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1
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Trembler (3)

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To shake / to shiver / to quiver

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Trembler de peur / de froid

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To shake with fear / with cold

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Un gars (2)

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A guy / a bloke

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Héberger qqn (2)

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To put sby up / to accomodate sby

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Se fâcher avec qqn

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To fall out with sby

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Errer

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To wander

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Supporter qqch (2)

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To bear sthg / to put up with

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Louche (3)

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Shady / fishy / dodgy

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Sangloter

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To sob

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10
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Du charbon de bois

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Charcoal

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11
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Un tire-bouchon

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A corkscrew

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Une étagere

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A shelf

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Hocher de la tête (pour dire oui)

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To nod

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14
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Le menton

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The chin

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15
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Je ne peux pas m’empêcher de faire qqch

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I can’t help doING sthg

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16
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Contenir, réprimer ses sentiments

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To bottle one’s feelings up

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17
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Se confier à qqn

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To confide in sby

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18
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La paume de la main

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The palm of the hand

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19
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To pretend to (faux amis)

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Faire semblant de

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20
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Ceci, je l’ai appris…

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That I learned

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21
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Tendre qqch à qqn

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To hand sthg to sby

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22
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Le pouce / l’index / le majeur / l’annulaire / l’oriculaire

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The thumb / the forefinger / the middle finger / to ring finger / the little finger

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23
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Le poignet

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The wrist

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24
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Poser qqch sur

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To put sthg down on

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25
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Jeter un coup d’oeil à qqch

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To glance at sthg

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26
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Contempler qqch

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To gaze at sthg

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27
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Scruter qqch

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To peer at sthg

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28
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Mettre la table (2)

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To set the table / to lay the table

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29
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Le/la marié(e)

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The groom/bride

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30
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Se pomponer

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To groom oneself

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31
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Un parking

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A carpark

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32
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Un caddie de supermarché

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A trolley

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33
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Porter (vêtement, bijoux)

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To sport

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34
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Inestimable (sans prix)

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Priceless

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35
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Sans aucune valeur (2)

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Worthless / valueless

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36
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De très grande valeur, inestimable (information, help, support…) (2)

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Invaluable / valuable

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Mettre sans dessus dessous // bouleverser fortement

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To turn upside down

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Satisfaire les moindres désirs de qqn

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To cater to one’s every desire

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39
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Être ébloui par

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To be dazzled by

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40
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Chéquier

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Checkbook

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41
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Ramper (2)

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To creep (crept, crept) / to crawl

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42
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Cela me donne la chaut de poule

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It gives me the creep

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43
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Apprécier, savourer

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To relish

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44
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Cracher

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To spit (spat, spat)

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45
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Être le portrait craché de qqn

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To be the spitting image of sby

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46
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Boiter (3)

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To be lame / to limp / to hobble

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47
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Tromper qqn (4)

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To two-time sby / to double-cross / to betray sby / to be unfaithful to sby

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48
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Stand, étal

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Stall

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49
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Infâme, ignoble, odieux

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Foul

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50
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Avoir des ennuis avec qqn

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To fall foul of sby

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51
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Apercevoir qqch

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To catch sight of sthg

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52
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Il dut trouver étrange que

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He must have found IT strange that

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53
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Curieux (qui cherche à tout savoir) (2)

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Curious / inquisitive

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Fixer qqn avec de grands yeux

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To stare (at sby) wide-eyed

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55
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Il pleurait de colère

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He was crying IN anger

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56
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Il me regarda avec surprise

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He looked at me IN surprise

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57
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Aller voir qqn

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To go and see sby

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58
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La propriété (domaine, terrain => qqch noble etc)

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The estate

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59
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Vis, ecrou

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Screw

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60
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Perdre la boule

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To lose your marbles

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61
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Pure et simple (c’est de la folie pure et simple)

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Outright (that’s outright madness)

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Sers toi du vin

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Help yourself to wine

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63
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Hélas

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Alas

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64
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Marmonner

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To mutter

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65
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Regarder autour de soi

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To look about

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66
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À part, à l’exception de (il avait tout pris, à part ça)

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Save (he had taken everything save this)

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67
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Qqch de complètement différent

