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1
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ruer dans les brancards

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to kick over the traces

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être au parfum*

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to be in the know*

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déborder

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to overflow

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la courbature

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ache

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le minuteur

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timer

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une ombrelle

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parasol

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débrouillard

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resourceful

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le solde

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balance

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un en-tête

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heading

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chialer*

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to cry*

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humer

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to smell, breathe in

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s’égosiller

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to shout oneself hoarse

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pas très emballant

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not very inspiring

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le chevalet

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easel

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une aile

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wing

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parvenir

Ma lettre lui est parvenue.
Je ne parviens pas à ouvrir cette bouteille.

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to reach

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le parcours politique

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political career

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gloser

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to hold forth on sthg

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19
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le tollé

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outcry

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20
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enclume (f)

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anvil

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21
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Il n’y a pas de quoi.

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It is/was nothing.

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avoir les chocottes

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to have the jitters

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le tisonnier

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poker (fire)

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RAS

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rien a signaler

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25
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l’éclatement (m)

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explosion

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par le menu

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in (great) detail

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27
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le caillou

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pebble

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28
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le nombril

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navel

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un étandard

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standard

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30
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feuilleter

  • feuilleter un livre
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to browse

  • to browse through a book
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31
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la velléité

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vague desire

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32
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un éboueur

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dustman

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33
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la nervure

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vein (de feuille)

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34
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le cité-dortoir

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dormitory town

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le cochon d’Inde

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guinea pig

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36
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le câlin

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cuddle

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37
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une nappe

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tablecloth

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38
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la répercussion

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knock-on effect

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39
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jaser

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to gossip

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40
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se creuser la tête

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to think à lot about

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41
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le fouet

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whip

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42
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emmerder qn

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to get on somebody’s nerves

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43
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de surcroît

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moreover

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44
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la secousse

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jolt

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45
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un écheveau

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tangle

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parler de la pluie et du beau temps

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to talk about sthg and nothing

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le personnage

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character (eg film)

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48
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la brimade

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bullying

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49
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en revanche

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on the other hand

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50
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désopilant (def)

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Def: qui fait rire

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51
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le cobaye

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guinea pig (human)

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52
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convoquer à un entrevue

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to invite to interview

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53
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branché

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trendy

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54
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la cotisation

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contributions

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55
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le bahut*

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school*

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56
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chiant

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really boring

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57
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coûte que coûte

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at all costs

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le tourbillon

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whirlpool

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malveillant

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malicious

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60
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raccourcir

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to shorten

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61
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maint

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numerous

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la fringale

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raging hunger

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63
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foutu**

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done for**, buggered**

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64
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une escale

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stopover

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65
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faire mousser qn*

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to praise smbd*

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péricliter

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to be in a state of collapse

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67
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cerner

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to figure out

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68
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indicible

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unspeakable

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69
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la bagnole*

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car*

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70
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le chevrotine

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buckshot

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71
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baver

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to dribble

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72
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évidemment

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obviously

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73
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s’échouer

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to run aground

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74
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i prefer to travel by train.

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Je préfère voyager en train.

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75
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tight, narrow

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étriqué

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76
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He’s not fussy about the details.

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Il ne fait pas dans la dentelle.

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le muguet

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lily of the valley

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78
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ankle

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la cheville

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79
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éméché

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tipsy

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80
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flat tyre

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la crevaison

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81
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braquer une arme sur

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to point a weapon at

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82
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management

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la gestion

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83
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rainbow-coloured

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bariolé

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84
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commensurate with

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proportionné à

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85
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faire tourner qn en bourrique

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to drive s.o. up the wall

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86
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take one day at a time

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vivre au jour le jour

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87
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to burst out laughing

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s’esclaffer

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88
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tenir à

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to be fond of

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89
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(sub)editor

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rédacteur

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90
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vague desire

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la velléité

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91
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une échappatoire

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a way out

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92
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mitoyen

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adjoining

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93
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le lave-vaiselle

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dishwasher

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94
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pâlichon*

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a bit pale*

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95
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to nose around

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fouiner

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96
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charity

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organisation caritative

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97
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upheaval

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le chamboulement

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98
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to get wind of

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en avoir vent de

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99
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s’écouter parler

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to like the sound of one’s own voice

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100
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under the influence of

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sous l’emprise de

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101
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choyer

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to cherish / pamper

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102
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tasser

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to cram (eg suitcase)

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103
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moyennant

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(in return) for

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104
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le dérapage

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skid, blunder, loss of control

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105
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écraser

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to crush, squash

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106
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provisoire

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temporary

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107
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brailler

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to bawl

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108
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entre autres (choses)

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among other things

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109
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to loom, rise up

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surgir

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110
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dilapider

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to squander

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111
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to grope

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peloter

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112
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hérisser

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to ruffle

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113
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museler

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to muzzle

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114
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la mèche

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wick

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115
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to put forward

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assener

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116
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goguenard

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mocking

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117
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une écluse

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canal lock

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118
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la chaire

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pulpit

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119
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avoir du ressort

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to have spirit

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120
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la chronique

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newspaper column

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121
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le rebord

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edge

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122
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popular, that goes down well

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vendeur

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123
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dyke, sea wall

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la digue

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124
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asperger

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to spray, splash

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125
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plank

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la planche

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126
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bousiller

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to wreck

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127
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le guichet automatique

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ATM

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128
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longing

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la convoitise

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129
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vertement

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sharply

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130
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to half-smile

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esquisser un sourire

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steep

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raide

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132
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partout

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everywhere

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rutiler

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to glow

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134
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à l’issue de

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at the end of

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135
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calquer

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to copy exactly

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brusquer

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to rush

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137
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detached house

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la maison individuelle

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138
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to be scared stiff

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avoir la trouille*

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139
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le tuyau d’arrosage

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hosepipe

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140
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le chameau

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camel

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141
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impartir

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to assign

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142
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la pivoine

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peony

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143
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la meule

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millstone

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144
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décrasser

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to scrub

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145
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to look up and down

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toiser

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146
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intervenir

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to occur

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147
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to lie

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gésir

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148
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to show off

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frimer

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149
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to spread

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tartiner

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150
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la bague

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ring

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151
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une appartenance

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membership

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152
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wicker basket

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le couffin

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foisonner

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to abound

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in one’s heart of hearts

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dans / en son for intérieure

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dépourvu de

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lacking in

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le ripou*

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crooked cop*

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godmother

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la marraine

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rassasier

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to satisfy

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paperback

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le livre broché

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fallow

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en jachère

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se gargariser de*

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to revel in*

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le coup franc

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free kick

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viper

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la couleuvre

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se dégourdir

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to unwind

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ahurissant

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astounding

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to be extremely successful

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cartonner

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le foc

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jib

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se rabattre sur

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to make do with

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la délation

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denouncement

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in the area around

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aux abords de

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to throw (disorientate)

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désarçonner

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J’ai la flemme de le faire.

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I can’t be bothered to do it.

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to keep one’s nose clean

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se tenir à carreau

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la charogne

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decaying carcas

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la centrale nucléaire

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nuclear plant

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eaves

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les combles

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industrial wasteland

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la friche industrielle

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le générique

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credits

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s’y connaître en

  • Je m’y connais en vin.
  • Vous n’y connaissez rien en musique.
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to be expert on / at

  • I’m an expert on wine.
  • You don’t know anything about music.
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la fourmilière

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ant hill, hive of activity

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to thicken out

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s’empâter

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layout (mise en page)

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la maquette

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le puceron

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aphid

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la luciole

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firefly

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il y a un os

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there’s a snag

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la taupinière

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molehill

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helicopter*

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un hélico*

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book

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un bouquin

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cinglé*

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crazy

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curt

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cassant

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faire le grand écart

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to do the splits

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shrinkage

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le rétrécissement

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par mégarde

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by mistake

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dull

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terne

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beugler

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to moo

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fencing

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l’escrime (f)

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le plan de travail

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worktop

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dégouliner

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to trickle, to drip

  • dripping with
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la buanderie

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laundry

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to turn upside down*

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chambouler*

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to take time to

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prendre le temps de

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émoussé

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blunt

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careerist

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arriviste

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to notify the police of an incident

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déposer une main-courante

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le raidillon

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steep path

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brick

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la brique

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le trèfle

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clover

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common sense

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la jugeote

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le congélateur

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freezer

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side by side

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côte à côte

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to ask smb for an explanation

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demander des comptes à qn

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calfeutrer

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to draftproof

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le brochet

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pike

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clown

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le pitre

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damer le pion à qn

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to trump sb

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ma voiture m’a lâché

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my car gave up on me

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sphere of influence

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la mouvance

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shrinkage

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le rétrécissement

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wreck

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une épave

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to be very interested in

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être féru de

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to put stg up for auction

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mettre qch aux enchères

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embaucher

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to recruit

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être croyant

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to be a believer

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le tollé

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outcry

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hâtive

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hasty

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appâter

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to lure

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to praise smbd*

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faire mousser qn*

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allégement (m)

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reduction

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grumpy

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ronchon

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roughly

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en gros

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to water

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abreuver

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la fracturation hydraulique

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fracking

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gérér

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to manage

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vulture

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le vautour

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être féru de

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to be very interested in

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to brush against

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frôler

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wing

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une aile

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relier

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to join together

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den, hideaway

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la tanière

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ramper

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to crawl

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la bringue*

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beanpole*

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crippled with

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perclus de

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la lotte

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monkfish

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l’emprise

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ascendancy

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la merle

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blackbird

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la répartition

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distribution

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un jour de repos

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a day off

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beanpole

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un échalas

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la pique-assiette

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scrounger

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to use / rely on

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avoir recours à

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thingamajig

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le trucmuche

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le tuyau d’écoulement

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drain

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to growl

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gronder

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réducteur

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simplistic

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paperback

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le livre broché

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elm

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un orme

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fouillé

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detailed

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saugrenu

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preposterous

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bullying

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la brimade

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smooth

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lisse

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la quinte (de toux)

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coughing fit

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en recul

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in decline

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avoir le chic pour faire qch

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to have a knack for doing sth

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insoumis

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rebellious, undefeated

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to succeed

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aboutir

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dorénavant

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from now on

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boueux

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muddy

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at that moment, just then

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sur ces entrefaites

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rimer

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to rhyme

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to kill two birds with one stone

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faire d’une pierre deux coups

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le range-assiette

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plate rack

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à la rigueur

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at a pinch

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to unharness

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dételer

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to really enjoy oneself

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se régaler

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decline

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la décadence

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étourdi

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dizzy, giddy

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to simmer

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mijoter

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to beg for

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quémander

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batifoler

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to frolic about

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to send apologies

A

se faire excuser

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nap

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un somme

  • faire un petit somme
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spirit

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la fougue

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blême

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pale, sallow

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la marmite

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pot

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since

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puisque

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rainbow-coloured

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bigaré

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à plusieurs reprises

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several times

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être / rester droit dans ses bottes

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to be convinced one is right

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le givre

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frost

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briguer

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to bid for, canvass

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decaying carcas

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la charogne

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stirrup

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un étrier

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doter de

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to equip with

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la bêche

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spade

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bichonner

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to pamper

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le bourbier

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quagmire

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to shirk, escape from

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se soustraire à

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désarçonner

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to throw (disorientate)

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consacrer son temps à

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to devote time to

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Q

(de rire) to burst out laughing

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pouffer

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to tense

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se crisper

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Q

The police have been hunting him for three months.

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La police le poursuit depuis trois mois.

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pester

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to curse

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wood burning stove

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le poêle à bois

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fleshy

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charnu

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le citadin

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city-dweller

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le placard

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cupboard

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le squelette

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skeleton

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loucher

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to squint

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dumbfounded

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ébahi

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to sing sombody’s praises

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chanter les louanges de qn

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approachable

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abordable

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renowned

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renommé

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il y eu un petit couac dans l’organisation

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there was a bit of a hiccup in the organisation

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la bienvaillance

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kindness

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to laugh (informal)

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se gondoler (informal)

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la chaumière

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(thatched) cottage

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to tickle

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chatouiller

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tracasseries administratives

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red tape

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especially as/since

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d’autant (plus) que

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la mangeoire

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manger

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stinging nettle

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l’ortie (f)

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s’ébattre

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to frolic

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se frayer un chemin dans la jungle

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to cut a path through the jungle

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without batting an eyelid

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sans moufter

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perky

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guilleret

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tresser

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to plait

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dustman

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un éboueur

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interference

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ingérence (f)

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la serre

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greenhouse

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le taon

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horsefly

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turmoil

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l’énullition (f)

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à juste titre

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rightly

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le troc

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barter

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la décontraction

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relaxation

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la nuitée

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overnight stay

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le dénigrement

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denigration

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stump

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le moignon

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l’élan

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momentum

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knife

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une arme blanche

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to transfer

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muter

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entasser

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to cram

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to covet

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convoiter

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le persiflage

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mockery

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to squander

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dilapider

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sheet metal

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la tôle

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flétrir

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to wither, wilt

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to surround (armée, police)

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investir

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bon an, mal an

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year in, year out

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la balafre

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scar

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préconiser

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to recognise, advocate

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rush hour, peak period

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l’heure de pointe

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crépiter

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to crackle

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(in return) for

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moyennant

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wishbone

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le bréchet

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la puanteur*

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stink*

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it’s up to me to …

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il m’appartient de …
“D’ici là, il m’appartient de crier une dynamique” (Anna Hildago)

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obviously

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évidemment

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beanpole

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un échalas

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en dire long sur

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to say a lot about

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reluctantly

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à contrecœur

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to moan

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râler

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to amaze

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épater

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planer

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to guide

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fluet

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slender

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to harass

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harceler

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le démarrage en côte

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hill start

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regularity

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assiduité (f)

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le rouage

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cogwheel

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mourning

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le deuil

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se fendre la pêche**

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to laugh one’s head off*

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surviving

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rescapé

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What’s up with you?

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Qu’est-ce qui cloche?

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de bon gré

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willingly

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maggot

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un asticot

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to back

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appuyer

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to get stuck in the mud

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s’embourber

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to have one’s eye on

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guigner

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manure

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le crottin

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incubator

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la couveuse

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section

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le tronçon

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grotesque

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ubuesque

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to reveal

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dévoiler

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to tantalise

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émoustiller

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to collapse

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s’écrouler

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to dismiss

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congédier

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to gush

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jaillir

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partridge

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le perdreau

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semer

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to shake off

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a leap year

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une année bissextile

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to bully*

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brimer*

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ériger

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to erect

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farmyard

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la basse-cour

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un amas

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mass

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une potiche

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vase

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to haunt

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hanter

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increvable

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tireless

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la mouvance

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sphere of influence

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le gouffre

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gulf

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to show reluctance

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renâcler

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hâbleur

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boastful

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se requinquer*

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to perk up*

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trifle

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la broutille

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vraisemblable

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convincing, plausible

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faire faillite

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to go bankrupt

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She slipped and sprained her ankle.

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Elle a glissé et s’est foulé la cheville.

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to pick (eg flowers)

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cueillir

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plough

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la charrue

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concurrencer

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to compete with

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zealous

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zélé

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agir

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to act

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to fail

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échouer (à)

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cuisant

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bitter

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a vice

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un étau

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stingy

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radin

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croire

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à On a cru d’abord à un accident.

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vantard

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boastful

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courbaturé

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stiff

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tomber des nues

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to be taken aback

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conditionner

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to determine

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peacock

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le paon

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le fléchissement

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bending, weakening

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se recroqueviller

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to huddle o.s. up

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la prise (de courant)

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plug

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dénombrer

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to enumerate

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hill(side)

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le coteau

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to be tickled pink**

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bicher**

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to equip with

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doter de

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to doze off

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s’assoupir

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bomb disposal squad

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équipe de déminage

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déceler

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to detect

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unprecedented

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inouï

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prendre du poids

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to gain weight

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ciseler

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to chisel

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Q

building site

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le chantier

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ordonnance (f)

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prescription

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trancher avec

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to contrast sharply with

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to get carried away, to fly off the handle

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s’emballer*

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Q

la moisson

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harvest

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se tourner les pouces

A

to twiddle one’s thumbs

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aircraft carrier

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le porte-avion

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After one kilometre, you reach the top, where there is a superb view.

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Après un kilomètre, on atteint le sommet d’où l’on voit un magnifique panorama.

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to sparkle, shimmer

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miroiter

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le jalon

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milestone, landmark

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to be (well) on the way to doing sthg

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être en passe de faire qch

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le gabarit

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size

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Q

reléguer (à)

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to relegate (to)

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to dress (wound)

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panser

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entrainant

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stirring (paroles, musique)

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to pamper

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bichonner

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Q

to eye

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reluquer*

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Q

d’un seul tenant

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all in one piece

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le soutien-gorge

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bra

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within range of

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à portée de

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to trickle, to drip

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dégouliner

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greffer

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to transplant

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être de nature à

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to be the type of person who

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la lubie

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fad

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Q

rouspéter

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to gripe

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le décalage horaire

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jetlag

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Q

housing stock

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le parc de logements

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Q

éhonté

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brazen, shameless

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463
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se requinquer

A

to perk up

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to ballast

  • to stuff sthg with
A

lester

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Q

une hameçon

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fishhook

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Q

faire du farniente

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to laze about

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467
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bleuter

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to turn blue

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hot flush

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la bouffée de châleur

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Q

to flinch

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tressaillir

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470
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gémir

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to groan

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to warn smbd

A

mettre qn en garde

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Q

faire recette

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to be big success

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dépecer

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to cut up, tear from limb to limb

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ric-rac

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by the skin of one’s teeth

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Q

to create havoc

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faire du grabuge

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476
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remplacer qn au pied levé

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to stand in for someone at a moment’s notice

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lightning

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la foudre

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Faites le dièse

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Dial hash.

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restrictive

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contraignant

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Q

to fix (in place)

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figer

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481
Q

done for**, buggered**

A

foutu**

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482
Q

kneecap

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la rotule

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Q

franchouillard

A

typically French

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Q

Il me court sur le haricot

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he gets on my nerves

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485
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to gather, collect

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ramasser

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Q

aux abois

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in desperate straits

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Q

un devis

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estimate

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488
Q

la brique

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brick

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Q

shoe*

A

la godasse*

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Q

climbing plant

A

la plante grimpante

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491
Q

to be faulty

A

clocher

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492
Q

chore

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la corvée

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493
Q

to purr

A

ronronner

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Q

le roupillon*

A

snooze

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495
Q

to whine*

A

piailler*

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496
Q

claquer

A

to slam

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father-in-law

A

le beau-père

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to slide (porte, tiroir)

A

coulisser • la porte coulisse mal

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Q

défricher

A

to clear

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500
Q

étayer

A

to prop up, support

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Q

scrape

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une écorchure

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Q

sweet pea

A

le pois de senteur

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Q

stunned

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ahuri

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Q

scrap

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le lambeau

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Q

character (eg film)

A

le personnage

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506
Q

to deaden, absorb

A

amortir

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507
Q

millstone

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la meule

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Q

divaguer

A

to ramble, rave

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Q

presence, bearing

A

la prestance

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Q

le chamboulement

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upheaval

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Q

to lurk, hide away

A

se tapir

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512
Q

to be within the competence of

A

être du ressort de

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Q

stapler

A

une agrafeuse

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Q

role play

A

le jeu de rôle

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Q

le foin

A

hay

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516
Q

chubby

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dodu

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Q

la supercherie

A

deception

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Q

to waste away

A

dépérir

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Q

to skin, peel

A

dépiauter

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Q

goulûment

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greedily

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Q

explosion

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l’éclatement (m)

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Q

en un tournemain

A

in no time

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Q

entériner

A

to ratify

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524
Q

prior to

A

en amont de

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Q

blâmer

A

to blame

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Q

vendeur

A

popular, that goes down well

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Q

happer

A

to snatch

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Q

factice

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artificial

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Q

willingly

A

de bon gré

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Q

la sève

A

sap

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531
Q

to lash, sting

A

cingler

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cueillir

A

to pick (eg flowers)

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Q

cotton bud

A

un Coton-Tige

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Q

to scratch

A

griffer

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Q

les pourparlers

A

talks

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Q

déguerpir*

A

to clear off

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Q

hindrance

A

une entrave

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Q

s’en faire

A

to worry

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Q

self-sufficiency

A

l’autosuffisance

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Q

acariâtre

A

cantankerous

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Q

snooze

A

le roupillon*

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542
Q

null and void

A

caduc

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Q

reduction

A

le rabais

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Q

maigrir

A

to slim down, lose weight

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545
Q

rassasier

A

to satisfy

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546
Q

within the framework of

A

dans le cadre de

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Q

to manage

A

gérér

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Q

to be expert on / at

  • I’m an expert on wine.
  • You don’t know anything about music.
A

s’y connaître en

  • Je m’y connais en vin.
  • Vous n’y connaissez rien en musique.
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Q

renifler

A

to sniff

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550
Q

la moelle osseuse

A

bone marrow

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Q

la convocation

A

summons

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Q

sink

A

un évier

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Q

fricoter*

A

to cook up*

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Q

I can’t afford…

A

Je n’ai pas les moyens…

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Q

le goulet d’étranglement

A

bottleneck

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Q

back / reverse side

A

l’envers

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Q

garde à vue

A

police custody

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558
Q

la coquille

A

misprint

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559
Q

famine

A

la disette

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Q

la crécelle

A

rattle

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Q

épanoui

A

well-rounded

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Q

trying

A

éprouvant

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Q

stem

A

la tige

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564
Q

con, rip-off

A

une arnaque*

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Q

peu ou prou

A

more or less

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566
Q

magnet

A

un aimant

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Q

to shiver

A

grelotter

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Q

la corvée

A

chore

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569
Q

dernièrement

A

recently

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Q

une attente

A

expectation

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Q

farouche

A

unshakeable

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Q

to go about (doing) sthg

A

se prendre à (faire) qch

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573
Q

shell (artillery)

A

un obus

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Q

démarrer en trombe

A

to set off at speed

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Q

dru

A

thick

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Q

le deuil

A

mourning

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Q

tonic

A

le remontant

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578
Q

les œufs brouillés

A

scrambled eggs

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579
Q

to thwart

A

déjouer

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580
Q

se pâmer devant qch

A

to swoon over sthg

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581
Q

bourrer

A

to stuff

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582
Q

crimson

A

cramoisi

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583
Q

la sangsue

A

leech

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584
Q

to set the tone

A

donner le la

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585
Q

to pout / grimace

A

faire la moue

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586
Q

le logiciel

A

piece of software

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587
Q

to be at the helm

A

être à la barre

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588
Q

in custody

A

en garde à vue

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589
Q

chouraver*

A

to nick*

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590
Q

unemployment

A

le chômage

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Q

un homard

A

lobster

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Q

to be scared stiff*

A

avoir la frousse*

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Q

to graze, mispronounce

A

écorcher

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594
Q

retreat

A

le recul

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Q

un étau

A

a vice

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Q

contourner

A

to bypass

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597
Q

limit

A

la borne

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598
Q

to free o.s. from

A

s’affranchir de

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599
Q

le relent

A

stench

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600
Q

prenant

A

time-consuming, demanding

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601
Q

to appear suddenly

A

débouler

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Q

to give a faint smile

A

ébaucher un sourire

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Q

load, burden

A

le fardeau

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604
Q

to shell

A

écosser

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605
Q

la frasque

A

escapade

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606
Q

He doesn’t drink as much since his illness.

A

Il ne boit pas autant depuis sa maladie.

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607
Q

broadband

A

haut débit

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608
Q

triturer

A

to fiddle with

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609
Q

faire du vacarme

A

to make a racket

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610
Q

filer un mauvais coton

A

to be in a bad way

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611
Q

le lotissement

A

housing estate

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612
Q

to clear off**

A

se barrer**

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613
Q

se débarrasser de

A

to get rid of

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614
Q

to fulfil

A

combler

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615
Q

le chœur

A

choir

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616
Q

calmly

A

posément

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617
Q

chessboard

A

un échiquier

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618
Q

prescription

A

ordonnance (f)

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619
Q

un échiquier

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chessboard

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620
Q

to pass time doing

A

passer du temps à

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621
Q

sometimes

A

parfois

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622
Q

soda

A

la soude

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623
Q

to make a fuss

A

faire du foin

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624
Q

être issu de

A

to stem from

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625
Q

marcher à quattre pattes

A

to crawl

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626
Q

sous l’emprise de

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in the grip / under the influence of

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627
Q

torve

A

menacing (regard)

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628
Q

s’affaler

A

to collapse

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629
Q

crafty, devious

A

retors

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630
Q

to strip sb of

A

dépouiller qn de

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631
Q

le pote

A

pal

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632
Q

to mix

A

mêler

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633
Q

to frolic

A

s’ébattre

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634
Q

moreover

A

par ailleurs

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635
Q

reluquer*

A

to eye

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636
Q

le parc de logements

A

housing stock

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637
Q

It’s pricey.

A

C’est salé.

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638
Q

enrayer

A

to jam

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639
Q

If necessary, I’d do it again.

A

Si c’était à refaire je le referais.

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640
Q

opening hours

A

les heures d’ouverture

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641
Q

mâchouiller

A

to chew on

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642
Q

to recover one’s health

A

retrouver la santé

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643
Q

at once

A

d’emblée

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644
Q

hors de propos

A

irrelevant

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645
Q

expiry date

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échéance (f)

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646
Q

groin

A

l’aine (f)

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647
Q

lester

  • lester qch de
A

to ballast

  • to stuff sthg with
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648
Q

extended

A

à rallonge

  • ”.. de nombreux futurs médecins se plaignent des horaires à rallonge auxquels ils font face” (Lib)
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649
Q

little scheme

A

la manigance

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650
Q

audience, congregation

A

l’assistance

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Q

la réplique

A

line (theatre)

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Q

pourvoir (qn de qch)

A

to provide (smb with sthg)

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653
Q

to refer to

A

renvoyer à

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654
Q

déchiqueter

A

to tear to pieces

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655
Q

bourru

A

surly

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656
Q

to wring out

A

essorer

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657
Q

to copy, imitate

A

décalquer

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658
Q

Tous nos projets s’écroulent.

A

All our plans are collapsing.

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659
Q

senior manager

A

un cadre dirigeant

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660
Q

se dégonfler**

A

to chicken out**

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661
Q

la station

A

resort

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662
Q

sales talk / yarn

A

le boniment

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Q

débrouillard

A

resourceful

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664
Q

la point de mire

A

target

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665
Q

to crack (se fissurer)

A

se fendre

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666
Q

la pervenche

A

periwinkle female traffic warden

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667
Q

la plaie

A

wound

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668
Q

la cour

A

courtyard

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669
Q

to limit one’s exposure

A

limiter son exposition

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670
Q

acariâtre

A

cantankerous

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671
Q

le cinoche*

A

cinema*

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672
Q

la rallonge

A

extension lead

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673
Q

to get the better of

A

avoir raison de

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674
Q

to swerve

A

faire un crochet

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675
Q

rengainer

A

to sheathe

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676
Q

crutch

A

la béquille

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677
Q

horsefly

A

le taon

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678
Q

se dégonfler**

A

to chicken out**

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679
Q

They roam around the garden.

A

Ils circulent dans le jardin.

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680
Q

standard

A

un étandard

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681
Q

le pansement

A

plaster

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682
Q

bouder

A

to refuse to talk to

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683
Q

le ciboulot*

A

head, nut*

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684
Q

to calculate

A

faire des calculs

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685
Q

la pouce

A

thumb

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686
Q

une entrave

A

hindrance

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687
Q

dust

A

la poussière

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688
Q

to nose around

A

fouiner

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689
Q

He always takes his holidays in July because he wants to see the Tour de France.

A

Il prend toujours ses congés en juillet car il veut voir le Tour de France.

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690
Q

la houle

A

swell

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691
Q

It’s not surprising they look alike since they are cousins.

A

Il n’y a rien d’extraordinaire à ce qu’ils se ressemblent puisqu’ils sont cousins.

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692
Q

chatoyant

A

glistening

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693
Q

in a continuous loop

A

en boucle

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694
Q

(in return) for

A

moyennant

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695
Q

parcel

A

le colis

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696
Q

attelage (m)

A

harness

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697
Q

membership

A

une appartenance

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698
Q

la rainure

A

groove

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699
Q

sans vergogne

A

shamelessly

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700
Q

bun

A

la miche

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701
Q

un rebondissement

A

a sudden new development

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702
Q

emboîter le pas à qn

A

to fall in behind sb

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703
Q

at the level of

A

à ras de

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704
Q

to use as little as possible

A

utiliser le moins possible

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705
Q

without turning a hair

A

sans broncher

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706
Q

smart

A

dégourdi

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707
Q

flancher

A

to lose one’s nerve

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708
Q

s’incruster dans

A

to become embedded in

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709
Q

emmêler

A

to tangle

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710
Q

to pass the buck

A

refiner le bébé

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711
Q

oppressive

A

accablent

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712
Q

transformer l’essai

A

to convert a try

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713
Q

political career

A

le parcours politique

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714
Q

to clean the windows

A

faire les carreaux

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715
Q

tasteless, bland

A

fade

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716
Q

pliers

A

la tenaille

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717
Q

ear (of wheat etc), tuft

A

l’épi (m)

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718
Q

to muzzle

A

museler

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719
Q

dévoiler

A

to reveal

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720
Q

faire mousser qn

A

to praise smbd

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721
Q

drawing pin

A

la punaise

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722
Q

snack

A

en-cas (m)

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723
Q

shopping area

A

le quartier commerçant

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724
Q

le chèvrefeuille

A

honeysuckle

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725
Q

au dernier plan

A

in the background

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726
Q

I’ll take Elodie to see them, they haven’t met her yet.

A

Je leur amènerai Élodie, ils ne l’ont encore jamais vue.

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727
Q

il était tétanisé de peur

A

he was paralysed with fear

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728
Q

astounding

A

ahurissant

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729
Q

combler

A

to fill, fulfil

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730
Q

to lug around

A

trimballer

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731
Q

to advocate

A

prôner

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732
Q

to paddle

A

patauger

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733
Q

wound

A

la plaie

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734
Q

prendre le temps de

A

to take time to

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735
Q

blindness

A

la cécité

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736
Q

reinforcements

A

les renforts (m)

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737
Q

differently

A

autrement

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738
Q

eyelash

A

le cil

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739
Q

to sharpen

A

affûter

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740
Q

magpie

A

la pie

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741
Q

to delight in

A

se délecter de qch / de faire qch

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742
Q

ruisseler

A

to trickle

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743
Q

s’épanouir

A

to bloom, blossom

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744
Q

watering can

A

arrosoir (n.m.)

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745
Q

la chair de poule

A

goosepimples

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746
Q

arriver

A

à Je n’arrive pas à faire ce devoir.

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747
Q

to win

A

remporter

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748
Q

plain-pied

A

at street level

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749
Q

canal lock

A

une écluse

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750
Q

quitte à

A

even if it means

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751
Q

at that moment

A

sur ces entrefaites

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752
Q

les cernes sous les yeux

A

rings uner the eyes

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753
Q

I’m really pissed off to hear that.**

A

Ca me fout les boules d’entendre cela. **

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754
Q

la guérison

A

recovery

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755
Q

depressed

A

déprimé

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756
Q

s’embourber

A

to get stuck in the mud

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757
Q

le tuyau

A

hose

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758
Q

to dodge

A

esquiver

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759
Q

to stagger

A

chanceler

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760
Q

se déglinguer*

A

to be on the blink*

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761
Q

se gargariser de

A

to revel in

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762
Q

scrounger

A

la pique-assiette

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763
Q

scribble

A

le gribouillage

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764
Q

tenir à

A

to be keen / anxious to

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765
Q

doué
• il est doué pour les chiffres

A

gifted

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766
Q

to try and justify

A

faire l’apologie de

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767
Q

For my lunch I’ll eat the leftovers from yesterday.

A

Pour mon déjeuner je mangerai les restes d’hier.

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768
Q

lettre de motivation

A

covering letter

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769
Q

giant scale

A

le gigantisme

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770
Q

seagull

A

la mouette

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771
Q

le pitre

A

clown

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772
Q

disséquer

A

to dissect

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773
Q

to worry about sthg

A

se tracasser pour qch

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774
Q

to ramble on

A

radoter

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775
Q

la belle-fille

A

daughter-in-law

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776
Q

la bavure

A

blunder

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777
Q

to glow

A

rutiler

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778
Q

(sun)tan

A

le hâle

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779
Q

le contre-pied

A

the exact opposite

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780
Q

verrouiller

A

to lock

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781
Q

enquiquiner*

A

to annoy*

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782
Q

avaler

A

to swallow

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783
Q

mistake

A

la méprise

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784
Q

splendid

A

épatant

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785
Q

His heart was in his boots.

A

Il n’en menait pas large.

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786
Q

menacing (regard)

A

torve

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787
Q

s’affaisser

A

to subside, collapse

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788
Q

la griffure

A

scratch

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789
Q

he gets on my nerves

A

Il me court sur le haricot

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790
Q

le soulèvement

A

uprising

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791
Q

elder

A

le sureau

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792
Q

quitte à

A

even if it means

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793
Q

to arrange things so that

A

faire en sorte que

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794
Q

to be tied down

A

avoir le fil à la patte

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795
Q

le feutre

A

felt-tip pen

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796
Q

contemplation

A

le recueillement

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797
Q

raver

A

le / la teufeur

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798
Q

le grillon

A

cricket

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799
Q

to hoot

A

huhuler

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800
Q

houleux

A

stormy

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801
Q

Public Prosecutor’s Department

A

le parquet

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802
Q

soothing

A

lénifiant

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803
Q

flabbergasted

A

éberlué

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804
Q

à l’abri de

A

safe from

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805
Q

to get round, dodge, skip

A

escamoter

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806
Q

freedom of expression

A

la liberté d’expression

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807
Q

échec et mat

A

checkmate

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808
Q

s’avachir

A

to lose its shape, become flabby

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809
Q

not long ago

A

naguère

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810
Q

safe from

A

à l’abri de

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811
Q

le fouillis

A

jumble

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812
Q

The early arrival of winter upset the winegrowers.

A

La venue précoce de l’hiver a perturbé les viticulteurs.

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813
Q

le guet-apens

A

ambush

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814
Q

downhill, downstream

A

en aval

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815
Q

the tip of a knife

A

la pointe d’un couteau

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816
Q

to mark out

A

jalonner

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817
Q

fleeting

A

fugace

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818
Q

mijoter

A

to simmer

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819
Q

resident

A

le riverain

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820
Q

la morve*

A

snot*

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821
Q

even if it means

A

quitte à

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822
Q

millstone

A

la meule

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823
Q

le gond

A

hinge

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824
Q

frais et dispos

A

fresh as a daisy

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825
Q

gooseberry

A

la groseille à maquereau

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826
Q

chilly

A

frisquet

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827
Q

peloter

A

to grope

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828
Q

gutter

A

le caniveau

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829
Q

to swot up on

A

potasser

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830
Q

faire pareil que

A

to do the same thing as

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831
Q

to spread

A

faire tache d’huile

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832
Q

mutin

A

mischievous

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833
Q

le courroux

A

ire, wrath

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834
Q

unspeakable

A

indicible

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835
Q

cotton wool

A

ouate (f)

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836
Q

jurer (couleurs)

A

to clash [avec]

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837
Q

le grumeau

  • la pâte est pleine de grumeaux
A

lump

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838
Q

to lose one’s way

A

s’égarer

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839
Q

un engouement

A

fad

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840
Q

vein (de feuille)

A

la nervure

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841
Q

high-tech, latest, top

A

de pointe

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842
Q

s’impliquer dans

A

to get involved in

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843
Q

to pull out all the stops

A

lésiner

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844
Q

shard

A

le tesson

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845
Q

godiche

A

awkward

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846
Q

engloutir

A

to swallow up

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847
Q

trendy

A

branché

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848
Q

misprint

A

la coquille

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849
Q

to plug in

A

brancher

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850
Q

la gouaille

A

cheeky humour

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851
Q

la porte-etiquette

A

luggage label, keytag

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852
Q

bûcher*

A

to swot*

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853
Q

lazing about

A

le farniente

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854
Q

troublesome

A

importun

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855
Q

la miche

A

bun

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856
Q

to wreak havoc

A

faire des ravages

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857
Q

être du ressort de

A

to be within the competence of

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858
Q

faire l’apologie de

A

to try and justify

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859
Q

avoir raison de qn/qch

A

to get the better of s.o/sth

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860
Q

buckshot

A

le chevrotine

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861
Q

spinal cord

A

la moelle épinière

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862
Q

stretcher

A

la civière

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863
Q

le mot souche

A

root word

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864
Q

latch

A

le loquet

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865
Q

le clivage

A

split

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866
Q

to swap

A

troquer

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867
Q

to tumble down

A

dégringoler

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868
Q

lénifiant

A

soothing

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869
Q

to make good progress

A

aller bon train

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870
Q

le redoux

A

thaw

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871
Q

There’s a smell of burning. (I can smell trouble.)

