Vocabulaire Blaise Pascal (5) Flashcards

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1
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une controverse

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a bone of contention

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provoquer un scandale

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to raise an outcry

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doré

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gilded

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un pêcher

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a sin

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dégoûter, débecter

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to gross out

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féroce, ardent

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fierce

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l’incendie

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the blaze

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la serveuse

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the waitress

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lorgner sur

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to leer at

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une chemise propre

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a clean shirt

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tisser

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to weave (wove, woven)

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stagiaire

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intern

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un arc

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a bow

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sonner le glas

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to toll the knell

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athée

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atheistic

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éloigné

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remote

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coupé de

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cut off from

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se porter mieux que

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to be better off

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une gaffe

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a blunder

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annoncer la voie

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to pave the way (for)

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donner tord à qn

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to prove sb wrong

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malade

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ailing

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un défaut (2)

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a flaw / shortcoming

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en or

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golden

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pêcher (religion)

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to sin

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effrayer

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to spook

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en dessous

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underneath

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acclamer

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to cheer

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jeter des coups d’oeil

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to glance at

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serrer la main de qn

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to shake hands with sb

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une grnade puissance

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a major power

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stage

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internship

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33
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s’incliner

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to bow

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34
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un croyant

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a believer

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35
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avoir du mal à (2)

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to have trouble doing sth / to find it hard to do sth

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maitriser

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to master

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37
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distant

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out of touch

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gagner en importance

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to be gaining momentum

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39
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un espagnol

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a Spaniard

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perdre ses repères

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to lose one’s bearings/landmarks

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41
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aller jusqu’à dire

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to go as far as to say

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42
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échapper à tout contrôle

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to be slipping out of control

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43
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ils se sentent étrangers à

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they feel alien to

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44
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venir de qq part

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to hail from

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divers

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manifold

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une série

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a spate

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47
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imprévisible

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erratic

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48
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scarabée

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beetle

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49
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aux dépens de

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at the expense of

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50
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un marais

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a swamp

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51
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assez paradoxalement

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paradoxically enough

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52
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perturber

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to disrupt

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53
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la boue

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the mud

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54
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mettre un terme à

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to halt

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55
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édulcorer

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to water down

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56
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en bref

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in a nutshell

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57
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se démarquer de

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to step out of line with

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58
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un motif futile

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trivial ground

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59
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aller faire les courses

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to go to the shops

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60
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c’est bien beau de

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it’s all very well to

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61
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la liste des courses

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the shopping list

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62
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les liens du sang

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blood ties

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63
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DD

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sustainable development

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64
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les choses se sont clarifiées

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things have been unraveling

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65
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dépasser le cadre de

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to be not within the range of

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à peine

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barely

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aggraver

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to make worse

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inonder

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to swamp / flood

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tort, mal

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harm

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70
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réserves d’eau

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coastal areas

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sombre, sinistre

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dire

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72
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des objectifs contraignants

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binding targets

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73
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réduire de façon drastique

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to slash

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74
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artisan

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hand-worker

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75
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être pris dans un embouteillage

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to be held up in the traffic

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76
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faire la grasse matinée

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to have a lie-in

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77
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en l’occurrence

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in the circumstances

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78
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arrête un peu !

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come off it !

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79
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le cours du sucre

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the quotation for sugar

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80
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donnant donnant

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tit for tat

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81
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ce faisant

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by doing so

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82
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chiffre d’affaire

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turnover

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83
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il n’a pas inventé la poudre

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he won’t set the Thames on fire

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84
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Elle lui a passé un savon

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she didn’t half tell him off

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85
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parer

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to head off

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86
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une réduction forcée

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a sharp rollback

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87
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une denrée rare

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a prized commodity

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88
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stocker

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to store

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89
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un cadre

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a framework

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90
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subventionner

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to subsidize

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91
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caractéristiques

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hallmarks

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92
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une récolte

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a harvest

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93
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épineux

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knotty

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94
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racoler des clients

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to tout for trade

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95
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sac plastique jetable

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throwaway plastic bag

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profiter à, servir à

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to cater to

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97
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fabriquer

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to manufacture

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98
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le premier ministre

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10, Downing street

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le parlement

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Westminster

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100
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une loi

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an act

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101
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Ministre de la justice

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Lord Chancellor

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102
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Ministre de l’intérieur

