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1
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Rependre une rumeur

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To spread rumour

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2
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Une rumeur infondée

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An unfounded rumour

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3
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La rumeur court que…

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Rumour has it that…

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4
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Mettre fin à une rumeur

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To put an end to a rumour

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5
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Révéler un secret

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Revealing a secret

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6
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La vie privée de quelqu’un

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Someone’s privacy

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7
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Beaucoup de bruit pour rien

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Much ado about nothing

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8
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L’exception qui confirme la régle

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To give the lie to the proverb

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9
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Dépasser les limites

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To overstep the mark

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10
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Faire comprendre à quelqu’un

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To give somebody to understand 
To let it be understood 
To imply 
To suggest 
To intimate that
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11
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Aussi étrange que ça puisse paraître

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Strange as it may be

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12
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Il n’y a pas de fumée sans feu

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There is no smoke without fire

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13
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Il y a quelque chose de pourris

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There’s something fishy going on
I smell a rat
Something smells fishy

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14
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Faire éclater la vérité

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To let the cat out of the bag

The truth will always come out

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15
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Tourner autour du pot

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To beat about (around) the bush

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16
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Ne pas vendre la peau de l’ours avant de l’avoir tué

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Do not count your chikens before they hatched

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17
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Ne pas juger un livre à sa couverture

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Don’t judge a book by its cover

18
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Faire des remarques désagréables

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To make nasty remarks

19
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Les poules auront des dents

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Pigs might fly

20
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Quoi qu’il advienne

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Come what may

21
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Tu me fais marcher

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You’re pulling my leg

22
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Divulguer/Rependre l’information

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To spill the beans

23
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Renier les nouvelles

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To deny the news

24
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Confirmer la nouvelle

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To confirm the news

25
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Canular

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Hoax

26
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S’excuser auprès de quelqu’un pour…

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To apologis (z)e to somebody for

27
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Quelqu’un qui te correspond

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A suitable match

28
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Qui se ressembls s’assemble

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Birds of a feather flock together

29
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L’amour au premier regard

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Love at the first sight

30
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Hypnotisé

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Mesmerised (z)

31
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Marriage pluvieux, marriage joyeux

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Rainy wedding day, happy marriage

32
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On est toujours mieux chez soi

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East or West, home is the best

33
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Une rupture

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A break-up

34
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Tromper quelqu’un

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To cheat on somebody

35
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S’en foutre de…

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I do not give a damn about…

I couldn’t care less…

36
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Une fois jamais deux

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Once bitten, twice shy

37
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Une perdue dix de retrouvées

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There’s plenty more fish in the sea

38
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Mauvais au jeu, heureux en amour

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Lucky at cards, unlucky in love

39
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Rendre quelqu’un fou

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To drive somebody nuts/crazy

40
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Ils sont fait l’un pour l’autre

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They are a perfect match for each other