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1
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Les célébrités, les peoples

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The glitterati

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Un signal d’alarme (figuré)

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A wake up call

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Spécialiste en communication chargée de l’image d’un parti politique

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A spin doctor

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Venir de tous les horizons

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To come from all walks of life

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Un serment

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An oath

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Jouer à faire semblant

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To play make-believe

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Qui a un intérêt médiatique

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To be newsworthy

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Ramper

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To creep (crept-crept)
To crawl
To sneak

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Inflation rampante/galopante

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Creeping inflation

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Ça me donne la chair de poule

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It gives me the creeps

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11
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Faire l’appel

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To call the roll

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Liste électorale

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Electoral rolls

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13
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Lancer un produit

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To launch a product

To roll out a product

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14
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Rouler sur l’or

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To be rolling in money

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Marcher sur la pointe des pieds

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To tiptoe

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Suivre la ligne du parti, se conformer, obéir

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To toe the (party) line

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Sur le pas de la porte

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On the threshold

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18
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Un verger

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A orchard

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19
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La batterie de cuisine

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The pots and pans

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20
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Une poêle

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A frying pan

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Ça ne me dit rien

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I don’t relish the idea of

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22
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Entrevoir, apercevoir

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To catch sight of

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Faire qqch intentionnellement

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To do sthg on purpose

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Être le sosie de qqn/ le portrait craché

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To be the spitting image of sb

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Boiter

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To be lame

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26
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Un argument qui ne tient pas la route

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A lame argument

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Un homme politique qui n’a plus beaucoup de pouvoir/ qui est sur la touche

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A lame duck

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Pourquoi diable se passerait-il qqch?

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Why on earth?/ Why the hell

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Un vaurien

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A rascal
A thug
A scoundrel

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Tromper, trahir qqn

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To two-time sb
To double-cross sb
To betray sb
To cheat on sb

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Un kiosque à journaux

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The newspaper stall

32
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Faire caler sa voiture

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To stall a car

33
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Gagner du temps, jouer la montre

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To stall/ to play for time

34
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Odieux, infecte, immonde

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Foul

Foul weather (temps abjecte) 
Foul language (une langue grossière)
35
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Avoir des ennuis avec la justice

Se mettre à dos son patron

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To fall foul of the law

To fall foul your boss

36
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Faire la grasse matinée

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To sleep in

37
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Faire entrer qqn

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To let in

To show in

38
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Je considère que c’est mon devoir de

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I consider it my duty to

39
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D’un ton curieux

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In a curious tone

In a inquisitive tone

40
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Absolument

Dans un dialogue

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I’m positive

41
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C’est du vol

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This is stealing

This is a theft

42
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Se servir soi-même

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To help oneself

43
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Le plan de travail

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The worktop

44
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Représenter un pourcentage de plus en

plus élevé

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To make up a growing percentage of

45
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La course aux armements

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The arms race

46
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Un voyeur

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A peeping Tom

47
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Un judas (l’endroit où on regarde dans une porte)

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A peephole

48
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Zozoter

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To have a lisp

49
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Les pompiers

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Fireman

The fire brigade

50
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Peser le pour et le contre

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To weigh up the pros and cons

51
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Recoudre (une plaie)

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To stitch

52
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Une autoroute

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A motorway (UK)
A freeway/ expressway (US)
53
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Des algues

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Seeweed

54
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Comment tu as pu tomber si bas?

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How could you sink so low

55
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Il a posé ses mots pour qu’ils fassent effet

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He paused to allow his words to sink in

56
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Ça passe ou ça casse

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It’s sink or swin

57
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Il se dégarni (homme qui perd ses cheveux)

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His hair is receding

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S’éloigner, s’estomper

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To recede

59
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Une ville fantôme

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A ghost city

60
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Qqn qui écrit un livre pour qqn d’autres (un nègre en français)

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A ghost writter

61
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Poser une bombe

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To plant a bomb

62
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Une graine, un grain, un pépin

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Seed

63
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Une tombe

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A grave

A tomb

64
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Un cimetière

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A graveyard

65
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De la vie à la mort

Tout au long de la vie

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From the cradle to the grave

66
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Un lièvre

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A hare

67
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Un enterrement

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A burial

68
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Il y a anguille sous roche

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To smell a rat

69
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Rugir

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To roar

70
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Les années folles/ les années 20

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The Roaring Twenties

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Être plié de rire

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To roar with laughter

72
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Faire des affaires en or

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To do a roaring trade

73
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Un pêché

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A sin

74
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Se noyer

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To drown

75
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Enlacer

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To embrace

Vocabulaire anglais Vochelle (6 decks)

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