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Home Secretary

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103
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la production

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the output

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104
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c’est un chic type

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he is a good sort

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105
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improviser

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to speak off the cuff

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106
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mettre en oeuvre, imposer

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to enforce

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107
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être stabilisé

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to be leveled off

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108
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accroître, intensifier

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to step up

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109
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tâtonner pour trouver

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to be groping for ways

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110
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accélérer, se hâter

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to hasten

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111
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mortel

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lethal

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112
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acajou

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mahogany tree

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113
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un voeux pieux

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a wishful thinking

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114
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priver qn de bénéfice

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to squeeze sb out of business

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115
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se dédouaner

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to absolve himself of guilt

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116
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l’engouement

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the craze

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117
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puces d’ordinateur

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computer chips

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118
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la reine

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the Crown / Buckingham

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119
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Ministre des finances

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Chancellor of the Exchequer

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un projet de loi

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a bill

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121
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ministre des AE

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Foreign Secretary

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distributeurs de billets

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cash dispenser

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l’unique

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the sole

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124
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grincer

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to creack

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125
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gêner, faire obstacle

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to hinder

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126
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désordre politique

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political upheaval

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127
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se réjouir de

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to delight in

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128
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être d’avis que

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to contend that

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129
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être mis en examen

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to be under legal investigation

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130
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être jugé dans un procès

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to be tried / stand in trial

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131
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les ploucs

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the rednecks

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132
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une tâche

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a smear

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133
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la terre

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soil

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un habitué

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a regular

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135
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le marbre

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marble

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136
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romain(e)

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Roman

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pâle

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pale

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une petite musique

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a soft music

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139
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le raffinement

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the refinement

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convivial

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user-friendly, convivial

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141
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le balai

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the broom

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142
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passer le balai

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to give the floor a sweep

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143
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machine à sous

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slot machine

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144
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découvrir, s’apercevoir

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to find out

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145
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un obstacle

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a hindrance

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146
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indulgent

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lenient

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147
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lié à l’activité humaine

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human related

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148
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faire l’école buisonnière

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to play truant

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149
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être arrêté

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to be under arrest

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150
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être libéré sur parole

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to be paroled

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Mr tout le monde

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the average Joe

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diffamer (2)

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to smear / to slander

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une campagne de diffamation

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a smear campaign

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colombe

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dove

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le plafond

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the ceiling

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chemise de nuit

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nightdress

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cadavres empaillés

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stuffed corpses

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rôder au bar

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to hang about the bar

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le comble de

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the ultimate in

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être très répandu

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to be rife

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pesant

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heavy, deep (sommeil), oppressive (ambiance)

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aspirateur (2)

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hoover, vacuum cleaner

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la labeur

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toil

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parfumer / embaumer

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to scent

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panier à linge

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linen basket

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agir / être de connivence avec

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to act / be in connivance with

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miniaturiser

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to miniaturize

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amidon

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starch

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boutonner

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to button

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le maître de maison

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the host

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singer

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to ape

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un ensemble de

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a set of

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banlieues

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suburbs

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parler couramment

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to speak fluently

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soigneux

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careful

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prédécesseur

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predecessor

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modeste

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modest

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sniffer de la cocaïne

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to snort cocaine

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se banaliser

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to become commonplace

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un passeur, une mule

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a mule

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rechuter

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to relapse

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entreprendre une cure de désintox

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to go into rehab

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les subtilités

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intricacies

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analogue à / aux

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akin to

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une kippa

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a skullcap

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amidonner

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to starch

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un synthétiseur

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a synthesizer

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se lover

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to coil up (serpent), to curl up (qn)

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inerte

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inert, lifeless (qn)

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une circonscription

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a county

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s’acharner sur (travailler beaucoup)

A

to toil

192
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fais attention !

A

Watch Out!