A

ça sent le roussi!

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872
Q

quiet [vie], easy [travail]

A

pépère

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873
Q

une émeute

A

riot

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874
Q

le fusible

A

fuse

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875
Q

to puke

A

dégobiller

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876
Q

splendid

A

épatant

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877
Q

hypermarket

A

la grande surface

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878
Q

to destroy

A

anéantir

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879
Q

engourdir

A

to numb

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880
Q

talks

A

les pourparlers

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881
Q

it turns out that

A

il s’avère que

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882
Q

le tueur à gages

A

hired killer

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883
Q

to lure

A

appâter

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884
Q

set-up

A

le coup monté

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885
Q

C’est de l’enrobage.

A

It’s a cover-up.

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886
Q

to run smoothly

A

tourner rond

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887
Q

avarie (f)

A

damage

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888
Q

well-off

A

cossu

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889
Q

la charnière

A

hinge

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890
Q

increvable

A

tireless

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891
Q

juicy

A

juteux

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892
Q

his heart was in his boots

A

il n’en menait pas large

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893
Q

to dismiss, turn away

A

éconduire

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894
Q
  • n.* the general public
  • adj.* mass appeal
A

(le) grand public

  • un film grand public
  • [ant: un film niche]
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895
Q

to borrow from

A

emprunter à

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896
Q

mint

A

un atelier de frappe

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897
Q

le loquet

A

latch

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898
Q

to erode

A

miner

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899
Q

to yap, yelp

A

japper

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900
Q

décliner

A

to decline

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cocasse

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funny, quirky

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902
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quotation mark

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le guillemet

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903
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We’ll see.

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C’est à voir.

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904
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sens dessus dessous

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upside down

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905
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to annoy*

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enquiquiner*

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906
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to plait

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tresser

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907
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octroyer

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to award

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908
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la police

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font

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909
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d’arrache-pied

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flat out

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910
Q

assener

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to put forward

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911
Q

se crisper

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to tense

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912
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équipe de déminage

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bomb disposal squad

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913
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to bypass

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contourner

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914
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le laïus

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long-winded speech

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915
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turning point

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le tournant décisif

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916
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to pull / tug / gnaw at

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tirailler

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917
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reprimand

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la semonce

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918
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brailler

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to bawl

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919
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rentre-dedans (adj)

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in your face

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920
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se tremper

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to get wet

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921
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les aïeux

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forefathers

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922
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redundancy

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le licenciement

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923
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to move

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se remuer

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924
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une implantation

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arrangement

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925
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denouncement

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la délation

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926
Q

se borner à

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to confine oneself to

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927
Q

maple

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un érable

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928
Q

lecture

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le cours magistral

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929
Q

wrinkle

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la ride

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930
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to do up (house, car)

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retaper

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931
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surrounded by

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cerné de

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932
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to score a bullseye

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faire mouche

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933
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Ça tient trop de place.

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It takes up too much room.

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934
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absent-minded

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étourdi

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935
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to give someone a fright

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flanquer la trouille à qn

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936
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to suffocate

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étouffer

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937
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dépérir

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to waste away

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938
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firefly

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la luciole

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939
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to run aground

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s’échouer

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940
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flame thrower

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un lance-flamme

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941
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cupide

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greedy

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942
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le chantage

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blackmail

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943
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harness

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attelage (m)

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944
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stuffing (upholstery)

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le bourrage

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945
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to clear one’s throat

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se racler la gorge

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946
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to draw a crowd of

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ameuter

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947
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to gripe

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rouspéter

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948
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surmonter une maladie

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to overcome an illness

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949
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to squabble

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se chamailler

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950
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Cela m’a beaucoup plu.

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I liked it a lot.

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951
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se débattre

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to struggle

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952
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kindness

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la bienvaillance

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953
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anvil

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une enclume

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954
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to chicken out**

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se dégonfler**

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955
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la cognée

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woodsman’s axe

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956
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soustraire

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to subtract

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957
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tinter

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to jingle

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958
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éclabousser

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to splash

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959
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suspended sentence

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peine avec sursis

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960
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to chicken out**

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se dégonfler**

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961
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rentre-dedans (adj)

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in your face (adj)

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962
Q

veule

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spinelesss

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963
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jumble

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le fatras

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964
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(thatched) cottage

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la chaumière

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965
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assener / asséner

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to put forward (idea)

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966
Q

insecure

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précaire

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967
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gaping

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béant

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968
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un orme

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elm

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969
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le braquage*

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hold-up*

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970
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être en rogne

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to be really mad

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971
Q

to dismiss

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congédier

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972
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to patent

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breveter

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973
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effriter

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to crumble

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974
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to apply for a job

A

postuler à un emploi

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975
Q

espiègle

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mischievous

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976
Q

le / la pourfendeur

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scourge

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977
Q

vole

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le campagnol

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978
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la désinvolture

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casualness

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979
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la coque

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hull

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980
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unrecognised

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méconnu

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981
Q

by hand

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à la main

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982
Q

summons

A

la convocation

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983
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faire un petit somme

A

to have a nap

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984
Q

to convert a try

A

transformer l’essai

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985
Q

étriqué

A

tight, narrow

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986
Q

scourge

A

le / la pourfendeur

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987
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‘money’

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le pognon

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988
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le joug

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yoke

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989
Q

puisque

A

since

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990
Q

stubborn

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têtu

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991
Q

edge

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le rebord

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992
Q

to bend over backwards

A

se plier en quatre

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993
Q

une ornière

A

rut

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994
Q

tenir le coup

A

to survive

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995
Q

triturer

A

to fiddle with

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996
Q

to broach

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aborder

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997
Q

la cruche

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jug

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998
Q

forefathers

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les aïeux

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999
Q

tamiser

A

to sieve, filter

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1000
Q

fripé

A

crumpled, wrinkled

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1001
Q

ostrich

A

une autruche

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1002
Q

steep path

A

le raidillon

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1003
Q

fitted

A

cintré

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1004
Q

coasser

A

to croak

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1005
Q

esquisser un sourire

A

to half-smile

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1006
Q

full to bursting

A

plein à crâquer

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1007
Q

to hold all the aces

A

avoir tous les atouts

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1008
Q

groove

A

la rainure

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1009
Q

retors

A

crafty, devious

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1010
Q

chevaucher

A

to overlap, straddle

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1011
Q

fourbu

A

exhausted

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1012
Q

la disette

A

famine

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1013
Q

écosser

A

to shell

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1014
Q

on the lookout

A

aux aguets

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1015
Q

cingler

A

to lash, sting

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1016
Q

even worse

A

encore pire

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1017
Q

le chalutier

A

trawler(man)

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1018
Q

moyennant

A

(in return) for

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1019
Q

It’s nothing to crow about.

A

Il n’y a pas de quoi pavoiser.

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1020
Q

pointillé

A

dotted

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1021
Q

smidgen

A

le chouia

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1022
Q

mou

A

dull

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1023
Q

caler

A

to be stuck, give up

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1024
Q

to terminate, cancel (contract)

A

résilier

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1025
Q

atermoyer

A

to procrastinate

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1026
Q

la belette

A

weasel

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1027
Q

bone marrow

A

la moelle osseuse

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1028
Q

inédit

A

previously unpublished

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1029
Q

la giboulée

A

sudden downpour

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1030
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le néant

A

nothingness

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1031
Q

yew

A

un if

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1032
Q

inheritance, heritage

A

le patrimoine

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1033
Q

to confine oneself to

A

se borner à

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1034
Q

to huddle o.s. up

A

se recroqueviller

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1035
Q

la limaille

A

filings

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1036
Q

troquer

A

to swap

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1037
Q

la marée haute

A

high tide

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1038
Q

to get drunk

A

se soûler

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1039
Q

la cordonnerie

A

cobbler’s

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1040
Q

au comble de désespoir

A

in the depths of despair

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Q

my car gave up on me

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ma voiture m’a lâché

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1042
Q

la serpillière

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floorcloth

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1043
Q

to fill, fulfil

A

combler

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1044
Q

to start, institute

A

entamer

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1045
Q

holdall

A

le fourre-tout

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1046
Q

shroud

A

un linceul

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1047
Q

clocher

A

to be faulty

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1048
Q

heather

A

la bruyère

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1049
Q

le cafouillage

A

muddle, shambles

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1050
Q

la radiation

A

expulsion

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1051
Q

la pelle à poussière

A

dustpan

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1052
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le caïd*

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hard man*

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1053
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faire mouche

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to be right on target

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1054
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Water is made up of oxygen and hydrogen.

A

L’eau est constitué d’oxygène et d’hydrogène.

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1055
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le foudre

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cask

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1056
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among other things

A

entre autres (choses)

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1057
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I couldn’t put that book down.

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J’ai dévoré ce livre.

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1058
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to discover

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dénicher

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1059
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fouiller

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to search

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1060
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to be on call

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être d’astreinte

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1061
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chevronné

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experienced

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1062
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to settle

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régler

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1063
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se ratatiner

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to shrivel

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1064
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se délecter de qch / de faire qch

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to delight in

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1065
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le badaud

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onlooker

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1066
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le crachin

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drizzle

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1067
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rouler les mécaniques

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to swagger along

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1068
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soupir

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to sigh

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1069
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subodorer

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to scent

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1070
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heel (of shoe)

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le talon

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1071
Q

le rétrécissement

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shrinkage

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1072
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to doze off

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s’assoupir

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1073
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avoir un creux*

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to be hungry*

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1074
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ça sent le roussi!

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There’s a smell of burning. (I can smell trouble.)

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1075
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le boyau

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guts, intestines

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1076
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to rush, flock

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affluer

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1077
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se faner

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to wilt

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1078
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à l’ombre

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in the shade

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1079
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at times

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par moments

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1080
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Avoid fatty foods.

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Évitez les graisses.

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1081
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the charges against him

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les faits qui lui sont reprochés

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1082
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to tenderise

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attendrir

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1083
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to get worse

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empirer

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1084
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hazelnut

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la noisette

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1085
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la devise

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motto, slogan

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1086
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furrow

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le sillon

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1087
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loucher

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to squint

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1088
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la flaque d’eau

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puddle

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1089
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beak

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le bec

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1090
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to have a hard time of it

A

en baver*

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1091
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le beau-père

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father-in-law

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1092
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spare wheel

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la roue de secours

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1093
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mièvre

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soppy

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1094
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s’empâter

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to thicken out

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1095
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praise

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la louange

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1096
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cogwheel

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le rouage

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1097
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biscornu

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quirky

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1098
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la nasse

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fish trap

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1099
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to be in limbo

A

être dans les limbes

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1100
Q

resistant to

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réfractaire

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1101
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lumberjack

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le bûcheron

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1102
Q

sly

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sournois

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1103
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le fard à paupières

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eye shadow

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1104
Q

to peer at*

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lorgner*

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1105
Q

la libre circulation

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free movement

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1106
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ugly

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moche

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1107
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paresseux

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lazy

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1108
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to frolic about

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batifoler

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1109
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to give way to

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laisser place à

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1110
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to poach

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braconner

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1111
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survolté

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overexcited

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1112
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stiff

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courbaturé

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1113
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s’évanouir

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to faint

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1114
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la vasière

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mud flats

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1115
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binding

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contraignant

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1116
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adrift

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à la dérive

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1117
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silent

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silencieux

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1118
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to rush

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brusquer

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1119
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percuter

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to strike, crash into

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1120
Q

parliamentary seat

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le siège de député

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1121
Q

le figurant

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(film) extra

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1122
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il est bel et bien lá

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he’s definitely there

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1123
Q

size

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le gabarit

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1124
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grouchy

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grincheux

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1125
Q

monkfish

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la lotte

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1126
Q

être tenu de

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to be required to

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1127
Q

apurer

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to audit

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1128
Q

élire

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to elect

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1129
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mole

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la taupe

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1130
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C’est encore moi

A

Me again.

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1131
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un éventail

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fan

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1132
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le girofle

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clove

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1133
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to get on (horse, bicycle)

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enfourcher

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1134
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augmenter

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to increase

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1135
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to tack (Naut)

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louvoyer

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1136
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gaol

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la taule

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1137
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faire des ravages

A

to wreak havoc

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1138
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déboucher sur

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to lead to

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1139
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to increase

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majorer

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1140
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je ne peux pas le blairer

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I can’t stand him.

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1141
Q

oisif

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idle

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1142
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rattle

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la crécelle

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1143
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terre-à-terre

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down-to-earth

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1144
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to turn off the ignition

A

couper le contact

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1145
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la grêle

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hail

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1146
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la congère

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snowdrift

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1147
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à tout jamais

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once and for all

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1148
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blunt

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émoussé

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1149
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empoigner

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to grab

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1150
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boastful

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hâbleur

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1151
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overexcited

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survolté

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1152
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débouler

A

to appear suddenly

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1153
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to bawl

A

brailler

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1154
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débrayer

A

to stop work (strike)

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1155
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bowl

A

le bol

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1156
Q

la bâche

A

tarpaulin

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1157
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le vautour

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vulture

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1158
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pumpkin

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le potiron

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1159
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le trac

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stage fright

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1160
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to knit

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tricoter

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1161
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I can’t believe my ears

A

je n’en crois pas mes oreilles

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1162
Q

whip

A

le fouet

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1163
Q

tuft, clump

A

la touffe

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1164
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sign, placard

A

la pancarte

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1165
Q

video recorder

A

le magnétoscope

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1166
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jeter son dévolu sur qch

A

to set one’s heart on sthg

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1167
Q

tousser

A

to cough

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1168
Q

withdrawal

A

le désistement

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1169
Q

guetter

A

to watch out for

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1170
Q

habitations à loyer modéré

A

HLM

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1171
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to nibble

A

picorer

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1172
Q

onirique

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dream-like

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1173
Q

se blottir contre qn

A

to snuggle up to sb

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1174
Q

good as gold

A

sage comme une image

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1175
Q

malaxer

A

to knead, massage

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1176
Q

fuyant

A

evasive

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1177
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fasting

A

le jeûne

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1178
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le soufre

A

sulphur

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1179
Q

Both my mother and my father are Algerian.

A

Et ma mère et mon père sont algériens.

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1180
Q

pliers

A

la pince

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1181
Q

persifler

A

to mock

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1182
Q

to split hairs

A

pinailler

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1183
Q

le ressortissant

A

national

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1184
Q

étanche

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watertight

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1185
Q

bed**

A

le plumard**

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1186
Q

to cut up, tear from limb to limb

A

dépecer

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1187
Q

le remous

A

backwash, stir

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1188
Q

une arcane

A

mystery

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1189
Q

loucher

A

to squint

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1190
Q

lobster

A

un homard

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1191
Q

to hurtle down

A

dévaler

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1192
Q

out of touch

A

décalé

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1193
Q

monsoon

A

la mousson

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1194
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to croak

A

coasser

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1195
Q

hideaway, cushy number*

A

la planque

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1196
Q

saccager

A

to destroy

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1197
Q

pinailler

A

to split hairs

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1198
Q

à reculons

A

reluctantly

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1199
Q

patibulaire

A

sinister-looking

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1200
Q

la préventive

A

custody

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1201
Q

une exposition

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exhibition

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freelance journalist

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la journaliste pigiste

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il écorche l’allemand

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his German’s terrible

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1204
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le groin

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snout

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1205
Q

mater

A

to subdue, **eye up

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1206
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Ça me rase.

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It bores me stiff.

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1207
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it is advisable to

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il convient de

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1208
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criant

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striking

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1209
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un résultat serré

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a close result

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1210
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thoughtlessness

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une étourderie

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1211
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to chew

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chiquer

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1212
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to splash

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éclabousser

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1213
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ébaucher un sourire

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to give a faint smile

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1214
Q

esquinter*

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to mess up*

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1215
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une jument

A

mare

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1216
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congédier

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to dismiss

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1217
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bailiff

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un huissier

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1218
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to appear in court

A

comparaitre

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1219
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un autel

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altar

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1220
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épater

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to amaze

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1221
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le cendrier

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ashtray

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1222
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accablent

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oppressive

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1223
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ladle

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la louche

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1224
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le haltère

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dumbbell

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1225
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haleter

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to gasp for breath

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1226
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la courge

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squash

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1227
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grignoter

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to snack

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1228
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to decide between

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départager

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1229
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la hanche

A

hip

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1230
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mass grave

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le charnier

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1231
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enguirlander qn*

A

to tell s.o. off

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1232
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avoir raison de

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to get the better of

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1233
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les planches

A

stage (theatre)

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His sore throat wouldn’t go away.

A

Son mal de gorge ne se passait pas.

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1235
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l’ouvre-bouteille

A

bottle opener

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1236
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to shorten, cut short

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abréger

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1237
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le témoignage

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evidence, account

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1238
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affiner

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to refine

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1239
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une embûche

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pitfall

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1240
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le mélèze

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larch

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1241
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le gribouillis

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scribble

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1242
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se figer

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to congeal

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1243
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to like the sound of one’s own voice

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s’écouter parler

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1244
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toilet seat

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un abattant

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1245
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exiger

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to demand

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1246
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nothingness

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le néant

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1247
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la muscade

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nutmeg

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1248
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to rhyme

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rimer

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1249
Q

voguer

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to sail

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1250
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faire la java

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to rave it up

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1251
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s’entretenir avec

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to speak with s.o.

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1252
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le fourre-tout

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holdall

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1253
Q

le coup monté

A

set-up

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1254
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le siège de député

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parliamentary seat

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1255
Q

outcry

A

le tollé

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1256
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to push a plug into a socket

A

enfoncer une fiche dans une prise

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1257
Q

s’empêtrer dans

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to get tangled in

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1258
Q

un aimant

A

magnet

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1259
Q

alpaguer

A

to collar

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1260
Q

to shatter

A

fracasser

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1261
Q

pépère

A

quiet [vie], easy [travail]

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1262
Q

cassant

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curt

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1263
Q

ragman

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chiffonnier

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1264
Q

baguenauder*

A

to wander*

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1265
Q

owl

A

la chouette

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1266
Q

roe deer

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le chevreuil

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1267
Q

le filon

A

seam

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1268
Q

village*

A

le patelin*

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1269
Q

at the very most

A

à tout casser

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1270
Q

to drag

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traîner

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1271
Q

Laisse(z) tomber

A

Let it go / drop

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1272
Q

to soil, sully

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souiller

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1273
Q

se volatiliser

A

to vanish into thin air

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1274
Q

he sets himself up as judge

A

il s’érige en juge.

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1275
Q

calf (leg)

A

le mollet

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1276
Q

to detect

A

déceler

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1277
Q

déroger

A

to disregard, breach

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1278
Q

rapid development

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l’essor

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1279
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set-up

A

le coup monté

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1280
Q

hécatombe (f)

A

slaughter

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1281
Q

to have a stutter

A

être bègue

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1282
Q

to sieve, filter

A

tamiser

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1283
Q

le bassin

A

pelvis

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1284
Q

higher bid

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la surenchère

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1285
Q

le braquet

A

gear ratio

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1286
Q

sheet music

A

la partition

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1287
Q

une écorchure

A

scrape

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1288
Q

la jonquille

A

daffodil

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1289
Q

attendrir

A

to tenderise

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1290
Q

C’est un mariolle*

A

He’s a bit of a joker*

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1291
Q

la bouffée de châleur

A

hot flush

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1292
Q

a 180 degree turn

A

un virage à cent quatre-vingts degrés

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1293
Q

He’d got us involved in a sordid business.

A

Il nous avait entraînés dans une affaire louche.

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1294
Q

paperback

A

le livre broché

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1295
Q

guilleret

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perky

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1296
Q

scar

A

la balafre

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1297
Q

to stuff

A

empailler

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1298
Q

Have they appointed a new president?

A

Est-ce qu’ils ont nommé un nouveau président?

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1299
Q

un égout

A

sewer

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1300
Q

wingspan

A

envergure (f)

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1301
Q

freckle

A

la tache de rousseur

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1302
Q

déguenillé

A

ragged

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1303
Q

to get involved in

A

s’impliquer dans

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1304
Q

s’esclaffer

A

to burst out laughing

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1305
Q

sous l’emprise de l’alcool

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under the influence of alcohol

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1306
Q

faute de mieux

A

for want of anything better

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1307
Q

le rez-de-jardin

A

garden level

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1308
Q

faire du foin

A

to make a fuss

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1309
Q

prôner

A

to advocate

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1310
Q

branché

A

trendy

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1311
Q

énième

A

umpteenth

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1312
Q

to irritate

A

agacer

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1313
Q

hinge

A

le gond

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1314
Q

stake

A

l’enjeu

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1315
Q

rebuter

A

to put off, repel

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1316
Q

green woodpecker

A

le pivert

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1317
Q

dog*

A

le clébard*

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1318
Q

pitfall

A

une embûche

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1319
Q

le fardeau

A

load, burden

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1320
Q

envergure (f)

A

wingspan

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1321
Q

confrontation

A

un affrontement

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1322
Q

brackish

A

saumâtre

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1323
Q

he replied without missing a beat that …

A

il lui a répondu du tac au tac que …

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1324
Q

il me tarde de

A

I’m looking forward to

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1325
Q

en lisière de

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on the outskirts of

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1326
Q

tomber aux oubliettes

A

to be abandoned

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1327
Q

he was paralysed with fear

A

il était tétanisé de peur

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1328
Q

dans la mouise

A

to be flat broke

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1329
Q

to swish

A

chuinter

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1330
Q

alléchant

A

tempting

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1331
Q

faire le beau

A

to show off

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1332
Q

to be dressed up to the nines*

A

se mettre sur son trente et un*

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1333
Q

to wither, wilt

A

flétrir

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1334
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in decline

A

en recul

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1335
Q

un échalas

A

beanpole

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1336
Q

to tumble down

A

dégringoler

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1337
Q

une épave

A

wreck

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1338
Q

old melody / hackneyed expression

A

la rengaine

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1339
Q

picorer

A

to nibble

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1340
Q

at sbd’s bedside

A

au chevet de qn

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1341
Q

outcry

A

le tollé

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1342
Q

to lick

A

lécher

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1343
Q

le chouia

A

smidgen

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1344
Q

le quartier commerçant

A

shopping area

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1345
Q

to hold on to power

A

détenir le pouvoir

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1346
Q

to wedge open

A

caler

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1347
Q

to curb

A

endiguer

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1348
Q

une étourderie

A

thoughtlessness

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1349
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le sceau

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seal

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1350
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blackmail

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le chantage

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1351
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trébucher

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to stumble

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1352
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ashtray

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le cendrier

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I’m doing up my house

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je retape ma baraque

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1354
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tar

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le goudron

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1355
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ivy

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le lierre

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1356
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appoint

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supplementary • boulot d’appoint (eg students)

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1357
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mound

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le monticule

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1358
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le perdreau

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partridge

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quirky

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biscornu

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1360
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for the benefit of

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à l’adresse de

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1361
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le verrou

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bolt

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1362
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la pieuvre

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octopus

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1363
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étoffer

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to fill out, strengthen

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1364
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rightly

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à juste titre

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1365
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rebellious, undefeated

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insoumis

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1366
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cobbler’s

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la cordonnerie

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1367
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skin-tight

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moulant

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1368
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fur

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la fourrure

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1369
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la mouette

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seagull

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1370
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étayer

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to prop up

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1371
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les jours fériés

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public holidays

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1372
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beforehand

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au préalable

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1373
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to lose its shape, become flabby

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s’avachir

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1374
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l’aiguillage (m)

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points (rail)

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1375
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ragged

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déguenillé

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1376
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to plot

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manigancer

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1377
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to feel dizzy

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en avoir le tournis

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1378
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to bone

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désosser

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1379
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le préau

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covered playground

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1380
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crooked cop

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le ripou

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1381
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le lambeau

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scrap

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1382
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in relation to

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par rapport à

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1383
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se soûler

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to get drunk

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1384
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feature film

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long métrage

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1385
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ébruiter

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to divulge

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1386
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le chantier

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building site

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1387
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se gondoler (informal)

A

to laugh (informal)

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1388
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ameuter

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to draw a crowd of

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1389
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to knead, massage

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malaxer

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1390
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He soon got in step with the others.

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Il s’est vite mis au diapason.

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1391
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to have spirit

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avoir du ressort

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1392
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in a very poor state

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dans un piètre état

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1393
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se lézarder

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to crack

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1394
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le rayon

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shelf

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I can’t get over …

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je n’en reviens pas de …

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1396
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tarauder

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to tap (technical)

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1397
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tracasser

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to annoy

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1398
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to ruin

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gâter

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1399
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de passage

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passing through

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1400
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s’apaiser

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to calm down

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1401
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s’avérer

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to turn out

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1402
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l’avant-bras

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forearm

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1403
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(roof) beam

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la poutre

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1404
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a delusion

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la leurre

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1405
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le cours magistral

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lecture

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long-winded speech

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le laïus

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1407
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coypu

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le ragondin

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1408
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se targuer de

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to boast

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1409
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redouter

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to dread

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1410
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floorcloth

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la serpillière

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1411
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s’envenimer

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to get infected

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1412
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entamer

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to start, institute

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1413
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brièvement

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briefly

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1414
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muter

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to transfer

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1415
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à ras de

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at the level of

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1416
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to manage

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se débrouiller

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1417
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il convient de

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it is advisable to

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1418
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to fade

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s’estomper

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1419
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laundry

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la buanderie

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1420
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fabulously rich

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richissime

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1421
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la canicule

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heatwave

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1422
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against

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à l’encontre de

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1423
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to mix up

A

emberlificoter

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1424
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kite (bird)

A

le milan

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1425
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to be on the blink*

A

se déglinguer*

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1426
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It’s not at all like him.

A

Ce n’est pas du tout son genre.

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1427
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le panache

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plume

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1428
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douillet

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cosy

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1429
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ronchonner

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to grumble

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1430
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boulonner

A

to bolt

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1431
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feinter

A

to play truant

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1432
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porthole

A

le hublot

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1433
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suinter

A

to seep

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1434
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pioneer

A

pionnier / ère

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1435
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bruiser

A

le cogneur

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1436
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perky, jaunty

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guilleret

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1437
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kidney

A

le rognon

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1438
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combler

A

to fulfil

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1439
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to curve, to arch one’s back

A

cambrer, se cambrer

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1440
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farmyard

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la basse-cour

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1441
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le sureau

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elder

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1442
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le pertuis

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strait

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1443
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woodlouse

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le cloporte

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1444
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reminder

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le rappel

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1445
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crumpled, wrinkled

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fripé

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1446
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la liberté d’expression

A

freedom of expression

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1447
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to balk

A

rechigner

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1448
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couver

A

to fester

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1449
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l’étiage (m)

A

low-water level

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1450
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evasive

A

fuyant

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1451
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une flopée de

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a whole load of

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1452
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rough

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rugueux

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1453
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couper le contact

A

to turn off the ignition

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1454
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un érable

A

maple

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1455
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manager

A

le gérant

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1456
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head, nut*

A

le ciboulot*

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1457
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snooze

A

le roupillon*

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1458
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le / la dramaturge

A

playwright

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1459
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to perk up

A

se requinquer

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1460
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le mulot

A

field mouse

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1461
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sulky

A

boudeur

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1462
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cramped, cooped up

A

engoncé

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1463
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oisif

A

idle

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1464
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la louche

A

ladle

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1465
Q

déballer

A

to unpack, display

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1466
Q

He’s good at English but weak in mathematics.

A

Il est bon en anglais mais médiocre en mathématiques.

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1467
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décevant

A

disappointing

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1468
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according to

A

d’après

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1469
Q

le dégât

A

damage

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1470
Q

enfourcher

A

to get on (horse, bicycle)

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1471
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at the end of

A

à l’issue de

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1472
Q

to prowl

A

rôder

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1473
Q

Ça s’arrose.

A

That calls for a drink.

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1474
Q

épargner qch à qn

A

to spare s.o. sthg

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1475
Q

braconner

A

to poach

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1476
Q

embankment

A

le talus

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1477
Q

la gouaille

A

cheeky humour

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1478
Q

être dans la mouise

A

to be flat broke

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1479
Q

The countdown has started.

A

Le compte à rebours a commencé.

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1480
Q

to prop up, support

A

étayer

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1481
Q

soap opera

A

le feuilleton

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1482
Q

dorloter

A

to pamper

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1483
Q

dégringoler

A

to slump, tumble, fall sharply • Elle a fait dégringoler toute la pile de livres.

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Q

to abandon

A

laisser en plan

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1485
Q

trendy

A

branché

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easel

A

le chevalet

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1487
Q

to control

A

maîtriser

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1488
Q

to be/sit astride

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chevaucher

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1489
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la décadence

A

decline

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1490
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it’s chilly

A

il est frisquet

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1491
Q

entamer

A

to start

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1492
Q

la tache

A

stain

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1493
Q

stingy, petty

A

mesquin

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1494
Q

se braquer

A

to dig one’s heels in

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1495
Q

pulpit

A

la chaire

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1496
Q

mischievous

A

espiègle

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1497
Q

apesanteur (f)

A

weightlessness

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1498
Q

to embrace, grip

A

étreindre

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to collect

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recueillir

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1500
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lie

A

le mensonge

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s’en prendre à

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to take it out on

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to charter

A

affréter

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à feuilles caduques

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deciduous

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quitte à

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even if it means

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to cast the net wide

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ratisser large

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pousser des cris d’orfraie

A

to screech like a banshee

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to drive smb up the wall*

A

faire tourner qn en bourrique*

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for want of anything better

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faute de mieux

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to go stale

A

rassir

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there are loads of things to do

A

il y a un tas de trucs à faire

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bruyant

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noisy

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la toux

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cough

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le commerçant

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shopkeeper, retailer

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cupboard

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le placard

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à bout portant

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at point-blank range

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to exhaust

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éreinter

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landmark

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le repère

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la bergeronette

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wagtail

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to squat, crouch

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s’accroupir

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1520
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to kindle

A

attiser

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le gabarit

A

size

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demeaning

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avilissant

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destitute

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démuni

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molehill

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la taupinière

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l’emprise

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ascendancy

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1526
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sap

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la sève

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avoir le béguin pour qn*

A

to have a crush on sbd

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s’emballer*

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to get carried away, to fly off the handle

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1529
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to drift

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dériver

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1530
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écarter

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to dismiss

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1531
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minauder

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to simper

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1532
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rater

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to fail

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1533
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la jonquille

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daffodil

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1534
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gash

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une estafilade

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1535
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to bribe

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soudoyer

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1536
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se ménager

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to take it easy

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éconduire

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to dismiss, turn away

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1538
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to pile up

A

entasser

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1539
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la balance de ménage

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kitchen scales

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1540
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le gribouillage

A

scribble

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1541
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to be stuck, give up

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caler

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1542
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You had to push the branches aside to get through the overgrown garden.

A

Il fallait écarter les feuillages pour traverser le jardin abandonné.

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bitter

A

âpre

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1544
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le bocal

A

jar

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tablecloth

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la nappe

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girder

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la poutrelle

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la ride

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wrinkle

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1548
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haut débit

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broadband

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le maraîchage

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market gardening

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1550
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mystery

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une arcane

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announcement

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une annonce

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dazed, vacant

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hébété

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la girouette

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weather vane

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1554
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to put on weight

A

grossir

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1555
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le jeu de rôle

A

role play

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1556
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Plus facile à dire qu’à faire.

A

Easier said than done.

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1557
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sans broncher

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without turning a hair

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1558
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cough

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la toux

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1559
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fanfaronner

A

to brag

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1560
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dandelion

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le pissenlit

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1561
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sly

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sournois

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le paon

A

peacock

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1563
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One could also say the opposite.

A

On peut dire aussi l’inverse.

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1564
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avisé

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sensible

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1565
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la fougue

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spirit

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la livraison

A

delivery

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sur le qui-vive

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on the alert, on one’s toes

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1568
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touchy

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chatouilleux

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1569
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to be next to

A

jouxter

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1570
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stain

A

la tache

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1571
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bad management

A

la gabegie

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1572
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heading

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un en-tête

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1573
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stump

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le moignon

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le moignon

A

stump

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to confine, contain

A

endiguer

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1576
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standard

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un étandard

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1577
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il n’en menait pas large

A

his heart was in his boots

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1578
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to peel

A

éplucher

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1579
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pothole

A

le nid de poule

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1580
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fabulously rich

A

richissime

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1581
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revendiquer

A

to claim

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1582
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une polémique

A

controversy

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flou

A

blurred

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1584
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le chambranle

A

doorframe

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1585
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to strike down

A

terrasser

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1586
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dodu

A

chubby

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1587
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la grisaille

A

greyness

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1588
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to refuse to talk to

A

bouder

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1589
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éreinter

A

to exhaust

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1590
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la grogne

A

discontent

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1591
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in a way [pour ainsi dire]

A

en quelque sorte

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1592
Q

Intensive Care Unit

A

une unité de soins intensifs

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le chêne

A

oak

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1594
Q

un élagueur

A

tree surgeon

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1595
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au premier plan

A

in the foreground

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1596
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to rewind

A

rembobiner

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le chiendent

A

couch grass

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ghost

A

le revenant

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endiguer

A

to curb

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1600
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breeze block

A

le parpaing

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Q

denigration

A

le dénigrement

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mettre le contact

A

to turn on the ignition

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steep

A

pentu

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le chaume

A

thatch, stubble

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1605
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jouisseur

A

sensual

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1606
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serrer

A

to tighten

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1607
Q

bâbord

A

port (side)

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1608
Q

zébrer

A

to stripe, streak

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1609
Q

to free oneself from

A

s’affranchir de

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1610
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outright

A

sur le coup

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splint

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une attèle

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to clear

A

défricher

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helpful

A

serviable

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to tangle

A

emmêler

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Q

bâiller

A

to yawn

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Q

armoured, immune*, packed*

A

blindé

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1617
Q

la ventouse

A

suction pad, plunger

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né de la dernière pluie

A

born yesterday

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béant

A

gaping

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to be adventurous

A

n’avoir pas froid aux yeux

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Q

wing

A

l’aile (f)

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Q

un étui à lunettes

A

glasses case

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Q

pal

A

le pote

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le charnier

A

mass grave

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Q

la broutille

A

trifle

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Q

HLM

A

habitations à loyer modéré

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land registry

A

le cadastre

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Q

le rangement

A

tidying up

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Q

to join together

A

relier

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Q

le ragondin

A

coypu

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estival

A

summer (adj)

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désemparé

A

distraught

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bitter

A

amer

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gag

A

le baîllon

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le pavillon

A

bungalow

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Q

to be the type of person who

A

être de nature à

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1637
Q

cove

A

anse (f)

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blade

A

la lame

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at street level

A

plain-pied

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1640
Q

bâfrer**

A

to guzzle

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Q

le chaton

A

kitten

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reluisant

A

shiny

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drinking bout

A

la beuverie

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indemne

A

unscathed

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Q

la houle

A

swell

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to sag, flop

A

s’avachir

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Q

mortgage

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une hypothèque

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1648
Q

to give out

A

flancher*

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1649
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to subtract

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soustraire

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1650
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du coup

A

as a result

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1651
Q

se garder de faire qch

A

to be careful not to do sthg

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1652
Q

casualness

A

la désinvolture

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1653
Q

défendre qch bec et ongles

A

to fight tooth and nail for sthg

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1654
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crêche

A

la halte-garderie

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1655
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refrain

A

une antienne

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1656
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(Insect) sting

A

un aiguillon

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1657
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lâcher du lest

A

to make concessions

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1658
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amalgamer

A

to lump together

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1659
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brittle

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cassant

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1660
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to resemble

A

ressembler à

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1661
Q

upheaval

A

le chamboulement

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1662
Q

le socle

A

plinth, base

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1663
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s’enliser

A

to get bogged down

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1664
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beehive

A

un abeiller

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1665
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le ouï-dire

A

hearsay

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1666
Q

le parc automobile

A

the number of vehicles on the road

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1667
Q

le pognon

A

‘money’

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1668
Q

Let it go / drop

A

Laisse(z) tomber

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1669
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en gros

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roughly

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1670
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butiner

A

to gather pollen from

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1671
Q

to be mistaken about

A

se méprendre sur

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1672
Q

to crawl

A

ramper

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1673
Q

cambrer se cambrer

A

to curve to arch one’s back

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1674
Q

mass

A

un amas

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1675
Q

to dismiss

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écarter

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1676
Q

le poêle à bois

A

wood burning stove

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1677
Q

crooked cop*

A

le ripou*

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1678
Q

to force oneself to do sthg

A

s’astreindre à faire qch

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1679
Q

enfiler

A

to slip on (mettre)

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1680
Q

le goret

A

piglet

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1681
Q

trinket

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le colifichet

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1682
Q

le fantoche

A

puppet

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1683
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sécher l’école

A

to skip school

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1684
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à portée de

A

within range of

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1685
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rabrouer

  • se faire rabrouer par qn
A

to snub

  • to be snubbed by sb
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1686
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watertight

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étanche

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1687
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to tiptoe

A

marcher sur la pointe des pieds

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1688
Q

mettre le cap sur

A

to head for

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1689
Q

un brin de

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a bit of

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1690
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to boob**

A

se gourer**

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1691
Q

abbreviation

A

le sigle

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1692
Q

la dentelle

A

lace

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1693
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serrer la vis à qn*

A

to crack down on s.o.*

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1694
Q

le ver

A

worm

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1695
Q

resourceful

A

débrouillard

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1696
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sell-by date

A

la date de péremption

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1697
Q

pâtir

A

to suffer

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1698
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it’s boiling in here

A

on crève de chaud içi

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1699
Q

to slump, tumble, fall sharply • Elle a fait dégringoler toute la pile de livres.

