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corne, cor, mégaphone

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horn

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obstination, entêtement

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stubbornness

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escargot

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snail

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battre des ailes

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to flutter

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une butte

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a mound

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un Schtroumpf

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smurf

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le plaidoyer

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the plea

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être de connivence avec

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to collude with

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audacieux, téméraire

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bold

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les actionnaires

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stockholders

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communiquer, transmettre

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to convey

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effronté, impétueux

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brash

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saisir, s’emparer de

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to seize

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faire rentrer qn

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show sb into

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Dès ma naissance

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Right from my birth

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tenter de faire qch, s’efforcer de faire qch

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to endeavour to do sth

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le sens de l’orientation

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a sense of direction

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le sens de la mesure

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a sense of proportion

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perdre la raison

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to lost one’s mind

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sceller

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to seal

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Il me vint à l’esprit que (2)

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it flashed across my mind / it occurred to me

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hivernal

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wintry

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et pourtant, et cependant

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and yet

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faire une promenade (rythme lent)

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to go for a stroll

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penser que, imaginer que

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to reckon

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tenir compte de

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to reckon with

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se produire, apparaître ( ≈ happen)

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to occur

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venir à l’esprit de qn

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to occur to sb

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estimer

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to deem

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dépérir, s’étioler, s’amenuiser

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to wither

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s’attaquer à un problème

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to tackle a problem

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pays émergent

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emerging country

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un système de retraite

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a pension scheme

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malgré moi (2)

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in spite of myself / despite myself

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écureuil

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squirrel

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apercevoir (voir de loin) (3)

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to glimpse, to catch sight of, to catch a glimpse of

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dignement

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with dignity

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au ralenti

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in slow motion

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gravier

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gravel

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fatalement (2)

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ineluctably, inevitably

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bien aimer

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to be fond of

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lointain

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far-off

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avoir le regard qui s’éclaire (2)

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to have a glint / sparkle in one’s eye

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à mon bras (tenir au bras de qn)

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to hold on to my arm

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morose, triste, mélancolique

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saturnine

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l’allée

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the driveway

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la clôture

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the fence

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un souvenir vivant

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a vivid recollection

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se souvenir

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to recollect

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précision

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accuracy

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précis

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accurate

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52
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un déménagement

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a removal

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un poteau

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a post

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un portail

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a gate

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scruter

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to scrutinize

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réussir à

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to contrive

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écarter, renvoyer, virer

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to dismiss

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lois du travail

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labour laws

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coincé, bloqué, enlisé

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stuck

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fantaisiste

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fanciful

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se diriger vers

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to head for

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biens, patrimoine

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assets

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entrecroisé, entremêlé

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intertwined

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Téhéran

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Tehran

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expédier kkchose

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to ship something

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voiler, dissimuler

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to veil

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blessé, victime

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casualty

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homme de main

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henchman

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effacer, détruire, faire table rase de

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to obliterate

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tranchant, coupant, aiguisé

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sharp

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colère, rage

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wrath

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confrérie

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fellowship

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la première mise (gambling)

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the ante

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détester, haïr, abhorrer

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to loathe

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une garantie

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a warranty

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un bleu, une contusion

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a bruise

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repaire, tanière

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den

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78
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tu as la bougeotte

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you’re fidgeting

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trébucher

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to stumble

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un faux pas

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a stumble

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81
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de travers (Quelque chose est allé de travers avec mon programme de courrier électronique.)

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awry (Something has gone awry with my email program.)

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marque, témoignage, gage / jeton

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token

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danser la valse, valser

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to waltz

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à peine en dessous-de (presque de la trahison)

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just shy of (just shy of treason)

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tollé, protestations / boucan, vacarme

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an uproar

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précipité, hâtif(ve)

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hasty

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monter brusquement, déferler

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to surge

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agitation, effervescence

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flurry

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neiger légèrement

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to flurry

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troupeau

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gaggle

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à la périphérie

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on the outskirts

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connaitre (sentiment)

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to experience

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malaise

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malaise

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ridicule, absurde, insensé

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ludicrous

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comté

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shire

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dégoutant, infect

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unsavoury

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bien que + subj, même si + indicatif

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whilst

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ennemi, adversaire

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foe

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détourner qn du droit chemin, pervertir qn

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lead sb astray

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hors du chemin

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astray

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genre, acabit (quelque chose de ce genre)

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ilk (something of that ilk)

