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1
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Exhausted

A

épuisé(e)

crevé(e)

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To twiddle your thumbs

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se tourner les pouces

“Il se tourne les pouces”

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to shelter

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arbiter

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to shelter from (sth)

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s’arbiter

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a handlebar

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un guidon

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a tear ( as in crying)

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une larme

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a blade (or edge of sth)

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une lame

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hard (adj) as in “this peach is hard”

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mure (adj)

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Unfinished

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inachevé(e)

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the clutch master cylinder

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le maître cylindre d’embrayage

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lazing (around)

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parassé(e). Adjectives or pp agreement with adj but not for pp
flamardé(e)

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To be lucky

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j’ai eu de la chance.
avoir de la chance
Avoir du pot
J’ai eu du pot

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What make? Informal register.

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De chez qui?

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Do you miss me?

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Je te manque?

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We had a really good laugh

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Nous avons bien rigolés

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A good laugh (informal register)

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Une bonne rigolade

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A grievance

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Une doléance

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overwhelmed

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accablé(e) adj, pp

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careworn

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accablé de soucis

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Taxes

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Les impôts

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Sorrow, grief

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le chagrin (nm)

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Cottage

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Chaumière (nf)

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Priests

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Les ecclésiastiques (nm)

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ecclesiastical

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ecclésiastique (adj)

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25
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Salt tax

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La Gabelle

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It is going to be cold

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Il va faire froid

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27
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To blush

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Écarlater

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28
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She could have ..

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Elle aurait pu…

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She should have…

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Elle aurait du

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To heighten, to increase, to intensify

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accroître

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31
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Outside

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Dehors (pronounced ‘doors’)

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I’m looking forward to…

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Il me tard de ….. vous revoir, vous rencontre etc

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33
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Wellies

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Bottes de caoutchouc

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To pick (a name), to use a pick axe, to pick a card

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Piocher

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35
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Store sign

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L’enseigne (nf)

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Sub lieutenant
Insignia
Colours (as in flag)

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L’enseigne (nm)

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To identify, to spot

To notice, to detect, to locate

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Réperer

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To evoke
To bring to mind
To remind sb of sth

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Évoquer

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39
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Borrowed

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Emprunté(e)

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40
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To borrow

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Emprunter

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41
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Massed adj

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Massée adj

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42
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Road

Pavement

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La chausée

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43
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On both sides

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De part et d’autre

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44
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To jam in

Syn: coincer

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S’entasser

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45
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A bunch

A cluster

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Une grappe

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46
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A mast

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Un mât

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47
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a scale

a ladder

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Une échelle

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48
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To warm up

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Échauffer

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49
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To reheat (food for example)

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Réchauffer

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50
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Tights

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Les collants nmpl

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51
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Sticky

Clinging

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Collant

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52
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Grumpy adj

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grincheux

râleur

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53
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To be grumpy

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Râler

Grincher

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54
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Stop complaining

Stop being grimpe

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Arrête(z) de râler

Arrete(z) de grincher

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55
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Scaffolding

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(Le) échafaudage

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56
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he/she is as thick as two short planks.

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Elle s’en tient une couche

avoir ou en tenir une couche

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57
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Right in the middle

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Au beau milieu

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58
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Nevertheless

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Tout de même

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59
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To die ( esp of food) familiar

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Passer a la casserole

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60
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A registered person

A registered voter

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Un inscrit

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61
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Prodigiously

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Prodigieusement

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62
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Terribly
Horribly
Dreadfully

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Affreusement

63
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Badly written

A

mal écrit

64
Q

The repetitions

A

les redites nf

65
Q

The vagueness, haziness

A

Le flou

66
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Maintained adj

A

Entretenu adj

Entretenir vb to maintain, to look after

67
Q

Painful, difficult, tiresome

A

Pénible

68
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To be bored with

A

S’ennuyer avec

69
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To break
or
To break up (avec qqn)

A

Se briser

70
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To gag

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Bâillonner

71
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High precision

A

Haute précision

72
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Scene of a disturbance, scene of a riot

A

Scène d’émeute

73
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Authoritarianisme

A

L’autoritarisme

74
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Discontent

Unhappiness

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Mécontentement

75
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Abyss

Chasm

A

L’abîme

76
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To own

To possess

A

Posséder

77
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Out of shape,
Misshapen
Deformed

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Déformé

78
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To ridicule
To scorn
To flout

A

Bafouer

Bafoué

79
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To lose or misplace (qqch)

To get carried away

A

Égarer

80
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National unity

A

L’unité national

81
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To rebuild

To reconstituate

A

Reconstituer

82
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Disturbed

Shaker

A

Ébranlé

83
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A frenzy

A

Frénésie nf

84
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Frantically

A

Avec frénésie

85
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Impersonation

Usurpation

A

Usurpation

86
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Put in hand..

