Expressions 9 Flashcards by liam purkey | Brainscape

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Véreux

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Louche

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Avoir l’estomac noué

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Sentiment désagréable

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Proxénète

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Maquereau

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Ramer

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Travailler dur

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À découvert

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Overdrawn

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À chacun son tour

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Wait your turn

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Presser le pas

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Hurry

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Se creuser la tête

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Rack your brain

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Indispensable les uns aux autres

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Indispensable

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Ne plus savoir où se mettre

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Se taper la honte

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Au rez-de-chaussée

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Ground floor

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Desserrer les cordons de la bourse

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Loosen the purse strings

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Patraque

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Under the weather

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Avoir bon pied bon œil

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Be fit

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Se sentir dépaysé

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Feel far from home

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Échancré

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Low cut

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Barbelé

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Barbed wire

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Sévir

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Put your foot down

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Sens dessus dessous

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Upside down

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Venir à bout de

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Mettre un terme à

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Se dépêtrer

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Se débrouiller

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Travailler comme un forcené

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Bosser sur

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Retournement de situation

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Reversal of fortune

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Tant bien que mal

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Ni bien ni mal

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Bariolé

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Colorful

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S’affaler

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S’avachir

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Éméché

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Tipsy

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À la rigueur

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Avec exactitude

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Coup de semonce

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Warning shot

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Déceler

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Détecter

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Remplacer au pied levé

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Replace on short notice

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Marotte

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Hobby horse

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Indigeste

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Qui reste sur l’estomac

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Au gré de

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At the mercy of

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A l’insu de son plein gré

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Without your knowledge

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Cliquetis

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Tintement

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Avoir pour règle de

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Se faire de quelque chose une règle

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Frétiller de la queue

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Wag

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Requinquer

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Refresh

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Palissade

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Clôture

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Tatillon

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Méticuleux

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Tatillonner

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Chercher la petite bête

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Décati

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Faded

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Pâlichon

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Palot

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Mise sous tutelle

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Wardship

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Au préalable

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Beforehand

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Prendre (avec) du recul

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Hindsight, distance

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Passer en coup de vent

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Drop by

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Et son cortège de

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Ones share of

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Éraillé

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Rauque