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1
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borough

A

arrondissement urbain, commune

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idle

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oisif, désoeuvré

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3
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wanderer

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voyageur, promeneur

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commuter

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banlieusard, personne effectuant la navette entre son habitation et son lieu de travail

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alike

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sans distinction, indifféremment

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teeming

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grouillant de monde, bondé

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7
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to sample

A

sonder, interroger

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to account for

A

expliquer

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9
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broiling

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étouffant

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10
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to broil

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griller

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11
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to vow

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promettre, jurer, s’engager à

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12
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to deter

A

décourager, dissuader

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13
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to pop on

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sauter, monter dans

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14
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a curb

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bordure de trottoir

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15
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tarmac

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macadam

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16
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a swarm

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multitude, foule

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17
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to buck the trend

A

aller à l’encontre de la tendance générale

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18
Q

ramble

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randonée, longue marche

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19
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a surge

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augmentation soudaine

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20
Q

plughole

A

trou d’écoulement

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21
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to have a hair of the dog

A

reprendre un verre, soigner le mal par le mal

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22
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to make peckish

A

ouvrir l’appetit, donner faim

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23
Q

a burglar

A

cambrioleur

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24
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a burglary

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cambriolage

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25
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barrister

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avocat

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26
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to coin

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forger, inventer

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27
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a wrangle

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querelle

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28
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he can only do so much

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il ne peut pas faire grande chose

29
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to stymie

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faire échouer, bloquer

30
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statis

A

stagnation, blocage

31
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to encompass

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englober, comprendre

32
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an expanse

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étendue

expanse of beaches

33
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abundance

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abondance

abundance of wilderness (espaces sauvages)

34
Q

to prompt

A

inciter, pousser

prompted tour operators to add harbor-focused tours

35
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gateway

A

porte, entrée

36
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atop

A

au sommet de

atop the sandstone cliffs

37
Q

a cliff

A

falaise

sandstone cliffs

38
Q

humpback whale

A

baleine à bosse

39
Q

to soar

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s’élever, s’élancer dans le ciel

soaring albatrosses

40
Q

the flock

A

vol, nuée

41
Q

the fringe

A

bordure, lisière

on the fringe of Sydney

42
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tidy

A

propre, coquet

tidy beach homes

43
Q

remote

A

éloigné, reculé

44
Q

to trickle

A

couler goutte à goutte

45
Q

the fern

A

fougère

46
Q

oyster

A

huître

47
Q

dump

A

décharge

48
Q

upward

A

vers le haut

to continue upward

49
Q

to top out

A

arriver tout en haut

50
Q

the trail

A

piste

51
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a poacher

A

braconnier

52
Q

poaching

A

braconnage

53
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intent on

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résolu, déterminé

poachers intent on slaying rhinos

54
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to slay

A

tuer

ti slay - slew - slain

slaying rhinos

55
Q

game farm

A

élevage de gibier

56
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adjoining

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adjacent à

57
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a scourge

A

fléau

58
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endangered

A

menacé de disparition

59
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ground-up

A

moulu, réduit en poudre

ground-up horns

60
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a hangover

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geule de bois

61
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ailment

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maladie, affection

62
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pending

A

en attente de

laws pending approval

63
Q

game wardens

A

garde-chasse

64
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to kick a habit

A

to stop doing smth

65
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to kiss smth goodbye

A

to forget about smth

66
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to drop a line

A

to get in contact

67
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to blow someone’s lid

A

to become very angry

68
Q

to hit bottom

A

to feel depressed

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