Voc livre thème et version d’anglais Flashcards

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1
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Commencer à faire qc

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To set about doing thg

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la trace de qc

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a hint of sthg

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Donner un indice à qqn

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To give sb a hint of thg

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Laisser entendre, insinuer

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To hint at sthg (the possibility of..)

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se tortiller

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To squirm ~ to wriggle

I managed to wrrigle out of the situation = j’ai réussi à m’en sortir

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sourire radieusement

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to beam

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bondir

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To bound

Bondir, sauter = To leap (at the opportunity)

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To flick through sthg

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jeter un coup d’oeil

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Tout d’un coup

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All of a sudden

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Ne pas avoir d’appétit

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To be off one’s food

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vivre aux crochets de ses parents

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He lives off his parents

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Je pars à NY

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I’m off to NY

→ where are you off to ?

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raccrocher

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To HANG up

To put the phone down

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Décrocher

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To pick up the phone

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Etre transporté de joie

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To be elated

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Prétendre / affirmer

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To claim

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Réclamer des allocations chômage / dommages et intérêts

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To claim unemployment benefit / damages

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Faire des victimes

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The accident claimed lives

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19
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QUITE → 2 sens
Sens absolu
Sens relatif
→ dépend de l’adj qu’il accompagne

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Quite dead, quite brilliant

Quite intelligent = rather

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Un cabinet médical
La chirurgie
Se faire opérer
Un chirurgien

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A surgery
Surgery
To undergo surgery
A surgeon

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Pourvoir aux besoins de qqn

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to minister to sb’s needs

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SALONS :
Formal reception room
In Public place (airport, hotel)
Salon de coiffure
Salon de thé
Salon de beauté/ funéraire
A
A drawing-room / sitting room
A lounge
A hairdressing salon
A tearoom
Beauty / funeral parlour
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glousser (x3)

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To burst (burst/burst) out laughing
To chortle
To chuckle

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Taquiner

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To tease

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Sourire (a wide smile)

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To grin

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Ricanner

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To snigger

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Se pencher

Un penchant, une tendance

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To lean (Back, forward, on)
A leaning
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Cuisse

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Thigh

≠ Tight = serré

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29
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la hanche

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Hip

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Le ventre
Avoir mal au ventre
Etre à plat ventre

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stomach
To have a stomachache
Lie on one’s stomach

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31
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Encaisser qc

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To stomach (sth unpleasant)

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32
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Une bedaine

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A paunch

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33
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1 mile

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1,7 km

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34
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1 Yard = 3 feet

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90cm

1 foot = 30cm

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35
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1 inches

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= 1 pouce → 2,5cm. 1 foot = 12 inches

le pouce doigt = thumb

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Arriver (train)
S’en tirer (patient)
Se retirer (troupes)

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To pull in
To pull through
To pull back

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démolir

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To pull down (buildings)

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38
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Un fil électrique/téléphonique/barbelé

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An electric/telephone/barbed wire

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Surmonter une crise

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To weather a crisis

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Faire passer à qn un test de dépistage

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To screen sb (for a disease)

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41
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Etre hors de soi

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To be beside oneself (with anger)

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42
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BESIDE

≠BESIDES

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(preposition) Next to

(advb et prep) en plus, d’ailleurs, de plus

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43
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Escalier

Marche

A

Staircase

Stair

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44
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Raide, rigide 
une amende sévère 
une peine sévère 
une randonnée difficile 
un torticolis 
des courbatures dans les jambes 
S’ennuyer à mourir
Etre mort de peur
A
STIFF 
A stiff fine = une amende sévère 
A stiff sentence = une peine sévère 
A stiff hike = une randonnée difficile 
A stiff neck = un torticolis 
Stiff legs = des courbatures dans les jambes 
To be bored stiff = S’ennuyer à mourir
To be scared stiff = Etre mort de peur
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45
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un slip

un pantalon

A

Trousers (GB) = Pants (US)
Pants (GB) = under pants, undershorts (US)
a pair of trousers

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46
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Se donner bcp de mal

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To go to a lot of trouble

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47
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S’attirer des ennuis

Conflits en Irlande du Nord (1963-85)

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To get into trouble

The Troubles

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48
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Se donner la peine de faire qqc

Ce n’est pas la peine de l’appeler

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To go to the BOTHER of doing sthg

Don’t bother to call him

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49
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mériter ce qui arrive

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To have sthg coming = to deserve what one gets’

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50
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ne pas autoriser qn à faire qc

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To not have sb doing sth = not allow sth to happen

Ex : i will not have you insulting him

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51
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Se décider

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To make up one’s mind

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52
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Le portail

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The gate

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53
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ranger

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To put away

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54
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Chuchoter, murmurer

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Whisper

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55
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la Taille (part of the body)

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Waist

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56
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Mâchoires

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Jaws

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57
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Talon

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Heel

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58
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Orteils

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Toes

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59
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Paupières

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Eyelids

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60
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Menton

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Chin

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61
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Joues

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Cheeks

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62
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Coude

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Elbow

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63
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Cuisses, mollets

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Thighs, calf/calves (pl.)

