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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Frotter, récurer, brosser

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To scrub (out)

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Brousse, broussailles, cambrousse

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Scrub

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Se rendre présentable

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To scrub up

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Joueur remplaçant

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Scrub

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Blouse stérile

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Scrub

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Raccommoder, repriser, réparer, guérir

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To mend

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Saligaud

Lâche (arch.)

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Dastard

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Butin

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Booty

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Brume de chaleur

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Haze

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Obscurcir (fog)

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To haze over

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Cour ( intérieure)

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Courtyard

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Au cours d’une année

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Over the course of a year

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S’incliner

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To bow

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Piétiner

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To stomp

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Sabotage

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Monkey wrench

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Article ou objet de seconde main

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Hand-me-down

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Selle

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Saddle

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Tabouret

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Stool

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Méfiant

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Leery

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Regard lubrique, regard méfiant

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Leer

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Glaner, récolter, ramasser

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To glean

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Modérer, diluer, édulcorer, délayer

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To water down

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Suffisant, content de soi

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Smug

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Chahut, vacarme, pagaille

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Bedlam

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Membre

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Limb

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Accident mortel

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Fatality

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Sombre, maussade, renfrogné

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Sullen

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Éducation des enfants

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Child rearing

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Fossé, digue

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Ditch

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Progéniture

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Offspring

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Pente glissante

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Slippery slope

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Pente raide

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Steep slope

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33
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Machine à sous

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Slot machine

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34
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Se précipiter, se hâter, détaler

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To scurry

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Annuler, abandonner

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To scratch (out)

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Chahut, chambard, raffut, boucan

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Disruption, hullabaloo

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Être abasourdi, être sous le choc

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To reel

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Supplice, calvaire, épreuve

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Ordeal

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Pousser comme un champignon

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To mushroom

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Enfler, gonfler

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To swell

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Apaiser, calmer, atténuer

Étouffer, réprimer

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To quell

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Rampe, balustrade

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Railing

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Cri perçant

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Shriek

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Assourdissant

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Defeaning

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Filer à toute vitesse

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To whiz, to whizz

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Nerveux, agité, bondissant

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Skittish

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Touché, affligé, accablé, blessé, affecté

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Stricken

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Ébahi, émerveillé, sidéré

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Awe-stricken

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Frappé de terreur, saisi d’épouvante

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Terror-stricken

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Retombées, retombées radioactives

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Fallout

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Exhumer, déterrer

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To unearth

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52
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Le pécheur se racheta

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The sinner redeemed himself

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53
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Juger, considérer, estimer

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To deem

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Massacré, tué

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Slain , slaughtered

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Rôder

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To skulk, to lurk

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Vernir, plaquer

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To veneer

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57
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Plongée sur épave

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Wreck diving

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Mesurer en pas

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To pace

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Épuisé (stock, réserve)

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Depleted

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Coup tordu, crime, délit, tricherie

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Foul play

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Étincelle

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Spark

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Assiéger, assaillir, envahir, masser

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To mob

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Petite gorgée

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Sip

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Aller chercher, rapporter (de l’eau)

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To fetch (water)

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Pas de chance, manque de pot

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Tough luck

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Froid, très frais, frisquet

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Chilly

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Vacillant

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Tittering

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Neiger légèrement

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To flurry

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Agitation, effervescence

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Flurry

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70
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Disculpé

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Vindicated

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71
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Des haillons à la fortune

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From rags to riches

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Au charme désuet, suranné

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Quaint

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73
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Toile de fond

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Backdrop

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Sous traitance, externalisation

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Outsourcing

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Soulagement

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Alleviation

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Semelle

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Sole

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Plante (des pieds)

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Sole

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Semelle compensée

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Platform sole

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Apprivoiser, domestiquer

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To tame

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Sonder

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To plumb

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Cancans

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Tittle-tattle

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Etat d’esprit, mentalité

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Mindset

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Bribe

Coupure de presse

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Snippet

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Année scolaire

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Academic year

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Haussement d’épaules

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Shrug

86
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Ignorer le problème

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To shrug it off

87
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Affiche, pancarte

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Placard

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Dénoncer, contester

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To decry

89
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Bruissement, sifflement

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Swish

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Se vanter

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To bluster

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Souffler en rafales

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To bluster

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Compétences

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Know-how

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Renforcer

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To bolster

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Grandiloquence

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Bombast

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Rabaisser, diminuer, dénigrer

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To belittle

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Mesquin, petit, insignifiant

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Petty

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Couleur chamois

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Buff (coloured)

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Marbré, tacheté

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Mottled

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Rauque, râpeux, rêche

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Raspy

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Voltiger, flotter, planer (in the air)

