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1
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faire couler

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to trickle = to run down

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se faire renverser par une voiture

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to run over

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bruisser

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to rustle

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se fondre dans

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to merge

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au creux de

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in the pit of

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se taire

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to keep silent = to remain silent

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directement

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directly

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s’adresser à qqun

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to address someone

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forcer

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to force = to have = to compel sbdy to do

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se prêter à

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to oblige = to compel

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s’adonner

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to indulge

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de bonne grâce, obligeamment

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willingly

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faire un discours

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to deliver a speech

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rauque

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raucous = husky = harsh

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enroué

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hoarse

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et puis il s’en allait

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and off he went

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en gage/ un jeton (nom), symbolique (adj)

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as a token / a token, token

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bien poli (au sens polissé)

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well smoothed = polished = groomed

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envelopper (ds des pensées, un cadeau…), absorber

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to wrap sthg up

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être absorbé

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to be absorbed = to be taken up

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21
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qu’est ce que le would fréquentatif?

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notion d’habitude dans le passé qui s’applique à une personne en particulier.
Ex : les bars fermaient tous les soirs
=> the bars would close every night

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22
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regarder droit devant soi / fixer

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to stare straight ahead of him / to stare at

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regarder fixement (qqchose de plaisant)

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to gaze at

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regarder méchamment

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to glare at

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jeter un oeil

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to glance (pas de prep) = to glimpse at = to take a glimpse of

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apercevoir

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to catch sight of

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faire une sale tête

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to cut a sorry face/figure

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faire la moue

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to pout = to sulk

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29
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un air à fendre le coeur

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a heart-breaking air/manner

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30
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qui brise le coeur

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heart-breaking = heart-rending

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31
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des grandes mains

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large hands

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32
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calmement, tranquillement, sagement

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peacefully = calmy = quietly

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33
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faire des pâtés de sable

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to build sand castles

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un sceau

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a bucket

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une pelle

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a space = a shovel

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un rateau / être maigre comme un clou / se prendre un rateau

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a rake / to be as thin as a rake / to be in for it

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s’effondrer

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to crumble = to collapse

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agité

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restless

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39
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être las de

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to be weary of

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40
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sans fin

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endlessly

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41
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inlassablement

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tirelessly

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implacablement

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relentlessly = implacably

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43
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rendre furieux

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to infuriate

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44
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énervant

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irritating

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45
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ça m’énerve

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it’s getting on my nerves

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46
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à la fin

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after all = in the end

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47
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les tout petits (enfant qui sait marcher)

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the toddlers

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un nouveau-né

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a newborn

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un jeune enfant

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an infant

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50
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un ver de terre

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a worm

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51
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un ver luisant

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a glow-worm

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52
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luir

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to glow

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53
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un scarabé

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a beetle

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54
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un moucheron

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a gnat

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une mouche

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a fly

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56
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un âneton

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a may-bug

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57
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une punaise

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a bug

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58
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adage anglais pour les petits qui vont dormir

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Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite

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une limace

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a slug

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60
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une pute

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a whore = a slag

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61
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faire les trottoirs

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to walk the streets

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raccoler

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to sollicit

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63
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un papillon

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a butterfly

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un papillon de nuit, une mite

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a moth

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65
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un escargot

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a snail

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66
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une chenille

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a catterpillar

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67
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une fourmi

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an ant

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une tortue de jardin

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a tortoise

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une tortue

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a turtle

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un crapeau

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a toad

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71
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une grenouille

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a frog

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72
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un nid

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a nest

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73
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le bec

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the bill (en général), the beak (oiseaux de proie)

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les ailes

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wings

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75
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le duvet

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the down

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76
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une chauve-souris

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a bat

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77
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larguer qqun

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to dump

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78
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un rossignol

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a nightingale

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un moineau

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a sparrow

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80
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un rouge-gorge

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a robin(-redbreast)

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81
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une grive

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a thrush

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un roitelet

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a wren

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83
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un merle

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a blackbird

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84
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une coccinelle

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a ladybird

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85
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les habitants du jardin/les détenus

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the inmates

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86
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un oiseau au bec jaune

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a yellow-billed bird

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vif

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swift

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88
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un oiseau au vol rapide

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a swift-winged bird

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multicolore

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multicoloured = many-coloured

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90
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une belette

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a weasel

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91
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un mulot

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a field-mouse

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92
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une taupe / une taupinière

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a mole / a mole-hill

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93
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un hérisson

