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NOUVEAU! Vocabulaire français avancé 6 Flashcards

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to walk through a forest

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marcher à travers une forêt, traverser une forêt

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to have a feeling that

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avoir l’impression que

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to keep one’s hair

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retenir ses cheveux

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to retain one’s studies

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retenir ses études

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to go / travel into the past, to travel back in time

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retourner / revenir dans le passé, remonter le temps

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the time machine

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la machine à remonter le temps

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to defend sth. tooth and nail

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défendre bec et ongles qqch.

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I quite agree!

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Je suis pas mal d’accord!

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to have an intellectual disability

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souffrir de déficience intellectuelle

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a tired (overused) phrase

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une phrase toute faite

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the contact list

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la liste des contacts

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Send us your news often!

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Envoyez-nous souvent de vos nouvelles!

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to upload photos to the Internet

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mettre des photos en ligne

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to play a video game

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jouer à un jeu vidéo

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15
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the gym class. P.E.

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le cours de sport

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the composition (writing)

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la rédaction

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You have gym class.

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Tu as / Vous avez cours de sport.

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18
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the colon (punctuation mark, not intestine)

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les deux-points

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the punctuation mark

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le signe de ponctuation

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two adjectives with the same construction

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deux adjectifs de même construction

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21
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the model (in fashion or in clothing industry)

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le mannequin

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the game show

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le jeu télévisé

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This show will on TV tonight.

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Cette émission passe à la télé ce soir.

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24
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the coupon

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le bon

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25
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The situation is turning sour.

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La situation s’envenime.

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26
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to keep open the possibility of

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laisser entrevoir la possibilité de

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to point to the possibility of

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faire entrevoir la possibilité que

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28
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It’s now or never!

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C’est le moment ou jamais! / C’est maintenant ou jamais!

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29
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the loss of smell

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la perte de l’odorat, la perte d’odorat

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30
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the loss of hearing

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la perte d’ouïe

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31
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a comfortable living environment

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un cadre de vie agréable

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32
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Give him a pep talk.

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Encourage-le / Encouragez-le.

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33
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I must not eat any sweets.

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Je ne dois manger aucune sucrerie.

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34
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upon obtaining this degree

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à l’obtention de ce diplôme

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The university certificate stood out as..

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Le certificat universitaire s’est profilé comme…

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36
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to resume my dreams

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revenir à mes rêves

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37
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to develop a professional life

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mener une vie professionnelle

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38
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to undertake my studies

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mener à bien mes études

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39
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diriger

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mener sa barque

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40
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to live a life of luxury

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mener la belle vie, mener grand train

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41
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terminer

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mener à sa fin, mener à terme

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42
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vivre aisément

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mener la vie de château

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43
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to command firmly

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mener au doigt et à l’oeil

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44
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to be at someone’s beck and call

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obéir qqn. au doigt et à l’oeil

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45
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to command firmly

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mener à la trique

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diriger, to be in charge, to call the shots

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mener la danse

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47
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to win (game)

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mener la partie

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He is a famous lawyer / attorney.

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Il est un avocat célèbre.

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to study law

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étudier le droit, faire des études de droit

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50
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It stinks, that stinks.

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C’est nul.

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51
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I love lying down on the ground.

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J’adore m’allonger sur le sol.

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52
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They like to read on their towels on the beach.

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ils aiment lire sur leur serviette sur la plage.

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53
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to win the lottery

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gagner le

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54
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to win the lottery

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gagner au loto, gagner à la loterie

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55
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the mounting bracket

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la fixation

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56
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the light bulb

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la lampe

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57
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the vial / the alcohol flask

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la fiole

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58
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to have resentment towards sb / to be angry with sb.

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en avoir contre qn. / en vouloir à qn.

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The crowds are thinning.

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Les foules se dispersent.

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as far as I can remember

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autant que je me le rappelle / à ma souvenance

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the victory goes to

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la victoire revient à

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62
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to slip away / to escape

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se défiler / s’éclipser

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the green carpet (grass, poetic, descriptive)

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le tapis verdoyant

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if, once there,

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si, une fois sur place,

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65
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as you see fit

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comme bon te / vous semble / à ta / votre guise

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66
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She had better leave at once.

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Elle ferait mieux de partir sur-le-champ.

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to hang out on the streets

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traîner dans les rues

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68
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to turn the situation around

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retourner la situation

69
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to stay on the right path

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rester dans le droit chemin

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in those days

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en ces temps-là, à cette époque-là

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to increase one’s attention

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redoubler d’attention

72
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errors of a syntactic nature (grammar)

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les / des erreurs d’ordre syntaxique

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for members

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à l’intention des membres

74
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the find

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la trouvaille

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at / to the rear

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à l’arrière

76
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animal grooming

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le toilettage

77
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the hit movie / film

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le film à succes

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the center lane (on road)

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la voie du centre

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the trickiest problem

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le problème le plus épineux

80
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to combine, bring together

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réunir / allier

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to be plagued by

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jouer de malchance

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to work great (idea, appliance, computer, car, etc.)

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marcher très bien / marcher fort

83
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A transformation takes place.

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Une transformation s’opère.

84
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time-consuming work

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du travail prenant

85
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to have black hair (formal or literary)

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être noir de cheveux

86
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to set aside sth, to save, to stock up

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mettre qqch. en réserve

87
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If something bad happens to…

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S’il arrive un malheur à…

88
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to hang drapes

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accrocher des draperies

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It warms my heart. (In the sense of ‘it moves me emotionally’ or ‘it makes me happy’.