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To hover

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Sur place (bird)

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Hovering

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Voleter

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To flutter about

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Hibou moyen duc

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Long-eared owl

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Touffe, toupet, mèche, houppe

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Tuft

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Bec (birds)

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Beak, bill

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Écorce (of a tree)

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Bark

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Hibou petit duc

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Scops owl

108
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Hibou grand duc d’Europe

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Eurasian eagle owl

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Enfler, gonfler

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To swell

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Apaiser, calmer, atténuer

Étouffer, réprimer

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To quell

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Rampe, balustrade

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Railing

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Cri perçant

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Shriek

113
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Assourdissant

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Defeaning

114
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Filer à toute vitesse

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To whiz, to whizz

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Nerveux, agité, bondissant

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Skittish

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Touché, affligé, accablé, blessé, affecté

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Stricken

117
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Ébahi, émerveillé, sidéré

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Awe-stricken

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Frappé de terreur, saisi d’épouvante

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Terror-stricken

119
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Retombées, retombées radioactives

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Fallout

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Exhumer, déterrer

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To unearth

121
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Le pécheur se racheta

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The sinner redeemed himself

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Juger, considérer, estimer

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To deem

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Massacré, tué

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Slain , slaughtered

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Rôder

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To skulk, to lurk

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Vernir, plaquer

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To veneer

126
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Plongée sur épave

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Wreck diving

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Mesurer en pas

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To pace

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Épuisé (stock, réserve)

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Depleted

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Coup tordu, crime, délit, tricherie

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Foul play

130
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Étincelle

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Spark

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Assiéger, assaillir, envahir, masser

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To mob

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Petite gorgée

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Sip

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Aller chercher, rapporter (de l’eau)

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To fetch (water)

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Pas de chance, manque de pot

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Tough luck

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Froid, très frais, frisquet

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Chilly

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Vacillant

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Tittering

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Neiger légèrement

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To flurry

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Agitation, effervescence

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Flurry

139
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Disculpé

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Vindicated

140
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Des haillons à la fortune

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From rags to riches

141
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Au charme désuet, suranné

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Quaint

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Toile de fond

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Backdrop

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Sous traitance, externalisation

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Outsourcing

144
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Soulagement

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Alleviation

145
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Semelle

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Sole

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Plante (des pieds)

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Sole

147
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Semelle compensée

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Platform sole

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Apprivoiser, domestiquer

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To tame

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Sonder

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To plumb

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Cancans

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Tittle-tattle

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Etat d’esprit, mentalité

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Mindset

152
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Bribe

Coupure de presse

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Snippet

153
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Année scolaire

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Academic year

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Haussement d’épaules

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Shrug

155
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Ignorer le problème

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To shrug it off

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Affiche, pancarte

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Placard

157
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Dénoncer, contester

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To decry

158
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Bruissement, sifflement

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Swish

159
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Se vanter

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To bluster

160
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Souffler en rafales

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To bluster

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Compétences

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Know-how

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Renforcer

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To bolster

163
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Grandiloquence

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Bombast

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Rabaisser, diminuer, dénigrer

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To belittle

165
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Mesquin, petit, insignifiant

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Petty

166
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Couleur chamois

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Buff (coloured)

167
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A l’exception de, sauf, excepté

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Barring

168
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Se percher, se jucher

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To roost

169
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Rauque, râpeux, rêche

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Raspy

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Voltiger, flotter, planer (in the air)

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To hover

171
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Sur place (bird)

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Hovering

172
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Voleter

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To flutter about

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Hibou moyen duc

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Long-eared owl

174
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Touffe, toupet, mèche, houppe

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Tuft

175
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Bec (birds)

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Beak, bill

176
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Clocher

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Steeple

177
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Musaraigne

Mégère

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Shrew

178
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Réprimer, étouffer

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To quell, to quash, to supress

179
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Avoir le béguin pour

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To have a crush on (little old-fashioned)

180
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Rouille

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Rust

181
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Rouillé

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Rusty

182
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Ratage, cafouillage

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Bungle

183
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Entonnoir

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Funnel

184
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En entonnoir

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Funnel-shaped

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Centile

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Percentile

186
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Dans tout la ville

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Citywide

187
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Avide

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Greedy, covetous

188
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Convoiter

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To covet

189
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Sauf, hormis, à part (UK)

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Bar

190
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Vaste

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Extensive

191
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Passer au crible, au tamis

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To sift (out)

192
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Freiner, ralentir, gêner

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To hamper

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Disséminé

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Distributed

194
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Reste

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Remainder, rest

195
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Tirer sur la manche

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To tug at the sleeve

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