193
Q

tuberculose

A

tuberculosis

194
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ce qui complique les choses

A

which complicates matters

195
Q

billes

A

marbles

196
Q

un mystère

A

a mystery

197
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une seringue

A

a syringe

198
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un réseau de trafiquant

A

a drug cartel

199
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un dealer

A

a drug pusher

200
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une campagne de sensibilisation

A

an awareness-raising campaign

201
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éliminer qch progressivement

A

to phase sth out

202
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en ce qui concerne

A

when it comes to

203
Q

avoir le béguin pour

A

to have a crush on sb

204
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un moine, un religieux

A

a monk

205
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un franc-maçon

A

a freemason

206
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laisser à désirer

A

to leave much to be desired

207
Q

prendre conscience

A

to become aware

208
Q

imiter

A

to impersonate

209
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faire l’appel

A

to call the roll

210
Q

fin

A

thin

211
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un casier judiciaire

A

a criminal record

212
Q

subir un test ADN

A

to be DNA swabbed

213
Q

répartir

A

to share out

214
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aller chercher, rapporter ($)

A

to fetch

215
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corruption

A

bribery

216
Q

pilier

A

pillar

217
Q

assiégé, accablé

A

beleaguered

218
Q

forteresse, bastion

A

stronghold

219
Q

gémir

A

to wail

220
Q

gémissement

A

wail

221
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clémence, pitié

A

mercy

222
Q

entrevoir

A

to glimpse

223
Q

réel

A

actual

224
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vice président d’une entreprise

A

deputy chairman

225
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malveillant

A

malicious

226
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un laïc

A

a layman

227
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pour commencer

A

for a start

228
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singerie, bouffonnerie

A

antics

229
Q

loucher

A

to quint

230
Q

le coran

A

the Qur’an

231
Q

les tâches ménagères

A

household chores

232
Q

un relevé bancaire

A

a bank statement

233
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plein aux as

A

sticking rich

234
Q

droit de succession

A

estate tax

235
Q

être mêlé à

A

to be dragged into

236
Q

volonté

A

willpower

237
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ne pas avoir conscience de

A

to be oblivious of

238
Q

évincer de

A

oust from

239
Q

conflit

A

strife

240
Q

bouc émissaire

A

scapegoat

241
Q

inventer

A

to contrive

242
Q

un aperçu de

A

a glimpse of

243
Q

esquiver

A

to evade

244
Q

franc

A

candid

245
Q

spectaculaire

A

dramatic

246
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malveillant

A

malicious

247
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pourboire

A

gratuity

248
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terre à terre

A

mundane

249
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un médecin

A

a physician

250
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une centrale nucléaire

A

a nuclear plant

251
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instable

A

voltaile

252
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délocalisation

A

relocation

253
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se moquer de qn

A

to pull sb’s leg

254
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rester impassible

A

not to bat an eyelid

255
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aller à contre-courant

A

to swim against the tide

256
Q

allègement fiscal

A

tax break

257
Q

marasme

A

slump

258
Q

réduction des dépenses

A

cutback

259
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secteur d’activité

A

field of activity

260
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dépliant

A

leaflet

261
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présenter

A

to display

262
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stagner

A

to slacken

263
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publié

A

issued

264
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travailler à la chaîne

A

to work on the assembly line

265
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élégant

A

handsome

266
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agréable

A

good-tempered

267
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coincer

A

to strand

268
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insignifiant

A

petty

269
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un physicien

A

a physicist

270
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enfreindre

A

to trespass

271
Q

censé

A

supposed

272
Q

trahir

A

to give a stab in the back

273
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être le portrait craché de

A

to be the spitting image of

274
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faire la tête

A

to keep a straight face

275
Q

une aide financière (pour une E)

A

bailout

276
Q

autarcie

A

closed economy

277
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être dans le marasme

A

to be in the doldrums

278
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régression

A

downturn

279
Q

créneau

A

niche

280
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grossiste

A

wholesaler

281
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OGM

A

GMO

282
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un éditorialiste

A

a columnist

283
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le travail au noir

A

moonlighting

284
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élancé

A

slender

285
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fainéant

A

lazy

286
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vaniteux

A

vain

287
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soie

A

silk

288
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s’en prendre à

A

to take on

289
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le tirage (pour un journal)

A

circulation

290
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sur scène

A

on stage

291
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le tri séléctif

A

sorting

292
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un surplus, un excès

A

a glut

293
Q

une congère

A

a snowdrift

294
Q

une rançon

A

a random

295
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les grands moyens (2)

A

drastic measures / to go to great length

296
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faire marche arrière

A

to backpedal

297
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préciser

A

to specify

298
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machine à écrire

A

typewriter

299
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la grange

A

the barn

300
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cours particulier

A

private tuition

301
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loin s’en faut

A

far from it

302
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parts de marché

A

market shares

303
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mille (dans le sens mille questions)

