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Continuer la prépa, malgré la baisse de régime imposée par les écoles de commerce

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réunir, regrouper

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to lump with

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un fidèle, un partisan

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a stalwart

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une inclination, une tendance (souvent au pluriel)

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proclivities

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décentraliser

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to devolve (faux ami!)

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l’intendance, l’administration

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the stewardship

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un grand livre de compte

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a ledger (book)

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la constriction, les restrictions

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the strictures

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considérer qqn comme un bon à rien, ignorer, commander

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to write smb off

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lacher les vannes

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to unleash a gusher

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énervant, exaspérant

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galling

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paralyser qqn

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to hamstring

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un décret, une ordonnance

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a writ

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après un court instant, un court passage

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after a spell

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un descendant

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a scion

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être bafoué, méprisé

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to be flouted

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S’opposer à, rejeter

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to buck sth/ to buck against

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tracasser, se faire du souci/ éroder

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to fret

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Restructurer, remanier, rattraper (qqn)

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to overhaul

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écrire (en 3 lettres)

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to pen !

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un élément de base

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a staple (Prononcer Stayple)

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la souche

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a stump

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une estrade

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a dais

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de la boue, de la gadoue

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sludge

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le clergé, une chaire

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the pulpit

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une position privilégiée qui entraine des abus de pouvoir

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bully pulpit

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perdurer

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to linger ON

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s’attarder sur

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to linger OVER

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tenir bon

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to linger/ to hunker down

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attirer, appâter, aguicher

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to entice

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lourd, pateau

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lumbering (pour qqn qui marche)

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marcher d’un pas lourd

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to lumber/to tramp

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labourer

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to plough

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réinvestir

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to plough back

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les douves, les fossés

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moat

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maugréer, marmonner

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to Mutter at

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tourner ‘pour du lait’

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to curdle

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glacer le sang

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to curdle one’s blood

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un ver solitaire

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a tapeworm

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gueuler, brailler

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to holler

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augurer

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to bode (prononcer comme boat mais avec un d à la fin)

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mélanger avec, se mêler à/avec (des gens)

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to mingle with

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assidûment, avec application

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diligently

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une écharpe, une insigne

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a sash

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de l’ase fétide

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asafoetida

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du tabac à priser

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snuff

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un lit de camp

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a cot

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un jupon

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a petticoat

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un clocher d’église

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a steeple

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un paquet, une liasse

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a wad

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criad, voyant

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garish

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un banc d’église

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a pew

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un contrebandier (d’alcool durant la prohibition)

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a bootlegger.

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concerner, inclure

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to encompass

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impliquer, entrainer, causer

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to entail

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animer, éclairer

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to enliven

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un escroc

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a swindler, a grifter

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s’attirer les bonnes grâces de

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to curry favour with

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un tas de, une flopée de

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a slew of

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captiver, fasciner, mais aussi river, riveter

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to rivet

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prendre du recul

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to take high road

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quelqu’un de ronchon, un défaitiste

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a naysayer

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une querelle, une bagare

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a tussle

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quadriller, s’enchevêtrer (pour des câbles)

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to crisscross

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couver (une colère), mijoter

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to simmer

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triste, seul, délaissé

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forlorn

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un faible espoir

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forlorn hope

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galeux, miteux, crader

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mangy

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allaiter

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to suckle

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écrasant, étouffant, accablant

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sweltering

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le sommet, l’apogée

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a high-water Mark

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intervenir, s’immiscer

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to chime in

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sans encombres

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without mishap

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un ordre (littéraire)

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a behest

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une flechette

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a dart

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lancer un regard furtif

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to dart a glance at sby

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raté, foiré

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bungled

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un magot

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a hoard

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l’ennui, la monotonie

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tedium

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faire des provisions

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to hoard

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une crampe, un pincement au coeur, une douleur soudaine

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a pang

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le calcaire

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limestone

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glaner, amasser

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to glean

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la soude

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lye

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attachant, mignon

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endearing

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des câlins

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snuggles

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faire un gros câlin

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to snuggle

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douillet, bien au chaud

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snug

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faire le mort

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to play possum

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des plis

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creases

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se contorsionner

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to contort

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être bien organisé

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to be sussed

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sauvage, féroce

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feral

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frémir, trembler

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to quiver

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tristement, avec regret

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ruefully

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ironiquement

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wryly (bien prononcer le aïe)

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païen, barbare, sauvage

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heathen

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stoïquement, impassiblement

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stolidly

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une intuition, un pressentiment

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a hunch

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étouffer

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to smother

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tatonner, chercher, tripoter

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to grope

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rachitique, maigre

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scrawny

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être de la même famille

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to be kin

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une emprise, la mainmise

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a stranglehold

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un sentiment de bien-être (parfois après le sexe), les dernières lueurs du soleil, la satisfaction

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the Afterglow

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avec le recul, après réflexion

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in hindsight

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méticuleusement, rigoureusement, avec soin

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painstakingly

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chouchouter, dorloter, couver, surprotèger

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to coddle

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distingué, raffiné

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genteel

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se disputer, débattre

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to wrangle

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une vieille bagnole

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a rattletrap

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un margousier

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a neem tree

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un porcin, une ordure, une pourriture

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a swine

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une gerbe (de fleur)

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a sheaf

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Très ample (par un vêtement)

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billowy

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décontenancé, ébouriffé, décoiffé, troublé

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ruffled

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roque, bourru

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gruff

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bâclé, fait sans soin

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slapdash

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sauter aux yeux, devenir évident

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to leap out

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une corvée, un dur labeur

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a drudgery

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je me suis soudain rendu compte que

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it dawned on me that

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comprendre l’idée générale

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to get the gist

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boire avidement, écluser

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to swill

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du lait de poule

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eggnog

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assouvir un désir, étancher une soif

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to slake

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un monticule, un tertre

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a knoll

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refaire surface

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to resurface

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brouter, paître, écorcher, effleurer

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to graze

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l’abattage

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the culling

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gambader

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to scamper down

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d’avant en arrière

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to and fro

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faire les cent pas

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to pace to and fro

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une gifle, une frappe, un claquement

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a thwack

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funeste, maléfique

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baleful

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tirer d’un coup sec

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to yank

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bouder

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to pout

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immobiliser, plaquer

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to pinion

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être pote avec quelqu’un

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to be chummy with

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se pâmer

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to swoon

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