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1
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Mère porteuse

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Surrogate mother

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Abondance

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Wealth, affluence

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Appareil électroménager

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Household appliances

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Des meubles, un meuble

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Household furniture, a piece of furniture

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Question faisant polémique

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Controversial, contentious

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Actuellement

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Currently

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Homme politique

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Politician

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Le document étudié

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The document under study/under scruting/ under examination / under consideration

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Le document parle de

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The document is about / deals with / broaches the issue of / tackles the issue of / adresses the issue of / raises the issue of

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Tolérant

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Lax, permissive

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Gagner sa vie

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To make a living / to eke out a living / to earn a livehood

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Emprunter

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To borrow

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Étranger

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Foreign

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Réticent

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Reluchant

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Afin de

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In order to

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Pouvoir se permettre

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To aford to

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Fonder une famille

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To start a family

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Élever des enfants

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To raise up / bring up children

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Par amour

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Out of love

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Par haine

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Out of hate

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Envisager quelque chose

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To contemplate vb+ing

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Subir un test

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To undergo a test

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Passer un test

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To take an exam / to sit for an exam

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Réussir un test

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To pass an exam

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Échouer à un test

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To fail in an exam / to flunk in an exam

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Profiter de quelqu’un

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To take advantage of sb

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Ce n’est pas quelque chose de mauvais en soi

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It is not a bad thing per se

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Avoir vu sur

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To overlook to

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29
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Prendre mal quelque chose (remarques)

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To take exception to / to be hurt by / to be offended by

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En vouloir à quelqu’un

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To hold/bear a grudge against sb

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Se venger de quelqu’un

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To take revenge on sb

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Avoir l’intention de

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To plan, to intend

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Engager, embaucher

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To hire

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Être capable de, être en mesure de

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To be able to

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35
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La voiture DONT tu rêves

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The car you dream ABOUT/OF

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Se présenter aux élections présidentielles

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Tu run for office

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Le titulaire (présidentiel)

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The incumbent

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Le mandat présidentiel

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The presidential term

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Un quartier

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a neighbourhood, a district

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Un voisin

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A neighbour

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41
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Une pancarte

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A notice, a sign

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42
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La pelouse

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The lawn

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Faire les tâches ménagères

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To do the chores

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Le voisinage

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The vicinty

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Encore (ex : ce n’est pas encore fini)

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Yet

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46
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La colère

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The anger

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47
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Évocateur (fait rappeler quelque chose)

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Reminiscent

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48
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Un lâche

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A coward

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49
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Frontière

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Border

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50
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Volant (participe prés.)

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Robbing

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51
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Favoriser

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To promote

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Être dans une situation éco critique

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To be in dire straits

To be in predicament

53
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N’a jamais été aussi + (adj)

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To be at an all-time (adj)

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Faire une conclusion hâtive

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To jump to conclusion

55
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Tromper quelqu’un

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To play a trick on sb

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Être fidèle

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To be faithful (to)

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Être infidèle

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To be anfaithful (to)

58
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Tromper

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To deceive

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Tromperie

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Deception

60
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Arnaquer quelqu’un

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To con sb

61
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Un arnaqueur

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A conman

62
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Un agent immobilier

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A property developer

A realter

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Avoir envie de

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To feel like

64
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Dépendre de quelqu’un

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To rely on sb

65
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Être autonome

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To be self reliant

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Un homme qui s’est fait tout seul

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A self made man

67
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L’individualisme brut

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Rugged individualism

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Dans une certaine mesure (sous un certain point de vue)

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To some extent

69
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Mettre dans le même sac (sens figuré)

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To lump together

70
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Sortir du lot

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To stand out from the croud

71
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La foule

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The mob

72
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Un veau / le mollet

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A calf -> calves

73
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Un veau non marqué

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A maverick

74
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Méfiant

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Suspicious

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Expérience (compétence)

Expérience (vécue)

A

an experience
==
an experiment

76
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Continuer/mener des expériences

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To be carry out an experiment

77
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Être utile

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To be rewarding

78
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Une récompense

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A reward

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Se replier sur soi

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To withdraw into oneself

80
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Se taire

A

To clam up

81
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Refouler ses sentiments

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To battle up/pent up feelings

82
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Ne pas pouvoir s’empêcher de

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To cannot help V+ing

83
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Affirmer, soutenir

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To contend

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Engendrer

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To beget / to engender

85
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Donner naissance à

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To spawn

86
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Déclencher

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To trigger (off)

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Susciter

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To spark

88
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Se moquer de quelqu’un

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To pull sb’s leg/

To make fun of sb

89
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Avoir la gâchette facile

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To be trigger happy

90
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Résulter pour

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To result for

91
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À l’abri de

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Immune to

92
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Passer innaperçu

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To go unnoticed

93
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Excepté

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Barring/excent

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Peu importe

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No matter

95
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Defendre quelqu’un de + vb

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To bar sb from V+ing

96
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Se vanter

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To extol

97
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Faire l’éloge de

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To praise

98
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Apporter des arguments

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To bring forward

99
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Être dans une situation difficile

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To be in plight/ an ordeal
To be in hot water
To be up the creek without a paddle

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Se produire (avoir lieu)

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To occur

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Il m’est venu a l’esprit que

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It occured to me that

102
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Au bout du compte

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All in all

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Récemment

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Lately / recently

104
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Un gamin, un morveux

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A brat

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Être éloigné

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To be remote

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Application uber taxi

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A car-haling app

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Application de Co voiturage

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A car sharing app

108
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Saluer

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To hail

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Grêle

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A hailstone

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Balayer

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To sweep

111
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Un balai

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A broom

112
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Un manche a balai

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A broomstick

113
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Un aspirateur

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A vacuum cleaner,

A hoover

114
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Une jupe

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A skirt

115
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Un mouton

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A sheep

116
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Une chèvre

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A goat

117
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Estomac

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Stomac

118
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Boeuf castré == boeuf

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Anox == beef

119
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Cochon == porc

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A pig == a pork

120
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Une connaissance

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An acquintance

121
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Faire connaissance avec

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To get acquainted with

122
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S’entendre avec quelqu’un

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To be on speaking terms with sb

123
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Être considéré comme

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To looked upon as

124
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Un cercle vicieux

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A virtuous circle

125
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Réalisation de soi

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Self-fulfilment

126
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Travail pénible

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A back-breaking job

127
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Faire enrager

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To infurient

128
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Se sentir rejeté

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To feel ostracized

129
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Un état d’esprit

A

A mindset

Vocabulaire Anglais (6 decks)

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