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contrairement à

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unlike

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de façon à

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so as

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de peur de

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for fear of

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de peur que

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for fear (that)

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une pièce de Shakespeare

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a play by Shakespeare

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elle est hollandaise de naissance

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she is Dutch by birth

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il est 6h à ma montre

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it is 6 o’clock by my watch

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ils sont payés à l’heure

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they are payes by the hour

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la crise empire de jour en jour

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the crisis is worsening by the day

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les pommes se vendent au kilo

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apples are sold by the kilo

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contempler

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to behold -beheld,beheld-

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s’accrocher

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to cling (clung, clung)

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ramper

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to creep (crept, crept)

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distribuer traiter

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to deal, dealt, dealt

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creuser

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to dig, dug, dug

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prévoir un événement

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to foresee, forsaw, forseen

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frapper, atteindre

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to hit, hit, hit

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tricoter

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to knit, knit, knit

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s’agenouiller

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to kneel, knelt, knelt

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poser, étendre

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to lay, laid, laid

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s’appuyer, se pencher

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to lean, leant, leant

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sauter

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to leap, leapt, leapt

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prêter

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to lend, lent, lent

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louer

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to let, let, let

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être étendu

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to lie, lay, lain

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induire en erreur

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to mislead, misled, misled

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se tromper, confondre

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to mistake, mistook, mistaken

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tondre

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to mow, mowed, mown

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surprendre (une conversation)

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to overhear

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doubler une voiture

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to overtake

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sonner

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to ring, rang, rung

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fixer, placer, établir

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to set, set, set

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coudre

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to sew, sewed, sewn

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rétrécir

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to shrink, shrank, shrunk

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fermer

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to shut, shut, shut

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massacrer, tuer

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to slay, slew, slain

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semer

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to sow, sowed, sown

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pivoter

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to spin, spun, spun

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cracher

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to spit, spat, spat

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fendre

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to split, split, split

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balayer

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to sweep, swept, swept

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enfler, gonfler

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to swell, swelled, swollen

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déchirer

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to tear, tore, torn

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piétiner

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to tread, trod, trodden

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Une mauvaise année

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a poor year

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faire la sieste

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To nap, to take a nap

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Un coffre de voiture

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a trunk / a boot

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puer

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To stink

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un serpent à sonnette

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A rattlesnake

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pousser des cris aigus

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To squeak

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être completement trempé

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To be soak through

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tremper / faire tremper

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To soak

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englué das la pétrole

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Oil-soaked

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des secours (aide humanitaire)

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Relief

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être soulagé

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To be relieve

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une augmentation

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A raise / a pay rise

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les entrailles

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Guts

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proche orient

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Near East

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extrême orient

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The far East

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une partition

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A music score

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des dizaines de / un grand nombre de

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Scores of

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La bretagne

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Brittany

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une marée noire

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An oil spill/slick

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avoir des tripes, du courage

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To have guts

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Faire le plein

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to fill up / to tank up

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des difficultés d’approvisionnement

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Supply difficulties

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la loi de l’offre et la demande

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The law of Supply & demand

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Entraîner

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to cause

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Le moyen orient

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the Middle East

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rater

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To scrape

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faire de la prison

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To serve a sentence / to serve/do time

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un groom

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A lobby boy / a bellboy / a doorman / a porter / the lift attendant

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amadouer / séduire des enfants sur internet

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To groom children on the Internet

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se faire beau / se pomponner

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To groom oneself

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brosser le cheval

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To groom a horse

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le marié / le palefrenier (celui qui s’occupe des chevaux).

