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soit disant, présumé

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so-called

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supposer ()

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to suppose

to assume

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possible, éventuel

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prospective

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un flic

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a cop

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être rassemblé ==> un rassemblement

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to be congregated ==> a congregation

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rassembler, réunir

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to gather

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à l’intérieur / à l’extérieur

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indoor / outdoor

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un groupe

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a lot

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un groupe hétérogène

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a mixed lot

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en aucune façon

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by no means

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silhouette, chiffre

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figure

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faire une sale tronche ()

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to cut a sorry figure

to cut a poor figure

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une batte

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a bat

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raide

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straight

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étroit

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narrow

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plat

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flat

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légèrement

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slightly

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courbé

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convex

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guibolles

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shanks

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un nez en trompette

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a turned-up-nose

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hautain

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haughty

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aller aux toilettes

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to go to the loo

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des guirlandes

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tinsels

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matière première

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raw material

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caricaturiste

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cartoonist

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guerre des beurres

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Boer war

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une traversée

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a crossing

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un vaisseau

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a ship

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un bateau

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a boat

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une embarcation

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a craft

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un radeau

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a raft

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un paquebot

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a liner

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une cabine

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a cabin

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un port

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a harbour

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une couchette

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a berth

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une chaise longue

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a deck chair

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une couverture de voyage

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a rug

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un train de marchandises

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a goods train

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une locomotive

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a steam engine

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un chauffeur de train

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a stoker

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une gare

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a station

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un chef de gare

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a guard

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un wagon (2)

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a carriage, a coach

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un fourgon à bagages

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a luggage van

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une place (dans un train)

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a seat

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un compartiment

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a compartment

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un filet à bagages

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a luggage rack

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un employer des chemins de fer

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a clerk

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la consigne (là où sont les objets trouvés dans les gares)

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the left luggage office

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la salle d’attente

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the waiting room

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le quai

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the platform

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52
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le buffet de la gere

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the refreshment-room

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53
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un aller simple

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a single ticket

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un billet de 2nd classe

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a second class ticket

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valable (pour un billet)

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valid

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disponible

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available

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57
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Quel est le prix du trajet pour Londre?

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How much is the fare to London?

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les entrailles

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the gusts

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aller avec, être en harmonie avec

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to be in keeping

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une allusion, un soupson, une pointe

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a hint

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faire passer un message, transférer, transporter

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to convey

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un sale phalocrate

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a male chauvinist pig

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un manque de quelque chose

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a want of something

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un/une arriviste

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a go-getter

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un regard circulaire

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a glance round

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66
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percher haut sa voix

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to pitch one’s voice

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cloture, haie (à sauter)

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fence

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avoir le cul entre deux chaises

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to sit on the fence

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enjoué

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jolly

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la lie de l’humanité

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the scum of the earth

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s’occuper de, faire avec

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to deal with

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faire face

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to face

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belliqueux

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warlike

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74
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aller de l’avant (2)

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to move forward

to go ahead

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s’attaquer à un problème

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to cope with a problem

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sauf (2)

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except

safe

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sauf si, à moins que

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unless

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sain et sauf

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safe and sound

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planifié

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planned

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gaté (pour un enfant)

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spoilt

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un petit morveux

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a little brat

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chéri

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cherished

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choyé

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pampered

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84
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choyer, dorloter

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to coddle

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câliner

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to cuddle

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86
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élever dans du coton

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to mollycoddle

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avoir un métier

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to have a career

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métier (profesion)

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occupation

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avoir un métier à soi

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to have an occupation of one’s own

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90
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assurer (genre “j’assure (grave)”) (2)

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to get by

to hold one’s own

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sur tout les point, dans tous les domaines (2)

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on all levels, in every field

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le concubin (AE)

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the live-in-lover

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un programme ==> programmer

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a shedule ==> to shedule

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viser (quelque chose)

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to aim at

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creux

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trough

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être déphasé

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to be out of touch

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se perdre de vue

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to get out of touch with oneself

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d’une certaine manière (2)

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somehow, somewhat

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des journées remplies à carquer (2)

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action-packed days

over stuffed days

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il remplit trop ses journées

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he packs a lot into his days

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une vie bien remplie (2)

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an eventful life

a full rich life

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avoir un double métier

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to work two jobs

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103
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c’est hors de question

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it’s out of the question

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104
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“sortez les violons”

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“my heart bleeds (bled, bled) for you”

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assoifé de sang

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blood-thirsty

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106
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reprendre, recomencer

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to resume

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107
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donner la priorité à sa carière

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to put one’s career first

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108
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résumer

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to sum up

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109
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un résumé

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a summary

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110
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une voix, un chemin, une piste

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a track

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111
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choisir de faire carières

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to opt for a career track

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une carière de mère de famille (BE & AE)

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a mummy track (BE)

a mommy track (AE)

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s’épanouir (fleur) (2)

