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peu reluisant

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far from brilliant

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briquer

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to polish up

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déteindre sur

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to rub off on

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s’affronter à

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to confront

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le guépard

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cheetah

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pas que je sache

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not as far as I know

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la suie

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soot

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envoûtant

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spellbinding

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la pomme de discord

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bone of contention

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une embardée

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swerve

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ergoteur

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pedant

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tomber dans le panneau

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to fall for it

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le brassard

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armband

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un fantassin

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Infantryman

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le pieu*

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bed*

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devoir une fière chandelle à qn

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to be hugely indebted to s.o.

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se lasser de

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to grow tired of

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le clébard

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mutt

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Qu’est ce que tu trafiques?*

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What are you up to?*

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le souillon

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slob

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compulser

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to consult

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la rainure

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groove

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un vieux schnock

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a fuddy-duddy

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enjoué

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cheerful

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la raie

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parting

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s’en faire

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to worry

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darder

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to hurl, shoot

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le culot

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cheek, nerve

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le point d’orgue

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culmination

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brimer

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to bully

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Je ne peux pas l’encadrer.

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I can’t stand him.

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se contreficher de

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not to give a damn about

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délirant

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crazy, surreal

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la pègre

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underworld

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à contre-jour

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backlit

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le casier fiscal

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tax record

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fêler

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to crack

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avoir les coudées franches

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to have elbow room

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la bourde

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blunder

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le lévrier

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greyhound

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se faire un sang d’encre

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to be worried stiff

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la lampée

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gulp

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la fronde

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revolt

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la suie

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soot

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raturé

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crossed out

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le bouquet (d’arbres)

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grove

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en bloc

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outright

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un faire-part

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announcement

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faire la nouba

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to live it up

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se cambrer

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to arch one’s back

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la zizanie

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discord

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le remugle

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stale smell

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le bolide

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high-powered car

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mettre les bouches doubles

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to double one’s efforts

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rabrouer

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to snub

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mener qn en bateau

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to take smb in

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un églefin

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haddock

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inopiné

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unexpected

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démontée [mer]

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stormy

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60
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en avoir gros sur la patate

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to be very upset

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sacré

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remarkable

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être au taquet

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to go all out

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dernier délai

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at the latest

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tout au plus

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at the most

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65
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être dans ses petits souliers

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to feel uncomfortable

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une incurie

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negligence

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67
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être à la hauteur

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to measure up

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se morfondre

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to hang around

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papoter

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to chatter

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fliquer

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to keep under surveillance

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une laquelle humaine

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a human wreck

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délabré

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dilapidated

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ferrailler

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to clash swords with

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saborder

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to scuttle

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75
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en pincer pour

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to be stuck / in love with

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la marelle

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hopscotch

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77
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sur fond de

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against a background of

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une accalmie

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lull

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s’embraser

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to catch fire

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à ses heures

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in one’s spare time

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se gâter

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to take a turn for the worse

82
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Ça les arrange.

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It suits them.

83
Q

le farfadet

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elf

84
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décoiffant

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mind-blowing

85
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se tasser

A

to calm down

86
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arrangeant

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obliging

87
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la selle

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saddle

88
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une embardée (car)

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swerve (car)

89
Q

La réponse n’était pas celle escomptée.

A

The response wasn’t what X was expecting.

90
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ça sent le cramé

A

there’s a smell of burning

91
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un indic

A

an informer

92
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embrayer sur / avec

A

to launch into

93
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la carnation

A

complexion

94
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montrer patte blanche

A

to show you are acceptable

95
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le chalumeau

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blowtorch

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prévenant

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considerate

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ne pas ménager ses efforts

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to spare no effort

98
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la papille

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taste bud

99
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rester sur sa faim

A

to be disappointed

100
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fouetter un œuf

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to whisk an egg

101
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haro sur qn/qch

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à plague on s.o./sthg

102
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éperdu de

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overcome with

103
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éperdu

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overwhelming

104
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se ménager

A

to take it easy

105
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le planton

A

sentry

106
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se rincer la dalle

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to have a drink

107
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s’offusquer de

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to take offence at

108
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sans agrément

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dull, unattractive

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à la faveur de

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thanks to

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mon sang n’a fait qu’un tour

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• my heart missed a beat
• I saw red

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guindé

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stiff, stilted, formal

112
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le charabia

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gobbledygook

113
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Je n’arrive pas à en placer une.

