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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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traiter quelqu’un de tous les noms

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to give somebody a mouthful

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Répit, sursis, délai

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Reprieve

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Épuisé

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Worn out

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Dépeint, brossé de façon saisissante

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Vividly-sketched

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Se faufiler, se glisser furtivement

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To sneak, I sneaked or snuck, sneaked or snuck

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Grandiose

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Awesome

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Enclume

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Anvil

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Je le considère comme un de mes amis

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I rate him among my friends

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Requête, demande, supplication

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Plea

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Inventer, formuler (une expression)

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To coin (a phrase)

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Jugeote

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Savvy

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Surprise, révélation étonnante (slang)

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Zinger

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Va-t-en guerre

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Hawkish

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Négligent

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Lax

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Appréhender, saisir, comprendre

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To grapple

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Succulent, savoureux

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Palatable

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Un mauvais présage

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An ill omen

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Irrésistible

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Compelling

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Canular

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Spoof

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Quartier (hispanic)

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Barrio

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Pénurie

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Shortage

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Cerné, assailli, encerclé

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Beset

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Muscle raide

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Balky muscle

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Syndicat entêté, têtu

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Balky union

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Lent à démarrer

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Balky

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Prétendant, soupirant

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Suitor

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Préposé (Worker)

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Attendant

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Amour véritable, sincère, authentique

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Genuine love

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Tour de main, don, chic

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Knack

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Bêtises, sottises, espiègleries

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Mischief

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S’en tirer

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To come through

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32
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Trou perdu, bled paumé

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Backwoods

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Étrange, inhabituel, bizarre

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Odd

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Efflanqué, décharné

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Rawboned

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35
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Allongé et fin

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Lean

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36
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Voix nasillarde

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Reedy voice

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37
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Et ainsi de suite

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And so on and so forth

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38
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Ton nasillard

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Twang

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39
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Braire

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To bray

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Plein d’esprit, spirituel, amusant, drôle

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Witty, salty, sharp

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Citadin, citoyen bourgeois

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Burgher

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42
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Paumé, largué

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Uncomprehending

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43
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Déconcerté

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Stumped

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44
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Vanter, louer, chanter

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To extol

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Louer, gratifier, féliciter, faire l’éloge

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To praise

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Belliciste

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Warmonger

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Idolâtrer, aduler

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To lionize

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48
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Réprimander

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To berate

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49
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Source

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Wellspring, spring

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50
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Houle

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Surge

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51
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Marée montante

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Rising tide

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52
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Marée descendante

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Ebb tide, outgoing tide

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53
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À contre courant

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Against the tide

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54
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Âme sœur

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Soulmate

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55
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Une citation

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A quote

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56
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Une estimation

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A quote

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57
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Détaché

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Cool

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Habileté politique

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Statecraft

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Méticuleusement, avec soin

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Painstakingly, with great care

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Étudier de près, longuement, à fond, examiner

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To pore (over)

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Qui s’émiette, qui s’effrite, qui s’écroule

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Crumbling

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Spire, bobine, anneau

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Coil

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Ressort hélicoïdal

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Coil spring

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Unanime

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Unanimous

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Haut de gamme, chic

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Upscale

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Déterminé, résolu

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Intent

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Catégoriquement

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Flatly

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Indemne, sain et sauf

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Unscathed

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Se blottir

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To huddle

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Puer, empester (sentir à plein nez)

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To reek (of)

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Louer, chanter les louanges

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To laud

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Trêve

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Truce

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Serment, vœu

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Vow

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Faire des ravages, de gros dégâts

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To wreak havoc

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Mettre quelque chose sens dessus dessous

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To wreak havoc on something

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Armature ( métallique)

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Core grid

77
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Réseau de distribution

Électrique

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Power grid

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Ne pas bouger

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To stand still

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Cribler (de)

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To riddle (with)

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Au coude à coude

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Neck-in-neck

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Bien que, quoique

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Albeit

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Rusé comme un renard

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As sly as a fox

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Contrebandier, trafiquant

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Smuggler

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Aubaine

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Bonanza

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Étiquette de prix

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Price tag

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Sangloter, pleurer

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To weep, I wept, wept

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Frais de scolarité (us)

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(college) tuition

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Panacée, remède universel

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Cure-all

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Dans une certaine mesure

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To a certain extent

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Parfaitement limpide

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Crystal clear

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Méprisé

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Despised

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Malchanceux

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Hapless, unlucky

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Nocif, nuisible

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Harmful

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Désarroi, consternation

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Dismay

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Fin du monde

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Doomsday

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Collant

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Pantyhose (us), tights

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Négligé, passé à l’as, pas comptabilisé

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Overlooked

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Maestria, sens musical

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Musicianship

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S’abstenir

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To refrain

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Chamailleries, petites disputes

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Bickering

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Querelle, dispute

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Wrangling

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Comprendre

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To relate to, to understand, to appreciate

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Engranger, recueillir, récolter

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To garner

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(Personne) en place, en poste, titulaire, le sortant

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Incumbent

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Enquête

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Enquiry

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Maîtriser , exploiter

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To harness

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Luciole

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Firefly

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Référence

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Benchmark

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Cibler

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To hone (in on) ( Something)

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Aubergiste

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Innkeeper

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Tourbillon

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Whirl, Swirl

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Linceul, suaire, voile

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Shroud

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Dispositif, mécanisme, appareil

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Apparatus

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Clivant, qui divise

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Divisive

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Faire les cent pas

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To waffle

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Convaincant

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Telling

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Concurrent, participant, candidat

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Contender

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Fana de politique

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Wonky

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Se résumer à, se réduire à

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To boil down to

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Traquer, suivre (partout)

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To stalk

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Gerber, dégueuler

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To puke

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Couche, lange

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Diaper

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Défaut d’élocution

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Speech impediment

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Pantalon de survêtement

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Sweatpants, tracksuit trouser

125
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Piètre, bidon, foireux

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Lame

126
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Se montrer plus rusé que

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To outsmart

127
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Sujet à l’erreur, enclin à l’erreur

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Error-prone

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Rejeton

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Scion

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Confusion, fouillis (incompetent job)

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Shamble

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Gaffer

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To blunder

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Distrait (d’une action faite sans réfléchir)

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Casual

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Éreintant

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Backbreaking

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Travailler dur, peiner

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To toil

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Un état de découragement

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A sorry state

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Contraint, forcé

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Contrived

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Édulcorer, rendre moins violent

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To sanitize

137
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Couteau a cran d’arrêt

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Switchblade (knife)

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Habitants des taudis

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Slum-dwellers

139
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Aigu, vif, pénétrant, grave

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Acute

140
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Cliquet

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Ratchet

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Bizut, de première année, nouveau

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Freshman, fresher, newcomer

142
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Agrafe

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Staple

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Cheminée

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Chimney, smokestack

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Fuyant, évasif

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Slippery

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