Par Vite Et Revien Tard 2 Flashcards

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a helping hand

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un coup de main

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she only needs a bit of support

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elle n’a besoin qu’un peu de soutien

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arrogance

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la morgue

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tools

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l’outillage (m)

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to impress, to amaze

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épater

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6
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stairwell

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une cage d’escalier

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7
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reassured

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rasséréné(e)

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8
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if I’m not mistaken

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si je ne me trompe pas

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9
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a basket eg bin

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une corbeille

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completion, conclusion

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achèvement

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under the counter payment, bribe, backhander

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un dessous-de-table

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to rip one off

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arracher le peaux des fesses

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to play softly

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jouer en sourdine

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14
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a stone’s throw

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un jet de pierre

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to suck, to swallow whole

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gober eg les huîtres

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rough

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rêche

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17
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to go round in circles

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tourner en rond

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18
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blackmail

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le chantage

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19
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to be all set, ready

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être fin prêt

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20
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site

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un emplacement

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21
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to be taken aback

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rester interloquer

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22
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a bit of

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un brin de

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23
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a coaster

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un dessous-de-verre

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continual coming and going

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un chassé-croisé

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to pay tribute to sb/sth
rendre hommage à qn/qch
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the starving
les affamés
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to ruin, lay waste, wipe out, crush overwhelm
anéantir
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to send sb packing
envoyer paître qn
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to wipe
torcher
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stubborn, obstinate
buté(e)
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to moan and groan
maronner
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sales patter, sales pitch
le boniment
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that’s that
c’est marre
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to crumple, crease, also to bother
chiffonner
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to have a weak chest
avoir la bronche fragile une bronche= bronchus
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stagnant
croupissant(e)
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clear off
barrez-vous se barrer - to clear off, leave
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I put them in the rubbish
je les mets au rebut
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to give vent to, to pour out
épancher
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to make a blunder
faire une bourde
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bullying
la brimade être victime de brimades / to be bullied
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pigsty
une bauge
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basket, tray
une corbeille
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agitation, nervousness
la fébrilité
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blunder, loss of control, skid
un dérapage
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without a rational link/tie
sans attache rationnelle
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to be on the air
être sur/à l’antenne
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unfitness
l’inaptitude (f)
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to apply to (also to stretch, expand, grow)
s’étendre à
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disapproval
la réprobation
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to criticise, reproach
reprocher
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to scroll, also to march, to come and go
défiler
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to burst into, rush into
faire irruption
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dull, sullen, bleak
maussade
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a piece of graffiti
un tag
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crappy, crap
merdique
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from the corner of his eye
du coin l’œil
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lout, brute, beast
une brute
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climb down
la reculade
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roughly, bluntly, unceremoniously
sans ménagement
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at the expense of
aux dépens de
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to botch, ruin, wreck
bousiller
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roller shutter, security grille, also iron curtain
un rideau de fer
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to renounce, disown
renier
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aggressively
avec hargne
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to flourish, to bear fruit
fructifier
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it’s poorly balanced
c’est mal équilibré
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to let someone walk all over over you, or take advantage of you
laisser manger/tondre la laine sur le dos
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rope
le filin
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threadbare
élimé (adj)
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to get round, wind, muddle up
entortiller
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you can’t make head or tail of this film
ce film n’a ni queue ni tête
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to brush, scrape, miss narrowly
frôler
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to stick one’s neck out
se mouiller
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to stick one’s neck out
se mouiller
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to go into hiding
se planquer
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to fail, to diminish, to flag, to grow weaker
mollir
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ungrateful person
