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1
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hors d’œuvres

A

amuse-bouche, amuse-gueule

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2
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la carrosserie

A

bodyshop,
car body

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3
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la plate-bande

A

raised flower bed

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4
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le break

A

station wagon

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5
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la manique

A

potholder

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6
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la batterie de cuisine

A

cookware

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7
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acharné

A

relentless

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8
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elle se rassit

A

she sat back down

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9
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la douche le ravigote

A

the shower revives him

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10
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un fétu de paille

A

a bundle of straw

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11
Q

plonge dans la gaine d’aération

A

plunges into the air duct

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12
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un abîme de réflexion

A

an abyss of reflection

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13
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très édifiant

A

very edifying

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14
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l’étanchéité de leurs vêtements

A

waterproof clothing

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15
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étanchéïté

A

sealing

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16
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la pluie crépite sur le plastique translucide

A

the rain cracks on translucent plastic

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17
Q

cloaque

A

cesspool

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18
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transforme le sol en bourbier

A

turns the ground into a quagmire

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19
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bourbier

A

quagmire

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20
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courbés en deux

A

bent in two

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21
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désertique que nimbe un soupçon de clarté

A

deserted by a hint of clarity

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22
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ôtant

A

removing

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23
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ôtant ainsi toute équivoque

A

removing any ambiguity

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24
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équivoque

A

equivocal

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25
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gouailler

A

gossip

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26
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gouailleurs

A

cheeky, jokesters

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27
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les visages un peu gouailleurs

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the slightly smarmy faces

28
Q

débarrasser

A

to get rid of

29
Q

ricane

A

giggles

30
Q

d’un bourrade

A

a slap in the face

31
Q

ça vous épate

A

it amazes you

32
Q

j’ai descendu qq’un

A

I killed s.o.
I took down s.o.

33
Q

rappliquer

A

recall

34
Q

s’égare

A

gets lost

35
Q

il se vautre

A

he wallows

36
Q

une rasade

A

a glassful

37
Q

du bétail

A

livestock

38
Q

il passera dans le réducteur

A

he will pass through the reducer

39
Q

d’une docilité extrême

A

extremely docile

40
Q

éprouvette renversée

A

inverted test tube

41
Q

ses poings martèlent le verre

A

his fists pound the glass

42
Q

sa détresse émeut

A

her distress moved

43
Q

rapetisser

A

to shrink

44
Q

le creuset

A

crucible

45
Q

mais il se décante lentement

A

but it’s slowly settling down

46
Q

une hypothèque

A

a mortgage

47
Q

un accord immobilier

A

a real estate agreement

48
Q

un bail

A

a lease

49
Q

un local

A

a room

50
Q

le pouvoir d’achat

A

purchasing power

51
Q

chaussons à talons ouvert

A

open heel slippers

52
Q

un filon

A

vein, lode
fam: cushy job, bonanza

53
Q

filou

A

crook, swindler

54
Q

sucrer les fraises

A

être sénile

55
Q

lait de soja

A

soy milk

56
Q

lait d’avoine

A

oat milk

57
Q

saut périlleux arrière debout

A

standing back flip

58
Q

j’étais d’un fratrie de quatre enfants

A

I was one of four children

59
Q

navire de charge

A

cargo ship

60
Q

pinson

A

finch (bird)

61
Q

chardonneret

A

goldfinch

62
Q

égare

A

leads away

63
Q

Il va t’en vouloir

A

he will be mad at you

64
Q

tu me goguenard

A

you mock me

65
Q

bourbier

A

mire, slough, mess

66
Q

Tu me fais marcher

A

You’re pulling my leg

67
Q

fratrie

A

sibling