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EN - voc old Flashcards

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dwindle

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diminuer, baisser, se réduire

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to venture to do sth

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oser faire qqch (dare to), se risquer à

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per se

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en soi

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five course dinner

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souper 5 services

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thrive

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bien se porter, prospérer

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labour union

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syndicat

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gumption

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cran, courage

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emulate

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imiter, faire aussi bien que, égaler

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ATM

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distributeur automatique (automated teller machine)

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bailout

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renflouement, sauvetage financier

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Flak jacket / flack jacket

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Gilet pare-balles

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Flack/Flak

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Tir de DCA, tir antiaérien
Critique
Attaque en règle

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To skirt

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Contourner, longer, border, eviter

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Decorum

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Décorum : protocole, façon correcte de faire la chose

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Moratorium

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Moratoire : Délai accordé par le législateur à une catégorie de débiteurs dont le paiement des dettes est impossible ou difficile par suite des circonstances (guerre, crise économique, etc.)

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Credential

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Svt au pluriel : qualification, références

Diplôme, certificat, justificatif

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Collusion

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Collusion, conspiration

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In collusion

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De mèche

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Stunt

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Cascade, coup de pub, combine

Retarder, freiner

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Scrub

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Brosser, récurer
Broussailles
Sport : remplaçant
Médecine : blouse stérile

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Palatable

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Nourriture : bon, succulent

Idées : acceptable, convenable

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whip

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Politique : pas vraiment d’équivalent, il sert a améliorer le comportement des élus en chambres ( gere relation législatif / exécutif )
Fouet
Fouetter, cravacher
Cuisine : fouetter, battre

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Incumbent

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Titulaire, en place, en fonction(, sortant (élections))

Incombent on / upon sb (to do sth) : revenir/incomber à qun (de faire qch)

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Bargain

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Une bonne affaire
Marchander
Bargain over sth : marchander sur qch

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Beggar

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Mendiant

Ruiner, appauvrir ( pour une personne)

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foolhardy

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téméraire, imprudent

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reckless

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imprudent, téméraire

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flip-flop

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tong, claquettevolte-face, revirementfaire volte-face, retourner sa veste

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retaliation

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riposte, représailles, contre-attaque

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Independent retail

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Petit commerce

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Retail sector

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Secteur de la grande distribution

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Retail outlet

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Point de vente

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Garment

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Habit : indénombrable

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Smog

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Nuage de pollution : smoke+fog

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Waste sorting centre

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Une déchetterie

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A landfill, a dump

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Une décharge

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A sweatshop

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Un atelier de misère

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A shanty town

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Un bidonville

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A slum

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Un quartier pauvre

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A scrooge

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Un gripsou

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41
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Verbatim quotation

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Citation mot a mot

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42
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To be well-off

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Être riche, confortable

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43
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To stagger

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Chanceler, tituber

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44
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To leverage

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levier(fig) avantage tirer profit de, amortir, rentabiliser

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Transient

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Passager, transitoire

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riddance

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débarras

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Horsefly

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Taon

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Sapience

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Sagesse

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Platitude

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Platitude, remarque cliché

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Elicit

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Soutirer, obtenir des infos

Provoquer

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Soothe

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Calmer, apaiser

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Dullness

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Caractère ennuyeux

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53
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Unwittingly

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Sans le faire exprès

Sans le savoir

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Mandatory

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Obligatoire, imposé

Sous mandat

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MBA

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Master of Business Administration

maîtrise en administration des entreprises, en gestion

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Epitome

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Incarnation, parangon

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Gunslinger

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Fam. Bandit armé

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58
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Bottom line

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The bottom Line : tout cela pour dire

Eco: net, final

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VCR

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VHS

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ailment

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affection, maladie

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skewness

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dissymétrie, inclinaison

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readily

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rapidement, volontiers, sans hésiter

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benchmark

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référence

point géodésique

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to benchmark sth against sth

