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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

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draughtproof

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aimable comme une porte de prison

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like a bear with a sore head

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comme le rideau se levait

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as the curtain was rising

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Comme il pleuvait, j’ai pris la voiture

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as/since it was raining I took the car

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comme il est lâche, il n’a pas osé parler

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being a coward, he didn’t dare speak

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le/la ours (ourse)

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bear

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le plancher

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floor

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le plancher des vaches

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dry land

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le plafond, âge-plafond

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ceiling, maximum age

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le plafond est bas

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the cloud cover is low

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Un poing américain

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knuckle duster

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Qui sied

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which suits

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chalouper

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rolling gait

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une œillade

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a glance

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du baume au cœur

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to warm the heart

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se tasser

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to shrink

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un grand ponte

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a bigwig

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esseulé

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lonely

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une pivoine

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a peony

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le va-et-vient

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to and fro

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escamoter

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to make disappear, to filch

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une benne

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a skip

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echouer

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to fail, to run aground

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la cécité

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blindness

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à foison

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abundance

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elimé

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worn

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les savates

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old shoes

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une lanière

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a strap

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onduler

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to flutter, to ripple

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le bassin

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pelvis, pond, pool

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s’enticher de

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to become infatuated/besotted with

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une échasse

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stilt

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il y a de boire à foison

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there’s drinks galore

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57
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caouchouc mousse

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foam rubber

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58
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plafond du credit

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credit limit

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59
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un pantalon elimé au genoux

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trousers threadbare at the knees

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saugrenu

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peculiar, weird

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Elle veut que nous soyons à la fête. (volition)

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She wants us to be at the party.

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daigner

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to deign to

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C’est de la petite bière

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it’s nothing

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Quant à moi, je pense qu’il est fou

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As for me, he’s mad

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Quant à moi, je pars

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As for me, I’m off

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je n’ai rien su quant à ce qui s’est passé

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I knew nothing about what happened

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Mitiger

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to mitigate

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Un tronçon

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a section

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balnéaire

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swimming, bathing

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70
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la station debout lui est pénible

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he finds standing upright painful

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un jouvenceau

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stripling, youth

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susciter (donner naissance à: admiration, intérêt)

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To arouse (passions, jalousies)

73
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à la naissance des cheveux

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at the roots of the hair

74
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avoir mal aux cheveux

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to have a hangover

75
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ce shampooing retarde le blanchissement des cheveux

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this shampoo stops your hair going grey

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cheveux de jais

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jet-black hair

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cheveux difficiles à discipliner

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unruly hair

78
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carrosse tiré par huit chevaux

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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.

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Marc and Charles have got everything they need to find the best way through the islands.

80
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Lorsque le retour dans le pays d’origine n’est pas possible, la réinstallation peut constituer la seule solution.

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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.

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I am referring here to the resettlement or reallocation programme.

82
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Tabasser

A

to thrash

83
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Se faire tabasser

A

to get beaten up

84
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Ils arrivèrent au port

A

they reached port

85
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la lettre ne lui est pas encore parvenue

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the letter hasn’t reached him yet

86
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étendre

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to spread

87
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le faîte

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crest, top, summit

88
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étant parvenu au faîte de la gloire

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having achieved the pinnacle of fame

89
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la trouille

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fear, fright

90
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une nacelle

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basket, gondola

91
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On peut y descendre en nacelle pour une visite musicale magique.

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You can descend it in a basket for a magical musical tour.

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(ordonnance de) non-lieu

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no case to answer, no grounds for prosecution

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bénéficier d’une forte remise

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to get a big reduction

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dans la confusion générale, elle s’est échappée

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amid all the noise and confusion, she escaped

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parmi

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amid

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une concertation

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dialogue, meeting

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percevoir

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to perceive, to detect

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une ébauche

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outline, draft

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se remettre

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to put back in place

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Ramer

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to row, to work hard

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encroûter

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to stagnate, to encrust,

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la gestion

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management

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déchets domestiques

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kitchen waste

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réclamer

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to claim

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le groupe qui a revendiqué l’attentat

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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.

