

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Ajuster en hauteur

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To ratchet (up or down)

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Frénésie

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Frenzy

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Ratisser

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To rake

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Équilibre, stabilité, sens de l’équilibre

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Equilibrium

142
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Un lointain rapport

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A far cry

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