A

dégringoler

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1700
Q

nuire à

A

to harm

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1701
Q

le blaireau

A

badger

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1702
Q

network

A

le réseau

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1703
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tâtonner

A

to grope around, feel one’s way

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1704
Q

skirmish

A

une escarmouche

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1705
Q

moucher qn*

A

to put someone in their place

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1706
Q

sage comme une image

A

good as gold

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1707
Q

dialogue

A

la concertation

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1708
Q

to pave the way

A

ouvrir la voie

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1709
Q

précaire

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insecure

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1710
Q

pile

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un amoncellement

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1711
Q

zézayer

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to lisp

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1712
Q

to set in motion

A

enclencher

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1713
Q

to head for

A

mettre le cap sur

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1714
Q

le fouet

A

whip, whisk

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1715
Q

tartiner

A

to spread

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1716
Q

to get down to doing sthg

A

s’atteler à qch

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1717
Q

le libre arbitre

A

free will

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1718
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zealous

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zélé

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1719
Q

to knock out

A

assommer

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1720
Q

to charge (at)

A

ruer (sur)

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1721
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at the end of

A

à l’issue de

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1722
Q

l’heure de pointe

A

rush hour, peak period

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1723
Q

le cafouillage

A

shambles

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1724
Q

hovel, pigsty

A

le taudis

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1725
Q

to make a racket

A

faire du vacarme

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1726
Q

littered with

A

jonché de

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1727
Q

une année bissextile

A

a leap year

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1728
Q

grassouillet

A

plump

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1729
Q

to shrivel

A

se ratatiner

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1730
Q

souder

A

to solder, weld

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1731
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essuyer

A

to wipe, endure

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1732
Q

reduction

A

allégement (m)

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1733
Q

le talus

A

embankment

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1734
Q

shoulder blade

A

l’omoplate (f)

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1735
Q

dread

A

la hantise

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1736
Q

outmoded

A

vieux jeu

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1737
Q

special effect

A

le truquage

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1738
Q

to fray

A

s’effilocher

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1739
Q

Me again.

A

C’est encore moi

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1740
Q

le saute-mouton

A

leapfrog

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1741
Q

to delight in

A

se délecter de qch / de faire qch

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1742
Q

s’accroupir

A

to squat, crouch

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1743
Q

not very inspiring

A

pas très emballant

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1744
Q

le sigle

A

abbreviation

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1745
Q

se déhancher

A

to wiggle one’s hips

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1746
Q

serviable

A

helpful

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décapant

A

caustic

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1748
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le sourcil

A

eyebrow

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1749
Q

immonde

  • “… elle laissait la cuisine dans un désordre immonde” (Leila Slimani)
A

squalid

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1750
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s’estomper

A

to fade

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1751
Q

tense

A

tendu

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1752
Q

accuser le coup

A

to be visibly shaken, to stagger under the blow

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1753
Q

to give the game away

A

vendre la mèche

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1754
Q

le comportement

A

behaviour

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1755
Q

se jucher

A

to perch

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1756
Q

être un objet de risée

A

to be an object of ridicule

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1757
Q

se corser

A

to get more complicated

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1758
Q

passer aux aveux

A

to make a confession

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1759
Q

impulsive

A

primesautier

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1760
Q

être en rogne

A

to be really mad

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1761
Q

to crawl

A

marcher à quattre pattes

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1762
Q

to beat up

A

tabasser*

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1763
Q

le carrelage

A

tiles

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1764
Q

witticism

A

la boutade

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1765
Q

un entrepôt

A

warehouse

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1766
Q

guinea pig

A

le cochon d’Inde

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1767
Q

la franchise

A

excess (insurance)

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1768
Q

scourge

A

le fléau

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1769
Q

le relevé

A

bill, statement

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1770
Q

to fuck (up)

A

niquer***

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1771
Q

le tollé

A

outcry

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1772
Q

le cerfeuil

A

chervil

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1773
Q

ambush

A

une ambuscade

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1774
Q

to feel

A

éprouver

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1775
Q

buzzard

A

la buse

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1776
Q

aborder un problème

A

to tackle a problem

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1777
Q

dégringoler

A

to tumble down

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1778
Q

la pancarte

A

sign, placard

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1779
Q

brother

A

le frangin

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1780
Q

cheeky humour

A

la gouaille

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1781
Q

vrai ou faux

A

true or false

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1782
Q

skid, blunder, loss of control

A

le dérapage

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1783
Q

emprunter à

A

to borrow from

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1784
Q

to head for

A

mettre le cap sur

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1785
Q

apprivoiser

A

to tame

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1786
Q

entrebâillé

A

ajar

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1787
Q

to rush sbd

A

bousculer qn

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1788
Q

Ça me laisse songeur.

A

it has set me thinking.

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1789
Q

le chapelet

A

rosary

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1790
Q

houspiller

A

to scold

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1791
Q

en dépit de

A

in spite of

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1792
Q

forcené

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deranged

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Q

skilful

A

habile

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Q

gronder

A

to growl

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1795
Q

to wear oneself out

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s’échiner à

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sulphur

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le soufre

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un essieu

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axle

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1798
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la serpe

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pruning knife

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1799
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la croix gammée

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swastika

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1800
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charnu

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fleshy

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1801
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la surenchère

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higher bid

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1802
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to grumble

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renâcler

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1803
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to tighten

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serrer

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1804
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to do without

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se passer de

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1805
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froisser

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to crumple

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1806
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déclencher

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to set off, trigger

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1807
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le métier à tisser

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loom

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l’espérance de vie

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life expectancy

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1809
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insolent

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effronté

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1810
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streetlight

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le réverbère

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1811
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loufoque

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zany

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1812
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le bouleversement

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disruption

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1813
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se chicaner pour

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to squabble over

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1814
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constater

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to notice

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1815
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flairer le danger

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to sense danger

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1816
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teindre

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to dye

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1817
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conk**

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le pif**

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1818
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la voûte

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vault

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1819
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se gâter

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to take a turn for the worse

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1820
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dépister

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to detect

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1821
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to bury one’s head in the sand

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faire l’autruche

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1822
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dévaler

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to hurtle down

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1823
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to be careful not to do sthg

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se garder de faire qch

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1824
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le caniveau

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gutter

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1825
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la louange

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praise

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1826
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saper

  • L’échec des négotiations de paix sape le moral de la population.
  • La mer sape les falaises.
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to undermine

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1827
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search

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la perquisition

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1828
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to swindle

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flouer

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librarian

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la bibliothécaire

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1830
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le porte-parole

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spokesperson

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coward

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le pleutre

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1832
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la défaillance

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fault, failure

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1833
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s’empiffrer*

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to stuff oneself*

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1834
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post

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le piquet

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1835
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un brin de

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a bit of

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1836
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to tease

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taquiner

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1837
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bancal

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flawed

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nest egg

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le pécule

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a bit of

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un brin de

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1840
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to slave away

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trimer

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à juste titre

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justifiably

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1842
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prerogative

A

l’apanage (m) • des traces d’acné, cette affection cutanée n’étant pas forcément l’apanage des ados (Libération)

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extraordinary, whacky

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délirant

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1844
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le fourgon

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van

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threshold, doorstep

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le seuil

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to track

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suivre à la trace

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1847
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glove compartment

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la boite à gants

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1848
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ring, hoop

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un anneau

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1849
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Il ne fait pas dans la dentelle.

A

He’s not fussy about the details.

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1850
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rôder

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to prowl

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1851
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le moignon

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stump

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1852
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monter au créneau

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to intervene

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1853
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un défi

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challenge

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1854
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to bring together again

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rabibocher

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1855
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to announce sth to sb

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faire part de qch à qn

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1856
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to pull out

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reprendre ses billes

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1857
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le pari

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bet

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1858
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to change gear (vélo)

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changer de braquet

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1859
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faire en sorte que

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to arrange things so that

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1860
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skills

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compétences

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1861
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leech

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la sangsue

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1862
Q

hearing

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l’ouïe (f)

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1863
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le cagibi

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boxroom

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un appentis

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lean-to

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1865
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weasel

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la belette

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1866
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lump

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le grumeau

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1867
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exhausted

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fourbu

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1868
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abbreviation

A

le sigle

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1869
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to arouse

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susciter

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1870
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to be in a bad way

A

filer un mauvais coton

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1871
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instamment

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insistently

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whole

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intégralité

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expulsion

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la radiation

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le remontant

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tonic

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farouche

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timid

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surly

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revêche

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to beg for

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quémander

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la line d’arrivée

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finishing line

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to advocate

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prôner

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1880
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conspuer

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to boo

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1881
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tendu

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tense

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1882
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la marée basse

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low tide

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to issue a challenge

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lancer un défi

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1884
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cupide

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greedy

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1885
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la caballe

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conspiracy

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1886
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une ambuscade

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ambush

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1887
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to tap (technical)

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tarauder

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1888
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ronger

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to gnaw away at

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1889
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rebattre

A

to shuffle (cards)

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1890
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griffoner

A

to scrawl

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la mise à l’épreuve

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probation

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murder attempt

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un attentat

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to hobble

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clopiner

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1894
Q

school*

A

le bahut*

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1895
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ça me botte*

A

I like that*

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1896
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evasive

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fuyant

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1897
Q

la ferraille

A

scrap metal

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to be champing at the bit

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piaffer d’impatience

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1899
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to moo

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beugler

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1900
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to make clear

A

préciser

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1901
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épais

A

thick

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1902
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upside down

A

sens dessus dessous

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débile

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feeble, pathetic, moronic

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1904
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press conference

A

le point presse

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1905
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peine avec sursis

A

suspended sentence

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1906
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component

A

le composant

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1907
Q

le magnétoscope

A

video recorder

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1908
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doormat

A

le paillasson

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1909
Q

le remue-méninges

A

brainstorm

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1910
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je me suis cogné sur le coin du bureau

A

I bumped into the corner of the desk.

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1911
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to rage, be rife

A

sévir

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1912
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pas de nouvelle, bonne nouvelle

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no news is good news

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in no time

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en un tournemain

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1914
Q

la chair

A

flesh

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1915
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le ramier

A

woodpigeon

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1916
Q

to move the pawns on a chessboard

A

pousser des pions sur un échiquier

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1917
Q

le marchepied

A

stepping stone

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1918
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la reliure

A

bookbinding

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shopkeeper, retailer

A

le commerçant

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to compete with sthg

A

concurrencer qch

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1921
Q

zélé

A

zealous

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1922
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écrabouiller*

A

to crush*

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1923
Q

aboutir

A

to succeed

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1924
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la planche

A

plank

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1925
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evidence, account

A

le témoignage

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1926
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to embed

A

encastrer

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1927
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un échec

A

failure

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fresh as a daisy

A

frais et dispos

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1929
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strong point

A

le point fort

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1930
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flashy

A

voyant

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faire de l’esbroufe*

A

to show off

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Q

vendre la peau de l’ours avant de l’avoir tué

A

to count one’s chickens before they’re hatched

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Q

se baigner

A

to go swimming

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1934
Q

faire en sorte de

A

to try to

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1935
Q

ouate (f)

A

cotton wool

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1936
Q

fouiner

A

to nose around

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to work like mad*

A

cravacher*

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sur internet

A

on the internet

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larch

A

le mélèze

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tandis que

A

while

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1941
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death

A

le décès

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j’étais bouche-bée

A

I was open-mouthed

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1943
Q

la caille

A

quaile

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1944
Q

jeter l’éponge

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to throw in the towel

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trifle

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la vétille

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1946
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se redresser

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to sit up

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1947
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bouder

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to sulk

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1948
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to fidget

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trémousser

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1949
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flop

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le bide

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1950
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to set off at speed

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démarrer en trombe

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1951
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to curb

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refréner

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1952
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le taux de chômage

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unemployment rate

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1953
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marner

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to slog away

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1954
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la foudre

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lightning

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1955
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un entonnoir

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funnel

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1956
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to neglect

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délaisser

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1957
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la moelle épinière

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spinal cord

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1958
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barter

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le troc

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1959
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to cut a path through the jungle

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se frayer un chemin dans la jungle

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1960
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touffu

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tufted

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1961
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piailler*

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to whine*

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1962
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godsend, windfall

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une aubaine

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1963
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le crachin

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drizzle

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1964
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pox-ridden (comp) infected by a virus

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vérolé**

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1965
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preposterous

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saugrenu

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1966
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fuse

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le fusible

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1967
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boiler

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la chaudière

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1968
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He’s a bit of a joker*

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C’est un mariolle*

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1969
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anvil

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enclume (f)

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1970
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grossir

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to put on weight

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1971
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emprunté

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awkward

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1972
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le cuivre

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copper

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1973
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joke*

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la vanne*

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1974
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s’empêcher de

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to resist

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1975
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en milieu de semaine

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midweek

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1976
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faire du boucan*

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to make a racket*

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1977
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transparaître

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to show through

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1978
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passing through

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de passage

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1979
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opening (fleur), hatching (œuf)

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éclosion

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1980
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le baîllon

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gag

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1981
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to subdue, **eye up

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mater

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1982
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to hold forth on sthg

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gloser

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1983
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to think about

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songer à

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1984
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modest

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pudique

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1985
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to roar

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rugir

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1986
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champêtre

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rural

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1987
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la jante

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rim (wheel)

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1988
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radoter

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to ramble on

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1989
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il s’habille bien

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he dresses well

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1990
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le chômage

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unemployment

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1991
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to panel

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lambrisser

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1992
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en baver*

A

to have a hard time of it

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1993
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to arch

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cambrer

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1994
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high tide

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la marée haute

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1995
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gallows, bracket

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la potence

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1996
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kick-off

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le coup d’envoi

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1997
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blairer

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to stand (=put up with)

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1998
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kitchen scales

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la balance de ménage

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1999
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beetroot

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la betterave

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2000
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le sillage

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wake

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2001
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prey

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la proie

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2002
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être à la botte de qn

A

to be under sb’s thumb

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2003
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malingre

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puny

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2004
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to spray, splash

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asperger

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2005
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schoolkid*

A

le potache*

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2006
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Sa gorge se noua.

A

A lump came to his throat.

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2007
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être à la barre

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to be at the helm

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2008
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to stand up to

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braver

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2009
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football stud

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le crampon

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2010
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endiguer

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to confine, contain

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2011
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advance directive

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une directive anticipée

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2012
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to push one’s way through the crowd

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fendre la foule

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2013
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être à son comble

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to be at its peak

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2014
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le réseau

A

network

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2015
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truander

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to con, cheat

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2016
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étayer

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to prop up, support

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2017
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a close result

A

un résultat serré

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2018
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repasser

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to iron

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2019
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économe

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thrifty

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2020
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to beat s.o. hollow

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battre qn à plats coutures

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2021
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remorse

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le remords

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2022
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dépecer

A

to cut up, tear from limb to limb

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2023
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le statut

A

status

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2024
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dégouliner

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to trickle

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2025
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with hindsight

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avec du recul

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2026
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to get tired of

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se lasser de

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2027
Q

to let go

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lâcher prise

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2028
Q

se gourer**

A

to boob**

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2029
Q

to sneeze

A

éternuer

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2030
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la bandoulière

A

shoulder strap

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2031
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éblouir

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to dazzle

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2032
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uprising

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le soulèvement

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2033
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ronronner

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to purr

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2034
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short cut

A

le raccourci

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2035
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grudge

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la rancune

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2036
Q

le frichti

A

grub (food)

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2037
Q

to crackle

A

crépiter

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2038
Q

pour l’heure

A

for the time being

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2039
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to hatch

A

tramer

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2040
Q

faire part de qch à qn

A

to announce sth to sb

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2041
Q

in (great) detail

A

par le menu

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2042
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tireless

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increvable

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2043
Q

carpet

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la moquette

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2044
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to criss-cross

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sillonner

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2045
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expiry

A

une échéance

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2046
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poker (fire)

A

le tisonnier

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2047
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boulotter (inf)

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to eat (inf)

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2048
Q

rescapé

A

surviving

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2049
Q

paumer**

A

to lose**

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2050
Q

ronchon

A

grumpy

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2051
Q

squalid, hideous

A

immonde

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2052
Q

l’apanage (m) • des traces d’acné, cette affection cutanée n’étant pas forcément l’apanage des ados (Libération)

A

prerogative

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2053
Q

to give smb a break

A

lâcher les baskets à qn

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2054
Q

to bolt

A

boulonner

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2055
Q

no news is good news

A

pas de nouvelle, bonne nouvelle

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2056
Q

tiles

A

le carrelage

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2057
Q

examiner qch à la loupe

A

to examine sthg under a microscope / in great detail

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2058
Q

sombrer

A

to sink

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2059
Q

to simper

A

minauder

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2060
Q

se soustraire à

A

to shirk, escape from

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2061
Q

arracher les mauvaises herbes

A

to weed

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2062
Q

insistently

A

instamment

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2063
Q

to lose one’s temper

A

s’emporter

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2064
Q

ramper

A

to crawl

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2065
Q

I was quite overwhelmed

A

j’en étais tout chaviré

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2066
Q

une coupe de champagne

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a glass of champagne

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2067
Q

la loupe

A

magnifying glass

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2068
Q

fodder

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le fourrage

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2069
Q

décrocher*

A

to switch off

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2070
Q

wheelbarrow

A

la brouette

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2071
Q

She’s never done anything good.

A

Elle n’a jamais rien fait de bon.

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2072
Q

to grumble

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maugréer

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2073
Q

un étrier

A

stirrup

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2074
Q

on the alert, on one’s toes

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sur le qui-vive

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2075
Q

trimballer

A

to lug around

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2076
Q

on crève de chaud içi

A

it’s boiling in here

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2077
Q

to collapse

A

s’affaler

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2078
Q

den

A

le repaire

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2079
Q

le paravent

A

screen

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2080
Q

to be hanging on the wall

A

être accroché au mur

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2081
Q

couilloner

A

to lead on a wild goose chase

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2082
Q

against sb’s will

A

contre le gré de qn

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2083
Q

ça me chiffonne

A

that bothers me

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2084
Q

to resist

A

s’empêcher de

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2085
Q

la filature

A

mill

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2086
Q

appointment, allocation

A

une affectation

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2087
Q

le va-et-vient

A

comings and goings

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2088
Q

generator

A

le groupe électrogène

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2089
Q

un abeiller

A

beehive

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2090
Q

le vasistas

A

fanlight

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2091
Q

to crack down on s.o.*

A

serrer la vis à qn*

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2092
Q

to be on guard duty

A

être de / en faction

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2093
Q

revolting

A

infect

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2094
Q

to pretend to

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faire mine de

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2095
Q

se goberger

A

to pamper/indulge o.s.

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2096
Q

business district

A

le quartier d’affaires

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2097
Q

to guide

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planer

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2098
Q

être en mesure de

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to be in a position to

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2099
Q

He’s the spitting image of his father.

A

C’est son père tout craché.

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2100
Q

Ça caille!

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It’s freezing!

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2101
Q

canal lock

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une écluse

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2102
Q

cricket

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le grillon

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2103
Q

la gadoue

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mud, slush

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2104
Q

rosary

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le chapelet

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2105
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axle

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un essieu

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2106
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s’emballer (pour)

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to get carried away (by)

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2107
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city-dweller

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le citadin

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2108
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caler

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to wedge open

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2109
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broom

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le genêt

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2110
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la basse-cour

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farmyard

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2111
Q

thrush

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la grive

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2112
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l’engrenage (m)

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gears

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2113
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le potache*

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schoolboy*

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2114
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truce

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une trêve

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2115
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le raccourci

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short cut

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2116
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à maintes reprises

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many times

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2117
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sticky

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poisseux

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2118
Q

informer

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le délateur

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2119
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la réanimation

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resuscitation

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2120
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en pleine cambrousse

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in the sticks, in the middle of nowhere

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2121
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boxroom

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le cagibi

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2122
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un touche-à-tout

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jack of all trades

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2123
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organisation caritative

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charity

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2124
Q

vivre au jour le jour

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take one day at a time

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2125
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l’âtre (m)

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hearth

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2126
Q

splendid

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épatant

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2127
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inouï

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unprecedented

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2128
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se délecter de qch / de faire qch

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to delight in

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2129
Q

bariolé

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rainbow-coloured

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2130
Q

notebook

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le calepin

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2131
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Qu’est-ce qui cloche?

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What’s up with you?

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2132
Q

Je n’ai pas les moyens…

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I can’t afford…

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2133
Q

son*

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le fiston*

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2134
Q

markdown

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la démarque

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2135
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droopy*

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ensuqué*

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2136
Q

market gardening

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le maraîchage

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2137
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cliff

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la falaise

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2138
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reef

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un écueil

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2139
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hive

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la ruche

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2140
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waves

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les flots

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2141
Q

hébété

A

dazed, vacant

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2142
Q

overwhelming, crushing (impôts)

A

écrasant

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2143
Q

le licenciement

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redundancy

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2144
Q

speech for the defence

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le plaidoyer

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2145
Q

to collapse

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s’effondrer

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2146
Q

reprendre ses billes

A

to pull out

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2147
Q

Do you fancy going for a drink?

A

Ça te dirait de prendre un verre?

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2148
Q

la flambée

• une flambée des prix

A

flare-up, explosion

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2149
Q

la planque

A

hideaway, cushy number*

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2150
Q

la pastèque

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watermelon

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2151
Q

life expectancy

A

l’espérance de vie

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2152
Q

crazy, absurd

A

loufoque

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2153
Q

le jour J

A

D Day

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2154
Q

tout le monde se les arrache

A

everyone is crazy / fighting for them

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2155
Q

les villages d’alentour

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the surrounding villages

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2156
Q

s’encrasser

A

to get dirty, soot up

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2157
Q

jet plane

A

un avion à réaction

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2158
Q

puny, scraggy

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rachitique

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2159
Q

Having said this, she left the room.

A

Sur ces mots, elle quitta la pièce.

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2160
Q

concurrencer qch

A

to compete with sthg

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2161
Q

guilleret

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perky, jaunty

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2162
Q

la leurre

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a delusion

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2163
Q

le composant

A

component

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2164
Q

le matelas

A

mattress

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2165
Q

teatowel

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le torchon

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2166
Q

être redevable de qch à qn

A

to be indebted to sb for sthg

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2167
Q

afficher ses opinions

A

to make no secret of one’s opinions

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2168
Q

reluquer**

A

to eye**

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2169
Q

scribble

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le gribouillis

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2170
Q

thumb

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la pouce

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2171
Q

ourdir

A

to hatch (a plot)

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2172
Q

duvet

A

la couette

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2173
Q

I wasn’t expecting that.

A

Je ne m’y attendais pas.

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2174
Q

copper

A

le cuivre

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2175
Q

gâter

A

to ruin

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2176
Q

sournois

A

sly

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2177
Q

anse (f)

A

cove

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2178
Q

panelling

A

le lambris

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2179
Q

la bibliothécaire

A

librarian

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2180
Q

to provide (smb with sthg)

A

pourvoir (qn de qch)

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2181
Q

le coup monté

A

set-up

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2182
Q

par moments

A

at times

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2183
Q

She’s very young to be getting married.

A

Elle est bien jeune pour se marier.

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2184
Q

sur ces entrefaites

A

at that moment

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2185
Q

to swallow

A

avaler

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2186
Q

un aspirateur

A

vacuum cleaner

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2187
Q

l’écureuil (f)

A

squirrel

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2188
Q

slum

A

le bidon-ville

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2189
Q

torturer

A

le bourreau

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2190
Q

silencieux

A

silent

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2191
Q

ébaucher

A

to outline

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2192
Q

excess

A

outrance (f)

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2193
Q

to untangle

A

démêler

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2194
Q

to hit the sack**

A

se pieuter**

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2195
Q

C’est un panier de crabes.

A

They’re always at each other’s throats.

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2196
Q

être à deux doigts de faire qch

A

to come very close to doing sthg

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2197
Q

without any warning

A

sans crier gare

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2198
Q

to take it out on

A

s’en prendre à

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2199
Q

to blame

A

blâmer

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2200
Q

The thieves ran away when they heard the police siren.

A

Les voleurs se sont sauvés en entendant la sirène de la patrouille.

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2201
Q

la tirelire

A

moneybox

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2202
Q

l’escrime (f)

A

fencing

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2203
Q

au grand dam de

A

to the great displeasure of

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2204
Q

trendy

A

branché

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2205
Q

faire l’éloge de

A

to praise

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2206
Q

rugir

A

to roar

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2207
Q

braquer*

A

to hold up

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2208
Q

purchase expenses included

A

frais d’achat compris

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2209
Q

plinth, base

A

le socle

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2210
Q

jumble

A

le fouillis

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2211
Q

to monopolise

A

accaparer

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2212
Q

bigaré

A

rainbow-coloured

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2213
Q

éreinter

A

to exhaust

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2214
Q

glousser

A

to cluck

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2215
Q

aux aguets

A

on the lookout

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2216
Q

appui (m)

A

support

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2217
Q

to catch, grab [attraper]

A

choper • il m’a chopé par le cou (ITC: Eliott)

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2218
Q

s’amenuiser

A

to dwindle

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2219
Q

le poignard

A

dagger

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2220
Q

résilier

A

to terminate, cancel (contract)

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2221
Q

to become infatuated with

A

s’enticher de

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2222
Q

exigeant

A

demanding

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2223
Q

stench

A

le relent

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2224
Q

se pieuter**

A

to hit the sack**

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2225
Q

onirique

A

dream-like

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2226
Q

nothingness

A

le néant

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2227
Q

mahogany

A

l’acajou (m)

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2228
Q

ingérable

A

unmanageable

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2229
Q

s’éclater

A

to have a ball

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2230
Q

clearing

A

le dégagement

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2231
Q

le coup de foudre

A

love at first sight

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2232
Q

to abound

A

foisonner

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2233
Q

in the cool of the evening

A

à la fraîche

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2234
Q

to denounce

A

renier

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2235
Q

to be indebted to sb for sthg

A

être redevable de qch à qn

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2236
Q

sentimentality

A

la sensiblerie

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2237
Q

to sweep up

A

balayer

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2238
Q

la (re)mise à plat

A

thorough review

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2239
Q

coffee table

A

la table basse

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to bet

A

miser

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2241
Q

poodle

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un caniche

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Q

les ciseaux

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scissors

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2243
Q

le bourreau

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torturer

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2244
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weather vane

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la girouette

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Q

to keep repeating

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rabâcher

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2246
Q

rural

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champêtre

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2247
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silly

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nunuche

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2248
Q

I tripped on the step and twisted my ankle.

A

J’ai trébuché sur la marche et je me suis tordu la cheville.

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2249
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to get in a muddle

A

s’embrouiller

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to screech like a banshee

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pousser des cris d’orfraie

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2251
Q

le clapier

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hutch

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2252
Q

to increase

A

accroître

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2253
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un églantier

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wild rose

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2254
Q

to be mad about

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raffoler de

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2255
Q

se prélasser

  • On a l’impression que son salon … est plus destiné à susciter la jalousie qu’à ce qu’on s’y prélasse. (Leïla Slimani)
A

to lounge

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2256
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il y a eu non-lieu

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the case was dismissed

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2257
Q

douiller

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to have a hard time of it

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2258
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le feuilleton

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soap opera

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2259
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to perk up*

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se requinguer*

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2260
Q

to patch up

A

rafistoler*

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2261
Q

to lead to

A

déboucher sur

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2262
Q

enceinte

A

de Elle est enceinte de trois mois

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2263
Q

sunny spell

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une éclaircie

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crazy

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déjanté

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marrant

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funny

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2266
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secular

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laïque

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braver

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to stand up to

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perdre le fil d’une conversation

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to lose the thread of a conversation

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2269
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pince-sans-rire

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deadpan

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2270
Q

le goret

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piglet

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Q

smart, resourceful

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dégourdi

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Q

at the time of

A

lors de

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Q

soudoyer

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to bribe

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Q

to fiddle with

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triturer

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Q

la déroute

A

rout

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furibond

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furious

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fanfaronner

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to boast

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2278
Q

le seuil

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threshold, doorstep

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2279
Q

la toison

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fleece

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2280
Q

nausea

A

l’écœurement

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2281
Q

tête-bêche

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head to tail

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2282
Q

twig

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la brindille

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2283
Q

fabulous, unique

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mirobolant

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Q

astride

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à califourchon

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Q

dans un piètre état

A

in a very poor state

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Q

la Toison d’or

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the Golden Fleece

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2287
Q

fan

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un éventail

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2288
Q

jadis

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in times past

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2289
Q

to crack

A

se lézarder

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2290
Q

un somme

  • faire un petit somme
A

nap

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2291
Q

challenge

A

un défi

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he won’t budge an inch

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il ne veut pas en démordre

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2293
Q

terne

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dull

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out of tune

A

désaccordé

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la gestion

A

management

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2296
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le troc

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barter

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2297
Q

piétiner

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to trample on

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2298
Q

le fiston*

A

son*

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2299
Q

cramoisi

A

crimson

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2300
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Où ai-je bien pu le fourrer?

A

Where on earth did I put it?

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2301
Q

cibler

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to target

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2302
Q

reculer

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to move back

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Q

le potiron

A

pumpkin

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Q

It has set me thinking.

A

Ça me laisse songeur.

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2305
Q

dégommer

A

to fire, to lay into

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2306
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le paillasson

A

doormat

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Q

points (rail)

A

l’aiguillage (m)

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Q

to have a blank

A

avoir un blanc dans le cerveau

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2309
Q

un Coton-Tige

A

cotton bud

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2310
Q

fade

A

tasteless, bland

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2311
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s’attaquer à qch

A

to take on, tackle

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2312
Q

to revel in

A

se gargariser de

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2313
Q

to weld

A

souder

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You won’t get out of having to do the washing up.

A

Tu n’échapperas pas à la corvée de vaisselle.

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2315
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la redevance

A

tax

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se saborder

A

to scupper one’s ship, ruin one’s chances

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2317
Q

unshakeable

A

farouche

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gigantesque

A

huge, gigantic

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un étal

A

stall (market)

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2320
Q

la vidange

A

oil change

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2321
Q

sawdust

A

la sciure

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to (send to) school

A

scolariser

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le couvre-feu

A

curfew

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2324
Q

cru

  • des descriptions crues
A

raw

  • graphic descriptions
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2325
Q

cattle

A

le bétail

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2326
Q

to be idle

A

chômer

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2327
Q

par écrit

A

in writing

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Q

renommé

A

renowned

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2329
Q

craquer pour qn / qch

A

to fall for sthg / smb

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2330
Q

aborder

A

to broach

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2331
Q

accoucher

A

de La femme a accouché d’un bébé en bon santé.

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Q

une fourchette de salaire

A

salary range

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Q

la bergeronette

A

wagtail

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2334
Q

la bulle

A

bubble

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2335
Q

relancer

A

to chase up

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2336
Q

biblique

A

biblical

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2337
Q

le gouffre

A

gulf

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2338
Q

for all that

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pour autant

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2339
Q

to smooth

A

lisser

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2340
Q

inevitably

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forcément

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2341
Q

comparaitre

A

to appear in court

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2342
Q

autrement

A

differently

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Q

while

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tandis que

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Q

se vautrer

A

to loll, sprawl

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2345
Q

la rafale

A

gust

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Q

une astuce

A

trick

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Q

landing

A

le palier

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Q

to cripple

A

estropier

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Q

il n’a pas sourcillé

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he didn’t bat an eyelid

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2350
Q

tancer

A

to scold

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2351
Q

se chamailler

A

to squabble

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2352
Q

to nick*

A

chouraver*

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Q

il est teigneux

A

he’s a misery guts

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Q

We’ve never met our neighbours opposite.

A

Nous n’avons jamais vu nos voisins d’en face.

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Q

I could argue the same to you.

A

Je pourrai vous retourner votre critique.

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2356
Q

la tâche ménagère

A

household task

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2357
Q

déjouer

A

to thwart

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2358
Q

on the other hand

A

par contre

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2359
Q

s’emporter

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to lose one’s temper

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2360
Q

reprieve

A

le sursis

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2361
Q

as long as it takes

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aussi long que nécessaire

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entre-temps

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meanwhile

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2363
Q

la treille

A

vine stalk

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2364
Q

il s’érige en juge.

A

he sets himself up as judge

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2365
Q

la revanche

A

revenge

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2366
Q

grub (food)

A

le frichti

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2367
Q

to be canny

A

avoir le nez creux

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2368
Q

le truquage

A

special effect

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2369
Q

to tie

A

nouer

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2370
Q

baragouiner

A

to witter, gibber

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2371
Q

la rafle

A

roundup

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2372
Q

le marteau

A

hammer

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2373
Q

s’effondrer

A

to collapse

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2374
Q

daffodil

A

la jonquille

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2375
Q

gratter

A

to scratch

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2376
Q

loques (f)

A

rags

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2377
Q

vivoter

A

to subsist

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2378
Q

volontiers

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gladly, readily

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Q

a last-ditch stand

A

un baroud d’honneur

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2380
Q

les décombres

A

wreckage

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2381
Q

to sit up

A

se redresser

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2382
Q

caustic

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décapant

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2383
Q

in the background

A

au dernier plan

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2384
Q

larguer les amarres

A

to cast off

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2385
Q

agrémenter

A

to embellish

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2386
Q

le démarrage

A

start

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2387
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to strike off

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radier

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2388
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support

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appui (m)

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2389
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to numb

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engourdir

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2390
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aller bon train

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to make good progress

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2391
Q

raffoler de

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to be mad about

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2392
Q

aphid

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le puceron

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2393
Q

la patère

A

peg

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2394
Q

mass

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un amas

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2395
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gésir

A

to lie

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2396
Q

felt-tip pen

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le feutre

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2397
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radish

A

le radis

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2398
Q

faire les carreaux

A

to clean the windows

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2399
Q

to renounce, disown

A

renier

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2400
Q

la mauviette*

A

wimp*

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2401
Q

to be loquacious

A

avoir de la faconde

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2402
Q

distraught

A

désemparé

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2403
Q

rugueux

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rough

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2404
Q

la faucille

A

sickle

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2405
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relevé

A

spicy

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2406
Q

compass

A

la boussole

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2407
Q

écurie (nf)

A

stable

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2408
Q

to unplug

A

déboucher

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2409
Q

to be on the run

A

être en cavale

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2410
Q

s’affaisser

A

to sag, collapse

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2411
Q

le clébard*

A

dog*

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2412
Q

Toujours dans le cadre de..

A

Still on the subject of ..

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2413
Q

se barrer**

A

to clear off**

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2414
Q

le dépotoir

A

rubbish dump

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2415
Q

everywhere

A

partout

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2416
Q

se grouiller*

A

to hurry up*

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2417
Q

I’ll take you home after the film.

A

Je te ramènerai chez toi après le cinéma.