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a hedgehog

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une corneille

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a crow = a rook

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un corbeau

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a raven

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une pie

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a magpie

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97
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une alouette

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a lark

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98
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un grillon

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a cricket

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99
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une sauterelle

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a grasshopper

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100
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les pattes avant

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the forelegs

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101
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les pattes arrière

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the hindlegs

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102
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une corne

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a horn

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103
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la crinière

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the mane

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104
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la toison

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the fleece

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105
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une patte

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a paw

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106
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la queue

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the tail

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107
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une vache

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a cow

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108
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un boeuf

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an ox

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109
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un taureau

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a bull

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110
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un veau

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a calf (pluriel : calves)

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une jument

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a mare

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112
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l’attelage

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the team

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113
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un mouton

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a sheep

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114
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une brebie

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a ewe

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115
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un agneau

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a lamb

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116
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une chèvre, un bouc

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a goat

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117
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un chevreau / un gamin

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a kid

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118
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une truie

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a sow

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119
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un âne

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an ass = a donkey

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120
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une souris /des souris

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a mouse / mice

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121
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les volailles

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fowls

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122
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un coq

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a cock = a rooster

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une poule

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a hen

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124
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un poulailler

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a hen roost

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125
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la crête (des coqs)

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the comb

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126
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un pigeon

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a pigeon

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127
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une oie

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a goose

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128
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une dinde

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a turkey

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129
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un dindon

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a turkey-cock

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une pintade

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a guinea-fowl

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un troupeau de bêtes à cornes

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a herd of cattle

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132
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du bétail

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a cattle

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133
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aboyer

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to bark

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134
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nourrir

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to feed

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135
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élever (faire de l’élevage)

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to breed

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pondre

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to lay

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137
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couver, ruminer

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to brood

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138
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éclore

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to hatch

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139
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agiter la queue

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to wag one’s tail

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140
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traire

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to milk

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141
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ronger

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to gnaw

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142
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grignoter

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to nibble

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143
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hennir

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to neight

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144
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grogner

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to grunt

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145
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bêler

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to bleat

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146
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gambader (pour des animaux)

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to skip = to frisk

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147
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braire

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to bray

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148
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miauler

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to mew

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le coq qui chante

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to crow

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caqueter

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to cackle

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surveiller son troupeau

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to tend one’s flock

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152
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se lever

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to rise to one’s feet

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à la grande surprise

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much to the surprise = to come as a surprise

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jusqu’à présent

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so far = until then

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roux / gingembre

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ginger

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un rouquin

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a red-headed fellow

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négliger, ignorer

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to neglect = to ignore = to pay no attention to =to pay no heed to = to take no heed of

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aller droit vers

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to make straight for

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oui-oui

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noddy

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intervenir

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to step in = to intervene = to interfere = to butt in

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impertinent, insolent, qui n’a pas froid aux yeux

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saucy = insolent = cheeky

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intrépide

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dare = bold

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péremptoire

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assertive = peremptory

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sans tenir compte de

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regardless of

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carpe diem

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carpe diem = to seize the day

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vivement, brusquement

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briskly = vividly

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tirer qqun violemment

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to drag sbdy

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168
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draguer

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to chat up

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169
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se frayer un chemin

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to elbow/shoulder one’s way through

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170
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à ses côtés

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at one’s elbow

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171
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côtoyer

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to rub elbows with

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172
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un accoudoir

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an elbow rest

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piccoler

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to lift one’s elbow a bit/a lot

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174
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être à l’étroit

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to have no elbow room = to be cramped for room

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175
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au coude à coude

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elbow to elbow

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celui en tête

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a frontrunner

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177
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lâcher le morceau

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to let the matter drop

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178
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mettre les pieds dans le plat

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to let the cat out of the bag

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179
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à contre-coeur

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reluctantly = grudgingly

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180
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nullement, en aucune façon

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by no means = in no way = not in the list

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être disposé à / être enclin à

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to be inclined to / to be prone to

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sommer de

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to command = to enjoin to = to bid

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il faut que jeunesse se passe

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youth must have its flying

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184
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traduire : ce qui ne m’appartenait pas

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what was not property of mine

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parer (en escrime)

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to ward off

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parer (un coup)

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to parry

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187
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éméché

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tipsy = merry

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la rage (maladie)

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rabies

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furie

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fury

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qui a pris une secousse

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jolted

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fixer

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to rivet

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bouleversé

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jolted = distraught

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s’enquérir

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to inquire

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194
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convoquer

