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Thème 3 Flashcards

1
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un toit de chaume

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a thatched roof

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2
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le persil

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the parsley

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le cerfeuil

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the chervil

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une toile d’araignée

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a cobweb

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je vais faire un tour pour me rafraîchir les idées

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I’m going to walk to clear away the cobweb

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un ligne

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a linen

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7
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rapiécé

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patched

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reprisé

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darned

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bercer

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to rock

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10
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un mioche, un polisson

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an urchin

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une poignée

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a handful

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12
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elles ne vous questionnent jamais sur l’essentiel

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they never ask you about what really matters

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13
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Quel est le son de sa voix?

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What does his voice sound like?

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14
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Alors seulement elles croient le connaître

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Only then do they feel they know him

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15
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une colombe

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a dove

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elles ne parviennent pas à s’imaginer cette maison

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they can’t seem to imagine hat the house is like

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17
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la preuve que

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what proves

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18
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c’est la preuve qu’il existe

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it shows you exist

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19
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elle vous traite d’enfant

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they call you child

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20
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J’éprouve tant de chagrin à raconter ces souvenirs

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It grieves me so to recount these memories

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21
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Il y a six ans que mon ami s’est en allé

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Six years have already gone by since my friend

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22
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tout le monde n’a pas eu un ami

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it is not everyone who has had a friend

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23
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s’émerveiller

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to marvel at

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24
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un nigaud

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a simpleton

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25
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il aurait dû se réjouir de la tâche qui lui était assigné, du pouvoir qu’il détenait de sauver ce petit être

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He should have rejoiced that such a task had been assigned to him, that it was within his power to save this little creature

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26
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le tumulte

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the turmoil

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27
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Il était un homme dans sa quarantième année

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He was a man who was just turning forty

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28
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une revue

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a review

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29
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il respirait l’odeur d’encre

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he breathed in the smell of ink

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30
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dur travail, labeur

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toil

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31
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peiner

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to toil

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32
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être capable de comprendre

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to be able of understanding

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33
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le soir

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in the evening

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34
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être las

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to be weary

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35
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las de la guerre

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war-weary

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36
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se lasser de qch

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to weary of sth

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37
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trop intelligent pour ne pas comprendre

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too intelligent not to understand

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38
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to get one’s revenge on sbdy

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to get one’s own back on sbdy

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39
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elle mettait son orgueil à

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she prided herself on/ she made a point of

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40
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volontiers

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willingly

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41
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le cliquetis d’une caisse enregistreuse

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the tinkling of a till

42
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L’homme hésitait au bout du fil

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The man was hesitating on the other end

43
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Au lieu d’agir comme un homme l’aurait fait, je suis allé pleurnicher chez vous

A

Instead of doing about it as any other man would have done, I went snivelling to your place

44
Q

un énergumène, un excentrique

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a crank*

45
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Il ne se souvenait pas avoir été aussi embarrassé de sa vie

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He couldn’t remember ever having felt do embarrassed in his life

46
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s’énerver

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to work oneself up

47
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trouver l’énergie de faire qch

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to work up the energy to do sth

48
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allez ailleurs

A

go somewhere else

49
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sans doute

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probably

50
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il avait décidé de ne plus parler, plus jamais

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He had decided not to speak again, and ever again

51
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Plus un mot, on ne tirerait plus rien de lui

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Not another word, they wouldn’t get anything out of him again

52
Q

lavé par la pluie

A

rain-washed

53
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malheur

A

misfortune

54
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répondre

A

to reply

55
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pour une raison ou une autre

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for some reason or other

56
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on ne pouvait pas lui rendre visite à l’hôpital

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he couldn’t be visited in hospital

57
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ou bien

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or else

58
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on n’irait pas davantage à son enterrement

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it was equally out of the question to attend his funeral

59
Q

se recueillir sur une tombe

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to take few moments to reflect on sbdy’s grave, say a prayer at graveside

60
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dorénavant, désormais

A

henceforth

61
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mais ce ne serait pas son affaire, lui se tairait, se tairait toujours

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but it wouldn’t be anything to do with him any more; he would be silent, be silent for ever

62
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à ce moment

A

just then

63
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un paysan âgé

A

an elderly peasant

64
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un carreau

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a flagstone

65
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monsieur

A

sir

66
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un instant plus tard

A

a short while after

67
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être terminé

A

to be over

68
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faire le projet de

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to plan

69
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reprendre son chemin

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to set off again

70
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bientôt

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presently

71
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alors, sur ça

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thereupon

72
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insister si longtemps

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to go to such lengths

73
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rester coucher

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to stay the night

74
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insister si longtemps pour qu’il reste coucher

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to insist so much that he (should) stay the night

75
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une jument

A

a mare

76
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les écuries

A

the stables

77
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il me confia que

A

he confided in me that

78
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le train du retour

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In the train on the return trip

79
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au fond du compartiment

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at the far end of the compartment

80
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en face

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opposite

81
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m’asseoir en face d’elle

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to sit down opposite her

82
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regarder en face

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to look at somebody full in the face

83
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dévisager

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to stare at

84
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l’allure générale

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bearing

85
Q

Je voyais une lueur d’autorité qui se dissimulait mal dans ses yeux vifs

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In her sharp glance I could see a gleam of authority which was badly concealed

86
Q

Pourtant la jeune fille en imperméable restait frêle et agitée de courts frémissements

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Yet the Young girl in the raincoat remained frail and slight shivers ran through her

87
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regarder fixement

A

to gaze at

88
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détourner le regard

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to shift one’s gaze

89
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engager une conversation

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to strike up a conversation

90
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Je n’allais pas être décourager pour si peu

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Hardly enough to put me off

91
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décourager qn de faire qch

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to put sb off doing sth

92
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Je m’arrête une station après vous

A

I get off one station after you

93
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si vous descendez plus loin

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if you’re getting off further along

94
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réprimer un rire

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to check a laugh

95
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une pique, un trait

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a gibe

96
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ça m’a échappé

A

that slipped out

97
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railler

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to gibe at

98
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sortir de l’impasse

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to break the deadlock

99
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interrompre qn

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to break in on sbdy

100
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avoir un coup de chance

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to get a Lucky break

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