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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
1
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Salé
Savoureux
Amuse-gueule

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Savoury, savory

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Frange

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Fringe (uk), bangs (us)

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Bonbon

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Candy (us), sweet (uk), lolly (austr)

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Maillot de Bain une pièce

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Uk : swimming costume, one-piece, cozy
Us : swimming suit, bathing suit, one piece
Austr : simmers, bathers, togs, cozies

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Unir ses forces avec celle de

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To team up with

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Faire équipe

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To team up

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Immuable

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Immutable

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Contre-productif, autodestructeur

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Self-defeating

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Uniformément, de façon uniforme

Équitablement, en parts égales

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Evenly

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En faire trop, faire une folie

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To go overboard

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Chevauchement

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Overlap

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Coïncider, chevaucher

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To overlap

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Se recouper

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To intercept, to overlap, to match

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14
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Suie

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Soot

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Tête de nœud, abruti, connard

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Knob, nob

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Petit doigt de pied

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Pinky toe

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Exagéré, excessif, excès

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Overkill

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18
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Espiègle malicieux coquin

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Mischievous

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Flou, confusion

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Murkiness

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Incomber à

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To incumbent on

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Horrible, atroce, épouvantable, sinistre

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Grisly

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Petite promenade, petite balade, petit tour

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Stroll

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Résultat, conséquence

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Attract

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Faire reculer, repousser

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To push back

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Suffisance, vanité, prétention

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Conceit, self conceit

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Déchiffrer

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To decipher

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27
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Col roulé

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Turtleneck

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28
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Imitation

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Impression

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Ahurissant, stupéfiant

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Mind-boggling

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Altéré, dégradé, réduit, diminué, perturbé

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Impaired

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Immobilisme, stagnation, État d’équilibre

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Stasis

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32
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Confinement

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Lockdown

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Écourter, abréger, couper court,

Entraver, restreindre, limiter

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To curtail

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Mécontentement

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Discontentment

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Malaise, inquiétude

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Unease

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Incontrôlable

D’emblée

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Out of hand

37
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Devenir incontrôlable

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To get out of hand

38
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Induire en erreur, égarer

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To mislead

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Vilipender, calomnier, Diffamer

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To vilify

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Engranger, recueillir

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To garner

41
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Imprudent, irréfléchie, téméraire, dangereux

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Reckless

42
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Piller, mettre un sac

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Loot

43
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Les fourches et les torches

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Pitchforks and torches

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Combine, magouilles, activité douteuse

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Skulduggery

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Grotesque, absurde, ridicule

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Preposterous

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Dissimulé, masqué,

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Dissembled

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Dissimulé

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Concealed

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Réprimander

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To berate

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Fausseté, hypocrisie, vacuité

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Hollowness

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Commettre

Confier

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To commit

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Effrontément

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Brazenly

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Serment

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Oath

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Oubli, omission, erreur,

Surveillance

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Oversight

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Manette, levier

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Lever

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Recherché, voulu

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Sought

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Délirant

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Delusional

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Prise, emprise

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Grip

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Épouvantable, effroyable

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Appalling

59
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Faire taire en criant plus fort que

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To shout down

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Perte, chute

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Undoîng

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Causer la perte, causé la ruine

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To undo

62
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Faire taire en criant plus fort que

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To shout down

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Perte, chute

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Undoîng

64
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Causer la perte, causé la ruine

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To undo

65
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Perplexe, déconcerté, décontenancé, dérouté

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Baffled

66
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Caprice

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Vagary

67
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Jouer la montre

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To run out the clock

68
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Se libérer de … en se tortillant

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To squirm out of, to squirm free of

69
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Bonheur, félicité,béatitude,

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Bliss

70
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Animer, éclairer

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Enliven

71
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Rempli de, regorger de, plein de

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Replete with

72
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Vanité, suffisance, prétention, arrogance

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Conceit

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Contourner, éviter

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To skirt

74
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Jouxter, longer

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To skirt

75
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Dévastateur, n’écrasant, terrible

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Crushing

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Rancunier, malveillant

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Spiteful

77
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Malveillance, méchanceté

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Spite

78
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En dépit de

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In spite of

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Contrarier, blesser, vexer

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To spite

80
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Maître de soi

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Self-possessed

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Hésitant

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Dithering

82
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Difficile exigeant pointilleux tatillon Maniaque méticuleux

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Fussy

83
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Marcher sur, fouler, écraser

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To tread on

84
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Mise en garde, avertissement

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Caveat

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