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le repos

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rest

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engouffrer

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to shovel(charbon)
to swallow up, to devour(une fortune)
to gobble(nourriture)
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coiffer qn au poteau

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pip at the post

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mener un enfant à l’école/chez le medecin

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to take a child to school/to see the doctor

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peser

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to weigh

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parcourir

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to cover/to travel

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s’acharner sur

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To go at fiercely

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renâcler à faire quelque chose

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to be (very) loath
to be reluctant to do something
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la besogne

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task, job,work

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étayer

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To prop up

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entraver

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to hold up(circulation); to hinder

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enfoiré, enfoirée

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bastard

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un raccourci

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a shortcut

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mesquin, mesquine

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mean, petty, niggardly

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un écueil

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reef, pitfall, danger, hazard

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dérouler le tapis rouge

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roll out the red carpet

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caler

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to wedge

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l’industrie touristique

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the touriste trade

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inépuisable

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inexhaustible, unlimited

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une tournure de phrase

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turn of phrase

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le minerai

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ore

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dégringoler

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to fall

(monnaie, prix) to collapse, to take a tumble

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la guêpière

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basque

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la mal-bouffe

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junk food

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calfeutré
draughtproof
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aimable comme une porte de prison
like a bear with a sore head
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comme le rideau se levait
as the curtain was rising
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Comme il pleuvait, j'ai pris la voiture
as/since it was raining I took the car
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comme il est lâche, il n'a pas osé parler
being a coward, he didn't dare speak
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le/la ours (ourse)
bear
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le plancher
floor
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le plancher des vaches
dry land
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le plafond, âge-plafond
ceiling, maximum age
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le plafond est bas
the cloud cover is low
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Un poing américain
knuckle duster
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Qui sied
which suits
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chalouper
rolling gait
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une œillade
a glance
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du baume au cœur
to warm the heart
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se tasser
to shrink
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un grand ponte
a bigwig
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esseulé
lonely
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une pivoine
a peony
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le va-et-vient
to and fro
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escamoter
to make disappear, to filch
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une benne
a skip
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echouer
to fail, to run aground
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la cécité
blindness
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à foison
abundance
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elimé
worn
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les savates
old shoes
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une lanière
a strap
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onduler
to flutter, to ripple
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le bassin
pelvis, pond, pool
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s'enticher de
to become infatuated/besotted with
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une échasse
stilt
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il y a de boire à foison
there's drinks galore
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caouchouc mousse
foam rubber
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plafond du credit
credit limit
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un pantalon elimé au genoux
trousers threadbare at the knees
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saugrenu
peculiar, weird
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Elle veut que nous soyons à la fête. (volition)
She wants us to be at the party.
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daigner
to deign to
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C'est de la petite bière
it's nothing
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Quant à moi, je pense qu'il est fou
As for me, he's mad
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Quant à moi, je pars
As for me, I'm off
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je n'ai rien su quant à ce qui s'est passé
I knew nothing about what happened
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Mitiger
to mitigate
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Un tronçon
a section
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balnéaire
swimming, bathing
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la station debout lui est pénible
he finds standing upright painful
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un jouvenceau
stripling, youth
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susciter (donner naissance à: admiration, intérêt)
To arouse (passions, jalousies)
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à la naissance des cheveux
at the roots of the hair
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avoir mal aux cheveux
to have a hangover
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ce shampooing retarde le blanchissement des cheveux
this shampoo stops your hair going grey
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cheveux de jais
jet-black hair
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cheveux difficiles à discipliner
unruly hair
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carrosse tiré par huit chevaux
carriage drawn by eight horses
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Marc et Charles ont toutes les clefs en main pour se faufiler au mieux entre les îles.
Marc and Charles have got everything they need to find the best way through the islands.
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Lorsque le retour dans le pays d'origine n'est pas possible, la réinstallation peut constituer la seule solution.
Where return to the country of origin is not possible, resettlement may be the only solution.
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Je fais ici allusion au programme de réinstallation ou de réaffectation.