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The groom

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la personne qui porte les clubs de golf

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A caddie

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poser

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To put down

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un regard

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A glance

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l’oriculaire

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The little finger

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le majeur

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The middle finger

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le gratte-pieds / le grattoir à chaussures

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The boot scraper

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l’aile

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The wing

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l’index

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A fore finger

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le pouce

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A thumb

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être très maladroit / avoir deux mains gauches

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To be all thumbs

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l’occasion

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The chance

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faire bande à part

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To keep oneself to oneself

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je suis toute seule

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I am myself / on my own

90
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garder qqc pour moi

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To keep sthg to myself

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confier des secrets

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To confide secrets to sbdy

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se confier

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To confide in sbdy

93
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se confesser

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To confess

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un paillasson

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A door mat

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une palme, un panier

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A palm

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avoir qqn dans la poche

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To have sbdy in the palm of one’s hand

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lire les lignes de la mains

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To read sbdy’s palm

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la paume

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A palm

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un menton

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A chin

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tendre l’oreille

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To strain one’s ears

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nez = truffe

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Nose

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une relation tendus

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A strained relationship

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pointé vers

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Straining

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la cuisinière, le réchaud

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The stove

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un chêne

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An oak

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un saule pleureur

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A weeping willow

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il vient d’avoir 40 ans

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He’s turned 40

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il était convenu que

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It was arranged that

109
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si tu as un moment

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If you have a moment to spare

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un répertoire

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An address book

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un répertoire

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A contact list

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un annuaire

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A directory

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se renfermer sur soi-même

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To withdraw into oneself

114
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to show

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To display

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afficher un numéro incinnu

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To display an unfamiliar number

116
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une conversation désintéressée

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A casual conversation

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un emploi temporaire, saisonnier

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A casual work

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jeter un regard

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To glance at

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Un regard discret

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a casual look

120
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sortir de la douche

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To get out of the shower

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il est à peine 8 heures

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It’s turned 3 o’clock

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Là est le problème

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There is the rub

123
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Regarder sans être concerné

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To watch from the sidelines

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Garder le rythme de l’inflation

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To keep pace with inflation

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Changer les choses

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To shake thinks up

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Inutile de préciser que

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Needless to say, …

It gives without saying that

127
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La participation électorale

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A high/low turnout

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Avoir du poids

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To carry weight

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Le problème est double

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The problem is twofold

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Un programme électoral

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An election platform

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Avoir une langue de bois

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To use doublespeak

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avoir un exam de justesse

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To scrape through an exam

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la chaise en bois d’hêtre

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The beechwood chair

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l’homme était assis affalé/avachi

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The man sat slumped

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la crise de 1929

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The 1929 slump

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dégringoler

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To slump

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chaud

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Warm

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aller à contre courant

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To go against the stream / tide

139
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montrer le chemin du retour

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To show sbdy in

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jouer aux échecs

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To play chess

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jouer aux dames

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To play draughts

142
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pierre à la pression

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Beer on draught

143
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on vivote avec…

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To scrape by on L30 a week

144
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un courant d’air

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A draught

145
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qui coulait petit à petit

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Trickling

146
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un lit de pierre

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Stony bed

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un courant / ruisseau

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A stream

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en continu

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Streaming

149
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des tendances politiques

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Political leanings

150
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des effets de retombée

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The trickle down effect

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faire le lit

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To turn down the bed

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se pencher

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To lean

153
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le chauffe-eau

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The immersion heater

154
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des talon hauts

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High-heeled shoes

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nous faire à manger

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To get us some food

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vider à l’aide d’une cueillère

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To spoon out

157
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du petit bois

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Sticks of wood

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marmonner, bredouiller

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To mutter

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un verre de vin / un verre à vin

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A glass of wine / a wine glass

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une étagère

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A shelf (shelves)

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une gamelle

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A bowl

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nourriture en boîte

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Tinned food

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le boîte de conserve

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The tin / can

164
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un ouuvre-bouteille

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A bottle opener

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prendre ses jambs à son cou

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To take to one’s heels

166
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cendres incandescentes

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Embers glowed

167
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du charbon de bois

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Charcoal

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rajouter

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To put on

169
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habiter à la cambrousse

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To live in the sticks

170
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une baguette

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A French stick

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rayonner de fierté

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To glow with pride

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un ver

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A worm

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un ver luisant

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A glow worm

174
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luire

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To glow

175
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impeccable

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Spotless

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des braises

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Embers

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un cendrier

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An ash tray

178
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un poêle

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Fire box

179
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éteindre (cigarette, feu…)

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To put out a