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2418
Q

flemmard

A

lazy

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2419
Q

épatant

A

splendid

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2420
Q

to run off*

A

se carapater*

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2421
Q

flancher*

A

to give out

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2422
Q

câliner

A

to cuddle

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2423
Q

assoujetir

A

to subjugate

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2424
Q

hilarious

A

désopilant

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2425
Q

rings uner the eyes

A

les cernes sous les yeux

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2426
Q

jar

A

le bocal

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2427
Q

sous l’égide de

A

under the aegis of

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2428
Q

le remontant

A

tonic

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2429
Q

cabinet reshuffle

A

le remaniement ministériel

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2430
Q

protest

A

une manifestation

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2431
Q

le mécène

A

patron

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2432
Q

la pelle mécanique

A

digger

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2433
Q

déboucher

A

to unplug

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2434
Q

la vergeture

A

stretch mark

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2435
Q

cerné de

A

surrounded by

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2436
Q

chiffoner

A

to crease

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2437
Q

se pavaner

A

to strut about

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2438
Q

blafard

A

pale

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2439
Q

to trickle

A

ruisseler

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2440
Q

a breath of fresh air

A

une bouffée d’air pur

2441
Q

several times

A

à plusieurs reprises

2442
Q

to surf the net

A

butiner sur la toile

2443
Q

une démangeaison

A

itch

2444
Q

groom

A

le palefrenier

2445
Q

stopover

A

une escale

2446
Q

witticism

A

la boutade

2447
Q

mettre qch aux enchères

A

to put stg up for auction

2448
Q

to get dirty, soot up

A

s’encrasser

2449
Q

blunder

A

la bavure

2450
Q

le hublot

A

porthole

2451
Q

échouer (à)

A

to fail

2452
Q

to give one’s support to

A

cautionner

2453
Q

roupiller*

A

to sleep*

2454
Q

bush

A

la buisson

2455
Q

keel

A

la quille

2456
Q

limiter son exposition

A

to limit one’s exposure

2457
Q

It doesn’t make any sense.

A

Ça ne rime à rien.

2458
Q

frost

A

le givre

2459
Q

importun

A

troublesome

2460
Q

avoir recours à

A

to use / rely on

2461
Q

to plot

A

manigancer

2462
Q

to watch out for

A

guetter

2463
Q

incorrigible

A

fieffé

2464
Q

withdrawn

A

renfermé

2465
Q

to go over with a fine-tooth comb

A

éplucher

2466
Q

détraqué

A

broken down, unsettled

2467
Q

to be fond of

A

tenir à

2468
Q

to burn*

A

cramer*

2469
Q

démêler

A

to untangle

2470
Q

pack (of animals)

A

la meute

2471
Q

becoming (adj)

A

seyant (adj)

2472
Q

hail

A

la grêle

2473
Q

un virage à cent quatre-vingts degrés

A

a 180 degree turn

2474
Q

child

A

le gosse

2475
Q

to infiltrate

A

infiltrer

2476
Q

naguère

A

not long ago

2477
Q

un étourneau

A

starling

2478
Q

empty-handed

A

bredouille

2479
Q

le quartier d’affaires

A

business district

2480
Q

le raz-de-marée

A

tidal wave

2481
Q

défricher

A

to clear

2482
Q

la bette

A

Swiss chard

2483
Q

application

A

une candidature

2484
Q

negative consequences for the environment

A

les conséquences négatives sur l’environnement

2485
Q

à bien des égards

A

in many respects

2486
Q

to pull to bits

A

mettre / réduire en charpie

2487
Q

to be fresh as a daisy

A

être frais comme un gardon

2488
Q

le dépaysement

A

change of scene

2489
Q

ultérieurement

A

later

2490
Q

to smell, breathe in

A

humer

2491
Q

le siège auto bébé

A

car seat

2492
Q

fripon

A

mischievous

2493
Q

je crève de faim

A

I’m starving

2494
Q

ascendancy

A

l’emprise

2495
Q

se recueillir

A

to collect one’s thoughts

2496
Q

bill, statement

A

le relevé

2497
Q

to get wet

A

se tremper

2498
Q

le parrain

A

godfather

2499
Q

eyelid

A

la paupière

2500
Q

nigaud

A

silly

2501
Q

un éclatement

A

explosion, split

2502
Q

inépuisable

A

inexhaustable

2503
Q

to defuse

A

désamorcer

2504
Q

premium

A

la prime

2505
Q

juicy, lucrative

A

juteux

2506
Q

asticoter

A

to needle, goad

2507
Q

playwright

A

le / la dramaturge

2508
Q

to stand (=put up with)

A

blairer

2509
Q

gypsy

A

le gitan

2510
Q

Little Red Riding Hood

A

le petit Chaperon Rouge

2511
Q

grelotter

A

to shiver

2512
Q

off Calais

A

au large de Calais

2513
Q

mélomane

A

music-loving

2514
Q

narguer

A

to taunt

2515
Q

Ça ne rime à rien.

A

It doesn’t make any sense.

2516
Q

trainee

A

le/la stagiaire

2517
Q

le rossignol

A

nightingale

2518
Q

at once

A

à l’emblée

2519
Q

s’enorgeuillir de

A

to pride oneself on

2520
Q

une escarmouche

A

skirmish

2521
Q

éberlué

A

flabbergasted

2522
Q

le déclic

A

turning point

2523
Q

funnel

A

un entonnoir

2524
Q

a bit of

A

un brin de

2525
Q

After so many years, she didn’t recognise anyone any more.

A

Après tant d’années, elle ne reconnaissait plus personne.

2526
Q

un échantillon

A

sample

2527
Q

row

A

le raffut

2528
Q

bogus, false

A

bidon Je croyais que votre excuse était bidon.

2529
Q

en boucle

A

in a continuous loop

2530
Q

scrubland

A

la garrigue

2531
Q

un épervier

A

sparrowhawk

2532
Q

le rognon

A

kidney

2533
Q

rainbow

A

un arc-en-ciel

2534
Q

All our plans are collapsing.

A

Tous nos projets s’écroulent.

2535
Q

hub (wheel)

A

le moyeu

2536
Q

une directive anticipée

A

advance directive

2537
Q

to faint

A

s’évanouir

2538
Q

alizé (m)

A

trade wind

2539
Q

rubbish dump

A

le dépotoir

2540
Q

momentum

A

l’élan

2541
Q

arpenter

A

to pace up and down

2542
Q

se tapir

A

to lurk, hide away

2543
Q

under the aegis of

A

sous l’égide de

2544
Q

une effraction

A

breaking and entering

2545
Q

les renforts (m)

A

reinforcements

2546
Q

fishhook

A

une hameçon

2547
Q

abreuver

A

to water

2548
Q

flawed

A

bancal

2549
Q

copse

A

le taillis

2550
Q

le cogneur

A

bruiser

2551
Q

to lock

A

verrouiller

2552
Q

to manage

A

se débrouiller

2553
Q

to turn back

A

retourner en arrière

2554
Q

le potache*

A

schoolkid*

2555
Q

être dans les limbes

A

to be in limbo

2556
Q

la table basse

A

coffee table

2557
Q

bourdonner

A

to buzz

2558
Q

toiser

A

to look up and down

2559
Q

la taupe

A

mole

2560
Q

If I’ve understood him correctly he’s failed his exam.

A

Si j’ai bien compris il a raté son examen.

2561
Q

to cut down (tree)

A

abattre

2562
Q

plump

A

grassouillet

2563
Q

le carnassier / la carnassière

A

carnivore

2564
Q

jaillir

A

to gush

2565
Q

offside

A

hors-jeu

2566
Q

shambles

A

le cafouillage

2567
Q

fanfreluches (fpl)

A

trimmings

2568
Q

Vous êtes amis de longue date?

A

Have you been friends for a long time?

2569
Q

être du ressort de

A

to be within the competence of

2570
Q

le maillon

A

link

2571
Q

souder

A

to weld

2572
Q

rechigner

A

to balk

2573
Q

je n’en reviens pas de …

A

I can’t get over …

2574
Q

grogner

A

to grunt

2575
Q

la rotule

A

kneecap

2576
Q

embué

A

misted up

2577
Q

terrasser

A

to strike down

2578
Q

to pick (sport)

A

titulariser (sportif)

2579
Q

hausser la voix / le ton

A

to raise your voice

2580
Q

tenir qn en respect

A

to keep smb at bay

2581
Q

canarder

A

to snipe at

2582
Q

le montage financier

A

financial arrangement

2583
Q

brader

A

to sell cut-price

2584
Q

I was open-mouthed

A

j’étais bouche-bée

2585
Q

ensuqué*

A

droopy*

2586
Q

skylight, dormer

A

la lucarne

2587
Q

light meal

A

la collation

2588
Q

free movement

A

la libre circulation

2589
Q

préciser

A

to make clear

2590
Q

la tuile

A

stroke of bad luck

2591
Q

(photo) negative

A

le cliché

2592
Q

manure

A

le crottin

2593
Q

la pagaille

A

paddle

2594
Q

to tame

A

apprivoiser

2595
Q

ant hill, hive of activity

A

la fourmilière

2596
Q

bolt

A

le verrou

2597
Q

to take a turn for the worse

A

se gâter

2598
Q

coughing fit

A

la quinte (de toux)

2599
Q

to go one better

A

renchérir

2600
Q

battre qn à plats coutures

A

to beat s.o. hollow

2601
Q

plug

A

la prise (de courant)

2602
Q

he didn’t bat an eyelid

A

il n’a pas sourcillé

2603
Q

to wedge

A

coincer

2604
Q

blindé

A

armoured, immune*, packed*

2605
Q

l’ortie (f)

A

stinging nettle

2606
Q

timer

A

le minuteur

2607
Q

lean-to

A

un appentis

2608
Q

to ramble, rave

A

divaguer

2609
Q

pike

A

le brochet

2610
Q

honeysuckle

A

le chèvrefeuille

2611
Q

le bistouri

A

surgical knife

2612
Q

être accro à

A

to be hooked on

2613
Q

s’évertuer à

A

to strive to

2614
Q

la subvention

A

grant

2615
Q

plaquer*

A

to ditch*

2616
Q

fiery

A

fougueux

2617
Q

le doigté

A

fingering (mus), tact

2618
Q

demander des comptes à qn

A

to ask smb for an explanation

2619
Q

lâcher les baskets à qn

A

to give smb a break

2620
Q

manigancer

A

to plot

2621
Q

happer

A

to snap up

2622
Q

limoger

A

to dismiss

2623
Q

bougonner

A

to grumble

2624
Q

laïciser

A

to secularize

2625
Q

porter atteinte à

A

to invade, disrupt

2626
Q

s’estomper

A

to fade

2627
Q

bredouiller

A

to mumble

2628
Q

to slum it

A

s’encanailler

2629
Q

le paravent

A

screen

2630
Q

to take offence

A

se formaliser

2631
Q

to fade

A

s’estomper

2632
Q

to be at its peak

A

être à son comble

2633
Q

un if

A

yew

2634
Q

rédacteur

A

(sub)editor

2635
Q

rout

A

la déroute

2636
Q

cupboard

A

le débarras

2637
Q

rassasier

A

to satisfy

2638
Q

un atout

A

asset, trump

2639
Q

frileux

A

sensitive to the cold

2640
Q

as many, so many

A

autant

2641
Q

un échalas

A

beanpole

2642
Q

crispé

A

tense

2643
Q

débusquer

A

to drive out

2644
Q

au crépuscule

A

at dusk

2645
Q

louvoyer

A

to tack (Naut)

2646
Q

farcir

A

to stuff

2647
Q

le brevet

A

diploma

2648
Q

mirobolant

A

fabulous, unique

2649
Q

le gérant

A

manager

2650
Q

la moquette

A

carpet

2651
Q

hinge

A

la charnière

2652
Q

le lambris

A

panelling

2653
Q

miser

A

to bet

2654
Q

to gossip

A

jaser

2655
Q

le chanvre

A

hemp

2656
Q

younger

A

cadet

2657
Q

édulcorer

A

to tone down

2658
Q

chiffonnier

A

ragman

2659
Q

camel

A

le chameau

2660
Q

scrambled eggs

A

les œufs brouillés

2661
Q

la requête (droit)

A

petition

2662
Q

empailler

A

to stuff

2663
Q

suivre à la trace

A

to track

2664
Q

une échéance

A

expiry

2665
Q

to cuddle

A

câliner

2666
Q

under the influence of alcohol

A

sous l’emprise de l’alcool

2667
Q

heatwave

A

la canicule

2668
Q

s’acharner

A

to pursue (mercilessly)

2669
Q

to irritate

A

agacer

2670
Q

thorough review

A

la (re)mise à plat

2671
Q

munir

A

to provide with

2672
Q

remuer le couteau dans la plaie

A

to rub salt into the wound

2673
Q

sequin

A

la paillette

2674
Q

lisser

A

to smooth

2675
Q

par mégarde

A

accidentally

2676
Q

la marraine

A

godmother

2677
Q

to clamour for sthg

A

réclamer qch à cor et à cri

2678
Q

la sage-femme

A

midwife

2679
Q

badigeonner

A

to paint, whitewash

2680
Q

la bedaine*

A

paunch*

2681
Q

to potter about

A

bricoler

2682
Q

on the whole

A

dans l’ensemble

2683
Q

greedily

A

goulûment

2684
Q

le ripou

A

crooked cop

2685
Q

la bouffissure

A

puffiness

2686
Q

accaparer

A

to monopolise

2687
Q

le balai

A

broom

2688
Q

bet

A

le pari

2689
Q

la maison individuelle

A

detached house

2690
Q

to be on the lookout

A

être à l’affût

2691
Q

infantryman

A

le fantassin

2692
Q

drizzle

A

le crachin

2693
Q

to exhaust

A

éreinter

2694
Q

to stuff

A

farcir

2695
Q

le fourreau

A

sheath

2696
Q

to subsist

A

vivoter

2697
Q

astiquer

A

to polish

2698
Q

s’égarer

A

to lose one’s way

2699
Q

se borner à qch

A

to limit oneself to sthg

2700
Q

le cafard

A

cockroach

2701
Q

fraud

A

une escroquerie

2702
Q

s’attaquer à qch

A

to take on, tackle

2703
Q

se fier à

A

to trust

2704
Q

supplementary • boulot d’appoint (eg students)

A

appoint

2705
Q

être féru de

A

to be very interested in

2706
Q

vivre aux crochets de qn

A

to sponge off s.o.

2707
Q

to curl up

A

se lover

2708
Q

tablecloth

A

une nappe

2709
Q

étourdi

A

absent-minded

2710
Q

faire bloc

A

to join forces

2711
Q

rapetisser

A

to shorten

2712
Q

hired killer

A

le tueur à gages

2713
Q

to eat *

A

boulotter *

2714
Q

artificial

A

factice

2715
Q

to melt

A

fondre

2716
Q

une manifestation

A

protest

2717
Q

altar

A

un autel

2718
Q

ahuri

A

stunned

2719
Q

hasty

A

hâtive

2720
Q

le pinson

A

finch

2721
Q

le dispositif de sécurité

A

security operation

2722
Q

to grind down

A

meuler

2723
Q

abreuver

A

to water

2724
Q

that bothers me

A

ça me chiffonne

2725
Q

étriller

A

to trounce, brush aside

2726
Q

to stammer

A

bafouiller

2727
Q

I just thought that ….

A

Je me suis dit que …

2728
Q

le benjamin

A

youngest child

2729
Q

godfather

A

le parrain

2730
Q

to sponge off s.o.

A

vivre aux crochets de qn

2731
Q

passer du temps à

A

to pass time doing

2732
Q

la toile

A

canvas

2733
Q

le mollet

A

calf (leg)

2734
Q

la noix de coco

A

coconut

2735
Q

to beg for

A

quémander

2736
Q

convoluted

A

alambiqué

2737
Q

to waste, ruin

A

gâcher

2738
Q

enclencher

A

to set in motion

2739
Q

disenchanted

A

désabusé

2740
Q

on purpose

A

exprès

2741
Q

s’emporter

A

to lose one’s temper

2742
Q

s’estomper

A

to fade

2743
Q

famine

A

la disette

2744
Q

épater

A

to amaze

2745
Q

to make profitable

A

rentabiliser

2746
Q

bouder

A

to sulk

2747
Q

to have a crush on sbd

A

avoir le béguin pour qn*

2748
Q

Let sleeping dogs lie

A

Il ne faut pas réveiller le chat qui dort

2749
Q

ouvrir la voie

A

to pave the way

2750
Q

to stammer

A

bredouiller

2751
Q

to sink

A

sombrer

2752
Q

se mettre sur son trente et un*

A

to be dressed up to the nines*

2753
Q

armhole

A

entournure (f)

2754
Q

to suffer

A

pâtir

2755
Q

scrubland

A

la garrigue

2756
Q

la ganse

A

braid

2757
Q

trimmings

A

fanfreluches (fpl)

2758
Q

wagtail

A

la bergeronette

2759
Q

la parution

A

publication

2760
Q

to hurl abuse at

A

invectiver

2761
Q

une estafilade

A

gash

2762
Q

à brûle-pourpoint

A

point-blank

2763
Q

la bourrasque

A

gust of wind

2764
Q

par contumace

A

in absentia

2765
Q

at the junction of

A

à la croisée de

2766
Q

Lent

A

le Carême

2767
Q

to roar

A

rugir

2768
Q

to streamline

A

caréner

2769
Q

le couffin

A

wicker basket

2770
Q

la semonce

A

reprimand

2771
Q

to wriggle

A

frétiller

2772
Q

creux

A

hollow

2773
Q

la borne

A

limit

2774
Q

se lover

A

to curl up

2775
Q

to take in for questioning

A

interpeller

2776
Q

le revers de la médaille

A

the other side of the coin

2777
Q

se formaliser

A

to take offence

2778
Q

le cirage

A

polish

2779
Q

meeting**

A

le rancard**

2780
Q

ressembler à

A

to resemble

2781
Q

cela m’a mis en nage

A

it made me sweat

2782
Q

éprouver

A

to feel

2783
Q

scolariser

A

to (send to) school

2784
Q

beaming

A

hilare

2785
Q

dégringoler

A

to tumble down

2786
Q

l’alimentation de base

A

basic food

2787
Q

le néant

A

nothingness

2788
Q

to clear

A

défricher

2789
Q

size

A

le gabarit

2790
Q

finch

A

le pinson

2791
Q

toutefois

A

however

2792
Q

la sourdine

A

mute (mus)

2793
Q

headteacher

A

le proviseur

2794
Q

être de / en faction

A

to be on guard duty

2795
Q

numb, drowsy (of eg village: sleepy)

A

engourdi

2796
Q

hay

A

le foin

2797
Q

to polish

A

astiquer

2798
Q

His first day at school went well.

A

Sa première journée d’école s’est bien passée.

2799
Q

alambiqué

A

convoluted

2800
Q

to persist (in doing sthg)

A

s’entêter (à faire qch)

2801
Q

le sifflet

A

whistle (of disapproval)

2802
Q

bungalow

A

le pavillon

2803
Q

enfourcher

A

to get on (horse, bicycle)

2804
Q

backwash

A

le remous

2805
Q

une candidature

A

application

2806
Q

le verger

A

orchard

2807
Q

l’écœurement

A

nausea

2808
Q

être d’astreinte

A

to be on call

2809
Q

avoir tous les atouts

A

to hold all the aces

2810
Q

sheepish

A

penaud

2811
Q

to feign

A

singer

2812
Q

dégueulasse

A

disgusting

2813
Q

un site d’enfouissement

A

landfill site

2814
Q

la pertinence

A

relevance

2815
Q

la fougère

A

fern

2816
Q

goosepimples

A

la chair de poule

2817
Q

le/la stagiaire

A

trainee

2818
Q

1/3rd

A

le tiers

2819
Q

first draft

A

la première mouture

2820
Q

relevance

A

la pertinence

2821
Q

simplistic

A

réducteur

2822
Q

bubble

A

la bulle

2823
Q

galvauder

A

to sully, abuse

2824
Q

le gitan

A

gypsy

2825
Q

wax

A

la cire

2826
Q

dilapidation

A

le délabrement

2827
Q

s’embrouiller

A

to get in a muddle

2828
Q

goldfish bowl

A

le bocal à poissons rouge

2829
Q

basané

A

tanned

2830
Q

edge

A

une orée

2831
Q

ingérence (f)

A

interference

2832
Q

situation

A

la conjoncture

2833
Q

beforehand

A

auparavant

2834
Q

to be within the competence of

A

être du ressort de

2835
Q

le bétail

A

cattle

2836
Q

schlinguer*

A

to stink*

2837
Q

amalgamer

A

to lump together

2838
Q

muddy

A

boueux

2839
Q

He hurled me down the stairs.

A

Il m’a précipité dans l’escalier.

2840
Q

out of date, past its sell by date

A

périmé

2841
Q

il a la cinquantaine bien tassée

A

he’s well past 50

2842
Q

to grant a pardon to

A

gracier

2843
Q

le bocal à poissons rouge

A

goldfish bowl

2844
Q

le coquetier

A

egg cup

2845
Q

le tronçon

A

section

2846
Q

workbench

A

un établi

2847
Q

la truie

A

sow

2848
Q

mûrir

A

to mature

2849
Q

au chevet de qn

A

at sbd’s bedside

2850
Q

chapeauter

A

to head

2851
Q

in writing

A

par écrit

2852
Q

le monticule

A

mound

2853
Q

leapfrog

A

le saute-mouton

2854
Q

van

A

le fourgon

2855
Q

infantryman

A

le fantassin

2856
Q

je suis censé travailler

A

I’m supposed to be working

2857
Q

viser

A

to aim at

2858
Q

morfler

A

to have a hard time of it

2859
Q

to demand

A

réclamer

2860
Q

to sail

A

voguer

2861
Q

gérer

A

to manage

2862
Q

to rummage about

A

trifouiller*

2863
Q

la trousse de secours

A

first aid kit

2864
Q

accroître

A

to increase

2865
Q

trémousser

A

to fidget

2866
Q

bending, weakening

A

le fléchissement

2867
Q

au bon vieux temps

A

in the good old days

2868
Q

une annonce

A

announcement

2869
Q

It’s too good to be true.

A

C’est trop beau pour être vrai.

2870
Q

below 2%

A

en deçà de 2%

2871
Q

seed, semen

A

la semence

2872
Q

un maillon de la chaine

A

a link in the chain

2873
Q

estropier

A

to cripple, mutilate

2874
Q

I’m not going to bank on it

A

je ne fais aucun plan sur le comète

2875
Q

stiff, stilted

A

guindé

2876
Q

greyness

A

la grisaille

2877
Q

aimanter

A

to magnetise

2878
Q

balayer

A

to sweep up

2879
Q

overseas

A

outre-mer

2880
Q

talonner

A

to be close behind

2881
Q

main theme (de récit)

A

le fil conducteur

2882
Q

baldness

A

la calvitie

2883
Q

to quieten

A

assagir

2884
Q

to save the download

A

sauvegarder le téléchargement

2885
Q

effronté

A

insolent

2886
Q

spicy

A

relevé

2887
Q

temporary

A

provisoire

2888
Q

esquisser

A

to sketch

2889
Q

le micheton

A

trick, sucker

2890
Q

le greffier

A

clerk (of the court)

2891
Q

in harbour

A

en rade

2892
Q

contondant

A

blunt

2893
Q

la déroute

A

rout

2894
Q

en enfilade

A

in a row, linked

2895
Q

la came*

A

dope

2896
Q

to cluck

A

glousser

2897
Q

log

A

la bûche

2898
Q

s’assoupir

A

to doze off

2899
Q

a 180 degree turn

A

un virage à cent quatre-vingts degrés

2900
Q

briefly

A

brièvement

2901
Q

cobweb

A

la toile d’araignée

2902
Q

breveter

A

to patent

2903
Q

hardware (store)

A

la quincaillerie

2904
Q

C’est du lourd.

A

It’s heavy stuff.

2905
Q

to amaze

A

épater

2906
Q

empirer

A

to get worse

2907
Q

un entretien

A

interview

2908
Q

relaxed

A

détendu

2909
Q

trawler(man)

A

le chalutier

2910
Q

on the lookout

A

aux aguets

2911
Q

rebiquer*

A

to stick up at the ends

2912
Q

rockery

A

la rocaille

2913
Q

floorcloth

A

la serpillère

2914
Q

I’m stuck here.

A

Je suis coincé ici.

2915
Q

aménagement (m)

A

development

2916
Q

lobster

A

un homard

2917
Q

faire du vacarme

A

to make a racket

2918
Q

to devote time to

A

consacrer son temps à

2919
Q

to harm

A

nuire à

2920
Q

l’animation

A

activities

2921
Q

to detect

A

dépister

2922
Q

mettre qn en garde

A

to warn smbd

2923
Q

failure

A

un échec

2924
Q

le gosse

A

child

2925
Q

to switch off

A

décrocher*

2926
Q

le calembour

A

pun

2927
Q

soot

A

la suie

2928
Q

clopiner

A

to hobble

2929
Q

escamoter

A

to get round, dodge, skip

2930
Q

security operation

A

le dispositif de sécurité

2931
Q

willow

A

le saule

2932
Q

to feign

A

feindre

2933
Q

low-water level

A

l’étiage (m)

2934
Q

in brackets

A

entre parenthès

2935
Q

anéantir

A

to destroy

2936
Q

deputy

A

le suppléant

2937
Q

to scratch

A

griffer

2938
Q

funny

A

marrant

2939
Q

une égérie

A

muse, figurehead

2940
Q

a trailer pulled by a tractor

A

une remorque tirée par un tracteur

2941
Q

eye-catching

A

accrocheur

2942
Q

in a row, linked

A

en enfilade

2943
Q

saumâtre

A

brackish

2944
Q

loads of*

A

une flopée de*

2945
Q

plaster

A

le pansement

2946
Q

retrouver la santé

A

to recover one’s health

2947
Q

s’enticher de

A

to become infatuated with

2948
Q

diploma

A

le brevet

2949
Q

eye shadow

A

le fard à paupières

2950
Q

kennel

A

le chenil

2951
Q

la praire

A

clam

2952
Q

to stink*

A

schlinguer*

2953
Q

to fill out, strengthen

A

étoffer

2954
Q

cartonner

A

to be extremely successful

2955
Q

mute (mus)

A

la sourdine

2956
Q

sorting of mail

A

le tri postal

2957
Q

to gain weight

A

prendre du poids

2958
Q

la rambarde

A

guardrail

2959
Q

le comprimé

A

tablet

2960
Q

ça raccourcit le trajet de 5 km

A

that shortens the journey by 5 km

2961
Q

pending

A

en souffrance

2962
Q

le moulin à paroles

A

talker

2963
Q

to show through

A

transparaître

2964
Q

désemparé

A

helpless

2965
Q

changer de braquet

A

to change gear (vélo)

2966
Q

to make (sb) feel sick

A

écœurer (qn)

2967
Q

marécageux

A

marshy

2968
Q

être tiré à quatre épingles

A

to be immaculately dressed

2969
Q

le tangage

A

pitching (of boat)

2970
Q

le littoral

A

coast

2971
Q

calqué sur

A

modelled on

2972
Q

knock-on effect

A

la répercussion

2973
Q

ne pas payer de mine

A

not to look anything special

2974
Q

fouiner

A

to nose around

2975
Q

Je pourrai vous retourner votre critique.

A

I could argue the same to you.

2976
Q

to get off to a good / bad start

A

prendre un bon / mauvais départ

2977
Q

many times

A

à maintes reprises

2978
Q

il y a bien longtemps que je ne suis pas allé au cinema

A

it’s a very long time since I last went to the cinema

2979
Q

pépier

A

to chirp

2980
Q

to squint

A

loucher

2981
Q

surplus

A

excédent (m)

2982
Q

le renseignement

A

piece of information

2983
Q

to come very close to doing sthg

A

être à deux doigts de faire qch

2984
Q

tide

A

une marée

2985
Q

blinder

A

to reinforce

2986
Q

a strange way of walking

A

une drôle de démarche

2987
Q

to stem, check, curb

A

enrayer

2988
Q

gulf

A

le gouffre

2989
Q

apron

A

le tablier

2990
Q

surly

A

revêche

2991
Q

to sizzle / to crackle

A

grésiller

2992
Q

Lent

A

le Carême

2993
Q

to tinker with

A

bidouiller

2994
Q

en mal de

A

short of

2995
Q

to smooth things over

A

calmer le jeu

2996
Q

dilapidated

A

vétuste

2997
Q

l’appat (m)

A

bait

2998
Q

rugueux

A

rough

2999
Q

to track down

A

dénicher

3000
Q

sévir

A

to rage, be rife

3001
Q

épeler

A

to spell

3002
Q

le roupillon*

A

snooze

3003
Q

to rub off on

A

déteindre sur

3004
Q

griffer

A

to scratch

3005
Q

to clock in

A

se pointer

3006
Q

le rabais

A

reduction

3007
Q

to thumb one’s nose at sb

A

faire un pied de nez à qn

3008
Q

to shiver

A

grelotter

3009
Q

however

A

toutefois

3010
Q

le bol

A

bowl

3011
Q

debris, rubble

A

les déblais

3012
Q

convict

A

un bagnard

3013
Q

to hatch (a plot)

A

ourdir

3014
Q

to make a great effort to do stg

A

s’échiner à faire qch

3015
Q

trick, sucker

A

le micheton

3016
Q

à pile ou face

A

heads or tails

3017
Q

typically French

A

franchouillard

3018
Q

pérenniser

A

to sustain, entrench

3019
Q

output, productivity

A

le rendement

3020
Q

aussi long que nécessaire

A

as long as it takes

3021
Q

la gabegie

A

bad management

3022
Q

to make a confession

A

passer aux aveux

3023
Q

la pelle

A

shovel

3024
Q

s’avachir

A

to sag, flop

3025
Q

to solder, weld

A

souder

3026
Q

mettre qn en garde

A

to warn smbd

3027
Q

pourtant

A

yet

3028
Q

to crawl

A

ramper

3029
Q

l’incurie

A

negligence

3030
Q

to ratify

A

entériner

3031
Q

tackle (rugby)

A

le plaquage

3032
Q

behind the scenes

A

dans les coulisses

3033
Q

ballant

A

dangling

3034
Q

la vétille

A

trifle

3035
Q

same story again

A

le rebelote

3036
Q

She’ll fail the exam because she hasn’t done enough work.

A

Elle va échouer l’éxamen car elle n’a pas fait assez de travail.

3037
Q

to sustain, entrench

A

pérenniser

3038
Q

cassant

A

curt

3039
Q

la lame

A

blade

3040
Q

to take the plunge

A

franchir le pas

3041
Q

thaw

A

le redoux

3042
Q

se faire excuser

A

to send apologies

3043
Q

faire cavalier seul

A

to go it alone

3044
Q

le cadre de vie

A

(living) environment

3045
Q

planer sur

A

to hang over

3046
Q

parcourir

A

to glance through

3047
Q

à la fraîche

A

in the cool of the evening

3048
Q

la vague à l’áme

A

melancholy

3049
Q

coincer

A

to wedge

3050
Q

les cuivres

A

brass section

3051
Q

il n’a pas sourcillé

A

he didn’t bat an eyelid

3052
Q

avoir qn dans le collimateur

A

to have s.o. In your sights

3053
Q

le radis

A

radish

3054
Q

une enclume

A

anvil

3055
Q

music-loving

A

mélomane

3056
Q

affréter

A

to charter

3057
Q

to make a racket

A

faire du vacarme

3058
Q

to be hooked on

A

être accro à

3059
Q

le porte-avion

A

aircraft carrier

3060
Q

le colifichet

A

trinket

3061
Q

coathanger

A

le cintre

3062
Q

to move back

A

reculer

3063
Q

bidouiller

A

to tinker with

3064
Q

la mousse

A

moss

3065
Q

first signs

A

les prémices (f pl)

3066
Q

meteoric

A

fulgurant

3067
Q

foncièrement

A

fundamentally

3068
Q

tourner rond

A

to run smoothly

3069
Q

(living) environment

A

le cadre de vie

3070
Q

cantonner

A

to confine

3071
Q

la bavure

A

hitch, blunder

3072
Q

s’impliquer dans

A

to get involved in

3073
Q

ôter

A

to take off/away

3074
Q

traîner

A

to drag

3075
Q

mess, waste

A

le gâchis

3076
Q

to clear off

A

se barrer

3077
Q

seyant (adj)
• elle portait une robe seyante

A

becoming (adj)

3078
Q

paddle

A

la pagaille

3079
Q

late lamented

A

regretté

3080
Q

le rafistolage

A

makeshift repair

3081
Q

to sense that

A

flairer que

3082
Q

piler

A

to crush

3083
Q

subtiliser qch à qn

A

to steal sthg from s.o.

3084
Q

muddle, shambles

A

le cafouillage

3085
Q

to gasp for breath

A

haleter

3086
Q

lull

A

une accalmie

3087
Q

dépanner

A

to help out

3088
Q

noticeably

A

sensiblement

3089
Q

chahuter

A

to heckle

3090
Q

en avoir vent de

A

to get wind of

3091
Q

to overcome an illness

A

surmonter une maladie

3092
Q

heterogeneous

A

hétéroclite

3093
Q

s’empêcher de

A

to resist

3094
Q

to make concessions

A

lâcher du lest

3095
Q

le raz-de-marée

A

tidal wave

3096
Q

slumped over his desk

A

avachi sur son bureau

3097
Q

le foyer

A

household

3098
Q

to sieve, filter

A

tamiser

3099
Q

mordiller

A

to nibble at

3100
Q

to draftproof

A

calfeutrer

3101
Q

subject

A

le chapitre

3102
Q

dépité

A

piqued

3103
Q

training

A

entrainement

3104
Q

to fight tooth and nail for sthg

A

défendre qch bec et ongles

3105
Q

stepladder

A

un escabeau

3106
Q

unhealthy

A

malsaint

3107
Q

to take off/away

A

ôter

3108
Q

barter

A

le troc

3109
Q

rubber

A

le caoutchouc

3110
Q

finishing line

A

la ligne d’arrivée

3111
Q

entournure (f)

A

armhole

3112
Q

tanned

A

basané

3113
Q

the surrounding villages

A

les villages d’alentour

3114
Q

la bruyère

A

heather

3115
Q

coast

A

le littoral

3116
Q

la friche

A

fallow land

3117
Q

monter qch en épingle

A

to blow sth up out of proportion

3118
Q

to set one’s heart on sthg

A

jeter son dévolu sur qch

3119
Q

to limit oneself to sthg

A

se borner à qch

3120
Q

mièvre

A

soppy

3121
Q

la limace

A

slug

3122
Q

cushy

A

peinard

3123
Q

écriture

A

(hand)writing

3124
Q

rudoyer

A

to bully

3125
Q

sauvegarder le téléchargement

A

to save the download

3126
Q

la meule de foin

A

haystack

3127
Q

balayer

A

to sweep up, brush aside

3128
Q

se vautrer

A

to wallow

3129
Q

un épouvantail

A

scarecrow

3130
Q

s’échiner à faire qch

A

to make a great effort to do stg

3131
Q

songer à

A

to think about

3132
Q

grouiller de

A

to be swarming with

3133
Q

le chardonneret

A

goldfinch

3134
Q

s’affranchir de

A

to free oneself from

3135
Q

faire du vacarme

A

to make a racket

3136
Q

to scrawl

A

griffoner

3137
Q

bra

A

le soutien-gorge

3138
Q

gutter

A

le caniveau

3139
Q

tenir / mettre qn à l’écart

A

to keep s.o. on the sidelines

3140
Q

voltiger

A

to flutter about

3141
Q

curve

A

le galbe (meuble, mollet)

3142
Q

to scold

A

tancer

3143
Q

radier

A

to strike off

3144
Q

a pear tree bearing superb fruit

A

un poirier qui porte des fruits splendides

3145
Q

ras-le-bol

A

enough is enough

3146
Q

pruning knife

A

la serpe

3147
Q

un hélico*

A

helicopter*

3148
Q

summit

A

la cime

3149
Q

Sur le pont!

A

All hands on deck!

3150
Q

to speak with s.o.

A

s’entretenir avec

3151
Q

le pécule

A

nest egg

3152
Q

abordable

A

approachable

3153
Q

être en passe de faire qch

A

to be (well) on the way to doing sthg

3154
Q

as a result

A

du coup

3155
Q

root word

A

le mot souche

3156
Q

la souche

A

stump

3157
Q

la maquette

A

layout (mise en page)

3158
Q

soppy

A

mièvre

3159
Q

il m’appartient de …

A

it’s up to me to … “D’ici là, il m’appartient de crier une dynamique” (Anna Hildago)

3160
Q

l’omoplate (f)

A

shoulder blade

3161
Q

râler

A

to moan

3162
Q

Good things come to those who wait.

A

Tout vient à point à qui sait attendre.

