Jared Diamond - Voc Flashcards

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tamponner, poinçonner

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to stamp sth

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Le bruit de pieds

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stamps

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Taper du pied, trépigner

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to stamp

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De travers, bancale

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lopsided

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Se confronter à

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to wrestle with

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de nouveau, à nouveau

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de novo

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au même niveau que

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on a par with

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éclair, en coup de vent

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whirlwind (adjective)

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tomber en morceaux, s’écailler

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to flake off

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prétendre faire qqch

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to purport to do sth

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un poinçon (pour poinçonner)

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an awl

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des pièges ‘(pour capturer des animaux)

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snare(s)

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piéger, capturer des animaux

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to snare, to ensnare

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le larynx

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voice box, larynx

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surpasser en puissance de feu

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to outgun

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les biens de première nécessité

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first/basic necessities

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un tas de, une pile de

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a heap of

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entasser, empiler quelque chose sur qqch

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to heap sth on sth

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accabler qqn, assommer quelqu’un de

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to heap sth on someone

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se bercer d’illusions

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to harbour illusions

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peupler

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to populate, to people

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capital, historique, très important

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momentous

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le gibier

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game

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Grouillant de gibier

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teeming with game

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Un coup de bol

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a fluke

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un élan

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a moose

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être justifié, être nécessaire

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warranted

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cassé, ébréché

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chipped

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invraisemblable

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implausible

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Qui passe inaperçu

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inconspicuous

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Démodé, vieux jeu

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Dowdy

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En jachère, en période creuse

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fallow

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le poisson-lait, le Chanos Chanos (Un poisson très apprécié dans le pacifique, aux Philippines, Hawaii etc.)

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Milkfish

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un succès, une prouesse

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a feat, an achievement

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soudé, très uni

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close-knit

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Ce n’est pas rien! Etre un grand succès

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to be no mean feat

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37
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le hamac

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hammock

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Empêcher qqn de faire quelque chose

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to prevent sb from doing, to preclude sb from doing

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se prosterner

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to prostrate oneself

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Parsemé de

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studded with

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41
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hétéroclite, disparate

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ragtag

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Revenir sur (sa parole), ne pas honorer ses engagements

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to renege on

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la sentinelle (garde)

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a sentry

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implorer, supplier

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to beseech someone to do sth

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la couette, l’édredon

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quilt

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matelassé

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quilted

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la terre, le sol, le gazon

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sod (attention, c’est également une insulte!)

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le verger

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orchards

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chétif, très petit

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puny, stunted

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servile, domestique, ingrat (pour un boulot)

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menial

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51
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décoiffé, débraillé

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dishevelled

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bûcher, travailler dur

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to plug away

53
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énorme (slang)

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whopping

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mener une enquête, se renseigner sur, évaluer (un peu informel)

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to scope sth out

55
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faire l’andouille

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to goof off

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enjoué, gai

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jolly

57
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Un livre de poche, de poche

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paperback

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éculé, rebattu, plat

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hackneyed

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banaliser

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to hackney sth

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Un fiacre

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a hackney

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Produire en grande quantité, pondre (pour un livre en masse)

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to crank out sth

62
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regarder dans le vide

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to zone out

63
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marchander avec qqn, quelque chose

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to haggle with sbt over sth

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Un cas particulier, Un cas unique

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an outlier

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un bistouri

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a lancet

66
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petit à petit, parcellaire, fragmenté, en petits morceaux

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piecemeal

67
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Des améliorations parcellaires ne suffiront pas à réaliser la réforme dont nous avons besoin

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Piecemeal improvements will not be enough to achieve the reform that we need

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le cellier, le garde-manger

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larder, pantry

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l’ambroisie

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ragweed

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Un avertissement, une mise en garde

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Caveat (prononcer à la latine!)

71
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Traduire: Il a donné sa permission, mais elle incluait quelques avertissements

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He granted permission, but with quite a few caveats attached

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diffamatoire

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libellous (plutôt écrit), defamatory, slanderous (plutôt oraux)

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se disputer au sujet

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to wrangle over

74
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faire du stop

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to hitchhike

75
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épiler, plumer

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to pluck

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tirer sur quelque chose

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to pluck (at)

77
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Arracher de

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to pluck from/out of

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craintif, délicat, sensible (devant des images choquantes)

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squeamish

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calciné, roussi

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charred

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brûler, carboniser

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to char

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les courges

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squashes

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patauger dans, intervenir dans

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to wade into

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le lin

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linen, flax

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inhumer, ensevelir

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to entomb

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une période, un épisode de, une poussée de fièvre

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a bout of (fever)

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la greffe (pour une plante ou un tissu)

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a graft

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légumineuse

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pulses

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les tubercules

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tubes

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un plan de secours

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a fallback

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les groseilles à maquereaux

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gooseberries

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de là, de fait (synonyme de therefore)

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thence

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un manque de

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a dearth of sth

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un ignare, un ignorant

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an ignoramus

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Rassembler un troupeau

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to corral

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Se regrouper, s’agglutiner, se serrer

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to bunch up

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Clôturer, enfermer (avec une barrière), encercler, cerner

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to be penned in

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confiné, parqué, enfermé

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penned in

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empêcher, supplanter

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to preempt

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centrifuge

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centrifugal

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malheur à qqn

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woe betide smb

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nombreux, en nombre

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in droves

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un méli-mélo

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a mishmash, a hodgepodge

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insurmontable

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insuperable, insurmountable

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étrangler qqn

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to strangle, to throttle

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Un accélérateur

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a throttle

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à pleins gaz

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at full throttle

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bégayer, balbutier

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to stammer (out), to speak with a stammer

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charnel

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carnal

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rejoindre l’armée, s’engager, engager

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to enlist

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Un vaurien, un sacripant, un scélérat

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a scoundrel

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la coqueluche

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pertussis, whooping cough

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la rubéole

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rubella

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aigu, grave

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acute

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d’où (dans le sens “donc”, mais aussi d’où pour un endroit)

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whence

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Le roi a demandé à savoir d’où le messager était venu

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the king asked to know whence the messenger had come

116
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la peste bovine

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rinderpest

117
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séparer le bon du mauvais, réduire, sélectionner, éliminer ce qui est indésirable

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to winnow (out)

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Ces envahisseurs sont éliminés par la sélection naturelles

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those invaders get winnowed by natural selection

119
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les annales

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annals

120
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épouiller, retirer les poux

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to delouse

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empiler (pas heap)

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to mound

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écosser, écailler, égrainer

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to gin, to shuck

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faire les poubelles, récupérer

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to scavenge

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trouver par hasard, tomber sur qqch/qqn

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to chance upon

125
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peu attirant, peu reluisant

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unprepossessing

126
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bricoler qqch, jouer avec qqch

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to tinker with

127
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être investi de quelque chose

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to be (in)vested in sth

128
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le comte

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Earl

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Bricoler des solutions

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to tinker with a problem