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Attirant (séduisant, attrayant)

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Alluring

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Apporter son écot

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To chip in

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Impassible, imperturbable, insensible, indifférent

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Unfazed

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Avantages

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Perks

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Timide, qui fait tapisserie

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Wallflower

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Tige de renfort, tendeur tirant (manche guitare)

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Truss rod

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Paratonnerre

Exutoire,défouloir

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Lightning rod

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Rompre, se séparer, se dissoudre

Partager, diviser

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To split up

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Se remettre de, récupérer (recover from)
Tourner la page, oublier (cease loving)
Surmonter (prevail, overcome)

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To get over

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Se lasser

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To grow weary

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Désabusé, dépité, fatigué de la vie

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World-weary

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Las, fatigué, épuisé

Lassant, fatiguant, épuisant

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Weary

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Terriblement, extrêmement

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Tremendously

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Refuge dans la fiction, évasion hors de la réalité, fuite du réel

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Escapism

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Lubrifiant, huile de graissage

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Lubricant

Lube (informal)

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Caprice, coup de tête, lubie, tocade, passade

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Whim

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Trognon de pomme

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Apple core

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Cicatriser, guérir

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To heal

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Ébouriffer

Common misuse

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To tussle, to tousle

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Bagarre, empoignade

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Tussle

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Bagarre, rixe

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Scuffle

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Etre présent, assister

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To attend

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S’occuper de

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To attend upon

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Oui, tout à fait

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Yes indeed

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Éclat, lustre | Beauté superficielle (fig.)
Sheen
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Liquider (tuer- slang)
To bump off
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Maison de correction
Reformatory
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Reporter, remettre à plus tard | Belgique : postposer
To postpone
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Ajourner
To defer
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Dépêcher, déléguer, envoyer
To dispatch
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Vague de chaleur
Heatwave
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Chaleur de plomb
Blazing heat
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Chaleur torride
Scorching heat
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Se développer, agir Continuer, poursuivre Avancer, se diriger
To proceed
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Danser, agiter, s'agiter
To bob
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Svelte, fin, mince, affûté
Trim
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Rouflaquettes, pattes
Sideburns
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Longues boucles, anglaises
Ringlets
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Cuisse
Thig
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Abruti, crétin, idiot, bête
Dumb
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Vindicatif | Rancunier
Vindictive
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Inventé, fabriqué, falsifié | Histoire, preuves
Trumped-up
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Rosser
To lam
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En fuite, en cavale
On the lam
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Trainer les pieds
To shuffle
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En son for intérieur, intérieurement, secrètement
Inwardly
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Pelle à neige
Snow shovel
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Pelleteuse
Steam shovel
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Ramasser à la pelle
To shovel up
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Pelleter
To shovel
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Corpulent, fort
Portly
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À cru, qui monte à cru
Bareback
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Mensonge éhonté
Barefaced lie
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Engendrer, procréer | Frayer, pondre
To spawn
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Dire adieu (à)
To bid farewell
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Argent à perdre
Money to burn
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Temps a perdre
Time to burn
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Tolérer, fermer les yeux sur
To condone
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Rechigner, regimber
To balk
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Refuser (UK)
To baulk
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Strict, rigoureux
Stringent
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Fièvre acheteuse
Shopping spree
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Fête, folies
Spree
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Fourmiller de
Teeming with
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Se rétrécir, s'amenuiser, diminuer
To taper off
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Cierge, chandelle
Taper
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Calmer, apaiser
To placate
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Nauséabond, fétide, infect (smell)
Foul
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Étouffer, suffoquer | Étouffer, réprimer
To stifle
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Démentir Rejeter, désavouer Renoncer à
To disclaim
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Déclaration de sinistre
``` Insurance claim Claim form (us) ```
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Retrait des bagages
Baggage claim
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Prétendre
To claim
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Entrecroisé, entremêlé
Intertwined
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Maigre (peu de)
Meager (scant)
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Humecter, humidifier (make wet) | Décourager, affaiblir (reduce effect)
To dampen
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Pic, cime | Sommet, apogée
Pinnacle
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Exciter, stimuler | Réveiller, éveiller
To arouse
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Mamelon, bout du sein | Tétine
Nipple
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Flocon de neige
Snowflake
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Se pencher
To lean over
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Étouffoir
Damper
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Arnaqueur, escroc, filou
Con man
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Escroquer, arnaquer
To con
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Bien s'entendre
To get along
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Ficher le camp
To get along
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Se débrouiller
To get along
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Sur la pointe des pieds
Tiptoe, on tiptoe
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Se déplacer sur la pointe des pieds
To tiptoe
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Bourreau des cœurs
Heartbreaker
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Salle de billard
Poolhall
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Se pencher sur l'épaule de quelqu'un
To lean over one's shoulder
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Endormi, apathique Lent, mou Calme, stagnant
Sluggish
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Urticaire
Hives, skin rash
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Angor, angine de poitrine
Angina, angina pectoris
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Épilepsie
Epilepsy, seizure, seizure disorder
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Cassant (bones)
Brittle
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Compatir
To sympathise
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Présentateur
Anchor, news reporter
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Être nommé (à)
To be appointed (to)
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D'état
State-run
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Porte-drapeau, porte-étendard
Standard-bearer, banner-bearer
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Commère
Tale-bearer
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Féroce
Fierce
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Épave, tacot, vieille bagnole
Wreck

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