Movement Flashcards

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1
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marcher à grands pas

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to stride

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une enjambée

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a stride

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marcher péniblement

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to trudge

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marcher d’un pas lourd

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to tramp

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sortir avec raideur

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to stalk out

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patauger

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to wade

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se dandiner

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to waddle

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se pavanera

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to strut about, around

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avancer de biais

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to sidle along

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clopiner

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to hobble

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boiter

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to limp, to have a limp

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12
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faire tomber qqn, renverser qqn

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to knock sb down

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13
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chanceler

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to stagger

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osciller (davant en arrière)

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to sway (backwards and forwards)

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vaciller

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to reel

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16
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trébucher sur, contre qqc

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to stumble over sth

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17
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faire un faux pas

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to trip

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18
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s’affaissera

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to slump down

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19
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s’éffondrer

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to collapse

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20
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traverser d’un bond

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to jump, to leap across

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21
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sauter sur ses pieds, se relever d’un bond

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to jump up

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rebondir

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to bounce

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23
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sortir d’un bond

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to bounce out

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24
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sautiller, gambader

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to skip

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25
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sauter à cloche-pied

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to hop

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grimper un escalier, une echelle

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to climb up a ladder, a staircase

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descendre d’un arbre

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to climb down a tree

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28
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un montée, une ascension

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a climb

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29
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ramper

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to creep

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30
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se tortiller

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to wriggle

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31
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glisser

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to slide

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32
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glisser (elegamment)

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to glide

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33
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passer avec fracas

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to rumble past

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34
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passer dans un bruit de ferraille

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to rattle past

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35
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prompt

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swift

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36
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impulsion élan

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impetus

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37
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à toute vitesse

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at full speed, tilt

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38
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aller à toute vitesse, allure

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to speed along

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39
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masser à toute allure

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to tear, race along

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40
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l’allure

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pace

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41
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comme un éclair

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like a flash, quick as a flash, like lightning

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42
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passer en trombe

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to hurtle past

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43
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foncer

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to spurt, to tear along

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44
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une brusque accéleration

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a burst of speed, a spurt

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45
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etre préssé

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to be in a rush, in a hurry

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46
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inutile de se dépecher

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there’s no hurry

47
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la hate

A

haste

48
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hatif

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hasty

49
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hativement

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hastily

50
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descendre à la hate

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to hurry down

51
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continuer d’une pas pressé

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to hurry on

52
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une ruée

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a rush, a stampede

53
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il y a eu une ruée vers la porte

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there was a rush for the door

54
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se précipiter

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to rush

55
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descendre avec precipitation du train

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to scramble out of the train

56
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entrer precipitamment

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to dash in

57
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lentement mais surement

A

slowly but surely

58
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flâner

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to stroll, saunter

59
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entrer sans se presser

A

to wander in

60
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marcher sans se presser

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to amble

61
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avancer d’un pas lourd

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to plod

62
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à une allure modérée, regulière

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at a gentle, steady pace

63
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doucement

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gently

64
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sans se presser

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unhurriedly

65
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avancer au pas

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to crawl along, to go at a crawl

66
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à une allure d’escargot

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at a snail’s pace

67
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trainer

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to dawdle (about, around)

68
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un trainard

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a dawdler, a slowcoach

69
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las

A

weary

70
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dans le sens de la longueur

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lengthwise

71
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dans le sens de la largeur

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widthwise

72
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de coté

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sideways

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dans le sens contraire à celui des aiguilles d’une montre

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anticlockwise

74
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se diriger vers

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to head for

75
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de l’autre coté, en sens inverse

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the other way, in the opposite direction

76
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se mettre en route

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to start out, set off, set out, get under way

77
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en route

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let’s go, let’s be off, off we go

78
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la fuite

A

flight

79
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fuire qqn

A

to flee from sb

80
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une fuite, evasion

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an escape

81
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s’enfuir de

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to run away from, to escape from

82
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s’échapper de

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to break out from, to escape from

83
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à la poursuite de

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in pursuit of

84
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poursuivre qqn

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to pursue, chase after sb

85
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s’approchera

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to go, come near, to approach

86
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se rapprocher d’un endroit

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to draw near to a place

87
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approcher d’une endroit

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to approach a place

88
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atteindre un endroit

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to reach a place

89
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à travers

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through

90
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à travers (chalo, foret)

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across, through

91
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traverser (pont rue)

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to cross

92
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traverser (ville tunnel)

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to go through

93
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à 2 km

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to km away

94
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dans le slimites de

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within

95
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j’irai devant

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i’ll go ahead

96
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à l’arrière de

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at the rear of

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en face

A

opposite

98
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à l’extrémité de

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at one end of

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à la pointe de

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at the tip of

100
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au coeur de

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at the heart of

101
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sur le coté

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on one’s side

102
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de tous cotés

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on all sides, on every side

103
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au fond de

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at the bottom of

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au bord de

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at the edge of

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en travers

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across, crosswise

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autour de

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round

107
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tout autour

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around

108
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parmli

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among

109
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lointain, éloigné

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remote, distant, far-off, faraay

110
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c’est loin

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it’s a long way away

111
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tout près, proche

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close by

112
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il est dans les parages

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he’s somewhere about

113
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avoir une démarche légère, pesante

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to walk lightly, heavily