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comparer qqch à qqch

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65
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the jig

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le gabarit (d’un outil en machinerie)

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to hedge

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couvrir

répondre à côté, éviter de répondre

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an oddity

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une étrangeté, une bizarrerie

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a hog

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un cochon, un porc

fam : un goinfre

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a pang

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une crampe, une douleur, une tourmente

une pointe de (jalousie)

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a rug

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un tapis, une couverture

fam : une perruque, une moumoute

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to wane

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diminuer, décliner, décroître

décroître pour la lune

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middlebrow (adj)

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sans grandes prétentions (intellectuelles)

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a middlebrow

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un lecteur/spectateur moyen

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74
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a treadmill

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un tapis de course

fam : le train train (abrutissant)

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solace

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réconfort, source de réconfort

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lavish (adj)

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prodigue, dépensier, généreux

somptueux, luxueux

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77
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to lavish sth on sb

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prodiguer qch à qun

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to be conversant with

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être au courant de

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79
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Ale

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Bière anglaise

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Forensic

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Légal, judiciaire

Polémique

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Bookie

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Diminutif de bookmaker : professionnel qui prend les paris

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To bluster

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Se déchaîner, enrager

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Dismal

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Morne, déprimant

Lugubre

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To sift

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Tamiser, trier, filtrer

Cribler, vérifier

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Abiding

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Continu, constant, permanent

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86
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The culprit

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L’accusé

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87
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Scrawny

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Décharné

Maigre

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Plaintiff

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Plaignant, demandeur, accusateur

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Layman

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Laïque, séculier, profane

Non-spécialiste

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An incentive

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Une impulsion, un motif

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A truisme

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Un truisme. Un fait évident

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A thicket

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Un fourré, un hallier

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To strive / strove / striven

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S’efforcer, faire des efforts, essayer

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Deterrent

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Dissuadant

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Dour

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Sérieux, sévère, austère

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Leery

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Méfiant, prudent

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A hedge

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Une haie, une clôture

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A den

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Un repaire, une tanière

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99
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The faintest idea

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La moindre idée

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Astray

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Égaré, dans une mauvaise voie

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a janitor

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un concierge, un gardien

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mild

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doux, léger, faible

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A midwife

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Une sage femme

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Stern

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Strict, sévère, austère

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Sturdy

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Robuste, solide

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To have a knack for sth/ doing sth

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Avoir un coup pour faire qqch

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The navel

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Le nombril

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108
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The collarbone

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La clavicule

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109
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To skewer

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Embrocher

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110
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A raven

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Un corbeau

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To rave

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Délirer

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To rave about sth

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S’extasier sur

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113
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To outfox sb

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Être plus rusé que qun

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114
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Plump

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Grassouillet, dodu

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Grubby

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Sale, infâme

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Craven

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Lâche

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To ebb

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Décliner, refluer

Se réduire, diminuer

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Ingenuous

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Ingénu, naïve, innocent

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119
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A bishop

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Un évêque 
Un fou ( échec )
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120
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A ring binder

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Un classeur (à anneaux)

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a momerandum

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un mémo, une note de service

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facetious

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facétieux, taquin

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pervasive

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envahissant, pénétrant

répandu, généralisé

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hand-wrought

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forgé à la main

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laudable

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louable, digne de louanges

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to anoint

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frotter, enduire d’huilde ou d’une autre matière grasse

consacrer (religieux)

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to construe

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interpréter, exprimer
analyser
déduire, conclure

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to disregard

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ignorer, mépriser

ne pas prendre en compte

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to balloon

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s’envoler, gonfler, exploser

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forgery

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contrefaçon, faux

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to peddle

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vendre, colporter, fourguer

propager, diffuser

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a discrepancy

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une divergence, une différence

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to undermine

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saper, ébranler

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a vexation

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une contrariété, une vexation

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cunning

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malin, futé, rusé, ingénieux

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inclusive

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tout compris, complet, inclus