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to blossom, to bloom

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se sentir bien/éppanoui

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to feel fulfilled

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115
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accomplissement, épanouissement

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fulfilment

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116
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mon travail m’épanouit

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my job is a fulfilment business

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117
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être passiné de (2)

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to be fond of

to be keep on

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118
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une profession libéral (2)

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a profession
a profession(al) job
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119
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les professions libérales

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the professional classes

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consulter un homme de métier

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to take professional advice (advice = pl)

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un conseil

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a piece of advice

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122
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une information

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a piece of information

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un meuble

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a piece of fourniture

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124
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une information, un nouvelle

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a piece of news

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125
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des actions, valeurs boursières… (2)

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securities, shares

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chef de projet

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project manager

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127
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l’immobiler

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real estate

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128
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ma paie (3)

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my pay
my wages
my salary

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129
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faire partie du personnel

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to be on the payroll

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130
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un couple dans lequel les deux travaillent

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a dual career couple

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131
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le strict nécessiare/minimum

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the bare essentials

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132
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travailler à la chaîne (2)

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to work on an assembly line

to mass-produce

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un agent de fabrication

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a line worker

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134
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acier

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steel

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fer

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iron

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une usine

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a foctory

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137
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une usine nucléaire

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a plant

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une tendance

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a trend

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tendance, branché

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trendy

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140
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une tendance à la hausse

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an upward trend

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141
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une tendance à la baisse

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a downward trend

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142
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flambant neuf

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brand new

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143
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mode

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fashion

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144
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à la mode

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fashionable

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145
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une nouvelle mode

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a new fad

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passé de mode, vieux jeu (3, dont 1 pour les choses abstraites)

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old-fashioned
out-of-date
out moded (choses abstraites)

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ringard

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square

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augmenter

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to increase

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un monte charge

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a goods lift

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un assensceur (BE & AE)

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a lift (BE)
an elevator (AE)
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un monte-plats

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a dumbwaiter

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muet, idiot, nigot

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dumb

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serveur

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waiter

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ils étaient 50%

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there were 50% of them

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pourtant (3)

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Nevertheless
Yet
Nonetheless

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admettre

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to admit

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reconnaître

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to recognize

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je trouve normal que

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I found normal that

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prendre en main, manipuler

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to handle

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“manipuler avec précaution” (sur les cartons)

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“handle with care”

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assurer que

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to ensure that

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supporter, être derière

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to support

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assurer, épauler, prendre sur ses épaules

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to shoulder

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la fée du logi

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the homemaker

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la vie de famille

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home life

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une femme d’intérieur

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a housewife

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la gardienne du foyer (2)

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the keeper of the home

the tender of the hearth

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la maîtresse de maison

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the home executive

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gérer un foyer

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to run a home

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tenir les cordons de la bourse (2)

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to control the purse strings

to hold the purse strings

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tenir la maison impeccable

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to keep the home spick and span

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la paix domestique

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blissful domesticity

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les corvées domestiques (2)

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household tasks

household chores

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ingrat (2)

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thankless

unrewarding

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faire le plus gros du travail

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to do the lion’s share

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un travail avilissant

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a demeaning work

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être coincé à la maison

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to be tired to the sink

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être prise par les enfants

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to be tired by the kids

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être prisonière chez soi

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to be trapped at home

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un emploi sans prestige

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a low status job

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dévalorisé

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depreciated

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l’insatisfaction

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dissatisfaction

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être insatisfait de

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to be dissatisfied with

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s’opposer à

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to stand in the way of

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un obstacle à l’accomplissement personnel

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an obstacle to self-realization

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une féministe

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a feminist

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le féminisme

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female activism

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le mouvement de libération de la femme

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women’s lib

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une militante féministe (2)

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a women’s liberationist

a libber

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le sexisme, la phallocratie

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male chauvinism

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une société patriarcale

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a patriarchal society

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une attitude condescendente

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a patronizing attitude

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demander à être traité de la même façon

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to ask for equal treatment

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formuler une revendication

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to press a claim

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sensibiliser les femmes à

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to awaken women to

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libérer les femmes de (2)

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to free women from

to liberate women from

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des attitudes sexistes

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sex-based attitudes

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une loi contre la discrimination entre les sexes

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a sex discrimination Act

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introduire une demande en se prévalent de la loi *

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to make a claim under the * Act

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avoir droit à

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to be entitled to

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obtenir un salaire égal

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to get equal pay

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un équart de salaires

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a salary gap

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combler un écart (2)

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to close a gap

to fill a gap

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des inégalités

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disparities

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une chasse gardée des hommes

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a male preserve

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avoir l’impression de gêner

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to feel unwelcome

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une réserve de talents

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a pool of skills

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se montrer capable de

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to prove eligible for

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lutter contre les préjugés

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to battle bias

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un secteur dominé par les hommes

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a male-dominated sphere

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finir par accepter

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to come to terms with

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une idée profondément enracinée