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to summon

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195
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blessant

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offensive

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appartenir

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to owe = to belong = to own

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devoir qqchose à qqun

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to owe sthg to sbdy

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avide

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voracious = greedy = avid = eager

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199
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se mêler de tout

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to be very rosy

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200
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se faire foutre

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to get lost

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201
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égarer

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to mislay (preterit : mislaid)

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négligeamment

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unconcernedly

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oisif / oisivement

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idle / idly

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le regard

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the look = the gaze

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furibond

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livid = infuriated

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un préjudice

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a disfavor = an offense

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un préjugé

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a prejudice

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faire du mal

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to do harm

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209
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nuisible

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harmful

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inoffensif

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harmless

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excessif, démesuré

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exorbitant

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un mandiant

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a beggar

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une mauvaise comédie

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a paltry act = a farce

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misérable, piètre

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paltry

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merdique

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creepy

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Modal du conseil, du devoir mais avec dimension morale (en gros un should mais avec dimension morale)

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ought to

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(ne) t’en fais pas

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take it easy

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dodu, grassouillet

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plump

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construction Would avec mind

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Would + sujet + mind + ING
Ex : Est-ce que ça te dérangerait de me donner ton manteau?
=>Would you mind giving me your coat?

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différence entre this/ these et that/those

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this et these : idée de proximité géographique ou qqchose qu’on aime bien
that et those : idée d’éloignement géographique ou spatial et qqchose qu’on va plutôt rejeter

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redoubler (de fureur)

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to redouble

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blême

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wan = pallid

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un amant éconduit

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a spurned lover

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être l’image même de

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to be the very picture of

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un poing

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a fist

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se tenir prêt

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to ready

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échapper à l’incorporation (en gros échapper au service militaire)

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to dodge the draft

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l’escrime

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fencing

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au niveau de la taille

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at waist-high = at waist level

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des coups

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hits = blows

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au centuple

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a hundredfold

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rendre des coups

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to repay for

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placer, décrocher un coup

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to land

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un air distrait, éperdu, égaré

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a distracted air

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aimer à la folie

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to love to distraction

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faire perdre la tête

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to drive sbdy to distraction/distracted

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prendre congé

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to take leave of

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élevé (pour des propos)

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lofty

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239
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distant, snob, à l’écart

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aloof

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quitter son air distant

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to emerge from one’s aloofness

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de la tête aux pieds

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from head to toe

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dévisager

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to stare sbdy down

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débiter (un flot de paroles, des mensonges…)

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to reel off = to deliver = to fire at

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A quelle connotation est associée “at”?

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“at” a une connotation d’agressivité, de violence

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une bordée, un torrent (d’insultes…)

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a volley

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le verbiage

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verbiage

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stupéfier

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to stun

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à la façon

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from

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car

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for

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(une tête) déconfite

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a crestfallen (face)

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avec laquelle

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in which

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je le savais ! j’en étais sûre

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I can tell

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jeter l’éponge

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to throw in the towel

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planer au dessus

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to hover (over) [plus près que hang over, plus pour un visage] = to hang over
Ex : son visage ne reflétait déjà plus qu’une colère de pure forme
=> a purely formal look of anger still hovered his face

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tandis que

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while

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faire avec, se débrouiller avec

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to make do with

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bouche ouverte

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open-mouthed

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simplement, seulement

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merely

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regarder bouche bée

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to gape at

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reculer

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to step backward = to back up a few steps

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cerner (dans le sens encercler)

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to surround

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cerner qqun

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to figure out = to box someone in

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au bord de

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at the edge of

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traduire : quand nous fûmes à

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when we had gotten to

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bégayer

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to stammer = to stutter

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se donner en spectacle

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to make a show of oneself = to make a fool of oneself = to make a spectacle of oneself (vieille expression)

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un berceau

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a cradle

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un gamin (péjoratif)

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a clown = a joker

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un gamin des rues

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a street urchin

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un enfant défavorisé

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chapter one children

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croiser le chemin

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to come one’s way

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d’un ton sarcastique

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sarcastically

273
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hausser les épaules

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to shrug one’s shoulders

274
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tourner le dos à

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to turn back on

275
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devant une table

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at a table

276
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avachi, affalé / redresse-toi !

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slouched / stop slouching !