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abandonner, délaisser

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to forsake

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s’envenimer, pourrir

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to fester

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contrarier

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to antagonize

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rôder

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to skulk

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se mettre en route, prendre la route, partir

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to set off

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tendre (verbe)

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to stretch

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torrent

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flood, stream, mountain stream

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tuile

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tile

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110
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Au loin

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In the distance

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caniveau, gouttière

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gutter

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presque

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nearly, almost

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nier

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deny, refute, contradict

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lisse (sans aspérités)

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smooth

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lisse (plat, sans grand intérêt)

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featureless, plain, bland

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116
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rétorquer, répliquer

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to retort

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117
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décupler

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multiply by ten

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118
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embourber

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bog down sth

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119
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dans, à l’intérieur de, au sein de

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within

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120
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l’ennui

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boredom

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121
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la location

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the rented accommodation

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122
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glousser, avoir un petit rire

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to chuckle

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canotage

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canoeing

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manuel

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manual

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125
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exercer un métier

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to practise

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126
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audace

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daring, boldness, audacity

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127
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fraternité

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brotherhood

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128
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la gloire

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the fame

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129
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le dernier, le deuxième (le premier de ces deux livres est cher mais le second ne l’est pas)

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the latter (Of these two books the former is expensive but the latter is not)

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débit, élocution / livraison / accouchement

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delivery

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maîtrise, possession (il maîtrise 3 langues étrangères)

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command (he has a command of 3 foreign languages)

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Je suis le seul à pouvoir le faire

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No one but me could do it

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133
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tout mais pas ça

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anything but that

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134
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poser, faire l’intéressant

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to show off

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135
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figurez-vous

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mind you

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136
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tétanos

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lockjaw

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137
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exaspérant, agaçant

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aggravating

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it ain’t so = it isn’t so

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it ain’t so = it isn’t so

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139
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plume

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feather

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140
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will peut être utilisé comme propriété inhérente au sujet de l’énoncé. Le fer ça rouille

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iron will rust. // Un geai ça ment, ça vole, ça trompe : A jay will lie, a jay will steal, a jay will deceive.

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fourrer, bourrer, remplir

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to cram

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142
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exiger, nécessiter (il est nécessaire d’envisager la situation autrement)

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to call for (the situation calls for a new approach)

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réprimande (gronder ou réprimander qn)

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scolding (give sb a scolding)

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rondin, bûche

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log

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là-bas / là-haut / là-bas

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yonder / up yonder / over yonder

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bruissement, froissement

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rustling

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trouver qch par hasard, tomber sur

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light (light, lighted ou lit) upon something

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penser, croire, estimer, juger

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to reckon

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découvrir, trouver

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to strike (strike, struck, struck)

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trouver du pétrole, trouver le filon (fig)

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to strike oil

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faire fortune

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strike it rich

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tourner la tête

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to cock one’s head

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dresser les oreilles

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to cock one’s ears

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glisser un coup d’oeil

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to cock one’s eye at

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pichet, carafe, cruche, broc

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jug

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céleste, divin

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heavenly

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étrange, bizarre

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queer

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boussole

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compass

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crête / peigne

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comb

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perdre son temps

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to fool around / to fool about

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bientôt, au bout d’un certain temps

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presently

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lancer, jeter

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to heave (prétérit : hove)

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sciure

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sawdust

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un cri, hurlement

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a yell

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éclat / lueur rouge, rougeoiement

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flush

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se percher

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to roost

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hibou, chouette

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owl

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se débrouiller (s’en sortir)

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to get by

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s’accroupir (body position) / se tapir (animal)

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to crouch

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être allongé, être étendu / s’incliner / incliner

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to recline

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libre, disponible, inoccupé, vide

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vacant

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s’éloigner en rampant, avancer au pas

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to crawl away

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les recoins

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the recesses

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englouti, immergé, enfoncé (yeux), creux (joue)

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sunken

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s’accrocher à

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to cling to

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trembler, frémir

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to shudder

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177
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regarder avec colère

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to glare

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178
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scruter qch/qn du regard

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to peer at

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jeter un coup d’oeil à

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to glance at

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regarder à la dérobée

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to peep

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regarder d’un air sévère / froncer les sourcils

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to frown

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faire un clin d’oeil

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to wink

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apercevoir qch

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to catch a glimpse of

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distinguer / sortir avec

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to make out

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regarder bouche bée

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to gape

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falaise

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cliff

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désagréable, froid, antipathique