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a long-held belief

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rivaliser avec les hommes

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to compete with men

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le bilan (d’une entreprise)

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the balance sheet

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en conclusion, en résultat

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as a result

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beau, bien rangé, niquel

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neat

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résultat des courses

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the neat result

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la ruée vers l’or

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the Gold Rush

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être très pressé

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to be in a hurry

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se dépecher

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to hurry up

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un tourbillon (feuilles d’automne)

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a whirl

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tourbilloner

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to whirl

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ne pas arreter, être dans un tourbillon… (expression, sans verbe)

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to hustle and bustle

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extensible

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extendable

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essayer de tout faire (comme en prépa)

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to pack time up

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agité

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restless

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une mère qui reste à la maison

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a stay at home mother

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se débarasser de (2)

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to get rid of

to dispose of

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expédier quelque chose

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to rush through something

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les affaire domestiques

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domestic matters

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consacré * à

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to devote * to

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dédicasser

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to daedicate

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mères qui ne travaillent pas

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none working mothers

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rogner sur (2 dont 1 litté)

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to cut down on

to encroach upon (litté)

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le temps de loisir

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leisure time

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sorti (pour un livre, film, etc)

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released

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un fou de cinéma (2 dont 1 argo)

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a moviegoer

a film buff (argo)

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aller au cinoch

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to go to the flicks

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c’est un succé

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it’s a hit

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une super-production

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a blockbuster

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un film à succé

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a box office success

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un navé (film) (2 dont 1 argo)

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a lousyfilm

a clunker

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faire un bide

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to flop

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un film érotique

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a skin flick

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un porno

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a porn

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vide

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blank

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à l’intérieur

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incuards

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imaginer, inventer

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to devise

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il n’y a nul…

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there is no…

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un visionnaire

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a visionary

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peuser le pour et le contre

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to gauge the adds

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bizarre, étrange (2)

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odd

weird

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le corps humain

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the human body

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grand

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tall

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gros

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fat

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grand et gros

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big

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corpulent

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stout

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petit (2)

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small

short

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un nain (2)

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a dwarf

a midget

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garder la ligne

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to keep one’s figure

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dodu, potélé (bébé), pulpeuse (femme)

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plump

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connu à tord/vaguement

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loosely known

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crime

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crime

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délit

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crime

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maladroit

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clumsy

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contrefaçons

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forgeries

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mesquin, insignifiant, ridicule, tout petit

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picayune

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de troisième zone, de segond rang

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third-rate

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à porté de main

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ready to hand

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une comode

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a drawer

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une distribution

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a cast

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jeter un sort, recruter des acteurs, diffuser (de la lumière)

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to cast

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chasser, bannir

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to castaway

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un naufragé

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a castaway

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les acteurs principaux

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the leading actors

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une répétition

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a rehearsal

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le rideau

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the curtain

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une resprésentation

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a performance

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jouer (théâtre)

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to perform

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les applaudissements

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the applause

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illicite, illégal

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extra-legal

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de tous les temps

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of all time

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terne

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dull

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un soupcon, une nuance

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a touch

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des heures supplémentaires

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extra hours

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rougeâtre

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reddish

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bleuâtre

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blueish

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être bronzé

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to be (sun)tanned

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prendre du poid

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to put on weight

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Q

suivre/faire un régime (3)

A

to be on a diet
to go on a diet
to slim

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mince

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slim

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maigre (3)

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skinny
thin
lean

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grand et maigre

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lanky

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décharné

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gaunt

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le skelette

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the skeleton

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un os

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a bone

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une articulation

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a joint

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un nerf

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a nerve

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un muscle

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a muscle

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300
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la chair

A

the flesh

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la peau

A

the skin

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donner la chair de poule à quelqu’un

A

to make somebody’s flesh creep

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la tête

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the head

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le crâne

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the skull

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Q

le cerveau

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the brain

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un organe

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an organ

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307
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moche, laid

A

ugly

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joli

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pretty

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attirant, séduisant

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attractive

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très joli

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beautiful

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joli, beau

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good-looking

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quelconque, sans charme

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plain

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mignon (garçon)

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handsome

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le teint

A

the complexion

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florissant

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blooming

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vermeil

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ruddy

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pâle

A

pale

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blême

A

wan

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319
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les traits

A

the features

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Q

le front (2)

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the forehead

the brow

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Q

une ride (2)

