Movement Flashcards

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1
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l’allure (f)

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pace

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la démarche

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gait, walk

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déplacer

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to move, shift, displace

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se déplacer

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to move, be displaced; move around; travel

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le déplacement

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movement, shifting, displacement, transfer

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bouger

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to move

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changer de place

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to change places

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se mettre en marche

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to get going

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se mettre en mouvement

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to get going

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se mettre en route

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to set out

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remuer

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to stir, fidget

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circuler

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to circulate; go the rounds (news) move (vehicles); move along (crowd)

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la circulation

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circulation, movement, spread, traffic flow

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s’agiter

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to bustle about, move about, fidget

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l’agitation (f)

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restlessness

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agité

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restless, fidgety

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être sans cesse en mouvement

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to be in constant motion

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ne pas se tenir en place

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to be restless

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le trajectoire

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trajectory

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la propulsion

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propulsion

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la posture

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posture

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précéder

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to precede

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suivre

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to follow

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s’approcher de

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to approach

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s’éloigner de

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to move away from

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passer devant

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to pass by

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passer auprès de

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to pass near

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traverser

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to go across

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la traversée

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crossing

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franchir

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to clear (obstacle); cross, step across; cover (distance)

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le franchissement

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clearing, crossing

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contourner

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to go round

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33
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se retourner

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to turn round

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34
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faire demi-tour

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to turn round

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35
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survoler

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to fly over

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avancer

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to move forward; make headway, make progress

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progresser

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to advance, make headway

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la progression

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progress, advance, spread

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se diriger vers

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to make for

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se rendre à

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to go to

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gagner

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to reach

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reculer

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to move back, step back, draw back, withdraw, reverse

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le recul

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retreat, withdrawal

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44
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aller à reculons

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to go backwards

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45
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sortir à reculons

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to back out

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46
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le reflux

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backward surge, ebb

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aller et venir

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coming and going

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des allées et venues

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comings and goings

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obliquer

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to turn off (path, road)

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obliquer à gauche

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to turn left

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51
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pousser

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to push

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la poussée

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pressure, pushing, thrust

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53
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tirer

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to pull, drag

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54
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la traction

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traction, dragging

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55
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monter

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to go up, to climb

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la montée

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ascent, climb

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descendre

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to descend, go down

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58
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la descente

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descent

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gravir

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to scale

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escalader

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to scale

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l’escalade (f)

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scaling, climbing

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s’asseoir

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to sit down

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63
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se lever

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to get up, stand up

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enjamber

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to straddle

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glisser

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to slip, slide, glide

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le glissement

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sliding, gliding

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la glissade

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slide, skid

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glissant

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slippery

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tomber

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to fall

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la tombée

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fall

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la chute

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fall

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72
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se baisser

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to stoop

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73
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s’étaler

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to come a cropper, fall flat

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s’aplatir

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to fall on one’s face

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75
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s’allonger

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to lie down, stretch out

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garder l’équilibre

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to keep one’s balance

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77
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se redresser

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to sit up, to right oneself/ itself

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sauter

A

to jump

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bondir

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to bound, jump

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être couché

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to be lying down, on one’s/ its side

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81
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être debout

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to be standing up, upright

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82
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être agenouillé

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to be kneeling

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83
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être assis

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to be sitting

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84
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se mettre sur son séant

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to sit up

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85
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le geste

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gesture

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86
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la gesticulation

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gesticulation

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gesticuler

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to gesticulate

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88
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secouer

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to shake

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89
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agiter les bras

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to wave one’s arms about

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agiter la main

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to wave

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91
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croiser les bras

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to cross one’s arms

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92
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serrer dans ses bras

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to hold in one’s arms

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93
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tendre le bras à quelqu’un

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to hold out one’s arm to someone

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donner la main à quelqu’un

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to hold out one’s hand to someone

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95
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serrer la main à quelqu’un

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to shake someone’s hand

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96
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donner une poignée de main à quelqu’un

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to shake someone’s hand

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joindre les mains

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to join hands

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98
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battre des mains

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to clap

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99
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caresser

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to caress, stroke

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100
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saisir

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to grab, seize

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101
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attraper

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to catch

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102
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empoigner

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to grab, grasp

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103
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frapper

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to hit, beat

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104
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gifler

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to slap

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105
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jeter

