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a penny-a-liner

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un écrivain de pacotille

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2
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to overlap

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se chevaucher, se confondre

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3
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a redress

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réparation

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4
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to redress an injustice

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réparer une injustice

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5
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here you are

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tiens

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6
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could not possibly have been

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ne pouvait en aucun cas

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7
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outside his house

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devant sa maison

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8
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overhead

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au dessus de la tête

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9
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to play up

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faire des siennes

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10
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exagérer

minimiser

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to play sg up / down

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11
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to tap a phone

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mettre sur écoute

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12
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a leather bound book

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un livre aux reliures en cuivre

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13
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to be bound to do sg

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→ etre destiné inévitablement à faire…

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14
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principalement, surtout

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chiefly

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15
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the elephant in the room

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un gros problème que tout le monde connait mais personne n’en parle = taboo subject

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To creep

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Ramper / se faufiler silencieusement
(Creep - crept - crept)
Associé à across, into…

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17
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Creeping inflation

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Inflation rampante, galopante

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18
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A creep

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Un sale type

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19
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It gives my the creep

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Ça me donne la chair de poule

20
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To crawl

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Ramper / se faufiler lentement

Associé à across, into…

21
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To sneak

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Se faufiler furtivement

Associé à across, into…

22
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Cosy

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Chaleureux, confortable

23
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To relish doing sg

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Prendre plaisir à

24
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Entrevoir

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To catch sight of

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Exprès
On purpose
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Sur le terrain
On the spot
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Repondre (2) soutenu
To reply / retort
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Demander
To enquire
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Ressemblant en tout point à sa mère | La digne fille de sa mère
Ever bit her mother’s child
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Etre le portrait craché de
To be the spitting image of sb
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Cracher
Spit- spat - spat
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Il est ... jusqu’à moelle
He is every bit a ... (soldier)
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Lame smile
Sourire crispé
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Boiter (4) / être estropié
To be lame / crippled | To limp
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A lame excuse / argument
Une piètre excuse / argument
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A lame film / personne
Un film nul, personne ennuyeuse
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Pourquoi diable ? (2)
Why on earth ? | Why the hell ?
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In those days
Autrefois
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Tromper qn (familier et pas familier) (4)
To fob off sb To two-time sb To be unfaithful to sb To cheat on sb
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Stall
Un stand | Une écurie
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To stall a car
Faire caler sa voiture
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Jouer la montre, essayer de gagner du temps (2)
To play for time To stall → I think he's stalling because he hasn't finished it yet.
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Un temps abominable
Foul weather
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Avoir des ennuis avec (la justice) | Se mettre à dos (son patron)
To fall foul of the law | To fall foul of your boss
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By foul means
Par des moyens déloyaux
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Piste, voie ferrée
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