A

a wrinkle

a line

322
Q

le nez

A

the nose

323
Q

les joues

A

the cheeks

324
Q

les oreilles

A

the ears

325
Q

les sourcils

A

the eyebrows

326
Q

les cils

A

the eyelashes

327
Q

les paupières

A

the eyelids

328
Q

la bouche

A

the mouth

329
Q

la lèvre

A

the lip

330
Q

une dent

A

a thooth

331
Q

la langue

A

the tongue

332
Q

le palais

A

the palate

333
Q

la moustache

A

the moustache

334
Q

la machoire / machoire du bas / du haut

A

the jaw
the lower jaw
the upper jaw

335
Q

le menton

A

the chin

336
Q

la barbe

A

the beard

337
Q

les paumettes

A

the cheekbones

338
Q

les cheveux

A

the hair

339
Q

le sommet de la tête

A

the crown

340
Q

chauve

A

bald

341
Q

une péruque

A

a wig

342
Q

faire dresser les cheveux de quelqu’un sur sa tête

A

to make somebody’s hair stand on end

343
Q

une mèche

A

a lock

344
Q

une boucle

A

a curl

345
Q

lisse

A

sleek

346
Q

raid

A

straight

347
Q

bouclé, frisé

A

curly

348
Q

ondulé (cheveux)

A

wave

349
Q

crépu (cheveux) (2)

A

frizzy

fuzzy

350
Q

une blonde

A

a blond

351
Q

une brune (BE & AE)

A
a brunette
a brunet (AE)
352
Q

blond

A

fair-hair

353
Q

brun

A

dark-hair

354
Q

chatin clair - roux

A

auburn-hair

355
Q

roux (2)

A

red-hair

ginger-hair

356
Q

teindre

A

to dye

357
Q

une teinture

A

a dye

358
Q

se laver les cheveux

A

to shampoo

359
Q

un sèche cheveux

A

a hair(-)dryer

360
Q

rectora (2)

A

education offices

Rectorship

361
Q

le manteau (de la cheminée)

A

the mantelpiece

362
Q

le trumeau (dessus de la cheminée)

A

the overmantel

363
Q

en forme de tour

A

towering

364
Q

un pilier

A

a pillar

365
Q

pointu

A

pointed

366
Q

à contre coeur

A

grudgingly

367
Q

un bouquiniste

A

a second-hand bookseller

368
Q

fragile

A

spindly

369
Q

le secrétaire

A

the writting-desk

370
Q

des franges

A

fringes

371
Q

des motifs

A

patterns

372
Q

glauque

A

gloom

373
Q

les fossettes

A

dimples

374
Q

une poule, une meuf

A

a chick

375
Q

une manie de gonzessz

A

a chick habit

376
Q

des plis, des rides

A

fols

377
Q

un bec

A

a beak

378
Q

une oiseau de proie

A

a bird of pray

379
Q

un oiseau de mauvaire augure

A

a bird of ill omen

380
Q

des orbites

A

sockets

381
Q

cerclé de

A

rimmed whith

382
Q

carbonisé

A

charred

383
Q

l’Eglise Anglicane (2)

A

the church of england

the Established Church

384
Q

un évèque

A

a bishop

385
Q

un écclésiastique

A

a clergyman

386
Q

un pasteur (3)

A

a parson
a pastor
a minister

387
Q

un ministre

A

a minister

388
Q

le bon paster

A

The Good Shepherd

389
Q

une paroisse

A

a parish

390
Q

un curré

A

a vicar

391
Q

l’office

A

the service

392
Q

le choeur

A

the choir

393
Q

un psaume

A

a psalm

394
Q

une prière

A

a prayer

395
Q

la quête

A

the collection

396
Q

les fidèles

A

the congregation

397
Q

les fidèles dévoués

A

the devoted flocks

398
Q

les bancs d’église

A

the pews

399
Q

la shaire (=le “bureau” du curré)

A

the pulpit

400
Q

un prêtre

A

a priest

401
Q

le pape

A

the pope

402
Q

un moine

A

a monk

403
Q

une none (une religieuse)

A

a nun

404
Q

une abbaye

A

an abbey

405
Q

un abbé

A

an abbot

406
Q

la messe

A

the mass

407
Q

un viquaire

A

a curate

408
Q

tête de mort

A

skull and bones

409
Q

société secrète ds les universités US

A

Skull and Bones

410
Q

noircir

A

to blacken

411
Q

blanchir

A

to whiten

412
Q

sourd comme un pot

A

deaf as a pot

413
Q

discret

A

discreet

414
Q

sa raser

A

to shave

415
Q

l’assaisonnement

A

the dressing

416
Q

assaisoner

A

to dress

417
Q

un plat

A

a dish

418
Q

le menu

A

the meal

419
Q

venu d’ailleurs

A

from outer space

420
Q

rauque

A

raucous

421
Q

éraillée (voix)

A

harsh

422
Q

des gons, charnières (portes)

A

hinges

423
Q

grincant

A

grating

424
Q

rarement (2 dont un plus soutenu)

A
seldom
rarely (plus soutenu)
425
Q

un registre (de langue)

A

a register

426
Q

midi (2)

A

midday

noon

427
Q

épuisé (2)

A

exhausted

worn-out

428
Q

las de la guerre

A

war-weary

429
Q

essouflé

A

out of breath

430
Q

respirer

A

to breath

431
Q

enroué

A

hoarse

432
Q

un fléau (arme)