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ubiquitous

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omniprésent, répandu

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ebullient

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exubérant, débordant, développé à l’excès

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glum

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morose sombre abattu

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garrulous

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bavard, volubile

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munificent

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munificent, très généreux

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fastidious

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tatillon, pointilleux

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prevarication

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faux-fuyants, Moyen détourné de se tirer d’embarras ou d’éluder une question

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baseness

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bassesse

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secular

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profane, laïque, séculier

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in hindsight

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avec le recul, après coup

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to have hindsight

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avoir du recul

148
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rife with

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plein de, rempli de

149
Q

rife

A

courant, répandu

150
Q

fortuitous

A

fortuit, imprévu

151
Q

incongruous

A

inconséquent, inconsistant

incongru, déplacé

152
Q

a sham

A

une imposture, une comédie

un charlatan, un imposteur

153
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To justle

To jostle

A

Se bousculer

154
Q

To bewilder

A

Dérouter, rendre perplexe

155
Q

A sheen

A

Un éclat, luisant

Une beauté superficielle

156
Q

To wince

A

Grimacer

157
Q

To mangle

A

Broyer, massacrer

158
Q

The grist

A

Grain, blé (à moudre)

159
Q

A pundit

A

Un expert, un spécialiste

Un commentateur, un critique

160
Q

The backdrop

A

Le fond, la toile de fond, l’arrière plan

161
Q

Booming

A

Retentissant

Prospère, en plein essor

162
Q

Bread-and-butter issues

A

Les problèmes de la vie quotidienne

163
Q

A brethren

A

Un frère ( religieux)

Un camarade

164
Q

Irksome

A

Agaçant

165
Q

To irk

A

Agacer, irriter

166
Q

The swiftness

A

La rapidité, la vitesse, la promptitude

167
Q

To strain

A

S’éloigner de, errer

168
Q

deceptive

A

trompeur, fallacieux

169
Q

iconoclastic

A

opposé aux traditions

opposé aux icônes religieuses

170
Q

acumen

A

la perspicacité, sagacité

171
Q

scathing

A

très critique, blessant

172
Q

stinginess

A

l’avarice

173
Q

diffidence

A

timidité, défiance

174
Q

illiberality

A

intolérance, oppression, arbitraire

175
Q

thrift

A

économie (careful spending)

176
Q

convoluted

A

alambiqué, tordu

177
Q

to rear sth/sb

A

élever (enfants, animaux)

178
Q

coinages

A

monnaie

inventions, trouvailles, néologismes

179
Q

an apostle

A

un apôtre

180
Q

to demur

A

objecter, faire une objection

181
Q

gawky

A

dégingandé, maladroit

empôté, mou

182
Q

quixotic

A

idéaliste

183
Q

piously

A

pieusement, avec piété, dévotement

avec un vif sentiment de respect

184
Q

to flout

A

bafouer, mépriser

185
Q

thoroughgoing

A

approfondi, absolu, en profondeur

186
Q

scant

A

rare, limité, insuffisant

187
Q

an aquifer

A

un aquifère : Ensemble de terrains se prêtant à l’emmagasinement et à la circulation de l’eau.

188
Q

to antedate

A

précéder, être plus vieux que

189
Q

trite

A

banal, galvaudé, d’une grande platitude

190
Q

compelling

A

irréfutable, convainquant
captivant
puissant

191
Q

to elate

A

remplir de joie, rendre euphorique

192
Q

orthodox

A

orthodoxe, conventionnel, traditionnel

193
Q

to lionize

A

idolâtrer, aduler

194
Q

the foreground

A

le premier-plan

195
Q

to transcend

A

transcender, dépasser

surpasser, exceller, briller

196
Q

sartorial

A

vestimentaires

197
Q

innocuous

A

inoffensif

198
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feasible

A

faisable, réaliste

plausible

199
Q

To bequeath sth to sb

A

Léguer, transmettre qqch a qun

200
Q

Bigotry

A

Sectarisme, intolérance

201
Q

To gnaw

A

Ronger

Tracasser

202
Q

A wop

A

Un rital (fam)