3163
Q

to chisel

A

ciseler

3164
Q

mare

A

une jument

3165
Q

to revel in*

A

se gargariser de*

3166
Q

asset, trump

A

un atout

3167
Q

grignoter

A

to nibble

3168
Q

to scupper one’s ship, ruin one’s chances

A

se saborder

3169
Q

se fendre

A

to crack (se fissurer)

3170
Q

to speak to no-one in particular

A

parler à la cantonade

3171
Q

une unité de soins intensifs

A

Intensive Care Unit

3172
Q

to bump off

A

trucider

3173
Q

to get infected

A

s’envenimer

3174
Q

to be a big success

A

faire recette

3175
Q

modelled on

A

calqué sur

3176
Q

to sigh

A

soupir

3177
Q

le rabot

A

plane

3178
Q

le paysagisme

A

landscaping

3179
Q

nous avons passé un super moment

A

we had a great time

3180
Q

to upset, shake up

A

chambouler

3181
Q

shovel

A

la pelle

3182
Q

le coup d’envoi

A

kick-off

3183
Q

to magnetise

A

aimanter

3184
Q

fendre la foule

A

to push one’s way through the crowd

3185
Q

la godasse*

A

shoe*

3186
Q

to bone

A

désosser

3187
Q

enfreindre

A

to infringe

3188
Q

to act

A

agir

3189
Q

muzzle

A

le miseau

3190
Q

à contrecœur

A

reluctantly

3191
Q

No-one seems to have paid attention to what he said.

A

Personne ne semble avoir prêté attention à ce qu’il a dit.

3192
Q

marigold

A

le souci

3193
Q

flemmard

A

lazy

3194
Q

pout

A

la moue

3195
Q

une engelure

A

chilblain

3196
Q

allègre

A

cheerful

3197
Q

le chapitre

A

subject

3198
Q

to hatch

A

éclore

3199
Q

Je m’en doutais!

A

I knew it!

3200
Q

sous l’emprise de l’alcool

A

under the influence of alcohol

3201
Q

to prevaricate

A

tergiverser

3202
Q

to fire, to lay into

A

dégommer

3203
Q

thatch, stubble

A

le chaume

3204
Q

la basse-cour

A

farmyard

3205
Q

bâcler

A

to botch

3206
Q

un amphithéâtre

A

lecture theatre

3207
Q

to scrape

A

racler

3208
Q

to decide between

A

départager

3209
Q

sensual

A

jouisseur

3210
Q

lâcher prise

A

to let go

3211
Q

en vrac

A

in bulk

3212
Q

maîtriser

A

to control

3213
Q

examiner qch à la loupe

A

to examine sthg under a microscope / in great detail

3214
Q

la piquette

A

cheap wine

3215
Q

tongs, pliers

A

les tenailles (f)

3216
Q

to sense danger

A

flairer le danger

3217
Q

la meute

A

pack (of animals)

3218
Q

blurred

A

flou

3219
Q

quémander

A

to beg for

3220
Q

rags

A

loques (f)

3221
Q

What flavour?

A

Quel parfum?

3222
Q

unremitting (of work): relentless

A

acharné

3223
Q

un abattant

A

toilet seat

3224
Q

to be a believer

A

être croyant

3225
Q

bénévole

A

voluntary

3226
Q

se méprendre sur

A

to be mistaken about

3227
Q

wheelbarrow

A

la brouette

3228
Q

to head

A

chapeauter

3229
Q

se carapater*

A

to run off*

3230
Q

un étalon

A

stallion

3231
Q

to point a weapon at

A

braquer une arme sur

3232
Q

to tear to pieces

A

déchiqueter

3233
Q

• to feel lousy • to feel bad about oneself • to feel ill-at-ease

A

être / se sentir mal dans sa peau

3234
Q

to show off

A

faire de l’esbroufe*

3235
Q

to strike, crash into

A

percuter

3236
Q

to work hard*

A

ramer*

3237
Q

le bourrage

A

stuffing (upholstery)

3238
Q

approach

A

une démarche

3239
Q

à l’emblée

A

at once

3240
Q

to chew on

A

mâchouiller

3241
Q

chiquer

A

to chew

3242
Q

to brush against

A

effleurer

3243
Q

le coteau

A

hill(side)

3244
Q

chapeauter

A

to head

3245
Q

à la croisée de

A

at the junction of

3246
Q

le miseau

A

muzzle

3247
Q

effaroucher

A

to frighten

3248
Q

le désistement

A

withdrawal

3249
Q

le calepin

A

notebook

3250
Q

contributions

A

la cotisation

3251
Q

mud, slush

A

la gadoue

3252
Q

to put off, repel

A

rebuter

3253
Q

to invite to interview

A

convoquer à un entrevue

3254
Q

daughter-in-law

A

la belle-fille

3255
Q

faucher

A

to knock down

3256
Q

un poste à pourvoir

A

a post to fill

3257
Q

sceller

A

to seal

3258
Q

le goudron

A

tar

3259
Q

gang of kids, brood*

A

la marmaille*

3260
Q

crazy

A

cinglé*

3261
Q

grime

A

la crasse

3262
Q

helpless

A

désemparé

3263
Q

faire des calculs

A

to calculate

3264
Q

faire l’autruche

A

to bury one’s head in the sand

3265
Q

arrosoir (n.m.)

A

watering can

3266
Q

crutch, motorbike stand

A

la béquille

3267
Q

to curse

A

maudire

3268
Q

esseulé

A

forlorn

3269
Q

We narrowly escaped having an accident.

A

Nous avons évité l’accident de justesse.

3270
Q

arrondir

A

to round off

3271
Q

la maladresse

A

blunder

3272
Q

fallow land

A

la friche

3273
Q

la brouette

A

wheelbarrow

3274
Q

envoûter

A

to cast a spell on

3275
Q

le pou

A

louse

3276
Q

manger

A

la mangeoire

3277
Q

to cram (eg suitcase)

A

tasser

3278
Q

to submit

A

soumettre

3279
Q

le bouleau

A

silver birch

3280
Q

to get involved in

A

s’impliquer dans

3281
Q

television channel

A

la chaîne de télévision

3282
Q

without sb knowing

A

à l’insu de qn

3283
Q

to smooth things over

A

calmer le jeu

3284
Q

She liked her primary school very much.

A

Elle aimait beaucoup son école primaire.

3285
Q

écrasant

A

overwhelming, crushing (impôts)

3286
Q

to fall

A

chuter

3287
Q

richissime

A

fabulously rich

3288
Q

songeur

A

pensive

3289
Q

hearth

A

l’âtre (m)

3290
Q

postuler à un emploi

A

to apply for a job

3291
Q

la marque

A

brand

3292
Q

entamer

A

to start, institute

3293
Q

A dog was chasing the cat in the garden.

A

Un chien pourchassait le chat dans le jardin.

3294
Q

un atelier de frappe

A

mint

3295
Q

perclus de

A

crippled with

3296
Q

to spare s.o. sthg

A

épargner qch à qn

3297
Q

smart, forward

A

déluré

3298
Q

le chamboulement

A

upheaval

3299
Q

marcher sur la pointe des pieds

A

to tiptoe

3300
Q

Il n’a pas pipé (mot).

A

He didn’t breathe a word.

3301
Q

la quincaillerie

A

hardware (store)

3302
Q

augmenter ses effectifs

A

to increase its numbers

3303
Q

to collar

A

alpaguer

3304
Q

le fatras

A

jumble

3305
Q

renâcler

A

to grumble

3306
Q

bottleneck

A

le goulet d’étranglement

3307
Q

le recueillement

A

contemplation

3308
Q

le troène

A

privet

3309
Q

vacuum cleaner

A

un aspirateur

3310
Q

to clear the ground

A

déblayer le terrain

3311
Q

chambouler

A

to upset, shake up

3312
Q

la charrue

A

plough

3313
Q

to keep smb at bay

A

tenir qn en respect

3314
Q

la nouille

A

noodle

3315
Q

soppy

A

mièvre

3316
Q

Il n’y a pas de quoi pavoiser.

A

It’s nothing to crow about.

3317
Q

une écluse

A

canal lock

3318
Q

le maraîchage

A

market gardening

3319
Q

growth

A

la croissance

3320
Q

l’acajou (m)

A

mahogany

3321
Q

acharné

A

unremitting (of work): relentless

3322
Q

abréger

A

to shorten

3323
Q

racler

A

to scrape

3324
Q

renfermé

A

withdrawn

3325
Q

to give out

A

flancher*

3326
Q

square*

A

ringard*

3327
Q

to boast about

A

se targuer de

3328
Q

la couleuvre

A

viper

3329
Q

le palier

A

landing

3330
Q

se targuer de

A

to boast about

3331
Q

la digue

A

dyke, sea wall

3332
Q

tidal wave

A

le raz-de-marée

3333
Q

prendre ses marques

A

to get one’s bearings

3334
Q

to laugh one’s head off*

A

se fendre la pêche**

3335
Q

la brouette

A

wheelbarrow

3336
Q

dishevelled

A

ébouriffé

3337
Q

You’ve warned!

A

A bon entendeur!

3338
Q

une engelure

A

chilblain

3339
Q

egg cup

A

le coquetier

3340
Q

éhonté

A

brazen, shameless

3341
Q

la mousson

A

monsoon

3342
Q

I avoid poeple who try to sell me things.

A

J’évite les gens qui veulent me vendre quelque chose.

3343
Q

fulgurant

A

meteoric

3344
Q

le rebelote

A

same story again

3345
Q

as far as I know

A

autant que je sache

3346
Q

Le compte à rebours a commencé.

A

The countdown has started.

3347
Q

net curtain

A

le voilage

3348
Q

to come into contention

A

entrer en lice

3349
Q

disappointing

A

décevant

3350
Q

caterpillar

A

la chenille

3351
Q

en prendre pour son grade

A

to be hauled over the coals

3352
Q

to curl up

A

se lover

3353
Q

to scratch

A

gratter

3354
Q

to stem from

A

être issu de

3355
Q

utiliser le moins possible

A

to use as little as possible

3356
Q

(list of) prizewinners

A

le palmarès

3357
Q

en garde à vue

A

in custody

3358
Q

to slim down, lose weight

A

maigrir

3359
Q

bonus, incentive

A

la prime

3360
Q

to clink glasses

A

trinquer

3361
Q

un arc-en-ciel

A

rainbow

3362
Q

donner le la

A

to set the tone

3363
Q

aléatoire

A

random

3364
Q

la quille

A

keel

3365
Q

la boussole

A

compass

3366
Q

to survive

A

tenir le coup

3367
Q

de loin

A

by far

3368
Q

l’heure de pointe

A

rush hour, peak period

3369
Q

ébranler

A

to shake

3370
Q

la prime

A

premium

3371
Q

dashing

A

fringant

3372
Q

as you wish!

A

à ta guise!

3373
Q

to belittle

A

rabaisser

3374
Q

even if it means

A

quitte à

3375
Q

rédiger

A

to write up

3376
Q

vine stalk

A

la treille

3377
Q

cigarette lighter

A

le briquet

3378
Q

le cadenas

A

padlock

3379
Q

to perch

A

se jucher

3380
Q

le tablier

A

apron

3381
Q

la remorque

A

trailer

3382
Q

to put the finishing touches to

A

peaufiner

3383
Q

apart from

A

hormis

3384
Q

greenhouse gas

A

le gaz à effet de serre

3385
Q

to make an inventory of

A

recenser

3386
Q

déteindre sur

A

to rub off on

3387
Q

atteindre

A

to affect

3388
Q

le baratin*

A

sweet talk*

3389
Q

se lover

A

to curl up

3390
Q

everywhere

A

tous azimuts

3391
Q

désosser

A

to bone

3392
Q

retaper

A

to do up (house, car)

3393
Q

to be in a position to do sthg

A

être à même de faire qch • le Brésil était le seul pays émergent à même de faire face à une telle crise

3394
Q

le repère

A

landmark

3395
Q

Bring to the boil.

A

Portez à ébullition.

3396
Q

malin

A

smart, crafty

3397
Q

l’embrouille (f)

A

shady goings-on

3398
Q

shoulder strap

A

la bandoulière

3399
Q

refutation, denial (of)

A

un démenti (à)

3400
Q

éclore

A

to hatch

3401
Q

turning point

A

le déclic

3402
Q

être de permanence

A

to be on duty

3403
Q

le remous

A

backwash

3404
Q

la première mouture

A

first draft

3405
Q

le talus

A

embankment

3406
Q

forlorn

A

esseulé

3407
Q

probation

A

la mise à l’épreuve

3408
Q

alpaguer

A

to collar

3409
Q

to heckle

A

chahuter

3410
Q

faire un pied de nez à qn

A

to thumb one’s nose at sb

3411
Q

la filature

A

surveillance

3412
Q

to fight like cat and dog

A

se battre comme des chiffonniers

3413
Q

pouilleux

A

seedy

3414
Q

jalonner

A

to mark out

3415
Q

dustpan

A

la pelle à poussière

3416
Q

le remaniement ministériel

A

cabinet reshuffle

3417
Q

underlying

A

sous-jacent

3418
Q

émoustiller

A

to tantalise

3419
Q

se tracasser pour qch

A

to worry about sthg

3420
Q

to loaf about*

A

flemmarder*

3421
Q

to abandon, ditch, walk out on

A

planter

3422
Q

stage (theatre)

A

les planches

3423
Q

miser sur

A

to bet on

3424
Q

to hold power

A

détenir le pouvoir

3425
Q

thick

A

dru

3426
Q

weightlessness

A

apesanteur (f)

3427
Q

to fade

A

s’estomper

3428
Q

engourdir

A

to numb

3429
Q

la coulée de boue

A

mudslide

3430
Q

le tiret

A

dash

3431
Q

He’s a bit of a joker*

A

C’est un mariolle*

3432
Q

tricoter

A

to knit

3433
Q

braid

A

la ganse

3434
Q

yet

A

pourtant

3435
Q

dangling

A

ballant

3436
Q

to struggle

A

se débattre

3437
Q

le dédale

A

maze

3438
Q

to dissect

A

disséquer

3439
Q

flouer

A

to swindle

3440
Q

en catimini

A

on the sly

3441
Q

mettre le cap sur

A

to head for

3442
Q

contrecarrer

A

to thwart

3443
Q

offence

A

le délit

3444
Q

marteler

A

to hammer

3445
Q

dépouiller qn de

A

to strip sb of

3446
Q

She happened to live in the same street as me.

A

Il s’est trouvé qu’elle habitait dans la même rue que moi.

3447
Q

screen display

A

l’affichage sur écran

3448
Q

piece of software

A

le logiciel

3449
Q

He wasn’t good at school.

A

Il n’était pas doué dans les matières scolaires.

3450
Q

to mix with

A

côtoyer

3451
Q

padlock

A

le cadenas

3452
Q

to be required to

A

être tenu de

3453
Q

to be an object of ridicule

A

être un objet de risée

3454
Q

to be on holiday in

A

être en villégiature à

3455
Q

to the great displeasure of

A

au grand dam de

3456
Q

la grivoiserie

A

sauciness

3457
Q

le bourdon

A

bumblebee

3458
Q

chômer

A

to be idle

3459
Q

la paillette

A

sequin

3460
Q

to get one’s bearings

A

prendre ses marques

3461
Q

market gardening

A

le maraîchage

3462
Q

cinema*

A

le cinoche*

3463
Q

comma, decimal point

A

la virgule

3464
Q

Je pense pas que ce soit X qui soit sexiste que Y

A

I don’t think it’s so much X that’s sexist as Y

3465
Q

to seal

A

sceller

3466
Q

le coussin

A

cushion

3467
Q

to have the jitters

A

avoir les chocottes

3468
Q

l’enjeu

A

stake

3469
Q

trimer

A

to slave away

3470
Q

straightaway

A

aussitôt

3471
Q

exprès

A

on purpose

3472
Q

pelvis

A

le bassin

3473
Q

seal

A

le phoque

3474
Q

choir

A

le chœur

3475
Q

interpeller

A

to take in for questioning

3476
Q

puny

A

malingre

3477
Q

doormat

A

le paillasson

3478
Q

trébucher

A

to stumble

3479
Q

le colis

A

parcel

3480
Q

le pissenlit

A

dandelion

3481
Q

fringant

A

dashing

3482
Q

aussitôt

A

straightaway

3483
Q

bookbinding

A

la reliure

3484
Q

le pinseau

A

(paint)brush

3485
Q

le patrimoine

A

inheritance, heritage

3486
Q

to demand

A

exiger

3487
Q

temporiser

A

to stall

3488
Q

Elle est bien jeune pour se marier.

A

She’s very young to be getting married.

3489
Q

(s)embuer

A

to mist up

3490
Q

chatouilleux

A

touchy

3491
Q

to provide (smb with sthg)

A

pourvoir (qn de qch)

3492
Q

porter atteinte à

A

to invade, disrupt

3493
Q

Portez à ébullition.

A

Bring to the boil.

3494
Q

le délabrement

A

dilapidation

3495
Q

richissime

A

fabulously rich

3496
Q

to get on with

A

s’entendre

3497
Q

griffonner

A

to scribble

3498
Q

to get one’s clutches into smbd

A

mettre le grappin sur qn

3499
Q

to crush, squash

A

écraser

3500
Q

far-fetched

A

capillotracté

3501
Q

spinelesss

A

veule

3502
Q

media coverage

A

la médiatisation

3503
Q

un orteil

A

toe

3504
Q

swell

A

la houle

3505
Q

amadouer

A

to coax, mollify

3506
Q

un établi

A

workbench

3507
Q

la mâchoire

A

jaw

3508
Q

crazy

A

taré

3509
Q

le perron

A

steps (to an entrance)

3510
Q

to hold up

A

braquer*

3511
Q

born yesterday

A

né de la dernière pluie

3512
Q

les heures d’ouverture

A

opening hours

3513
Q

to untie

A

délier

3514
Q

pourvoir (qn de qch)

A

to provide (smb with sthg)

3515
Q

bitterness

A

l’amertume

3516
Q

to throw in the towel

A

jeter l’éponge

3517
Q

It’s freezing!

A

Ça caille!

3518
Q

éventer

A

to discover, give away

3519
Q

un enfouissement

A

burying

3520
Q

être toujours par monts et par vaux

A

to be always on the move

3521
Q

turmeric

A

le curcuma

3522
Q

la noisette

A

hazelnut

3523
Q

axle

A

un essieu

3524
Q

splash

A

une éclaboussure

3525
Q

to snap one’s fingers at, flout

A

faire fi de

3526
Q

la souricière

A

mousetrap

3527
Q

knowingly

A

sciemment

3528
Q

household

A

le foyer

3529
Q

privet

A

le troène

3530
Q

détendu

A

relaxed

3531
Q

chambouler*

A

to turn upside down*

3532
Q

brinquebaler

A

to rattle about

3533
Q

to reach sb/sth

A

parvenir à qn/qch

3534
Q

la chimère

A

dream

3535
Q

jubilant

A

en liesse

3536
Q

flop

A

le bide

3537
Q

faire fi de

A

to snap one’s fingers at, flout

3538
Q

to be flat broke

A

dans la mouise

3539
Q

les conséquences négatives sur l’environnement

A

negative consequences for the environment

3540
Q

to take on, tackle

A

s’attaquer à qch

3541
Q

éclater

A

to burst

3542
Q

dans ce contexte

A

in this context

3543
Q

cocasse

A

funny

3544
Q

le crampon

A

football stud

3545
Q

drizzle

A

le crachin

3546
Q

to stamp one’s feet

A

trépigner

3547
Q

to hit, collide with

A

heurter

3548
Q

la cartouche

A

cartridge, bullet

3549
Q

greenhouse

A

la serre

3550
Q

arriviste

A

careerist

3551
Q

parier

A

to bet

3552
Q

I’ve never moved that bed; there must be a lot of dust underneath.

A

Je n’ai jamais déplacé ce lit: il doit y avoir beaucoup de poussière dessous.

3553
Q

naughty

A

polisson

3554
Q

laisser en plan

A

to abandon

3555
Q

tireless

A

increvable

3556
Q

flesh

A

la chair

3557
Q

motto, slogan

A

la devise

3558
Q

sidérurgique

A

iron and steel (adj)

3559
Q

réclamer qch à cor et à cri

A

to clamour for sthg

3560
Q

fiable

A

reliable

3561
Q

la conjoncture

A

situation

3562
Q

ramer*

A

to work hard*

3563
Q

le chenil

A

kennel

3564
Q

in the grip / under the influence of

A

sous l’emprise de

3565
Q

brimer*

A

to bully*

3566
Q

truncheon

A

la matraque

3567
Q

la cloison

A

partition

3568
Q

to be in a state of collapse

A

péricliter

3569
Q

greedy

A

cupide

3570
Q

le chou

A

cabbage

3571
Q

kettle

A

la bouilloire

3572
Q

to seep

A

suinter

3573
Q

grelotter

A

to shiver

3574
Q

elegantly

A

élégamment

3575
Q

haystack

A

la meule de foin

3576
Q

le rendement

A

output, productivity

3577
Q

le boniment

A

sales talk / yarn

3578
Q

to smash into**

A

emplafonner**

3579
Q

(le) grand public

  • un film grand public
  • [ant: un film niche]
A
  • n.* the general public
  • adj.* mass appeal
3580
Q

assagir

A

to quieten

3581
Q

zany

A

loufoque

3582
Q

une réalisation

A

achievement

3583
Q

a bit pale*

A

pâlichon*

3584
Q

être accroché au mur

A

to be hanging on the wall

3585
Q

status

A

le statut

3586
Q

stormy

A

houleux

3587
Q

taré

A

crazy

3588
Q

le suivi

A

monitoring (n)

3589
Q

bitter

A

cuisant

3590
Q

gésir

A

to lie

3591
Q

They’re always at each other’s throats.

A

C’est un panier de crabes.

3592
Q

décerner

A

to award

3593
Q

contre le gré de qn

A

against sb’s will

3594
Q

to get what one deserves

A

récolter ce qu’on mérite

3595
Q

softening

A

un infléchissement

3596
Q

fredonner

A

to hum

3597
Q

paunch*

A

la bedaine*

3598
Q

le poil

A

hair (animal)

3599
Q

entrevoir

A

to glimpse

3600
Q

mildew

A

le moisir

3601
Q

Have you heard from her?

A

Avez-vous eu de ses nouvelles?

3602
Q

l’assistance

A

audience, congregation

3603
Q

deadline

A

la date butoir

3604
Q

fugace

A

fleeting

3605
Q

une antienne

A

refrain

3606
Q

d’après

A

according to

3607
Q

le bouge

A

hovel

3608
Q

spring

A

le ressort

3609
Q

to do the same thing as

A

faire pareil que

3610
Q

érafler

A

to scratch

3611
Q

to scent

A

subodorer

3612
Q

first aid kit

A

la trousse de secours

3613
Q

to confine

A

cantonner

3614
Q

eye-catching

A

accrocheur

3615
Q

mesquin

A

stingy, petty

3616
Q

la soude

A

soda

3617
Q

to fall in behind sb

A

emboîter le pas à qn

3618
Q

to pamper

A

dorloter

3619
Q

gravel

A

le gravier

3620
Q

soumettre

A

to submit

3621
Q

l’aile (f)

A

wing

3622
Q

à califourchon

A

astride

3623
Q

small group

A

le groupuscule

3624
Q

feeble, pathetic, moronic

A

débile

3625
Q

vérolé**

A

pox-ridden (comp) infected by a virus

3626
Q

cambrer

A

to arch

3627
Q

à l’issue de

A

at the end of

3628
Q

blackbird

A

la merle

3629
Q

la taule

A

gaol

3630
Q

port (side)

A

bâbord

3631
Q

la sauterelle

A

grasshopper

3632
Q

loufoque

A

crazy, absurd

3633
Q

to paint, whitewash

A

badigeonner

3634
Q

without pay

A

sans solde

3635
Q

une hypothèque

A

mortgage

3636
Q

at once

A

à l’emblée

3637
Q

être plein aux as

A

to be loaded

3638
Q

horse trader

A

le maquignon

3639
Q

in spite of

A

en dépit de

3640
Q

he didn’t bat an eyelid

A

il n’a pas sourcillé

3641
Q

bricoler

A

to potter about

3642
Q

to chant

A

scander

3643
Q

dormir profondément

A

to be in a derp sleep

3644
Q

être / se sentir mal dans sa peau

A

• to feel lousy • to feel bad about oneself • to feel ill-at-ease

3645
Q

prendre qn au dépourvu

A

to catch s.o. off their guard

3646
Q

to rush

A

cavaler

3647
Q

investir

A

to surround (armée, police)

3648
Q

avilir

A

to demean

3649
Q

aigre

A

sour

3650
Q

le recul

A

retreat

3651
Q

horripilant

A

exasperating

3652
Q

crossbow

A

une arbalète

3653
Q

en tant que

A

as (comme)

3654
Q

to get, receive (eg TV channel)

A

capter

3655
Q

to be immaculately dressed

A

être tiré à quatre épingles

3656
Q

étouffer

A

to suffocate

3657
Q

pet subject, hobby horse

A

la marotte

3658
Q

to rub salt into the wound

A

remuer le couteau dans la plaie

3659
Q

délabré

A

dilapidated

3660
Q

awkward

A

godiche

3661
Q

guardrail

A

la rambarde

3662
Q

une épingle

A

pin

3663
Q

le trucmuche

A

thingamajig

3664
Q

lésiner

A

to skimp on

3665
Q

fracking

A

la fracturation hydraulique

3666
Q

revêche

A

surly

3667
Q

les exactions

A

atrocities

3668
Q

s’emparer de

A

to seize

3669
Q

la luzerne

A

alfalfa

3670
Q

se démener pour faire qch

A

to put oneself out to do sthg

3671
Q

capillotracté

A

far-fetched

3672
Q

to pay back

A

reverser

3673
Q

meadow

A

le pré

3674
Q

la tanière

A

den, hideaway

3675
Q

côte à côte

A

side by side

3676
Q

la mégère

A

bitch

3677
Q

to have spirit

A

avoir du ressort

3678
Q

to notice

A

constater

3679
Q

époustouflant*

A

amazing, staggering*

3680
Q

le torchon

A

teatowel

3681
Q

exhibition

A

une exposition

3682
Q

to turn up

A

se pointer

3683
Q

to glance through

A

parcourir

3684
Q

to mist up

A

(s)embuer

3685
Q

épineux

A

thorny

3686
Q

cassant

A

brittle

3687
Q

slaughter

A

hécatombe (f)

3688
Q

free will

A

le libre arbitre

3689
Q

le plaidoyer

A

speech for the defence

3690
Q

en lisière de

A

on the edge of

3691
Q

it’s a very long time since I last went to the cinema

A

il y a bien longtemps que je ne suis pas allé au cinema

3692
Q

recovery

A

la guérison

3693
Q

body of evidence

A

le faisceau de preuves

3694
Q

un cadre dirigeant

A

senior manager

3695
Q

cabbage

A

le chou

3696
Q

être en villégiature à

A

to be on holiday in

3697
Q

le branle-bas

A

commotion

3698
Q

la denrée

A

commodity

3699
Q

to bid for

A

briguer

3700
Q

faire mouche

A

to hit the bullseye

3701
Q

dementia

A

la démence

3702
Q

apprivoiser

A

to tame, bring out of one’s shell

3703
Q

canvas

A

la toile

3704
Q

hustle and bustle

A

le remue-ménage

3705
Q

work*

A

le turbin*

3706
Q

doormouse

A

le loir

3707
Q

carnivore

A

le carnassier / la carnassière

3708
Q

blunt

A

contondant

3709
Q

être à cran

A

to be very edgy

3710
Q

amocher

A

to mess up

3711
Q

chétif

A

scrawny

3712
Q

une bouffée d’air pur

A

a breath of fresh air

3713
Q

emprunter (une route)

A

to take (a route)

3714
Q

raw

  • graphic descriptions
A

cru

  • des descriptions crues
3715
Q

le bidon-ville

A

slum

3716
Q

le panneau

A

sign

3717
Q

to get on (horse, bicycle)

A

enfourcher

3718
Q

dagger

A

le poignard

3719
Q

Ce n’est pas du tout son genre.

A

It’s not at all like him.

3720
Q

mocking

A

goguenard

3721
Q

scrawny

A

famélique

3722
Q

mettre qch sous le boisseau

A

keep sthg dark

3723
Q

une éolienne

A

wind turbine

3724
Q

to take it easy

A

se la couler douce

3725
Q

foreman

A

le contremaître

3726
Q

abréger

A

to shorten, cut short

3727
Q

to dupe

A

gruger

3728
Q

he’s a misery guts

A

il est teigneux

3729
Q

to pinch

A

pincer

3730
Q

skeleton

A

le squelette

3731
Q

oil change

A

la vidange

3732
Q

être en cavale

A

to be on the run

3733
Q

la tronche**

A

face**

3734
Q

though

A

alors que

3735
Q

foudroyer

A

to strike

3736
Q

la selle

A

saddle

3737
Q

alfalfa

A

la luzerne

3738
Q

se débrouiller

A

to manage

3739
Q

attiser (convoitises)

A

to arouse (longings)

3740
Q

la chaire

A

pulpit

3741
Q

mischievous

A

fripon

3742
Q

bidon Je croyais que votre excuse était bidon.

A

bogus, false

3743
Q

You must come back and see us.

A

Il faudra revenir nous voir.

3744
Q

lecture theatre

A

un amphithéâtre

3745
Q

ébouriffé

A

dishevelled

3746
Q

sour

A

aigre

3747
Q

silver birch

A

le bouleau

3748
Q

hake

A

le merlu

3749
Q

to have a hard time of it

A

douiller

3750
Q

to steal sthg from s.o.

A

subtiliser qch à qn

3751
Q

to go about one’s business

A

vaquer à ses occupations

3752
Q

pourrir

A

to rot

3753
Q

le briquet

A

cigarette lighter

3754
Q

fern

A

la fougère

3755
Q

parfois

A

sometimes

3756
Q

glow

A

la lueur

3757
Q

handsaw

A

la scie égoïne

3758
Q

à poil

A

stark naked

3759
Q

d’autant (plus) que

A

especially as/since

3760
Q

shelf

A

le rayon

3761
Q

se faire une entorse à …

A

to sprain one’s …

3762
Q

d’arrache-pied

A

flat out

3763
Q

le gendre

A

son-in-law

3764
Q

rut

A

une ornière

3765
Q

in single file

A

à la queue leu leu

3766
Q

ratisser

A

to rake

3767
Q

hammer

A

le marteau

3768
Q

oak

A

le chêne

3769
Q

être plein aux as

A

to be loaded

3770
Q

cavaler

A

to rush

3771
Q

l’affichage sur écran

A

screen display

3772
Q

ambush

A

le guet-apens

3773
Q

la poutrelle

A

girder

3774
Q

to destroy

A

saccager

3775
Q

un établi

A

workbench

3776
Q

ache

A

la courbature

3777
Q

chambouler*

A

to turn upside down*

3778
Q

lors de

A

at the time of

3779
Q

récolter ce qu’on mérite

A

to get what one deserves

3780
Q

la rancune

A

grudge

3781
Q

to seize

A

s’emparer de

3782
Q

in desperate straits

A

aux abois

3783
Q

bait

A

l’appat (m)

3784
Q

il y a un tas de trucs à faire

A

there are loads of things to do

3785
Q

(drill) bit

A

la mèche

3786
Q

minauder

A

to simper

3787
Q

radin

A

stingy

3788
Q

néfaste

A

harmful

3789
Q

to worm one’s way into

A

se faufiler dans

3790
Q

franchir le pas

A

to take the plunge

3791
Q

twist

A

la torsade

3792
Q

planquer

A

to hide

3793
Q

to strut about

A

se pavaner

3794
Q

trailer

A

la remorque

3795
Q

rabaisser

A

to belittle

3796
Q

to scrub

A

décrasser

3797
Q

to lead on a wild goose chase

A

couilloner

3798
Q

trinquer

A

to clink glasses

3799
Q

guindé

A

stiff, stilted

3800
Q

makeshift repair

A

le rafistolage

3801
Q

poisoned chalice

A

le cadeau empoisonneé

3802
Q

outrance (f)

A

excess

3803
Q

to be loaded

A

être plein aux as

3804
Q

to affect

A

atteindre

3805
Q

posément

A

calmly

3806
Q

emplafonner**

A

to smash into**

3807
Q

la semence

A

seed, semen

3808
Q

to dribble

A

baver

3809
Q

favourable

A

propice

3810
Q

rim (wheel)

A

la jante

3811
Q

la couche

A

layer

3812
Q

IV drip

A

le goutte-à-goutte

3813
Q

sans solde

A

without pay

3814
Q

summer (adj)

A

estival

3815
Q

dénicher

A

to discover

3816
Q

un étau

A

a vice

3817
Q

agacer

A

to irritate

3818
Q

être bègue

A

to have a stutter

3819
Q

la sensiblerie

A

sentimentality

3820
Q

la rotule

A

kneecap

3821
Q

le pré

A

meadow

3822
Q

public holidays

A

les jours fériés

3823
Q

publication

A

la parution

3824
Q

at a pinch

A

à la rigueur

3825
Q

encastrer

A

to embed

3826
Q

la torsade

A

twist

3827
Q

puny, scraggy

A

rachitique

3828
Q

for the time being

A

pour l’heure

3829
Q

understanding

A

entendement (m)

3830
Q

armateur

A

shipowner

3831
Q

covered playground

A

le préau

3832
Q

pimbêche*

A

stuck up thing*

3833
Q

piailler*

A

to whine*

3834
Q

to rush up

A

accourir

3835
Q

portuaire

A

harbour

3836
Q

guigner

A

to have one’s eye on

3837
Q

squirrel

A

l’écureuil (f)

3838
Q

réclamer

A

to demand

3839
Q

to scatter

A

éparpiller

3840
Q

de bon aloi

A

respectable

3841
Q

le nœud papillon

A

bow tie

3842
Q

to sneer

A

ricaner

3843
Q

le sillon

A

furrow

3844
Q

désaccordé

A

out of tune

3845
Q

joufflu

A

chubby

3846
Q

to be on one’s way to doing sth

A

être en passe de faire qch

3847
Q

whip, whisk

A

le fouet

3848
Q

chiner

A

to hunt for antiques

3849
Q

joist

A

la solive

3850
Q

hearsay

A

le ouï-dire

3851
Q

to be very interested in

A

être féru de

3852
Q

mattress

A

le matelas

3853
Q

le faux-cul

A

hypocrite, two-faced bastard

3854
Q

la déveine

A

rotten luck

3855
Q

smart, crafty

A

malin

3856
Q

to scrape

A

racler

3857
Q

une écrevisse

A

crayfish

3858
Q

la tache de rousseur

A

freckle

3859
Q

il lui a répondu du tac au tac que …

A

he replied without missing a beat that …

3860
Q

to poke, stir up

A

attiser

3861
Q

essuyer les plâtres

A

to clear the way

3862
Q

target

A

la point de mire

3863
Q

to rattle about

A

brinquebaler

3864
Q

tidying up

A

le rangement

3865
Q

être à même de faire qch • le Brésil était le seul pays émergent à même de faire face à une telle crise

A

to be in a position to do sthg

3866
Q

to hammer

A

marteler

3867
Q

piqued

A

dépité

3868
Q

to rummage about

A

farfouiller

3869
Q

dilapider

A

to squander

3870
Q

jouxter

A

to be next to

3871
Q

se tenir à carreau

A

to keep one’s nose clean

3872
Q

action-packed serial

A

le feuilleton de rebondissements

3873
Q

le gravier

A

gravel

3874
Q

le bélier

A

ram

3875
Q

quaile

A

la caille

3876
Q

to watch out

A

faire gaffe

3877
Q

ramasser

A

to gather, collect

3878
Q

Get serious!

A

Reprends ton sérieux!

3879
Q

free kick

A

le coup franc

3880
Q

(human) guinea pig

A

le cobaye

3881
Q

red tape

A

tracasseries administratives

3882
Q

vaquer à ses occupations

A

to go about one’s business

3883
Q

trucider

A

to bump off

3884
Q

désamorcer

A

to defuse

3885
Q

hétéroclite

A

heterogeneous

3886
Q

to pursue (mercilessly)

A

s’acharner

3887
Q

sensiblement

A

noticeably

3888
Q

to be isolated, on the sidelines

A

être à l’écart

3889
Q

le virage

A

change of direction

3890
Q

to sleep*

A

roupiller*

3891
Q

la méprise

A

mistake

3892
Q

s’emballer*

A

to get carried away, to fly off the handle

3893
Q

outdated

A

désuet

3894
Q

énervé

A

anxious, pent up

3895
Q

ciller

A

to blink

3896
Q

to waste away

A

dépérir

3897
Q

bégayer

A

to stammer

3898
Q

to get carried away (by)

A

s’emballer (pour)

3899
Q

une flopée de*

A

loads of*

3900
Q

to try to

A

faire en sorte de

3901
Q

le baratineur

A

smooth talker

3902
Q

commodity

A

la denrée

3903
Q

lazy

A

flemmard

3904
Q

to divulge

A

ébruiter

3905
Q

Easier said than done.