277
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entrer en traînant des pieds

A

to slouch in

278
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sortir en traînant des pieds

A

to slouch out

279
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penaud

A

sheepish

280
Q

Comment montre-t-on l’insistance?

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Avec EVER ou avec DO.

Ex : Thank you EVER so much = I DO thank you

281
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découragé, abattu

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disheartened = dejected = downhearted = despondent

282
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contrit

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contrite

283
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supposer

A

to assume

284
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flamboyer, darder ses rayons (soleil), resplendir, exploser (colère)

A

to blaze

285
Q

a blaze (le nom)

A

le feu, la flamme, une flambée, un feu de forêt, le flamboiement du soleil, l’éclat, la splendeur

286
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en flammes

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all in a blaze

287
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l’éclat du jour

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the blaze of day

288
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dans le feu de la colère

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in a blaze of anger

289
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répandre une nouvelle, crier sur tous les toits

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to blaze smthg abroad

290
Q

va te faire voir

A

go to blazes !

291
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courir comme un dingue (familier)

A

to run like blazes

292
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Traduire : Mais bon sang qu’est-ce que t’as foutu?

A

What the blazes have you been doing?

293
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se répandre (feu)

A

to blaze out

294
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être furax

A

to be blazing

295
Q

une lampe éléctrique

A

an electric bulb

296
Q

un incendie

A

a conflagration

297
Q

mettre les pieds dans le plat

A

to let the cat out of the bag (exp) = to put one’s foot in it

298
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à demi-clos

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half-closed

299
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luisant

A

gleaming =glistening (glissning)

300
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à la fois

A

at once

301
Q

déformé

A

disfigured = distorted

302
Q

bourgeonnant

A

burgening = smouldering (smoldering)

303
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la tendresse

A

fondness

304
Q

le dégoût/ détester

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the loathe / to loathe

305
Q

le dépit, la rancoeur, la rancune

A

the spit = resentment

306
Q

la douceur

A

mildness (maïldness) = softness = gentleness

307
Q

la dureté, la severité

A

harshness

308
Q

l’admiration

A

wonder

309
Q

le mépris

A

contempt = scorn = disdain

310
Q

une appréhension

A

a misgiving

311
Q

un pressentiment

A

a foreboding

312
Q

la peur, la crainte

A

the fear = fright

313
Q

l’épouvante

A

the dread

314
Q

l’effroi

A

awe

315
Q

le desespoir

A

the despair

316
Q

le découragement

A

despondency

317
Q

la confiance

A

trust

318
Q

enfoncer

A

to thrust

319
Q

la méfiance

A

distrust

320
Q

se méfier de

A

to beware of

321
Q

la confiance (ds le sens confiance en soi)

A

confidence

322
Q

la délectation, le ravissement, la joie

A

delight

323
Q

l’alegresse, la gaité

A

mirth (meurss)

324
Q

la gaité, l’entrain

A

cheerfulness

325
Q

la felicité

A

bliss

326
Q

la gêne

A

uneasiness

327
Q

caractère implacable

A

relentlessness

328
Q

la lassitude

A

weariness (wériness)

329
Q

la peine

A

sorrow = grief

330
Q

le deuil

A

mourning

331
Q

la douleur

A

misery

332
Q

le malheur, l’infortune

A

wretchedness

333
Q

sensible

A

sensitive

334
Q

affectueux

A

loving

335
Q

tendre

A

fond

336
Q

cordial

A

hearty

337
Q

haïssable

A

hateful

338
Q

rancunier

A

spiteful (spaïtful)

339
Q

susceptible

A

touchy

340
Q

irritable

A

fretful

341
Q

craintif

A

fearful

342
Q

dur, sevère, rude

A

harsh

343
Q

plein d’entrain

A

cheerful = buoyant = to be in high spirit

344
Q

jovial

A

genial (faux ami)

345
Q

bien-heureux

A

blissful

346
Q

qqun de sérieux, de posé (adj)

