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1
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à vue d’oeil

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before our eyes

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Ça me me dit rien qui vaille

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I don’t like the sound of it

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un tissue de bêtises

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a load of rubbish

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4
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tenir le coupe

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to stick it out

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l’écorcher vif

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to skin him alive

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bouffée de colère

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fit of rage

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sauve qui peut!

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run for your life!

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il était moins une

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that was a close one

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à bout de force

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exhausted

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10
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en nage

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swimming in sweat

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11
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manger sous le pouce

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to grab a quick bite to eat

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12
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tombé dans les pommes

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passed out

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13
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il pleut à verse

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it’s raining cats and dogs

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14
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trou perdu

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middle of nowhere

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15
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fourmis dans les jambes

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pins and needles

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il tombe des peaux de lièvre

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it’s snowing heavily (literally: it’s falling hare skins)

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17
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à leurs trousses

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on their heels

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18
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il m’as mis en vent

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he blew me off

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19
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à tue-tête

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at the top of your voice

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20
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à tort et à travers

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willy-nilly

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21
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faire la grasse matinée

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to have a lie in

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22
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faire les quatre cent coups

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to sow one’s wild oats

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23
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avoir les traits tirés

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to look drawn / under the weather

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24
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bond en avant

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a step forward / quantum leap

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25
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ça chauffe

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it’s dangerous

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26
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pétard mouillé

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damp squib

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27
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J’ai la flemme

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I can’t be bothered

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28
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paroles en l’air

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hot air (bluster)

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29
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prise de tête

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headache (annoyance)

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30
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crier à gorge déployée

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to scream at the top of your lungs

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31
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d’outre-Manche

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across the channel

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32
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nuit blanche

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sleepless night

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33
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promenade de santé

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a walk in the park

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34
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la boîte a coulé

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the business has gone under

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35
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au pieu

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in the sack

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36
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allait de soi

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goes without saying

37
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ça à l’air chouette

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looks like fun!

38
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démarche gauche

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awkward gait

39
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les quatre fers en l’air

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flat on ones back / spread eagles

40
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en herbe

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budding

41
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visage de marbre

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poker face

42
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les feux de la rampe

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the limelight

43
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je m’en bats les couilles

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I don’t give a shit

44
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mis un râteau

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to reject to the advances of someone

45
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t’y vas pas avec le dos de la cuillère

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you don’t mess around!

46
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ça fait un tabac

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it’s a big hit

47
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au pas de course

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on the double

48
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enterrement de vie

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bachelor party

49
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a gratté

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scraped together

50
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on repassera

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we’ll just skip over that

51
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passer un sacré savon

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to give someone a dressing down

52
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atomes crochues

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chemistry

53
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coup de fil cochon

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dirty phone call

54
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je me suis tapée une grosse barre

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I’m howling

55
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prise de bec

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slanging match

56
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linge de tir

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firing line

57
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avoir les coudées franches

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to have free rein

58
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le nec plus ultra

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the last word in

59
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tiré à quatre épingles

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dressed to the nines

60
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à l’abri des oreilles indiscrètes

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behind closed doors

61
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taller dans le vif

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cut off at the source

62
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humeur de dogue

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rotten mood

63
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tirée par les cheveux

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far-fetched

64
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prêt à nous en mettre plein la vue

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ready to wow us?

65
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passer entre les mailles du filet

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to fall through the cracks

66
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avoir un tête de faux-jetons

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to be two faced

67
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trié sur la volet

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hand-picked

68
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par dessus le marché

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to boot

69
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les yeux dans la vague

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glassy eyed

70
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bain de foule

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walkabout

71
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passé au second plan

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been put on the back burner

72
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au grand jour

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in broad daylight

73
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faire ses choux gras

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to take advantage of

74
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il faut se méfier l’eau qui dort

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still waters run deep

75
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n’avait pas la langue dans sa poche

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wasn’t afraid to speak her mind

76
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me la couler douce

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I’m taking it easy

77
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à ton actif

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under your belt

78
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main secourable

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helping hand

79
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ne l’entendait pas de cette oreille

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was having none of it

80
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fil à retordre

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a hard time

81
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défrayé la chronique

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been high profile in the news

82
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prendre le large

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set sail

83
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le ciel soit loué

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thank heavens

84
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boute-en-train

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life of the party

85
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en prendre de la graine

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to take a leaf out of that book

86
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ça me parle

A

now you’re talking

87
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Il carbure à quoi?

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What’s he on? (If someone is lively/powerful)

88
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finir en beauté

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to go out with a bang

89
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ils dorment comme les loirs

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they’re sleeping like dormice

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