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affirmer

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to maintain, assert

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certifier

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to assure

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soutenir

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to uphold, maintain

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prétendre

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to claim

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attester

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to testify, vouch

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témoigner de

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to bear witness to

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confirmer

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to confirm

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avancer

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to advance

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garantir

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to guarantee, vouch

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donner son avis

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to give one’s opinion

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se prononcer en faveur de

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to speak out in favour of

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le commentaire

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comment, commentary

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la remarque

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remark

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faire observer que

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to remark, point out that

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mentionner

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to mention

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faire mention de

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to mention

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faire part de

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to announce, inform about

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communiquer

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to communicate

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notifier

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notify

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rapporter

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to report

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aviser de

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to advise, notify

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relater

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to relater

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tenir quelqu’un au courant

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to keep someone informed

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narrer

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to narrate

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citer

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to cite, quote

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dicter

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to dictate

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la dictée

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dictation

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détailler

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to explain/tell in detail; to give details of

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préciser

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to make clear, clarify, be more specific about

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clarifier

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to clarify

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mettre au clair

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to clarify

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faire comprendre

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to get something across

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disserter sur

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to speak about; hold forth on

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discourir de

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to speak about; hold forth on

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développer

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to develop, elaborate on

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définir

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to define

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s’adresser à

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to address

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causer

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to chat

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s’entretenir

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to converse

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discuter

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to discuss, debate, argue

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dialoguer

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to converse

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deviser

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to converse

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bavarder

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to chat

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draguer

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to chat up

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le dialogue

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dialogue

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un échange de vues

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exchange of views

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des pourparlers (m)

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discussions

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le tête-à-tête

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private conversation

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ne pas être d’accord

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to disagree

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disputer

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to dispute

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contredire

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to contradict

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différer d’opinion

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to dissent

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contester

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to contest, dispute

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se disputer

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to quarrel

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se brouiller

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to fall out

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se quereller

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to quarrel

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la discussion

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argument

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une discussion enflammée

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a heated argument

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le désaccord

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disagreement

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le différend

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difference

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le dissentiment

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dissent, difference

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la discorde

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discord

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la différence d’opinions

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difference of opinion

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la divergence d’opinions

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difference of opinion

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la dispute

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dispute

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un sujet de dispute

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cause for argument

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la mésentente

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disagreement

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la brouille

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quarrel

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la protestation

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protest

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s’élever contre

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to speak out against

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élever une objection

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to raise an objection

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être opposé à

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to be opposed to

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régler un conflit

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to settle a dispute

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demander

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to ask

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requérir

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to request

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un appel

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appeal

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supplier

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to beg

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prier

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to beg, entreat

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implorer

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to beg, implore

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réclamer

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to call for

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revendiquer

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to claim

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la revendication

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claim

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mettre en doute/question

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to query

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la demande de renseignements

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enquiry

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demander conseil

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to consult, ask for advice

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interroger

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to question, interrogate

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l’interrogation (f)

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interrogation

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l’interrogatoire (m)

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interrogation

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objecter

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to object, raise an objection

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rétorquer

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to retort

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répliquer

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to retort

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riposter

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to retort

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remettre quelqu’un à sa place

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to put someone in his/her place

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s’adresser à

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to speak to, address

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causant

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chatty

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se plaindre

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to complain

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la plainte

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complaint

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la réclamation

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complaint

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critiquer

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to criticise

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la critique

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criticism

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critique

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critical

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médire de

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to malign, speak ill of

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dénigrer

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to denigrate

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104
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la mauvaise langue

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scandalmongerer

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la médisance

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gossip, scandalmongering

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médisant

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malicious gossip

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élever la voix

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to raise one’s voice

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crier

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to cry out, scream, screech

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s’exclamer

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to exclaim

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s’écrier

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to exclaim, cry out

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pousser des cris

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to shout

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pousser de grands cris

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to shout

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vociférer

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to shout, roar

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hurler

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to yell

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acclamer

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to cheer

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chuchoter

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to whisper

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susurrer

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to whisper

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souligner

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underline

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mettre l’accent sur

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to emphasise

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faire ressortir

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to emphasise

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s’exprimer

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to express oneself

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traiter

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to discuss, deal with, treat

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faire allusion à

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to allude to, refer to

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badiner

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to banter

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blaguer

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to joke, kid

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prendre la parole

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to speak, take the floor

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couper la parole à quelqu’un

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to cut someone short

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mesurer ses paroles

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to weigh one’s words

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avoir la parole facile

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to be a fluent speaker

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parler à tort et à travers

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to say any old thing, talk nonsense

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tenir sa langue

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to hold one’s tongue

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laconique

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laconic

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bavard

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chatty, talkative

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verbeux

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verbose

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laisser échapper

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to blurt out

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révéler

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to reveal, give away

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trahir

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to reveal, give away

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se chamailler

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to quarrel

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avoir des mots

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to have words

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s’engueuler

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to row, have a slanging match

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se mancher le nez

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to be at one another’s throats

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se bouffer le nez

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to be at one another’s throats

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avoir un accroc

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to have a brush

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s’élever contre

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to speak out against

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alléguer

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to put forward

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démentir

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to refute, deny, contradict

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désavouer

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to retract, disown, deny

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le désaveu

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retraction

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se dédire

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to back down

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se rétracter

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to back down, take back one’s words

