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Grattoir à chaussure

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Boot scraper

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Avoir un examen de justesse

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To scrape through an exam

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Se débrouiller avec 30 £ par semaine

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To scrape by on £30 A week

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Tache

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Spot

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Repérer

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To spot

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Impeccable

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Spotless

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Chaussures à talons

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High-heeled shoes

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Prendre ses jambes à son cou

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To take to one’s heals

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Rangé

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Tidy

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Éteindre un feu, une bougie, une cigarette

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To put out a fire

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Un cendrier

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An ash tray

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Briller

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To glow

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Un ver luisant

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A glow worm

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Rayonner de fierté

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To glow with pride

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La baguette

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A french stick

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Vivre dans la cambrousse

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To live in the sticks

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Charbon

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Charcoal

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Ouvre boîte

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Tin opener

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Boîte de conserve

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Tin, can

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Étagère

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Shelf (shelves)

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Assoiffée

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Thirsty

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Faire à manger

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To fix dinner, to get dinner

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Clos, muré

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Walled

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Chambre d’ami

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Spare room

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Chauffage
Heater
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Chauffe-eau
Immersion heater
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Se pencher
To lean
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Une tendance
A leaning
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Ruisseau
Stream
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Courant d'air
Draught
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Bière à la pression
Beer on Draught
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Jouer aux dames
To play draughts
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Aller à contre courant
To go against the tied/stream
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Crise
Slump
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Hêtre
Beech
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Chêne
Oak
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Saule
Willow
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Tendu, pointe
Strained
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Cuisinière
Stove
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Menton
Chin
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Bijoux
Jewel
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Porte monnaie
Wallet
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La paume
Palm
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Lire les lignes de la main
To read sbdys Palm
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Avoir quelqu'un dans sa poche
To have sbdy un the Palm of one's Hand
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Avouer
To confess, To admit
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Confier à
To confide in
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Pour moi
To myself
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Occasion
Opportunity
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Depuis si longtemps
For so long, for such a long time
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Sans qu'on m'ait donné
Without being given
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Prétendre
To claim
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Faire semblant
To pretend
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Un photographe
A photographer
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Délicatement
Gently
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Pouce
Thumb
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Index
Index, forefinger, firstfinger
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Être très maladroit
To be all thumbs
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Le majeur
Middle finger
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L'annulaire
Ringfinger
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Auriculaire
Little finger
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Attraper violemment
To grabb
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Attraper
To seize
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Un coup d'œil
A glence
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Bureau
Desk
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Le troisième à gauche
The third from the left
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Le Marié, le palfrenier
A groom
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La mariée
The bride
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Se pomponner
To groom one self
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Un groom
Lobbboy, bedboy
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Un portier
A doorman
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Ascenseur
A lift
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Faire de la prison
To serve a sentence in prison
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Être un ex prisonnier
To be an ex-convict
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Le paillasson
A doormat
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Pas le moins du monde
In the slightest
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Bijou, des pièces
Piece of jewelry
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Quelque chose qui n'a pas de prix
Priceless
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Aucune valeur
Valueless, worthless
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Une information très utile
Valuable information, invaluable information
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Changer radicalement
To turn upside down
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Office/poste de police
Police station, police headquarters
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surnommer
to dub, to nickname
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souligner, relever
to point out
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les habitudes de travail
working habits
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la conception, la vision du travail
outlook on work, work ethic
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grandissant, florissant
thriving
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une série de
a string of
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un préjugé
a preconception, a preconceived idea, misconceptions
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démystifier
to debunk
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chasser, dissiper
to dispel
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de la même façon, de même
likewise
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branché
plugged in
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insister sur
to emphasis on
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un accent
an emphasis
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calquer/copier qc sur qc
to pattern sth after sth
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impressions, remarques, retour
feedback
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enrôler, embrigader (mais aussi embaucher familier)
to rope
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avaler, déglutir
to swallow
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sage
wise
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gratifiant
rewarding
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fournir
to provide
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étant donné que, à condition que
providing that
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chemin
path
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le sentier battu
beaten path
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soi-disant, prétendument
supposedly
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submerger
to swamp, to overwhelm
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à peu près
roughly
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contrairement à la croyance populaire
contrary to popular myth/belief
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un mythe tenace
an enduring myth
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néfaste
pernicious
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on dit qu'ils sont à tort
they are wrongly believed/said/thought to be
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soi-disant, pseudo
so-called
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extraverti, ouvert, sociable
extroverted, outgoing
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avoir carte blanche
to have leeway
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profiter de
to make the most out of sth
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carpe diem
seize the day
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épanouissant
fulfiling
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production
output
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contribution
input
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conscient
aware
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un parc (bébé)
a pen
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nerveux
strung, nervous, fidgety
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apprendre les ficelles du métier
learn the ropes, learn the tricks of the trade
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ne jurer que par
swear by
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être ambitieux
to be driven
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être accommodant, souple
to be biddable
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dont la plupart (objet)
most of which
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dont la plupart (personne)
most of whom
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l'idée selon laquelle
the idea according to which
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des différences existent
differences do exist
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compétition acharnée
the retrace
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être enclin à
to be prone to
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l'épanouissement personnel
self fulfillment
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l'emporter sur
to prevale over, to outweigh
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le moteur
the driver
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inversement
conversely
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faire des études
to study, to pursue studies
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rester entre nous
to keep oneself to oneself
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avoir un travail bien rémunéré
to be in gainful employment