A

a hundred and one

304
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le fond du couloir

A

the end of the corridor

305
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douloureux (2)

A

sore / painful

306
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c’était la nuit

A

it was night-time

307
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un nid-de-poule

A

a pothole

308
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révéler un scandale

A

to break a scandal

309
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le mammouth

A

the mammoth

310
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un sac poubelle

A

a bin liner

311
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tirer

A

to sort

312
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l’étendue

A

the scope

313
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estime

A

respect

314
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A en juger par

A

judging by

315
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ternir

A

to tarnish

316
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conseiller en communication

A

spin doctor

317
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fouine

A

weasel

318
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se bloquer

A

to jam

319
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sans vergogne

A

shamelessly

320
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le RDV

A

appointment

321
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raide

A

stiff

322
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les citadins

A

the city-dwellers

323
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pratique

A

of a practical nature

324
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l’hôtelier

A

the hotelier

325
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se dépêcher

A

to hurry

326
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réquisitionné

A

requisitioned

327
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le silence

A

the hush

328
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le vacarme

A

the howl

329
Q

caresser

A

to rub

330
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une sentinelle

A

a sentry

331
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désespérément

A

hopelessly

332
Q

le balcon

A

the balcony

333
Q

la pâleur

A

the pallor

334
Q

dire adieu (2)

A

say farewell to sb / to bid sb farewell

335
Q

la répétition général

A

the dress rehearsal

336
Q

carrière d’artiste

A

artistic career

337
Q

brusquer les choses

A

to rush things

338
Q

être décisif dans

A

to be decisive in

339
Q

bienveillant

A

benevolently

340
Q

fallait-il

A

Ought he to

341
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hésistant

A

hesitant

342
Q

transi, timide

A

bashful

343
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le hall de l’hôtel

A

the lobby of the hotel

344
Q

balbutier

A

to stammer

345
Q

collier

A

necklace

346
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pour toujours

A

for good

347
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qu’est-ce que tu fiches

A

what the heck are you up to?

348
Q

qu’est-ce qu’il y a ?

A

What’s the matter?

349
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promener qn

A

to take sb for a walk

350
Q

sans me quitter des yeux

A

without taking her eyes off me

351
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parler avec application

A

to diligently speak

352
Q

la bande médiatique

A

the tape

353
Q

une foulée

A

a stride

354
Q

le rez-de-chaussée

A

the ground floor

355
Q

le grand jour

A

the big day

356
Q

la troupe

A

the troupe

357
Q

avoir beau

A

well might SUJET verbe infinitif

358
Q

poisson rouge

A

goldfish

359
Q

respirer

A

to breathe

360
Q

soudainement, tout à coup

A

suddenly

361
Q

de dernières heure

A

last-minute

362
Q

désarmant

A

disarming

363
Q

le répondeur

A

the answering machine

364
Q

accrocher

A

to hook

365
Q

tu parles d’un scandale!

A

how’s this for a scandal!

366
Q

se taire

A

to become silent

367
Q

avoir des tas de

A

with piles of

368
Q

prononcer

A

to pronounce

369
Q

griller un feu rouge

A

to jump red light

370
Q

jusqu’à la fin des temps

A

till the end of time

371
Q

savourer

A

to relish

372
Q

durer

A

to last for

373
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une cour

A

a courtyard

374
Q

prononcer

A

pronunciation

375
Q

feux de circulation

A

traffic lights

376
Q

largement

A

considerably

377
Q

un beau parleur

A

a smooth talker

378
Q

une rencontre

A

an encounter

379
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il a une tête à ça

A

that would just be like him

380
Q

une chemise (où l’on met papiers)

A

a briefcase

381
Q

à l’extérieur

A

on the outside world

382
Q

dès ma naissance

A

right from my birth

383
Q

se faire assommer

A

to get knocked out

384
Q

emballage de bonbons

A

sweet wrappers

385
Q

trainer, rôder

A

to loiter

386
Q

faire oui de la tête

A

to nod one’s head

387
Q

optimiste

A

cheery

388
Q

jouer des coudes

A

to elbow

389
Q

bercer

A

to lull

390
Q

un mal de tête

A

a headache

391
Q

faire un grand sourire

A

to grin

392
Q

de façon à (ne pas)

