English vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Point out

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Souligner

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2
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Jump the shark

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Baisse de qualité

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3
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forward

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en avant, vers l’avant

brash = effronté, impertinent

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upset

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renverser, faire chavirer, bouleverser

offend = fâcher, vexer, contrarier, rendre malade

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it’s not worth upsetting yourself over

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ce n’est pas la peine de vous en faire

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slut

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fille facile

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she had the radio on full blast

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elle faisait marcher la radio à fond

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8
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the machine was going at full blast

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à toute allure

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9
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we had a blast

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on s’est vraiment marrés

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10
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a whistle blast

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un coup de sifflet

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blast

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rugissement, explosion, sonnerie, détonation

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12
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a blast of wind

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un coup de wind

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13
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hang out

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traîner (fréquenter), résister, tenir bon, pendre

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14
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let it all hang out

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se laisser aller, se défouler

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hang out of the window

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se pencher à la fenêtre, être déployé à la fenêtre (flag)

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16
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horny

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excité sexuellement, sexy

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17
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it’s spotting with rain

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il tombe quelques gouttes de pluie

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18
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to spot

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(se tâcher), se salir (pour un tapis)
repérer, trouver, déceler, apercevoir (objet, ami, talent)
accorder un avantage à
enlever (stain) = a chemical for spotting clothes (un produit pour détacher les vêtements)

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19
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well spotted !

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bien vu !

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20
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I could spot him a mile off

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Je pourrais le repérer à des kilomètres

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21
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stain

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tâche

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22
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it’s doesn’t matter !

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ça ne fait rien ! c’est pas grave !

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23
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chatter, have a chinwag

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papoter

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I love a good old natter or gab (US)

