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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Ponte, spécialiste reconnu

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Bigwig, big shot, hotshot

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Planche a gâteau

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Cookie sheet

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Strate, couche, feuille, pellicule

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Sheet

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Drap

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Sheet

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Préparé, amorcé

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Primed

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Bâche

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Tarpaulin, tarp

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Principalement, surtout

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Chiefly

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Complexité

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Intricacy

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Peu de, maigre, à peine

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Scant

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Imperturbable, sans honte, nullement déconcerté

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Unabashed

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Agrafer

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To staple

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Aliment de base, denrée de base

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Staple

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Céder, se radoucir

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To relent

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Incessant, continuel, implacable

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Relentless

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Se pavaner, fanfaronner, se vanter

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To swagger

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Gratter (stringed instrument)

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To strum

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Ne rien avoir à voir avec

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To be a far cry from

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Incendie

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Blaze

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Une pression (us: a beer)

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A draft, a draught

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coup de tonnerre

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Thunderbolt, thunder

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Au milieu de

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Amid

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Fané, flétri

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Withered

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Éruption (disease), déclenchement, explosion, débordement ( violence)

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Outbreak

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Jeune arbre

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Sapling

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Empiler

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To stack

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En désaccord, en conflit

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At odds

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Farce , tour, canular

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Prank, hoax

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Berner

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To hoax

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Rapiécer, raccommoder, corriger

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To patch

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Rafistoler

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To patch up

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Être en voie de guérison

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To be on the mend

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Bourde

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Slip-up

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Brisé , bouleversé

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Shattered

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Se vanter (de)

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To boast (of)

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Homogène, intégré, sans couture

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Seamless

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Tordre

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To wrench

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Bonbon au caramel

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Taffy

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Recharge

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Refill

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Indiscret, personne qui écoute aux portes

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Eavesdropper

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Entrer en collision, se heurter

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To collide

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Chatière

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Cat flap

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Coureur de jupon

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Alley cat, womaniser

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Écoutille, trappe

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Hatch

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Éclore

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To hatch (out)

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Éparpillé, parsemé

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Scattered

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Effrayant, qui donne des frissons, qui fait froid dans le dos

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Chilling

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Enveloppé de mystère

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Shrouded in mystery

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Flagrant, monstrueux, volontairement nuisible

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Egregious

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Se hisser ( à bord )

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To clamber (aboard)

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Agacer, irriter

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To irk

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Leurrer, attirer par la ruse, tromper

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To lure

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52
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Troublant, perturbant

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Unsettling

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Accusé, coupable

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Culprit

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Contourner

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To circumvent

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Sécheresse

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Drought

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Manque, disette

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Drought

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Peu profond, superficiel

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Shallow

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Remorqueur

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Towboat, tugboat

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Pas moins de

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As many as

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Fainéant, tire-au-flanc

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Slouch, lazy worker

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Habile

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No slouch

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Sans se dégonfler

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No slouch

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Être avachi, avoir le dos voûté

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To slouch

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Précédent, antérieur

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Prior, previous

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Chiffre

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Digit

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La fait de sucer son pouce

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Digit-sucking

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Accalmie

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Lull

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Berceuse

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Lullaby

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Sans embêtement

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Hassle free, trouble free

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Kilométrage

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Mileage, car mileage

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Consommation de carburant

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Mileage, Gas mileage

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Attaché, enchaîné

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Tethered

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Monstre, géant

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Behemoth

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Centre de tri

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Sorting office

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Authentique

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Bona-fide

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Interprétation

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Rendition

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Enquêtes

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Vetting

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Engagement financier

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Incurring

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Biture express, défonce par l’alcool

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Binge-drinking

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Engloutir, siffler, s’enfiler (to drink greedily)

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To guzzle

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Gâter

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To spoil, to overindulge

82
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Faire des excès

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To overindulge

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Se gaver, s’empiffrer

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To gorge

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S’évanouir, tomber dans les pommes

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To pass out

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Se pencher, être penché

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To lean over

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Appuyer, adosser, pencher

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To lean (against)

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Prise de bec

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Spat

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Mondain

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Socialite

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Rossignol

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Nightingale

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Faire la grimace, faire la moue, pincer les lèvres

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To pucker up

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Ride, pli

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Wrinkle

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iota

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Smidge

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Interdire l’entrée, exclure

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To shut out

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Diligence

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Drag

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Trainer (sur le sol)

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To drag

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Se marrer

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To have a blast

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Artichaut

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Artichoke

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Couche-culotte, lange

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Diaper

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Seller (horse)

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To saddle

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Pan coupé

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Cutaway (guitar)

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Caisse de résonance

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Hollow-body

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Rosace

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Sound hole

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Sillet de chevalet

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Saddle

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Sillet de tête

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Nut

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Table d’harmonie

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Top board

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Touche (guitar)

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Fingerboard

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Planche

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Board

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Cheviller, tête (guitar)

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Headstock

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Manche (guitar)

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Neck

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Mécaniques, clés (guitar)

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Tuners

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Oisif, inoccupé

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Idle

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Tuer le temps

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To idle

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Tache

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Stain

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Arracher

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To rip off

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Tomber goutte à goutte, ruisseler, goutter

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To drip

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Archet

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Bow

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Expurger, sensurer

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To bowlderize

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S’abaisser à

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To stoop to

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C’est glissant

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it´s slippery

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Le DVD est coincé dans la fente du lecteur

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The DVD got stuck in the disk slot

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Tranche horaire, créneau horaire, plage horaire

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Time slot, slot

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Salope

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Slut, bitch, tart, whore

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Régler l’allure, déterminer un rythme, réguler la vitesse

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To pace

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Déclencher, susciter, créer des étincelles

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To spark

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La mafia, la pègre

La populace

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The mob

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Nauséabond, fétide, infect

Déloyal

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Foul

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Convive

Café restaurant

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Diner

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Régler l’allure, déterminer un rythme, réguler la vitesse

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To pace

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Déclencher, susciter, créer des étincelles

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To spark

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La mafia, la pègre

La populace

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The mob

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Nauséabond, fétide, infect

Déloyal

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Foul

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Convive

Café restaurant

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Diner

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Trompeusement

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Deceptively

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En peluche

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Cuddly

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Méchant, mauvais

Simple, piètre

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Mean

136
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Récupérer, faire les poubelles

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To scavenge

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Charognard, pilleur

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Scavenger

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Peste

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Plague

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Rusé

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Foxy, sly, cunning (pej.), tricky

140
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Sables mouvants

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Quicksand

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Crise de colère

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Tantrum

142
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Accès de colère, de rage

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Temper tantrum

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Tu as intérêt à gagner

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You better win

144
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Jaloux

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Jealous

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Bercer

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To cradle

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