Septembre Flashcards

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Engager les hostilités

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To engage in hostilities

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Intervenir (2)

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To intervene

To step in

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Susciter

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To spark

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Prendre les armes

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To take up arms

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Être en guerre contre un pays

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To be at war with a nation

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Être en quarantaine

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To be in quarantine

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Armes massives de destruction

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Massive destruction weapons

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Attaque de représailles

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A reprisal attack

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Déployer (2)

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To array

To deploy

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Un bourbier

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A quagmire

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Avoir le feu vert

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To get the go ahead

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Le contre-coup (2)

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The aftereffect

The aftershock

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Un coup

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A blow

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Un coup dur

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A nasty blow

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Le moral

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The morale

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En prendre un coup

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To take a bit of a bashing

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Une trahison(2)

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A betrayal

A Treachery

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Retrait des troupes

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Withdrawal of the troops

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Manque de soutien

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Defection of support

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Clouer au sol

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To pin down

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Dépendre de

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To depend on

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Brocanteur

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Second-hand dealer

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Un livre d’occasion

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A second-hand book

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Marchander le prix (2)

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To bargain about the price

To haggle over

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La foire aux manèges

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The fun fair

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Antiquaires

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Antique dealers

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Vendre peu cher (3)

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To sell for a song
To sell off
To sell cheaply

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Inverser la tendance

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To reverse engines

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Célibataires endurcis

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Confirmed bachelors

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Vieilles filles

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Spinsters

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Soit disant

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So-called

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Supposer (3)

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To assume
To suppose
To infer

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Possible

Éventuel

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Prospective

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Un groupe

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A congregation

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A l’air libre (2)

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Outdoor

Open air

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D’humeur enjouée

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A jovial mood

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Un groupe hétérogène

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A mixed lot

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En aucune façon

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By no means

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Le niveau de langue

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The register

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Hautain (2)

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Haughty

Supercilious

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Silhouette

Chiffre

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Figure

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Faire une sale tête

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To cut a sorry figure

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Raide

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Straight

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Courbé

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Convex

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Un nez en trompette

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A turned-up nose

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Dispositif

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Device

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Aller aux toilettes

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To go to the loo

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Guirlande

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Tinsel

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Un radeau

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Raft

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Un paquebot

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A liner

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Une couchette

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A berth

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Une locomotive

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Steam engine

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Un chauffeur de train

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A stoker

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Un fourgon à bagages

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A luggage-van

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La salle d’attente

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The waiting room

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Un employé des chemins de fer

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A railway-clerk

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La consigne

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The left-luggage office

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Un wagon(2)

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A carriage

A coach

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Un filet à bagages

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Rack

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Une traversée (2)

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A crossing

A passage

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Le buffet de la gare

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The refreshment room

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Un aller simple

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Single ticket

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Un billet aller retour

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Return ticket

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Retourner sa veste

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To change one’s colours

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Un changement

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A Change

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Des dents vers l’avant

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Prominent teeth

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Le quai de la gare

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The station’s platform

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Combien coûte le ticket pour Londres?

A

How much is the fair to London?

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Attendre l’offensive

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Holding fire

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Rentrer chez soi (de l’armée)

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To be discharged

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L’étendu

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The extent

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Sur le qui vive

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On alarmed

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Aborder le sujet (2)

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To tackle

To deal with

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La semaine dernière

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Last week

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Faire la guerre

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To make war

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Fournir une dot

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To provide a dowry

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Données

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Data

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Opposant (politique)

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Opponent

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Radiodiffuser

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Broadcast

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Captiver l’audience

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To hold the audience

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La 5ème fois consécutive

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The fifth time in a raw

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Fasciner/hypnotiser (2)

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To fascinate

To mesmerize

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Un habitué de la télévision

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A seasoned performer

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Un pupitre

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Lectern

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Ploucs/beaufs

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Rednecks

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Le fait que ça soit juste

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Rightfulness

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D’autant plus que

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All the more so as

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Malin

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Crafty

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Télévision

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Idiot box

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Infrastructures

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Facilities

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A l’antenne

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On the air

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Voleur (2)

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Burglar

Thief (pl:thieves)

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Laïcité

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Secularism

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Heure de grande audience

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Peak viewing time

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Malfaiteurs

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Criminals

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Le pays hôte / d’accueil

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The host country

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Être en fuite

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To be on the run

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Éducation laïque

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Secular education

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La peine capitale (3)

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Capital punishment
Death penalty
Death sentence

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Convaincre l’opinion publique

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To convince public opinion

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Dédaigneux

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Disdainful

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Tripes

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Guts

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Avoir du cran

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To have guts

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Une pointe

Un soupçon

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A hint

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Transporter

Transformer

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To convey

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Un sale phalocrate

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A male chauvinist pig

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Percher la voix très haute

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To pitch one’s voice

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Désirer qq. chose

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To eager to something

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Regarder de manière circulaire

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To glance round

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S’assoir entre 2 chaises

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To sit on the fence

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Inoffensif

Anodin

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Harmless

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La vénerie (art de la chasse)

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Hunting field

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La lie de l’humanité (vermine)

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The scum of the earth

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Belliqueux

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A warlike person

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Aller de l’avant (2)

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To go ahead

To move forward

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S’en prendre à un problème

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To cope with a problem

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Planifier

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To plan for

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Un petit morveux

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A little brat

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Sauf (3)

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Save
But
Except

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Choyé

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Pampered

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Avoir son métier à soi

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To have an occupation of one’s own

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Gâter

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To sploilt

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Concubin

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The live-in-lover (US)

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Câliner

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To cuddle

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Sain et sauf

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Safe and sound

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Dorloter

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To coddle

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Avoir un métier

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To have a career

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Élever dans du coton

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To mollycoddle

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Assurer (3)

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To get by
To hold one’s ground
To stand one’s own

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Programmer

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To schedule

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Réussir

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To succeed in + ving

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Viser qq. chose

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To aim at

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Sur tous les plans

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On all levels

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Journées bourrées à craquer

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Action-packed days

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Racler

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To scrape

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Imaginer/concevoir

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To devise

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Un domaine

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A realm

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Lâchement

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Loosely

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Tentative

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Endeavour

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Les profondeurs de l’océan

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The depths of the ocean

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Maladroit

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Clumsy

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Se perdre de vue

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To get out of touch one ´s with

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Avoir un double métier

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To work two jobs

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Être à l’aise à la télé

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To be telegenic

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D’une certaine manière (2)

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Somehow

Somewhat

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Une vie bien remplie

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An eventfull life

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Ahurissant

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Astounding