203
Q

A smirk

A

Un sourire suffisant, satisfait

204
Q

To daze

A

Étourdir, abasourdir

Hébéter, étonner

205
Q

Cumbersome

A

Pataud, lourd

Encombrant, embarrassant

206
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To harbour

A

Entretenir, maintenir

Cacher ( a harbour = un refuge)

207
Q

To bloom

A

Fleurir, éclore, prospérer

Être resplendissant

208
Q

Bold

A

Gras
Courageux, audacieux, osé, téméraire
Effronté, impudent

209
Q

To recede

A

reculer, s’éloigner

S’estomper, s’évanouir, disparaître

210
Q

To holler

A

Brailler, beugler, crier

211
Q

A groove

A

Une rainure, un sillon, un creux

Une routine, habitude

212
Q

Well-worn

A

Usagé

213
Q

A trailblazer

A

Un pionnier, un innovateur

214
Q

Bitterness

A

Amertume, violence, sévérité

215
Q

Blatant

A

Flagrant

216
Q

Grudging

A

Réticent

217
Q

To grudge sb sth

A

Envier, reprocher qqch a qun
En vouloir a qun de qqch
Donner qqch a contre-coeur

218
Q

Keenly

A

Ardemment, vivement, avec enthousiasme

219
Q

To stammer

A

Bégayer, balbutier

220
Q

A whim

A

Un caprice, un coup de tête, une lubie

221
Q

To pilfer

A

Voler, dérober, grappiller, chaparder

222
Q

To mutter

A

Marmonner, bredouiller, grommeler, bafouiller

223
Q

To beckon (sb to do sth)

A

Faire signe a qun de faire qqch

Appeler

224
Q

The stoop

A

Le perron

225
Q

a binge

A

un gueuleton, un excès

une beuverie

226
Q

a reefer

A

un joint

227
Q

to screech

A

pousser un cri strident, hurler

crisser

228
Q

a gash

A

une entaill, une balafre

une chatte

229
Q

an alleyway

A

une ruelle

230
Q

a hen

A

une poule

231
Q

to fast

A

jeûner

232
Q

a bore

A

une personne ennuyeuse, rasoir

un corvée, un ennui

233
Q

the guile

A

la ruse, la malice, la débrouillardise

234
Q

murky

A

trouble, glauque

obscur

235
Q

uncanny

A

mystérieux, troublant, étrange

236
Q

to strand

A

échouer

237
Q

to salvage

A

sauver, rattraper, récuperer

238
Q

an utterance

A

une déclaration, un énoncé

239
Q

spooky

A

effrayant, troublant, étrange

240
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the throes of sth

A

l’agonie de qch

241
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to shrug

A

hausser les épaules

242
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to shrug sth off

A

ignorer, ne pas faire attention à qch

243
Q

the shudders

A

les frissons

244
Q

to dither

A

hésiter, être indécis, se tater

245
Q

A deed

A

Un acte, une action

Pl : actes de propriété

246
Q

To commend sb for sth

A

Louer, recommander, faire l’éloge de qun pour qch

247
Q

Heartily

A

Vivement, chaleureusement, de tout cœur

248
Q

Amenable (To)

A

Souple, serviable, amène à faire qch

Disposé à, prêt à

249
Q

To teeter

A

Chanceler, tomber

250
Q

SNCC

A

Student non violent coordination committee.

Pronounced snick

251
Q

Backwaters

A

Remous

252
Q

(A) backwater

A

(Un trou) paumé

253
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To sharecrop

A

Cultiver comme métayer.