A

Plus facile à dire qu’à faire.

3906
Q

to be mad about

A

raffoler de

3907
Q

to be about to

A

être sur le point de

3908
Q

pin

A

une épingle

3909
Q

tamiser

A

to sieve, filter

3910
Q

to patch up

A

rapiécer

3911
Q

Je n’ai pas l’impression que X soit sexiste

A

I don’t think X is sexist

3912
Q

to figure out

A

cerner

3913
Q

to swallow up

A

engloutir

3914
Q

to blink

A

ciller

3915
Q

polisson

A

naughty

3916
Q

running mate

A

le colistier

3917
Q

la touffe

A

tuft, clump

3918
Q

recueillir

A

to collect

3919
Q

rugir

A

to roar

3920
Q

le piquet

A

post

3921
Q

vétuste

A

dilapidated

3922
Q

fracasser

A

to shatter

3923
Q

invectiver

A

to hurl abuse at

3924
Q

to go it alone

A

faire cavalier seul

3925
Q

random

A

aléatoire

3926
Q

le rancard**

A

meeting**

3927
Q

le cerceuil

A

coffin

3928
Q

le taillis

A

copse

3929
Q

jaw

A

la mâchoire

3930
Q

harness

A

attelage (m)

3931
Q

avilissant

A

demeaning

3932
Q

surly

A

bourru

3933
Q

dissipé

A

restless

3934
Q

emprunter

A

à un mot emprunté à l’anglais

3935
Q

to grumble

A

renâcler

3936
Q

jetlag

A

le décalage horaire

3937
Q

la partition

A

sheet music

3938
Q

recently

A

dernièrement

3939
Q

l’épi (m)

A

ear (of wheat etc), tuft

3940
Q

un écrou

A

nut

3941
Q

switch

A

un interrupteur

3942
Q

la créance

A

debt

3943
Q

miller

A

le meunier

3944
Q

quémander

A

to beg for

3945
Q

rentabiliser

A

to make profitable

3946
Q

motive

A

le mobile

3947
Q

incubator

A

la couveuse

3948
Q

to shorten

A

raccourcir

3949
Q

back of knee

A

le jarret

3950
Q

charnu

A

fleshy

3951
Q

debt

A

la créance

3952
Q

cossu

A

well-off

3953
Q

se gâter

A

to take a turn for the worse

3954
Q

en liesse

A

jubilant

3955
Q

avachi sur son bureau

A

slumped over his desk

3956
Q

paddy field

A

la rizière

3957
Q

la taloche

A

slap

3958
Q

être de plain-pied avec qn

A

to be on equal footing with sbd

3959
Q

to make a racket

A

faire du vacarme

3960
Q

to increase

A

augmenter

3961
Q

There’s no reason to feel sorry for her.

A

Elle n’est pas à plaindre.

3962
Q

to fiddle with

A

triturer

3963
Q

la pépite

A

nugget

3964
Q

tense

A

crispé

3965
Q

cintré

A

fitted

3966
Q

entrainement

A

training

3967
Q

une aubaine

A

godsend, windfall

3968
Q

se prendre à (faire) qch

A

to go about (doing) sthg

3969
Q

to do sb a favour

A

faire une fleur à qn

3970
Q

On peut dire aussi l’inverse.

A

One could also say the opposite.

3971
Q

secouer

A

to shake

3972
Q

la sciure

A

sawdust

3973
Q

to shake off

A

semer

3974
Q

to start

A

entamer

3975
Q

snowdrift

A

la congère

3976
Q

bousculer qn

A

to rush sbd

3977
Q

to unwind

A

se dégourdir

3978
Q

s’enticher de

A

to become infatuated with

3979
Q

bidouiller

A

to tinker with

3980
Q

une escadrille

A

squadron

3981
Q

fishbone

A

une arête

3982
Q

le truc en plus

A

secret ingredient

3983
Q

regardless of

A

au mépris de

3984
Q

The tide’s gone out.

A

La marée est descendue.

3985
Q

en amont de

A

prior to

3986
Q

sickle

A

la faucille

3987
Q

in love with

A

épris de

3988
Q

la boite à gants

A

glove compartment

3989
Q

gulf

A

le gouffre

3990
Q

débile

A

feeble, pathetic, moronic

3991
Q

moulant

A

skin-tight

3992
Q

If I was talented I’d take up painting.

A

Si j’avais du talent je me mettrais à peindre.

3993
Q

strong coffee

A

le café serré

3994
Q

la boutade

A

witticism

3995
Q

la mèche

A

(drill) bit

3996
Q

wicker

A

osier (m)

3997
Q

to simper

A

minauder

3998
Q

on the edge of

A

en lisière de

3999
Q

With the arrival of combine-harvesters, the economy of the area was completely transformed.

A

Avec l’apparition des moissonneuses-batteuses, l’économie de la région a été complètement transformée.

4000
Q

le plaquage

A

tackle (rugby)

4001
Q

chouiner

A

to whine

4002
Q

maudire

A

to curse

4003
Q

heurter

A

to hit, collide with

4004
Q

remporter

A

to win

4005
Q

rébarbatif

A

offputting

4006
Q

caracoler

A

to be well ahead Def: occuper une place dominante sans grande risque d’être concurrencé. • La ministre caracole dans les sondages.

4007
Q

to take it easy

A

se ménager

4008
Q

middle finger

A

le médius

4009
Q

plume

A

le panache

4010
Q

start

A

le démarrage

4011
Q

confiner à

A

to border on

4012
Q

puddle

A

la flaque d’eau

4013
Q

gladly, readily

A

volontiers

4014
Q

to clear off

A

se débiner*

4015
Q

target

A

la point de mire

4016
Q

ainsi que (+ n.)

A

as well as

4017
Q

le pivert

A

green woodpecker

4018
Q

navré

A

dismayed

4019
Q

to overlap, straddle

A

chevaucher

4020
Q

la virgule

A

comma, decimal point

4021
Q

la cime

A

summit

4022
Q

hargneux

A

bad-tempered

4023
Q

épatant

A

splendid

4024
Q

sceller

A

to seal

4025
Q

conspuer

A

to boo

4026
Q

sheath

A

le fourreau

4027
Q

there’s a snag

A

il y a un os

4028
Q

la concertation

A

dialogue

4029
Q

mêler

A

to mix

4030
Q

un homard

A

lobster

4031
Q

rabâcher

A

to keep repeating

4032
Q

les prémices (f pl)

A

first signs

4033
Q

La marée est descendue.

A

The tide’s gone out.

4034
Q

étreindre

A

to embrace, grip

4035
Q

malencontreux

A

unfortunate

4036
Q

finicky

A

tatillon

4037
Q

la béquille

A

crutch, motorbike stand

4038
Q

restless

A

dissipé

4039
Q

to trounce, brush aside

A

étriller

4040
Q

a beam supporting the weight of the ceiling

A

un poutre qui soutient le plafond

4041
Q

la buse

A

buzzard

4042
Q

sournois

A

sly

4043
Q

aller dans le mur

A

to be heading for disaster

4044
Q

convict

A

le forçat

4045
Q

to unscrew

A

dévisser

4046
Q

une éclaircie

A

sunny spell

4047
Q

par rapport à

A

in relation to

4048
Q

dial

A

la molette

4049
Q

hennir

A

to neigh

4050
Q

to burst

A

éclater

4051
Q

le flingue*

A

gun*

4052
Q

to let go of

A

lâcher

4053
Q

polish

A

le cirage

4054
Q

s’escrimer à faire qch

A

to wear o.s. out doing sth

4055
Q

le taudis

A

hovel, pigsty

4056
Q

se surmener

A

to overwork

4057
Q

even if it means

A

quitte à

4058
Q

lire sur qch

A

to read about sthg

4059
Q

Si c’était à refaire je le referais.

A

If necessary, I’d do it again.

4060
Q

ram

A

le bélier

4061
Q

la planche à hacher

A

chopping board

4062
Q

overnight stay

A

la nuitée

4063
Q

le bréchet

A

wishbone

4064
Q

car seat

A

le siège auto bébé

4065
Q

to subside, collapse

A

s’affaisser

4066
Q

kitten

A

le chaton

4067
Q

to sniff

A

renifler

4068
Q

housework

A

le ménage

4069
Q

gâcher

A

to waste, ruin

4070
Q

sous la houlette de

A

under the leadership of

4071
Q

le lopin de terre

A

plot of land

4072
Q

bow tie

A

le nœud papillon

4073
Q

foggy

A

embrumé

4074
Q

hypocrite, two-faced bastard

A

le faux-cul

4075
Q

sweet talk*

A

le baratin*

4076
Q

le riverain

A

resident

4077
Q

se dresser

A

to tower

4078
Q

to examine sthg under a microscope / in great detail

A

examiner qch à la loupe

4079
Q

to get tired of sthg

A

se lasser de qch

4080
Q

d’un seul tenant

A

all in one piece

4081
Q

peg

A

la patère

4082
Q

au préalable

A

beforehand

4083
Q

orner de

A

to decorate with

4084
Q

appuyer

A

to back

4085
Q

in bold

A

en gras

4086
Q

affluer

A

to rush, flock

4087
Q

le mégot

A

cigarette butt

4088
Q

la santé mentale

A

mental health

4089
Q

cantankerous

A

acariâtre • Jules Verne

4090
Q

la prime

A

bonus, incentive

4091
Q

la chaudière

A

boiler

4092
Q

chanter les louanges de qn

A

to sing sombody’s praises

4093
Q

chuter

A

to fall

4094
Q

la cire

A

wax

4095
Q

to go one better, make a higher bid

A

renchérir

4096
Q

sous l’emprise de

A

under the influence of

4097
Q

désosser

A

to bone

4098
Q

la genèse

A

genesis

4099
Q

flancher*

A

to give out

4100
Q

sweaty

A

moite

4101
Q

calmer le jeu

A

to smooth things over

4102
Q

en berne

A

at half mast, flagging

4103
Q

un évier

A

sink

4104
Q

être de mèche avec qn

A

to be in cahoots with sb

4105
Q

se pointer

A

to turn up

4106
Q

engoncé

A

cramped, cooped up

4107
Q

lâcher

A

to let go of

4108
Q

étirer

A

to stretch

4109
Q

unlimited

A

a volonté

4110
Q

pleurnicher

A

to snivel, whine

4111
Q

iron and steel (adj)

A

sidérurgique

4112
Q

écorce (f)

A

bark

4113
Q

la croissance

A

growth

4114
Q

cushion

A

le coussin

4115
Q

faire mouche

A

to score a bullseye

4116
Q

le bouc émissaire

A

scapegoat

4117
Q

to numb

A

engourdir

4118
Q

le poteau

A

post, pole

4119
Q

bladder

A

la vessie

4120
Q

except for

A

hors

4121
Q

Swiss chard

A

la bette

4122
Q

job interview

A

l’entretien d’embauche

4123
Q

broom

A

le balai

4124
Q

steps (to an entrance)

A

le perron

4125
Q

Dial hash.

A

Faites le dièse

4126
Q

une escroquerie

A

fraud

4127
Q

to disregard, breach

A

déroger

4128
Q

mordicus*

A

stubbornly*

4129
Q

une échaffourée

A

brawl

4130
Q

to determine

A

conditionner

4131
Q

sidérant

A

staggering

4132
Q

par ailleurs

A

moreover

4133
Q

tidal wave

A

le raz-de-marée

4134
Q

Mais pas que.

A

Not just that.

4135
Q

to award

A

décerner

4136
Q

soup spoon

A

la cuiller à soupe

4137
Q

glasses case

A

un étui à lunettes

4138
Q

excess (insurance)

A

la franchise

4139
Q

grasshopper

A

la sauterelle

4140
Q

le bûcheron

A

lumberjack

4141
Q

by mistake

A

par mégarde

4142
Q

la bûche

A

log

4143
Q

clerk (of the court)

A

le greffier

4144
Q

sign

A

le panneau

4145
Q

le boniment

A

sales talk / yarn

4146
Q

armpit

A

l’aiselle (f)

4147
Q

lout

A

le voyou

4148
Q

brand

A

la marque

4149
Q

to grope around, feel one’s way

A

tâtonner

4150
Q

breakthrough

A

la percée

4151
Q

le maquignon

A

horse trader

4152
Q

le campagnol

A

vole

4153
Q

fleece

A

la toison

4154
Q

distribution

A

la répartition

4155
Q

contraignant

A

restrictive

4156
Q

méconnu

A

unrecognised

4157
Q

to frighten

A

effaroucher

4158
Q

la brouille

A

quarrel

4159
Q

to get / land (prize)

A

décrocher (prix)

4160
Q

to wreck

A

bousiller*

4161
Q

le forçat

A

convict

4162
Q

majorer

A

to increase

4163
Q

mud flats

A

la vasière

4164
Q

la potence

A

gallows, bracket

4165
Q

dégourdi

A

smart

4166
Q

profitability

A

la rentabilité

4167
Q

une bévue

A

blunder

4168
Q

the provision of

A

l’apport de

4169
Q

in absentia

A

par contumace

4170
Q

this way

A

ainsi

4171
Q

démuni

A

destitute

4172
Q

to assign

A

impartir

4173
Q

le saule

A

willow

4174
Q

to refine

A

affiner

4175
Q

juteux

A

juicy

4176
Q

to catch s.o. off their guard

A

prendre qn au dépourvu

4177
Q

la soupente

A

attic

4178
Q

secret ingredient

A

le truc en plus

4179
Q

especially as/since

A

d’autant (plus) que

4180
Q

worm

A

le ver

4181
Q

cask

A

le foudre

4182
Q

épris de

A

in love with

4183
Q

le hâle

A

(sun)tan

4184
Q

branché

A

trendy

4185
Q

authority

A

une instance

4186
Q

chuinter

A

to swish

4187
Q

(hand)writing

A

écriture

4188
Q

drain

A

le tuyau d’écoulement

4189
Q

Gross Domestic Product

A

le Produit Intérieur Brut

4190
Q

to cherish / pamper

A

choyer

4191
Q

to lisp

A

zézayer

4192
Q

A lump came to his throat.

A

Sa gorge se noua.

4193
Q

to nibble at

A

mordiller

4194
Q

la rengaine

A

old melody / hackneyed expression

4195
Q

font

A

la police

4196
Q

armour plating

A

le blindage

4197
Q

bait

A

l’appat (m)

4198
Q

food

A

la bouffe*

4199
Q

trifouiller*

A

to rummage about

4200
Q

stage fright

A

le trac

4201
Q

flâner

A

to stroll

4202
Q

la boutade

A

witticism

4203
Q

s’engouffrer

A

to rush

4204
Q

to flake

A

s’écailler

4205
Q

mockery

A

le persiflage

4206
Q

to intend

A

entendre + inf

4207
Q

souiller

A

to soil, sully

4208
Q

décalquer

A

to copy, imitate

4209
Q

foirer

A

to fall through

4210
Q

se passer de

A

to do without

4211
Q

son-in-law

A

le gendre

4212
Q

l’audition (f)

A

hearing (tribunal)

4213
Q

to compete with

A

concurrencer

4214
Q

épuiser

A

to exhaust

4215
Q

un écrin

A

casket

4216
Q

to increase its numbers

A

augmenter ses effectifs

4217
Q

retourner en arrière

A

to turn back

4218
Q

staggering

A

sidérant

4219
Q

la lueur

A

glow

4220
Q

le délateur

A

informer

4221
Q

to strike

A

foudroyer

4222
Q

avoir le nez creux

A

to be canny

4223
Q

tufted

A

touffu

4224
Q

controversy

A

une polémique

4225
Q

avoir du ressort

A

to have spirit

4226
Q

le turbin*

A

work*

4227
Q

negligence

A

l’incurie

4228
Q

dumbbell

A

le haltère

4229
Q

experienced

A

chevronné

4230
Q

to demean

A

avilir

4231
Q

l’échafaudage (m)

A

scaffolding

4232
Q

un interrupteur

A

switch

4233
Q

un linceul

A

shroud

4234
Q

heads or tails

A

à pile ou face

4235
Q

refréner

A

to curb

4236
Q

le tas

A

heap

4237
Q

amazing, staggering*

A

époustouflant*

4238
Q

stingy, petty

A

mesquin

4239
Q

le ménage

A

housework

4240
Q

casket

A

un écrin

4241
Q

jug

A

la cruche

4242
Q

louche

A

shady, fishy

4243
Q

to whine

A

chouiner

4244
Q

la brindille

A

twig

4245
Q

to weed

A

arracher les mauvaises herbes

4246
Q

se lasser de qch

A

to get tired of sthg

4247
Q

méridien (adj)

A

noon (adj)

4248
Q

d’autant (plus) que

A

especially as/since

4249
Q

briguer

A

to bid for

4250
Q

(paint)brush

A

le pinseau

4251
Q

le brancard

A

stretcher

4252
Q

flou

A

blurred, hazy

4253
Q

repiquer

A

transplant (plantes)

4254
Q

un obus

A

shell

4255
Q

capter

A

to get, receive (eg TV channel)

4256
Q

to claim

A

revendiquer

4257
Q

flairer que

A

to sense that

4258
Q

aux abords de

A

in the area around

4259
Q

I bumped into the corner of the desk.

A

je me suis cogné sur le coin du bureau

4260
Q

to flutter about

A

voltiger

4261
Q

to vanish into thin air

A

se volatiliser

4262
Q

to make a racket

A

faire du vacarme

4263
Q

to dawdle

A

lambiner

4264
Q

to bawl

A

brailler

4265
Q

repérer

A

to spot

4266
Q

to get rid of

A

se débarrasser de

4267
Q

to refuel, stock up

A

se ravitailler

4268
Q

le cloporte

A

woodlouse

4269
Q

moored

A

amarré

4270
Q

épatant

A

splendid

4271
Q

digger

A

la pelle mécanique

4272
Q

en avoir le tournis

A

to feel dizzy

4273
Q

une démarche

A

approach

4274
Q

to crease

A

chiffoner

4275
Q

to cough

A

tousser

4276
Q

orchard

A

le verger

4277
Q

to be keen / anxious to

A

tenir à

4278
Q

beanpole*

A

la bringue*

4279
Q

audience, congregation

A

l’assistance

4280
Q

dégourdi

A

smart, resourceful

4281
Q

raide

A

steep

4282
Q

to sprawl in the grass

A

vautrer sur l’herbe

4283
Q

mettre qch sur le mur

A

to put sthg on the wall

4284
Q

to provide with

A

munir

4285
Q

binding

A

la reliure

4286
Q

le point presse

A

press conference

4287
Q

swab

A

une écouvillon

4288
Q

to occur

A

intervenir

4289
Q

plane

A

le rabot

4290
Q

la buisson

A

bush

4291
Q

a vice

A

un étau

4292
Q

cosy

A

douillet

4293
Q

le / la teufeur

A

raver

4294
Q

le caniveau

A

gutter

4295
Q

to hurry up*

A

se grouiller*

4296
Q

to rave it up

A

faire la java

4297
Q

jib

A

le foc

4298
Q

il s’avère que

A

it turns out that

4299
Q

to tame

A

dompter

4300
Q

grincheux

A

grouchy

4301
Q

to grab

A

empoigner

4302
Q

convoiter

A

to covet

4303
Q

une gargote*

A

greasy spoon*

4304
Q

le paillasson

A

doormat

4305
Q

éclosion

A

opening (fleur), hatching (œuf)

4306
Q

âpre

A

bitter

4307
Q

estimate

A

un devis

4308
Q

to become infatuated with

A

s’enticher de

4309
Q

to grow taut

A

se raidir

4310
Q

Ça te dirait de prendre un verre?

A

Do you fancy going for a drink?

4311
Q

à l’instar de

A

like

4312
Q

affecter à

A

to allocate to

4313
Q

pentu

A

steep

4314
Q

boudeur

A

sulky

4315
Q

splendid

A

épatant

4316
Q

groin

A

l’aine (f)

4317
Q

lampshade

A

l’abat-jour (m)

4318
Q

songer à

A

to think about

4319
Q

tourner en rond

A

to go round in circles

4320
Q

cantankerous

A

acariâtre

4321
Q

to have s.o. in your sights

A

avoir qn dans le collimateur

4322
Q

household task

A

la tâche ménagère

4323
Q

en avoir sa claque*

A

to be fed up*

4324
Q

hormis

A

apart from

4325
Q

the fuses have blown

A

les fusibles ont sauté

4326
Q

prendre qn au dépourvu

A

to catch smbd off their guard

4327
Q

sullen

A

renfrogné

4328
Q

détenir

A

to hold, detain

4329
Q

la calvitie

A

baldness

4330
Q

fignoler

A

to put the finishing touches to

4331
Q

It won’t take long.

A

Cela ne prendra pas longtemps.

4332
Q

figer

A

to fix (in place)

4333
Q

traffic jam

A

le bouchon

4334
Q

to scorn

A

bafouer

4335
Q

le jarret

A

back of knee

4336
Q

little treat

A

la gâterie

4337
Q

biffer

A

to cross out

4338
Q

sow

A

la truie

4339
Q

surgical knife

A

le bistouri

4340
Q

ça va se tasser*

A

it’ll settle down*

4341
Q

to cram

A

entasser

4342
Q

cheerful

A

allègre

4343
Q

le tri postal

A

sorting of mail

4344
Q

arrangement

A

une implantation

4345
Q

to drive s.o. up the wall

A

faire tourner qn en bourrique

4346
Q

le requin

A

shark

4347
Q

harmful

A

néfaste

4348
Q

par contre

A

on the other hand

4349
Q

la chenille

A

caterpillar

4350
Q

meuler

A

to grind down

4351
Q

la concertation

A

dialogue

4352
Q

cadet

A

younger

4353
Q

le raffut

A

row

4354
Q

un bagnard

A

convict

4355
Q

dételer

A

to unharness

4356
Q

to wear several hats

A

avoir plusieurs casquettes

4357
Q

l’appat (m)

A

bait

4358
Q

gust of wind

A

la bourrasque

4359
Q

ATM

A

le guichet automatique

4360
Q

la marmaille*

A

gang of kids, brood*

4361
Q

to shake

A

secouer

4362
Q

la pépinière

A

tree nursery

4363
Q

le moineau

A

sparrow

4364
Q

to dust

A

épousseter

4365
Q

moche

A

ugly

4366
Q

malicious

A

malveillant

4367
Q

à juste titre

A

justifiably

4368
Q

bafouiller

A

to stammer

4369
Q

une arnaque*

A

con, rip-off

4370
Q

to pride oneself on

A

s’enorgeuillir de

4371
Q

se débiner*

A

to clear off

4372
Q

renfrogné

A

sullen

4373
Q

stump

A

la souche

4374
Q

data

A

les données

4375
Q

to work

A

bosser*

4376
Q

brawl

A

une échaffourée

4377
Q

le bourdon

A

bumblebee

4378
Q

gherkin

A

le cornichon

4379
Q

to be fed up*

A

en avoir sa claque*

4380
Q

quarrel

A

la brouille

4381
Q

to secularize

A

laïciser

4382
Q

on the other hand

A

en revanche

4383
Q

l’énullition (f)

A

turmoil

4384
Q

le cadastre

A

land registry

4385
Q

to make no secret of one’s opinions

A

afficher ses opinions

4386
Q

star (artist)

A

la vedette

4387
Q

la pénurie

A

shortage

4388
Q

to botch

A

bâcler

4389
Q

scissors

A

les ciseaux

4390
Q

cloud, swarm

A

la nuée

4391
Q

to open one’s heart (to)

A

s’épancher (auprès de)

4392
Q

les tenailles (f)

A

tongs, pliers

4393
Q

s’entêter (à faire qch)

A

to persist (in doing sthg)

4394
Q

grivois

A

bawdy

4395
Q

immonde

A

squalid, hideous

4396
Q

“Il ne fallait pas!”

A

“You shouldn’t have!”

4397
Q

to stroll

A

flâner

4398
Q

la truie

A

sow

4399
Q

to tower

A

se dresser

4400
Q

thorny

A

épineux

4401
Q

It’s getting on my nerves.

A

Ça me gonfle.

4402
Q

ébahi

A

dumbfounded

4403
Q

renâcler

A

to grumble

4404
Q

to praise smbd

A

faire mousser qn

4405
Q

lancer un défi

A

to issue a challenge

4406
Q

la garrigue

A

scrubland

4407
Q

fad

A

un engouement

4408
Q

siroter

A

to sip

4409
Q

sparrowhawk

A

un épervier

4410
Q

Je la plains.

A

I feel sorry for her.

4411
Q

to be in a fix

A

être dans le pétrin

4412
Q

bark

A

écorce (f)

4413
Q

to sag, collapse

A

s’affaisser

4414
Q

autant que je sache

A

as far as I know

4415
Q

Pull on the handle that’s located under the dashboard.

A

Tirez sur la poignée qui se trouve sous le tableau de bord.

4416
Q

to squint

A

loucher

4417
Q

maussade

A

sullen, gloomy

4418
Q

la journaliste pigiste

A

freelance journalist

4419
Q

concurrencer

A

to compete with
• Leurs produits risquent de concurrencer les notres.

4420
Q

le groupuscule

A

small group

4421
Q

inexhaustable

A

inépuisable

4422
Q

to collapse

  • to be weighed down with
A

crouler

  • crouler sous
4423
Q

être sur la sellette

A

to be in the hot seat

4424
Q

tabasser*

A

to beat up

4425
Q

une marée

A

tide

4426
Q

le charancon

A

weevil

4427
Q

le cliché

A

(photo) negative

4428
Q

parler à la cantonade

A

to speak to no-one in particular

4429
Q

le sac de couchage

A

sleeping bag

4430
Q

éprouvant

A

trying

4431
Q

singer

A

to feign

4432
Q

ronfler

A

to snore

4433
Q

la boutade

A

witticism

4434
Q

to copy exactly

A

calquer

4435
Q

I’ll show you round the house.

A

Je vais vous faire visiter la maison.

4436
Q

le moût

A

must / wort

4437
Q

sow

A

la truie

4438
Q

wagtail

A

la bergeronette

4439
Q

rough

A

rugueux

4440
Q

“You shouldn’t have!”

A

“Il ne fallait pas!”

4441
Q

to capsize

A

chavirer

4442
Q

accabler

A

to overwhelm

4443
Q

nutmeg

A

la muscade

4444
Q

la chaîne de télévision

A

television channel

4445
Q

préalable

A

preliminary

4446
Q

vautrer sur l’herbe

A

to sprawl in the grass

4447
Q

to take on, tackle

A

s’attaquer à qch

4448
Q

guts, intestines

A

le boyau

4449
Q

se remuer

A

to move

4450
Q

mental health

A

la santé mentale

4451
Q

seedy, shabby

A

miteux

4452
Q

to recork

A

reboucher

4453
Q

bosser*

A

to work

4454
Q

dans les parages

A

in the area

4455
Q

We should discuss what happens next.

A

On doit discuter la suite.

4456
Q

the other side of the coin

A

le revers de la médaille

4457
Q

le meunier

A

miller

4458
Q

really boring

A

chiant

4459
Q

to mumble

A

bredouiller

4460
Q

to wallow

A

se vautrer

4461
Q

piglet

A

le goret

4462
Q

la rixe

A

brawl

4463
Q

le goutte-à-goutte

A

IV drip

4464
Q

achievement

A

réalisation

4465
Q

awkward, untimely

A

malencontreux

4466
Q

to put someone in their place

A

moucher qn*

4467
Q

saccager

A

to wreck

4468
Q

tirailler

A

to pull / tug / gnaw at

4469
Q

whirlpool

A

le tourbillon

4470
Q

la cécité

A

blindness

4471
Q

to stumble

A

trébucher

4472
Q

long métrage

A

feature film

4473
Q

to stretch

A

étirer

4474
Q

toad

A

le crapaud

4475
Q

amiante (m)

A

asbestos

4476
Q

to browse

  • to browse through a book
A

feuilleter

  • feuilleter un livre
4477
Q

emaciated

A

décharné

4478
Q

at half mast, flagging

A

en berne

4479
Q

jonché de

A

littered with

4480
Q

quitte à

A

even if it means

4481
Q

to stuff

A

bourrer

4482
Q

la cohue

A

crowd

4483
Q

une arbalète

A

crossbow

4484
Q

les créneaux

A

battlements

4485
Q

à rallonge

  • ”.. de nombreux futurs médecins se plaignent des horaires à rallonge auxquels ils font face” (Lib)
A

extended

4486
Q

le mensonge

A

lie

4487
Q

la beuverie

A

drinking bout

4488
Q

fish trap

A

la nasse

4489
Q

feeble, pathetic, moronic

A

débile

4490
Q

le chantage affectif

A

emotional blackmail

4491
Q

hoqueter

A

to hiccup

4492
Q

potasser

A

to swot up on

4493
Q

resort

A

la station

4494
Q

dans le cadre de

A

within the framework of

4495
Q

crumb

A

la miette

4496
Q

saper

A

to undermine

4497
Q

to hiccup

A

hoqueter

4498
Q

adjoining

A

mitoyen

4499
Q

It takes up too much room.

A

Ça tient trop de place.

4500
Q

le dégagement

A

clearing

4501
Q

a glass of champagne

A

une coupe de champagne

4502
Q

être sur la même longueur d’onde

A

to be on the same wavelength

4503
Q

to stammer

A

bégayer

4504
Q

to blink

A

ciller

4505
Q

congédier

A

to dismiss

4506
Q

C’est le comble de

A

That’s the height of

4507
Q

le bide

A

flop

4508
Q

pointu

A

tricky

4509
Q

le remords

A

remorse

4510
Q

ardu

A

arduous

4511
Q

hoax

A

le canular

4512
Q

la tôle

A

sheet metal

4513
Q

la pince

A

pliers

4514
Q

la magouille*

A

scheming, funny business*

4515
Q

puppet

A

le fantoche

4516
Q

whale

A

la baleine

4517
Q

flâner

  • flaner dans une librairie
A

to stroll

  • to browse in a bookshop
4518
Q

to decorate with

A

orner de

4519
Q

détenir le pouvoir

A

to hold power

4520
Q

le bruit de fond

A

background noise

4521
Q

le plumard**

A

bed**

4522
Q

it’ll settle down*

A

ça va se tasser*

4523
Q

effarant

A

alarming, astounding

4524
Q

rush hour, peak period

A

l’heure de pointe

4525
Q

mop

A

la vadrouille

4526
Q

to mistrust

A

être méfiant de

4527
Q

le livre broché

A

paperback

4528
Q

avoir la frousse*

A

to be scared stiff*

4529
Q

clove

A

le girofle

4530
Q

une éclaboussure

A

splash

4531
Q

pionnier / ère

A

pioneer

4532
Q

juteux

A

juicy, lucrative

4533
Q

to sheathe

A

rengainer

4534
Q

There’s still time.

A

On a encore le temps.

4535
Q

to cheat

A

tricher

4536
Q

s’entendre

A

to get on with

4537
Q

to chase up

A

relancer

4538
Q

faire du vacarme

A

to make a racket

4539
Q

saupoudrer

A

to sprinkle

4540
Q

to stagger

A

chanceler

4541
Q

compétences

A

skills

4542
Q

fly (trousers)

A

la braguette

4543
Q

to be in cahoots with sb

A

être de mèche avec qn

4544
Q

un anneau

A

ring, hoop

4545
Q

le caoutchouc

A

rubber

4546
Q

partition

A

la cloison

4547
Q

la miette

A

crumb

4548
Q

sewer

A

un égout

4549
Q

to undertake

A

entretenir

  • “… leur maison de campagne, où ils avaient entrepris des travaux importants” (Leila Slimani)
4550
Q

têtu

A

stubborn

4551
Q

le fouet

A

whip

4552
Q

dormitory town

A

le cité-dortoir

4553
Q

to be in a position to

A

être en mesure de

4554
Q

delivery

A

la livraison

4555
Q

dépiauter

A

to skin, peel

4556
Q

backwash, stir

A

le remous

4557
Q

to be in a derp sleep

A

dormir profondément

4558
Q

le loir

A

doormouse

4559
Q

dismayed

A

navré

4560
Q

pudique

A

modest

4561
Q

surgir

A

to loom, rise up

4562
Q

plot of land

A

le lopin de terre

4563
Q

un huissier

A

bailiff

4564
Q

kid

A

le rejeton

4565
Q

resourcefulness

A

la débrouille

4566
Q

to hide

A

planquer

4567
Q

to crumble away

A

s’effriter

4568
Q

à la main

A

by hand

4569
Q

markdown

A

la démarque

4570
Q

to rush

A

s’engouffrer

4571
Q

to grumble

A

ronchonner

4572
Q

monitoring (n)

A

le suivi

4573
Q

n’avoir pas froid aux yeux

A

to be adventurous

4574
Q

décousu

A

disjointed

4575
Q

ciller

A

to blink

4576
Q

weevil

A

le charancon

4577
Q

une autruche

A

ostrich

4578
Q

infiltrer

A

to infiltrate

4579
Q

salary range

A

une fourchette de salaire

4580
Q

le voilage

A

net curtain

4581
Q

taquiner

A

to tease

4582
Q

to warn smbd

A

mettre qn en garde

4583
Q

bredouiller

A

to stammer

4584
Q

la civière

A

stretcher

4585
Q

to ruffle

A

hérisser

4586
Q

se ravitailler

A

to refuel, stock up

4587
Q

attiser

A

to poke, stir up

4588
Q

épatant

A

splendid

4589
Q

la solive

A

joist

4590
Q

crane

A

la grue

4591
Q

en rade

A

in harbour

4592
Q

dans l’ensemble

A

on the whole

4593
Q

le Carême

A

Lent

4594
Q

le feutre

A

felt

4595
Q

to rot

A

pourrir

4596
Q

casual

A

désinvolte

4597
Q

soumis

A

submissive

4598
Q

louse

A

le pou

4599
Q

le jeûne

A

fasting

4600
Q

sketch

A

le croquis

4601
Q

comings and goings

A

le va-et-vient

4602
Q

to spill, scatter, spread

A

répandre

4603
Q

le réverbère

A

streetlight

4604
Q

miteux

A

seedy, shabby

4605
Q

titulariser (sportif)

A

to pick (sport)

4606
Q

asticoter

A

to needle

4607
Q

le fascicule

A

instalment

4608
Q

sample

A

un échantillon

4609
Q

achever

A

to finish

4610
Q

to cry*

A

chialer*

4611
Q

éternuer

A

to sneeze

4612
Q

Ça cogne.

A

It’s scorching.

4613
Q

hitch, blunder

A

la bavure

4614
Q

to head

A

chapeauter

4615
Q

to resist

A

s’empêcher de

4616
Q

That’s the height of

A

C’est le comble de

4617
Q

vieux jeu

A

outmoded

4618
Q

être logés à la même enseigne

A

to be in the same boat

4619
Q

to groan

A

gémir

4620
Q

to padlock

A

cadenasser

4621
Q

a volonté

A

unlimited

4622
Q

s’estomper

A

to fade

4623
Q

pincer

A

to pinch

4624
Q

la rentabilité

A

profitability

4625
Q

ainsi

A

this way

4626
Q

to snipe at

A

canarder

4627
Q

crate

A

la cagette

4628
Q

breaking and entering

A

effraction

4629
Q

I feel sorry for her.

A

Je la plains.

4630
Q

mettre en cause

A

call into question

4631
Q

chisel

A

le burin

4632
Q

to slog away

A

marner

4633
Q

to audit

A

apurer

4634
Q

I liked it a lot.

A

Cela m’a beaucoup plu.

4635
Q

le coup d’essai

A

first attempt

4636
Q

décalé

A

quirky, offbeat

4637
Q

slug

A

la limace

4638
Q

basic food

A

l’alimentation de base

4639
Q

to undermine

A

saper

4640
Q

asbestos

A

amiante (m)

4641
Q

une souche

A

stump

4642
Q

nothing at all**

A

que dalle**

4643
Q

horripiler

A

to exasperate

4644
Q

déraper

A

to skid

4645
Q

to bully

A

rudoyer

4646
Q

chatouiller

A

to tickle

4647
Q

la fourrure

A

fur

4648
Q

resourceful

A

débrouillard

4649
Q

to bloom, blossom

A

s’épanouir

4650
Q

chilblain

A

une engelure

4651
Q

l’abat-jour (m)

A

lampshade

4652
Q

à ta guise!