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j’adore papoter

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turn up
mettre plus fort découvrir, dénicher, déterrer (objet), révéler remonter, retrousser, relever apparaître, arriver, se passer
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until something better turns up
en attendant mieux
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hoity-toity
prétentieux, péteux
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fall apart
tomber en morceaux, se désagréger, s'écrouler, s'effondrer | échouer
29
pitch out
jeter (ordures) | expulser, mettre à la porte
30
rubbish
ordures, détritus, gravats | camelote
31
rubbish!
mon oeil! et puis quoi encore!
32
worthless
sans valeur, inutile
33
goods
biens, marchandises, articles
34
breakdown
panne, rupture (négociations), arrêt, dégradation dépression nerveuse décomposition
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breast
sein, poitrine
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care
soin, soins ennui, souci entretien
37
to reach (at a compromise)
parvenir (à un compromis)
38
grant
dotation
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half
moitié
40
in this way
ainsi
41
investigation
enquête
42
level
niveau
43
lightning/dazzling
fulgurant
44
maneuvers
menées
45
maze
dédale
46
mesh
maillage
47
mistake, error
faute
48
more
davantage
49
mound
monticule
50
mute
muet
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network
réseau
52
nevertheless
cependant
53
one year ago
il y a un an
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place
endroit
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quickly
vite
56
ready
prêt
57
vexation
dépit
58
riddle
crible, devinette, énigme
59
rubble
gravats
60
section,piece/side
pan
61
semblance
semblant
62
skeleton
squelette
63
somewhere
quelque part
64
square (in front of a church)
parvis
65
submissive
soumis
66
suspicion
soupçon
67
target
cible
68
thousands
millier
69
to appear
apparaître
70
(assembly) to sit
siéger
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(sport) winger
ailier
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acknowledgment
reconnaissance
73
act, action
acte
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to dent
cabosser
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to fear
redouter
76
all the more so
fortiori
77
already
d'ores et déjà
78
among
parmi
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anonymity
anonymat
80
anywhere
n'important où
81
associate (stooge)
comparse
82
at bay
abois
83
at home
à dominicale
84
at the edge
au bord
85
at the time of
lors
86
beacon
phare
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behind the scenes
dans les coulisses
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beyond
au-delà
89
bottle
bouteille
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carcinogenic
cancérigène
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cash-flow
chiffre d'affaires
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cheat
tricheur/euse
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conspirator
conjurer
94
contempt, scorn
mépris(e)
95
convenient
commode
96
criminal
crapuleux
97
deep
profond
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defective
débile
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discord
désaccord
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hand full
poignée
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information
renseignements
102
lack
manque
103
perfectly
parfaitement
104
range
gamme
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to enlist
enrégimenter
106
to insure
assurer
107
dwarf
nain
108
elsewhere
ailleurs
109
European (pl)
européenne
110
except
hors
111
fallen
chuté
112
first of all
tout d'abord
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flaming brandy / hotbed of dissent
brûlot
114
for trade
marchand
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foretold
susdit
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funeral
obsèques
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fuzzy, blurred
flou
118
hard, painful
pénible
119
harmless
inoffensif/ive
120
in particular
notamment
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initiative
initiative
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interview
entretien
123
just for show
pour la frime
124
layoffs
licenciement
125
line
file
126
managing
dirigeant
127
out of play
hors jeu
128
perverse
vicieux(euse)
129
political party
parti
130
predestined
prédestinait
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pride
fierté
132
proof
preuve
133
reliable
fiable
134
reprisal
rétorsion
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riddled with
criblé(e)
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rodent
rogner/euse
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rot
pourriture
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same
pareil
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save, without
`hormis
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secular
profane
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solid, sturdy
solide
142
squared
quadrillé(e)
143
star
vedette
144
start
démarrage
145
steel
acier
146
streamer
banderole
147
stuck up person
bêcheur/euse
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substitute
remplaçant
149
suburbs
banlieue
150
such
tel(le)
151
supplier
fournisseur
152
swollen
gonflé
153
takeoff
décollage
154
tame, tamed
apprivoise(e)
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tear
larme
156
television
petit écran
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the following day
lendemain
158
the leader
dirigeant
159
the smallpox
variole
160
this one
celle-ci
161
to absorb, to compare
assimiler
162
to advocate
préconiser
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to agree with
approuver
164
to aim
viser
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to append
ajouter
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to back up
épauler
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around (in time)
vers
168
banner
bannière
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bound by
liées
170
competitor/competition
concurrent
171
to interpret
interpréter
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to master
maîtriser
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to thunder forth
fulminer
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to be called on the carpet
être sur la sellette
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to be ironic
ironiser
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to be scared stiff
avoir la trouille
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to become more expensive
renchérir
178
to blow one's nose
se moucher
179
to booby-trap
piéger