A

a flail

433
Q

un fouet (SM et cuisine)

A

a whip

434
Q

une malédiction

A

a curse

435
Q

caoutchouc

A

rubber

436
Q

faire un bruit sourd

A

to thump

437
Q

s’abattre sur

A

to swoop down on

438
Q

un vautour

A

a vulture

439
Q

tant que

A

as long as

440
Q

aussitôt que

A

as soon as

441
Q

ingrat

A

ungrateful

442
Q

le plus souvent

A

as often as not

443
Q

ridicule

A

ridiculous

444
Q

marbre

A

marble

445
Q

des billes

A

marbles

446
Q

froid comme le marbre (2)

A

as cold as marble

as cool as a cucumber

447
Q

un coucou

A

a cuckoo

448
Q

“vol au dessu d’un nid de coucous”

A

“on flew over the cuckoo’s nest”

449
Q

un fou (non d’animal)

A

a cuckoo

450
Q

le devoir

A

duty

451
Q

le bien (2)

A

good

right

452
Q

le mal

A

evil

wrong

453
Q

la vertu

A

virtue

454
Q

un défaut

A

a fault

455
Q

un péché

A

a sin

456
Q

les 7 péchés capitaux

A

the seven deadly sins

457
Q

le péché de la chair

A

the sin of the flesh

458
Q

un péché de jeunesse

A

youthful indiscretion

459
Q

avoir un péché mignon pour (2)

A

to be partial to

to have a waekness for

460
Q

le péché d’orgeuil

A

the sin of pride

461
Q

le péché originel

A

the original sin

462
Q

pécher par ignorance

A

to err through ignorance

463
Q

la honte

A

the shame

464
Q

le remord

A

remorce

465
Q

le repentir

A

repentance

466
Q

un coquin (2)

A

a rascal

a scoundrel

467
Q

un mensonge

A

a lie

468
Q

un menteur

A

a liar

469
Q

un fiéffé menteur

A

a bare faced liar

470
Q

la fausseté

A

falsehood

471
Q

un scandal

A

a scandal

472
Q

la médisance

A

scandal

473
Q

la prévoyance

A

foresight

474
Q

l’économie, l’épargne

A

thrift

475
Q

un lâche

A

a coward

476
Q

la lâcheté (2)

A

cowardice

cowardliness

477
Q

la fierté

A

pride

478
Q

fier

A

proud

479
Q

la colère

A

anger

480
Q

le couroux

A

wrath

481
Q

l’ébriété, l’ivrognerie

A

drunkeness

482
Q

un ivrogne

A

a drunkard

483
Q

l’abnégation, le déni de soi

A

self denial

484
Q

la malveillance

A

Ill-will

485
Q

la méchanceté

A

malice

486
Q

la cruauté

A

cruelty

487
Q

la foi

A

faith

488
Q

une croyance (2)

A

a belief

a creed

489
Q

la paganisme

A

paganism

490
Q

payen

A

pagan

491
Q

la chrétienté

A

christendom

492
Q

le christianisme

A

christianity

493
Q

le paradis

A

heaven

494
Q

l’enfer

A

hell

495
Q

le diable

A

the devil

496
Q

l’évengile

A

the Gospel

497
Q

la luxure

A

lust

498
Q

l’avarice

A

stinginess

499
Q

la gourmandise, l’avidité

A

greed

500
Q

le culturisme

A

bodybuilding

501
Q

un appareil de musculation

A

a bodybuilder

502
Q

aliment énergétique (gonflette)

A

a bodybuilder

503
Q

passer un examen (3)

A

to take an exam
to sit an exam
to sit for an exam

504
Q

réussir un examen

A

to pass an exam

505
Q

rater un examen

A

to fail an exam

506
Q

un examen blanc

A

a mock exam

507
Q

entier

A

whole

508
Q

venir (fam), se ramener

A

to turn out

509
Q

une armoire à glace

A

a hulk of a man

510
Q

reluquer, mater

A

to clock

511
Q

armoire à glace - monsieur muscle

A

a beefcake

512
Q

le binge drinking

A

binge drinking

513
Q

la semelle (chaussure)

A

the sole

514
Q

un gros bedon (femme enceinte, enfant, bide à bière)

A

a big belly

515
Q

grassouillé, dodu

A

plump

516
Q

minable, miteux (vêtement)

A

shabby

517
Q

rond, rondouillé

A

chubby

518
Q

dur, solide, pénible

A

tough

519
Q

un casse coup

A

a daredevil

520
Q

oser

A

to dare

521
Q

chauve

A

bald

522
Q

au crâne dégarni, cheveux parsemés

A

balding

523
Q

poilu

A

hairy

524
Q

une robe

A

a frock

525
Q

mini-jupe

A

mini-skirt

526
Q

jupe fendue jusqu’à mi cuisse

A

thigh-slit

527
Q

chaînettes à la cheville

A

anklechains

528
Q

cheville

A

ankle

529
Q

se blotir contre quelqu’un

A

to snuggle up to somebody

530
Q

se donner en spectacle

A

to make a show of oneself

531
Q

(cheveux) sur lesquels on a fait des mèches

A

streaked (hair)

