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ABEL BOOK > the history room > Flashcards

the history room Flashcards

1
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squabbling

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une dispute, querelle

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to steer

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conduire (une moto)

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to ruffle (the hair)

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ébouriffer (les cheveux)

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to scrape (the paint)

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gratter , égratigner (la peinture)

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a gash

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une entaille

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musty

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qui a une odeur de moisi

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huddle in group

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agglutiné en groupe

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to sever oneself from sth

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couper de / rompre

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to nudge (small push)

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donner un coup de coude, encourager

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a crease

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un pli, un faux pli, une ride

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a muffled sound

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un son étouffé

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to gull sb

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berner

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a prank

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une farce, un canular

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14
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the slopes

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les pentes

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to propel

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propulser, pousser

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16
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velvet

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du velours

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stodgy food

stody book

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nourriture indigeste, écoeurant, lourd
livre indigeste

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to mull over

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réféchir à

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to cling to a hope

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s’accrocher à un espoir

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20
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from 18 onward

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depuis 18 ans

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21
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a spat

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une dispute

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22
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to dash

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se précipiter

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I was bolt upright

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j’étais droit comme un piquet

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24
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a spare room

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chambre d’amis

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to fizzle out (relationship)

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(relation) qui s’éteint, qui faiblit

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that baffled him

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cela le déconcerta

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27
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to flip rasher

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faire sauter des tranches

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28
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forestall a question

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anticiper la question

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29
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a frothy milk

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un lait mousseux

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30
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a booklet

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une brochure

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31
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to make sb up

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inventer, imaginer

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32
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the growns-up

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les adultes

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33
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a pinch of cilandro

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une pincée de coriandre

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34
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to dodge

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esquiver

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35
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a forgery

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une contrefaçon, un faux

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36
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mottled

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moucheté

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37
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to scowl

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fusiller du regard, faire la tête

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38
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to chunter

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ronchonner, se plaindre

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39
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in the run-up to (our marriage) the period just before an event

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dans la dernière ligne droite avant le mariage (la période précédant le mariage)

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40
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loopy

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dingue, cinglé

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41
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to nurse (a glass) = drink slowly

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siroter

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42
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seem brittle

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sembler nerveux

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43
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to stuff

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fourrer, farcir

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44
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hind legs

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pattes arrières

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45
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maimed

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estropié, mutilé

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46
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sea bass

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loup de mer, st pierre, bar

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47
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to keep at bay
illness - headache

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maintenir à distance
chasser, prévenir ,éloigner (une maladie, mal de tête)

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she felt drained

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elle se sentait épuisée, exténué

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49
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to blink

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battre des paupières, cligner des yeux

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50
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stinging thwack

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la tape (claquement) cinglante,

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51
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stiffen

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se raidir

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52
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to weep

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pleurer

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53
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the car pulls up

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la voiture s’arrête

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a mishap

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une mésaventure, un contretemps, un incident

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to trudge

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marcher d’un pas lourd, péniblement

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acumen

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perspicacité

57
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ruthless

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sans pitié

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to wince
feel winced

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faire la grimace
être embarrassé

59
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to have woes

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avoir des malheurs, soucis

60
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the scapegoat

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le bouc émissaire

61
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a waif

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un enfant abandonné

62
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prey on sb’s mind

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se ronger les sangs

63
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rapture

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ravissement, extase

64
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a yuppie / to look like a yuppified village

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un jeune cadre dynamique / ressembler à un village embourgeoisé

65
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to stoop

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se pencher, se baisser

66
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to sound weary

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sembler las, fatigué

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a well-off family

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une famille aisée

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to reach out (extend your arm )

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tendre la main vers

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somehow

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d’une manière ou d’une autre, curieusement

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she rises (stand up)

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elle se met debout

71
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his lips pursed

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sa bouche en cul de poule

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to feel a pang

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sentir une douleur soudaine, un pincement au coeur, une pointe de jalousie

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trussed-up

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ficelé, saucissoné ou bien habillé

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fuggy

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qui sent le renfermé, le moisi

75
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to stroll

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se promener

76
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to give a jab

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donner un petit coup

77
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to stoop

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se baisser

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To pull up somewhere

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s’arrêter qq part

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to brood over sth

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ruminer (une idée)

80
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his poise

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son calme, son assurance, sa force

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to amble (a stroll)

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flâner, marcher tranquillement

82
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to leave sb in the learch

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laisser qq un en plan

83
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a dogsbody job

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un travail de larbin

84
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try to talk out of going

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dissuader d’aller

85
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to flick (back her hair)

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donner un petit coup rapide (remettre ses cheveux en arrière)

86
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a doddle

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simple comme bonjour

87
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a retort (a quick reply)

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une réplique, une riposte

88
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toughness

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la dureté, la robustesse, la solidité

89
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we felt AS THOUGH we were at home

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on se sentaIT COMME SI on était à la maison

90
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to bug sb (stop bugging me) to bother

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embêter, ennuyer qq un,

91
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to sidetrack

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détourner l’attention de qq un

92
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dismal (school)

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lugubre (école)

93
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to blot sth out

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effacer, cacher, masquer

94
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to tumble out

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s’écrouler,

95
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crimson

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pourpre

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to dislodge

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déplacer

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slanted

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incliné, penché

98
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to find solace

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trouver du réconfort

99
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to pre-empt

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prévenir, anticiper

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to stay in limbo

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rester dans le flou

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to be rocky

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être difficile, instable, précaire

102
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it sounds BLUNT

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cela semble BRUTAL, direct

103
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looming

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qui approche (événement) - qui se profile à l’horizon

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gutted (he was gutted)

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brûlé, détruit OU dégoûté

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to scamper (run playfully)

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gambader, trottiner (jouer dans une pièce)

106
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a gloomy play

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une pièce triste

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she was shuffling

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elle traînait les pieds

108
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to ponder

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réfléchir à

109
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a rasher (a slice)

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une tranche

110
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to JERK the dog collar

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TIRER D UN COUP SEC sur le collier du chier

111
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to fluff your lines (actor)

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se tromper dans son texte

112
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something fishy

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quelque chose de louche

113
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to be distraught

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être désemparé, fou d’inquiétude

114
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less trodden

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peu fréquenté

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To snarl

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dire d’un ton hargneux, rageur

116
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to look down on

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prendre qq’un de haut

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lukewarm

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tiède

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grow bolder

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devint plus audacieux

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120
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pared-down

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épuré, dépouillé,

121
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kinship

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affinité (ou parenté)

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sleazy

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minable, glauque, sordide

123
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Kate SPURNS him

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Kater le REJETA, le repoussa

124
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slow-witted

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lent d’esprit, long à la détente

125
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to be jumpy

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être nerveux

126
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Stop in my tracks

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je m’interrompis brusquement, je m’arrêtas net

127
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a pinch - a pinch of

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un pincement - une pincée de (sel)

128
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a sheer genius / a sheer beauty

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un pur génie / une beauté même

129
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a steady job / a steady rythm

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un job stable / un rythme régulier

130
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to whisk sb away

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emmener en escapade amoureux

131
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hapless (unlucky)

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malchanceux

132
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the strap

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la sangle, la lanière

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