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A measuring board consists of a ruler embedded in a board and a headpiece.

107
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le butoir, une tête de lit

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buffer, door stop, limit, headboard

108
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quant à

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as for, as to

109
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Je n’ai rien su quant à ce qui s’est passé

A

I knew nothing about what happened

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inéluctable

A

Inevitable

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dérive des continents

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contintal drift

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déplacé, inconvenant

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unseemly

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fiable

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reliable

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piétiner

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to walk on the spot

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dégaine

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gait

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saltimbanque

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acrobat

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parcours semé d’embûches

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course littered with obstacles

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la société est bien partie pour atteindre des bénéfices record

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the company is on course to achieve a record profit

119
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le casseur

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Rioter, burglar, scrap dealer

120
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les corps jonchaient le sol

jonché de détritus

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The bodies lay strewn on the ground

Littered with rubbish

121
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joncher

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to strew

122
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étant donné que des témoins ont déclaré au Rapporteur spécial que 200 camions environ ont été utilisés pour les emmener

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[…] people witnessing the operation told the Special Rapporteur that approximately 200 trucks were used to take away people.

123
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[accompagner]

emmener quelqu’un à la gare

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to take somebody to the station

b. [en voiture] to give somebody a lift to OU to drop somebody off at the station

124
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amener quelqu’un chez soi

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to bring somebody round to one’s place, to bring somebody home

125
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amener quelqu’un à faire quelque chose

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To lead somebody to do something

126
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allier

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to combine

127
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dont

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among which

128
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un ameublement

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furnishing

129
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un défilé de mode

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fashion show

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inscrit au patrimoine

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listed as part of the heritage

131
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un bassin

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a pool

132
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ludique

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recreational

133
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un promenoir

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a walkway

134
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un band sonore

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a soundtrack

135
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les éclaboussements

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splashing

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un foyer

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a children’s home

137
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supporter difficilement

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To find it difficult to cope with

138
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déracinement

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uprooting

139
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obtenir gain de cause

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to win the case

140
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faire appel à

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to call on

141
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un(e) bénévole

A

a volunteer

142
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envahir

A

to invade

143
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Une aiguille

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a needle

144
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resserrant

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Strengthening

145
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un butoir

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buffer, limit

146
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la ressemblance

A

Similarity to

147
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un agacement

A

irritation, annoyance

148
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le mousse

A

cabin boy

lather, foam

149
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un faisceau

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beam, ray

150
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faufiler

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to baste

to tack

151
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Il appartient aux pays qui empruntent des capitaux pour financer des projets, de gérer cette dette.

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It was up to countries that borrowed funds for projects to manage their debt.

152
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bouc emmisaire

A

scapegoat

153
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Signalisation routière

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Roadsign

154
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panneau de signalisation

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Road sign

155
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to be a guinea-pig

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servir de cobaye

156
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le pasteur

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vicar

157
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Beaux-enfants

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stepchildren

158
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moi, je suis peinard

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I’m all right Jack??

159
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court

A

la cour, le tribunal(cour royale)

160
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pluck up

A

(weeds)extirper, arracher

il a trouvé le courage de

161
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vanter

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to praise, to vaunt

162
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un monceau de linge sale

A

a mountain of dirty washing

163
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un monceau

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a heap, a pile

164
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Histoire louche

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shady business

165
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brasser

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stir up, to brew

166
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besotted

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épris

167
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smallpox

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la variole

168
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le tourbillon

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whirlwind, vortex

169
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s’emparer

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to grab, to snatch, to seize

170
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enivrer

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to make drunk, to intoxicate

171
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la cuvée

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tankfull, vintage

172
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décombres

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debris, rubble, wreckage

173
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la estafilade

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slash, gash

174
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avoir le bourdon

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to be down in the dumps

175
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cadence de production

A

rate of production

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