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1
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Les passants

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Passers-by

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Siroter

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To sip

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Enfance

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Childhood

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Accabler submerger

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To overwhelm

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Avec du recul

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With hindsight

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Ville natale

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Native town

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Impressionnant

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Impressive

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Absurde

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Preposterous

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Faire apparaître

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To conjure up

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Verser une larme

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To shed a tear

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Faire de même

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To follow suit

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Être un mal pour un bien

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To be a blessing in disguise

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Être révélateur d’un problème

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To act as an eye-opener

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Trouver un juste milieu

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To find a happy medium

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Rencontrer des difficultés

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To undergo hardships

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Sévir contre un phénomène

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To crack down on a phenomenon

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17
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Fermer les yeux sur un problème

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To turn a blind eye on a problem

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18
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Dénoncer

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To blow the whistle on

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19
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S’écrouler

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To take a tumble

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20
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Menacer, se profiler à l’horizon

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To loom

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Ouvrir la voie à

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To pave the way for

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Dissimuler un problème

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To paper over a problem

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Aller de l’avant

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To make headway

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Espérance de vie

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Life expectancy

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Il faut garder à l’esprit

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We must bear in mind

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26
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Prendre des mesures

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To take steps

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27
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ANOTHER

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ANOTHER

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A crisis

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2 crises

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29
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Un moyen

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A means

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30
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Faire peur effrayer

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To frighten

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31
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Appliquer des mesures

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To implement measures

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le PMO

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Middle East

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33
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Avoir pour conséquence

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To result in

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34
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Au contraire

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Conversely, by contrary, unlike…

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35
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Endiguer

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To stem

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36
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Déclencher

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To trigger

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37
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Injustement , durement

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Harshly

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38
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Intensifié

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Heightened

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39
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Simplement

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Merely

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40
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Bouder

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To sulk

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41
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Un poing

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A fist

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42
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Un gant

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Glove

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43
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Rejeter

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To throw sth out

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44
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discuter , débattre de qq chose

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To discuss sth

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Responsabilité

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Accountability

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Accusé/ inculpé (officiel )

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Indicted ( ind/ai:ted)

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would not =

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refused to parfois

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48
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Chevalier

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A knight

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49
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Énervant , exaspérant

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Maddening

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50
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Bénédiction

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Blessing

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51
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Altercation

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Run-ins with

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52
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Être responsable de

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To be responsible for

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53
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Insouciant

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Blithe

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54
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Maçon

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Mason

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55
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Une poutre

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A beam

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56
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Bateau à vapeur

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Steamboat

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57
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un chapelier

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A hatter

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58
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Coudre

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To sew

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59
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Brillant

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Gleaming

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60
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Doux

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Smooth

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61
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Chair

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Flesh

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Maigre

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Lean

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63
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nu

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Naked

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Sous au dessous

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Beneath

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Transparent

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Diaphanous, gauzy

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Peignoir

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Robe

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Palpiter

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Throb

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Sein

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Breast

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69
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Faire l’affaire

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To fit the bill

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70
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Connecter

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To hook up

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71
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Jeter un coup d’œil

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To glance

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72
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Maladroitement , avec un air gêné

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Awkwardly

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73
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Avaler

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To swallow

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74
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Cracher

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To spew, to spit

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75
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Marmonner

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To mumble

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76
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Devenir vitreux

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To Glaze over (pr les yeux)

