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se faire à

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to get used to sth

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alors que

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while, then, even though

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tant qu’à faire

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while you’re at it; (subject) might as well; as long as (that’s the case, then…)

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être en mesure de

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to be in a position to, to be able to

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monter à la tête de qn

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to become overwhelmed

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ce qu’il en est

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what it’s like; how it works

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(cond+) OR (fut+) coute que coute

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at all costs ; at whatever costs

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(se) ressentir (de)

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to feel the effects of

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s’ennuyer de

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to long for

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mentir sur quelque chose

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to lie about sth

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n’y être pour rien

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to not be at fault

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rien à faire

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nothing to/can be done

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en dehors de

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apart from; outside of

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à leur tour
à son tour
à mon tour

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when their/his/my turn came

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sans y parvenir

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to not manage to do sth

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y parvenir

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to manage (to do sth)
achieve, obtain
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goutte à goutte

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drop by drop; écoulement, suintement

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(rangé(e)(s)) par ordre de (grandeur)

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in order of

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gare à

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watch out (for)! watch it!

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prendre sur soi

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accepter de porter un poids, une charge, d’assumer une responsabilité

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sur un signal

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on a signal (to do sth on a signal)

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pour comble (de)
pour comble d’insulte
pour comble de difficultés

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to top it off

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sur place

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on the spot

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limpide

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clair, pur, transparent; dont rien ne trouble la parfaite transparence

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toiser

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to look up and down avec défi, dédain, mépris

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s’épanouir

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to open up, come out

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un chevalet

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an easel

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entamer

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to initiate, open (conversation)

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une relâche

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a rest, break; repos

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minutieux

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soigneux, méticuleux, attentif

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loucher

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to be cross-eyed, to squint

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un crochet

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a hook

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hérissé(e)

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spiked

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une tringle

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a rod; a boner

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strié(e)

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striped

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fendre

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couper ou diviser, chop, cleave

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une estrade

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stage, platform

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le décolleté

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low neckline

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une amende

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a fine ($)

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une hébétude

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a stupor

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flasque

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flabby

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comme de juste

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so of course…; as one might suspect

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s’effriter

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diminuer progressivement; to crumble, erode

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barbouiller

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smear, smudge, daub; mumble, mutter

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pleurnicher

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pleurer sans raison

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frôler

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toucher legèrement en passant

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une serrure

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a lock (on a door)

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de part et d’autre (de)

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on both sides, on either side

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informe

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shapeless, formless

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50
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tenir à

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to come from;

to care for, be fond of

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s’ébranler

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to get going, se mettre en route

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à mesure que

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as

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une portière

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a car door

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grossier (-ière)

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crude, primitive, shoddy, basic, rough, rude, impolite

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affaissé

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slumped ( ___ par la fatigue)

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le tableau de bord

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dashboard (car)

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le clapotis

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bruit de liquid agité; lapping (water)

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fade

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bland

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le pare-brise

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windshield (car)

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faire place à

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to make room for

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tenir un discours (sur/à)

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to take a stance/argue

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déclive

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steep, inclined

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un gond

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a hinge (door)

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un amoncellement

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entassement, accumulation; piling up, heaping up

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un pèlerin

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pilgrim

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(verbe) par ma faute

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because of me

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67
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mettre qch à l’eau

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to put sth in water

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j’ai à faire

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I’m busy, have things to do

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se borner à

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to limit oneself to

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une à une

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one by one

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la glaise

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clay

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l’argile (f)

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clay

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atone

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lifeless, expresionless (a look)

l’oeil fixe et atone

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à tel point que

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insomuch

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estomper

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rendre flou

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à ras de

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level with

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à perte de vue

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as far as the eye can see

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la plante

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sole (foot)

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saccadé

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jerky

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une goullée

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a gulp (of air)

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dans tous les sens

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in very direction/way

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la largeur

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width, breadth

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l’épaisseur

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thickness

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la déception

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disappointment, disillusion, blighted hope

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un défaut

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a defect, flaw

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fois de suite

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times in a row

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disposé

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placed, positioned, arranged, situated, sited

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une faculté

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ability, power

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tôt ou tard

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sooner or later

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faire en sorte de

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to make sure you (verb); faire de son mieux pour (verbe)

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dorénavant

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from now on

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tout à coup

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soudain, brusquement

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tout d’un coup

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tout en une fois, en un seul coup

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une nuée

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a swarm, cloud; flock, throng, horde

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démuni

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penniless

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une nappe

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tablecloth

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effiler

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défaire (un tissu) fil à fil

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effiloché

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frayed

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émietter

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morceler, reduire en miettes

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les remous (m.)