532
Q

se prélasser

A

to loll

533
Q

une rangée

A

a row

534
Q

aux muscles bandés

A

muscle-bound

535
Q

empilé

A

stacked

536
Q

énorme, très grand

A

outsize

537
Q

maître de cérémonie = animateur

A

Master of Ceremony (MC)

538
Q

membres du congrès (aux US)

A

Members of Congress (MC)

539
Q

un partenair commercial

A

a sponsor

540
Q

“du fond du coeur”

A

“from the bottom of my heart”

541
Q

une voix tremblante

A

a thrilling voice

542
Q

musique d’ambiance

A

background music

543
Q

l’activité corporelle

A

bodily activity

544
Q

le mouvement

A

motion

545
Q

un mouvement

A

a movement

546
Q

un geste

A

a gesture

547
Q

la démarche

A

the gait

548
Q

un pas

A

a step

549
Q

l’allure (vitesse)

A

the pace

550
Q

une marche, une promenade

A

a walk

551
Q

une chute

A

a fall

552
Q

une course

A

a race

553
Q

un saut

A

a jump

554
Q

un bond

A

a bound

555
Q

une salut, une révérence

A

a bow

556
Q

un coup, un choc

A

a stroke

557
Q

une lute, un effort

A

a struggle

558
Q

la force

A

strength

559
Q

faibless

A

weakness

560
Q

habileté

A

cleverness

561
Q

maladresse

A

clumsiness

562
Q

fatigue, épuisement

A

fatigue

563
Q

repos

A

rest

564
Q

immobile

A

motionless

565
Q

lent

A

slow

566
Q

rapide

A

quick

567
Q

vif, animé

A

lively

568
Q

tranquille (2)

A

quiet

still

569
Q

occupé, actif

A

busy

570
Q

remuant, agité

A

restless

571
Q

habile, adroit (2)

A

clever

skillful

572
Q

gauche, maladroit (2)

A

clumsy

awkward

573
Q

fatigué

A

tired

574
Q

las

A

weary

575
Q

épuisé

A

exhausted

576
Q

faible

A

weak

577
Q

fort

A

strong

578
Q

robuste, vigoureux (2)

A

sturdy

lusty

579
Q

bouger, se déplacer

A

to move

580
Q

remuer (quelqu’un)

A

to stir

581
Q

être debout (2)

A

to stand, to be standing

582
Q

se lever

A

to stand up

583
Q

être assis (2)

A

to sit

to be sitting

584
Q

s’asseoire

A

to sit down

585
Q

se tenir droit (assis)

A

to sit up

586
Q

être couché, allongé (2)

A

to lie

to be lying

587
Q

se coucher

A

to lie down

588
Q

être à genoux

A

to kneel

589
Q

s’agenouiller

A

to kneel down

590
Q

(prep.) up

A

monter, s’approcher

591
Q

(prep) down

A

descendre, s’éloigner

592
Q

(prep) in

A

entrer

593
Q

(prep) out

A

sortir

594
Q

(prep) away

A

s’éloigner

595
Q

(prep) back

A

revenir

596
Q

(prep) again

A

recommencer

597
Q

(prep) along

A

s’avancer

598
Q

(prep) by / past

A

passer devant, auprès de

599
Q

(prep) across

A

traverser

600
Q

(prep) over

A

franchir, au dessus

601
Q

(prep) round

A

contourner, se retourner

602
Q

(prep) about

A

circuler, disperser

603
Q

(prep) on

A

continuer, sur

604
Q

(prep) off

A

séparer, enlever

605
Q

gagner, se diriger vers

A

to make for somewhere

606
Q

marcher sur, fouler

A

to tread on

607
Q

marcher fièrement

A

to stalk

608
Q

marcher péniblement (2)

A

to plod

to trudge

609
Q

séché au séchoir électrique (=broshing)

A

blow dried

610
Q

sortir en groupe

A

to troup out

611
Q

grand

A

height

612
Q

très classe, élégant, qui a de l’allure

A

natty

613
Q

entre-jambe

A

crotch

614
Q

un slip (2)

A

briefs

a pair of brief

615
Q

un tas, une pile, un mont

A

a heap

616
Q

briller

A

to gleam

617
Q

un noeud

A

a knot

618
Q

agiter, sécouer, battre (des ailles)

A

to flap

619
Q

une manivelle

A

a crank

620
Q

démarer/ remonter la manivelle

A

to crank

621
Q

sortir, faire sortir (ex : les pectoraux)

A

to pop out

622
Q

les pectoraux (2)

