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1
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un troupeau

une foule

A

a flock

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2
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entrer, sortir en foule

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to flock in/ out

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3
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rater (un examen)

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to flunk (an exam, a test)

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4
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une rafale de vent

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a flurry

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5
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une tempête de protestations

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a flurry of protest

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6
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médico-légal

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forensic

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7
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la médecine légale

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forensic medicine

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8
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un expert légiste

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forensic expert

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9
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quinze jours (brit.)

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a fortnight

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10
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frénétique

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frantic

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11
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frénésie

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frenzy

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12
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un monstre

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a freak

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13
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froncer les sourcils

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to frown

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14
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voir d’un mauvais oeil

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to frown upon

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15
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caramel (des échappatoires, des faux-fuyants)

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fudge

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16
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truquer

falsifier

A

to fudge figures/ accounts

to massage

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17
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esquiver

A

to fudge a question

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18
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à part entière (fig.)

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fully-fledged

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19
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un ingénieur diplômé

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a fully-fledged engineer

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20
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un oisillon (propre)
un novice, un débutant (fig.)
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a fledging

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21
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baillonner (propre et fig.)

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to gag

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22
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la bile

le fiel

A

to gall
to irritate
to exasperate

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23
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avoir le culot de

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to have the gall

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24
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criard (couleurs)

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gaudy

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25
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un équipement

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gear

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26
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du matériel de pêche

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fishing gear

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27
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les vitesses (voiture)

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the gears

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28
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changer de vitesse (propre)

recommencer une nouvelle vie (fig.)

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to change gears

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29
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équiper

adapter

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to gear

30
Q

des manipulations électorales

to divide an area for election purposes so as to give one group or party an unfair advantage over the others

A

gerrymandering

31
Q

un truc

un gadget

A

a gimmick

32
Q

un procédé pour gagner des voix (élections)

A

an election gimmick

33
Q

du gingembre

A

ginger

34
Q

un groupe de pression (polit.)

A

a ginger group

35
Q

l’essentiel

A

the gist

36
Q

“résumez-moi en deux mots ce qu’il a dit”

A

“give me the gist of what he said”

37
Q

charme
séduction
prestige

A

glamour

38
Q

séduisant

prestigieux

A

glamourous

39
Q

évident

qui saute aux yeux

A

glaring

40
Q

joie
jubilation
(uncountable)

A

glee

41
Q

joyeux

heureux

A

gleeful

42
Q

criard
tapageur
kitsch

A

glitzy

43
Q

une surabondance

A

a glut

44
Q

déverser qqch à la tonne sur

A

to dump sth by tonne onto sth

45
Q

lutter avec

se débattre avec

A

to grapple with

to cope with

46
Q

la base

A

the grass roots

47
Q

l’avidité

A

greed

48
Q

gourmand
vorace
cupide (fig.)

A

greedy

49
Q

âpre au gain

A

greedy for gain

50
Q

sombre

lugubre

A

grim

51
Q

de sombres perspectives

A

grim prospects

a grim outlook

52
Q

la dure réalité

A

the grim reality

53
Q

un fait brutal

A

a grim fact

54
Q

sale

sordide

A

grubby

55
Q

un cobaye

A

a guinea pig

56
Q

crédule

A

gullible

57
Q

enthousiasme

vigueur (uncountable)

A

gusto

58
Q

un pirate informatique

A

a hacker

59
Q

le piratage informatique

A

hacking

60
Q

le poinçon

la marque

A

a hallmark

61
Q

harnacher

exploiter (énergie, ressources)

A

to harness

62
Q

fantaisiste
n’importe comment
au petit bonheur

A

haphazard

63
Q

trépidant

A

hectic

64
Q

tenir compte de

faire attention à

A

to heed

65
Q

to take no heed

A

ne pas faire attention à

66
Q

“n’écoutez pas ces rumeurs”

A

pay no heed to these rumours

67
Q

étourdi

insouciant

A

heedless

68
Q

un talon

A

heel

69
Q

être sur les talons de quelqu’un

A

to be hot on sby’s heels

70
Q

déguerpir

A

to show a clean pair of heels

71
Q

sous la botte de (fig.)

A

under the heel of

72
Q

gros

lourd

A

hefty

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