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Thème 2 Flashcards

1
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avoir une main de fer dans un gant de velours

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to be an iron hand in a velvet glove

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2
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s’intéresser

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to take interest in

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tout un tas de, une foule de

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a whole host of

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4
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depuis quelque temps

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lately

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5
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je suis sure que

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I bet

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tu me fais marcher

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to pull one’s leg

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7
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Mais quel rapport avec les timbres?

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But what’s that got to do with stamps?

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8
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quand il n’y a pas de sujet précis

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voix passive > voix active

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9
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exercer une pression sur qqn

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to exert pressure on sb

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10
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tourner le dos

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to turn one’s backS

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11
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théâtral

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overdramatised

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12
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mes plus chers désirs

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my deepest desires

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13
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les couples qui n’ont pas d’enfants

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childless couples

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14
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l’hypocrisie

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the hypocrisy

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15
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une fête inoubliable

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a never-to-be-forgotten party

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16
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adjectifs construits à partir d’expression idiomatique

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a couldn’t-care-less attitude, a take-it-or-leave-it attitude, a I-will-not-let-you-down speech (pour se moquer)

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17
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un treillage

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a lattice-work

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18
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un palet

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a quoit

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19
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une drôle de bande, une bande hétéroclité

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a motley crew

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motley

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hétéroclite

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21
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un diable (outil)

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a handcart

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22
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une porte-fenêtre

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a French door

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23
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la vinaigrette

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the French dressing

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24
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filer à l’anglaise

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to take a French leave

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25
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pardonnez mon langage

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pardon my French

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26
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un stand

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a booth

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27
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une gauffre

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a waffle

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28
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une moule

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a mussel

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29
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une crevette

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a shrimp

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30
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un pain d’épice

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a gingerbread

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31
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une pastille à la menthe

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a peppermint

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32
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puer

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to reek (familier)

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33
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sentir à plein nez

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to reek of sth

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34
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s’embuer, courir de buée

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to mist up

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35
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la pestilence

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la puanteur, la pestilence

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36
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chatouiller

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to tickle

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37
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longer, border

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to skirt

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38
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Rien ne t’échappe!

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Nothing escapes you!

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39
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un grand mystère

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a deep mystery

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40
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sauf le placard où elle était rangée

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except for the cupboardin which it was stored

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41
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prendre le risque

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to run the risk

42
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le bureau (pièce)

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the study

43
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avoir la trouille

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to have the jitters / the wobbles

44
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Pourquoi?

A

Why is that?

45
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bouger légèrement

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to budge

46
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changer d’avis (fig)

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to budge

47
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aller chercher (item)

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to fetch

48
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examiner

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to peer over

49
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alors que dans le sens bien que

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although

50
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l’avion partait seulement demain

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was to leave only on the following day

51
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à l’envers

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the wrong way round

52
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sans succès

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with no success

53
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effacer, chasser qch/qn de sa mémoire

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to blot sth/sb out of my memory

54
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c’était surement

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chances were that

55
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éviter les vérifications à l’état civil

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to bypass public records checks

56
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Kelmar et moi nous…

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Kelmar and I both

57
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On aurait pu croire à une grande comédie, mais il y avait les gémissements et il y avait l’odeur du sang.

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It could have appeared as some great comedy, but for the moans and the smell of blood. (were it not for)

58
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nous étions essoufflés

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we were out breath (#pant=haleter)

59
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le feuillage

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the foliage

60
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passer devant, dépasser

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to go past

61
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roussir, calciner

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to scorch

62
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Je n’irais pas plus loin

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I won’t go any further

63
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devenir fou

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to go mad

64
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se ruer sur, fondre sur

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to pounce on

65
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essayer de

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try + ING

66
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un pinceau

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a paint brush

67
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Qu’Est-ce que tu deviens de puis tout ce temps?

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What have you been up to all this time?

68
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prendre (serrer) dans ses bras

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to hug

69
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dénicher

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to dug up

70
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prendre

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to pick up

71
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qu’Est-ce que je t’offre?

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what can I get you?

72
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un régal pour les yeux

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a feast for the eyes

73
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une bière à la pression

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a draught beer

74
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c’est un régal des Dieux

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it’s a nectar for the Gods

75
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il a pris son parti de renoncer à toi, répondis-je aussitôt

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he made up his mind to give you up, I replied at once

76
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reprit-elle

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she went on

77
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rapporter (dans le sens relater)

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to relate

78
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six mois s’étaient écoulés

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six months had gone by

79
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sans que le moindre mot d’amour ait été prononcé entre nous

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without a single word of love having passed between us

80
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…, je l’ai dit, …

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as I said (toujours expliciter les connecteurs)

81
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faire battre le cœur si fort

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make my heart pound so heavily

82
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apprécier qqn

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to be taken with

83
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Elle m’a assez plu

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I was quite taken with her

84
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L’idée semblait lui plaire

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She seems very taken with the idea

85
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un moment de silence

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a moment’s silence

86
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d’un moment à l’autre

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any moment now

87
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au moment où

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just as

88
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un moment de silence

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a moment’s silence

89
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une minute de silence

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a moment of silence

90
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elle serait triste sans cela

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she would be sad anyway

91
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d’une voix mal assurée

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in a shaky/unsteady voice

92
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protester

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to protest

93
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avec une sorte d’impatience

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somewhat impatiently

94
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par peur de me faire de la peine

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for fear of grieving me

95
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deux adjectifs

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pas de and !

96
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un vent rapide

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a swift breeze

97
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un vallon

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a hollow

98
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être niché, se blottir

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to nestle

99
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descendre (dans le sens être incliné)

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to dip

100
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se prélasser au soleil

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to bask in the sun

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