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to breach the ban

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violer, transgresser un interdit

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The Crown Court

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la Cour d’assises (= tribunal en charge des affaires criminelles) –> “crown” = couronne OU un sommet

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the demise

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la disparition, la chute, la mort

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to be wily

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être rusin, malin, astucieux

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to crammed sth

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bourré, remplir qqc de qqc

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backed (adj)

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soutenu, appuyé, encouragé (endorsed)

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a playwright

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un dramaturge OU un auteur dramatique (“a wright” = un artisan (craftsman))

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a screenwriter

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un scénariste

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barely

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à peine, tout juste (par ex: il y avait tout juste assez de nourriture pour la soirée)

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the prevalence

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la fréquence

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to subsidize sth

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subventionner qqc

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to be hooked on sth

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être accro à qqc

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an outcry

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un tollé, un cri général de protestation et d’indignation

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fanciful (adj)

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irréaliste

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to stamp out sth

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éliminer, éradiquer qqc

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a landmark resolution

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une résolution historique dans les annales judiciaires

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a polio

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abbréviation de “poliomyélite” : maladie virale provoquant des paralysies

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cash-strapped (adj)

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à court d’argent, à sec

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19
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a peak

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un sommet

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to hole sth

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faire un trou dans qqc

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to get buried in sth

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être caché, enterré dans qqc

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relentless (adj)

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incessant, continuel

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to take time off

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prendre des congés, des vacances

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aholic (adj) –> workaholic

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accro à qqc –> passer son temps à bosser, être accro au boulot

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to buckle down (expression typique)

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se mettre au travail, s’atteler à qqc, s’y mettre sérieusement (a buckle = une boucle)

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a bind

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une situation difficile, un pétrin

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être sourd

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to be deaf [dèf]

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feudal (adj)

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féodal (of medieval feudal system)

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to step up to the plate

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faire sa part du travail

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to drive sb nuts

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rendre qqn dingue (en le dérangeant pendant qu’il essaie de bosser par ex)

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a glut

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une saturation, un excès

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32
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a wad of cash

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des liasses, un paquet d’argent

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33
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to head off

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partir, “décoller” quelque part

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to be on to sth (expression typique)

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ne pas être dupe de qqc

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to peter out

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diminuer, s’essouffler, se faiblir

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to set off

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prendre la route, se mettre en route, partir

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staunchly (adv)

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résolument, décidément

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38
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courtesy of [sb/sth]

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offert par qqn/qqc (un récit d’une expérience par ex)

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a Gallic

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un français (gaullois)

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a walkout

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une grève

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41
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a clampdown

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une répression

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42
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stuffy (adj)

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étouffant OU ennuyeux

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43
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a keystroke

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frapper sur un clavier (act of tapping on a computer key)

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44
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to oversee sth

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surveiller, superviser qqc

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for the sake of sb/sth

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dans l’intérêt de qqn/qqc

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the discretion

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la discrétion, retenue OU le pouvoir de décider

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47
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white-shoe (adj)

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bourgeois (relating to upper classes)

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cushy (adj)

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adjectif assez familier –> pénard, pépère, tranquille

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a janitor

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un gardien, concierge (syn : custodian)

50
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a solicitor

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un avocat, un notaire

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“c’est ce qui me fait lever de mon lit tous les matins” (un bon job par ex)

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that’s what get me out of bed every morning

52
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entertaining

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amusant, divertissant OU recevoir (à l’hopital: recevoir les patients par ex)

53
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an upside

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un avantage, un bon côté

54
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une épingle

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a pin

55
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a cog

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un rouage (= small part of a large system)

56
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the steel

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l’acier

57
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to rack up

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accumuler, récolter, amasser

58
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lofty (adj)

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élevé, ambitieux

59
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to shun

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fuir, éviter, rejeter, banir

60
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to be harried

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être stressé, troublé

61
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to nudge

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encourager, pousser (qqn) OU frôler (frôler un record par ex)