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I can’t get a word in edgeways.

114
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lire qch en diagonale

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to skim through sthg

115
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la foulée, l’enjambée

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stride

116
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le sosie
• il est le sosie de son père

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a double

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faire chou blanc

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to draw a blank

118
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toc

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crazy

119
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paillard

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bawdy

120
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cuiter*

A

to get pissed

121
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troquer

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to barter

122
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rattraper le coup

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to sort things out

123
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débouler sur qn

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to burst in on s.o.

124
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casser

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to split up [se séparer]

125
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sans crier gare

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without any warning

126
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la portée [mus]

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stave

127
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éplûcher

A

1) to peel
2) to go through with a fine-tooth comb

128
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corsé

A

1) strong (taste)
2) racy
3) steep (facture)

129
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la rechute

A

relapse

130
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se faire la malle

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to clear off

131
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valoir son pesant de

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to be worth (its) weight in

132
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la foire d’empoigne

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free-for-all

133
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s’entendre comme larrons en foire

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to be as thick as thieves

134
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être fleur bleue

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to be starry-eyed

135
Q

le courrier du cœur

A

problem page

136
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cacochyme

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doddery

137
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le volet [cinema]

A

instalment [cinema]

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étrenner

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to use for the first time

139
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démesuré

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excessive

140
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le recours [legal]

A

appeal

141
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le référé-liberté [legal]

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quashing of an unlawful conviction

142
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la caisse claire [musique]

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snare drum

143
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foisonnant de

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rich in

144
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il lui manque une case

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he’s got a screw loose

145
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casanier [adj & n]

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stay-at-home

146
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donner le change à qn

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to pull the wool over sb’s eyes

147
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l’actif

A

assets

148
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se languir de

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to pine for

149
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le cas de figure

A

scenario

150
Q

la guitare sèche

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acoustic guitar

151
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le mal du pays

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homesickness

152
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s’en mordre les doigts

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to kick oneself for sthg

153
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sémillant

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spirited

154
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entre chien et loup

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at dusk

155
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gagner le gros lot

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to hit the jackpot

156
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pigiste

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freelance

157
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Ça m’a scotché

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I was flabbergasted

158
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un livre qui se plombe

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a book that becomes leaden

159
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cadrer avec

A

to tally with

160
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élimé

A

threadbare

161
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le manchot

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penguin

162
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edulcorer

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to sweeten, tone down

163
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balourd

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uncouth

164
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se farcir qn*

A

to put up with s.o.*

165
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trancher
• il tranchait par son audace

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to stand out

166
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étre à fleur de peau

A

to be a bundle of nerves

167
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étre à fleur de peau

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to be a bundle of nerves

168
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le cachet (cinema, theatre)

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fee

169
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esquinter

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to damage

170
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volage

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fickle

171
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épousseter

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to dust

172
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la liesse

A

jubilation

173
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s’ébrouer

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to shake oneself

174
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l’agencement

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layout

175
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faire main basse sur

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to help oneself to, take over (marché)

176
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la camelote*

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junk*

177
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porter la poisse à qn

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to bring s.o bad luck

178
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dégingandé

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lanky

179
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Ça vaut le coup d’œil

A

It’s worth seeing

180
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mitigé

A

lukwarm [acceuil]
qualified [succès]
ambivalent [conclusions]

181
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commettre un parjure

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to commit perjury

182
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avoir une dent contre qn

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to bear a grudge against s.o.

183
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schématiser

A

to (over)simplify

184
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C’est cuit.

A

You’ve had it.

185
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C’est cuit.

A

You’ve had it.

186
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s’en tamponner le coquillard

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not to give a hoot

187
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la cœur de récré

A

school playground

188
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être rendu

A

to be exhausted

189
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être au pied du mur

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to be up against the wall

190
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prendre parti sur

A

to commit to

191
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rebutant

A

unpleasant

192
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fadasse (d’une personne)

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dull

193
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avoir du bagou

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to have the gift of the gab

194
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faire à la légère

A

to take sthg lightly

195
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une diffusion en directe

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a live broadcast

196
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être mordu de qch

A

to be smitten by sthg

197
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tapageur

A

rowdy, showy

198
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la coercition

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coercion

199
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le délitement

A

disintegration

200
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potiner*

A

to gossip*

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