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to make you respond in an emotional way

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to strike a chord

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to behave appropriately

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to strike the right note

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to avenge a wrong; to repay a debt

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to settle the score

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to have more than one ability or thing one can use if the first one they try is not successful

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to have more than one string to one’s bow

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to be sold for un unexpectedly low price

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to go for a song

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to be in agreement with

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to be in tune with

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something important, worth mentioning, or well-known

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someone or something of note

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that has gone before; previous; determined in advance; inevitable

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foregone

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indépendant

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independent

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un état d’urgence

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a state of emergency

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une bouffée de fumée

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a puff of smoke

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un grondement de tonnerre

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a rumble of thunder

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un vêtement

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an item of clothing

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une nouvelle

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an item of news

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une source d’amusement

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a source of amusement

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un rayon de lumière

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a ray of light

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un flot d’abus

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a stream of abuse

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un grain de poussière

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a speck of dust

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un coup de vent

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a gust of wind

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un grain de sable

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a grain of sand

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un coup de chance

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a stroke of luck

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une vitre

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a pane of glass

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une salve d’applaudissements

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a burst of applause

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être un voyageur en chambre

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to be an armchair traveller

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innovatrices

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female innovators

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la malchance

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misfortune

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les gardiens de l’humanité

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sustainers of mankind

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le fainéant (dans les workhouses)

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malingerer

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une jument

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mare

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30
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outcome

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upshot

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trait, lueur, éclair, reflet

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glint

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brume légère, incertitude (de l’esprit)

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haze

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hermine d’été

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stoat

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belette

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weasel

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fouine

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stone marten

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furet

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ferret

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méli-mélo, mélange confus

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hotchpotch

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le quai, l’appontement

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wharf-s or wharves

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l’aumône

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alm

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maison d’indigents

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almhouse

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un loft

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a garret

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l’affluence, la cohue

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throng

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l’arrière-scène, la toile

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backdrop

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le trésor découvert

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treasure trove

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le filou, l’escroc

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swindler

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le vilain, le méchant

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out-an-out villain

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47
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le legs

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bequest

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arriérés de loyer

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rent arrears

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faire les 400 coups

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to play all sorts of pranks

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une espièglerie, frasque, escapade

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prank

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la paggaie

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paddle

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être un paternel

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to be a fatherly

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un sol fertile de misère, malheur, tristesse

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a fertile soil of wretchedness

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la confusion, l’enchevêtrement

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muddle

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le comportement, l’attitude, la conduite

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demeanour

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des leçons d’élocution et de maintien

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lessons in speech and deportment

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un port altier

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a proud bearing

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de sérieux doutes

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serious misgivings

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une intuition féminine

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female intuition

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le sixième sens

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sixth sense

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le mauvais présage

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a bad omen

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un oiseau de mauvais augure

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a bird of ill omen

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un soupçon sournois

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a sneaking suspicion

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un curieux sentiment

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a funny feeling

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la seconde vue

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a second sight

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un étrange pressentiment

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a strange foreboding

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un fort pressentiment

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a strong hunch

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un signe certain

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a sure sign

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la Cendrillon

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the household drudge

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peiner, trimer

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to drudge

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le travail pénible, ingrat

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drudgery

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les bois (d’un cerf)

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antlers

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un rongeur

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rodent

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les défauts, imperfections, points faibles

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shortcomings

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le baratin publicitaire

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promotional blurb

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le dédain, le mépris

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scorn

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rejeter quelque chose d’un ton de mépris

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to pour scorn on something

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dédaigneux

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scornful

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dédaigneusement

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scornfully

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une entrave, un empêchement

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impediment

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81
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la personne à charge

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the dependant

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une truelle

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a trowel

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une maladie légère

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an ailment

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84
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l’auteur dramaturge

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playwright

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85
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l’incrédulité

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disbelief

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86
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résoudre une question

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to settle a query

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la méfiance

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mistrust

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le doute, la crainte, le pressentiment

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misgivings

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une baisse soudaine, une chute, un effondrement