A

pecs

pectorals

623
Q

balancer

A

to swing

624
Q

en l’air, vers le ciel

A

aloft

625
Q

excité

A

randy

626
Q

battre des ailles

A

to flap one’s wings

627
Q

une voille

A

a sail

628
Q

très excentrique

A

cranky

629
Q

grincheux

A

cranky

630
Q

gonfler

A

to pump

631
Q

se mettre sur un genoux, mettre un genoux à terre

A

to drop on to one knee

632
Q

débarquer (chez qqun), ne faire que passer

A

to pop in

633
Q

clore, achever, terminer

A

to round of

634
Q

émoustiller (2)

A

to titillate

to tantalize

635
Q

faire une révérence à qqun (2 dont 1 litté)

A

to bow to sbody

to curtsey to sb (+litté)

636
Q

tirer sa révérence (et prendre conger) (3)

A

to bow out from somebody’s present
to make one’s bow and leave
to take one’s leave of somebody

637
Q

maladradroit (qui fait des gaffes) (2)

A

tactless

clumsy

638
Q

maladroit (intellectuellement)

A

inaproppriate

639
Q

inconsidéré, irréfléchi

A

ill-considered

640
Q

étrange, bizarre (2)

A

bizarre

freak

641
Q

quelqu’un de bizarre, malsain, monstrueux

A

a freak

642
Q

louche

A

fishy

643
Q

pousser des cris

A

to whoop

644
Q

des acclamations

A

wooops

645
Q

faire la bringue (argo)

A

to whoop it up

646
Q

des sifflements admiratifs

A

wolf-whistles

647
Q

to welcome (synonyme)

A

to greet

648
Q

voeux de fin d’année

A

Season’s Greetings

649
Q

au dessus de la mélée

A

above the fray

650
Q

bander ses muscles

A

to flex one’s muscles

651
Q

fléchir, ployer, tendre

A

to flex

652
Q

statuaire

A

statuary

653
Q

encore plus *

A

-er still

654
Q

l’emporter d’un biceps

A

to win by a biceps

655
Q

une maquette

A

a model

656
Q

un manequin

A

a model

657
Q

murmurer

A

to whisper

658
Q

un colosse

A

a colossus

659
Q

myope

A

short-sighted

660
Q

une taupe

A

a mole

661
Q

myope comme une taupe

A

blind as a bat

662
Q

voir long

A

to see ahead

663
Q

voire la vie en rose (2)

A

to take a rosy view of life

to look at life through rose-coloured glasses

664
Q

voir les choses en noir

A

to take a black view of things

665
Q

grimper

A

to climb

666
Q

glisser (pour s’amuser)

A

to slide

667
Q

glisser (accidentel), se glisser quelque part

A

to slip

668
Q

chanceler (2)

A

to stagger

to totter

669
Q

trébucher

A

to stumble

670
Q

tomber

A

to fall

671
Q

courir

A

to run

672
Q

s’élancer (2)

A

to rush

to dart

673
Q

sauter (2)

A

to jump

to leap

674
Q

se courber, s’incliner (2)

A

to bow

to bend

675
Q

se baisser

A

to stoop

676
Q

se retourner

A

to turn round

677
Q

se pencher, s’appuyer

A

to lean

678
Q

attraper

A

to catch

679
Q

tenir

A

to hold

680
Q

saisir

A

to seize

681
Q

étreindre, embrasser (sens étymologique)

A

to clasp

682
Q

serrer (les dents, les poings)

A

to clench

683
Q

s’accrocher, se cramponer

A

to cling

684
Q

attraper

A

to grab

685
Q

presser, serrer

A

to squeeze

686
Q

tordre

A

to twist

687
Q

serrer en tordant

A

to wring

688
Q

arracher de force

A

to wrench

689
Q

secouer

A

to shake

690
Q

ramasser

A

to pick up

691
Q

soulever, lever (qqchose)

A

to lift

692
Q

se lever

A

to rise

693
Q

dresser, mettre debout (2)

A

to raise

to set up

694
Q

abaisser

A

to lower

695
Q

tirer, trainer / dessiner

A

to draw

696
Q

trainer avec effort

A

to drag

697
Q

tirer

A

to pull

698
Q

pousser

A

to push

699
Q

enfoncer quelque chose, fourrer quelque chose (ex : dans sa poche)

A

to thrust

700
Q

jeter (2)

A

to throw

to cast

701
Q

vomir

A

to throw up

702
Q

frapper

A

to strike

703
Q

carresser

A

to stroke

704
Q

lutter, se débattre

A

to struggle

705
Q

s’allonger, s’étirer

A

to stretch

706
Q

atteindre

A

to reach

707
Q

plier, croiser (les jambes)

A

to fold

708
Q

rester

A

to stay

709
Q

s’arreter

A

to stop

710
Q

se reposer

A

to rest

711
Q

faire signer du doigt (pour appeler l’autre à venir)