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Sthg altogether different

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68
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Je suis fâché contre toi

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I am angry with you

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69
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Si par hasard tu…

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If you happen to…

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70
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Elle a sûrement / sans doute oublié de venir

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She must have forgotten to come

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71
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Avec indulgence

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Leniently

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72
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Au début / à la fin du XXeme siecle

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In the early / in the late 20th century

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73
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Il ne réalise pas la gravité la situation (2)

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He does not realize the seriousness of the situation / how serious the situation is

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74
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Elle essaie d’oublier sa déception

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She is trying to forget her disappointment / how disappointed she is

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75
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Il fait une chaleur insupportable

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It is unbearably hot

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76
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Il s’est rendu malade à force de manger

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He ate himself sick

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77
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Ils lui ont fait ouvrir le coffre-fort sous la menace

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They threatened him into opening the safe

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78
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Dissuader qqn de faire qqch (en lui parlant)

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To talk sby out of doing sthg

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79
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S’endormir en lisant

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To read oneself to sleep

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80
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Si par hasard tu…

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If you happen to…

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81
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Elle a sûrement / sans doute oublié de venir

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She must have forgotten to come

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82
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Avec indulgence

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Leniently

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83
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Au début / à la fin du XXeme siecle

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In the early / in the late 20th century

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84
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Des temps difficiles

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Lean times

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85
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À peine était-il arrivé, que le téléphone sonna

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Hardly had he arrived when the phone rang

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86
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Si j’avais su, je ne serais pas venu

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Had I known, I would never have come

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87
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Quand on a plusieurs compléments dans la même phrase à traduire en anglais (thème) l’ordre préférentiel est

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Manière + lieu + temps (they lived happily in Soulac all through the summer)

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88
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Leur geste m’a bcp plus (actif français => passif anglais)

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I was delighted by their gesture

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89
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Arrivés à Londres, ils décidèrent de chercher un hotel

(on ne calque pas le participe passé en début de phrase)

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Once they had arrived in London, they decided to look for a hotel

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90
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Le garçon assis par terre est mon fils

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The boy SITTING on the floor is my son

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91
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Il pense que moi, docteur, je ne suis jamais malade

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He thinks that the doctor that I am is never sick

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92
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Il habite à Londres. Son frère, lui, habite à NY

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He lives in London. As for his brother, he lives in NY

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93
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C’est un homme très agréable

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HE IS a very pleasant man

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94
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Anglais préfère additionner les phrases courtes du français en une seule phrase
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Il faisait sombre. Il faisait froid. Elle se sentait désespéremément seule.

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It was dark and cold and she felt desperately alone

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95
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Désespérément

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Desperatly

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96
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En anglais , pas de phrases sans

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VERBE

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97
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C’était un homme beau et intelligent

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He was a handsome, intelligent man

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98
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On remplace parenthèses françaises par

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Deux tirets en anglais

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99
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Je ne sais pas ce que l’avenir me réserve

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I don’t know what the future holds for me

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100
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Du coin de l’oeil

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From the corner of one’s eye

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101
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Regarder qqn fixement

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To stare at sby

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102
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Entrevoir qqn

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To glimpse sby

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103
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Très rapidement, en un clin d’oeil

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In the blink of an eye

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104
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Regarder qqn bouche bée

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To gape at sby

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105
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Froncer les sourcils

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To frown

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106
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Distinguer la route

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To make out the road

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107
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Fusiller qqn du regard, jeter un regard noir à qqn (3)

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To scowl at sby / to glare at sby / to glower at sby

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108
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Contempler qqn

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To gaze at sby

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109
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Bégayer (2)

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To stammer / to stutter

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110
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Gémir

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To moan

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111
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Soupirer

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To sigh

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112
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Soupirer de soulagement

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To sigh in/with relief

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113
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Une poule

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A hen

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114
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Crier, hurler sur/après qqn

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To yell at sby

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115
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Glousser

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To giggle

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116
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Grogner (3)

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To grunt / groan / grumble

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117
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Un corbeau

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A crow

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118
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Une scie

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A saw

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119
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Entrer (sens figuré) / entrer (dans un lieu)

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To enter into / to enter (R)

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120
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Plier, replier

