Thème/ Version perso

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préoccupé, soucieux

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bothered

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engloutir, envahir

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to engulf

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s’affaler (dans un fauteuil), couler

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to sink

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le premier livre qui me tombe sous la main

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whatever book happens to be lying nearby

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s’assoupir

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to doze off

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fouiner à droite à gauche

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a little nose-around

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le rangement (action)

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the tidying

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impeccable

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immaculate

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les rangements (objets)

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tidiness

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à part

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aside

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avec goût

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stylishly

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méchant, désobligeant

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unkind

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c’était à l’évidence

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it was all too obviously

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jeter un coup d’oeil, feuilleter (un livre)

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to browse, to glance

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rembourré

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cushioned

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faire ressortir, contraster

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to stand out amidst

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lisse

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sleek

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vider

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to empty

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remplir (re-remplir)

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to fill, to re-fill

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oublier

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to forgive, to left behind

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à l’évidence

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obviously

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invités de la dernière heure

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last-minute guests

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promener qn

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to take someone for walk

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nous avions beau

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well might us

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afficher (une expression)

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to display

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désarmant

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disarming

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avec application, assiduité

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diligently

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assiégé, cernée, encerclée

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besieged

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tomber sur le répondeur

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to get the answering machine

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se regrouper

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to gather

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se baisser, se pencher sur qc

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to bend over sth

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la cassette, la bande

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the tape

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qu’est ce que tu fiches

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what on earth are you up to

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attendre depuis longtemps

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kicking heels waiting for you

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compter sur

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rely on

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lâcheur

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to be unreliable

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crier, hurler

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to shout

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une piètre consolation

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a cold comfort

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un arrêt, une trêve

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a lull

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s’arrêter, arriver

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to draw up

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me dispenser de répondre

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let me off the hook

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atteindre, parvenir

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to reach

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marches

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steps

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foulée, enjambée

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stride

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tu parle d’un scandale

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what a disgrace, this is an absolute disgrace, talk about a scandal, how’s this for a scandal

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lumineuse

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sunshiny

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ce qui valait mieux

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which was just as well

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propriétaires

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landlords, landladies

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s’occuper de

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to attent to sb

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linge

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laundry

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en moyenne

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on the average

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un diseur de bonne aventure

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fortuneteller

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chose que j’ai souvent regretté depuis

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a circumstance I’ve often since regretted

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beau, bel

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handsome

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la quarantaine

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about forty

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svelte

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slender

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mince (visage)

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lean

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pommettes

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cheekbones

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une tâche de naissance

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a birthmark

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un défaut, un imperfection

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a defect

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écarlate

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scarlet

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en forme de

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shaped

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à monture (de lunettes)

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rimmed

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verres (de lunettes)

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lenses

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crippled

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handicapé

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béquilles

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crutches

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À mon chevet

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At my bedside

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Comme par miracle

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As if by some miracle

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Tomber (la fièvre)

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Go down

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Se voulant

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Wishing

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Rassurant

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Reassuring

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Diagnostiquer

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To diagnose

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Indigestion

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Indigestion

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Septique

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Sceptical

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Être trop angoissé

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To worry too much

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Faire des excès

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To overeat

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Attraper froid

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Catch cold

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Le long de la rivière

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Down by the river

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Être très nerveux

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To be highly-strung

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Dieu sait

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God knows

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Être en pleine forme

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To be as good as rain

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Dans l’état d’hier soir

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In the state he was in yesterday

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J’ai bien failli vous appeler

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I very nearly called you out

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économiser

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to save

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une idée absurde

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a dumb idea

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emmagasiner

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to store

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graines

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seeds

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afin de subsister saison après saison

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to tide them over from season to season

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civilisations

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cultures

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épargne

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thrift

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briller, bruler

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to flame

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à en juger par

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judging from

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récits

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tales

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s’effondrer

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to collapse

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une foi inébranlable

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a mightly faith

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oeuvres de bienfaisance

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charities

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le modeste ouvrier

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the humble journeyman

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être tenté par

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to be tempted to

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graver

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to carve