A

staid = sober

347
Q

inquiet, agité

A

restless

348
Q

morose

A

sullen

349
Q

ennuyeux

A

tedious

350
Q

morne, lugubre

A

dreary

351
Q

endeuillé, affligé

A

mournful

352
Q

railler

A

to sneer at

353
Q

surprendre, faire sursauter

A

to startle

354
Q

faire tressaillir

A

to start someone

355
Q

frissonner

A

to shiver = to shudder = to quiver

356
Q

rougir

A

to blush

357
Q

aspirer à

A

to long for = to yearn for

358
Q

soulager, calmer, apaiser

A

to soothe

359
Q

se tracasser, s’inquiéter

A

to fret

360
Q

se désoler

A

to mope

361
Q

passer la serpillère

A

to mop

362
Q

aimer à la folie

A

to love to distraction

363
Q

être follement amoureux

A

to be madly in love = to bent upon someone = to have set one’s heart upon sbdy

364
Q

être bien décidé à l’épouser

A

to bent upon marrying

365
Q

une âme soeur

A

a soul mate = a conjenial soul

366
Q

“un ventre affamé n’a pas d’oreille”

A

“a hungry man, a angry man”

367
Q

dans tous ses états

A

all in a flutter (at + ING)

368
Q

être plein d’entrain

A

to be in high spirit

369
Q

traduire : “ne nourris pas un espoir aussi insensé”

A

Don’t indulge such a fond hope

370
Q

être exhubérant, joyeux et foufou

A

to be wild with mirth

371
Q

s’en donner à coeur joie

A

to laugh to one’s heart’s content

372
Q

une pipe

A

a pipe

373
Q

réfléchir

A

to ponder

374
Q

peser le pour et le contre

A

to gauge the odds = to weigh pros and cons

375
Q

songer à

A

to muse about

376
Q

illuminer

A

to light up

377
Q

la mousseline

A

muslin

378
Q

du beau travail

A

fine work

379
Q

raffiné

A

refined

380
Q

traduire : “elle est loin l’époque où”

A

Gone are the days when

381
Q

mettre de côté

A

to set sthg aside

382
Q

enfantin

A

childish

383
Q

+ littéraire que while

A

whildst

384
Q

s’adonner à

A

to indulge in

385
Q

complètement nu, à poil

A

stark naked

386
Q

solennel

A

solemn

387
Q

sérieux, austère, grave

A

stern

388
Q

austère (+ péjoratif)

A

dour

389
Q

traduire : ce que l’avenir me reservait

A

what fate had in store for me

390
Q

une place abandonnée, délaissée

A

a god forsaken place

391
Q

à peine

A

hardly (when) = barely (when) = scarcely (when) = no sooner (than)

392
Q

tirer la première bouffée

A

to take the first puff

393
Q

illustre

A

great

394
Q

respirer

A

to breath in

395
Q

chiquer

A

to chew

396
Q

priser (du tabac)

A

to snuff

397
Q

se griller une clope

A

to have a smoke

398
Q

un gros fumeur

A

a heavy smoker

399
Q

un fumeur invétéré

A

a compulsive smoker = a chain smoker

400
Q

un non-fumeur

A

a non smoker

401
Q

une zone non fumeur

A

a no-smoking area

402
Q

un paquet de cigarettes

A

a pack of cigaretts

403
Q

une cigarette blonde

A

a king sized cigarett = a virginia cigarett

404
Q

tabac blond

A

mild tobacco

405
Q

un aspirateur

A

a vacuum-cleaner

406
Q

vide

A

the vacuum

407
Q

une île déserte

A

a desolate island

408
Q

le large

A

the open sea

409
Q

le grand large

A

the offing

410
Q

traduire : au large de Calais

A

Off Calais

411
Q

un pont

A

a deck

412
Q

une locomotive à vapeur

A

a steam engine

413
Q

se défouler, relâcher la pression

A

to let off steam

414
Q

un square

A

a public garden

415
Q

la bruine

A

the drizzle

416
Q

se remémorer

A

to reminisce

417
Q

une tronçonneuse

A

a chainsaw

418
Q

traduire : noirci de fumée

A

blackened with smoke

419
Q

bien-aimé

A

beloved = beloven (adj)

420
Q

qqun qui erre

A

wanderer

421
Q

des vêtements

A

garments

422
Q

être vêtu de

A

to be clad in

423
Q

sur le déclin

A

on the wane

424
Q

terne

A

drab (couleurs) = dull = tedious (existence) = dreary (existence)

425
Q

élimé, en haillons, abîmé

A

in rags and tatters

426
Q

monotone

A

monotonous = humdrum

427
Q

c’est la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase (exp)

A

It is the last straw that breaks the camel’s buck (exp)

428
Q

un ruban

A

ribbon

429
Q

upon arrival

A

en arrivant

430
Q

déchiqueté

A

torned to shred

431
Q

rapé (carottes)