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To fold

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121
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Peser le pour et le contre

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To weigh up the pros and cons

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122
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La brume

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The mist

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123
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Le crépuscule (3)

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Sunset / dusk / twilight

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124
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Cela sent qqch

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It smells of/with sthg

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125
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Disperser, éparpiller

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To scatter

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126
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Descendre (d’un étage)

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To come down

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127
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Plongé dans la nuit

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Plunged in darkness

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128
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Identique à

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Identical TO

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129
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C’était la nuit

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It was night-time

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130
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Mitraillette

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Machine-gun

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131
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Se rendre qqpart

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To get somewhere

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132
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Descendre l’escalier

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To come down the stairs

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133
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Poser mille questions

A

To ask a thousand and one questions

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Imparfait de traduction en français se traduit en anglais par
(Exemple)

A

Un prétérit simple => verbe +ed

Julien posait des questions => Julien asked Q

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135
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Comment à tu pu tomber si bas (en arriver là)

A

How could you sink so low

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136
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Ça passe ou ça casse

A

It’s sink or swim

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137
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Il est bien de traduire “still” en anglais par

(I was still thinking

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“Je continuais” en français

Je continuais à penser

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138
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Une graine, un pépin

A

A seed

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139
Q

Je coûte 7 fois moins cher que…

A

I cost one seventh as much as…

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140
Q

Pendant ce temps, en attendant

A

In the meantime

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141
Q

Je me trompe?

A

Am I mistaken?

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142
Q

Rempli de, plein de

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Piled high with

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143
Q

Un cimetière

A

A graveyard

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144
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Une cour (derrière chez qqn)

A

A courtyard

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145
Q

Le rez-de-chaussé

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The ground floor

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146
Q

Au boulot!

A

Let’s get down to work!

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147
Q

Jusqu’à la fin des temps

A

Until the end of time

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148
Q

Un léger problème de

A

A slight problem of

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149
Q

Griller un feu rouge

A

TO jump a red light

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150
Q

Un feu (de circulation)

A

A traffic light

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151
Q

Allumer une cigarette

A

To light (lit, lit) a cigarette

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152
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Doré (3)

A

Golden / gilded / gilt

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153
Q

Le siècle des Lumières (mouvement)

A

The Enlightenment

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154
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Donner des explications à qqn sur qqch

A

To enlighten sby on sthg

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155
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Alléger // éclaircir, illuminer

A

To lighten

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Q

En avoir assez de (3)

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To be fed up with sthg / to be sick and tired of sthg / to have had enough of sthg

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157
Q

Commerçant

A

Shopkeeper

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158
Q

Les ragots

A

Gossip (sans s)

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159
Q

Un cendrier

A

An ashtray

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160
Q

Écraser

A

To crush

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161
Q

Se gratter

A

To scratch

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162
Q

Débarrasser la table

A

To clear the table

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163
Q

Le collier

A

The necklace

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164
Q

Le bracelet

A

The bracelet

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165
Q

Un scarabée

A

A beetle

166
Q

On aurait dit que (2)

A

It looked as if / it looked as though

167
Q

Mélanger, remuer (qqch dans qqch)

A

To stir

168
Q

Un morceau de sucre

A

A lump of sugar

169
Q

Légèrement

A

Slightly

170
Q

Réfléchir à qqch (bien intensément)

A

To ponder over sthg

171
Q

Gratter une allumette

A

To strike a match

172
Q

Un berger

A

A sheperd

173
Q

Une prairie (2)

A

A pasture / a meadow

174
Q

Dans son dernier livre

A

In his latest book

175
Q

Il regrettait déjà d’assister au concert

A

He already wished he had not attented the concert

176
Q

Accepter un poste d’ambassadeur

A

To accept a position as ambassador

177
Q

Être en proie à (3)

A

To be prey to / to be beset by / to be in the grip of

178
Q

Épouvantable, affreux, horrible

A

Dreadful

179
Q

Une famille adoptive

A

A foster family

180
Q

Le bail (d’un appart…)

A

The lease

181
Q

Expulser qqn (d’un logement)

A

To turn sby out

182
Q

Un déménagement

A

A removal

183
Q

Une pelle

A

A shovel

184
Q

Le ciment

A

Cement

185
Q

Propriétaire (proprio d’un immeuble)

