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avoir une sensation de brulure

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to have a bruning feeling

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s’engourdir

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to go numb, to sleep, dead

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éprouver qqch

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to experience sth

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avoir limpression que

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to get the impression that

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sensoriel

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sensory

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sensuel

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sensuous

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decelable

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detectable

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tater, palper qqch

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to feel sth

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etre en contact avec

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to come into contact with

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toucher qqch des doigts

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to finger sth

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effleurer qqch

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to touch sth lightly

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chercher qqch à tatons

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to feel around for sth

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manipuler

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to handle

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froler qqch

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to brush against

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caressera

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to caress, to stroke, to pet

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tapoter (joue)

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to pat

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tapoter (objet)

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to tap

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presser

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to squeeze

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chatouiller

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to tickle

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duveteux

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downy

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glissant

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slippery

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visqueux

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slimy

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graisseux

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greasy

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humide

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moist

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poisseux

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sticky

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moite

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clammy

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rugueux

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rough

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faire gouter qqch a qqn

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to give sb a taste of sth

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déguster (fromages, coquillages)

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to sample

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savourer

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to enjoy, to savour

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avoir le palais fin

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to have a discerning palate

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ça a mauvais gout

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it tastes awful

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sucré au gout

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sweet to the taste

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un arriere gout

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an aftertaste, undertaste

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a nice flavour, strong

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un gout agréable, prononcé

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donner du gout à qqch

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to flavour sth

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un parfum

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a flavour

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savoureux

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tasty

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alléchant

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mouth watering

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fade

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bland

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désagréable au gout

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unpalatable

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relevé

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hot

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acide

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tart

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amer

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bitter

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aigre

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sour

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piquant

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pungent

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sentir une odeur de gaz

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to smell gaz

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avoir un bon odorat

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to have a keen sense of smell

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ça sent la lavande

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it smells of lavender

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odorant, qui sent bon

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sweet smelling

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le parfum (fleur, savon)

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scent, fragrance

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parfumé

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scented, fragrant

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capiteux

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heady

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penétrant

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pervasive

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renifler qqch, flairer qqch

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to sniff at sth

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humer l’air

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to sniff the air

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exhaler

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to exhale, to give off

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malodorant, qui sent mauvais

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nasty smelling

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ça sent mauvais

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it’s smelly

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ça sent le renfermé ici

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it’s stuffy in here

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nauséabond

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foul

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puant

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stinking

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cela empestait la piece

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it stank the room out

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la puanteur

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stink, stench

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un odeur nauséabonde

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a stench

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acre

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acrid, pungent

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avoir une bonne, mauvaise vue

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to have a good, poor eyesight

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etre en vue

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to be in sight

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apparaitre

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to come in sight, to appear

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perdre qqn de vue

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to los e sight of sb

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tirer à vue

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to shoot on sight

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connaitre qqn de vue

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to know sb by sight

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distinguer qqch

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to make sth out

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boucher le vue de qqn

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to block sb’s view

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le spectacle de

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the sight of

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les badauds

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the onlookers

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bien en évidence

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conspicuous

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passer inaperçu

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to be inconspicuous

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translucide

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translucent

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guetter qqch

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to keep a lookout for sth

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surveiller qqn

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to keep one’s eye on sb

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observateur

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observant

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contempler qqch

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to gaze at sth

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jeter un coup doeil à

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to glance at

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regarder en l’air, autour de soi

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to glance up, around

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aperçevoir

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to catch sight, a glimpse of

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parcourir qqch du regard

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to scan sth

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regarder furtivement

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to peep at

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regarder du coin de l’oeil

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to squint at

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regarder à la dérobée

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to look surreptitiously at

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reluquer

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to ogle

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cligner des yeux

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to blink

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regarder dans le vide

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to gaze into space

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fixer du regard

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to stare at

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regarder d’un air interrogateur

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to peer at

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regarder d’un air dubitatif

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to peer doubtfully at

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lancer un regard furieux

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to glare at

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jeter un regard désapprobateur

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to glare at sb disapprovingly,

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lancer des oeillades at qqn

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to make eyes at

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regarder qqn bouche bée

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to gape at

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etre tout ouie

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to be all ears

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il a l’oreille fine

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his hearing is very acute

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avoir de l’oreille

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to have a good ear

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à portée, hors de portée de voix

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within, out of earshot

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surprendre une conversation

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to overhear a conversation

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écouter une conversation en cachette

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to eavesdrop on a conversation

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tendre l’oreille

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to prick up one’s ear

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guetter le bruit de

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to listen for

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n’écouter que d’une oreille

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to listen with only one ear, to only half listen

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se boucher les oreilles

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to put ones finger in one’s ears

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faire la sourde oreille à

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to pretend not to hear

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distinctement

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audibly

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umperceptible

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inaudible

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tranquille (lieyu) silencieux (machine)

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quiet

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se taire

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to stop talking

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taisez vous

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be quiet

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faible (bruit)

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faint, slight

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faible (voix)

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faint

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étouffer un bruit

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to muffle a sound

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un vacarme

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a racket

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un tumulte

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an uproar

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se répercuter

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to echo

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aigu

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shrill, high pitched

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discordant

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discordant, jarring

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faire un bruit discordant

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to jar

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grave

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low

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grave (voix, son)

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deep, low pitched

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tinter (clochette)

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to tinkle

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tinter (monnaie)

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to jingle

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tinter (verre)

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to chink

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carillonner

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to peal, to ring

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un carillon

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a peal of bells

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retentir (cris)

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to ring out

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rententir (voix)

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to boom

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retentir de qqc

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to resound with sth

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greincer (frein)

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to screech

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grincer (objet metallique)

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to grate

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grincer des dents

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to grind one’s teeth

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hurler (personne)

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a schriek

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hurler (sirene)

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to wail

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hurler (radio)

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to blare, to blast

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cliqueter (vaisselle, cles)

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to clink

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cliqueter (chaines)

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to clank

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cliqueter talons

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to clatter

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crisser (gravier)

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to crunch

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crisser (pneus)

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to squeal

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faire un brui de feraille

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to rattle

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crépiter (feu)

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to crackle

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crépiter (mitrailleuse)

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to rattle

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grésiller (friture)

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to sizzle

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grésiller (radio)

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to crackle

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se fracasser

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to crash

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tomber avec fracas

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to come crushing down

154
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patatras

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crash

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claquer (porte, volet)

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to bang

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claquer le porte

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to shut the door with a bang, slam the door shut

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claquer (corde qui casse)

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to snap

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claquer (fouet)

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to crack

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claquer (drapeau)

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to flap

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claquer des talons

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to click one’s heels

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craquer (feuilles mortes)

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to crackle

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craquer (chaussures)

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to squeak

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craquer (bois)

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to creak

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bruire

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to rustle

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une déflagration

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a blast

166
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une détonatin

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a bang, a report

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pétarader

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to backfire

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ronfler (personne)

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to snore

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ronfler (feu moteur)

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to roar

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vrombir

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to whirr

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siffler

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to hiss

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siffler (personne, vent)

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to whistle

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gémir (personne, vent)

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to moan

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gémir (planche)

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to creak

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gronder (train, tonnreer, canon)

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to rumble

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rugir (tempete, mer)

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to roar

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faire plouf

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to make a splash

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clapoter

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to lap

179
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le clapotement des vagues

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the lapping of the waves

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gargouiller

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to gurgle

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sensible a

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sensitive to

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