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a slump

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la vente de soldes

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clearance sales

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les bénéfices

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the proceeds

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le lieu de rassemblement, le hall

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the concourse

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utile, qui aide

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subservient

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le grossiste

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wholesaler

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le commerce de gros

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wholesale trade

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gros et détail

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wholesale and retail

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les montagnes russes

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roller-coaster

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être au bord de quelque chose

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to be on the brink of

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être au bord des larmes

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to be on the brink of tears

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100
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les à-côtés

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perks

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la gaieté, l’allégresse

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mirth

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une marche pénible

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a trudge

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103
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l’arithmétique

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arithmetic

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le soupçon

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inkling

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la coulée, le filet

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trickle

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la confusion

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bewilderment

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une opinion préconçue

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a bias opinion

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le retard, l’aliénation mentale

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backwardness

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l’étrangeté, la bizarrerie

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quaintness

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le dialecte

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idiom

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le sourire de mépris

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sneer

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rire étouffé

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chuckling

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rire sous cape

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sniggering

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le remue-ménage

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bustle

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le bras de mer, la crique

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the inlet

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l’hélicoptère

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chopper

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la consternation

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dismay

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à notre consternation

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to our dismay

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un amoindrissement, une litote

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understatement

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un croisement

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a crossroads

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deux avions

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two aircraft

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l’arbitre

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the umpire

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années sans fonctionnement

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years of idleness

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something you try to reach

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level of attainment

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charm and magnetism

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charisma

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subtle variation

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nuance

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condition

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syndrome

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dislike

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grudge

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effort, tentative

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endeavour

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inconvénient

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drawback

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gonflement

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swelling

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grain

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bead

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le travail

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toil

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le panneau d’affichage

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billboard

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le calme, le sang-froid

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composure

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l’exploit, le tour de force

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feat

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de premier ordre

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top-notch

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la malignité

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shrewdness

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la hiérarchie

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pecking order

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quelqu’un qui aime les chiffres

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a number cruncher

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les effets, les bagages

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kit

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la force vitale

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stamina

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le dégoût, la répugnance

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loathing

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le vol

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robbery

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le voleur

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robber

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la contrefaçon

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forgery

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le vol

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stealing

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le vol avec effraction

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burglary

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l’agresseur

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mugger

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l’attaque à main armée

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mugging

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la calomnie, diffamation, médisance

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slander

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incendie involontaire

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arson

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balade en voiture volée

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joyriding

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au commencement

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at the outset

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dès le départ

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from the outset

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dispute, tracas

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hassle

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une grande variété de plats

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an extensive selection of dishes

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les forces et les faiblesses

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strengths and weaknesses

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un tas de vêtements

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a heap of clothes

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une information

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a piece of information

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un soupçon de colère

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a hint of anger

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une pincée de sel

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a pinch of salt

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une preuve

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a shred of evidence

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a shot in which the camera seems to be very near

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a close-up

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the situation or events that explain why something happens in the way that it does

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background

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a film that is based on a book or play

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an adaptation

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the words that are written down for actors to say in a film and te instructions that tell them what they should do

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the screenplay

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the recorded music from a film

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the soundtrack

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the music written especially for the film

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the score

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a place away from a film studio where scenes are filmed

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a location

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the events that form the main story of a film

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a plot

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a single piece of action that happens in one place

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a scene

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a film that tells a long story about brave actions and exciting events

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an epic

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la rancune

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resentment

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une vague d’optimisme

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a wave of optimism

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an approach to, a feeling about

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an outlook on

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une impression durable

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a lasting impression

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in the middle of a sentence

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mid-sentence

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when it is not busy

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off-peak time

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le désinfectant

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disinfectant

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une couche de peinture

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a coat of paint

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le houblon

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hop

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bois coupé

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timber

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une horde de cochons, de vaches

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a herd of pigs, cows

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un ban de poissons

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a school of fish

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une meute de chiens, de loups

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a pack of dogs, wolves

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un groupe de lions

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a pride of lions

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un troupeau de moutons

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a flock of sheep

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une flaque

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a puddle

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la saumure

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brine

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havre, abri

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haven

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une partie nulle

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a draw

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haut de gamme

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up-market

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produit principal

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staple

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manne (à provisions)

