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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Se glisser, se faufiler, avancer lentement, sans bruit

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To creep

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Minerai

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Ore

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feuilles (d’arbre)

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leaves

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parrain

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godfather

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marraine

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godmother

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navette

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shuttle

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heroïque, épique, homérique

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epic

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escalier(s)

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stairs,staircase

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Dirigeable

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Airship

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La foi

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The creed

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maigre

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thin

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cheveux raides

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straight hair

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cheveux bouclés

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curly hair

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des lunettes

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glasses, spectacles

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grand (en taille)

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tall

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une tête carrée

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a square face

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être à côté de

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to be next to

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une carte (un plan)

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a map

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surligner

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to highlight

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itinéraire, trajet, parcours

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route

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prendre la première à gauche

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to take the first left

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continuer tout droit

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to keep going straight on

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d’habitude, en général

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usually

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souvent

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often

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jamais

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never

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parfois

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sometimes

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principalement

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mostly

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paresseux, fénéant, feignant (slang)

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lazybones

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se rappeler

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to remember

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brancher

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to plug

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débrancher

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to unplug

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une gomme

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a rubber

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une règle

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a ruler

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coller une photo, une image

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to stick a picture

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les affaires d’école

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the school stuff

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un effaceur

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an eraser

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un surligneur

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a highlighter

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un classeur

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a binder

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un vestiaire

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a locker

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un appareil photo

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a camera

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un stylo à bille

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a biro

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une cacahuète

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a peanut

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piment

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hot pepper

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mandarine

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tangerine

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prêter

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to lend

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un mouchoir (en tissu)

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a handkerchief

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un mouchoir en papier

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a tissue

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aller chercher

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to go and get

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mal de tête

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headache

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allumer la lumière

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to switch on the light

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éteindre la lumière

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to switch off the light

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parle plus fort

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speak up, speak louder

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animal de compagnie

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pet

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libellule

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dragonfly

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coccinelle

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ladybird

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requin

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Shark

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baleine

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whale

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la brume

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The mist

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Il y a du brouillard

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It’s foggy

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Le givre

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The frost

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un orage, une tempête

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a storm

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Le tonnerre

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The thunder

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un faucon

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a falcon

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un aigle

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an eagle

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renversement de liquide

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spill

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pêter le feu

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to be full of beans

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purée de pomme de terre

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mashed potatoe(s)

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morceau, bloc, grumeau, motte

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lump

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contribuer

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to chip in

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de façon éclatante, frappante, vivante

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vividly

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bouchée, gorgée

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mouthful

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sortez! arrêtez!

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get out!

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être en fleurs

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to be in blossom

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chauffer et épicer une boisson (wine, beer, cider)

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to mull

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patate douce, igname

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yam

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joie, gaieté, rires, hilarité

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merriment

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farce (cook)

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stuffing

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celui donné pour perdant

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underdog

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reconnaissons-le

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Let’s face it

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ouïes, branchies

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gills

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foultitude

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zillion

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petit sourire satisfait, suffisant ou bête

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smirk

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découper la viande

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to carve (the meat)

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nul, pourri

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Lousy

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Merdique

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crappy

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rabattre (les oreilles, pour un cheval)

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to lay back

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se crever le cul à faire quelquechose

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to bust one’s ass doing / to do something

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Isoloir

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Polling booth, voting booth

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Descendre en flammes

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To lambast(e)

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À ce rythme

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At that rate

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Lutter, batailler

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To grapple

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Acceptable

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Palatable

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Encore mieux

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Better yet

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Disette

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Food shortage

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Endeuillé

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Bereaved

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Paré, émaillé ( jewels)

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Beset

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Faiseur d’histoires, faiseur d’embarras

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Mischief-maker

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Transparaître

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To come through

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Impair

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Odd

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Bancal

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Quirky

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Ennemi, adversaire

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Foe

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Marcher en traînant les pieds

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To shamble

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Se débattre avec quelque chose

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To grapple with something

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S’entendre avec

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To relate to

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Affiner, perfectionner, aiguiser

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To hone (something)

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Faire remarquer, être d’avis

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To opine

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Faire la girouette, hésiter sans cesse

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To waffle back and forth

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Dévoué, loyal

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Staunch

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Révélateur

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Telling

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De travers, bancal, branlant

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Wonky

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Sujet aux accidents

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Accident prone

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Vêtements décontractés

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Casual dress

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Attaché (avec une corde), enchainé

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Tethered

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Étourneau

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Starling

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Mainate

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Mynah bird

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En attente, imminent

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Pending

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Épars, clairsemé

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Sparse

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Moyen de dissuasion, frein

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Deterrent

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S’abstenir de, renoncer à, se priver de

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To forgo

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Cannelle

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Cinnamon

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Assainir, désinfecter

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To sanitize

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Imaginé, inventé, combiné

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Contrived

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Voile de mariée

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Wedding veil

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Errant, à la dérive

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Drifting

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Concevoir, imaginer, inventer, échafauder

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To devise

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Alevin

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Fingerling

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Grillage

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Wire mesh

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T-shirt maillé

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Mesh shirt

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Filet (à provisions)

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Mesh bag

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Cuivre, en cuivre

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Copper

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Alliage

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Alloy

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Aller en groupe, en masse, affluer

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To flock

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Restes, restant

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Leftlover(s)

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Bouche à oreille

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Word-of-mouth

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Se conduire (se comporter)

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To bear oneself

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Foncer sur

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To bear down on

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Arrêt sur image, aperçu, cliché, instantané

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Snapshot

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Prix a payer

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Toll

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Interruption, coupure, panne

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Outage

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Écueil, danger, piège

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Pitfall

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S’encanailler

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To slum

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Agrafeuse

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Staple gun

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Flamber

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To blaze

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Service militaire

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(Military) draft

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