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uncongenial

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obscurité

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gloom

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l’état d’esprit

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the attitude

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lueur vacillante / vaciller, trembler

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flicker / to flicker

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forme

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shape

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tant bien que mal

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after a fashion

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jonché de

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strewn with

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la face émergé de l’iceberg

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the tip of the iceberg

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avoir un comportement suspect

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to have a chip on his shoulder

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se borner, se limiter à qch

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to confine oneself to sth

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doter

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to endow

198
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quelque peu, tant soi peu

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somewhat

199
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sur des critères académiques

A

on academic grounds

200
Q

corriger, noter

A

to mark

201
Q

une conséquence

A

an upshot

202
Q

direction, gouverne, conduite

A

guidance

203
Q

professionel

A

vocational

204
Q

la terminale (la classe)

A

the sixth form

205
Q

aspirer à faire qch

A

to aim at doing sth

206
Q

un cours, une classe

A

a course

207
Q

différer, ajourner, remettre

A

to defer

208
Q

soutenir que, maintenir que

A

to argue that

209
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ê studieux

A

to be studious

210
Q

un concours d’entrée

A

an entrance examination

211
Q

charger qn de faire qch

A

to instruct sb to do sth

212
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un entretien

A

an interview

213
Q

un examen blanc

A

a mock exam

214
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une bourse scolaire

A

a scholarship

215
Q

les frais, les dépenses

A

the outlay

216
Q

mettre au rebut

A

to scrap

217
Q

à la demande de

A

at the behest of

218
Q

le noyau, le coeur, le fond

A

a core

219
Q

inspirer, instiller

A

to instill

220
Q

alarmer, surprendre

A

to startle

221
Q

une motivation, un stimulant

A

an incentive

222
Q

ê flou, confus

A

to be blurred

223
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hésiter, faillir

A

to falter

224
Q

une fermeture

A

a closure

225
Q

douteux, incertain, vague

A

dubious

226
Q

rester très en vue

A

to maintain a higher profile

227
Q

faire une incursion

A

to make inroads

228
Q

en moyenne

A

on average

229
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s’imaginer le pire

A

to assume the worst

230
Q

files barbelés

A

barbed wire

231
Q

un quartier

A

a barrio

232
Q

passer la frontière

A

to cross the border

233
Q

englober, envelopper

A

to encompass

234
Q

déverser, entrer en foule

A

to pour in

235
Q

en vertu de

A

by virtue of

236
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organiser

A

to mount

237
Q

lié par un contrat d’apprentissage

A

indentured

238
Q

une culture

A

a crop

239
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déclarer illégal

A

to outlaw

240
Q

arracher à

A

to tear from

241
Q

la cale

A

the hold

242
Q

déterminer

A

to shape

243
Q

vitalité

A

vibrancy

244
Q

se déployer

A

to fan out

245
Q

une entrave

A

an impediment

246
Q

déclaré

A

overt

247
Q

une compréhension de

A

an insight into

248
Q

ê attribué à

A

to be ascribed to

249
Q

induire en erreur

A

to mislead

250
Q

endosser

A

to shoulder

251
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le fondement

A

the cornerstone

252
Q

indigent, sans ressources

A

down-and-out

253
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durable, tenace

A

enduring

254
Q

le courage, la force morale

A

fortitude

255
Q

une péniche

A

a barge

256
Q

une filiature de coton

A

a cotton mill

257
Q

un comptable

A

a bookkeeper

258
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exigeant

A

demanding

259
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user, saper

A

to erode

260
Q

la course effrénée, la jungle

A

the rat-race

261
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un procès

A

a lawsuit

262
Q

saluer

A

to hail

263
Q

un bon exemple

A

a case in point

264
Q

compter, chiffrer

A

to cipher

265
Q

une aide à l’emploi

A

a job incentive

266
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traîner les pieds (2)

A

to trudge, to shuffle

267
Q

se pavaner

A

to strut

268
Q

se faufiler (2)

A

to sidle, to sneak

269
Q

marcher à grandes enjambés

A

to stride along

270
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se précipiter

A

to rush

271
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sureffectif

A

overmanning

272
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production, rendement

A

output

273
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pour le moins

A

to say the least

274
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extraordinaire, énorme, prodigieux

