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coups de canne, châtiment corporel pour les élèves

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caning

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savoir ses leçons

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getting lessons

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mal se consuire

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being naughty

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les activités sportives

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gameS

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aimer bcp le sport

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to be keen on sport

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à la récréation

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at break

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léger

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light

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agile

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agile

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éviter (les adversaires)

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to dodge

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le terrain

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the pitch

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recevoir des chocs

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to get banged

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recevoir des coups

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to get knocked

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plaquer un joueur

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to tackle a player

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se laisser tomber

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to fall over on purpose

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couvert de boue

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muddy

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la course à pied

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running

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durant / aux les épreuves de qualification

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in the heats

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la Journée du sport

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Sport Day

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les courses

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the races

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une serviette (cartable)

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a briefcase

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remettre qqc dans sa serviette

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to put sthg back into one’s briefcase

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calmement

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calmly

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je pourrais si je voulais

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I could if I wanted to

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préférer faire qqc

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to prefer to …

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les gens qui connaissent la guerre

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THE people who know all about the war

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rien qu’à la tête

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just by looking at the …’s expression

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à l’extérieur

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in the outside world

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faire peur

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to frignten

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unité de mesure km

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1 mile = 1,6 km

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un cauchemar

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a nightmare

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prudemment

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cautiously

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l’aube

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the dawn

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rien n’indiquait que l’aube allait bientôt poindre

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there was no sense of approaching dawn

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sans cesses

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steadly

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pare-brise

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windscreen / windshield

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sans répit

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relentlessly

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les prévisions météo

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THE weather forecast

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unité de mesure en cm

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1 inch = 2,5cm

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chute (de neige)

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precipitation

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aller en diminuant / s’affaiblir / devenir plus étroit

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to taper off

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le présentateur météo

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the weatherman

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les météorologistes

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THE forecast

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faire de la marche

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to hike (hiking)

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système d’autoroutes à péage dans l’Etat de NY

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Thruway

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un policier aux USA

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a State Trooper

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doubler qqn précipitamment en voiture

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to rush past someone

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les gyrophares allumés

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lights flashing

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le coffre

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the trunk

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le contenu

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the content

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un célèbre écrivain

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a prominent writer

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être coincé

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to be wedged

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la roue de secours

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the spare tire

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n espace plus qu’exigu

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a space-defying squeeze

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Je ne croyais pas en l’avenir

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I didn’t believe there would ever be a future

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le circonstances ont fait que..

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as it turned out…

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56
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j’ai fini par vivre dan la rue

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I wound up living in the streets

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57
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disponibilité

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readiness

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à l’automne 1965

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in the fall of 1965

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une résidence universitaire

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a college dormitory

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les résultats scolaires

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school performance

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un universitaire

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an academic

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un étudiant de première année

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a fresher/a fresherman

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un étudiant de deuxième année

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a sophomore

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un ancien élève

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an alumnus (alumni)

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une ancienne élève

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an alumna (alumnae)

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la craie

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the chalk

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un trimestre

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a term

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un semestre

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a semester

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la terminale

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sixth form (a sixth-former)

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les 8 universités américaines les plus prestigieuses

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Ivy League College

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une école militaire

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a military academy

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toucher le fond

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to hit bottom

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si on sonne

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if the bell rings

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faire entrer qqn

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to show someone into

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se faire assommer

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to get knocked out

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être cambriolé

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to be burgled

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au fond de moi

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deep inside

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dès ma naissance

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right from my birth

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s’ingénier à / s’efforcer de faire qqc

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to endeavour

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les poules mouillées

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wimps

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Demander

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To call for

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Des recherches de grande envergure

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Wide-ranging research

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Etre déclenché

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To be triggered

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Des éruptions volcaniques

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Volcanic eruptions

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Un glissement de terrain

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A landslide

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Il y a très longtemps

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In the distant past

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Des hypothèses

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Suggestions

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Pour les décennies à venir

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For coming decades

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Prendre la menace au sérieux

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To take the threat seriously

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Un modélisateur climatique

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A climate modeller

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Le service national britannique de météorologie

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The Met Office

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Convenablement

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Properly

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De plus en plus il faut que je bouge

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I get increasingly restless

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Une rencontre

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An encounter

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Préoccupé par

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Bothered by

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Un sentiment de calme

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A sense of peace

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S’affaler

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To sink into

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Je commençai à fouiller à droite à gauche

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I began a little nose-around

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Impeccable

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Immaculate

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Le rangement

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The tidying / tidiness

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Mis à part

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Aside

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Etre décoré

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To be done up

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Des objets qui ressemblent à des objets d’art

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Arty objects

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Un esprit chagrin

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Someone being unkind

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Je me mis à feuilleter les livres

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I took a browse through the books

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Rembourré

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Cushioned

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Surfaces lisses

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Sleek surfaces

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Par inadvertance

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By mistake

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Une femme d’un certain âge

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A middle-aged woman

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Rester planté devant

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To stand in front of

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Voyager debout dans le métro

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To strap hang

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Râler, grommeler, maugréer

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To grumble

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D’une manière qui en disait long

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Very pointedly

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Les jeunes

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The young

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Le manque de savoir-vivre

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The ill manners

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Le compartiment

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The compartment

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Je ne pouvais que me sentir visée

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I could not but take this personally

118
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Mes parents m’avaient appris

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I had been reared to

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Je me levai péniblement

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I heaved myself to my feet

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De mauvaise grâce

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ill-feeling

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Méchanceté

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Malice

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Une moue fatiguée et réprobatrice

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A tired, reproving pushing of the lips

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Grosse comme une barrique, comme un éléphant

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As huge as a house

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Tomber par terre évanoui

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To faint on the floor

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Ses misères

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Her afflictions

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le pouls que l’on prend avec pression des doigts

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fingers on the pulse

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A l’écoute de ce qu’il se passe / être au courant de tous les derniers développements

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to have your finger on the pulse

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les smartphones avec accès à Internet

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web-connected smartphones

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facilement

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widely

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assidu

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incessant

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influençant

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driving

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les plus qu’ils offrent

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the extras they come with

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orienter la tendance

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to take its cues from

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des troupeaux

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gaggles

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influencer

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to affect

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messages envoyés ou reçus par portable

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mobile messaging

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la mobilomanie

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the mobile phone culture

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rendre plus autonome

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to enhance independance

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cimenter des émitiés

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to cement friendship

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élargir des horizons

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to expand horizons

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dépendant

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reliant

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de jour en jour

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in rapidly growing numbers

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inconscient

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tactless, thoughtless, reckless, heedless

144
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nous raconter

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imagine telling us..

145
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une catastrophe aérienne

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a plane crash

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je suis de ceux

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I belong to thay category of people who

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appréhension

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apprehension

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le métro en France

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the Metro

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le métro à Londres

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Underground/Tube

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le métro USA

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Subway

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une excitation joyeuse

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a joyful excitement

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je comprends mal

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I have trouble …ing / I find it hard to understand

153
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ma totale décontraction

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my totally relaxed state

154
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le fonceuse

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the go-ahead

155
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la vaillante

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the courageous

156
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la rationnelle

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the rational one

157
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cet argument ne tient pas le coup

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this argument doesn’t hold water / doesn’t stand up against

158
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l’affreuse réalité du jour

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the awful reality of the day

159
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trouver la mort

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the meet the death

160
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un engin

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an aircraft / a contraption

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tomber du ciel

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to drop out of the sky

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