A

so as (not) to

393
Q

une voiture d’occasion

A

a second-hand car

394
Q

au fond de moi

A

deep inside

395
Q

s’efforcer

A

to endeavor

396
Q

l’embrasure de la porte

A

the doorway

397
Q

croisière / faire une croisière

A

cruise / to cruise

398
Q

traîner, marcher sans enthousiasme

A

to traipse

399
Q

faire non de la tête

A

to shake one’s head

400
Q

marcher sur la pointe des pieds

A

to tiptoe

401
Q

une guêpe

A

a wasp

402
Q

enroué (voix)

A

hoarse

403
Q

frissonner

A

to shiver

404
Q

ê (hollandais) de naissance

A

be (Dutch) by birth

405
Q

de peur que

A

for fear (that)

406
Q

pour une bouchée de pain

A

for a song

407
Q

surplomber

A

to overlook

408
Q

vaillant

A

courageous

409
Q

trouver la mort

A

to meet his death

410
Q

un bidule, machin, truc

A

a contraption

411
Q

une catastrophe aérienne

A

a plane crash

412
Q

une excitation joyeuse

A

joyful excitement

413
Q

fendre (égorger)

A

to slit (one’s throat)

414
Q

une malédiction

A

a bane

415
Q

un voyage organisé

A

a package tour

416
Q

à bord

A

on board

417
Q

dégingandé

A

gangly youth

418
Q

la piste de décollage

A

the runway

419
Q

en cas d’urgence

A

in case of emergency

420
Q

disposé à

A

willing to

421
Q

conseil municipal

A

parish council

422
Q

un cheval de course

A

a race horse

423
Q

très frais

A

chilly

424
Q

une période de sécheresse

A

a dry spell

425
Q

les vendanges

A

the grapes harvest

426
Q

nuancer

A

to qualify

427
Q

fonceur

A

go-ahead

428
Q

rationnel

A

rational

429
Q

en vacances

A

on holiday (sans s)

430
Q

un avion

A

an aircraft, airplane

431
Q

cet argument ne tient pas le coup

A

this argument doesn’t hold water

432
Q

décontraction

A

relaxed state

433
Q

une aubaine

A

a boon

434
Q

une haie

A

a hedgerow

435
Q

faire une déclaration

A

to make a statement

436
Q

devancer

A

to forestall

437
Q

atterrir

A

to land

438
Q

consigne de sécurité

A

emergency instructions

439
Q

ça me dérangerais pas

A

wouldn’t mind

440
Q

paroisse

A

parish

441
Q

une course de chevaux

A

horse race

442
Q

frais

A

cool

443
Q

une vague de froid

A

a cold snap

444
Q

incendie de foret

A

wildfire

445
Q

captiver, passionner, fasciner

A

to enthrall

446
Q

enfant abandonné, fille très maigre

A

waif

447
Q

attentat

A

bomb attack

448
Q

dégoûtant

A

filthy

449
Q

un grand magasin

A

a department store

450
Q

appeler à la grève

A

to call a strike

451
Q

épineux

A

thorny

452
Q

une manne

A

a bonanza

453
Q

tot ou tard

A

sooner or later

454
Q

somptueux, grandiose

A

grand

455
Q

humide

A

dank

456
Q

un employé

A

a clerk

457
Q

dépouillé, sobre

A

bare

458
Q

au charme suranné

A

quaint

459
Q

le piétinement

A

the pattering

460
Q

spacieux

A

commodious

461
Q

vaniteux

A

boastful

462
Q

épouvantable

A

ghastly

463
Q

sentir mauvais, empester

A

to reek / to stink

464
Q

allonger, prolonger

A

to extend

465
Q

un organisme, une institution

A

a body

466
Q

un petit commerçant

A

a sole trader / shopkeeper

467
Q

dépassé

A

outdated

468
Q

moderniser

A

to update

469
Q

miteux

A

dingy

470
Q

recoudre

A

to darn

471
Q

les gens huppés

A

smart folk

472
Q

élimé

A

threadbare / worn out

473
Q

avec intensité

A

intently

474
Q

aller à toute vitesse

A

to whizz

475
Q

sur son 31

A

all dressed up

476
Q

marcher lentement

A

to stroll

477
Q

confortable

A

comfy