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anormal

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abnormal

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en feu, resplendissant de

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ablaze with

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bizarre

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peculiar

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grossier, violent

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abusive

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au milieu de, parmi

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amid

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caution, mise en liberté provisoire (sous caution)
fixer la caution à
être sous caution
accorder la liberté provisoire

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bail
to set bail at
to be on bail
to grant sb bail

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balai

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broom

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daltonien

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colour-blind

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comprendre ou rassembler
(Mes pensées sont des étoiles que je ne peux plus rassembler en constellations)

Equivalent de “figure out”

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to fathom
(My thoughts are stars I can't fathom into constellations)

We’re trying to fathom out what’s going on

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autoroute (US)

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freeway

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draps, linge de lit

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linen

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T’es un sacré numéro !

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You’re a real piece of work.

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liaison amoureuse

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love affair

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jupon

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petticoat

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rateau

pelle

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rake

spade

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un vide

vide (adj)

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a vacuum

empty or vacant

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étouffer qn

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to smother someone

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écran total

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sunblock

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échange (commercial)

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swap

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aubergine

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eggplant

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bémol (musique)

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flat

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dièse

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sharp

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pâte d’amandes

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marzipan

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tournevis

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screwdriver

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se retourner contre

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to backfire at

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améliorer

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to boost, to bolster

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semer le désordre

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to stir chaos

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ne plus aller a l’école (arrêter l’école)

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to drop out of school

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faire l’école buissonnière

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to be / play truant

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mou

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slack

sluggish

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être la risée de

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to be the laughing stock of

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s’éloigner du sujet

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to get/go a little off track

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désobligeant

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demeaning

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en grande partie

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for the most part

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s’emmêler

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to get tangled up

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agité, impatient

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restless

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déferler en masse

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to swarm

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épave

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wreck

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brumeux

brume

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hazy

haze

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s’épiler les sourcils

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to pluck one’s eyebrows

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strident, perçant

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shrill

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une quinzaine de jours

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a fortnight

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pur et simple

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sheer

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avec impatience

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eagerly

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que parce que, pour la simple raison que

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merely

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palpitation ou vrombissement

palpiter

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a throb

to throb

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parier, jouer

un pari

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to gamble, to wage

a wager

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paysan

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peasant

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aubépine

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hawthorn

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rame

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oar

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fainéant

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shiftless

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réaliser, s’apercevoir de

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to wise up to sth

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perplexe

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baffled

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étouffant

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stifling (staifeling)

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ricaner à/de

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to sneer at

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laisser qn se débrouiller

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to leave sb in the lurch

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calomnie

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slander

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voler, dévaliser

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to rob

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prix du voyage, tarif

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fare

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s’étaler

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to sprawl

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velours (de velours)

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velvet

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rossignol

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nightingale

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complètement

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utterly

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sur le point de faire qch

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on the verge of doing sth

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prononcer

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to utter

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pâle, faible

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wan

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couronne

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wreath

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sidéré

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stunned

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chanceler

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to totter

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entrouvert

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ajar

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dédaigneux, hautain

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supercilious

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grave ou aiguë (douleur)

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acute

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à peine, tout juste

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scarcely

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apogée

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climax

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horreur

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eyesore

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complexe

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intricate

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tapageur

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riotous

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marais, marécage

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marsh

swamp

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mépris

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scorn

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chagrin, douleur

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grief

to be grieving

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distant, à l’écart

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aloof

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curieusement

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oddly

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être au courant de

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to be privy to

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étouffement, répression

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suppression

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rapporter (argent)

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to fetch

It can fetch as much as….

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venimeux (serpent)

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venomous

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une odeur, une bouffée de

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a whiff of

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pittoresque

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picturesque

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Plus de 20,000 hab vivent a Dallas

À Ashland se trouve un institut scientifique

A

Dallas is home to more than 20,000 residents

Ashland is home to a science institution

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contrefaire
une contrefaçon
la contrefaçon

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to counterfeit
a counterfeit
counterfeiting

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inclure, comprendre

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to encompass

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À une seule condition

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Only ON one condition

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infraction à la loi (délit)

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a felony

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Je dois rendre mon essai mardi.

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My essay is due Tuesday.

to be due + date

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entrepôt

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warehouse

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être sorti de l’auberge

On n’est pas sortis de l’auberge

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to be out of the woods

We’re not out of the woods yet !

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Touchons du bois !

A

Knock on wood !

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appuyer sur le champignon

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to floor it

I floored it

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faire vrombir le moteur

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to revv the engine

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le chemin de cailloux du petit Poucet

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a breadcrumb trail

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punaise

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a thumbtack

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volant (voiture)

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the steering wheel

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rien à part

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nothing but for

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viande de mouton

viande de veau

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mutton (fully grown sheep)

veal

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