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Un morceau de papier

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a scrap of paper

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Les abords d’une ville

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the outskirts

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le rétroviseur

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the rear-view

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une bourrasque, un cri

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a squall

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patauger dans, intervenir dans (des affaires), tremper dans

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to wade into

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couper (du bois!), trimer, bûcher

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to hack away

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un trésor

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a trove

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usé (pour un objet), battu (pour une femme), pané

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battered

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en lambeaux, en loque, en piteux état

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tattered

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triste, malheureux, lugubre

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doleful

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regrouper, rassembler

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to herd

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malin, astucieux, futé

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shrewd

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faire du stop

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to hitchhike

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trimestriel

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quarterly

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plein d’esprit, amusant

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witty

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contraindre

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to compel (compelled)

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sans défaillir, sans sourciller

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without flinching

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perplexe, dérouté

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bemused

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une grange

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a barn

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avoir la tête qui tourne, étourdi, pris de vertige, frivole

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giddy

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gérer, faire face à, s’occuper de

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to cope with

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estimer que, considérer que

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to reckon that

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les plus riches

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The Better off

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bricoler quelque chose, jouer avec

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to tinker

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un frère (communauté religieuse) un camarade dans un syndicat

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a brethren

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se promener, flâner

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to amble, to stroll

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donner un petit coup

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to flick

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se faner, flancher, perdre courage, se sentir faible

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to wilt

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grimacer, dire d’un air renfrogné, faire la tête aussi

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to scowl

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fusiller du regard quelqu’un, jeter un regard noir à

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to scowl at

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grouiller de, fourmiller de

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to teem with

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une envie, un désir (non satisfait)

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a longing

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curieux, original, étrange, pittoresque

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quaint

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fade, insipide

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vapid

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s’avancer, faire saillie

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to jut into, ou to jut out : Ex => “The main stage jutted out into the audience area” (CF le Globe de Shakespeare).

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une parcelle, le destin, le sort

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the lot

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un volet

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a shutter

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38
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discrètement

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stealthy

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denté, déchiqueté, irrégulier (pour des bords), découpé (pour parler des montagnes)

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jagged

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creuser, arracher les yeux

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to gouge

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ricaner, dire avec mépris

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to sneer

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un ricanement, un rictus

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a sneer

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43
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se tortiller

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to wriggle

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44
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des ballerines, des escarpins

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pumps

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le dégout, la répugnance

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distaste, aversion

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se complaire dans, se vautrer dans qqch, nager dans (opulence)

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to wallow in

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larmoyant, délavé

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watery

48
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une salopette

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an overalls

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irriter, agacer

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to irk

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expliquer en détail, énoncer

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to expound

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cinglant, incisif (discours), douloureux

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stinging

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une voix sèche, dur (ça marche aussi pour un visage, une surface ou une attitude)

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flinty

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la panique provoquée par …

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the panic wrought by …

54
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la chair vive (Idée : Se ronger les ongles jusqu’au sang)

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the quick (To bite one’s nails to the quick)

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être susceptible à/ il risque de

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to be liable to/ (do)

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marcher le dos vouté, être avachi, traînasser

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to slouch

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être lourd de, ponctué de …

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to be fraught with

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semé d’embûches, pleins de dangers, de risques, périlleux

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fraught with danger

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tendu, stressant, crispant

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fraught

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minauder (Faire certaines mines, affecter certaines manières pour plaire et paraître plus agréable.)

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to simper

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répéter bêtement

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to parrot

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un flagorneur, un flatteur, un lèche-bottes

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a sycophant

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pencher pour, incliner pour

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to tilt

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un signe avant-coureur, un message

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a herald

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agacer, énerver, hérisser, agiter

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to roil

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prélever, percevoir des taxes

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to levy

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va-t-en guerre, belliciste

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hawkish, warmongering

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se blottir, se réfugier

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to huddle up

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le ronronnement (d’une machine), le bruissement

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the whirring

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vrombir, ronronner (pour une machine)

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to whir

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flotter dans l’air (une odeur)

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to waft

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faire monter d’un cran (des tensions)

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to ratchet up (tensions)

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qui divague, qui radote, décousu

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rambling

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reclus

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reclusive

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fécond, productif

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fruitful

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des avantages

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incentives

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bouillir (de rage), s’inquiéter, se faire un sang d’encre concernant qqch

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to stew over sth

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le soja

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soybean

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la marchandise, la denrée, le produit

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commodity (Important !)

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méditer sur, songer à

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to muse over/on

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ne pas pouvoir se permettre

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can ill afford sth (/ to do sth)

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être entravé, contrecarré

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to be stymied

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une étable (pour bovins), un hangar

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a shed

84
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une moissonneuse batteuse

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a combine

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donner un petit coup, vacciner, piquer

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to jab at/ with sth (a pencil)

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flotter dans l’air, palpiter (pour le coeur, à la suite de qqch)

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to flutter

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détaler, courir très vite, décamper

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to scuttle

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avoir envie de, rêver de quelque chose

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to hanker after

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interrompre, couper la parole (une conversation)

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to barge in on one’s conversation

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regarder bouche bée

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to gape at

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frissonner

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to shudder

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s’accrocher à, se cramponner, adhérer à (une idée)

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to cleave to

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sculpter, tailler

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to whittle

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aiguiser, affuter (une lame, ou une technique), perfectionner, parfaire

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to hone

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trempé, détrempé

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drenched, soggy, soaked, to be doused with water

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mou, ramolli, à l’eau de rose

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mushy

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débarrasser qqch, enlever qqch, déguerpir

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to haul off

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tresser, natter

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to plait

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une tresse, une natte

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a plait

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ratisser, exhumer

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to rake up

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ébouriffé

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tousled

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se hâter, se presser, se précipiter

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to scurry

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gémir, pleurer à chaudes larmes

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to wail

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aigu, triple

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treble

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plaquer en arrière (ses cheveux)

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to slick back

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klaxonner, hululer, huer

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to hoot

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s’attarder, tarder

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to tarry

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embrouiller, rendre confus

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to muddle

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s’émerveiller

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to marvel at

110
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pousser quelqu’un à faire quelque chose

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to goad into doing something