A

as you wish!

4653
Q

clover

A

le trèfle

4654
Q

fatidique

A

fateful

4655
Q

to struggle

A

se débattre

4656
Q

to be in the hot seat

A

être sur la sellette

4657
Q

la halte-garderie

A

crêche

4658
Q

éplucher

A

to go over with a fine-tooth comb

4659
Q

stable

A

écurie (nf)

4660
Q

grésiller

A

to sizzle, to sleet

4661
Q

la poussière

A

dust

4662
Q

cutting

A

la bouture

4663
Q

l’ouïe (f)

A

hearing

4664
Q

wake

A

le sillage

4665
Q

la prestance

A

presence, bearing

4666
Q

châtier

A

to chastise

4667
Q

idle

A

oisif

4668
Q

la percée

A

breakthrough

4669
Q

to stick up at the ends

A

rebiquer*

4670
Q

radier

A

to strike off

4671
Q

to do the splits

A

faire le grand écart

4672
Q

s’ébouillanter

A

to scald

4673
Q

to enumerate

A

dénombrer

4674
Q

to go to jail

A

aller en taule

4675
Q

le frangin

A

brother

4676
Q

I knew it!

A

Je m’en doutais!

4677
Q

unscathed

A

indemne

4678
Q

scheming, funny business*

A

la magouille*

4679
Q

to rake

A

ratisser

4680
Q

a link in the chain

A

un maillon de la chaine

4681
Q

to glimpse

A

entrevoir

4682
Q

dégourdi

A

smart, resourceful

4683
Q

chavirer

A

capsize

4684
Q

shipowner

A

armateur

4685
Q

to wreck

A

saccager

4686
Q

at point-blank range

A

à bout portant

4687
Q

la rizière

A

paddy field

4688
Q

overdraft

A

le découvert

4689
Q

la disette

A

famine

4690
Q

navrant

A

distressing

4691
Q

sans moufter

A

without batting an eyelid

4692
Q

to go too far

A

dépasser les bornes

4693
Q

Il peut très bien le faire.

A

He ‘s perfectly capable of doing it.

4694
Q

to be swarming with

A

grouiller de

4695
Q

unmanageable

A

ingérable

4696
Q

She avoids television appearances.

A

Elle fuit les plateaux de télévision.

4697
Q

I’m supposed to be working

A

je suis censé travailler

4698
Q

miser

A

sur Il a misé sur le cheval gagnant.

4699
Q

susciter

A

to arouse

4700
Q

caduc

A

null and void

4701
Q

tipsy

A

éméché

4702
Q

to strive to

A

s’évertuer à

4703
Q

to crush*

A

écrabouiller*

4704
Q

sur le coup

A

outright

4705
Q

to tarnish

A

ternir

4706
Q

lambrisser

A

to panel

4707
Q

à tout casser

A

at the very most

4708
Q

to manage

A

gérer

4709
Q

a sudden new development

A

un rebondissement

4710
Q

planter

A

to abandon, ditch, walk out on

4711
Q

réduire la voilure

A

to scale down (entreprise)

4712
Q

rough draft

A

le brouillon

4713
Q

to stuff oneself

A

se goinfrer*

4714
Q

un accessit

A

honourable mention

4715
Q

lisse

A

smooth

4716
Q

seedy

A

pouilleux

4717
Q

steps (to an entrance)

A

le perron

4718
Q

la pacotille

A

cheap junk

4719
Q

être frais comme un gardon

A

to be fresh as a daisy

4720
Q

to discover, give away

A

éventer

4721
Q

in the area

A

dans les parages

4722
Q

to lie

A

gésir

4723
Q

le palmarès

A

(list of) prizewinners

4724
Q

la braguette

A

fly (trousers)

4725
Q

autrefois

A

in the past

4726
Q

les combles

A

eaves

4727
Q

to be falling apart

A

aller à vau-l’eau

4728
Q

abbreviation

A

le sigle

4729
Q

box, nightclub*

A

la boîte

4730
Q

to discover

A

dénicher

4731
Q

le sigle

A

abbreviation

4732
Q

fuyant

A

evasive

4733
Q

le mobile

A

motive

4734
Q

la manigance

A

little scheme

4735
Q

esquiver

A

to dodge

4736
Q

strap

A

la bretelle

4737
Q

arduous

A

ardu

4738
Q

to clear the way

A

essuyer les plâtres

4739
Q

hosepipe

A

le tuyau d’arrosage

4740
Q

to award

A

octroyer

4741
Q

main theme (de récit)

A

le fil conducteur

4742
Q

to say a lot about

A

en dire long sur

4743
Q

droopy*

A

ensuqué*

4744
Q

renchérir

A

to go one better, make a higher bid

4745
Q

painting

A

le tableau

4746
Q

délirant

A

extraordinary, whacky

4747
Q

a swarm / row of

A

une ribambelle de

4748
Q

plate rack

A

le range-assiette

4749
Q

silly

A

nigaud

4750
Q

to water

A

abreuver

4751
Q

to be abandoned

A

tomber aux oubliettes

4752
Q

je n’en crois pas mes oreilles

A

I can’t believe my ears

4753
Q

not as far as I know

A

pas à ma connaissance

4754
Q

sparrow

A

le moineau

4755
Q

aiguiser

A

to sharpen

4756
Q

embrumé

A

foggy

4757
Q

sinister-looking

A

patibulaire

4758
Q

we had a great time

A

nous avons passé un super moment

4759
Q

to subjugate

A

assoujetir

4760
Q

lazy

A

paresseux

4761
Q

il est très exigeant vers lui-même

A

He demands a lot of himself

4762
Q

l’emprise (f)

A

hold, influence

4763
Q

the number of vehicles on the road

A

le parc automobile

4764
Q

l’assistance

A

audience, congregation

4765
Q

to cripple, mutilate

A

estropier

4766
Q

hanter

A

to haunt

4767
Q

well-rounded

A

épanoui

4768
Q

to lounge

A

se prélasser

  • On a l’impression que son salon … est plus destiné à susciter la jalousie qu’à ce qu’on s’y prélasse. (Leïla Slimani)
4769
Q

to embellish

A

agrémenter

4770
Q

to be close behind

A

talonner

4771
Q

la mise à l’épreuve

A

probation

4772
Q

le gigantisme

A

giant scale

4773
Q

le picotement

A

tingling

4774
Q

deadpan

A

pince-sans-rire

4775
Q

to grunt

A

grogner

4776
Q

la bouture

A

cutting

4777
Q

He suddenly broke into a run.

A

Soudain il s’est mis à courir.

4778
Q

to satisfy

A

rassasier

4779
Q

à l’insu de qn

A

without sb knowing

4780
Q

filings

A

la limaille

4781
Q

to be fed up

A

en avoir marre

4782
Q

entretenir

  • “… leur maison de campagne, où ils avaient entrepris des travaux importants” (Leila Slimani)
A

to undertake

4783
Q

All hands on deck!

A

Sur le pont!

4784
Q

zieuter**

A

to eye**

4785
Q

la marotte

A

pet subject, hobby horse

4786
Q

to overhang

A

surplomber

4787
Q

idle

A

feignant

4788
Q

faire tourner qn en bourrique*

A

to drive smb up the wall*

4789
Q

justifiably

A

à juste titre

4790
Q

ire, wrath

A

le courroux

4791
Q

coffin

A

le cerceuil

4792
Q

gear ratio

A

le braquet

4793
Q

grésiller

A

to sizzle / to crackle

4794
Q

un attentat

A

murder attempt

4795
Q

famélique

A

scrawny

4796
Q

la lucarne

A

skylight, dormer

4797
Q

se morfondre

A

to languish

4798
Q

in the good old days

A

au bon vieux temps

4799
Q

le perron

A

steps (to an entrance)

4800
Q

rameuter

On a dû rameuter des patients des confrères pour ne pas gâcher les doses.

A

to round up

4801
Q

enough is enough

A

ras-le-bol

4802
Q

farfouiller

A

to rummage about

4803
Q

lacking in

A

dépourvu de

4804
Q

gun*

A

le flingue*

4805
Q

to prop up, support

A

étayer

4806
Q

(film) extra

A

le figurant

4807
Q

cadenasser

A

to padlock

4808
Q

slender

A

fluet

4809
Q

to mess up

A

amocher

4810
Q

encenser

A

to heap praise on

4811
Q

tablet

A

le comprimé

4812
Q

to grumble

A

bougonner

4813
Q

eyebrow

A

le sourcil

4814
Q

embobiner*

A

to bamboozle*

4815
Q

entrer en lice

A

to come into contention

4816
Q

to dye

A

teindre

4817
Q

Throw me the ball.

A

Envoie-moi la balle.

4818
Q

huge, gigantic

A

gigantesque

4819
Q

la démarque

A

markdown

4820
Q

brainstorm

A

le remue-méninges

4821
Q

dishwasher

A

le lave-vaiselle

4822
Q

relaxation

A

la décontraction

4823
Q

tonic

A

le remontant

4824
Q

to relegate (to)

A

reléguer (à)

4825
Q

sprinkling

A

le saupoudrage

4826
Q

la béquille

A

crutch

4827
Q

fleshy

A

charnu

4828
Q

daffodil

A

la jonquille

4829
Q

la truffe

A

nose [de chien]

4830
Q

la matraque

A

truncheon

4831
Q

to chap

A

gercer

4832
Q

sensible

A

avisé

4833
Q

en quelque sorte

A

in a way [pour ainsi dire]

4834
Q

to decline

A

décliner

4835
Q

composter

A

to date stamp

4836
Q

le moyeu

A

hub (wheel)

4837
Q

voyant

A

flashy

4838
Q

commotion

A

le branle-bas

4839
Q

les espèces (f)

A

cash

4840
Q

brandir

A

to brandish

4841
Q

heap

A

le tas

4842
Q

to fool

A

berner

4843
Q

to keep s.o. on the sidelines

A

tenir / mettre qn à l’écart

4844
Q

déposer une main-courante

A

to notify the police of an incident

4845
Q

This won’t get us anywhere.

A

Cela ne mène à rien.

4846
Q

décrocher (prix)

A

to to get / land (prize)

4847
Q

déblayer le terrain

A

to clear the ground

4848
Q

submissive

A

soumis

4849
Q

se raidir

A

to grow taut

4850
Q

panser

A

to dress (wound)

4851
Q

épousseter

A

to dust

4852
Q

s’écrouler

A

to collapse

4853
Q

le rejeton

A

kid

4854
Q

décevant

A

disappointing

4855
Q

slap

A

la taloche

4856
Q

le pleutre

A

coward

4857
Q

la vigie

A

lookout, crow’s nest

4858
Q

la casse

A

scrapheap

4859
Q

voter

A

le votant

4860
Q

honourable mention

A

un accessit

4861
Q

to try hard to do sth

A

s’efforcer de faire qch

4862
Q

fundamentally

A

foncièrement

4863
Q

to jingle

A

tinter

4864
Q

moudre

A

to grind

4865
Q

hollow

A

creux

4866
Q

jolt

A

la secousse

4867
Q

s’emmêler les pinceaux

A

to be confused

4868
Q

reboucher

A

to recork

4869
Q

le créancier

A

creditor

4870
Q

to talk about smbd behind their back

A

rhabiller qn pour l’hiver

4871
Q

tax

A

la redevance

4872
Q

to be under sb’s thumb

A

être à la botte de qn

4873
Q

un démenti (à)

A

refutation, denial (of)

4874
Q

change of direction

A

le virage

4875
Q

swell

A

la houle

4876
Q

cash

A

les espèces (f)

4877
Q

la molette

A

dial

4878
Q

osier (m)

A

wicker

4879
Q

navel

A

le nombril

4880
Q

to be really mad

A

être en rogne

4881
Q

stark naked

A

à poil

4882
Q

blurring

A

le floutage

4883
Q

amarré

A

moored

4884
Q

le rebord de la fenêtre

A

windowsill

4885
Q

la paupière

A

eyelid

4886
Q

la broussaille

A

scrub

4887
Q

whistle (of disapproval)

A

le sifflet

4888
Q

le groupe électrogène

A

generator

4889
Q

cheeky humour

A

la gouaille

4890
Q

to pertain to

A

relever de

4891
Q

parvenir à qn/qch

A

to reach sb/sth

4892
Q

plein à crâquer

A

full to bursting

4893
Q

le genêt

A

broom

4894
Q

éreinter

A

to exhaust

4895
Q

frôler

A

to brush against

4896
Q

crude oil

A

le brut

4897
Q

accidentally

A

par mégarde

4898
Q

gracier

A

to grant a pardon to

4899
Q

bredouille

A

empty-handed

4900
Q

bicher**

A

to be tickled pink**

4901
Q

dialogue

A

la concertation

4902
Q

encastrer

A

to embed

4903
Q

le mamelon

A

nipple

4904
Q

to snore

A

ronfler

4905
Q

flat out

A

d’arrache-pied

4906
Q

milestone, landmark

A

le jalon

4907
Q

acculer

A

to drive smb back against

4908
Q

shield

A

le bouclier

4909
Q

flat out

A

d’arrache-pied

4910
Q

le gémissement

A

groan

4911
Q

sillonner

A

criss-cross

4912
Q

pulse

A

le pouls

4913
Q

désinvolte

A

casual

4914
Q

shady, fishy

A

louche

4915
Q

stump

A

une souche

4916
Q

Il retombe toujours sur ses pattes.

A

He always falls on his feet.

4917
Q

mettre le grappin sur qn

A

to get one’s clutches into smbd

4918
Q

le découvert

A

overdraft

4919
Q

faire main basse sur qch

A

to help o.s. to sth.

4920
Q

dépasser les bornes

A

to go too far

4921
Q

la trouvaille

A

find, brainwave

4922
Q

la cheville

A

ankle

4923
Q

avoir le fil à la patte

A

to be tied down

4924
Q

un asticot

A

maggot

4925
Q

to go from bad to worse

A

aller de mal en pis

4926
Q

mesquin

A

stingy, petty

4927
Q

to scribble

A

griffonner

4928
Q

la grande surface

A

hypermarket

4929
Q

en gras

A

in bold

4930
Q

love at first sight

A

le coup de foudre

4931
Q

pick

A

la pioche

4932
Q

to hit the bullseye

A

faire mouche

4933
Q

peaufiner

A

to put the finishing touches to

4934
Q

miner

A

to erode

4935
Q

flanquer la trouille à qn

A

to give someone a fright

4936
Q

un escabeau

A

stepladder

4937
Q

le bide

A

flop

4938
Q

textile mill

A

la filature

4939
Q

ring

A

la bague

4940
Q

faire gaffe

A

to watch out

4941
Q

tramer

A

to hatch

4942
Q

to finish

A

achever

4943
Q

la noyade

A

drowning

4944
Q

frais d’achat compris

A

purchase expenses included

4945
Q

désopilant

A

hilarious

4946
Q

blunder

A

la maladresse

4947
Q

la chaine d’approvisionnement

A

supply chain

4948
Q

line (theatre)

A

la réplique

4949
Q

to sort out, manage

A

se débrouiller

4950
Q

hill start

A

le démarrage en côte

4951
Q

to panic

A

s’affoler

4952
Q

to cook up*

A

fricoter*

4953
Q

landscaping

A

le paysagisme

4954
Q

to hang over

A

planer sur

4955
Q

crayfish

A

une écrevisse

4956
Q

une attèle

A

splint

4957
Q

entendre + inf

A

to intend

4958
Q

to screw on

A

visser

4959
Q

la roue de secours

A

spare wheel

4960
Q

fault, failure

A

la défaillance

4961
Q

le nid de poule

A

pothole

4962
Q

to eye**

A

zieuter**

4963
Q

police custody

A

garde à vue

4964
Q

un baroud d’honneur

A

a last-ditch stand

4965
Q

rachitique

A

puny, scraggy

4966
Q

J’adore ces trucs pointus.

A

I love these tricky things.

4967
Q

to swot*

A

bûcher*

4968
Q

renovation

A

le ravalement

4969
Q

periwinkle, female traffic warden

A

la pervenche

4970
Q

nightingale

A

le rossignol

4971
Q

to overhang

A

surplomber

4972
Q

snout

A

le groin

4973
Q

milking

A

la traite

4974
Q

le suppléant

A

deputy

4975
Q

proportionné à

A

commensurate with

4976
Q

déprimé

A

depressed

4977
Q

le fil conducteur

A

main theme (de récit)

4978
Q

to sip

A

siroter

4979
Q

lambiner

A

to dawdle

4980
Q

hovel

A

le bouge

4981
Q

to border on

A

confiner à

4982
Q

régler un réveil

A

to set an alarm (clock)

4983
Q

Je me suis dit que …

A

I just thought that ….

4984
Q

housing estate

A

le lotissement

4985
Q

to turn on the ignition

A

mettre le contact

4986
Q

le canular

A

hoax

4987
Q

workbench

A

un établi

4988
Q

la poutrelle

A

girder

4989
Q

fermer la marche

A

to bring up the rear

4990
Q

s’échiner à

A

to wear oneself out

4991
Q

piece of information

A

le renseignement

4992
Q

un caniche

A

poodle

4993
Q

stem (of boat)

A

étrave (f)

4994
Q

le mot souche

A

root word

4995
Q

rembobiner

A

to rewind

4996
Q

She collapsed when she heard the news.

A

Elle s’est effondrée quand on lui a appris la nouvelle.

4997
Q

I left Paris at 5 this morning.

A

J’ai quitté Paris ce matin à 5 heures.

4998
Q

wild rose

A

un églantier

4999
Q

triturer

A

to fiddle with

5000
Q

to invade, disrupt

A

porter atteinte à

5001
Q

hutch

A

le clapier

5002
Q

I don’t think X is sexist

A

Je n’ai pas l’impression que X soit sexiste

5003
Q

lookout, crow’s nest

A

la vigie

5004
Q

to squint

A

loucher

5005
Q

la hantise

A

dread

5006
Q

pétiller

A

to crackle, sparkle

5007
Q

to help o.s. to sth.

A

faire main basse sur qch

5008
Q

le parpaing

A

breeze block

5009
Q

une échéance

A

expiry

5010
Q

to the great displeasure of

A

au grand dam de

5011
Q

to look up and down

A

toiser

5012
Q

le contremaître

A

foreman

5013
Q

garden level

A

le rez-de-jardin

5014
Q

preliminary

A

préalable

5015
Q

la couveuse

A

incubator

5016
Q

nunuche

A

silly

5017
Q

to trickle

A

dégouliner

5018
Q

to compress

A

comprimer

5019
Q

when all’s said and done

A

somme toute

5020
Q

loom

A

le métier à tisser

5021
Q

C’est un mariolle*

A

He’s a bit of a joker*

5022
Q

désabusé

A

disenchanted

5023
Q

côtoyer

A

to mix with

5024
Q

se dresser sur les pattes arrières

A

to stand on your hind legs

5025
Q

tous azimuts

A

everywhere

5026
Q

ternir

A

to tarnish

5027
Q

dénicher

A

to track down

5028
Q

landline

A

le fixe

5029
Q

le gâchis

A

mess, waste

5030
Q

to draw up

A

dresser

5031
Q

goldfinch

A

le chardonneret

5032
Q

le faisceau de preuves

A

body of evidence

5033
Q

la représentation

A

performance

5034
Q

viser

A

to aim at

5035
Q

relever de

A

to pertain to

5036
Q

s’encanailler

A

to slum it

5037
Q

un essieu

A

axle

5038
Q

la groseille à maquereau

A

gooseberry

5039
Q

le cil

A

eyelash

5040
Q

to exasperate

A

horripiler

5041
Q

glousser

A

to chuckle

5042
Q

surplomber

A

to overhang

5043
Q

to help out

A

dépanner

5044
Q

I’ll bring you back here.

A

Je te ramènerai ici.

5045
Q

longing

A

la convoitise

5046
Q

la bouffe*

A

food

5047
Q

in this context

A

dans ce contexte

5048
Q

la friche industrielle

A

industrial wasteland

5049
Q

berner

A

to fool

5050
Q

le Carême

A

Lent

5051
Q

to get tangled in

A

s’empêtrer dans

5052
Q

to laze about

A

faire du farniente

5053
Q

chiner

A

to hunt for antiques

5054
Q

la crasse

A

grime

5055
Q

to snap up

A

happer

5056
Q

later

A

ultérieurement

5057
Q

disruption

A

le bouleversement

5058
Q

We sometimes happen to disagree.

A

Il arrive que nous ne soyons pas d’accord.

5059
Q

to fend off

A

parer

5060
Q

to gather pollen from

A

butiner

5061
Q

development

A

aménagement (m)

5062
Q

to aim at

A

viser

5063
Q

du bout des lèvres

A

grudgingly

5064
Q

to cut up, tear from limb to limb

A

dépecer

5065
Q

to chirp

A

pépier

5066
Q

être sur le point de

A

to be about to

5067
Q

encore pire

A

even worse

5068
Q

link

A

le maillon

5069
Q

behaviour

A

le comportement

5070
Q

la poutre

A

(roof) beam

5071
Q

piaffer d’impatience

A

to be champing at the bit

5072
Q

silver birch

A

le bouleau

5073
Q

éparpiller

A

to scatter

5074
Q

forcément

A

inevitably

5075
Q

écorcher

A

to graze, mispronounce

5076
Q

la raclée*

A

thrashing*

5077
Q

se barrer

A

to clear off

5078
Q

le café serré

A

strong coffee

5079
Q

sauciness

A

la grivoiserie

5080
Q

le Produit Intérieur Brut

A

Gross Domestic Product

5081
Q

un avion à réaction

A

jet plane

5082
Q

primesautier

A

impulsive

5083
Q

la table de cuisson

A

hob

5084
Q

harceler

A

to harass

5085
Q

landfill site

A

un site d’enfouissement

5086
Q

l’essor

A

rapid development

5087
Q

piglet

A

le goret

5088
Q

to shorten

A

abréger

5089
Q

patron

A

le mécène

5090
Q

les desboires (m)

A

setbacks

5091
Q

la couveuse

A

incubator

5092
Q

somme toute

A

when all’s said and done

5093
Q

toe

A

un orteil

5094
Q

engourdi

A

numb, drowsy (of eg village: sleepy)

5095
Q

une écouvillon

A

swab

5096
Q

smart, resourceful

A

dégourdi

5097
Q

entasser

A

to pile up

5098
Q

to take (a route)

A

emprunter (une route)

5099
Q

en aval

A

downhill, downstream

5100
Q

la flotte*

A

water*

5101
Q

suction pad, plunger

A

la ventouse

5102
Q

écœurer (qn)

A

to make (sb) feel sick

5103
Q

chervil

A

le cerfeuil

5104
Q

to be really mad

A

être en rogne

5105
Q

huhuler

A

to hoot

5106
Q

cuddle

A

le câlin

5107
Q

pot

A

la marmite

5108
Q

accrocheur

A

eye-catching

5109
Q

gifted

A

doué

5110
Q

to trample on

A

piétiner

5111
Q

la pointe d’un couteau

A

the tip of a knife

5112
Q

to sizzle, to sleet

A

grésiller

5113
Q

de pointe

A

high-tech, latest, top

5114
Q

renewable

A

renouvelable

5115
Q

surplomber

A

to overhang

5116
Q

Nothing changed.

A

Rien n’a changé la situation.

5117
Q

le bouchon

A

traffic jam

5118
Q

down-to-earth

A

terre-à-terre

5119
Q

le voyou

A

lout

5120
Q

hors-jeu

A

offside

5121
Q

I’m looking forward to

A

il me tarde de

5122
Q

emotional blackmail

A

le chantage affectif

5123
Q

to allocate to

A

affecter à

5124
Q

perky

A

guilleret

5125
Q

que dalle**

A

nothing at all**

5126
Q

to wreck

A

bousiller

5127
Q

distressing

A

navrant

5128
Q

squadron

A

une escadrille

5129
Q

disgusting

A

dégueulasse

5130
Q

laïque

A

secular

5131
Q

to get on somebody’s nerves

A

emmerder qn

5132
Q

décharné

A

emaciated

5133
Q

un écart

A

gap

5134
Q

ubuesque

A

grotesque

5135
Q

plastronner

A

to swagger

5136
Q

la nuée

A

cloud, swarm

5137
Q

cravacher*

A

to work like mad*

5138
Q

être à l’affût

A

to be on the lookout

5139
Q

scratch

A

la griffure

5140
Q

truquer*

A

to fix*

5141
Q

l’intégralité de mon salaire

A

the whole of my salary

5142
Q

trick

A

une astuce

5143
Q

That calls for a drink.

A

Ça s’arrose.

5144
Q

un infléchissement

A

softening

5145
Q

poor relation

A

le parent pauvre

5146
Q

étrave (f)

A

stem (of boat)

5147
Q

assommer

A

to knock out

5148
Q

se plier en quatre

A

to bend over backwards

5149
Q

mettre / réduire en charpie

A

to pull to bits

5150
Q

s’assoupir

A

to doze off

5151
Q

se pointer

A

to clock in

5152
Q

expectation

A

une attente

5153
Q

fine

A

ténu

5154
Q

la scie égoïne

A

handsaw

5155
Q

le fléau

A

scourge

5156
Q

s’affoler

A

to panic

5157
Q

dilapidated

A

délabré

5158
Q

training

A

la formation

5159
Q

a day off

A

un jour de repos

5160
Q

explosion, split

A

un éclatement

5161
Q

to be very edgy

A

être à cran

5162
Q

le quiproquo

A

mistake, misunderstanding

5163
Q

la paperasse

A

bumph

5164
Q

le crottin

A

manure

5165
Q

la bouilloire

A

kettle

5166
Q

starling

A

un étourneau

5167
Q

un affrontement

A

confrontation

5168
Q

émoi

A

emotion

5169
Q

to watch (out for)

A

guetter

5170
Q

niquer***

A

to fuck (up)

5171
Q

à l’emporte-pièce

A

rash

5172
Q

affûter

A

to sharpen

5173
Q

la démence

A

dementia

5174
Q

to fade

A

s’estomper

5175
Q

pitching (of boat)

A

le tangage

5176
Q

cramer*

A

to burn*

5177
Q

bottle opener

A

l’ouvre-bouteille

5178
Q

hob

A

la table de cuisson

5179
Q

to swagger

A

plastronner

5180
Q

to curse

A

pester

5181
Q

to round up

A

rameuter

On a dû rameuter des patients des confrères pour ne pas gâcher les doses.

5182
Q

renier

A

to renounce, disown

5183
Q

funny

A

cocasse

5184
Q

layer

A

la couche

5185
Q

D Day

A

le jour J

5186
Q

en deçà de 2%

A

below 2%

5187
Q

I’ll come as soon as I’ve finished.

A

Je viendrai aussitôt que j’aurai fini.

5188
Q

keep sthg dark

A

mettre qch sous le boisseau

5189
Q

I love these tricky things.

A

J’adore ces trucs pointus.

5190
Q

lace

A

la dentelle

5191
Q

moreover

A

de surcroît

5192
Q

stuck up thing*

A

pimbêche*

5193
Q

la toile d’araignée

A

cobweb

5194
Q

numerous

A

maint

5195
Q

scrapheap

A

la casse

5196
Q

attelage (m)

A

harness

5197
Q

le bec

A

beak

5198
Q

la frilosité

A

reluctance

5199
Q

régler

A

to settle

5200
Q

quagmire

A

le bourbier

5201
Q

le puisard

A

sump

5202
Q

accourir

A

to rush up

5203
Q

curse

A

la malédiction

5204
Q

être méfiant de

A

to mistrust

5205
Q

in the depths of despair

A

au comble de désespoir

5206
Q

talker

A

le moulin à paroles

5207
Q

un amoncellement

A

pile

5208
Q

hearing (tribunal)

A

l’audition (f)

5209
Q

not to look anything special

A

ne pas payer de mine

5210
Q

ôter

A

to take off/away

5211
Q

thrifty

A

économe

5212
Q

to surround

A

cerner

5213
Q

se lasser de

A

to get tired of

5214
Q

chilblain

A

une engelure

5215
Q

largué

A

out of touch

5216
Q

le revendeur

A

(drug) dealer

5217
Q

to get carried away, to fly off the handle

A

s’emballer*

5218
Q

Ça se vend comme des petits pains.

A

It’s selling like hot cakes.

5219
Q

le chevreuil

A

roe deer

5220
Q

Where’s the little girl? She’s having fun outside.

A

Où est la petite? Elle s’amuse dehors.

5221
Q

to point the finger at sbd

A

montrer qn du doigt

5222
Q

accrocheur

A

eye-catching

5223
Q

felt

A

le feutre

5224
Q

When asked about his father he is evasive.

A

Quand on lui demande des nouvelles de son père, il se dérobe.

5225
Q

windowsill

A

le rebord de la fenêtre

5226
Q

se régaler

A

to really enjoy oneself

5227
Q

la suie

A

soot

5228
Q

chopping board

A

la planche à hacher

5229
Q

to fiddle with

A

triturer

5230
Q

sage

A

la sauge

5231
Q

patauger

A

to paddle

5232
Q

to be a big hit

A

faire un tabac

5233
Q

Quel parfum?

A

What flavour?

5234
Q

la grive

A

thrush

5235
Q

miroiter

A

to sparkle, shimmer

5236
Q

to unpack, display

A

déballer

5237
Q

bousiller*

A

to wreck

5238
Q

se débattre

A

to struggle

5239
Q

bawdy

A

grivois

5240
Q

au large de Calais

A

off Calais

5241
Q

to wear o.s. out doing sth

A

s’escrimer à faire qch

5242
Q

feignant

A

idle

5243
Q

intégralité

A

whole

5244
Q

pas à ma connaissance

A

not as far as I know

5245
Q

il ne veut pas en démordre

A

he won’t budge an inch

5246
Q

deranged

A

forcené

5247
Q

curt

A

cassant

5248
Q

s’épancher (auprès de)

A

to open one’s heart (to)

5249
Q

sales talk / yarn

A

le boniment

5250
Q

la date butoir

A

deadline

5251
Q

to sprain one’s …

A

se faire une entorse à …

5252
Q

timid

A

farouche

5253
Q

l’aiselle (f)

A

armpit

5254
Q

to tackle a problem

A

aborder un problème

5255
Q

to satisfy

A

rassasier

5256
Q

alpaguer

A

to collar

5257
Q

reliable

A

fiable

5258
Q

emberlificoter

A

to mix up

5259
Q

quotation mark

A

le guillemet

5260
Q

refiner le bébé

A

to pass the buck

5261
Q

rapiécer

A

to patch up

5262
Q

On a encore le temps.

A

There’s still time.

5263
Q

assiduité (f)

A

regularity

5264
Q

d’affilée

A

in a row, at a stretch

5265
Q

Have you been friends for a long time?

A

Vous êtes amis de longue date?

5266
Q

to take advantage of sthg

A

faire ses choux gras de qch

5267
Q

to pace up and down

A

arpenter

5268
Q

to scold

A

houspiller

5269
Q

to bring up the rear

A

fermer la marche

5270
Q

le sursis

A

reprieve

5271
Q

la convoitise

A

longing

5272
Q

escapade

A

la frasque

5273
Q

avec du recul

A

with hindsight

5274
Q

to go bankrupt

A

faire faillite

5275
Q

lâcher la grappin à qn

A

to get off smb’s back

5276
Q

He doesn’t cook but he happily does the washing up.

A

Il ne fait pas la cuisine, mais il fait volontiers la vaisselle.

5277
Q

le bouclier

A

shield

5278
Q

s’incruster dans

A

to become embedded in

5279
Q

hors

A

except for

5280
Q

to stroll

A

flâner

5281
Q

racler

A

to scrape

5282
Q

checkmate

A

échec et mat

5283
Q

battlements

A

les créneaux

5284
Q

to kick over the traces

A

ruer dans les brancards

5285
Q

obnubiler

A

to obsess

5286
Q

quirky, offbeat

A

décalé

5287
Q

to have a nap

A

faire un petit somme

5288
Q

avoir la trouille*

A

to be scared stiff

5289
Q

le farniente

A

lazing about

5290
Q

fateful

A

fatidique

5291
Q

unemployment rate

A

le taux de chômage

5292
Q

la délation

A

denouncement

5293
Q

s’astreindre à faire qch

A

to force oneself to do sthg

5294
Q

dériver

A

to drift

5295
Q

par dessus / dessous la jambe

A

in a slipshod manner

5296
Q

un bouquin

A

book

5297
Q

rubble

A

les décombres

5298
Q

funny, quirky

A

cocasse

5299
Q

previously unpublished

A

inédit

5300
Q

le tournant décisif

A

turning point

5301
Q

to obsess

A

obnubiler

5302
Q

attiser

A

to kindle

5303
Q

le blindage

A

armour plating

5304
Q

tergiverser

A

to prevaricate

5305
Q

au mépris de

A

regardless of

5306
Q

excédent (m)

A

surplus

5307
Q

lécher

A

to lick

5308
Q

arsehole**

A

un / une enculé(e)**

5309
Q

greedy

A

cupide

5310
Q

en jachère

A

fallow

5311
Q

rassir

A

to go stale

5312
Q

field mouse

A

le mulot

5313
Q

embrumé

A

foggy

5314
Q

to mock

A

persifler

5315
Q

to wander*

A

baguenauder*

5316
Q

to scratch

A

érafler

5317
Q

amer

A

bitter

5318
Q

s’atteler à qch

A

to get down to doing sthg

5319
Q

to snub

  • to be snubbed by sb
A

rabrouer

  • se faire rabrouer par qn
5320
Q

to examine sthg under a microscope / in great detail

A

examiner qch à la loupe

5321
Q

éperdument

A

passionately

5322
Q

hair (animal)

A

le poil

5323
Q

denouncement

A

la délation

5324
Q

all in one piece

A

d’un seul tenant

5325
Q

se racler la gorge

A

to clear one’s throat

5326
Q

la plante grimpante

A

climbing plant

5327
Q

C’est salé.

A

It’s pricey.

5328
Q

le gaz à effet de serre

A

greenhouse gas

5329
Q

grudgingly

A

du bout des lèvres

5330
Q

I can’t stand him.

A

je ne peux pas le blairer

5331
Q

instalment

A

le fascicule

5332
Q

gust

A

la rafale

5333
Q

more or less

A

peu ou prou

5334
Q

burying

A

un enfouissement

5335
Q

harbour

A

portuaire

5336
Q

to pamper/indulge o.s.

A

se goberger

5337
Q

to snuggle up to sb

A

se blottir contre qn

5338
Q

to put sthg on the wall

A

mettre qch sur le mur

5339
Q

to lose one’s temper

A

s’emporter

5340
Q

Portez à ébullition.

A

Bring to the boil.

5341
Q

hold, influence

A

l’emprise (f)

5342
Q

la punaise

A

drawing pin

5343
Q

pebble

A

le caillou

5344
Q

se goinfrer*

A

to stuff oneself

5345
Q

witticism

A

la boutade

5346
Q

thrashing*

A

la raclée*

5347
Q

cigarette butt

A

le mégot

5348
Q

avoir plusieurs casquettes

A

to wear several hats

5349
Q

gap

A

un écart

5350
Q

ensuqué*

A

droopy*

5351
Q

I like that*

A

ça me botte*

5352
Q

le remue-ménage

A

hustle and bustle

5353
Q

le rétrécissement

A

shrinkage

5354
Q

to snatch

A

happer

5355
Q

to stop work (strike)

A

débrayer

5356
Q

une arête

A

fishbone

5357
Q

flemmarder*

A

to loaf about*

5358
Q

pensive

A

songeur

5359
Q

le petit Chaperon Rouge

A

Little Red Riding Hood

5360
Q

scander

A

to chant

5361
Q

increase, surcharge

A

la majoration

5362
Q

post, pole

A

le poteau

5363
Q

We did our best.

A

Nous avons fait de notre mieux.

