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1
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rafraîchissant

A

cooling

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tissu

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fabric/ material

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un bail

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a lease

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louer

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to rent / to lease

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donner une autre chance

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to give somebody a new lease on life

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humide

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damp / wet / moist

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humidifier

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to damp / to moisten

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trempé

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drenched / soaked / wet

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avouant

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admitting

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supposer

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to expect

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misère

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squalor

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inquiétude / appréhension

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trepidation

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aplanir

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to plane

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un monstre / une brute

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a beast

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un rire désabusé

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a disgusted laugh

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il est terriblement difficile

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he is frightfully difficult

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un larbin

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a dogsbody

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pardonnez-moi l’expression

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if you’ll pardon my French

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19
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vinaigrette

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French dressing

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20
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Dis moi

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say

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21
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Jacter

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To blow off

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22
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S’esclaffer

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To guffaw

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23
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amadouer

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To coax

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24
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Fasciné

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Entranced

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25
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L’immobilier

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The real estate

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26
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Déposer quelque chose

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To drop of

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27
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Écrit a la main / à la machine

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To be Handwritten / to be typed

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28
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Devoir au sens d’être supposé de

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To be to

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29
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Ressaisis-toi

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Pull yourself together

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30
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En fanfaronnant

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With bravado

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31
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Un idiot

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To be a ninny in

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32
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Exhortations

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Exhortations

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33
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L’air patibulaire

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Evil-looking men

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Interne (une personne) / internat /pension

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Boarding

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Jurons

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Curses

36
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Peu accueillante

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Uninviting

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Rassembler

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To muster

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Audacieux

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Bold / daring

39
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En réalité

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In fact / as a matter of fact

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D’un ton neutre

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A Matter of fact tone/attitude

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A peine

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Hardly, scarcely, barely

42
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Tissu

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Fabric / material/ cloth

43
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Se pavaner

A

Strut

44
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Dignement

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Dignifically

45
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Une matraque

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A club

46
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Fouiner à droite à gauche

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to nose around

47
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impeccable

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immaculate

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avec goût (décoré)

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stylishly

49
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meuble

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furniture

50
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même si

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though

51
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esprit chagrin

A

to be unkind

52
Q

un carnet de note

A

a notebook

53
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rembourré

A

cushioned

54
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lisse

A

sleek

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beaucoup de (pages, personnes)

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scores of / loads of / heaps of

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se le permettre (payer)

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to afford

57
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décent

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proper

58
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hocher la tête

A

to nod

59
Q

couinement

A

squeak

60
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mêlé

A

migling

61
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se chamailler

A

to squabble

62
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s’assoupire

A

to doz off

63
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de plus en plus

A

increasingly

64
Q

des caisses de ..

A

crates of

65
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poursuivre

A

to proceed

66
Q

et encore..

A

even then

67
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sentir quelque chose

A

to smell off

68
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en faisant / passant..

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as .. did/passed..

69
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s’étaler/s’affaler

A

to sprawl

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se faufiler

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to elbow / to squeeze one’s way through a crowd (la foule)

71
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fanfaronner/ être doté de (si c’est pour un bâtiment)

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to boast

72
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commodités

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conviniences

73
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par intermittence

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sopradically

74
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souiller

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to soil

75
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serpillère

A

a mop

76
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le temps qu’il faut

A

the appropriate amount of time

77
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babord / tribord

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port / starboard

78
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une promenade

A

a stroll

79
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injustement

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undeservedly / unfairly / wrongly

80
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morne

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dreary / dull

81
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lugubre

A

gloomy

82
Q

un jour sombre

A

a closed-in day

83
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fardeau

A

burden

84
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ne pas être du métier

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to be not in the business

85
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mettre mal à l’aise

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to make uneasy / inquiéter

86
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inquiet

A

uneasy

87
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“allez on arrête pur aujourd’hui”

A

let’s call it a day

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