A

Landlord (ou landlady)

186
Q

Un maçon (2)

A

A builder, a bricklayer

187
Q

Un gratte-ciel

A

A skyscraper

188
Q

Le béton

A

Concrete

189
Q

Une ardoise

A

A slate

190
Q

Une perceuse

A

A drill

191
Q

Percer un trou

A

To bore a hole

192
Q

Un serrurier / une serrure

A

A locksmith / a lock

193
Q

Un tuyau

A

A pipe

194
Q

Un seau (2)

A

A pail / a bucket

195
Q

Des meubles / un meuble

A

Furniture / a piece of furniture

196
Q

Emménager

A

To move in

197
Q

Une pendaison de crémaillère

A

A house-warming party

198
Q

Une clotûre

A

A fence

199
Q

La cave

A

The cellar

200
Q

Le sous-sol

A

The basement

201
Q

Le plafond

A

The ceiling

202
Q

Donner sur (2)

A

To look onto / to open onto

203
Q

Le rebord de la fenêtre

A

The window-sill

204
Q

Un courant d’air

A

A draught

205
Q

Une porte-fenêtre

A

A french window

206
Q

Rendre visite à qqn

A

To call on sby

207
Q

Passer voir qqn

A

To look sby up

208
Q

La porte d’entrée

A

The front-door

209
Q

Le seuil / le pas de la porte

A

The doorstep / the threshold

210
Q

Fermer la maison à clé

A

To look the house up

211
Q

Le trou de la serrure

A

The keyhole

212
Q

Une poignée (de porte)

A

A (door) handle

213
Q

Un ascenseur (2)

A

A lift / an elevator

214
Q

Serrer la main de qqn

A

To shake hands with sby

215
Q

Une poignée de main

A

A handshake

216
Q

Un canapé

A

A couch

217
Q

Un rideau

A

A curtain

218
Q

La salle à manger

A

The dining-room

219
Q

Un placard

A

A cupboard

220
Q

Un four

A

An oven

221
Q

Un four à micro-ondes

A

A microwave oven

222
Q

Une cafetière

A

A coffee-machine

223
Q

Un ouvre-boîtes

A

A tin-opener

224
Q

Un réfrégirateur

A

A refregirator

225
Q

Faire la vaisselle

A

To wash up

226
Q

Un évier

A

A sink

227
Q

Un lave-vaisselle

A

A dishwasher

228
Q

Les ordures

A

Garbage

229
Q

Une machine à laver

A

A washing-machine

230
Q

Un fer à repasser / repasser

A

An iron / to iron

231
Q

Les marches (d’un escalier)

A

The steps

232
Q

Une armoire

A

A wardrobe

233
Q

Une table de nuit

A

A bedside table

234
Q

Un tabouret

A

A stool

235
Q

Un drap / une couverture

A

A sheet / a blanket

236
Q

Avoir sommeil

A

To feel sleepy

237
Q

Ronfler

A

To snore

238
Q

Un cauchemar

A

A nightmare

239
Q

Un réveil

A

An alarm-clock

240
Q

Un savon

A

A soap

241
Q

Robinet (UK /US)

A

Tap / faucet

242
Q

Une serviette

A

A towel

243
Q

Le bureau (pièce)

A

The study

244
Q

L’âtre de la cheminée

A

The fireplace

245
Q

Allumer un feu

A

To light a fire

246
Q

Un interrupteur

A

A switch

247
Q

Les appareils ménagers

A

Domestic aplliances

248
Q

Élever des enfants

A

To bring up children

249
Q

Bien élevé // mal élevé (2)

A

Well-bred // ill-bred, ill-mannered

250
Q

Gronder qqn

A

To scold qqn

251
Q

Grossier, impoli

A

Rude

252
Q

Bruyant, agité, turbulent

A

Boisterous

253
Q

Renvoyer qqn

A

To dismiss sby

254
Q

Se lier d’amitié avec qqn

A

To strike up a friendship with sby

255
Q

Accueillir

A

To greet

256
Q

La réunion de famille

A

Family gathering

257
Q

Se marier avec qqn

A

To mary sby / to get married to sby

258
Q

La garçon d’honneur (marriage)