A sharecropper : un métayer : paie le loyer avec ses cultures

254
Q

To bolster

A

Soutenir, renforcer, caler, appuyer

255
Q

Falsehoods

A

Des mensonges

256
Q

A tug

A

Un remorqueur

257
Q

To tug

A

Tirer sur, remorquer

258
Q

In earnest

A

Sérieusement, pour de bon

259
Q

Trodden

A

Fréquenté, emprunter

260
Q

To tread, trode, trodden (on)

A

Marcher (sur)

261
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Wacky

A

Dingue, barge

262
Q

Out-to-lunch

A

Debile, bizarre, barge

263
Q

to elude

A

échapper à, éluder

264
Q

to stave sth off

A

écarter, éviter, repousser

265
Q

a hodgepodge

A

un fatras, un amas confus

266
Q

a stroll

A

une petite promenade, un petit tour

267
Q

the keynote

A

l’axe central, le thème majeur (d’une présentation)

inaugural, liminaire

268
Q

to bolster

A

soutenir, renforcer, appuyer

269
Q

Nifty

A

Super, génial, classe

270
Q

A washout

A

Un désastre, un fiasco

271
Q

In the offing

A

En perspective

272
Q

The opening/closing credits

A

Le générique

273
Q

A bellboy / bellhop

A

Le garçon dans un hôtel qui porte les valises

274
Q

To hone

A

Aiguiser, affûter, perfectionner

275
Q

A spinster

A

Une femme non mariée

Une vieille femme

276
Q

K-12

A

From Kindergarden to 12 yo

277
Q

Arthouse

A

D’art et d’essai

278
Q

A dud, a turkey, a lemon

A

Un navet ( film )

279
Q

Schlock

Shlock

A

Camelote, cochonnerie

Qqch de mauvaise qualité, un peu choquant

280
Q

Sassy

A

Fougueux, insolent, impertinent

Surtout pour des femmes noires

281
Q

Maverick

A

Dissident, non-conformiste, marginal

282
Q

Quirky

A

Excentrique, original, décalé

283
Q

To be on the fringe

A

Être un extrémiste, en marge de la société

284
Q

Shabby

A

Miteux, minable, délabré

285
Q

Hapless

A

Malchanceux
Malheureux
Pas aidé

286
Q

A breezy romp

A

Une petite promenade

287
Q

A skit

A

Une petite pièce, un squetch

Une satire

288
Q

The heyday

A

L’âge d’or, l’apogée

289
Q

A sap

A

Un andouille, un nigaud

290
Q

To doze (off)

A

Sommeiller, somnoler, s’assoupir

291
Q

to be pc

A

être politiquement correct

PC = political correctness

292
Q

the gentry

A

la petite noblesse

293
Q

to gentrify

A

embourgeoiser : phénomène urbain consistant à remplacer les quartiers pauvres par des zones commerciales.

294
Q

to curtsey/curtsy

A

faire une révérence

295
Q

wondrous

A

extraordinaire, merveilleux

296
Q

ominous

A

de mauvais augure, menaçant

297
Q

frantic

A

dans tout ses états, hors de soi

frénétique, effrené

298
Q

an upheaval

A

une révolte, une agitation, un bouleversement

299
Q

the yolk

A

le jaune d’oeuf, la partie essentielle

300
Q

to squabble

A

se disputer, se quereller (avec qqun)

301
Q

an alderman

A

un conseiller municipal

302
Q

to stomp

A

marcher d’un pas lourd, piétiner

303
Q

to cram

A

fourrer, bourrer

bachoter, bûcher

304
Q

a compound

A

une enceinte, un camp

un mélange, un composé

305
Q

a splint

A

une attelle

306
Q

Grim

A

Sombre, maussade

307
Q

To dispose of sth

A

Se débarrasser de qch

308
Q

to take a rain check

A

remettre qch à une autre fois

309
Q

an handkerchief

A

un mouchoir (réutilisable et lavable)

310
Q

a bedbug / beg bug

A

une punaise de lit

311
Q

to take the rap for sth

A

trinquer pour qch, prendre, encaisser les coups

312
Q

the tiebreaker

A

le tie-break, le coup décisif qui détermine le gagnant (eg : tirs au but)