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to throw

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106
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lancer

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to throw

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viser

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to aim

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108
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répandre

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to scatter

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109
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éparpiller

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to scatter

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110
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frotter

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to rub

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111
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le frottement

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rubbing

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112
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la friction

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friction

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113
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allonger la jambe

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to stretch out one’s leg

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114
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tendre la jambe

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to stretch out one’s leg

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115
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plier la jambe

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to flex one’s leg, bend one’s knee

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116
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fléchir la jambe

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to flex one’s leg, bend one’s knee

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donner un coup de pied à

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to kick

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118
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faire un signe de la tête

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to nod

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119
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faire oui/ non de la tête

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to nod/ shake one’s head

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120
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lever la tête

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to raise one’s head

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121
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baisser la tête

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to lower one’s head

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122
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incliner la tête

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to lower one’s head

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123
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tourner la tête

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to turn one’s head

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124
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secouer la tête

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to shake one’s head

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125
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remuer la tête

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to shake one’s head

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126
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hocher la tête

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to nod/ shake one’s head

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127
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battre les paupières

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to bat one’s eyelids

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128
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ciller

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to blink

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129
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faire une grimace

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to grimace

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130
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faire un clin d’oeil

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to wink

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131
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la révérence

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bow

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132
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pencher

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to lean over, be slanting; tip, tilt

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133
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se pencher

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to lean over, bend

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134
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penché

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leaning, slanting

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135
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courber

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to bend, bow

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136
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se courber

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to bend over, curve, bow down

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137
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s’appuyer contre

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to lean against

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138
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s’accouder à

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to rest one’s elbows on

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139
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s’adosser à

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to lean one’s back against

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140
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s’agenouiller

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kneel

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141
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s’incliner

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to bow

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142
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incliner sa tête

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to bow one’s head

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143
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plier

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to fold, bend, flex

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144
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se dépâcher

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to hurry

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145
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se hâter

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to hurry

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146
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se presser

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to hurry

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147
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presser le pas

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to quicken one’s step, speed up

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148
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se précipiter

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to hurry, rush

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149
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s’empresser

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to bustle about, around

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accourir

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to run up

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151
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accélérer

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to quicken, speed up

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152
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s’accélérer

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to accelerate

153
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s’agiter

A

to bustle about, fidget

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marcher à grand pas

A

to stride

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marcher au pas

A

to march

156
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hâter le pas

A

to quicken one’s pace

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bondir

A

to leap, spring

158
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s’élancer

A

to dash

159
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poursuivre

A

to chase

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trotter

A

to trot

161
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trottiner

A

to trot

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une enjambée

A

stride

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s’enfuir

A

to run away

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s’élancer

A

to dash

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traîner les pieds

A

to shuffle

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Q

se traîner

A

to hang about, loiter

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flâner

A

saunter

168
Q

déambuler

A

to stroll

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errer

A

to wander

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vagabonder

A

to wander

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s’attarder

A

to loiter

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glisser

A

to slip

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Q

se glisser dans

A

to creep into

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s’introduire

A

to work one’s way in, to wriggle one’s way in

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s’insinuer

A

to worm one’s way into

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bousculer

A

to bump into

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heurter

A

to knock against, bump into

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Q

bouleverser

A

to overturn

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renverser

A

to overturn, knock over

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Q

cogner

A

to knock, hammer, thump

181
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taper

A

to hit

182
Q

le contact

A

contact

183
Q

le choc

A

impact, shock, crash, smash

184
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la collision

A

collision

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Q

saccadé

A

jerky

186
Q

soulever

A

to raise

187
Q

la dégringolade

A

tumbling down, collapse

188
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dégringoler

A

to tumble

189
Q

dévaler

A

to hurtle down, tumble

190
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s’écrouler

A

to collapse; cave in, fall in; crumble

191
Q

l’écroulement (m)

A

collapse, caving in, crumbling

192
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s’abattre

A

to fall down; collapse; crash down; beat down (rain)

193
Q

s’affaisser

A

to subside, sink, sag, give way

194
Q

l’affaissement (m)

A

subsidence, sagging, sinking

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Q

s’affaler

A

to collapse; slump down, flop down

196
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s’effondrer

A

to collapse, cave in, fall in

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l’effondrement (m)

