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coudre

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to sew

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une scie

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a saw

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plier

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to fold

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la tête lui tournait (2)

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he felt dizzy / giddy

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5
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mon mal de dent est passé

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my toothache passed off

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le temps passe

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time flies

time passes

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transmettre

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to pass sg on

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8
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autoroute USA / UK

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US : a freeway

UK : a motorway

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phrase

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a lighthouse

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10
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a l’aube

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at dawn = at sunrise

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à la nuit tombante, au crépuscule (3)

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at dusk = at sunset = at twilight

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12
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sentir comme qc

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to smell like / of sg

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13
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algue

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seaweed

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14
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comment tu as pu en arriver aussi bas ?

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how could you sink so low ?

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il marqua une pause pour que ses mots fassent leur effet

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he paused to allow this works to sink in

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16
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un lavabo

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a sink

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17
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it’s sink or swim

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ça passe ou ça casse

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s’éloigner, s’estomper (une perspective, des cheveux, de l’eau)

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to recede from sg

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19
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un cimetière

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a graveyard

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20
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de la vie à la mort

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from the cradle to the grave

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21
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un lièvre

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a hare

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22
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enterrement

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burial

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23
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faire des affaires en or

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to do a roaring trade

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avoir un succès fou

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to be a roaring success

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un briquet
a lighter
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aller une cigarette
to light (lit - lit) a cigarette
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doré (2)
golden, gilt
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plaqué or
gold plated
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le siècle des Lumières
the Enlightenment
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commerçants
shopkeepers
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ragots
gossip (pas de s)
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la sale gueule de ses habitants (3)
the ugly faces of its inhabitants its ugly-looking inhabitants ugly mug
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cendre
ash
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un cendrier
an ashtray
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un plateau
a tray
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écraser
to crush
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avoir un accident
to crash (one's car into a tree)
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le crack boursier de 1929 (2)
the 1929 Stock Exchange crash / slump
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se gratter
to scratch
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tirer sur une clope
to draw on a cig
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une bouffée
a puff
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débarrasser la table
to clear the table
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mettre la table
to lay the table
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verser
to pour
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il pleut à verses
it's pouring with rain
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verser qc à qn
to pour sb sg
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un scarabée
a beetle
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une rangée de
a row of [rauw]
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5 jours d'affilé
5 days in a row
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la Côte d'Azur
the French Riviera
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remuer
to stir [steur]
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attiser un débat
to stir up a debate
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semer la pagaille
to stir things up (négatif)
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faire bouffé les choses
to shakes thanks up (positif)
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un morceau de sucre
a lump of sugar
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avoir un chat dans la gorge
to have a frog in one's throat
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légèrement
slightly
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réfléchir profondément
to ponder over sg
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une allumette
a match
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vapoter
to vape ecigarette
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une prairie (2)
a pasture / a meadow
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assister à (concert, meeting, class)
to attend sg
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une ambassade
an embassy
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un poste de...
a position AS...
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dans son dernier livre
in his latest book
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le porte-parole
the spokesperson
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se resigner à qc
to resign oneself to sg
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etre déterminée (pas positif)
to be bent on sg
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les autorités compétentes
the authorities concerned
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les dépenses de santé (3)
expenditure / spending / costs
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démolir (immeuble)
to pull down
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it serait grand temps que... décide
It is hight/about time ... decided
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être voué à
to be bound to
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amélioration de
improvement in
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l'allongement de la durée de vie
higher/rising life expectancy
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de nouvelles mesures doivent être annoncée
New mesures ARE TO be announced
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la surpopulation carcérale
prison overcrowding

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