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Two metres from you Flashcards

1
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a range

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un fourneau, une cuisinière

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2
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pervading smell

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odeur omniprésente, soutenue²

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listless

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mou, sans énergie

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the scope of the drama

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l’étendue du drame

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5
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a wicker basket

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un panier en osier

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the hive

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la ruche

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threefold

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multiplié par trois

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to lug (She was lugging a huge suitcase)

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traîner (elle trainait une énorme valise )

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snarky

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désobligeant, déplacé

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she wasn’t off the hook

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elle n’était pas tiré d’affaire

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11
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het let you off the hook

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il t’a laissé tranquille

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she was baffled

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elle était perpelxe, déroutée

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13
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to swoon

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tomber en pamoison

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to waft (a smell in the kitchen wafted)

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flotter (une odeur dans la cuisine flottait)

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15
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sleek

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élégant, soigné

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A CRAPPY ARTICLE

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un article nul, pourri

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17
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she was glowing

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elle rayonnait

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18
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harried (worried, stressed)

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stressé, harcelé

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19
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he dozes

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il somnole

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20
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dumping of stuff

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dépotoir d’affaires

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21
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draughty room

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pièce rempli de courants dair

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22
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a paltry sum

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une somme dérisoire

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23
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to the hilt

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jusqu’au bout

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24
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the bulk of her money

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la plus grande partie de son argent

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25
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a jot

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un iota

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26
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strained (relationship)

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tendu (dans les relations)

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to quell (to appease)

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apaiser, atténuer, calmer

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28
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barring (excepting)

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à l’exception de, sauf

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29
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glass beads, plastic beads

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perles de verre, bulle de plastique

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30
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a cockroach

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un cafard

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31
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undulating

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ondulant

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32
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pine to do sth (she pines to get away this town)

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avoir très envie de faire qq chose

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33
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in the nook

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dans le coin

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34
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a staffer

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un membre du personnel OU rédacteur

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35
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the situation is blurry (unclear)

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la situation est floue

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36
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shrub (bush)

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arbuste

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37
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he FOBBED me off with promises

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il m’ a fait miroiter des promesses

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38
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Waylay (waylaid)

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arrêter (pour parler) tenir la jambe à qq un

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39
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a nudge

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un encouragement

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40
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a meandering way

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un chemin sinueux

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41
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to get a whiff of

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sentir l’odeur de

42
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a perspex

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un plexiglas

43
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he’ll never AMOUNT TO ANYTHING/much

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il n’arrivera jamais à rien

44
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flustered

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troublé, confus

45
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idle chatter

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bavardages,

46
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thorny problem

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un problème épineux

47
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to free oneself from sth

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se libérer de qq chose

48
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the looming debate

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le débat imminent, qui s’annonce qui s’approche

49
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wave her off

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faire un signe de la main, se débarrasser de, chasser

50
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painstakingly

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avec soin, méticuleusement

51
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in hindsight

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avec le recul

52
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grudgingly

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à contrecoeur

53
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a pungent smell

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une odeur très forte, âcre

54
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a sluice gate

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une écluse

55
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stuffed bread

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pain fourré, farci

56
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to quench your thirst

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se désaltérer

57
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to jab into the ribs

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donnner un petit coup dans les côtes, faire une petite tape

58
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to wallow

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s’appitoyer sur son sort

59
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to couhg up a lung

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cracher un poumon

60
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barbed wire

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fil /clôture de barbelé

61
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havoc

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dégâts, ravages

62
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this scheme

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ce procédé, ce plan

63
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when de dust settles

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quand les choses se seront tassées

64
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to master

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maîtriser

65
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noxious

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nocif, néfaste

66
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to quench your thirst

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se désaltérer

67
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unwrinkled

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lisse, sans plis

68
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to faff around

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traînasser, prendre son temps

69
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wellies

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des bottes en caoutchouc, des bottes de pluie

70
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a giant grint

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un immense sourire

71
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to ogle

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reluquer

72
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his guileless relish

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son plaisir candide

73
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the outermost

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le plus éloigné, le plus à l’extérieur

74
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grimly

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d’un air sombre, d’un air grave

75
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WHATHEVER r I want to OR not

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QUE je le veuille OU non

76
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the lowdown

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les dernières informations

77
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amble = saunter

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flâner

78
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like a deadpan

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d’un regard inexpressif

79
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her voice trailed off

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sa voix devint moins audible

80
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wailing

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plaintes, pleurs, gémissements

81
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dumbfounded

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interloqué, abasourdi

82
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I despise hypocrisy

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je méprise l’hypocrisie

83
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scruffy

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négligé

84
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to trudge

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marcher péniblement, se traîner

85
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to stomb

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marcher d’un pas lourd

86
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The sunny GLINT

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l’ ECLAT du soleil (le reflet, la lueur)

87
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canvas shoes

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chaussures en toile

88
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you look bothered

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tu sembles préoccupé

89
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wanky

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prétentieux

90
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beady-eyed /ˈbiːdi/

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yeux perçants

91
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to plod

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marcher d’un pas lourd, d’un pas pesant

92
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to hunker down (to settle in a new flat)

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s’installer

93
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to get your kit off

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de déshabiller, se mettre à poil

94
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too hoot (car) with laughter

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klaxonner, huer, rire aux éclats

95
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shambles

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un désastre

96
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whatsoever plans

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pas le moindre plan

97
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to snuggle

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se peletonner, se blottir

98
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a turn-out

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une participation, du monde

99
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to gloss over sth (an rumor)

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ne pas s’attarder sur (une rumeur) , passer rapidement à autre chose

100
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a tuft of hair

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une touffe de cheveux

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