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Sweat

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1 transpirer
2 travailler dur
3 s’inquiéter pour

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Sweat blood

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Suer sang et eau –> se donner du mal ( work extremely hard )

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Grieve

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Faire son deuil ( mourn a death)

Pleurer

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On the verge of

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Au bord de, sur le point de
(About to)

Sur le point de faire ( about to do ) / ( on the verge of doing )

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5
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Blast

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V: abattre (shoot)
    Faire exploser
    Être tiré 
    Demolir (criticize harshly)
    Anéantir

N: coup de vent, onde de choc
Attaque (severe criticism)

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Ron was nearly in tears over the tutor’s blast of his thesis

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Ron était presque en pleur suite à l’attaque du tuteur sur sa thèse

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At full blast

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À pleine puissance

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Berth

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Accoster

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9
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Cradle

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Berceau—> bercer

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snappy

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Vif, vive, plein d’entrain

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assignment

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tâche, mission

2 : mutation

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12
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pithy

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concis

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imbu de sa personne

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full of himself

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spite

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contrarier, vexer

nom : méchanceté

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fussy

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difficile à satisfaire, exigeant, méticuleux

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harbor

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(shelter secretly) abriter

17
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lung

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poumon

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thrive

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1: bien se porter
2: (business) être florissant
3: (baby) bien grandir

19
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staggering

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(astounding) hallucinant, sidérant, stupéfiant

2: chancelant, titubant (walk unsteadily)

20
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decay

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(rot) décomposition, déclin

V: se décomposer(rot), décliner (deteriorate)

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drift into

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(gradually become involved in) se laisser entraîner dans qqch

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careen

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(rush headlong= (tête baissé)) foncer, se précipiter

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drive out

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chasser, expluser

24
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tilt

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pencher, incliner

inclinaison

25
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cue

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réplique, signal

26
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swell

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enfler, gonfler

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gullible

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crédule, candide , naïf, (easily deceived)

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deceive

deceive sb into doing sth

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tromper, abuser

amener qqn à faire qqch

29
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gutter

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adj: vulgaire (vulgar)
nom: gouttière (living in the gutter : vivre dans la rue)