313
Q

to moonlight

A

travailler au noir

314
Q

a hustle

A

une activité (animée), une arnaque

315
Q

scum

A

écume, mousse

pourriture, racaille

316
Q

a spook

A

un espion

un fantôme, une apparition

317
Q

to canvass

A

faire campagne, faire du démarchage électoral, sonder

318
Q

a sewer

A

un égout, un trou, un lieu merdique

319
Q

to bust

A

casser, péter

pincer, choper, faire une descente, arrêter

320
Q

a rasher

A

une tranche (de bacon)

321
Q

nettles

A

des orties (plantes)

322
Q

to nettle

A

agacer, irriter, énerver

323
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to despair

to despair of

A

désespérer

désespérer de qch / perdre espoir

324
Q

a tart

A

une tarte

(sl) une pouffe, une pute, une salope

325
Q

the pearly gate

A

le portail d’entrée du Paradis

326
Q

an Irish brogue

A

un accent irlandais

327
Q

to be the gooseberry

A

tenir la chandelle (groseille)

328
Q

amenable

A

souple, serviable

Disposé, prêt à faire qch

329
Q

a plight

A

une situation désespérée, situation difficile

330
Q

a cesspool

A

une fosse septique

331
Q

a bum

A

un clochard

un flemmard, un glandeur

332
Q

the bum

A

les fesses, le cul

333
Q

to bum sth (off) (from sb)

A

taxer qch à qun

334
Q

collateral

A

garantie, caution

335
Q

a drifter

A

un vagabond

336
Q

APB

A

all points bulletin

alerte à toutes les patrouilles

337
Q

a technicality

A

un détail technique

338
Q

lingering

A

persistant, durable

339
Q

pro bono

A

bénévolement, gratuitement, pro bono

340
Q

a broad

A

une gonzesse, une poupée

341
Q

a recess

A

une suspension d’audience (droit)

une récré, pause

342
Q

to have a lot of moxie / to have the moxie

A

avoir des tripes/couilles, du courage

343
Q

aloof

A

à l’écart, distant, réservé, froid

344
Q

DOJ

A

Department of Justice

Département de la Justice des États-Unis

345
Q

WITSEC

A

United States Federal Witness Protection Program

Programme fédéral des États-Unis pour la protection des témoins

346
Q

VA

A

(United States Department of) Veterans Affairs

347
Q

a smokescreen

A

un écran de fumée

une couverture

348
Q

to meddle in/with sth

A

se mêler de qch, toucher à qch

349
Q

to budge on sth

A

céder, changer d’avis sur

to budge : bouger légèrement

350
Q

to kowtow

A

faire des courbettes devant qqn, s’aplatir devant qqn

351
Q

heathen

A

(n. ) païen

(adj. ) barbare, sauvage

352
Q

to leave no stone unturned

A

tout mettre en oeuvre pour faire qch

353
Q

howdy

A

Salut (fam)

354
Q

to trump

A

prendre, couper (avec un atout aux cartes)
surpasser, battre
(sl. péter)

355
Q

a trump card

A

un atout

356
Q

presumptive

A

(presumed) probable, crédible

357
Q

to be on the ticket

A

(election) Aux US le président et le vice-président candidatent sur un même “ticket”.

358
Q

to ooze

A

suinter, déborder de, couler

359
Q

to rig

A

monter, installer

(fig) truquer (une élection), fixer illégalement

360
Q

an affidavit

A

un affidavit, une déclaration écrite sous serment

361
Q

to cave

A

céder, laisser tomber

362
Q

to fathom

A

comprendre, percer (un mystère)

sonder

363
Q

A predicament

A

Une situation délicate, embarrassante

364
Q

to swagger

A

se pavaner

365
Q

a slew of sth

A

un tas de qch (fam)

366
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a fluke

A

un coup de chance extraordinaire

367
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peevish

A

irritable

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