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stir, tumult, turmoil, flurry

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pétrir

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to shape, mold

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cligner

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to blink (eyes)

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un fléau

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plague, scourge, bane

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le suintement

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seepage, oozing; goutte à goutte; écoulement

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avare

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miserly, stingy

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incontournable

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indispensable

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décrier

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criticize

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les affaires (f)

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business

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numérique

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digital

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Laguiole

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Laguiole

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atypique

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unusual

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branler

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to be rickety, wobble, être instable, mal fixé ; MASTURBATE

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la pérennite

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durability, permanence, longevity

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mouvementé

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agité; lively turbulent, tumultuous

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friable

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crumbly (une roche friable)

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un liège

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cork (wine); bouchon

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une torsade

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a twist (noun)

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l’amiante

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asbestos

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un bordel

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a bloody mess

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un apanage

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privilege, prerogative

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verrouiller

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to bolt (door), lock

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représenter

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depict, show

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contourner

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passer autour de; skirt, bypass

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seconder

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aider qn en tant que second, assister; assist, help

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retentir

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ring out, resound

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amorcer

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entamer, ébaucher; initiate, begin, start

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joncher

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to be strewn with, to be scattered across, litter, cover, blanket

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baller

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to dangle (hang loosely)

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ballotter

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to (be) toss(ed) about; balancer en tous sens, secouer, remuer; faire aller alternativement dans un sens et dans l’autre

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éxtenuer

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rendre faible par l’épuisement des forces; exhaust, wear out

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maugréer

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manifester son mécontentement, sa mauvaise humeur, en protestant à mi-voix; grogne; grumble, moan

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figurer

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représenter, être l’image de, appear, depict

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mugir

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(vaches) pousser un cri sourd et prolongé, moo; howl, blare (siren)

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pouffer

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rire en essayant de se retenir; pouffer de rire

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regretter

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avoir la nostalgie de qch, miss (sb dead)

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bouder

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manifester silencieusement son mécontentement; montrer de l’hostilité à qn par une attitude renfrongée, maussade; sulk; show no interest in, give the cold shoulder

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minauder

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prendre des manières affectées pour attirer l’attention/plaire/séduire

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fléchir

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faire céder peu à peu; faire plier progressivement sous un effort, une pression; bend, yield

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frayer

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avoir des relations familières et suivies, fréquenter; mix with, associate with

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ébaucher

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donner la première forme à (une matière/un ouvrage); commencer sans exécuter jusqu’au bout

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ressasser

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revenir sur (les mêmes choses), faire repasser dans son esprit; répéter de façon lassante; keep harping on about, dwell on

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formuler

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express, exprimer (par des mots)

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reporter

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to take back, return

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railler

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mock, ridicule, make fun of

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arpenter

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parcourir à grands pas (un lieu délimité); stride along, stride across

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déclamer

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dire avec emphase

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refouler

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contenir une tendance naturelle, un sentiment; faire rentrer en soi (ce qui veut s’extérioriser)

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riposter

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contre-attaquer; respond, retaliate, retort, counter, answer back

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convoiter

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covet, lust after

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déraper

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go out of control, run out of control; skid, slide

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embaucher

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hire, appoint, take on

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cribler

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percer de nombreux trous

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berner

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tromper en ridiculisant; duper, jouer; scam, hoodwink, donner le change à qn, fool, deceive, cheat, swindle

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ébranler (≠ s’ébranler)

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shake, rattle, weaken; faire trembler, vibrer par un choc; rendre peu ferme, incertain (la santé, la volonté, les opinions, le moral de qn); (personne) troubler, faire chanceler dans ses convictions

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flairer

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(animaux) discerner, reconnaître ou chercher par l’odeur; (personnes) sentir avec insistance

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acculer

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pousser dans un endroit où tout recul est impossible

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dompter

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apprivoiser, dresser, domestiquer, soumettre

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se calfeutrer

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rester volontairement enfermé; shut yourself up/away, make urself snug/cozy

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se raviser

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changer d’avis, revenir sur sa décision; reconsider, change your mind

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se relayer

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take turns, relieve eachother, alternate with eachother

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s’identifier

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se faire ou devenir identique, se confondre, en pensée ou en fait à/avec

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se dépenser

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exert yourself

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se buter

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s’entêter; to dig your heels in

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se rattraper

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réparer (une maladresse); make amends, redeem oneself, put things right; agir pour combler un retard, pallier un insuffisance

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se replier

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fold away; withdraw (troops); shut urself away (se replier sur soi-même)

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s’affaler

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se laisser tomber; slump, collapse

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se tisser

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form, develop

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s’enrouer

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rendre la voix rauque (à force de crier); become hoarse, get hoarse

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se bourrer

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to stuff oneself; (fam.) to get smashed/sloshed/plastered/drunk

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se démener

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s’agiter violemment, se débattre; se donner beaucoup de peine pour arriver à un résultat

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se délecter de qch/de faire qch

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un plaisir délicieux à qch, se régaler

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s’engouer de

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se prendre d’une passion ou d’une admiration excessive et passagère pour (qn ou qch)

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s’emparer de (qch)

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prendre par la violence ou indûment possession (de)

174
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ne pas démordre de

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(surtout négatif) ne pas renoncer à, abandonner

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se douter de

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suspect

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se douter bien

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be sure, be certain, have a (strong) feeling that

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se prendre à

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se mettre à qch, commencer

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un coupe-gorge

A

endroit dangereux; cut-throat area, murderous area

179
Q

une corbeille

A

basket w/o handles

180
Q

quartier général

A

(general) headquarters, base (HQ)

181
Q

une bille

A

a marble

182
Q

la brimade

A

bullying

183
Q

une sangle

A

bande tressée; strap (on a bag etc.)