A

The best-man

259
Q

Divorcer

A

To get divorced

260
Q

Une assiette / un plat

A

A plate / a dish

261
Q

Les couverts

A

Cultery

262
Q

Un plateau

A

A tray

263
Q

Le bouchon (d’une bouteille)

A

The cork

264
Q

Viande => cru / tendre / dur

A

Raw / tender / tough

265
Q

Un cerf-volant

A

A kite

266
Q

L’as (carte)

A

The ace

267
Q

Un atout

A

A trump(card)

268
Q

Un dé (pluriel)

A

A die (dice)

269
Q

Une devinette

A

A riddle

270
Q

Les loisirs

A

Leisure

271
Q

Passionnant

A

Exciting

272
Q

Angoissant, palpitant

A

Thrilling

273
Q

Un présentateur TV

A

An anchorman

274
Q

Tourner un film

A

To shoot a film

275
Q

Le jardinage

A

Gardening

276
Q

Un bricoleur (2)

A

A do-it-yourselfer / a D.I.Y

277
Q

La sixième

A

First from

278
Q

La terminale (UK / US)

A

Sixth form / twelth grade

279
Q

Les frais de scolarité

A

Tuition fees

280
Q

Du carton

A

Cardboard

281
Q

Coller / de la colle (2)

A

To paste / paste, glue

282
Q

Un trimestre (école)

A

A term

283
Q

L’orthographe

A

The spelling

284
Q

Un chiffre / pair / impair

A

A figure / odd / even

285
Q

Additionner

A

To add up

286
Q

Doué

A

Gifted

287
Q

Sot, stupide (2)

A

Silly / foolish

288
Q

Se donner du mal

A

To take pains

289
Q

Calme, tranquille

A

Still

290
Q

Bavard

A

Talkative

291
Q

Une note

A

A mark

292
Q

Féliciter qqn

A

To congratulate sby

293
Q

Un aimant

A

A magnet

294
Q

Léger

A

Light

295
Q

Profond / la profondeur

A

Deep / depth

296
Q

Peu profond

A

Shallow

297
Q

Étroit

A

Narrow

298
Q

Épais / mince

A

Thick / thin

299
Q

La poésie

A

Poetry

300
Q

Une pièce de théâtre / le théâtre

A

A play / drama

301
Q

Le Moyen Age

A

The Middle Ages

302
Q

La Renaissance

A

The Renaissance

303
Q

L’esclavage

A

Slavery

304
Q

Une peinture / un peintre

A

A painting / a painter

305
Q

Premier plan / arrière plan

A

Foreground / background

306
Q

Argile

A

Clay

307
Q

Un nain

A

A dwarf

308
Q

Une articulation (corps)

A

A joint

309
Q

Séduisant

A

Attractive

310
Q

Une ride (2)

A

A line / a wrinkle

311
Q

Les joues

A

Cheeks

312
Q

Les sourcils

A

Eyebrows

313
Q

Les cils

A

Eyelashes

314
Q

Les paupières

A

Eyelids

315
Q

Une dent (des dents)

A

A tooth (teeth)

316
Q

Une moustache

A

A moustache

317
Q

Le menton

A

The chin

318
Q

Cheveux => blond / brun / roux

A

Fair / dark / red

319
Q

Un sèche-cheveux

A

A hair-dryer

320
Q

Les hanches

A

The hips

321
Q

Le foie

A

The liver

322
Q

Un membre (du corps)

A

A limb

323
Q

Le coude

A

The elbow

324
Q

Le poignet

A

The wrist

325
Q

L’avant-bras

A

The forearm

326
Q

Être gaucher

A

To be left-handed

327
Q

La cuisse

A

The thigh

328
Q

Le mollet

A

The calf (calves)

