Chapter 39 Flashcards by Hervé GAUTHIER

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Trop curieux, fouineur

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Nosy, nosey - UK : nosy Parker, nosey Parker

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Cour de récré

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Schoolyard

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Succulent, savoureux

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Palatable

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Acceptable, convenant, correct

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Palatable

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Entamer (engager) une conversation

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To strike up

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Exclure, mettre à l’écart - oublier, omettre

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To leave out

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La phrase est explicite

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The statement stands for itself

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Au temps pour moi

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I stand corrected

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Simple règle, règle approximative, règle générale

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A rule of thumb

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Courgette

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Zucchini (US, AU), courgette (UK)

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Équilibre, stabilité

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Equilibrium

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Élan, orignal

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Moose

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Profane

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Layman, layperson, laypeople

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Profane, non initié - convers, laïque, lai

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Lay

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Une (bonne) fois pour toute

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Once and for all

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bien réfléchir à, réfléchir sérieusement à

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To think through

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Routine, ornière

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Rut

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cohérence, homogénéité, uniformité, régularité

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Consistency

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Puissant, riches et puissants

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Mighty

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Lubrique

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Prurient

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Éclairage, vision, perspective - perspicacité - pénétration, vision approfondie

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Insight

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Retirer (rapidement, ses vêtements)

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To slip off

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Ronronner

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To purr

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De temps en temps, par moments

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At times, at various times

A tout moment

At all times

Provisoirement, temporairement - avec hésitation

Tentatively

Claquer (la porte)

To slam shut

En dessous de la ceinture

From the waist down

Aimable

Good-natured

Taquiner sur, charrier sur

To rib someone about something

S’éloigner lentement de, s’écarter lentement de

To edge away from

Chérif,frêle, petit, piètre

Puny

Haine éternelle

Eternal hatred