184
Q

comédien -nne

A

acteur

185
Q

une ornière

A

fente, sillon, rut

186
Q

un bourrelet

A

buldge, renflement allongé; love handle

187
Q

une corniche

A

amas de neige, de terre; ridge, ledge

188
Q

un paquet

A

mass, lump, clod

189
Q

le verglas

A

black ice

190
Q

un égout

A

sewer, drain

191
Q

une embuscade

A

ambush

192
Q

une allure

A

look, appearance

193
Q

une bosse

A

lump

194
Q

le perron

A

front steps

195
Q

acolyte

A

accomplice

196
Q

un badaud

A

onlooker

197
Q

une ébauche

A

début, beginning, first signs, hint; esquisse, sketch

198
Q

un débarras

A

storeroom, closet, cupboard

199
Q

un quiproquo

A

erreur qui consiste à prendre une personne, une chose pour un autre; malentendu qui en résulte

200
Q

le culte

A

vénération, dévouement, adoration; worship (religion), service

201
Q

un piéton

A

pedestrian

202
Q

la méprise

A

mistake, misunderstanding, error; malentendu

203
Q

l’écoeurment

A

nausea, disgust

204
Q

un essor

A

élan d’un oiseau qui s’envole, envol, élan; flight; développement hardi et fécond, croissance; rise, development

205
Q

la morve

A

mucus, snot

206
Q

une rechute

A

relapse

207
Q

une toquade

A

goût très vif, généralement passager, souvent bizzare et déraisonnable, pour qch ou qn; caprice, lubie

208
Q

une riposte

A

counterattack, retaliation

209
Q

une envergure

A

scope, scale, range

210
Q

une épave

A

(fam.) personne désemparée qui ne trouve plus sa place dans la société

211
Q

un épouvantail

A

scarecrow

212
Q

la invective

A

parole ou suite de paroles violentes (contre qn ou qch)

213
Q

la maladresse

A

clumsiness

214
Q

un tuyau

A

pipe, hose

215
Q

une enceinte

A

enclosure

216
Q

une sottise

A

d’intelligence et de jugement; bétise, stupidité

217
Q

la faillite

A

bankruptcy

218
Q

la fougue

A

ardeur impétueuse; élan, emportement, enthousiasme, transport; ardeur qui a de la rapidité et de la violence

219
Q

la poigne

A

grip

220
Q

une moue

A

grimace faite en avançant, en resserrant les lèvres

221
Q

sommaire

A

bref, court, succinct, rapide

222
Q

scélérate

A

infâme, criminel

223
Q

livide

A

pâle, blême; pale (both masc. and fem. forms spelled with ‘e’ livide)

224
Q

fugace

A

qui disparaît vite, dure très peu; fleeting

225
Q

infect(e)

A

revolting, foul, disgusting

226
Q

inculte

A

uncultivated

227
Q

intègre

A

(person) honest, upright, upstanding

228
Q

insensiblement

A

imperceptibly, gradually

229
Q

malingre

A

chétif, frêle; qui est de constitution faible, délicate

230
Q

méconnaissable

A

unrecognizable

231
Q

garçonnier -ière

A

qui, chez une fille, rappelle les allures d’un garçon

232
Q

fendu

A

ouvert en longueur, comme une fente; dont l’ouverture est longue et régulière (souvent on le dit des yeux de certains chats ou bien de certains sculptures africaines)

233
Q

débité

A

dire à la suite (des choses incertaines ou sans intérêt); réciter méchaniquement; dire

234
Q

funeste

A

qui porte avec soi le malheur et la désolation, est de nature à entrainer de graves dommages; néfaste, nuisible, malheureux, calamiteux

235
Q

espiègle

A

(enfant) vif et malicieux, sans méchanceté; mischievious

236
Q

courroucé

A

angry, irate, wrathful; en colère, irrité

237
Q

poisseux

A

collant; sticky

238
Q

feutré

A

étouffé, peu sonore, discret, silencieux; muted, muffled

239
Q

béat

A

struck dumb, blissfully happy

240
Q

factice

A

qui est faux, imité; qui n’est pas naturel

241
Q

inconscient

A

reckless, careless

242
Q

railler

A

tease, mock, ridicule

243
Q

avoir la frousse

A

(fear) have the heebie-jeebies, to be scared stiff

244
Q

de longue main

A

over a long time period