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hamper

196
Q

un marchand de tissu

A

draper

197
Q

mercerie, chemiserie

A

haberdashery

198
Q

le mépris

A

contempt

199
Q

la timidité

A

sheepishness

200
Q

un tuyau d’arrosage

A

a water hose

201
Q

un cri perçant

A

a screech

202
Q

éclairage au néon

A

street lighting

203
Q

la réprimande

A

telling off

204
Q

une déclaration extravagante

A

a rant

205
Q

rubbish

A

codswallop

206
Q

un lieu fréquenté, une retraite

A

haunt

207
Q

glapissement, japement

A

yelp

208
Q

la palpitation

A

throb

209
Q

l’effusion du coeur

A

outpouring of the heart

210
Q

l’épanchement

A

outpouring

211
Q

le mérite

A

worthiness

212
Q

le sortilège, le sort

A

hex

213
Q

la jaserie, le babil, le caquetage

A

chattering

214
Q

lueur, faible clarté

A

shimmer

215
Q

le planeur

A

glider

216
Q

s.o. who decides to live on his/her own

A

reclusive

217
Q

la pente

A

slope

218
Q

rafale (de neige)

A

flurry

219
Q

l’extrait

A

excerpt

220
Q

l’épisode

A

instalment

221
Q

a very attractive person

A

a heart-throb

222
Q

somebody who had the second place

A

the runner-up

223
Q

le chaos

A

mayhem

224
Q

le passe-thé

A

tea-strainer

225
Q

pas la moindre preuve

A

not a shred of evidence

226
Q

l’empiètement, l’usurpation

A

encroachment

227
Q

la rencontre

A

the encounter

228
Q

when you go on little not important details

A

nitpicking

229
Q

a method

A

a device

230
Q

la bruyère, la lande

A

the heath

231
Q

a resort where you can have a treatment

A

a spa

232
Q

in line with

A

in tune with

233
Q

l’usure

A

the wear and tear

234
Q

l’amélioration

A

enhancement, improvement

235
Q

le champ de cisions

A

the eye span

236
Q

une indication

A

a cue, a hint

237
Q

un vieux garçon

A

a bachelor

238
Q

une vieille fille

A

a spinster

239
Q

un indic

A

a grass

240
Q

le Mont de Piété

A

the Pawnbrokers

241
Q

un grand livre, registre

A

a ledger

242
Q

bêtise, blague

A

tosh

243
Q

l’agitation

A

fidget

244
Q

la cabane, hutte

A

shack

245
Q

le verrou, l’éclair

A

bolt

246
Q

le carquois

A

quiver

247
Q

le sort, destin

A

lot

248
Q

le cascadeur

A

stuntman

249
Q

prospect

A

outlook

250
Q

failure

A

breakdown

251
Q

change

A

turnover

252
Q

reductions

A

cutbacks

253
Q

cash-desk

A

checkout

254
Q

places to sell

A

outlets

255
Q

a change

A

a shake-up

256
Q

a collapse

A

a break-up

257
Q

an escape

A

a break-out

258
Q

an action against

A

a crack-down

259
Q

a strike

A

a walk-out

260
Q

la fausseté, l’illusion

A

fallacy

261
Q

la réconciliation

A

atonement

262
Q

en réparation d’un tort

A

in atonement for a wrong

263
Q

la sécheresse

A

the drought

264
Q

le pré

A

meadow

265
Q

l’amiante

A

asbestos

266
Q

lié sous le charme

A

spell-bound

267
Q

la randonnée

A

hiking

268
Q

un cheveu

A

a strand of hair

269
Q

la cible

A

target

270
Q

une loi

A

Act of Parliament

271
Q

un prjet de loi

A

a bill

272
Q

Ministre de l’intérieur

A

Home secretary

273
Q

une impasse

A

a deadlock

274
Q

le contrebandier

A

bootlegger

275
Q

une poubelle à papier

A

a litter bin

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