I am referring here to the resettlement or reallocation programme.
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Tabasser
to thrash
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Se faire tabasser
to get beaten up
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Ils arrivèrent au port
they reached port
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la lettre ne lui est pas encore parvenue
the letter hasn't reached him yet
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étendre
to spread
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le faîte
crest, top, summit
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étant parvenu au faîte de la gloire
having achieved the pinnacle of fame
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la trouille
fear, fright
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une nacelle
basket, gondola
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On peut y descendre en nacelle pour une visite musicale magique.
You can descend it in a basket for a magical musical tour.
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(ordonnance de) non-lieu
no case to answer, no grounds for prosecution
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bénéficier d'une forte remise
to get a big reduction
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dans la confusion générale, elle s'est échappée
amid all the noise and confusion, she escaped
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parmi
amid
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une concertation
dialogue, meeting
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percevoir
to perceive, to detect
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une ébauche
outline, draft
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se remettre
to put back in place
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Ramer
to row, to work hard
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encroûter
to stagnate, to encrust,
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la gestion
management
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déchets domestiques
kitchen waste
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réclamer
to claim
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le groupe qui a revendiqué l'attentat
The group which claimed responsibility for the attack
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Une planche à mesurer comporte une règle incrustée dans une planche et un butoir.
A measuring board consists of a ruler embedded in a board and a headpiece.
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le butoir, une tête de lit
buffer, door stop, limit, headboard
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quant à
as for, as to
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Je n'ai rien su quant à ce qui s'est passé
I knew nothing about what happened
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inéluctable
Inevitable
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dérive des continents
contintal drift
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déplacé, inconvenant
unseemly
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fiable
reliable
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piétiner
to walk on the spot
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dégaine
gait
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saltimbanque
acrobat
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parcours semé d'embûches
course littered with obstacles
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la société est bien partie pour atteindre des bénéfices record
the company is on course to achieve a record profit
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le casseur
Rioter, burglar, scrap dealer
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les corps jonchaient le sol | jonché de détritus
The bodies lay strewn on the ground | Littered with rubbish
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joncher
to strew
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étant donné que des témoins ont déclaré au Rapporteur spécial que 200 camions environ ont été utilisés pour les emmener
[...] people witnessing the operation told the Special Rapporteur that approximately 200 trucks were used to take away people.
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[accompagner] | emmener quelqu'un à la gare
to take somebody to the station | b. [en voiture] to give somebody a lift to OU to drop somebody off at the station
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amener quelqu'un chez soi
to bring somebody round to one's place, to bring somebody home
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amener quelqu'un à faire quelque chose
To lead somebody to do something
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allier
to combine
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dont
among which
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un ameublement
furnishing
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un défilé de mode
fashion show
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inscrit au patrimoine
listed as part of the heritage
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un bassin
a pool
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ludique
recreational
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un promenoir
a walkway
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un band sonore
a soundtrack
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les éclaboussements
splashing
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un foyer
a children's home
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supporter difficilement
To find it difficult to cope with
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déracinement
uprooting
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obtenir gain de cause
to win the case
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faire appel à
to call on
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un(e) bénévole
a volunteer
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envahir
to invade
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Une aiguille
a needle
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resserrant
Strengthening
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un butoir
buffer, limit
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la ressemblance
Similarity to
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un agacement
irritation, annoyance
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le mousse
cabin boy | lather, foam
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un faisceau
beam, ray
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faufiler
to baste | to tack
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Il appartient aux pays qui empruntent des capitaux pour financer des projets, de gérer cette dette.
It was up to countries that borrowed funds for projects to manage their debt.
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bouc emmisaire
scapegoat
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Signalisation routière
Roadsign
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panneau de signalisation
Road sign
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to be a guinea-pig
servir de cobaye
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le pasteur
vicar
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Beaux-enfants
stepchildren
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moi, je suis peinard
I'm all right Jack??
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court
la cour, le tribunal(cour royale)
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pluck up
(weeds)extirper, arracher | il a trouvé le courage de
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vanter
to praise, to vaunt
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un monceau de linge sale
a mountain of dirty washing
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un monceau
a heap, a pile
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Histoire louche
shady business
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brasser
stir up, to brew
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besotted
épris
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smallpox
la variole
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le tourbillon
whirlwind, vortex
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s'emparer
to grab, to snatch, to seize
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enivrer
to make drunk, to intoxicate
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la cuvée
tankfull, vintage
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décombres
debris, rubble, wreckage
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la estafilade
slash, gash
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avoir le bourdon
to be down in the dumps
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cadence de production
rate of production