A

prodigious

275
Q

correcteur

A

sub-editor

276
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au sujet de

A

with regard to

277
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asséché, assoiffé

A

parched

278
Q

cercueil

A

coffin

279
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la surproduction

A

overcapacity

280
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la surpopulation

A

overcrowding

281
Q

oublier

A

overlook

282
Q

un découvert (à la banque)

A

an overdraft

283
Q

se laisser aller à qch

A

overindulge in sth

284
Q

réagir démesurément

A

to overreact

285
Q

jalouser (2)

A

to envy, to be jealous of

286
Q

semestriel

A

bi-annual

287
Q

saumon (couleur)

A

salmon pink

288
Q

désormais (2)

A

from now on / henceforth

289
Q

constituer (2)

A

establish / constitute

290
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entre autres

A

amongst other things

291
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s’emballer

A

to rev up

292
Q

un soupçon

A

a suspicion

293
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la tendresse

A

the tenderness

294
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une mèche

A

a lock

295
Q

éponger

A

to wipe

296
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juste derrière

A

hard on its heels

297
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envers

A

towards

298
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cesser le travail

A

to knock off work

299
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se débrouiller (2)

A

to make do, to get by, to scrape by

300
Q

en vrac

A

in bulk

301
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tant bien que mal

A

after a fashion

302
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jonché de

A

strewn with

303
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dégingandé

A

gangly youth

304
Q

décoller

A

to take off

305
Q

atterrir

A

to land

306
Q

la piste de décollage

A

the runway

307
Q

consigne de sécurité

A

emergency instructions

308
Q

en cas d’urgence

A

in case of emergency

309
Q

ça me dérangerais pas

A

I wouldn’t mind

310
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disposé à

A

willing to / ready to / prepared to

311
Q

promulguer

A

to enact

312
Q

jouer avec les critères

A

to fiddle with criteria

313
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servir, favoriser une cause

A

to further a cause

314
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une approche maladroite

A

a ham-handed approach

315
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le point de vue prédominant

A

the prevailing view

316
Q

prétendre être

A

to purport to be

317
Q

revenir sur une promesse

A

to renege on a promise

318
Q

engendrer

A

to spawn

319
Q

prendre qn à partie

A

to take sb to task

320
Q

un jour sur deux

A

every other day

321
Q

une fois de temps en temps

A

once in a while

322
Q

la Bourgogne

A

Burgundy

323
Q

il refuse d’écouter

A

he won’t listen

324
Q

érudit (nom)

A

scholar, erudite person

325
Q

érudit (adj)

A

learned, scholarly, erudite

326
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coup, coup de poing / influence, poids

A

clout

327
Q

donner une baffe à qn, donner un coup de poing

A

to clout sb

328
Q

faire fondre, décongeler

A

to thaw sth

329
Q

dégel, fonte, détente (pays)

A

thaw

330
Q

procuration, mandataire

A

proxy

331
Q

par procuration

A

by proxy

332
Q

vote par procuration

A

proxy voting

333
Q

barrette

A

clip

334
Q

tondre

A

to clip

335
Q

pince à billet

A

money clip

336
Q

pince-nez

A

nose clip

337
Q

trombone

A

paper clip

338
Q

collier de qch

A

string of sth

339
Q

corde, ficelle

A

string

340
Q

avoir les jetons

A

to have the willies

341
Q

avoir la frousse

A

to get cold feet / to be scare stiff

342
Q

faire une peur bleue à quelqu’un

A

to scare someone to death / to scare the pants off someone

343
Q

donner les jetons à qn, flanquer la trouille

A

to put the wind up sb, to give sb the willies

344
Q

cela m’a fait froid dans le dos

A

It sent shivers down my spine

345
Q

rédiger (une lettre), composer (musique, symphonie)