A

shredded

432
Q

garnir, décorer

A

to trim = to decorate

433
Q

enroulé autour

A

coiled around = wound around

434
Q

à moi seul

A

for myself alone

435
Q

un baluchon

A

a bundle

436
Q

emballer

A

to wrap-up in

437
Q

emballer, emmitoufler

A

to muffle-up in

438
Q

sertir

A

to scert

439
Q

mixer

A

to blend

440
Q

un transat

A

a deck-chain

441
Q

vieux cons

A

tedious old fools

442
Q

une odeur agréable

A

redolence

443
Q

évoquer qqchose (ça m’évoque…)

A

to be redolent of

444
Q

un lèche-botte

A

a creeper

445
Q

saupoudré de

A

spuntled with

446
Q

tâcheté de

A

speckled with

447
Q

une bonne à tout faire

A

a maid-of-all-work

448
Q

une demoiselle d’honneur

A

a maid of honor

449
Q

deverser

A

to pour

450
Q

un sceau

A

a bucket

451
Q

un sceau à charbon, à bec

A

a scuttle

452
Q

tambouriner, faire un bruit de féraille

A

to rattle

453
Q

l’âtre, le foyer

A

hearth grate

454
Q

un facteur

A

a postman (UK) = a mailman (USA)

455
Q

frapper à la porte

A

to knock at/on the door

456
Q

souffrant

A

ailing

457
Q

malade, taré

A

sickly

458
Q

ramolli

A

mellowed

459
Q

une autruche

A

an austrich

460
Q

plumes de chapeaux, de costumes

A

plumes

461
Q

un cygne

A

a swan

462
Q

lisser ses plumes

A

to plum one’s feathers

463
Q

au plumage resplendissant

A

brightly-plummed

464
Q

un mouchoir

A

a tissue

465
Q

une cigarette mentholée

A

a menthol

466
Q

un mégot

A

a butt

467
Q

une clope

A

a weed = a fag

468
Q

tirer une latte

A

to take a drag = to take a puff = to puff

469
Q

avaler la fumée

A

to inhale

470
Q

la nicotine

A

nicotine

471
Q

le goudron

A

tar

472
Q

l’accoutumance

A

an addiction to

473
Q

tabaccomanie

A

tobacco-addiction

474
Q

un danger pour la santé

A

a health hazard

475
Q

un cancer du poumon

A

lung cancer

476
Q

une maladie coronarienne

A

a coronary artery disease

477
Q

une bronchite chronique

A

a chronic bronchitis

478
Q

un emphysème

A

an emphysena

479
Q

comporter des risques

A

to carry hazards

480
Q

inscription “dangereux pour la santé”

A

a health hazard warning label

481
Q

abîmer

A

to impair

482
Q

nuire

A

to do harm

483
Q

nuisible

A

harmful

484
Q

inoffensif

A

harmless

485
Q

arrêter de fumer

A

to give up = to quit = to swear off tobacco

486
Q

se désintoxiquer

A

to kick a habbit

487
Q

cancèrigène

A

cancer causing

488
Q

la politique anti-tabac

A

tobacco regulation

489
Q

exclure

A

to bar

490
Q

interdire

A

to ban

491
Q

signer un arrêté qui interdit…

A

to pass an ordinance against

492
Q

afficher

A

to post

493
Q

réduire, limiter, juguler, réfréner

A

to curb

494
Q

interdit aux fumeurs

A

smoke-free

495
Q

la fidelité à une marque

A

the brand loyalty

496
Q

faire campagne contre

A

to compaign against

497
Q

fustiger

A

to lambast

498
Q

prélever un impôt

A

to exact a tax

499
Q

cheveux au vent

A

to flow in the wind

500
Q

les cheveux détachés

A

hair hanging loose

501
Q

un salaire correct

A

a decent wage

502
Q

l’auvent

A

the proch roof, the awning (+ luxueux)

503
Q

réparer, répriser

A

to mend

504
Q

racommoder

A

to stitch up

505
Q

un pt de couture ou de suture

A

a stitch

506
Q

Règle avec Give up

A

give up suivi de on +ING

507
Q

un clan, une tribu

A

a deck = a clan = a tribe = a rig

508
Q

idée de rapièçage

A

patches

509
Q

qqchose de bigarré

A

motley

510
Q

réparer

A

to strew (strewed / strewn)