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Genoux, cuises

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Lap

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65
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Sein

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Breast

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66
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Cheville

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Ankle

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67
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Nuque

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Nape

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68
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Phalanges

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Knuckles

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69
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ventre (informal), nombril

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tummy / tummy button

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70
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tourmenter qn

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To haunt sb ~ To harass sb

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71
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Une bourse

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A scholarship

A scholar = un érudit, un spécialiste

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72
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Dodu

A

Plump

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73
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Une jupe

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A skirt

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74
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Incarner, personnifier

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To epitomise

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75
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Consterné, Effondré

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Dismayed

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76
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Rencontrer

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To encounter

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77
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Misérable, malheureux

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Wretched → the wretched = les déshérités

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78
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Suit (style/colour) ≠ fit (size)

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This pair of red trousers did not suit her at all / This pair of red trousers did not fit her at all

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79
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Sans réserve

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Wholehearted
I need your wholehearted support
To agree wholeheartedly with sb (être entièrement d’accord)

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80
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Une nourriture saine

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Wholesome food

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81
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Un roman

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A novel (a novelist = un romancier)

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82
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Joufflu

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Chubby

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83
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Quelconque

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plain

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84
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Svelte, élancé

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Slender

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85
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Corpulent

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Portly

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86
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Costaud

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Hefty

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87
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Toute la nuit

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Around the clock

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88
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Coincé

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Stuck / HOLED up (pas holded !)

89
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L’aube

Le Crépuscule

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Dawn (also figurative – civilization/era)
Dusk
To work from dawn till dusk = travailler du matin au soir

90
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Le sous-sol

A

The basement

91
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Le silence, calme

A

Hush
To hush a scandal up = étouffer un scandal
Hush ! = chut !

92
Q

La société de consommation

Consumérisme

A

Consumer society

Consumerism

93
Q

Donc, d’où, par csq (therfeore)

A

hence

They are cheaper and hence more popular

94
Q

Rouler/s’éloigner à toute allure

A

To speed along/away

(sped, speeded)

95
Q

Hurler (To yell ), mugir, brailler

A

To howl (an animal, the wind, a person)

96
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Maladroit

A

Clumsy

97
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glisser (involontairement)

A

slip ≠ slide

98
Q

Améliorer (quality, reputation, performance), augmenter, accroitre (value, chances, prestige)

A

To enhance

99
Q

Crier

A

To shout

100
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Grommeler, maugréer

A

To grumble

101
Q

Geindre, se lamenter

A

To moan

102
Q

Siffler

A

To whistle

103
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Claquer (porte)

A

to slam

104
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Gronder (tonnerre, armes)

A

To rumble

105
Q

Une auberge

A

a inn

106
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Spell

A
  • (courte) période
  • charme, sort → to cast/put a spell on sb
    → to be under sb’s spell
107
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émettre des doutes

A

To cast doupt upon sthg

108
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éclairer la situation

A

To cast light on a pb

109
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voter

A

To cast a vote

110
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s’éclipser, partir doucement/doucement

A

To slip away

111
Q

partir rapidement

A

To dart out

112
Q

Décocher un regard

A

To dart a look at sb

a dart = une fléchette

113
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En dessous de

A

Below

114
Q

Dispenser qn de faire qc

A

To let sb off doing sthg

115
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Le tonnerre

A

Thunder

116
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Tonner, lancer d’une voix tonitruante

A

To thunder

117
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Un exploit, une prouesse

A

A feat ≠ a defeat

118
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Au pied de la lettre

A

To the letter

119
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La vaisselle

Le lave-vaisselle

A

Dishes

The dishwasher

120
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Promettre

jurer

A

To promise

To swear

121
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Emprunter qc à qn

A

To borrow (sthg from sb)

122
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Une malle

A

A trunk

123
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Un cartable

A

A satchel

124
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Souvenirs (objet)
(objet de voyage)
(dans la tête)

