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Expressions Courantes 03 Flashcards

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Une invention révolutionnaire, une découverte capitale

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A breakthrough

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Cloué au lit

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Bedridden

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Sur le champs, immédiatement, sans délai

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Right away / Straight away.

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A vous de voir,

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It’s up to you

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Tailler une haie

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To trim a hedge

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Tondre la pelouse

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To mow the lawn

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Être d’un grand soutien

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To be supportive

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Un rêve qui devient réalité

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A dream come true.

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Ces derniers mois, au cours des derniers mois

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In the last few month

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Pour de bon

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For good

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Quelque chose d’aussi gros

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Something this big

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Armes de destruction massive

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Weapons of mass destruction

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Être au même niveau que quelqu’un

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To be on par with someone

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Espérance de vie

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Life expectancy

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Ces trois derniers jours

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In the last three days

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Une route mouillée

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A wet road

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Prévisions météorologiques

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Weather forecast, weather prediction

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Depuis si longtemps

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For so long

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Il manque de confiance

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He lacks confidence

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C’est une source d’inspiration

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That’s inspiring

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A moins que

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Unless

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Jeter un coup d’oeil

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To glance

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Elle ne le fera plus

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She will no longer do that

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Ce ne sera bientôt plus qu’un souvenir

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It will soon be a memory

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Avoir peur du sang

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To be afraid of blood

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A la portée de … Accessible à …

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In reach of …

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Combler le vide

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To fill the gap

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Ainsi que …

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As well as …

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28
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Agent immobilier

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Realtor

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Allure, rythme

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Pace

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Enflammer, envenimer, attiser

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To inflame

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Baptisé, surnommé

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Dubbed

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A la suite de, dans le sillage de …

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In the wake of …

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Tentative de meurtre

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Attempted murder

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Tentative de viol

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Attempted rape

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35
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Reconnaître coupable

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To convict

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36
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Un chef d’accusation

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A count

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Être révélé, faire surface, éclater au grand jour.

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To come to light

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Un promoteur immobilier

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A land developer, a property developer, a real estate developer

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39
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Démarrer, commencer

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To kick off

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40
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Ne pas échapper à quelqu’un

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To be not lost on somebody.

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Nous sommes sur la même longueur d’ondes.

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We are on the same page

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On aura pas le temps

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We will run out of time

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43
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Nous manquons de café

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We run out coffee

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44
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Recontactez-moi en septembre

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Get back in touch with me in september

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C’est évident pour moi / ça me semble évident

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It’s obvious to me

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C’est en rapport à …

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It has to do with… / it’s related to …

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47
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Attendez que je vous appelle

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Wait until I call you

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48
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A condition que

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Provided

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49
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S’imaginer, se figurer

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To fancy, I fancied

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50
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Etre truffé de …

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To be peppered with …

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51
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Faire obstacle

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To get in the way

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52
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Les nouvelles sorties (livre, film)

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The new releases

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53
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De telle sorte, de telle manière, de telle façon

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In such a way

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54
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Les personnes âgées

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The elderly

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55
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Un quartier résidentiel

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A residential area

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56
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Un changement d’image (marketing)

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A rebranding

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57
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Etre aux abonnés absents

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To be nowhere to be seen

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58
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Suivre le rythme de quelqu’un

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To keep up with someone

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59
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Un homme bien intentionné

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A well-meaning man

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Le jeu du pouvoir / la soif du pouvoir

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Power trip

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Aller de l’avant

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To go ahead

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Remuer le couteau dans la plaie

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To twist the knife

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Ramasser des fruits, des légumes …

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To pick fruits, vegetables …

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Choisir/trier

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To pick out

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Un plat du jour

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A daily special

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Un billet aller-retour

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A round trip ticket

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Marcher hors des clous / sur la chaussée / au piéton rouge

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To jaywalk

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Le revers de la médaille / l’envers du décors

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The flip side

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Par contre / en revanche / par ailleurs

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On the flip side

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Viande grillée

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Broiled meat

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Promener son chien

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To walk your dog

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Inventer des histoires

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To make up stories

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Deux fois plus grand

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Two times greater

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Le tout premier

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The first-ever

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Tromper

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To hoodwink / to deceive

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Une passerelle

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A catwalk

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S’évanouir

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To black out

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Résoudre des problèmes

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To sort out

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Carrelage / tuile

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A tile

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Avoir la main verte

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To have a green thumb

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Il y a des centaines d’années

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Hundreds of years ago.

