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1
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rédiger

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to draft

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l’écriture fine (f)

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nice handwriting

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l’écriture serrée (f)

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dense handwriting

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l’écriture anguleuse (f)

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angular handwriting

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épeler

A

to spell

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noter

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to note

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marquer

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to note

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inscrire

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to write down

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gommer

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to rub out, erase

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effacer

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to score out

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barrer

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to cross out

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biffer

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to cross out

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la biffure

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crossing-out, deletion

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rayer

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to score out

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la rayure

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crossing-out

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raturer

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to erase

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17
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la rature

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crossing-out, deletion

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18
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lire tout bas

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to read to oneself

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19
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lire tout haut

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to read aloud

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20
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déchiffrer

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to decipher

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21
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le déchiffrage

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decoding, deciphering; sight-reading

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22
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dévorer

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to devour

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23
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feuilleter

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to leaf through

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24
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parcourir

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to skim

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25
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l’agenda (m)

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diary

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le carnet

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notebook

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le bloc

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pad

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le sous-main

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desk blotter

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le buvard

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blotter

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l’abrégé (m)

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summary

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31
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l’abécédaire (m)

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alphabet primer

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32
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le feuillet

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sheet

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33
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la reliure

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binding

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34
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le chapitre

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chapter

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le paragraphe

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paragraph

36
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l’alinéa (m)

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paragraph

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la colonne

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column

38
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la table des matières

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contents

39
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la jacquette

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dust jacket

40
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le catalogue

A

catalogue

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les rayons (m)

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shelves

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la vitrine

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glass case

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le brouillon

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rough draft

44
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orthographier

A

to spell out

45
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dépouiller

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to peruse

46
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compulser un livre

A

to consult a book

47
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sauter

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to skip

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le point

A

full-stop

49
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le point-virgule

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semi-colon

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deux points

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colon

51
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la virgule

A

comma

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les points de suspension (m)

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suspension points

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le point d’interrogation

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question mark

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le point d’exclamation

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exclamation mark

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les guillemets (m)

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inverted commas

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la parenthèse

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bracket

57
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le tiret

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dash

58
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le trait d’union

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hyphen

59
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le livre à grand succès

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best-seller

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le livre de chevet

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bedside book

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l’analphabétisme (m)

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illiteracy

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l’anaphabète (m/f)

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illiterate person

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l’illettré(e) (m/f)

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illiterate person

64
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libeller

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to draw up, make out

65
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des pattes de mouche

A

scrawl

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griffonner

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to scribble, jot down

67
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gribouiller

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to scribble, scrawl, doodle

68
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une écriture de chat

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spidery handwriting

69
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le grimoire

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mumbo-jumbo, illegible scrawl; arcane text; book of magic

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le rat de bibliothèque

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bookworm

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passer son temps à bouquiner

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to always have one’s nose in a book

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bachoter

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to swot

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bûcher

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to work hard, study

74
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potasser

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to cram

75
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chiader

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to cram

76
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le pavé

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hefty tome

77
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la plaquette

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slim volume

78
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le livre du maître

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teacher’s book

79
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le livre de lecture

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reading book, reader

80
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le livre scolaire

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schoolbook, textbook

81
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le livre de cuisine

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cookery book, cookbook

82
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le livre d’heures

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Book of Hours

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le livre de messe

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missal, mass book

84
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le livre d’or

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visitors’ book

85
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l’ouvrage de référence

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reference work

86
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l’ouvrage collectif

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joint publication