A

Memento(es)
Souvenir
memories

125
Q
Etre grand (taille)
Un grand voyage 
Une grande famille 
Un grand frère 
Un grand fumeur 
Un grand rôle 
Un grand ami
Un grand bruit 
Un grand mystère
A
To be tall 
A long journey (≠ DAY !!)
A large familiy 
An elder brother 
A heavy smoker 
A major role 
A great friend 
A loud noise
A great mistery
126
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Un placard, un armoire (une penderie)

A

A cupboard = a closet (= a wardrobe)

127
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Ranger des vêtements

A

To put away clothes

128
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Dont l’accès est interdit

A

Dont l’accès est interdit Out of bounds

129
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Assurer à qn que
Assurer une maison, une voiture
Assurer la sécurité, la victoire
S’assurer que

A

To ASSURE sb that
To INSURE a house, a car
To ENSURE safety, victory
To ENSURE that

130
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Risquer de faire qc

A

To risk DOING sthg

131
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Froncer les sourcils

A

To knit one’s brow (=front)

132
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Etre submergé, accablé

A

To be overwhelmed by an emotion

133
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Chagrin, tristesse

A

Sorrow, grief

134
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insister

Insister pour qu’il aille

A

To insist on +V-ing

To insist on him (His → litt.) going

135
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Aller/venir chercher

A
To fetch 
(farfetched : cherché loin = tiré par les cheveux)
136
Q

Depuis bien lgt

A

For ages

137
Q

Rougir

A

To blush

138
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Inspirer/expirer

A

To breathe in/out

139
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Cracher

A

spit

140
Q

To scratch

A

Se gratter

141
Q

Tousser

A
To cough 
(the cough = la toux)
142
Q

Renifler

A

To sniff

143
Q

Avoir la tête qui tourne

A

To feel dizzy

144
Q

Hausser les épaules (a shrug)

A

To shrug

145
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Dans le but de

A

FOR the purpose OF

146
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Tout à l’heure (passé)

A

Just now, earlier on

147
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Frotter

A

To rub (rubbed, rubbed)

148
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Féliciter, complimenter

A

To congratulate

149
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Cachottier, secret

A

Secretive

150
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Indifférent, insensible

A

Unmoved

to be unmoved by sthg

151
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Tiens donc, …

A

Well + question tag

152
Q

Un intérêt, Un centre d’intérêt

A

Interest

153
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Traverser (un espace en 2 dimensions)
Traverser (un espace en 3 dimensions)
Ca m’a traversé l’esprit

A

To cross (bridge, river, road)
To go through (wood, fog, rain)
It crossed my mind

154
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Tu me fais marcher

A

You’re having me on

155
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Merveilleux, extraordinaire, miraculeux

A

Marvelous

156
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Demander conseil à un avocat

A

To take legal advice

157
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Faire faire qc à qn

A

To have sthg done by someone

158
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De loin (le + beau)

A

By far (the most beautiful)

159
Q

Un indécis (élections)

A

A floating voter

160
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Un abstentionniste

A

A stay-away voter

161
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La participation

A

The turnout

162
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Faire campagne

A

To campaign

163
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Un outsider / le grand favoris

A

A dark horse / the odds-on favourite

164
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La cote de popularité

A

The popularity rating

165
Q

Une victoire écrasante

A

A landslide victory

166
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Réaliste, terre à terre

A

Down to earth

167
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La nuit tombait

Plongé dans la nuit

A

The night was falling

Plunged into darkness

168
Q

En plein milieu/cœur

A

Right in the middle/heart (of nowhere)

169
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Près d’ici, dans les alentours

A

nearby

170
Q

Tenter, donner envie à, séduire

Donner à qn l’envie de faire qc

A

To tempt

To tempt sb into doing sthg

171
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A l’instant

A

Just now

172
Q

Obéir au doigt et à l’œil, rentrer dans le rang

A

To toe the line

173
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La porte d’entrée

A

The front door

174
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le grenier

A

The attic

175
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La cave

A

The cellar

176
Q

Une chambre d’amis

A

A spare room

177
Q

La buanderie

A

The utility/laundry room

178
Q

Un débarras

A

A box room, a storage room, a junk room

179
Q

Le salon

A

The sitting room

180
Q

Le palier

A

The landing

181
Q

L’entrée

A

The hall

182
Q

Le bureau

A

The study

183
Q

La véranda

A

The conservatory

184
Q

L’escalier

A

The staircase

185
Q

faire la queue

A
to queue (up)
--> the queue
186
Q

agaçant, exaspérant

A

infuriating
–> infuriated = furieux
to infuriate = exaspérer
infuriatingly stubborn = d’un entêtement exaspérant