A

collapse, caving in, breaking

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se vautrer

A

to sprawl, wallow, loll, slouch

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vautré

A

sprawled

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s’ébouler

A

to crumble, collapse, cave in, slip, slide

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l’éboulement (m)

A

crumbling, collapsing, caving in

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Q

détaler

A

to make off, scamper

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filer

A

to dash by, make off

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grouiller

A

to mill about

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se grouiller

A

to hurry up, get one’s skates on

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remuer les hanches

A

to sway one’s hips

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Q

étreindre

A

to embrace, hug, clasp

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Q

s’étreindre

A

to embrace each other

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l’étreinte (f)

A

embrace, hug; stranglehold; clutch

210
Q

recevoir les bras ouverts

A

to welcome with open arms

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tenir à bout de bras

A

to keep at arm’s length

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tapoter

A

to pat, tap

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tambouriner contre

A

to drum one’s fingers against

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le tambourinement

A

drumming

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palper

A

to feel, palpate

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tâter

A

to feel, finger; palpate

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manier

A

to handle, wield

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le maniement

A

handling

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Q

maniable

A

easy to handle; easy to manoeuvre

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la maniabilité

A

manoeuvrability

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pincer

A

to pinch, nip

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s’agripper à

A

to cling on to, clutch, grip

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s’accrocher à

A

to cling on to, hang on to

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se cramponner à

A

to cling to, stick to, hold on to

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tordre

A

to twist

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serrer

A

to grip, hold tight, clench

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être bien campé sur ses jambes

A

to be steady on one’s feet

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être mal assuré sur ses jambes

A

to be unsteady on one’s feet

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clopiner

A

to limp

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boiter

A

to limp, hobble

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boitiller

A

to limp slightly, have a slight limp

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basculer

A

to topple, fall over

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faire basculer

A

to tip up, tip out

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vaciller

A

to sway

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vacillant

A

unsteady, shaky

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la vacillation

A

unsteadiness, swaying, wobbling, faltering

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le vacillement

A

unsteadiness, swaying, wobbling, faltering

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trébucher

A

to stumble, trip

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Q

chanceler

A

to stagger

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buter contre

A

to stumble, trip

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faire la culbute

A

to somersault

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culbuter

A

to somersault

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à quatre pattes

A

on all fours

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ramper

A

to crawl

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s’accroupir

A

to squat

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Q

accroupi

A

squatting

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sortir sur la pointe des pieds

A

to tiptoe out

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esquiver

A

to dodge

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ramasser

A

to pick up

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se mettre à califourchon sur

A

to straddle

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Q

s’asseoir à califourchon sur

A

to straddle

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faire le grand écart

A

to do the splits

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se frayer un passage dans

A

to make one’s way through

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forcer le passage

A

to force one’s way through

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zigzaguer

A

to zigzag

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défiler

A

to march past, parade

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se défiler

A

to slip away, wriggle out of something

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Q

le défilé

A

procession, march, parade

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les bras ballants

A

with arms dangling

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saisir à bras-lecorps

A

to seize someone round the waist/ bodily

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aller bras dessus-bras dessous

A

to walk arm in arm

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enlacer

A

to embrace, clasp, hug

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effleurer

A

to touch lightly, brush aga inst

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Q

pétrir

A

to knead, mould, shape

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masser

A

to massage

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brasser

A

to stir up, mix; knead; toss; shuffle

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malaxer

A

to knead, massage

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travailler

A

to work, shape, knead

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broyer

A

to grind, crush

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flatter de la main

A

to stroke, pat

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donner une chiquenaude à

A

to flick, flip

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donner une pichenette à

A

to flick

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lâcher

A

to release

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faire un croc-enjambe à quelqu’un

A

to trip someone up

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flanquer

A

to fling

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balancer

A

to fling, chuck

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pédaler

A

to pedal

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piétiner

A

to stamp one’s foot; to stand about, mark time

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le piétinement

A

stamping; standing about

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trépigner

A

to stamp one’s foot

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le trépignement

A

stamping

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ruer

A

to kick out (horse)

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Q

se ruer sur

A

to pounce on

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Q

piaffer

A

to stamp, paw the ground (animal)