511
Q

un tablier

A

an apron

512
Q

un torchon

A

a linen (pas de pl) = a dish cloth

513
Q

une étoffe, une nappe

A

a cloth

514
Q

un tissu

A

a material = a fabric

515
Q

avoir l’air concentré

A

to look intent

516
Q

pousser qqun à faire

A

to spur = to urge sbdy to do sthg

517
Q

la poterie

A

earthenware

518
Q

déterrer, exhumer

A

to unearth

519
Q

travailler la terre

A

to till the ground = to work the soil

520
Q

une impulsion, une réaction

A

a drive

521
Q

une brindille

A

a twig

522
Q

noueux

A

knotty

523
Q

des doigts décharnés

A

twig-like fingers

524
Q

rachitique, composé de brindille

A

twiggy

525
Q

manier

A

to handle

526
Q

amoureux

A

amorous

527
Q

un fil (couture)

A

a thread

528
Q

déchiré

A

rent = torn

529
Q

un par un

A

one by one

530
Q

tâter

A

to finger

531
Q

palper

A

to tug

532
Q

un paysan

A

a peasant

533
Q

entrailles (ventre

A

a womb

534
Q

chétif

A

puny = stunted

535
Q

une cascade (en moto ect)

A

a stunt

536
Q

malingre

A

frail = sickly = spindly

537
Q

un gringalet

A

weakling

538
Q

une mauviette

A

a wimp

539
Q

un avorton

A

a runt

540
Q

entreprenant

A

enterprising spirit

541
Q

menton proéminent

A

a protruding chin

542
Q

saillir (dépasser de la surface)

A

to jut out

543
Q

un os, une arrête

A

a bone

544
Q

un visage aux os saillants

A

a bony face

545
Q

saillant (pour des muscles, des meubles arrondis)

A

bulging

546
Q

mouler

A

to mold

547
Q

façonner

A

to model = to fashion = to shape

548
Q

une gifle

A

a slap

549
Q

percevoir

A

to perceive = to notice

550
Q

répandre, distiller

A

to suffuse

551
Q

un supplément

A

a supplement = an addition = an adding = an additional touch

552
Q

la bestialité

A

bestiality = animality

553
Q

immédiat

A

immediate (immidiette)

554
Q

membres (anatomie)

A

limbs

555
Q

pour ainsi dire

A

so to speak

556
Q

disproportionné, mal proportionné

A

out of proportion to

557
Q

dès

A

as soon as

558
Q

the plough

A

la charrue

559
Q

la houe

A

the hoe

560
Q

la bêche

A

the spade

561
Q

qui procure du plaisir

A

pleasurable

562
Q

esprit de compétition

A

a spirit of rivalry

563
Q

défier qqun

A

to compete with = to rival sbdy in = to dare = to challenge

564
Q

se disuter

A

to fight over

565
Q

abattre des arbres

A

to fell down = to chop down

566
Q

transformer en bois de construction

A

to lumber

567
Q

une côtelette

A

a chop

568
Q

abattre (un bâtiment)

