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1
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une durée de deux semaines

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a fortnight

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une onction

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an unction

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oindre, consacrer

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to anoint

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4
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l’extrême onction

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the last rites

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être un mal pour un bien

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it’s a blessing in disguise

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la base du parti politique

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the party grassroots

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un incident

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a blip, a quirk

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atténuer

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to tone something down

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laisser tomber un projet

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to put a cork on something

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un bouchon

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a cork

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suite à

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in the wake of

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suscité par

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aroused by

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un tollé

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outcry, furore, hue and cry

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une facture papier

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an invoice

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l’après guerre

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the post-war period

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famine

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starvation

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17
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je suis affamé

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I’m starving

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prospérer

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to thrive, throve, thriven

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creuser

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to dig, dug, dug

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verser

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to wip, wept, wept

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21
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une larme

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a tear

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des larmes de joie

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tears of joy

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l’immobilier

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real estate

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24
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un changement radical

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a sea change

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selon lequel

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whereby

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un large choix de

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an array of

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très élevé

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sky-high

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28
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être témoin de

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to witness

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29
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laisser sur le bord de la route

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to leave by the wayside

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30
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une utopie

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a pipe dream

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31
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un sentier

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a swath

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32
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envelopper

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to swathe

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33
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respecter (les lois)

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to abide by the laws

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34
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rentrer dans le rang

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to toe the line

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35
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présenter quelqu’un

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to introduce one

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36
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les auditeurs

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the adressees

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37
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commérer

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to gossip

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38
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montrer ses sentiments

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to wear one’s hurt on one’s sleeve

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39
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soit dit en passant

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by the way

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40
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taux de participation

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the turnout

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41
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s’attaquer à quelque chose

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to take on something

42
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raisonnable

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sensible

43
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sensible

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sensitive

44
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chercher

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to seek

45
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jouer à cache cache

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to play hide and seek

46
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soutenir

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to back up
to support
to advocate

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dégringoler

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to plummet

48
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rencontrer quelqu’un

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to meet somebody

49
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respecter, tenir un délais

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to meet a deadline

50
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satisfaire les attentes de quelqu’un

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to meet somebody’s expectations

51
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garantir

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to warrant

52
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gêner, encombrer, entraver qqch

A

something is in the way

53
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un pêché

A

a sin

54
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les sept pêchés capitaux

A

the seven deadly sins

55
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feignant

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idle, lazy

56
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mince

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thin, paltry

57
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comment se fait-il que ?

A

how come that

58
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faire voter

A

to push through

59
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expliquer

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to account for

to explain

60
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routé goudronnée

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asphalted road

61
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des pas

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steps

62
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éclairer

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illuminated

63
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comptoir

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counter, desk

64
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fourmillant

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teeming

65
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se réchauffer

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to warm up

66
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un écho

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an echo

67
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un tapis

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carpet

68
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se tapir

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to lurk

69
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les ténèbres

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darkness

70
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un vieillard

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an old man/ an elder

71
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gercé

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chapped

72
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vertige

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vertigo

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bicorne

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bicorne hat

74
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joint (adjectif)

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joined

75
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regarder bouche bée

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to gape

76
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poubelle

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a dustbin

77
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jeter

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throw threw thrown

78
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agitation/nervosité

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restlessness

79
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compagnon

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fellows

80
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plainte/ réclamation

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grievance

81
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mourir de faim

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to starve

82
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une escale

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a port

83
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répandu

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widespread

84
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un champs

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a field

85
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un conte de fées

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a fairy tale

86
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un conte

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a tale

87
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se développer

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to expand

88
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le clair de lune

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moonlight

89
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un bouquet

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a bouquet

90
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trapu

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squat

91
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un porche

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a porch

92
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un abri

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a refuge

93
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un monastère

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a monastery

94
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dévisager

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to stare at

95
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gravement

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severely

96
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faire la moue

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to pout

97
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tapoter

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to pat

98
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baguette

A

baguette

stick

99
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sauvage (nom)

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savage

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sauvage (adjectif)

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wild

natural