Un Secret Flashcards

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Croire sur parole

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To take someone’s word for it

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2
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Un oreiller

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Pillow

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3
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Rouillé

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Rusty

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4
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Une mèche rebelle

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A wayward/out of place lock of hair

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5
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Le couvercle

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Lid

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6
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Un sursaut

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A start

A jump

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7
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Poussiéreux

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Dusty

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8
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Un arbre généalogique

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Family tree

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9
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Étêter

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To chop

To trim

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10
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Affleurer

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To show/come up

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11
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Ravi

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Delighted

Overjoyed

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12
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Faire l’éloge de

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To praise

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13
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Éperdu

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Passionate

Frenzied

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14
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Un haut-de-forme

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Top hat

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15
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Se ressaisir

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To get a hold of oneself

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16
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Rejoindre

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To join

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17
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À pleins poumons

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At the top of one’s lungs

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18
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Se leurrer

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To delude oneself

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19
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Les brimades (f)

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Aggression

Aggravation

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20
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Bienveillant

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Kind

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21
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Au pas de l’oie

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Goose step

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22
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Tamponner

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To stamp

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23
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Manutentionnaire

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Unpacker

Warehouseman

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24
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Faire la sourde oreille

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To play death

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Houleux
Stormy Rough Heated
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Mobiliser
To call up | To draft
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Mettre la clé sous la porte
``` To close (permanently) To lock up ```
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Avoir les traits tirés
To look drawn
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Rétréci
Shrunk
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Une issue
Exit
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Le désarroi
Confusion | Disarray
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Retrouver
To find (again)
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Insupportable
Unbearable
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Un réverbère
Street light
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S'en vouloir de
To regret
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Un croquis
Sketch | Outline
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Mettre un projet à exécution
To put a plan into action
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La doublure
Lining
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Bredouiller
To mumble
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Un calvaire
Ordeal
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Soupirer
To sigh
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Une herse
Portcullis | Gate
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Se renseigner sur
To make enquiries about
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La dépouille
Hide | Husk
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Injurieux
Offensive
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Basculer
To topple over | To fall
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Redoubler
To work twice as hard
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Deserrer
To loosen | To release
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Une rééducation
Physio therapy
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Sitôt
Soon after
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Tomber sur
To fall upon
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Se décoller
To come off
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Raccrocher
To hang up
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La dalle
Tombstone
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Faire part de
To announce
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À peine
Sad
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Évoquer
To recall | To mention
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Un reseau
Network
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Couver des yeux
To look fondly
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À la dérobée
Furtively | Stealthily
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Se hasarder à
To venture | To risk
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S'assoupir
To doze off
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Ruisselant
Streaming
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S'accrocher à
To cling on
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S'en douter
To have doubts | To suspect
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En lambeaux
In rags
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Peiner à
To be upset
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S'épauler
To support
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Se priver
To deprive oneself | To go without
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Se débrouiller
To cope
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Entasser
To pile in | To heap in
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Faire son nid
To make a nest
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Défaillir
To faint
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Une comtoise
Pendulum/Grandfather clock
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Un appentis
A lean to
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Une plaisanterie
Pleasantry | Funny comment
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Fouiller
To search | To rummage
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Foudroyer
To strike
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Claudicant
Lopsided
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Foudroyer du regard
To give a sharp look
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Un seau
Bucket
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Un caprice
Whim