le corps humain -- the human body Flashcards

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solide, corpulent

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stout

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un nain

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a dwarf

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3
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prendre du poids

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tu put on weight

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la silhouette, la tournure

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figure

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être au régime, suivre un régime

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to be, to go on diet

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grand et maigre

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lanky

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une articulaiton

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a joint

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donner la chair de poule

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to make s.o’s flesh creep

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séduisant

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attractive

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quelconque sans charme

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plain

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le teint

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complexion

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resplendissant de santé

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blooming with health

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blême

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pâle

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les traits

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the features

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une ride

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a line, a wrinkle

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les sourcils, les cils, les paupières

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eyebrows, eyelashes, eyelids

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le menton, les pommettes

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the chin, the cheekbones

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une perruque

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a wig

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lisse, ondulé, bouclé, crépu

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sleek, wavy, curly, fuzzy/frizzy(wooly)

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20
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teindre

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to dye

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21
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les côtes

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the ribs

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la colonne vertébrale

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the backbone, the spine

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23
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haleter

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to gasp for breathe

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24
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s’étouffer

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to stifle

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25
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s’étrangler

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to choke

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26
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la taille

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the waist

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mince, élancé

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slender

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le foie

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the liver

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un membre

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a limb

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le poignet

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the wrist

31
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hausser les épaules

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to shrug one’s shoulders

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la cuisse

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the thigh

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the calf

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le mollet

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les talons / tourner les talons

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the heels / to turn on one heels

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bare /naked

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nu /tout nu

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avoir de l’eau jusqu’au chevilles

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to stand in water ankle-deep

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acquiescer

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to not, to assent

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faire signe à quelqu’un

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to beckon

39
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donner une poignée de main à qqn

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to shake hands with s.o.

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robuste, vigoureux

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sturdy, lusty

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maladroit

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clumsy

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un estropié, un infirme

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a cripple

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boiter

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to limp

44
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un bossu

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a hunchback

45
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to go, to come, to get (up, down, up and down, in, out, away, off, back, along, on, by/past, across/through, over, round, about

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monter`:s’approcher, descendre/s’éloigner, aller et venir

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la démarche, l’allure

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a gait , the pace

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flaner, s’attarder

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to saunter, to loiter

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se hâter, se dépêcher

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to hurry, to hasten

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rôder vagabonder

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to hang about , to roam

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marcher à grand pas/enjambée

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to stride, a stride

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marcher péniblement/ trainer les pieds / marcher à pas chancelant

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to plod along, to shuffle along, to toddle

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ramper, se trainer

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to crawl

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to trip s.o up

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faire un croc en jambe

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faire demi tour

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to turn around

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s’élancer, se précipiter

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to rush, to dash, to dart

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aller à toute vitesse

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to tear

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saluer, s’incliner

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to bow

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saisir

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to seize

59
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empoigner qqch

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to grasp sth

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s’agripper à

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to clutch sth

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tordre avec force

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to wring

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allonger, tendre

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to stretch (out)

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caresser

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to stroke

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gagner, se diriger vers

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to make for

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tirer, trainer qqch

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to draw

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lancer, jeter avec violence

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to fling, to hurl

67
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épuisé

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exhausted