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Quel est le problème ?

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What’s the deal ?

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Le mauvais côté

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The down side

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Je connais comme ma poche

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I know it like the back of my hand

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Je ne l’ai pas vu depuis deux ans

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I haven’t seen him for two years

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La voie de circulation se rétrécit

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The traffic bottle necks.

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Dans le sens des aiguilles d’une montre.

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Clock wise

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Dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre

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Anti clock wise

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Je reviens dans une minute

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I’ll be back in a minute

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Loin des yeux, loin du coeur

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Out of sight, out of mind

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Catastrophe naturelle / cas de force majeur

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Act of god

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Partir en coup de vent

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To rush off

93
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Mettre quelqu’un dans l’ambiance

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To get someone in the mood.

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Se jeter dans le grand bain / se jeter à l’eau

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To jump in at the deep end

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Les cheveux frisés

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Curly hair

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Édulcoré / dilué

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Watered down

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Sermonner / faire la leçon

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To lecture

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Être sermonné

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To be lectured

99
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En avoir marre de …

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To be sick of

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Un demandeur d’asile

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An asylum seeker

101
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Qui manque de tact, déplacé

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Tactless

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Vendre aux enchères / mettre aux enchères

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To auction off

103
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Des séquences, des images, des video

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Footage

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Mauvais goût

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Bad taste

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La température baisse

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The temperature drops

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Le température monte

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The temperature rises

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En vente libre / sans ordonnance

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Over-the-counter

108
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Entre temps / pendant ce temps

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Meanwhile, in the meantime

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J’aimerais que tu aies raison / si seulement tu avais raison

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I wish you where right

110
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Plus pratique

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More convenient

111
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Du tonnerre et des éclairs

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Thunder and lightning

112
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Une jambe dans le plâtre

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A leg in a cast

113
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Éprouver des difficultés avec …

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To struggle with …

114
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Être violemment critiqué

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To come under fire

115
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Apprendre à ses dépends

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To learn the hard way

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Travailler au noir

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To moonlight

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Allant vers le nord

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Northbound

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Allant vers le sud

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Southbound

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Allant vers l’est

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Eastbound

120
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Allant vers l’ouest

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Wesbound

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Facile à vivre / conciliant

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Easy going

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Enjoué / qui a bon caractère

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Good natured

123
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A peine / tout juste / péniblement

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Barely

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Marché aux puces

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Flea market

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Il m’a mis de bonne humeur

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He put me in a good mood

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Chasseur de bonnes affaires /un chineur

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A bargain hunter

127
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Qui aime le plein air

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Outdoorsy

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Prendre à la légère

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To take lightly

129
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C’est passé au second plan / c’est devenu secondaire

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It has taken the back seat

130
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Raccrocher le téléphone

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To hang up

131
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Avoir un faible pour quelque chose / quelqu’un

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To have a thing for something / someone

132
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Faire le tour du monde

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To take a trip around the world

133
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A mon avis

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To my mind

134
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Peu après

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Soon after

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Herbicide

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Herbicide / Weed killer

136
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Déformer la réalité

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To Twist the truth

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Ca me convient bien / ca me va bien

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It sits well with me / it agrees with me

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Un feu de bois

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A wood-burning fire

139
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Un poêle à bois / un four au feu de bois

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A wood-burning stove

140
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Faire un rêve

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To have a dream

141
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S’endormir

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To fall asleep

142
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Un mandat présidentiel

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A presidency

143
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Enjamber le tourniquet

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To jump the turnstile

144
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Je sais par expérience

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I know firsthand

145
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Malgré tout

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Even so

146
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État d’esprit

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State of mind

147
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Des hauts et des bas

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Highs and lows

148
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Faire l’idiot

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To play dumb

149
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A ne pas manquer

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Not To be missed

150
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Les nouvelles vont vite

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News travel fast

151
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Prendre l’air

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To get some fresh air

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