A

to beckon

712
Q

un mâle lapin
un dollard (en argot)
un dandy
un cheval d’arçon

A

a buck

713
Q

refiler la responsabilité à quelqu’un (argo)

A

to pass the buck

714
Q

un étalon

A

a stallion

715
Q

espioner qulqu’un

A

to spy on someone

716
Q

repérer, apercevoir

A

to spy

717
Q

une allée/piste cavalière

A

a bridle path

718
Q

un chemin (moins pratiquable que a path)

A

a track

719
Q

une charette

A

a cart

720
Q

un chemin de terre

A

a cart track

721
Q

piétiner

A

to trample

722
Q

un sabot

A

a hoof (pl : hooves)

723
Q

des sabots férrés

A

iron hooves

724
Q

voler, prendre l’avion

A

to fly (flew, flown)

725
Q

couler

A

to flow

726
Q

l’Exode

A

the Exodus

727
Q

les Hebreux

A

Hebreus

728
Q

fuir, s’enfuir

A

to flee (fled, fled)

729
Q

se précipiter (3) (casi= s’élancer)

A

to dash
to rush
to dart

730
Q

les fléchettes

A

darts

731
Q

un mors (cheval)

A

a bit

732
Q

s’arreter

A

to halt

733
Q

aller vers l’arrière, se cabrer (pour un cheval)

A

to rear

734
Q

un laquais

A

a footman

735
Q

un gars (5)

A
a chap
a bloke
a fellow
a guy
a lad
736
Q

un écuyer

A

a rider

737
Q

un fiacre

A

a horse-drawn carriage

738
Q

un gars (AE)

A

a dude

739
Q

vieux frère (gatsby)

A

“old sport”

740
Q

un cochet

A

a cabman

741
Q

un passage à niveau

A

a level crossing

742
Q

un écuyer (moyen âge)

A

a squire

743
Q

un spectateur

A

a bystander

744
Q

un passant

A

a passer-by

745
Q

un passage piéton (2)

A

a zebra crossing

a pedestrian crossing

746
Q

un piéton

A

a pedestrian

747
Q

un passage couvert

A

a passage way

748
Q

un passage souterrain (2)

A

a subway

an underpass

749
Q

le métro (de NY)

A

the subway

750
Q

un bourg

A

a market town

751
Q

un hameau

A

a hamlet

752
Q

une chaumière

A

a cottage

753
Q

une cabane, une massure

A

a hovel

754
Q

du chaume

A

thatch

755
Q

un manoir (2)

A

a hall

a manor

756
Q

un chateau

A

a country-seat

757
Q

un chateau fort

A

a castle

758
Q

un domaine

A

an estate

759
Q

une colline, une côte

A

a hill

760
Q

une haie

A

a hedge

761
Q

une barrière, une cloture

A

a fence

762
Q

une ornière (=cul de poule)

A

a rut

763
Q

une flaque d’eau

A

a puddle

764
Q

un fossé

A

a ditch

765
Q

un tallus

A

a bank

766
Q

un raccourci

A

a short cut

767
Q

un sentier ()

A

a foot path

a path

768
Q

un chemin

A

a lane

769
Q

tortueux

A

winding

770
Q

accidenté (pour un chemin)

A

uneven

771
Q

impratiquable (pour un chemin)

A

impassable

772
Q

la selle

A

a saddle

773
Q

le bride

A

the bridle

774
Q

un étrier

A

a stirrup

775
Q

un éperon

A

a spur

776
Q

une rêne

A

a rein

777
Q

un fer à cheval

A

a horse-shoe

778
Q

faire la cour (à quelqu’un) (2)

A

to pay court

to woo

779
Q

une bonne d’enfant

A

a nursemaid

780
Q

angoisse

A

anguish

781
Q

sur ces entrefaits

A

at his juncture

782
Q

assurance responsabilité civile

A

public liability policy

783
Q

s’approcher de

A

to approach someone, something

784
Q

tendre (qqchose)

A

to hold out

785
Q

sonné, stupéfié

A

befuddled

786
Q

malheureux (2)

A

miserable

unhappy

787
Q

le chagrin

A

grief

788
Q

malheureux (qui n’a pas de chance)

A

unfortunate

789
Q

malheureux (sur qui le sort s’acharne)

A

wretched

790
Q

un malheureux (3)

A

a poor wretch
a poor soul
a poor devil

791
Q

un prix (qu’on gagne)

A

a prize

792
Q

postilloner, crachoter

A

to splutter

793
Q

bafouiller, bredouiller

A

to splutter

794
Q

tousser (moteur)

A

to splutter

795
Q

fuir, cracher (stylo)

A

to splutter

796
Q

crépiter (feu)

A

to splutter

797
Q

un crétin

A

a moron

798
Q

australien (argo)

A

aussie

799
Q

tousser

A

to caugh

800
Q

se moquer de quelqu’un

A

to scoff at somebody