un/une ingrat(e)
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drunk and uncertain
ivre et indécis
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to disconcert
décontenancer
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a whim
une lubie
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faint light
une lueur
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stencil
un pochoir
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printing, print, circulation, run
le tirage
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to nibble at, chew
mordiller
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nonetheless, the fact remains
il n’en demeure pas moins que
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trunk
une malle
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studded with
clouté(e) de
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to put (sth) together, to build up, to put up scaffolding
échafauder
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he had not let it show
il n’en avait rien laisser paraître
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to stand squarely, to stand firm
se camper
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eiderdown
un édredon
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to give sb/let sb have a bit of leeway
donner/laisser du mou à qn
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trigger, turning point
un déclic
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elusive, imperceptible
insaisissable
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questioning
l’interrogation
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order, decree
le décret
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monk, puffin
un moine
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copy out, write up
copier
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monk, also puffin
un moine
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unusual
inaccoutumé
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dilapidated, crumbling
délabré(e)
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blunder, gaffe, faux pas
une balourdise
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awkward
emprunté(e)
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he felt the need to
il ressentait l’envie de
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momentum, enthusiasm, impetus, run up
un élan
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blacksmith
un forgeron
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magician
un/une prestidigitateur (trice)
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to give the low down, also to stamp
affranchir
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joke
une rigolade
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to get beaten up
se faire cogner
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to bring back to the fold
ramener au bercail
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to bump off, kill
buter
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to occur, happen
se produire
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to rush, to dive (in)
s’engouffrer (dans)
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ugly, awful, dreadful
moche
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slide show
un diaporama
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thoughtfully, carefully
posément
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to hold on tightly
se cramponner
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to clean out
curer
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unusual
insolite
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relaxing
délassant
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backwards
à rebours
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it’s double or quits
quitte ou double
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tour, round eg postman
une tournée
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to disclose (sth) little by little
distiller
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accurately
avec exactitude
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to satisfy, assuage
assouvir
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group of huts, army camp
un baraquement
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warning, herald
annonciateur (trice)
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to harden, toughen
aguerrir
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to detect, reveal, indicate
déceler
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bitterness, fierceness
l’âpreté (f)
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out of kindness
par bienveillance
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at a loose end. Also person at a loose end
désœuvré(e). Also un/une désœuvré(e)
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a figure hugging dress
une robe qui épouse les formes
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music theory
le solfège
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to take (sbs) breath away
couper le souffle (à qn)
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vulture
un vautour
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rotting carcass
une charogne
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pull a fast one on sb
rouler qn dans la farine
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uncultivated
inculte
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life jacket
un gilet de sauvetage
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violent person
un violent
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as far as I know
pour autant que je sache
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to imagine
se figurer
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he’s a pain in the neck with his stories
il nous bassine avec ses histoires
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to have a good laugh, have a great time
se marrer
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wipe the slate clean
régler une ardoise
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rack, pigeon hole
un casier
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we’d know it
ça se saurait
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fear
une trouille
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slate, debt
une ardoise
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I’m not really with it
je me sens plutôt vaseuse
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ludicrous, unutterable
ineffable
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to quibble, haggle
chipoter
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carriage entrance
une porte cochère
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dry dock
un bassin de radoub
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to look pensive
avoir l’air songeur/ songeuse
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to make a mistake, be mistaken
se gourer
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scattered
éparpillé (e)
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shelter
un abri
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to dash (sth) off, to rush through
bâcler
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to dash off an essay in 20 minutes
bâcler une redaction en vingt minutes
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well manicured, immaculate
soigné(e)
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litany
la litanie
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hé moved on to , went on to
il a enchaîné
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steamship
une vapeur
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to disconcert
décontenancer
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neighbourhood
les parages (m)
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to put something back in one’s pocket
rempocher
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the maze of officialdom
les méandres de l’administration
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rejuvenating experience
un bain/cure de jouvence (f)
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ineffective
inopérant(e)
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painful, distressing, aching
douloureux (euse)
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to demote, relegate
rétrograder
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to be diluted, attenuate
se diluer
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rag, strip, ribbon also snatches, scraps
un lambeau
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serial
un feuilleton
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well off, well healed
les nantis (m)
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watch out!
gare (à toi)!