A

to pull down

569
Q

un pieu

A

a stake = a fence

570
Q

le petit bois

A

firewood = kindling

571
Q

une bûchette

A

a log

572
Q

un carnet, un journal de bord

A

a log book

573
Q

dormir comme une bûche

A

to sleep like a log

574
Q

rigide

A

stiff

575
Q

une massue

A

a bludgeon = a cudgel

576
Q

donner l’apparence

A

to make one look

577
Q

s’avenurer

A

to venture

578
Q

risquer l’image de

A

to venture such an image

579
Q

un battant de cloche

A

a clapper

580
Q

mettre en branle

A

to set in motion

581
Q

ramener à la vie

A

to set swinging

582
Q

voûter

A

to stoop

583
Q

foncer tête baissée

A

to stoop to conqueer

584
Q

décidé, qui sait où il va

A

purposeful

585
Q

avancer, marcher d’un pas décidé

A

to stride along

586
Q

aller au paturage

A

to go to pasture

587
Q

paître

A

to pasture

588
Q

envoyer paître

A

to send sbdy packing

589
Q

le sol, le terrain

A

the soil

590
Q

la terre

A

the ground

591
Q

une borne

A

a boundary-stone

592
Q

un tracteur

A

a tractor

593
Q

le laboureur

A

the ploughman

594
Q

le fumier

A

the manure

595
Q

l’engrais

A

fertilisers

596
Q

un sillon

A

a furrow

597
Q

une herse

A

a harrow

598
Q

la motte

A

a clod

599
Q

des semailles

A

sowing

600
Q

des graines, des semances

A

seeds

601
Q

la moisson

A

the harvest

602
Q

la récolte

A

the crop

603
Q

des céréales

A

cereals

604
Q

du froment

A

wheat

605
Q

le blé

A

corn

606
Q

l’orge

A

barley

607
Q

l’avoine

A

oat

608
Q

le seigle

A

rye

609
Q

maïs

A

maize = the indian corn

610
Q

un grain

A

a grain

611
Q

un épi

A

an ear

612
Q

la tige

A

the stalk = the stearn

613
Q

un coton-tige

A

a cottonbud

614
Q

la paille

A

the straw

615
Q

la chaume

A

stubble = thatch

616
Q

la faux

A

the scythe

617
Q

une faucille

A

a sickle

618
Q

être surpris de

A

to express surprise at

619
Q

trouver par hasard

A

to come acros = to chance upon

620
Q

féliciter pour

A

to congratulate sbdy on

621
Q

accueillir

A

to greet

622
Q

chanter les louanges

A

to praise sbdy for

623
Q

seul, unique, exclusif (+litt), une semelle

A

(a) sole

624
Q

un cordonnier

A

a cobbler

625
Q

relativiser

A

to recognize the relativism

626
Q

s’extasier

A

to rave

627
Q

autant

A

as much as = no less than

628
Q

ce cher

A

dear old

629
Q

l’étirement

A

the stretching

630
Q

à quel point

A

how far = to what extent

631
Q

soutenir

A

to sustain

632
Q

en l’occurence

A

in this case = that is to say

633
Q

merveilleux

A

marvellous

634
Q

frotter, astiquer

A

to rub

635
Q

côtoyer

A

to rub shoulders/elbows with

636
Q

depuis la nuit des temps

A

times immemorial = ancient times = from the cradle

637
Q

mener à qqchose

A

to be a gateway to

638
Q

être ému

A

to be moved

639
Q

être tout en émoi

A

to be all in a flutter (at)

640
Q

comment s’utilise whom?

A

whom s’utilise quand c’est un complément indirect?
Ex : la femme dont il s’est moqué
=> the woman at whom he laught

641
Q

ne pas être d’accord, trouver à redire

A

to find fault with sbdy

642
Q

le plus grand (dans le sens illustre)

A

the greatest of them all

643
Q

car

A

for

644
Q

un abbé

A

an abbot

645
Q

le patois

A

a patois = a dialect

646
Q

grandir, devenir adulte, mature

A

to come of age

647
Q

raisonnable

A

sensible

648
Q

contemporain

A

contemporary

649
Q

si (qd on peut répondre par oui ou par non)

A

whether

650
Q

s’habituer à

A

to get into the habit of + ING

651
Q

les perles d’écolier, les horreurs qu’on écrit

A

a howler

652
Q

la maîtrise

A

the mastery = the command

653
Q

la maîtrise de la langue

A

proficiency

654
Q

une toile

A

canvas

655
Q

une toile d’araignée

A

a web

656
Q

une revendication

A

a claim

657
Q

une clameur

A

a clamor, an outcry (d’indignation)

658
Q

le tumulte

A

the uproar

659
Q

une et multiple

A

one and many

660
Q

saccadé, haché

A

jerky = halting

661
Q

rassembler

A

to bring together

662
Q

A quoi sert “on”?,

A

A dire continuer à faire qqchose, ex : keep on, try on…

663
Q

un épron

A

a spur

664
Q

une ombre (pas de qqchose # shadow)

A

a shade

665
Q

l’achèvement

A

the finished stage

666
Q

le bon côté des choses

A

the bright side

667
Q

chercher

A

to seek out

668
Q

un hallier (gros buisson, cachette du gibier)

A

a brushwood

669
Q

le sud Américain (esclaves dans les plantations)

A

the Deep south

670
Q

la gangue

A

deads-coating

671
Q

s’entremêler

A

intertwine = to intermingle

672
Q

un coquin (pour un enfant)

A

a scoundrel = a rascal

673
Q

une crapule, un débauché

A

a profligate

674
Q

un vilain dans Shakespeare

A

a villain

675
Q

frénésie

A

frenzy

676
Q

les années folles

A

the Roaring Twenties

677
Q

exalté, impétueux

A

hotheaded

678
Q

alcoolisé, soul

A

boozy

679
Q

une névrose

A

a neurosis