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ressembler à

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to bear a resemblance to (bear-bore-born)

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entailler, réduire considérablement

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to slash

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prêter serment

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to take an oath

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superviser, chapeauter, contrôler

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to oversee, to have oversight

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irriter, rester en travers de la gorge

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to rankle

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sans intérêt, terre à terre

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mundane

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une procédure judiciaire

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a legal suit

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durable, constant, permanent

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lasting, abiding

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ennemi, adversaire (plutôt littéraire)

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foe

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une contrainte, restriction

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a constraint

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enrôler

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to draft

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une ligne de fracture

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a faultline

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un jeu d’enfant / qqun qui se laisse marcher sur les pieds

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a pushover

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dérisoire, piètre, ridicule

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paltry

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délinquance, crimes mineurs

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petty crime

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de justesse

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by a narrow margin

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médecin généraliste

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general practitioner (G.P.)

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apprécié, tenu en haute estime

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highly regarded

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gravement blessé, touché

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badly wounded, damaged, affected

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bien endormi, profondément endormi

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fast asleep

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complet, minutieux

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thorough

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bien connu

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widely known

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du jour au lendemain

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overnight

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pur

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sheer, pure

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absurdité totale

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utter nonsense

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bon sens

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plain common sense

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un léger bruit

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a slight noise

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du thé léger

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weak tea

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une petite pluie

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light rain

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un temps doux

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mild weather

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une voix douce

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a soft voice

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une peine légère

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a light sentence

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s'accroupir, se tapir

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to crouch

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un poteau

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a post

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renversé

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overthrown

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fossé

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ditch, trench

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un grand pas, une foulée, une enjambée

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a stride

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marcher à grands pas

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to stride/ strode / stridden

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fuite (échappée)

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flight

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sur la berge de

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on the bank of

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au soleil

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in the sun

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fouiller dans

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to rummage through/among

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attendre qqch

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to await stg / to wait for stg

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une papeterie

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a stationer's shop

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un relieur de livres

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a bookbinder('s)

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s'accroupir

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to squat

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méfiance, suspicion, manque de confiance

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mistrust

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pousser, forcer / pousser qqch dans qqch

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to thrust (stg into stg) / thrust / thrust

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arrondir, s'arrondir

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to round

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surgir, jaillir

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to spring (ex: upon someone; from stg)

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malheureux, misérable, pauvre hère

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a wretch. adj= wretched; adv= wretchedly

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tremper, asperger

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to drench

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dégerpir

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to bolt

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éclair

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bolt of lightning (lightning= indénombrable)

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cri strident, hurlement

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a screech --> to screech

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une débandade, cavalcade, ruée

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a stampede

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couper du bois

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to chop wood

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hacher, émincer

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to chop

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sommeiller, somnoler

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to doze

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éventer, atiser (sens propre et figuré)

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to fan

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déchirer

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to tear / tore/ torn

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une haie (végétale)

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a hedge