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Tendu

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Tense

78
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Prendre un taxi

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To cab

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Rembourser

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To pay-off

80
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Massage de dos

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A backrub

81
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Frotter

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To rub

82
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Pivoter

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To swivel

83
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Bouffi

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Puffy

84
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La joue

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Cheek

85
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Rougir

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To blush, to flush

86
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Regarder dans le vide

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To zone out

87
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Monture de lunette

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A rim

88
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D’un air abattu

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Glumly

89
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Jubiler

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Gloat

90
Q

Se mettre à faire qq chose

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To break into

91
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Parfaitement

Comme si c’était hier

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Vividly

92
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Grassouillet

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Plump

93
Q

Clair de lune

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Moonlight

94
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Laisser échapper

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To blurt

95
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Serrer

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To clench

96
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Vacarme agitation

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A commotion

97
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Salle de jeux

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Rec-room

98
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Disparaître

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To vanish

99
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Nauséeux

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Queasy

100
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Insupportable

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Insufferable

101
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Baver

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To slob

102
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Se diriger

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To head for

103
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Cave à vin

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Wine closet

104
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Déboucher

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To uncork

105
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Gorgée

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A gulp

106
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Les cils

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Eyelashes

107
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Mollet

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Calf

108
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Sangloter

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To sob

109
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Boissons

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Beverage

110
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Serviette

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A towel

111
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Drap

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Sheet

112
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Malheur

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Misfortune

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Abords, alentours

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Surrounding area

114
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Haillons

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Tatters, rags

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Mouillé

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Wet, soaked

116
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Le regard vide

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A vacant look

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Tétée

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Breast feeding

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Un nourrisson

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An infant

119
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Peureux

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Fearful

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S’allonger

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Lay down

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Gémir

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To moan

122
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Se frayer (un chemin)

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To clear, to open up

123
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Se serrer ( se blottir)

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To cuddle up to

124
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Infime

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Tiny

125
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Parcelle

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Terre : plot

Once : ounce

126
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La façon

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Manner

127
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Parfaitement

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Neatly

128
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Perdre de la vitesse

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To lose momentum

129
Q

Faire des avances

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Get fresh

130
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Une tarte, gâteau

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A pie

131
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Aggravation

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Worsening

132
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Coupure de courant

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Power cut

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Quel dommage

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What’s a pity

134
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Jeu des échecs

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Chess

135
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Délabré

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Decrepit

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Surpeuplé

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Overcrowded

137
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Résister à

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To withstand

138
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Démolir

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To knock down

139
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Un prédateur

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A beast of prey

140
Q

Être en proie à

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To be prey on sth

141
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Une multitude de

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A host of

142
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S’intéresser à

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Be interested in

143
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Croiser qq

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To run into sb

144
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tout à l’heure

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Just now
A bit earlier
A bit later

145
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Lavande

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Lavender

146
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Au dessus de moi

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Overhead

147
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Écœuré, dégoûte

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Disgusted

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Refroidir

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To cooling

149
Q

Appréhension inquiétude

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Trepidation

150
Q

Avoir un mouvement de recul

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To cringe

151
Q

Saleté crasse

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Squalor

152
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Exagérer

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Exaggerate

153
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Prétendument , réputé pour

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Allegedly

154
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Humide

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Damp

155
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être au téléphone

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To be on the phone

156
Q

Décrocher le téléphone

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To pick up the phone

157
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Raccrocher au nez

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To hang up on

158
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une ligne fixe

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A landline

159
Q

Faire un faux numéro

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To dial a wrong number

160
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je vous la passe

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I’m putting you through

161
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Demander

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To ask for sth

To ask sb sth

162
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Sèchement

A

Courtly , drily

163
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Déménager

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To move out

164
Q

Attention en thème on redouble Pas les sujets

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Et inversion

“So marvellous a way of..”

165
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Oser faire qq chose

A

To dare to do sth

166
Q

Pas de futur dans les subordonnés de temps

A

When I tell you..

167
Q

Dissuader/Convaincre par la parole qq de faire qq chose

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To talk sb out/into of doing sth

168
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Enroué, rauque

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Hoarse

169
Q

Être mort d’inquiétude

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To worry oneself to death

170
Q

Tenir une promesse

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To fulfil a promise

171
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Induire en erreur

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To delude

172
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Amadouer

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To coax

173
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Strident

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Shrill

174
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Accuser , blâmer

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To blame

175
Q

Fzire porter le chapeau , rejeter la faute

A

To blame sth on sb

176
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Assumer la responsabilité

Rejeter

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To take the blame

To shift the blame

177
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Consister en

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To consist of

178
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Investir

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To invest in

179
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Se faire pardonner d’avoir fait qq chose

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To compensate for doing sth

180
Q

Être accusé de

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To be accused of

181
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Approuver

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To approve of

182
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Commenter

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To comment on

183
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Gérer

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To cope with

184
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Revenir à

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To amount to

185
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Expliquer

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To account for

186
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S’opposer à

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To object to

187
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Compter sur qq

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To count on

188
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Empêcher de

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To prevent from

189
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Comparer

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To compare with

190
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Être habitué à

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To be accustomed to

191
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Une amende

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A fine

192
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Être menacé de

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To be threaten with

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