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grommeler

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to grumble

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ronchonner

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to grumble

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gémir

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to moan

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grogner

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to groan

155
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râler

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to grouse, moan

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rouspéter

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to grouse, grouch

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donner à entendre

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to lead to believe

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laisser entendre

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to imply

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laisser supposer

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to imply

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insinuer

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to insinuate

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donner des tuyaux à quelqu’un

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to tip someone off

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tuyauter quelqu’un

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to tip someone off

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se faire tuyauter

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to be tipped off

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interpeller

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to call out to, hail

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apostropher quelqu’un

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to shout at, address

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brailler

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to bawl

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beugler

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to bellow

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s’égosiller

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to shout oneself hoarse

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glapir

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to yap

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gueuler

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to yell

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hurler

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to bawl, roar

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rugir

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to roar

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gazouiller

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to babble

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babiller

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to babble

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jacasser

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to jabber

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bredouiller

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to stammer

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balbutier

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to stammer

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marmotter

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to mumble, mutter

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marmonner

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to mutter, mumble

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grommeler

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to mutter, grumble

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zézayer

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to lisp

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bégayer

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to stammer

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faire des phrases

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to make grand statements, to use high-flown words

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la faconde

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gift of the gab

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aimer s’écouter parler

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to like the sound of one’s own voice

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avoir la langue bien pendue

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to be talkative

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incapable de s’exprimer

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inarticulate

188
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aller droit au fait

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to go straight to the point

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ne pas mâcher ses mots

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not to mince one’s words

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donner/lâcher son paquet à quelqu’un

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to give someone a piece of one’s mind

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le juron

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oath, curse

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décrire à grands traits

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to give a broad outline of

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raconter par le menu

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to tell in great detail

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articuler

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to pronounce, articulate

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accentuer

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to stress

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débiter

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to reel off

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pinailler

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to quibble

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une prise de bec

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squabble

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ergoteur

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argumentative

200
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ergoter

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to quibble

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l’ergotage (m)

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quibbling

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ressasser

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to keep trotting out, to keep rehearsing

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ressassé

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hackneyed, worn-out

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rebattre

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to harp on

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rebattu

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hackneyed

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rabâcher

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to harp on, keep repeating

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le rabâchage

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harping on

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le rabâcheur

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repetitious bore

209
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radoter

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to ramble on

210
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le radotage

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rambling, drivel

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le radoteur

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rambling old fool, driveller

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la rengaine

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chorus, refrain

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jaser

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to chatter, prattle

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blablater

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to rabbit

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palabrer

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to chat, waffle

216
Q

des fariboles (f)

A

waffle

217
Q

des balivernes (f)

A

nonsense, twaddle

218
Q

bavasser

A

to witter

219
Q

jacter

A

to witter

220
Q

bagouler

A

to talk nineteen to the dozen

221
Q

baratiner

A

to sweet-talk, to fast-talk

222
Q

du baratin

A

sweet-talk, sales talk

223
Q

le boniment

A

sales talk, patter

224
Q

bonimenter

A

to dish out the sales talk

225
Q

débiter une histoire

A

to spin a yarn

226
Q

débloquer

A

to talk rubbish

227
Q

maronner

A

to chunter

228
Q

le papotage

A

small talk, idle chatter

229
Q

papoter

A

to chatter on, have a natter

230
Q

les menus propos (m)

A

small talk

231
Q

la parlote

A

chit-chat

232
Q

la parlotte

A

chit-chat

233
Q

s’égosiller

A

to shout oneself hoarse

234
Q

s’époumoner

A

to shout oneself hoarse

235
Q

sacrer

A

to curse and swear

236
Q

tonitruer

A

to thunder

237
Q

tempêter

A

to rant

238
Q

fulminer

A

to rant

239
Q

déblatérer contre/

A

to rant on

240
Q

s’ouvrir

A

to confide in

241
Q

se déboutonner

A

to open up, confide

242
Q

décharger sa conscience

A

to come clean

243
Q

vider son sac

A

to spill the beans

244
Q

vendre la mèche

A

to spill the beans

245
Q

cafarder

A

to sneak, tell tales on

246
Q

moucharder

A

to split on

247
Q

rembarrer quelqu’un

A

to put someone in his/her place

248
Q

répondre par monosyllables

A

to give monosyllabic answers

249
Q

rendre la pareille

A

to give as good as one gets

250
Q

bafouiller

A

to splutter, stammer

251
Q

baragouiner

A

to talk gibberish, jabber

252
Q

nasiller

A

to speak with a twang

253
Q

la boucler

A

to belt up

254
Q

ne pas piper

A

not say a word

255
Q

claironner

A

to beam

256
Q

caqueter

A

to cackle

257
Q

acclamer

A

to cheer

258
Q

huer

A

to jeer

259
Q

conspuer

A

to jeer

260
Q

la commère

A

gossip

261
Q

des commérages (m)

A

gossip

262
Q

le cancan

A

gossip

263
Q

cancanier, cancanière

A

gossipy

264
Q

le potin

A

gossip

265
Q

un bruit qui court

A

rumour

266
Q

débiner sur

A

to slag off, badmouth

267
Q

le débineur

A

backbiter, mud-slinger

268
Q

vilipender

A

to revile

269
Q

maudire

A

to curse

270
Q

sortir/lancer une vanne

A

to wisecrack

271
Q

lancer des boutades

A

to wisecrack

272
Q

pleurnicher

A

to whinge

273
Q

musiquer

A

to whinge

274
Q

mettre son grain de sel

A

to butt in

275
Q

sermonner

A

to preach

276
Q

faire un sermon à quelqu’un

A

to lecture someone