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Ça me fait chaud au coeur.

90
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the crybaby / loudmouth

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le braillard

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to be terribly afraid of

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avoir affreusement peur de

92
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to be horribly disappointed

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être affreusement déçu(e)s

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stylish adj.

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à la mode, élégant(e)s, chic adj.

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trendy, latest, newest adj.

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dernier cri adj.

95
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written on a paper

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inscrit(e)s sur un papier

96
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What are you up to?

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À quoi joues-tu? / À quoi jouez-vous?

97
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written on the list

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inscrit(e)s dans la liste

98
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to learn to ski

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apprendre à skier / faire du ski, s’initier au ski

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It messes up your hair.

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Ça décoiffe.

100
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the hairstyling product

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le produit coiffant

101
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the (solar / lunar) eclipse

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l’éclipse (solaire / lunaire) f.

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the lead, the trail (crime, investigation); Ex.: The police have several leads.

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la piste; Ex.: La police a plusieurs pistes.

103
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to stop by (to visit)

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passer

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How much more will he / she (Only as in ‘He / she will have that much more reason to…’)

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À combien plus forte raison fera-t-il / fera-t-elle…

105
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to refer to a verse

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se rapporter à un verset

106
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Be careful on the road!

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Soyez prudent(e)s sur la route!

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at the campground

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dans le camping

108
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They are getting closer. (As in ‘they are getting closer in knowing each other’)

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Ils /Elles se rapprochent.

109
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He / she is confused.

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Il / Elle est dérouté(e)

110
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to side with sb.

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prendre position pour qqn. / prendre la part de qqn. / se ranger du côté de qqn.

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to come into conflict with

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entrer en conflit contre (ATTENTION- PIÈGE À EVITER:- n’utilisez pas ‘avec’ dans ce contexte, c’est un anglicisme).

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the maniac

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le dément, le maniaque

113
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the outpost(s)

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l’avant-poste m., les avant-postes

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to go to the moon / to Venus

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se rendre sur la Lune, sur Vénus

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to break into a gallop (horse)

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se mettre au galop

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to gallop away (horse)

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partir au galop

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in response to this gesture

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à la suite de ce geste

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the nice dream

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le beau rêve / le joli rêve

119
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the ink pad, the stamp pad

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le tampon encreur

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to pass oneself off as

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se faire passer pour

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to amass

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engranger v.

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What’s the point (of that)?

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À quoi ça rime?

123
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That’s cheating!

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C’est de la triche!

124
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to make way for someone

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laisser place à qqn.

125
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riveted on / fixated on

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rivé(e)s à

126
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beyond the walls

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par-delà les murs

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to refer to one’s credentials

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se référer aux coordonnées

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the orange tinged sky

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le ciel piqueté d’orange

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to break free of sb’s grip

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se dégager de la prise de qqn.

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the lightning pain

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la douleur fulgurante

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the meteoric rise (very rapid rise)

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l’ascension fulgurante

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the dazzling success

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le succès fulgurant

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the rapid growth

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la croissance fulgurante

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the rapid fame

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la célébrité fulgurante

135
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to keep one’s head (in literal sense of not going to be beheaded / decapitated)

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garder sa tête bien fixée sur ses épaules

136
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to be the picture of health

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respirer la santé / avoir une santé de fer

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in the event that

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dans l’éventualité que

138
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the shove / the nudge

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la bourrade

139
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on a hot (summer) day

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par une journée chaude; par une chaude journée d’été

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to smirk (a kind of smile indicating amusement)

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minauder

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the human rights

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les droits de la personne

142
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deft adj. (literary)

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leste, preste

143
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the stem cell

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la cellule souche

144
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the brooch

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la broche

145
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preoccupied adj.

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distrait(e)s adj.

146
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the letterhead paper

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the papier à en-tête

147
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to be embroiled in

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être embourbé(e)s dans

148
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It’s disturbing / It’s of concern, It’s worrisome.

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C’est inquiétant.

149
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chatting

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le bavardage

150
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chatting online / texting

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le clavardage

151
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Come on! (Stop!)

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Arrête(z) donc!

152
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There’s no hurry!

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Il n’y a pas d’urgence!

153
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to lift the seat

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relever le siège

154
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the folding seat

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le siège abattable

155
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to open up to the world

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s’ouvrir sur le monde

156
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to settle sth. out of court

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régler qqch. à l’amiable

157
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to instill respect

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inculquer le respect

158
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a backwater, a place isolated from anywhere else

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un trou perdu

159
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to be totally bored, bored stiff

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s’ennuyer ferme

160
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to come running back (person)

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revenir au galop

161
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to be up to (familiar)

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tramer

162
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The word conveys…

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Le mot véhicule…

163
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to pick out the occurrences of a word (in a text)

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relever les occurrences d’un mot

164
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to play with the figurative sense of a word (language, grammar)

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jouer sur le sens figuré d’un mot

165
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There is synonymy when…(Words are synonyms when…)

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Il y a synonymie quand…

166
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a bit of milk (in coffee), un soupçon de lait

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un nuage de lait

167
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to talk back (to elder, teacher, parent)

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répondre

168
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What do I care about your… !/ I couldn’t care less about your…! (familiar)

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Qu’est-ce que je m’en fiche, moi, de ton/ ta/ tes / votre / vos…!

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to put sth. on hold (temporarily set aside, not ‘put on hold’ in telephone sense).; Ex.: We’ll have to put this discussion on hold for the moment.

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mettre qqch. entre parenthèses; Ex.: Il va falloir mettre cette discussion entre parenthèses pour le moment.

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