329
Q

La cheville

A

The ankle

330
Q

Les orteils

A

Toes

331
Q

La plante du pied

A

The sole

332
Q

Les talons

A

The heels

333
Q

Se fouler une cheville

A

To sprain an ankle

334
Q

Éternuer

A

To sneeze

335
Q

Reprendre connaissance

A

To come round

336
Q

La grippe

A

Flu

337
Q

Un chirurgien

A

A surgeon

338
Q

Une dépression

A

A nervous breakdown

339
Q

Guérir / une guérison

A

To recover / a recovery

340
Q

Les héritiers

A

The heirs

341
Q

Le cadavre

A

The corpse

342
Q

Un cercueil

A

A coffin

343
Q

A portée de vue

A

Within sight

344
Q

Un aveugle

A

A blindman

345
Q

Se diriger à tatons

A

To grope one’s way

346
Q

Aller à la recherche de qqch

A

To go in search of sthg

347
Q

Recevoir des nouvelles de qqn

A

To hear from sby

348
Q

À portée de voix

A

Within earshot

349
Q

Bruyant / silencieux

A

Noisy / noiseless

350
Q

Audible

A

Perceptible

351
Q

Puer, empester

A

To stink

352
Q

Avoir le goût de qqch

A

To taste of sthg

353
Q

Rester sans voix

A

To be speechless

354
Q

Muet

A

Dumb

355
Q

Pousser des cris perçants

A

To shriek

356
Q

Bavarder / bavard

A

To chat / talkative

357
Q

Sale, minable, miteux

A

Dingy

358
Q

S’affaiblir (lumière)

A

To fade

359
Q

Lumière aveuglante

A

Glare

360
Q

Illuminer

A

To illuminate

361
Q

(S’)éclairer, (s’)illuminer (2)

A

To light up / to lighten

362
Q

Détonation

A

Bang

363
Q

Bruit strident

A

Blare

364
Q

Bourdonnement, vrombissement (2)

A

Drone / hum

365
Q

Gémissement, plainte

A

Groan

366
Q

Coup de klaxon

A

Honk

367
Q

Grondement

A

Roar

368
Q

Sifflement

A

Whistle

369
Q

Agiter de la main en signe d’adieu

A

To wave good-bye

370
Q

Adroit, habile

A

Skilful

371
Q

Maladroit

A

Clumsy

372
Q

Handicapé

A

Disabled

373
Q

Un bossu

A

A hunchback

374
Q

Immobile

A

Still

375
Q

Être debout / être assis

A

To be standing / to be sitting

376
Q

Se coucher, s’étendre

A

To lie down

377
Q

Se hâter, se dépêcher

A

To hurry

378
Q

Se glisser furtivement

A

To creep

379
Q

Errer, vagabonder

A

To wander

380
Q

Tituber (2)

A

To reel, to stagger

381
Q

Trébucher

A

To stumble

382
Q

Glisser sur qqch

A

To slip on sthg

383
Q

Ramasser qqch

A

To pick up sthg

384
Q

S’enfuir

A

To run away

385
Q

Prendre ses jambes à son cou

A

To take to one’s heels

386
Q

Saisir qqch

A

To seize sthg

387
Q

S’agripper à qqch

A

To clutch (at) sthg

388
Q

Se cramponner à qqch

A

To cling to sthg

389
Q

Se frayer un passage

A

To fight one’s way through

390
Q

Se reposer

A

To rest

391
Q

Battre un record

A

To break a record

392
Q

Porter (un vêtement)

A

To wear

393
Q

Se déshabiller

A

To undress

394
Q

Aller bien à qqn

A

To suit sby

395
Q

La laine

A

Wool

396
Q

La soie

A

Silk

397
Q

Le velours

A

Velvet

398
Q

Une chemise

A

A shirt

399
Q

Être torse nu

A

To be stripped to the waist

400
Q

Une cravate / un noeud papillon

A

A tie / a bow tie

401
Q

Les manches (d’un habit)

A

The sleeves

402
Q

Un pantalon

A

(A pair of) trousers

403
Q

Une ceinture

A

A belt

404
Q

Une veste en cuir

A

A leather jacket

405
Q

Une veste

A

A jacket

406
Q

Ranger qqch

A

To put away sthg

407
Q

Une écharpe

A

A scarf

408
Q

Des gants

A

Gloves

409
Q

Un smoking

A

A dinner jacket

410
Q

Un survêtement

A

A tracksuit

411
Q

Des bijoux

A

Jewels

412
Q

Des boucles d’oreilles

A

Ear-rings