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le jour de fermeture hebdomataire

heure d’ouverture/de fermeture

A

weekly closing day

opening hours
closing hours

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aller
 à la boulangerie 
boucherie
coiffeur
épicerie
vendeur de légumes 
buraliste
marchand de journaux
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to go to 
the baker's
butcher's
hairdresser's
grocer's      (grocery)
green grocer's                     (SHOP)
tobacconist's
news agent's
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(allez au ) pressing

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dry cleaners

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poissonnerie

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fishmonger’s shop

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papeterie

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stationer’s

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esthéticienne

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beauty parlour/beautician

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un moment critique

au moment critique …

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a crunch

when it comes to the crunch …

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Pourquoi s’était il ?

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Why had he ….. ?

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une serviette de table

une nape

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a napkin

a tablecloth

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CROQUER
macher

pain beurré

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to crunch
to munch

bread and butter

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faire monter qq

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to pull up/pick up
to pull out
to pull over

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il m’a dit qu’il s’appelait benoit

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he told me his name was benoit

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un banc

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a bench

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14
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hausser les épaules

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to shrug XXX shoulders

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un tabouret

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a stool

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16
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une chaise longue

pliante

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a deck chair

a folding chair

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17
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un peu plus tard

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a bit latter, shortly afterwards

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18
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une fourgonnette

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a van

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19
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une petite ville

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a small town

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20
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une voie rapide

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a fast lane

an expressway

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21
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une route à péage

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a toll road

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le code de la route

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the highway code

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23
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une baguette

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a wand ! (harry potter)

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24
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serpenté, enroulé

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wind

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25
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remonter une montre

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to give one’s watch a wind

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une tombe

un phare

une serre/véranda

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a grave

a lighthouse

a greenhouse

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27
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une griffe

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a claw

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28
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le brouillard

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the smog/ fog

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29
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aube

crépuscule

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sunrise, dawn

sunset, twilight, dusk

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mousse/écume

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foamy

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31
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l’air marin

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sea spray /sea aor

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32
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une bande, un bout

to sink

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a strip

enfoncer

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33
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changement profond

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sea change

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34
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to strew

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éparpiller

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35
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No littering

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ne pas jeter

36
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être déchu de qq chose

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to be stripped of one’s nationality

37
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son crâne est dégarni

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his hair is receding

38
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enterrer

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to bury

39
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un lièvre

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a hare

40
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fendre

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to cleave cleft cleft

41
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semer

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to sow- sowed- sown

42
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along

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le long …….

43
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to wade

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barboter

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to embrasse

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adopter, chérir ..

45
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rendre hommage

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to give sbdy his/her due, …

46
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to his credit

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à son corps défendant

47
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on the credit side différent de

on the debit side

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aspects positifs

aspects négatifs

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the epitome of

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la quintessence de, l’incarnation de , le parfait exemple de

49
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symboliser, concrétiser

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to epitomize

50
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un ardent défenseur un avocat défoué

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a staunch advocate of gun control

51
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léguer qq chose

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to bequeathe

52
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un président charismatique

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a charismatic president

53
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être comme un diplomate, un homme d’Etat

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to be statesmanlike

54
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faire bouger les choses

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to shake things up

55
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to be bursting at the seams

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sur le point d’exploser ( seam => coutures)

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une poudrière, situation explosive

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a tinderbox

57
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stagner

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to level off, to stand still

58
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the plight

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la détresse, la situation critique, la souffrance

59
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atténuer, alléger

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to alleviate

60
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il n’est guère étonnant

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it is little wonder

61
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tourné vers l’avenir

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forward looking

62
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to be hailed

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être acclamé

63
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payer les frais de qq chose

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to bear the brunt

64
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des retombées économiques

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trickle-down effect

65
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e

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to have a good/poor record on human rights/foreign affairs

66
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une tombe

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a grave

67
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là est le problème

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there is the rub

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Devant dans les sondages

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ahead in polls

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incapable de changer

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unable to change

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réussir qq choce

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to achieve

71
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réussir à faire qq chose

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to suceed in doing …

72
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quant à

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as for

73
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l’américain moyen

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The man in the street

74
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dans la tendance

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mainstream

75
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un mandat

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a term, a mandate

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il l’avait promis

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he promised to do so

77
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le système de tanté, l’healthcare

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the healthcare SYSTEM

78
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évaluation

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assesment

79
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faire un bilan

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to assess, to take stock

80
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On peut se demander

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we can wonder + ¨PAS D’INVERSION

81
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Le brexit

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ø BREXIT Pas de the

82
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economics
economy
economic
economical

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sciences économiques
économie
économique
économique (peu cher)

83
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une forte participation

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a high voter turnout

84
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langue de bois

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To use doublespeak

85
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dans la tendance

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mainstream

Voc Anglais (22 decks)

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