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Ramper

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Creep(crapt)

Crawl

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Inflation galopante

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Creeping inflation

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Sale type

Pauvre type

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A creep

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It gives me the creep

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Ca me donne la chair de poule

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5
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To creep across

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Se faufiler doucement silencieusement
Se glisser
Traverser à PAS De loups

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Se faufiler LENTEMENT

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To crawl

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Se faufiler furtivement

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Sneak

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Roll off

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Sortir
Se glisser de
Rouler

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9
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Une liste

Un tableau

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The roll

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Faire l’appel

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To call the roll

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Listes électorales

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Electoral rolls

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Lancer un produit

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Roll out

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13
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Rouler sur l’or

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To be rolling in money

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14
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Drop into

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Glisser

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Suivre LA ligne DU parti, se conformer, se plier

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To toe (the party) line

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Marcher sur LA pointe Des pieds

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Tiptoe

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17
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Verger

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Orchard

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18
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PAS De LA porte

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Threshold

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19
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Doorway

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Embrasure

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20
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Verger

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Orchard

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21
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Casserole

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Pot

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22
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Batterie de cuisine

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The pots and pans

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23
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Ça ne me dit trop rien

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I don’t relish the idea of

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24
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Bien que

Même si

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Though

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25
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Entrevoir

Apercevoir

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Catch sight of

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26
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Condition préalable essentielle

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Essential prerequisite

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27
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Repérer

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Spot

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28
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Sur place

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On the spot

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29
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Immédiatement

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On the spot

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30
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Cracher

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Spit spat spat

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31
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Etre le portrait craché de

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To be the spitting image of smdy

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32
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Etre un soldat jusqua LA moele

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He’s every bit a soldier

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33
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Boiter

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To be lame

To limp to hobble

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34
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Pierre excuse

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Lame excuse

Lame argument

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35
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Homme politique DANS grand pouvoir

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A lame duck

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36
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Industries sur LA touche

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Lame duck industries

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37
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Autrefois

A cette époque

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In those days

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38
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Se débarrasser de

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Fobs off

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39
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Bon sang

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On earth

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40
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Vaurien

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Scoundrel

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41
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Tromper qqun

A

Double cross
Betray
Two time sbdy
To cheat on

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42
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Etre infidèle à quelqu’un

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To be unfaithful to sbdy

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43
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Exiger

Demander avec insistance

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Demand

44
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Exposant

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Stall holder

45
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Stand

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Stall

46
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Caler

A

To stall a car

47
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Étale

A

Stall

48
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Jouer LA montre

Gagner DU temps

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To play for time= to stall

49
Q

Odieux
Ignoble
Infecte

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Foul

Foul weather, foul water , foul language,

50
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Polluer

A

Foul

51
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Avoir des ennuis avec justice

Se mettre à dos son patron

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To fall foule of the law-of your boss

52
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Moyens déloyaux

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Foul means

53
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S’assurer de

A

To make sure that
To insure
To ensure

54
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Apercevoir

A

Catch sight up

55
Q

Rencontrer par hasard

A

Come across

56
Q

Tout va bien

A

Everything is Allright

57
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Curieux (veut savoir)

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Inquisitive

58
Q

Ton voix

A

Tone

59
Q

Absolument

Je suis sur

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I’m positive

60
Q

Regarder qqun avec des grands yeux

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To stare at somebody wide eyed

61
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Baisser la tête

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To look down
To lower one’s head
To hang one’s head in shame

62
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Pleurer de colère

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To cry in anger

63
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Regarder avec surprise

A

To look at smdy in surprise

64
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Aller faire

A

To go AND do

65
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Sortir de

A

Come out

66
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Propriété (terrain)

A

Gardens
Grounds
Estate

67
Q

Faire croire

A

Prétend

68
Q

Tomber sur qqun

A

Come across

69
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Son propre chef

A

Of his own free will

70
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Tomber sur LA tete

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To have lost your mind
Be off/out of you mind
You’re nuts, mental
To go nuts, mental

71
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Camarade

A

Fellow

72
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Billes

A

Marbles

73
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Perdre LA tete

A

To have a screw loose

To have lost one’s marbles

74
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Plan de travail

A

Worktop

75
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Remplir

A

To pour out

To fill

76
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Tendre

A

Hand

Hold out

77
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Pleuvoir des cordes

A

Pouring

78
Q

Faire des confidences

S’épancher

A

To pour ones heart

79
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Désigner

A

Point out

80
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Servez vous en qqchose

A

Help yourself to

81
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C’est le comble, le bouquet

A

That takes the biscuit

82
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Amortir

Atténuer (critiques)

A

To cushion

83
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S’asseoir

A

Sat down

84
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Coussin

A

À cushion

85
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Oreiller

A

Pillow

86
Q

Un emploi planqué

A

Cushy job

87
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S’installer

A

To settle oneself

88
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Attirer (tirer)

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Pool

89
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Afin de

A

So as to

90
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S’installer à son aise

A

To settle oneself cosily

91
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Etre étonné

A

To be astonished

92
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Disposer

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Arrange

Place

93
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Du coup

A

Thus

Therefore

94
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Conventionnel

A

Conventional

95
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Fauteuil

A

Armchair

96
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Etre dans le métier’

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To be in this line of work

97
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Faire un métier

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To do à job

98
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Dozen

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10aine d’année

99
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Une 12aine

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Twelve odd

Twelve years or so

100
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Plutôt

A

More like

101
Q

J’espère que ..

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I hope 
I trust (
102
Q

Etre indiscret

S’immiscer

A

Pry into sbdys affairs
Intrusive
Inquisitive
Nos(e)y

103
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Permettre

A

Enable

104
Q

Romans policiers

A

Detective novels

Crime novels

105
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Enfin

A

I mean

106
Q

Une Critique littéraire

A

À book review