187
Q

prendre une démarche hautaine

A

to stalk about

un startagème = a stalking horse

188
Q

gouter

A

to sample

a sample = un échantillon

189
Q

faire circuler le bruit que

A

to put it about that, to put the rumor about that, to put it around that

190
Q

un client

A

a patron

–> for patron only = réservé à la clientèle

191
Q

ALORS, qu’est ce qui ne va pas ?
BON, j’en étais où ?
ALLONS, c’est pas vrmt ce que tu veux dire

A

NOW then what’s the matter with you ?
NOW where was I ?
NOW, you dont really mean that

192
Q

surprendre qn en train de dire qc

A

to overhear sb say/saying sthg

193
Q

calmer, apaiser qn / calmant, apaisant

A

to placate sb / a placatory tone, speech, answer

194
Q

un peuple

A
a people (the Jewish people)
people = des personnes 
--> I like the French (PAS "I like French people" !!!!)
195
Q

sa maison est EN FACE DE l’église

A

his house is OPPOSITE the church

196
Q

richesse, aisance

A

affluence

–> in time of affluence = en période de prospérité

197
Q

aller en grand nombre qq part

A

to flock somewhere

198
Q

il risquent leur vie

A

they risk their liveS !!! ATTENTION AU “S”

199
Q

vouloir faire qqc (beaucoup)

A

to be keen to do sthg

200
Q

Il semble que ceux qui bénéficient d’un meilleur niveau d’instruction préfèrent aller n’importe où sauf ver l’UE

A

the best educated seem to be keener to go almost anywhere but the European Union

201
Q

libre comme l’air, de mouvement

A

footloose

–> with skilled labour ever more footloose, getting migrants to fill the gaps is essential.

202
Q

pique/coeur/carreau/trèfle

A

spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs

203
Q

sourd

A

deaf

deafeningly loud = assourdissant

204
Q

éducation

A

upbringing (given by your parents)

205
Q

avant-dernier

A

last but one

son avant dernier roman = his last novel but one

206
Q

stimuler économie, augmenter les prix

A

to boost prices, the economy

to boost sb’s moral = remonter le moral à qn

207
Q

échanger qc contre autre chose

A

to swap sthg for sthg else

208
Q
  • Non seulement elle est arrivée en retard mais elle a attiré l’attention toute la soirée
  • j’ai rarement gouté de la viande aussi savoureuse
  • À peine était-il arrivé qui s’effondra sur le canapé et s’assoupit
  • La pièce n’avait pas plus tôt commencé que j’ai commencé à me sentir mal
  • À peine était-il levé qu’il fumait déjà sa 1e cigarette de la journée
  • Sous aucun prétexte il ne doit sortir avant que je ne le décide
A
  • NOT ONLY did she arrived late BUT she drew attention to herself all evening.
  • SELDOM have I tasted such juicy meat.
  • SCARCELY/HARDLY had he turned up WHEN he collapsed on the sofa and dozed off.
  • NO SOONER had the play started THAN I began to feel unwell.
  • HARDLY had he woken up WHEN he was already smoking his first cigarette.
  • ON NO ACCOUNT must he go out without me saying so.

–> NO SOONER + THAN
HARDLY/SCARCELY + WHEN
NOT ONLY + BUT

209
Q

un passeur
passer clandestinement
les passeur demandent bcp d’argent au migrants illégaux pour les faire passer clandestinement dans les pays occidentaux.

A

a smuggler
to smuggle
Smugglers ask illegal immigrants vast amounts of money to smuggle them into Western countries.

210
Q

fuir

A

to flee (fled fled)

211
Q

remplir les condition requises

A

to qualify

immigrants do not always qualify to seek political asylum

212
Q

travailleur sans papier

les travailleurs sans papiers deviennent souvent des citoyens de 2nd zone dans leur pays d’accueil

A
undocumented worker 
undocumented workers often become second-class citizens in their host country
213
Q

éviter, esquiver, échapper à

A

to dodge

214
Q

Élever socialement est un rêve que peu de migrants atteignent au final

A

Working one’s way up is a dream few migrants achieve in the end

215
Q

il a dépassé la la durée fixée par son permis de résidence et a du être expulsé

A

He overstayed his residence permit and had to be expeLLed

216
Q

Les migrants ne prennent pas vraiment les emplois des travailleurs nationaux

A

Immigrants do not really push native-born workers out of jobs.

217
Q

laisser en suspens

A

to shelve a plan

218
Q

il y a bcp/peu de chances pour qu’il fasse qc

contre toute attente

A

the odds are ON/against him/her doing sthg

against all the odds