285
Q

piaffer d’impatience

A

to fidget with impatience

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avancer à clochepied

A

to hop along

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dodeliner

A

to nod

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le dodelinement

A

nodding

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piquer une tête

A

to take a header

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plonger la tête la première

A

to dive head first

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courir à toutes jambes

A

to run as fast as one can

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courir à perdrehaleine

A

to run as fast as one can/like the wind

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courir à toute allure

A

to run flat out

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courir à bride abbatue

A

to run flat out

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courir à fond de train

A

to run flat out

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prendre ses jambes à son cou

A

to take to one’s heels

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prendre le large

A

to clear off

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ficher le camp

A

to clear off

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se démener

A

to thrash about, struggle

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filer

A

to dash past

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détaler

A

to take off, clear off, skedaddle

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se cavaler

A

to clear off, scarper

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être en cavale

A

to be on the run

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Q

décamper

A

to clear out, decamp

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se pavaner

A

to strut

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cabrioler

A

to caper, cavort

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la cabriole

A

caper

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gambader

A

to gambol, caper

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sautiller

A

to hop about

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voltiger

A

to flit about, flutter about

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se grouiller

A

to hurry up, get a move on

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faire irruption dans

A

to burst into

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filer à l’anglaise

A

to slip away

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déambuler

A

to stroll

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baguenauder

A

to go for a jaunt, mooch about

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musarder

A

to dawdle, toidle

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muser

A

to dawdle, idle

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glander

A

to bum around

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Q

vadrouiller

A

to rove around

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Q

rôder

A

to prowl

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s’acheminer vers

A

to make one’s way towards

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se trémousser

A

to jig about, wiggle

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se tortiller

A

to writhe, wriggle

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frétiller

A

to wiggle, fidget

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gigoter

A

to jiggle about

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avoir la bougeotte

A

to have the fidgets

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Q

tamponner

A

to ram into, crash

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Q

percuter contre

A

to smash into, thud into

329
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se téléscoper

A

to concertina

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Q

le téléscopage

A

collision

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Q

emboutir

A

to crash, run into

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Q

friser

A

to brush against

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Q

frôler

A

to brush against, skim

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Q

le frôlement

A

light touch, light contact

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Q

raser

A

to graze, scrape, skim

336
Q

donner contre

A

to run into, knock against

337
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caramboler

A

to collide with, cannon into

338
Q

le carambolage

A

multiple crash, pile up

339
Q

brimbaler

A

to shake about, rock, joggle

340
Q

le brimbalement

A

shaking, rattle

341
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bringuebaler

A

to shake about, joggle, rock

342
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le bringuebalement

A

shaking, rattle

343
Q

ballotter

A

to roll, bang about; bounce, toss, bob; loll

344
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le ballottement

A

rolling, banging about; bouncing, tossing; lolling

345
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cahoter

A

to jolt; buffet

346
Q

le cahot

A

jolt, bump

347
Q

le cahotement

A

jolting, bumping

348
Q

cahoteux

A

bumpy, rough

349
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achopper

A

to stumble against

350
Q

buter

A

to stumble

351
Q

rosser

A

to beat

352
Q

enfoncer

A

to thrust

353
Q

fourrer

A

to thrust

354
Q

se déhancher

A

to sway one’s hips

355
Q

le déhanchement

A

swaying walk

356
Q

se dandiner

A

to waddle

357
Q

le dandinement

A

waddling

358
Q

une démarche chaloupée

A

rolling gait

359
Q

aller clopin-clopant

A

to hobble along

360
Q

clopiner

A

to hobble along, to limp along

361
Q

enfourcher

A

to mount

362
Q

monter àcalifourchon

A

to straddle

363
Q

chevaucher

A

to sit aside, straddle

364
Q

chanceler

A

to stagger, sway

365
Q

tituber

A

to stagger, sway

366
Q

flageoler

A

to sag at the knees, toquake at the knees

367
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se balancer

A

to sway

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Q

le balancement

A

swaying

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Q

osciller

A

to oscillate, sway

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Q

l’oscillation

A

oscillation, swaying

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Q

sautiller

A

to hop, skip

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Q

cabrer

A

to rear up (horse)

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Q

bercer

A

to rock, cradle

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Q

s’arc-bouter

A

to lean, press against

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Q

se tasser

A

to settle, subside; squeeze up, bunch up

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le tassement

A

settling, subsidence

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Q

sursauter

A

to start

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Q

le soubresaut

A

jolt, start

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broncher

A

to flinch