A

Mettre en œuvre

87
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A look, appearance

A

Une apparence nf

88
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A glimpse, an insight

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Un aperçu

89
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To be challenged

A

Défier

90
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To barricade
To block
To strike out

A

Barrer

91
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Suddenly

Overnight (but not in the literal sense)

A

Du jour au lendemain

Il est devenu célèbre du jour au lendemain.

92
Q

A lightening bolt nm

To fall head over heels in love with… Vb

A

Un coup de foudre

93
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To bring up or raise a subject

A

Évoquer

94
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An opportunity

A

Un atout

95
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Whereas

While

A

Alors que

96
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A stupidity

A

Une bêtise

97
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as long as

A

tant que

98
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as long as

A

tant que

99
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Réorganisation

Reshuffle

A

Remaniement nm

100
Q

To fetch (sb, eg children)

A

Récupérer

101
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as long as

A

tant que

102
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To choke

To have something go down the wrong way

A

Faire une fausse route

103
Q

Pampered

Mollycoddled

A

bichonné adj

104
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  1. Untreated, raw, natural
  2. Gros
  3. Dry (as in champagne)
A

Brut (e) (s). Adj

105
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In these straitened times

In these hard times

A

En ces temps de vaches maigres

106
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Preliminary
Prior to
Preceding

A

préalable

107
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As much from….. As from….

A

Tant de….que de…

108
Q

The workforce

A

La main-d’œuvre

109
Q

By allowing them to…

A

en leur permettant de faire

110
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The main target

A

La cible principale

111
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And yet

A

Et pourtant

112
Q

To be stuck with

A

Se taper

113
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Moi je m’en tape (fam.)

A

moi, cela m’est égal

114
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If needs be

A

Si besoin est

115
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To think about (it)

A

Réfléchir

116
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I did nothing special

A

Je n’ai rien fait de spécial

117
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I didn’t see anyone new.

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Je n’ai vu personne de nouveau

118
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She/he is someone intelligent

A

C’est quelqu’un d’intelligent

119
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That’s something interesting

A

C’est quelque chose d’intéressante

120
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Hardly

A

ne ……guère

121
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Tirelessly

A

inlassablement

122
Q

Court clerk

A

Un Greffier

123
Q

Let’s go

A

On y va
Allons-y
Vas-y

124
Q

To come across (sth)

A

Tomber sur

125
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At the other end of the scale

On the other hand

A

à l’autre bout de la chaîne

126
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Except

A

Hormis

Sauf

127
Q

Against his will

A

contre son gré

128
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According to, following

A

au gré de

129
Q

Anti terrorist

A

vigipirate nm

130
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Less

Fewer

A

En moins

eg un concurrent en moins

131
Q

A lifting (of something eg an embargo)

A

une levée

132
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I am slow on the uptake

A

Je suis long à la détente.

Être long à la détente

133
Q

?

A

Avoir du plomb dans l’aile.

134
Q

Called into question

A

Mis en cause

135
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Clever

Smart

A

Malin

136
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That’s clever

A

C’est malin

137
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Stunning (negative sense)

Stupefying

A

Ahurissant

138
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Appearance

Publication

A

Parution nf

139
Q

At the back

At the rear

A

À l’arrière

140
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Échouer

Échoué

A

To fail vb

Failed adj

141
Q

dans telle ou telle
dans tel ou tel
eg “globalement consideree dans le cadre de telle ou telle economie national.”

A

In the [ ] of some [ ] or another

eg in the framework of some national economy or another

142
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soften, mollify (vtr)

soften, become mellow (v pron)

A

adoucir⇒ vtr (rendre doux)

s’adoucir v pron (devenir moins dur)

143
Q

Behaviours, customs, habits
OR
morals

A

Mœurs nfpl

144
Q

Deaf

A

Sourd (adj)

145
Q

To put right

To repair

A

Réparer

146
Q

To gather

To receive

A

recueillir⇒ vtr (récolter)

147
Q

Retrouver

A

To find sth

To find sth again

148
Q

To find yourself

A

se retrouver

149
Q

repérer⇒ vtr (remarquer qch)

A

notice, detect, spot, pick out, catch vtr

locate, discover

150
Q

Insane

Demented

A

démentiel adj

151
Q

apocalyptique adj

A

apocalyptic

152
Q

to one’s liking

A

à son gré

153
Q

Appear like a bolt out of the blue

A

Surgir de nulle part

L310 French (14 decks)

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