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to keep up

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suivre, continuer, poursuivre, entretenir

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to mutter

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marmonner, parler entre ses dents OU se plaindre (to fuss)

64
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“voler la vedette”

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to steal the headlines

65
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a breakdown

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une rupture

66
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the leverage

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le poids/l’influence; l’avantage

67
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to opt-out

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se désengager

68
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to resist sth

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s’opposer à qqc / (i can’t resist : je ne peux m’empêcher)

69
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to rule out sth

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écarter, exclure, éliminer qqc

70
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to repeal sth

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abroger, révoquer qqc

71
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to enshrine sth

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conserver qqc précieusement

72
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freiner, ralentir

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to brake

73
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“it is up to [sb] to do [sth]” –> expression typique

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“c’est à qqn de décider de faire qch”

74
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le point de friction (= là où ça commence à ne plus aller)

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a sticking point

75
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to ensue

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s’ensuivre (ex : “La manifestation devenait violente et la police craignait que s’ensuivent des émeutes”.)

76
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to opine [opayne]

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faire remarquer, être d’avis (to give one’s opinion)

77
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to foist [sth] on [sb]

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imposer qqc à qqn

78
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a shibboleth

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un signe distinctif

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to take a bashing, to get a bashing, to receive a bashing

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se faire critiquer, se prendre une raclée

80
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a dumping

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un dépôt de déchets, d’ordures

81
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a pastime

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un passe-temps, un hobby

82
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un conjoint, un époux

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a spouse {spaouse]

83
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to hunt [sb/sth] down

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traquer qqn/qqc (par ex un flic)

84
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tirer qqn vers le haut/bas

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to drag [sb] up/down

85
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un BTS (2-year qualification)

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an associate degree

86
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a community college

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Aux États-Unis, les collèges communautaires offrent principalement des diplômes sur deux ans et ont autrefois été communément appelés junior colleges.

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flagging (adj)

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flasque, mou (flabby)

88
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a curriculum

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un programme scolaire

89
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to nurture, to bring up sb

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élever qqn (élever ses enfants par ex)

90
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to sharpen sth

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perfectionner, améliorer, développer qqc

91
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to lag

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être à la traîne, se faire distancer

92
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to catch up

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rattraper son retard

93
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bleak (adj)

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lugubre, maussade, peu réjouissant

94
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an endowment

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une dotation (pour une université par ex)

95
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to act as a drag

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être un frein

96
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to upend sth

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chambouler, bouleverser qqc OU renverser, mettre à l’envers, retourner qqc

97
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to gauge

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jauger, mesurer

98
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“to pay through the nose” –> expression

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payer à un prix très élevé, bien trop élevé

99
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a vendor

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un vendeur/une vendeuse

100
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the evil

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le mal (moral badness)

101
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the hype

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le matraquage publicitaire, l’hyper médiatisation

102
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to shut sb out

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interdire l’entrée à qqn, laisser qqn à la porte

103
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the Tube

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la télé (familier)

104
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to divvy sth up

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se partager qqc

105
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to summon

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appeler, faire venir

106
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être poilu

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to be hairy (syn : to be furry)

107
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the shutdown

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l’arrêt, la fermeture

108
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une course (taxi / Uber)

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a fare

109
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to upset sth

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contrarier, fâcher, bouleverser qqc

110
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to bask in [sth]

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savourer (un moment par ex) (“I bask in the warmth of my family’s love”)

111
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a glow

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une lueur, un éclat

112
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to foreshadow sth

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présager, annoncer qqc

113
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the sanctuary

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le sanctuaire OU le refuge

114
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to lambast sth

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attaquer verbalement qqc

115
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to bemoan

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se plaindre, se lamenter

116
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to shelter

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se protéger, se défendre, s’abriter

117
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the dean

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le doyen (d’une université par ex)

118
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to snap sth up

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s’arracher qqc –> rush to obtain

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