5364
Q

s’atteler à

A

to get down to

5365
Q

to write up

A

rédiger

5366
Q

s’effriter

A

to crumble away

5367
Q

to hang about

A

poireauter

5368
Q

la betterave

A

beetroot

5369
Q

in a slipshod manner

A

par dessus / dessous la jambe

5370
Q

l’envers

A

back / reverse side

5371
Q

se débrouiller

A

to manage

5372
Q

broken down, unsettled

A

détraqué

5373
Q

wreckage

A

les décombres

5374
Q

le cintre

A

coathanger

5375
Q

hull

A

la coque

5376
Q

avoir un blanc dans le cerveau

A

to have a blank

5377
Q

screen

A

le paravent

5378
Q

to clear off

A

déguerpir*

5379
Q

sudden downpour

A

la giboulée

5380
Q

s’écailler

A

to flake

5381
Q

éclopé

A

lame

5382
Q

malaria

A

le paludisme

5383
Q

to exhaust

A

éreinter

5384
Q

le délit

A

offence

5385
Q

to be on the same wavelength

A

être sur la même longueur d’onde

5386
Q

fondre

A

to melt

5387
Q

to wipe, endure

A

essuyer

5388
Q

change of scene

A

le dépaysement

5389
Q

unfortunate

A

malencontreux

5390
Q

drowning

A

la noyade

5391
Q

vault

A

la voûte

5392
Q

manigancer

A

to plot

5393
Q

feindre

A

to feign

5394
Q

Still on the subject of ..

A

Toujours dans le cadre de..

5395
Q

la majoration

A

increase, surcharge

5396
Q

transplant (plantes)

A

repiquer

5397
Q

clam

A

la praire

5398
Q

to be very strict about

A

être à cheval sur Les français sont à cheval sur la politesse.

5399
Q

find, brainwave

A

la trouvaille

5400
Q

at dusk

A

au crépuscule

5401
Q

un lance-flamme

A

flame thrower

5402
Q

la serpillère

A

floorcloth

5403
Q

marshy

A

marécageux

5404
Q

to tinker with

A

bidouiller

5405
Q

frimer

A

to show off

5406
Q

malencontreux

A

awkward, untimely

5407
Q

cheap wine

A

la piquette

5408
Q

rhabiller qn pour l’hiver

A

to talk about smbd behind their back

5409
Q

la mixité sociale

A

social diversity

5410
Q

to denounce

A

fustiger

5411
Q

respectable

A

de bon aloi

5412
Q

a stroll

A

une flânerie

5413
Q

hose

A

le tuyau

5414
Q

hilare

A

beaming

5415
Q

la vedette

A

star (artist)

5416
Q

mischievous

A

espiègle

5417
Q

to get the better of s.o/sth

A

avoir raison de qn/qch

5418
Q

ajar

A

entrebâillé

5419
Q

to put the finishing touches to

A

fignoler

5420
Q

agacer

A

to irritate

5421
Q

la résiliation

A

termination, cancellation

5422
Q

la crevaison

A

flat tyre

5423
Q

le ressort

A

spring

5424
Q

faire mine de

A

to pretend to

5425
Q

mudslide

A

la coulée de boue

5426
Q

social diversity

A

la mixité sociale

5427
Q

on the internet

A

sur internet

5428
Q

to reinforce

A

blinder

5429
Q

prôner

A

to advocate

5430
Q

la garrigue

A

scrubland

5431
Q

faire un crochet

A

to swerve

5432
Q

le rappel

A

reminder

5433
Q

mousetrap

A

la souricière

5434
Q

damage

A

avarie (f)

5435
Q

to coax, mollify

A

amadouer

5436
Q

an exit poll

A

un sondage à la sortie des urnes

5437
Q

in bulk

A

en vrac

5438
Q

curfew

A

le couvre-feu

5439
Q

le souci

A

marigold

5440
Q

furious

A

furibond

5441
Q

C’est à voir.

A

We’ll see.

5442
Q

to yawn

A

bâiller

5443
Q

calqué sur

A

modelled on

5444
Q

to congeal

A

se figer

5445
Q

to be in the know*

A

être au parfum*

5446
Q

balance

A

le solde

5447
Q

l’apport de

A

the provision of

5448
Q

un étandard

A

standard

5449
Q

to brandish

A

brandir

5450
Q

to overwhelm

A

accabler

5451
Q

under the influence of alcohol

A

sous l’emprise de l’alcool

5452
Q

coconut

A

la noix de coco

5453
Q

to crush

A

piler

5454
Q

je ne fais aucun plan sur le comète

A

I’m not going to bank on it

5455
Q

foggy

A

embrumé

5456
Q

le tableau

A

painting

5457
Q

to fester

A

couver

5458
Q

to recognise, advocate

A

préconiser

5459
Q

on the sly

A

en catimini

5460
Q

to swoon over sthg

A

se pâmer devant qch

5461
Q

le tiers

A

1/3rd

5462
Q

la moquette

A

carpet

5463
Q

turlupiner

A

to bother

5464
Q

calmer le jeu

A

to smooth things over

5465
Q

to satisfy

A

rassasier

5466
Q

to collect one’s thoughts

A

se recueillir

5467
Q

setbacks

A

les desboires (m)

5468
Q

une entaille

A

cut

5469
Q

thick

A

épais

5470
Q

une réunion

A

(business) meeting

5471
Q

nugget

A

la pépite

5472
Q

to aim at

A

viser

5473
Q

parer

A

to fend off

5474
Q

cheap junk

A

la pacotille

5475
Q

pale

A

blafard

5476
Q

une trêve

A

truce

5477
Q

la sauge

A

sage

5478
Q

fougueux

A

fiery

5479
Q

cauteleux

A

wily

5480
Q

to neigh

A

hennir

5481
Q

rabibocher

A

to bring together again

5482
Q

la collation

A

light meal

5483
Q

s’efforcer de faire qch

A

to try hard to do sth

5484
Q

termination, cancellation

A

la résiliation

5485
Q

to drive smb back against

A

acculer

5486
Q

to be loaded

A

être plein aux as

5487
Q

renvoyer à

A

to refer to

5488
Q

la cuiller à soupe

A

soup spoon

5489
Q

freezer

A

le congélateur

5490
Q

frétiller

A

to wriggle

5491
Q

A cork bobbed up and down on the surface of the water.

A

Un bouchon flottait à la surface de l’eau.

5492
Q

propice

A

favourable

5493
Q

conspiracy

A

la caballe

5494
Q

It is better not to mention this in front of them.

A

Il faut éviter de parler de cela devant eux.

5495
Q

to sharpen

A

aiguiser

5496
Q

les flots

A

waves

5497
Q

rien a signaler

A

RAS

5498
Q

scapegoat

A

le bouc émissaire

5499
Q

le lierre

A

ivy

5500
Q

autant

A

as many, so many

5501
Q

la cagette

A

crate

5502
Q

aller à vau-l’eau

A

to be falling apart

5503
Q

ténu

A

fine

5504
Q

le branle-bas de combat

A

action stations

5505
Q

to cheer up

A

ragaillardir

5506
Q

noon (adj)

A

méridien (adj)

5507
Q

spokesperson

A

le porte-parole

5508
Q

to crumble

A

effriter

5509
Q

la clé de molette

A

monkey-wrench

5510
Q

sump

A

le puisard

5511
Q

le merlu

A

hake

5512
Q

un écueil

A

reef

5513
Q

in times past

A

jadis

5514
Q

to have a ball

A

s’éclater

5515
Q

interview

A

un entretien

5516
Q

répandre

A

to spill, scatter, spread

5517
Q

la perquisition

A

search

5518
Q

cautionner

A

to give one’s support to

5519
Q

la point de mire

A

target

5520
Q

like

A

à l’instar de

5521
Q

rachitique

A

puny, scraggy

5522
Q

to seal

A

sceller

5523
Q

la date de péremption

A

sell-by date

5524
Q

We took the key and we went up to the sixth floor in the lift.

A

Nous avons pris la clé et nous sommes montés au sixième par l’ascenseur.

5525
Q

inevitably

A

forcément

5526
Q

une étreinte

A

embrace

5527
Q

to contrast sharply with

A

trancher avec

5528
Q

a way out

A

une échappatoire

5529
Q

shady goings-on

A

l’embrouille (f)

5530
Q

petition

A

la requête (droit)

5531
Q

déjanté

A

crazy

5532
Q

muse, figurehead

A

une égérie

5533
Q

to issue a challenge

A

lancer un défi

5534
Q

to shorten

A

rapetisser

5535
Q

nose [de chien]

A

la truffe

5536
Q

The archeological team have already searched this site.

A

L’équipe archéologique a déjà fouillé ce site.

5537
Q

They stayed for a week.

A

Ils sont restés une semaine.

5538
Q

to stroll

  • to browse in a bookshop
A

flâner

  • flaner dans une librairie
5539
Q

swastika

A

la croix gammée

5540
Q

le piège

A

trap

5541
Q

le sigle

A

abbreviation

5542
Q

misted up

A

embué

5543
Q

fieffé

A

out-and-out

5544
Q

to reap, cut

A

faucher

5545
Q

au grand dam de

A

to the great displeasure of

5546
Q

to have a hard time of it

A

morfler

5547
Q

bitch

A

la mégère

5548
Q

to rove around

A

vadrouiller*

5549
Q

guetter

A

to watch (out for)

5550
Q

maze

A

le dédale

5551
Q

tatillon

A

finicky

5552
Q

to fall for sthg / smb

A

craquer pour qn / qch

5553
Q

contraignant

A

binding

5554
Q

la jugeote

A

common sense

5555
Q

déluré

A

smart, forward

5556
Q

to sketch

A

esquisser

5557
Q

maugréer

A

to grumble

5558
Q

poireauter

A

to hang about

5559
Q

ratisser large

A

to cast the net wide

5560
Q

le proviseur

A

headteacher

5561
Q

brass section

A

les cuivres

5562
Q

ricaner

A

to sneer

5563
Q

to fall through

A

foirer

5564
Q

une accalmie

A

lull

5565
Q

to read about sthg

A

lire sur qch

5566
Q

mistake, misunderstanding

A

le quiproquo

5567
Q

la démarque

A

markdown

5568
Q

parasol

A

une ombrelle

5569
Q

pouffer

A

(de rire) to burst out laughing

5570
Q

guilleret

A

perky

5571
Q

at all costs

A

coûte que coûte

5572
Q

le fauve

A

wildcat

5573
Q

financial arrangement

A

le montage financier

5574
Q

gears

A

l’engrenage (m)

5575
Q

greasy spoon*

A

une gargote*

5576
Q

noisy

A

bruyant

5577
Q

to turn out

A

s’avérer

5578
Q

tenir qch pour acquis

A

to take sth for granted / to take as read

5579
Q

to sprinkle

A

saupoudrer

5580
Q

flare-up, explosion

A

la flambée

• une flambée des prix

5581
Q

dresser

A

to draw up

5582
Q

split

A

le clivage

5583
Q

le parent pauvre

A

poor relation

5584
Q

mischievous

A

mutin

5585
Q

le cadeau empoisonneé

A

poisoned chalice

5586
Q

to shout oneself hoarse

A

s’égosiller

5587
Q

le fixe

A

landline

5588
Q

stink*

A

la puanteur*

5589
Q

bafouer

A

to scorn

5590
Q

en avoir marre

A

to be fed up

5591
Q

lily of the valley

A

le muguet

5592
Q

to stall

A

temporiser

5593
Q

bumblebee

A

le bourdon

5594
Q

noodle

A

la nouille

5595
Q

it made me sweat

A

cela m’a mis en nage

5596
Q

strait

A

le pertuis

5597
Q

tricher

A

to cheat

5598
Q

root word

A

le mot souche

5599
Q

monkey-wrench

A

la clé de molette

5600
Q

to arouse (longings)

A

attiser (convoitises)

5601
Q

to set off, trigger

A

déclencher

5602
Q

le parquet

A

Public Prosecutor’s Department

5603
Q

faire ses choux gras de qch

A

to take advantage of sthg

5604
Q

wind turbine

A

une éolienne

5605
Q

l’autosuffisance

A

self-sufficiency

5606
Q

le saupoudrage

A

sprinkling

5607
Q

renier

A

to denounce

5608
Q

to pull free

A

desceller

5609
Q

covering letter

A

lettre de motivation

5610
Q

umpteenth

A

énième

5611
Q

in the foreground

A

au premier plan

5612
Q

entendement (m)

A

understanding

5613
Q

le crottin

A

manure

5614
Q

désuet

A

outdated

5615
Q

moneybox

A

la tirelire

5616
Q

une ribambelle de

A

a swarm / row of

5617
Q

comprimer

A

to compress

5618
Q

à l’adresse de

A

for the benefit of

5619
Q

moss

A

la mousse

5620
Q

by the skin of one’s teeth

A

ric-rac

5621
Q

by far

A

de loin

5622
Q

le fil conducteur

A

main theme (de récit)

5623
Q

faire la moue

A

to pout/grimace

5624
Q

se débrouiller

A

to sort out, manage

5625
Q

reluctance

A

la frilosité

5626
Q

sullen, gloomy

A

maussade

5627
Q

le brut

A

crude oil

5628
Q

to transplant

A

greffer

5629
Q

to set an alarm (clock)

A

régler un réveil

5630
Q

le fantassin

A

infantryman

5631
Q

la grue

A

crane

5632
Q

squalid

A

immonde

  • “… elle laissait la cuisine dans un désordre immonde” (Leila Slimani)
5633
Q

he’s definitely there

A

il est bel et bien lá

5634
Q

le ravalement

A

renovation

5635
Q

to turn upside down*

A

chambouler*

5636
Q

to think about

A

songer à

5637
Q

pour autant

A

for all that

5638
Q

to wilt

A

se faner

5639
Q

aux aguets

A

on the lookout

5640
Q

I’m beginning to see the truth.

A

Je commence à entrevoir la vérité.

5641
Q

to round off

A

arrondir

5642
Q

l’entretien d’embauche

A

job interview

5643
Q

The trolley is too heavy for you to push; turn it the other way and pull it.

A

Le chariot est trop lourd pour que tu le pousses, tourne-le dans l’autre sens et tire-le.

5644
Q

as well as

A

ainsi que (+ n.)

5645
Q

dans les coulisses

A

behind the scenes

5646
Q

un aiguillon

A

(insect) sting

5647
Q

les données

A

data

5648
Q

le curcuma

A

turmeric

5649
Q

renouvelable

A

renewable

5650
Q

revenge

A

la revanche

5651
Q

une flânerie

A

a stroll

5652
Q

flâner

A

to stroll

5653
Q

détenir le pouvoir

A

to hold on to power

5654
Q

He didn’t breathe a word.

A

Il n’a pas pipé (mot).

5655
Q

se faufiler dans

A

to worm one’s way into

5656
Q

une instance

A

authority

5657
Q

roundup

A

la rafle

5658
Q

une affectation

A

appointment, allocation

5659
Q

hip

A

la hanche

5660
Q

le talon

A

heel (of shoe)

5661
Q

He demands a lot of himself

A

il est très exigeant vers lui-même

5662
Q

lazy

A

flemmard

5663
Q

worktop

A

le plan de travail

5664
Q

le tesson

A

shard

5665
Q

national

A

le ressortissant

5666
Q

chanceler

A

to stagger

5667
Q

le floutage

A

blurring

5668
Q

to lose the thread of a conversation

A

perdre le fil d’une conversation

5669
Q

la pioche

A

pick

5670
Q

l’aine (f)

A

groin

5671
Q

estropier

A

to cripple

5672
Q

une agrafeuse

A

stapler

5673
Q

It is/was nothing.

A

Il n’y a pas de quoi.

5674
Q

la falaise

A

cliff

5675
Q

to grind

A

moudre

5676
Q

le pif**

A

conk**

5677
Q

une arme blanche

A

knife

5678
Q

la reliure

A

binding

5679
Q

raffoler de

A

to be mad about

5680
Q

s’effilocher

A

to fray

5681
Q

je retape ma baraque

A

I’m doing up my house

5682
Q

to become embedded in

A

s’incruster dans

5683
Q

deciduous

A

à feuilles caduques

5684
Q

stallion

A

un étalon

5685
Q

tingling

A

le picotement

5686
Q

rotten luck

A

la déveine

5687
Q

midwife

A

la sage-femme

5688
Q

être à cheval sur Les français sont à cheval sur la politesse.

A

to be very strict about

5689
Q

le patelin*

A

village*

5690
Q

les ciseaux

A

scissors

5691
Q

sous-jacent

A

underlying

5692
Q

to recruit

A

embaucher

5693
Q

alarming, astounding

A

effarant

5694
Q

to make a racket*

A

faire du boucan*

5695
Q

la chicane

A

squabble

5696
Q

blurred, hazy

A

flou

5697
Q

raging hunger

A

la fringale

5698
Q

échéance (f)

A

expiry date

5699
Q

la binette

A

hoe

5700
Q

la formation

A

training

5701
Q

to whine*

A

piailler*

5702
Q

avoir de la faconde

A

to be loquacious

5703
Q

On doit discuter la suite.

A

We should discuss what happens next.

5704
Q

j’en étais tout chaviré

A

I was quite overwhelmed

5705
Q

rash

A

à l’emporte-pièce

5706
Q

être en passe de faire qch

A

to be on one’s way to doing sth

5707
Q

to shake

A

ébranler

5708
Q

to praise

A

faire l’éloge de

5709
Q

frisquet

A

chilly

5710
Q

to procrastinate

A

atermoyer

5711
Q

nipple

A

le mamelon

5712
Q

food products

A

les produits alimentaires

5713
Q

une orée

A

edge

5714
Q

Il n’y a pas de quoi s’inquiéter.

A

There’s nothing to worry about.

5715
Q

During your walk you’ll discover a great variety of wild flowers

A

Pendant votre marche, vous découvrirez de nombreuses variétés de fleurs sauvages.

5716
Q

embrace

A

une étreinte

5717
Q

car*

A

la bagnole*

5718
Q

la baleine

A

whale

5719
Q

squabble

A

la chicane

5720
Q

to cast a spell on

A

envoûter

5721
Q

octopus

A

la pieuvre

5722
Q

the whole of my salary

A

l’intégralité de mon salaire

5723
Q

vendre la mèche

A

to give the game away

5724
Q

call into question

A

mettre en cause

5725
Q

to be convinced one is right

A

être / rester droit dans ses bottes

5726
Q

tree nursery

A

la pépinière

5727
Q

d’emblée

A

at once

5728
Q

scrub

A

la broussaille

5729
Q

chevaucher

A

to be/sit astride

5730
Q

auparavant

A

beforehand

5731
Q

to gnaw away at

A

ronger

5732
Q

la malédiction

A

curse

5733
Q

stirring (paroles, musique)

A

entrainant

5734
Q

to guzzle

A

bâfrer**

5735
Q

la convoitise

A

longing

5736
Q

couch grass

A

le chiendent

5737
Q

le croquis

A

sketch

5738
Q

à l’emblée

A

at once

5739
Q

délier

A

to untie

5740
Q

le livre broché

A

paperback

5741
Q

nouer

A

to tie

5742
Q

la cherté

A

high cost

5743
Q

to spot

A

repérer

5744
Q

wildcat

A

le fauve

5745
Q

to sulk

A

bouder

5746
Q

à l’encontre de

A

against

5747
Q

magnifying glass

A

la loupe

5748
Q

fingering (mus), tact

A

le doigté

5749
Q

crouler

  • crouler sous
A

to collapse

  • to be weighed down with
5750
Q

dénicher

A

to discover

5751
Q

Ça me gonfle.

A

It’s getting on my nerves.

5752
Q

la rocaille

A

rockery

5753
Q

intarrissable

A

inexhaustible

5754
Q

brancher

A

to plug in

5755
Q

to sweep up, brush aside

A

balayer

5756
Q

décalé

A

out of touch

5757
Q

to iron

A

repasser

5758
Q

rafistoler*

A

to patch up

5759
Q

girder

A

la poutrelle

5760
Q

saddle

A

la selle

5761
Q

rout

A

la déroute

5762
Q

fad

A

la lubie

5763
Q

effleurer

A

to brush against

5764
Q

les déblais

A

debris, rubble

5765
Q

to fix*

A

truquer*

5766
Q

la traite

A

milking

5767
Q

It’s scorching.

A

Ça cogne.

5768
Q

la médiatisation

A

media coverage

5769
Q

choper • il m’a chopé par le cou (ITC: Eliott)

A

to catch, grab [attraper]

5770
Q

to show off

A

faire le beau

5771
Q

le livre broché

A

paperback

5772
Q

en-cas (m)

A

snack

5773
Q

stroke of bad luck

A

la tuile

5774
Q

to dig one’s heels in

A

se braquer

5775
Q

sans crier gare

A

without any warning

5776
Q

le guillemet

A

quotation mark

5777
Q

peinard

A

cushy

5778
Q

la vessie

A

bladder

5779
Q

faire une fleur à qn

A

to do sb a favour

5780
Q

sharply

A

vertement

5781
Q

les faits qui lui sont reprochés

A

the charges against him

5782
Q

le pouls

A

pulse

5783
Q

être à l’écart

A

to be isolated, on the sidelines

5784
Q

revêche

A

surly

5785
Q

Plus j’y pense, plus c’est difficile.

A

The more I think about it, the harder it gets.

5786
Q

regretté

A

late lamented

5787
Q

to mess up*

A

esquinter*

5788
Q

moite

A

sweaty

5789
Q

to slam

A

claquer

5790
Q

hard man*

A

le caïd*

5791
Q

to squander

A

dilapider

5792
Q

écorné

A

dog-eared

5793
Q

crowd

A

la cohue

5794
Q

to jump over a fence

A

sauter par-dessus une barrière

5795
Q

l’amertume

A

bitterness

5796
Q

to dazzle

A

éblouir

5797
Q

desceller

A

to pull free

5798
Q

poisseux

A

sticky

5799
Q

all in one piece

A

d’un seul tenant

5800
Q

zélé

A

zealous

5801
Q

se chicaner

A

to squabble

5802
Q

He ‘s perfectly capable of doing it.

A

Il peut très bien le faire.

5803
Q

le revenant

A

ghost

5804
Q

le votant

A

voter

5805
Q

A bon entendeur!

A

You’ve warned!

5806
Q

to hum

A

fredonner

5807
Q

to get down to

A

s’atteler à

5808
Q

I can’t be bothered to do it.

A

J’ai la flemme de le faire.

5809
Q

harvest

A

la moisson

5810
Q

demanding

A

exigeant

5811
Q

to hunt for antiques

A

chiner

5812
Q

dream

A

la chimère

5813
Q

la ruche

A

hive

5814
Q

the case was dismissed

A

il y a eu non-lieu

5815
Q

to bid for, canvass

A

briguer

5816
Q

to twiddle one’s thumbs

A

se tourner les pouces

5817
Q

to stripe, streak

A

zébrer

5818
Q

forcément

A

inevitably

5819
Q

penaud

A

sheepish

5820
Q

assister à une réunion

A

to attend a meeting

5821
Q

first attempt

A

le coup d’essai

5822
Q

faire tache d’huile

A

to spread

5823
Q

se la couler douce

A

to take it easy

5824
Q

fustiger

A

to denounce

5825
Q

biblical

A

biblique

5826
Q

cerner

A

to surround

5827
Q

background noise

A

le bruit de fond

5828
Q

ruer (sur)

A

to charge (at)

5829
Q

la moue

A

pout

5830
Q

faire du grabuge

A

to create havoc

5831
Q

outre-mer

A

overseas

5832
Q

to clash [avec]

A

jurer (couleurs)

5833
Q

délaisser

A

to neglect

5834
Q

montrer qn du doigt

A

to point the finger at sbd

5835
Q

creuser

A

to dig

5836
Q

lame

A

éclopé

5837
Q

être dans le pétrin

A

to be in a fix

5838
Q

dépérir

A

to waste away

5839
Q

le débarras

A

cupboard

5840
Q

la pie

A

magpie

5841
Q

le colistier

A

running mate

5842
Q

faucher

A

to reap, cut

5843
Q

dégoter*

A

to dig up

5844
Q

to lose one’s nerve

A

flancher

5845
Q

to become embedded in

A

s’incruster dans

5846
Q

bumblebee

A

le bourdon

5847
Q

to start, institute

A

entamer

5848
Q

visser

A

to screw on

5849
Q

la tige

A

stem

5850
Q

scrap metal

A

la ferraille

5851
Q

to tame, bring out of one’s shell

A

apprivoiser

5852
Q

élégamment

A

elegantly

5853
Q

face**

A

la tronche**

5854
Q

to target

A

cibler

5855
Q

onlooker

A

le badaud

5856
Q

to chuckle

A

glousser

5857
Q

désuet

A

old-fashioned

5858
Q

scarecrow

A

un épouvantail

5859
Q

shark

A

le requin

5860
Q

le cornichon

A

gherkin

5861
Q

butiner sur la toile

A

to surf the net

5862
Q

un sondage à la sortie des urnes

A

an exit poll

5863
Q

la tenaille

A

pliers

5864
Q

to get more complicated

A

se corser

5865
Q

dash

A

le tiret

5866
Q

packed

A

bondé

5867
Q

essorer

A

to wring out

5868
Q

éplucher

A

to peel

5869
Q

dizzy, giddy

A

étourdi

5870
Q

quémander

A

to beg for

5871
Q

chubby

A

joufflu

5872
Q

to elect

A

élire

5873
Q

affectionate

A

calin

5874
Q

I don’t think it’s so much X that’s sexist as Y

A

Je pense pas que ce soit X qui soit sexiste que Y

5875
Q

le moisir

A

mildew

5876
Q

ragaillardir

A

to cheer up

5877
Q

whip

A

le fouet

5878
Q

to strike off

A

radier

5879
Q

les produits alimentaires

A

food products

5880
Q

groan

A

le gémissement

5881
Q

cut

A

une entaille

5882
Q

to skid

A

déraper

5883
Q

amortir

A

to deaden, absorb

5884
Q

faire un tabac

A

to be a big hit

5885
Q

le milan

A

kite (bird)

5886
Q

cartridge, bullet

A

la cartouche

5887
Q

from now on

A

dorénavant

5888
Q

Where on earth did I put it?

A

Où ai-je bien pu le fourrer?

5889
Q

to intervene

A

monter au créneau

5890
Q

to slip on (mettre)

A

enfiler

5891
Q

forearm

A

l’avant-bras

5892
Q

la boîte

A

box, nightclub*

5893
Q

he dresses well

A

il s’habille bien

5894
Q

wick

A

la mèche

5895
Q

gercer

A

to chap

5896
Q

entre parenthès

A

in brackets

5897
Q

les fusibles ont sauté

A

the fuses have blown

5898
Q

to turn blue

A

bleuter

5899
Q

point-blank

A

à brûle-pourpoint

5900
Q

l’aine (f)

A

groin

5901
Q

japper

A

to yap, yelp

5902
Q

to dig up

A

dégoter*

5903
Q

to dig

A

creuser

5904
Q

to dismiss

A

limoger

5905
Q

kneecap

A

la rotule

5906
Q

pulpit

A

la chaire

5907
Q

le fantassin

A

infantryman

5908
Q

attic

A

la soupente

5909
Q

peony

A

la pivoine

5910
Q

to be visibly shaken, to stagger under the blow

A

accuser le coup

5911
Q

puffiness

A

la bouffissure

5912
Q

abattre

A

to cut down (tree)

5913
Q

départager

A

to decide between

5914
Q

inexhaustible

A

intarrissable

5915
Q

to knock down

A

faucher

5916
Q

alors que

A

though

5917
Q

le brouillon

A

rough draft

5918
Q

to be on duty

A

être de permanence

5919
Q

to snivel, whine

A

pleurnicher

5920
Q

dévisser

A

to unscrew

5921
Q

le chambardement

A

upheaval

5922
Q

to dread

A

redouter

5923
Q

In the old days, barges were used to carry coal.

A

Autrefois on transportait le charbon sur des péniches.

5924
Q

cockroach

A

le cafard

5925
Q

renchérir

A

to go one better

5926
Q

anxious, pent up

A

énervé

5927
Q

stubbornly*

A

mordicus*

5928
Q

disappointing

A

décevant

5929
Q

le burin

A

chisel

5930
Q

le décès

A

death

5931
Q

la meule

A

millstone

5932
Q

malsaint

A

unhealthy

5933
Q

to go swimming

A

se baigner

5934
Q

activities

A

l’animation

5935
Q

relever un défi

A

to meet a challenge

5936
Q

to repress

A

réprimer

  • “Idriss Déby avait l’habitude d’ignorer leurs critiques, voire de les réprimer.” (Libération)
5937
Q

enrayer

A

to stem, check, curb

5938
Q

la vanne*

A

joke*

5939
Q

riot

A

une émeute

5940
Q

chanceler

A

to stagger

5941
Q

bondé

A

packed

5942
Q

il est frisquet

A

it’s chilly

5943
Q

dégobiller

A

to puke

5944
Q

la chouette

A

owl

5945
Q

water*

A

la flotte*

5946
Q

recenser

A

to make an inventory of

5947
Q

nuclear plant

A

la centrale nucléaire

5948
Q

to cast off

A

larguer les amarres

5949
Q

la couette

A

duvet

5950
Q

les décombres

A

rubble

5951
Q

hoe

A

la binette

5952
Q

to bother

A

turlupiner

5953
Q

Cela ne prendra pas longtemps.

A

It won’t take long.

5954
Q

shamelessly

A

sans vergogne

5955
Q

la vadrouille

A

mop

5956
Q

tressaillir

A

to flinch

5957
Q

le galbe (meuble, mollet)

A

curve

5958
Q

to skip school

A

sécher l’école

5959
Q

le médius

A

middle finger

5960
Q

coulisser • la porte coulisse mal

A

to slide (porte, tiroir)

5961
Q

caréner

A

to streamline

5962
Q

le guillemet

A

quotation mark

5963
Q

le fourrage

A

fodder

5964
Q

(business) meeting

A

une réunion

5965
Q

le cancre

A

dunce

5966
Q

reverser

A

to pay back

5967
Q

to hold, detain

A

détenir

5968
Q

to chastise

A

châtier

5969
Q

head to tail

A

tête-bêche

5970
Q

to go round in circles

A

tourner en rond

5971
Q

griffer

A

to scratch

5972
Q

to thwart

A

contrecarrer

5973
Q

he’s well past 50

A

il a la cinquantaine bien tassée

5974
Q

tempting

A

alléchant

5975
Q

to overwork

A

se surmener

5976
Q

à la queue leu leu

A

in single file

5977
Q

gruger

A

to dupe

5978
Q

la gâterie

A

little treat

5979
Q

dunce

A

le cancre

5980
Q

réfractaire

A

resistant to

5981
Q

le crapaud

A

toad

5982
Q

to catch smbd off their guard

A

prendre qn au dépourvu

5983
Q

dompter

A

to tame

5984
Q

un acouphène

A

tinnitus

5985
Q

to bamboozle*

A

embobiner*

5986
Q

trancher

A

to cut, settle, take a decision

5987
Q

avoir un coup de pompe

A

to have a hard time

5988
Q

I’ll lend it to you if you bring it back tomorrow.

A

Je te le prête si tu me le rapportes demain.

5989
Q

there was a bit of a hiccup in the organisation

A

il y eu un petit couac dans l’organisation

5990
Q

trade wind

A

alizé (m)

5991
Q

le point fort

A

strong point

5992
Q

à la dérive

A

adrift

5993
Q

stretcher

A

le brancard

5994
Q

le disjoncteur

A

circuit breaker

5995
Q

vadrouiller*

A

to rove around

5996
Q

to be well ahead Def: occuper une place dominante sans grande risque d’être concurrencé. • La ministre caracole dans les sondages.

A

caracoler

5997
Q

le pois de senteur

A

sweet pea

5998
Q

deception

A

la supercherie

5999
Q

bad-tempered

A

hargneux

6000
Q

badger

A

le blaireau

6001
Q

réprimer

  • “Idriss Déby avait l’habitude d’ignorer leurs critiques, voire de les réprimer.” (Libération)
A

to repress

6002
Q

se battre comme des chiffonniers

A

to fight like cat and dog

6003
Q

doorframe

A

le chambranle

6004
Q

courtyard

A

la cour

6005
Q

un / une enculé(e)**

A

arsehole**

6006
Q

trap

A

le piège

6007
Q

calin

A

affectionate

6008
Q

shiny

A

reluisant

6009
Q

ringard*

A

square*

6010
Q

meanwhile

A

entre-temps

6011
Q

his German’s terrible

A

il écorche l’allemand

6012
Q

to undermine

A

saper

  • L’échec des négotiations de paix sape le moral de la population.
  • La mer sape les falaises.
6013
Q

lorgner*

A

to peer at*

6014
Q

périmé

A

out of date, past its sell by date

6015
Q

habile

A

skilful

6016
Q

It’s heavy stuff.

A

C’est du lourd.

6017
Q

to meet a challenge

A

relever un défi

6018
Q

la nappe

A

tablecloth

6019
Q

sur ces entrefaites

A

at that moment, just then

6020
Q

la proie

A

prey

6021
Q

laisser place à

A

to give way to

6022
Q

espiègle

A

mischievous

6023
Q

scrawny

A

chétif

6024
Q

en souffrance

A

pending

6025
Q

la bretelle

A

strap

6026
Q

to be heading for disaster

A

aller dans le mur

6027
Q

to dwindle

A

s’amenuiser

6028
Q

infect

A

revolting

6029
Q

scaffolding

A

l’échafaudage (m)

6030
Q

to lose**

A

paumer**

6031
Q

to make do with

A

se rabattre sur

6032
Q

to outline

A

ébaucher

6033
Q

la débrouille

A

resourcefulness

6034
Q

passionately

A

éperdument

6035
Q

le paludisme

A

malaria

6036
Q

resuscitation

A

la réanimation

6037
Q

to scald

A

s’ébouillanter

6038
Q

dans / en son for intérieure

A

in one’s heart of hearts

6039
Q

to annoy

A

tracasser

6040
Q

emotion

A

émoi

6041
Q

s’affranchir de

A

to free o.s. from

6042
Q

le feuilleton de rebondissements

A

action-packed serial

6043
Q

le phoque

A

seal

6044
Q

le repaire

A

den

6045
Q

renâcler

A

to show reluctance

6046
Q

the Golden Fleece

A

la Toison d’or

6047
Q

pale, sallow

A

blême

6048
Q

to overflow

A

déborder

6049
Q

a post to fill

A

un poste à pourvoir

6050
Q

to buzz

A

bourdonner

6051
Q

She slipped and sprained her ankle.

A

Elle a glissé et s’est foulé la cheville.

6052
Q

to exhaust

A

épuiser

6053
Q

aller en taule

A

to go to jail

6054
Q

trépigner

A

to stamp one’s feet

6055
Q

to erect

A

ériger

6056
Q

time-consuming, demanding

A

prenant

6057
Q

le remous

A

backwash, eddy

6058
Q

low tide

A

la marée basse

6059
Q

circuit breaker

A

le disjoncteur

6060
Q

le palefrenier

A

groom

6061
Q

snot*

A

la morve*

6062
Q

sciemment

A

knowingly

6063
Q

de fil en aiguille

A

one thing lead to another

6064
Q

un goût de revenez-y

A

moreish

6064
Q

un goût de revenez-y

A

moreish

6065
Q

consistant

A

substantial

6066
Q

nappé

A

coated with

6067
Q

(salle) comble

A

packed

6068
Q

s’en aller / partir / finir en eau de boudin

A

to come to nothing

6069
Q

la gouaille

A

cheek

6070
Q

bedonnant

A

paunchy

6071
Q

coquet

A

well-kept

6072
Q

à peu de choses près

A

more or less, pretty much

6073
Q

rester / se tenir coi

A

to stay quiet

6074
Q

fourmiller

A

to swarm

6075
Q

aménagé

A

converted

6076
Q

se prélasser

A

to lounge

6077
Q

le chapardage

A

petty theft

6078
Q

la paluche*

A

hand*

6079
Q

être aux trusses de qn

A

to be hot on someone’s heels

6080
Q

potelé

A

chubby

6081
Q

à l’emporte-pièce

A

rashly

6082
Q

déblatérer contre / sur

A

to rant about

6083
Q

le phrasé (mus)

A

phrasing (mus)

6084
Q

déconner

A

to piss about, mess around

6085
Q

en rajouter

A

to exaggerate

6086
Q

to exaggerate

A

en rajouter

6087
Q

disert

A

talkative

6088
Q

décati

A

decrepit

6089
Q

équeter

A

to remove the stalk from

6090
Q

être formel sur qch

A

to be strict about sthg

6091
Q

récurer

A

to scour

6092
Q

bourru

A

gruff

6093
Q

mater*

A

to spy on*

6094
Q

mater*

A

to spy on*

6095
Q

au ralenti

A

in slow motion

6096
Q

au ralenti

A

in slow motion

6097
Q

un lêve-tôt

A

early riser