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to borrow
emprunter
181
to break off
rompre
182
to bump into
buter
183
to burst, to break out
éclater
184
to buy up
racheter
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to buzz off
se casser
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to call to mind
évoquer
187
to cast off
appareiller
188
to change one's mind
se raviser
189
to clarify
préciser
190
to clear
débarrasser
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to contemplate
envisager
192
to convey
acheminer
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to crumble
émietter
194
to crush
écraser
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to decline, to give up
récuser
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to disarm
désamorcer
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to draw (from)
puiser
198
to drop
larguer
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to exhaust
épuiser
200
to fall
choir
201
to fear
craindre
202
to feel dizzy
avoir le tournis
203
to fill, to satisfy
combler
204
to give overwhelming support to
plébisciter
205
to give up
céder
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to go out again
ressortir
207
to goof up
gaffer
208
to graft
greffer
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to grant
accorder
210
to have a good laugh
se marrer
211
to hinder, hamper
entraver
212
to increase
s'accroître
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to invest
investir
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to issue
lancer
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to lead
mener
216
to leak
couler
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to lisp
zézayer
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to make dizzy
donner le tournis
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to manage
se débrouiller
220
to march past
défiler
221
to offer
offrir
222
to pick someone up
draguer
223
to play for time
temporiser
224
to poison
empoisonner
225
to reach
parvenir
226
to regulate
régler
227
to remove, to take off
enlever
228
to replace
remplacer
229
to reveal
révéler
230
to seem, appear
paraître
231
to set, to place
situer
232
to spot
repérer
233
debris
décombres
234
deposit
consigne
235
event
événement
236
founded
fondé
237
helmet
casque
238
in spite of
malgré
239
to stamp out
piétiner
240
to stand up again
relever
241
to stand up against
relever
242
to start/to damage
entamer
243
to strike off
radier
244
to succeed
aboutir
245
to sulk/to turn one's nose up at
bouder
246
to supply
fournir
247
to support
soutenir
248
to swallow up
engouffrer
249
to tar
goudronner
250
to tend
être porté(e)
251
to thunder
tonner
252
to track down
traquer
253
to turn (over)
retourner
254
to untangle
débrouiller
255
to watch out
faire gaffe
256
to wear out
user
257
unhealthy
malsain(e)
258
union
syndicat
259
waste, loss
perte
260
wheat
blé
261
willy
zizi
262
with whatever comes to hand
avec les moyens
263
to belong
appartenir
264
to criticize
critiquer
265
to hold for ransom
rançonner
266
to pretend
faire semblant
267
to retain
conserver
268
without flinching
sans broncher
269
to promise
promettre
270
to recede
reculer
271
to rip apart
éventrer
272
to stab
poignarder
273
to testify
témoigner
274
translator
traducteur
275
film
septième art
276
movie director
réalisateur
277
to establish
consacrer
278
undergrowth
broussailles
279
unusual
inhabituelle
280
useless
inutile
281
faucet
robinet
282
poll
sondage
283
section
tançons
284
the living proof
preuve vivant
285
to exercise
exercer
286
to tell
raconter
287
an endorsement
aval
288
ball (and chain)
boulet
289
breach, a gap
brèche
290
quest
quête
291
reduced
réduit
292
to withdraw
retirer
293
bash (party)
boum
294
fly
mouche
295
skill, mastery
maîtrise
296
stump
souche
297
underwear
slip
298
worm
ver
299
side
côté
300
starry
étoilé
301
test/sporting event
épreuve
302
to avoid
éviter
303
to become
devenir
304
to bind
lier
305
afternoon tea
goûter
306
bra
sou-tif
307
bull
taureau
308
covered playground
préau
309
shower or burst
gerbe
310
the snot
morve
311
decade
décennie
312
guinea pig
cobaye
313
limit
limite
314
mammal
mammifère
315
residence
demeure
316
the scrub, the underground
maquis
317
an agitation
émoi
318
sheep
mouton
319
the hair
poil
320
the repercussion
retentissement
321
the testimony
témoignage
322
the wool
laine
323
balance sheet
bilan
324
fear
crainte
325
misdemeanor
méfait
326
quartet
quatuor
327
stage (stopping place)
étape
328
the width
largeur
329
bucket
seau
330
diamond
diamant
331
goat
bouc
332
machine gunner
mitrailleur
333
serial
feuilleton
334
(admiration) to arouse
susciter
335
mute
sourdine
336
rifle, gun
fusil
337
skull
crâne
338
softly/quietly
en sourdine
339
welcome
accueil
340
an explosion
déflagration
341
demand
exigence
342
shelter
abri
343
species (of plant)
race
344
worry
souci
345
(tires) to screech
crisser
346
the scrap
déchet
347
to argue
discuter
348
to bet
parier
349
to bother
gêner
350
to catch
attraper
351
an exhaust pipe
pot d'échappement
352
doormat
paillasson
353
gate
grille
354
handful
poignée
355
skid
dérapage
356
to amaze, to impress
épater
357
(stairs) a landing
palier
358
search, a hunt
battu
359
the goal
but
360
the lawn
pelouse
361
to fail, to go off
rater
362
to stumble, to trip
trébucher
363
(administrative) channel
filière
364
a survey
sondage
365
to express
exprimer
366
to moderate
modérer
367
to seem
sembler
368
to wish
souhaiter
369
fertility
fécundité
370
make-up
maquillage
371
striping, scouring
décapage
372
to cheat
tricher
373
to erase, to rub out
effacer
374
to grip or hold tight
serrer
375
according to
selon
376
rage / fury
rage
377
thread
fil
378
to dedicate / to devote
vouer
379
to make milder / to sweeten
adoucir
380
to weigh
peser
381
appreciably
sensiblement
382
auto body work
carrosserie
383
battle
bataille
384
beyond
au delà de
385
blood
sang
386
bullet
balle
387
burst
rafale
388
charcoal
charbon
389
connections
connexions
390
contempt
mépris
391
deceased
décèdé
392
diversion
détournement
393
empty-handed
bredouille
394
flaw
faille
395
for the time being
pour l'heure
396
goal
but
397
ground floor
rez-de-chaussée
398
in the midst/bosom of // within
au sein de
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to have a breakdown
tomber en panne
400
to breast
affronter, faire front | atteindre le sommet, l'arrivée
401
tape
la ligne d'arrivée
402
breaststroke
la brasse
403
breast-feed
allaiter, nourrir au sein
404
drive with care
conduire prudemment
405
handle with care
fragile !
406
due
le du
407
I'm leaving the matter in your care
je vous confie l'affaire
408
put in care/ take into care
retirer aux parents la garde de
409
care about
aimer quelqu'un, se soucier de quelque chose
410
who cares ? who do I care
Qu'est ce que ça peut bien faire ? qu'est ce que ça peut bien me faire
411
I couldn't care less
ça m'est complètement égal