A

to compose

346
Q

se calmer, se maîtriser

A

to compose oneself

347
Q

interpeler, apostropher

A

to shout at, to hail

348
Q

acheter

A

to purchase

349
Q

débouler

A

to hurtle

350
Q

surgir

A

to pop up

351
Q

chasser, suivre

A

to pursue, to track, to hunt, to chase

352
Q

être un cordon bleu

A

to be a good cook

353
Q

être fleur bleue

A

to be candid, naïve

354
Q

avoir la main verte

A

to have a gift for gardening / to have green fingers

355
Q

broyer du noir

A

to have black thoughts, to be down in the dumps

356
Q

faire travailler sa matière grise

A

to rack one’s brains

357
Q

passer une nuit blanche

A

to spend a sleepless night

358
Q

se faire des cheveux blancs

A

to worry about something

359
Q

voir rouge

A

to be angry

360
Q

un événement marquant, qui fait date

A

a milestone

361
Q

une pierre angulaire

A

a cornerstone

362
Q

célébrer l’anniversaire de

A

to celebrate the anniversary of… to mark the anniversary of

363
Q

la Magna Carta

A

the Great Charter

364
Q

intenter un procès

A

to bring a lawsuit against

365
Q

faire de même

A

to follow suit

366
Q

sans procès / procédure judiciaire

A

without due process of law

367
Q

insulte, injure, mauvais traitement

A

abuse

368
Q

universitaire, scolaire

A

academic

369
Q

exploit, succès, réalisation

A

achievement

370
Q

militant

A

activist

371
Q

réel, exact, véritable

A

actual

372
Q

en fait, à vrai dire

A

actually

373
Q

publicité, spot publicitaire

A

advertisement

374
Q

ordre du jour

A

agenda

375
Q

antique

A

ancient

376
Q

désireux de, qui a hâte de

A

anxious to + vb

377
Q

candidature, demande

A

application

378
Q

logique, clair

A

articulate

379
Q

hypothèse, supposition

A

assumption

380
Q

assistance, public

A

audience

381
Q

équilibre

A

balance

382
Q

une balance

A

the scale

383
Q

scrutin

A

ballot

384
Q

caserne

A

barracks

385
Q

fondamental, essentiel, élémentaire

A

basic

386
Q

les fondamentaux, denrées de 1ère nécessités

A

basics

387
Q

allocation, avantage, prestation

A

benefit

388
Q

fanatisme, sectarisme

A

bigotry

389
Q

pâté de maisons

A

block

390
Q

des bribes

A

bits, snatches of conversation

391
Q

franc, sincère

A

candid

392
Q

prudence

A

caution

393
Q

une caution

A

a bail

394
Q

caverne, grotte

A

cave

395
Q

cave

A

cellar

396
Q

hasard, occasion

A

chance

397
Q

prix, charge, accusation

A

charge

398
Q

association caritative

A

charity

399
Q

employé, vendeur

A

clerk

400
Q

marchandise, MP, denrée

A

commodity

401
Q

concurrence

A

competition

402
Q

exhaustif, détaillé, polyvalent

A

comprehensive

403
Q

concordant, concomitant

A

concurrent

404
Q

logique, conséquent

A

consistent

405
Q

électeur

A

constituent

406
Q

cadavre

A

corpse

407
Q

criminalité, crime

A

crime

408
Q

traitement, remède, guérison

A

cure

409
Q

RDV (amoureux)

A

date

410
Q

supercherie, tromperie

A

deception

411
Q

retard

A

delay

412
Q

délai

A

wait, deadline

413
Q

sans aucun doute, absolument

A

definitely

414
Q

définitivement

A

definitively

415
Q

prêt à tout

A

desperate

416
Q

péjoratif, désobligeant

A

derogatory

417
Q

extraordinaire, spectaculaire, théâtral

A

dramatic

418
Q

à la folie

A

to distraction

419
Q

jetable

A

disposable

420
Q

discussion, débat, désaccord, controverse

A

dispute

421
Q

une dispute

A

a quarrel, an argument

422
Q

rédacteur

A

editor

423
Q

fiancé, occupé (ligne téléphonique)

A

engaged

424
Q

esprit d’entreprise, d’initiative

A

enterprise

425
Q

une épidémie

A

an epidemic

426
Q

milieux dirigeants

A

Establishment

427
Q

en fin de compte

A

eventually

428
Q

éventuellement

A

if need be, possibly

429
Q

passionnant

A

exciting

430
Q

excitant

A

stimulating, arousing (sexy)

431
Q

tissu

A

fabric

432
Q

supplémentaire

A

extra

433
Q

imagination

A

fantasy

434
Q

défaut, anomalie, erreur de construction

A

fault

435
Q

chiffre, silhouette, ligne

A

figure

436
Q

dossier, fichier

A

file

437
Q

haut en couleurs, exubérant

A

flamboyant

438
Q

contrefaçon

A

forgery

439
Q

eau douce

A

fresh water

440
Q

tristement célèbre

A

infamous

441
Q

infâme

A

vile, loathsome, repulsive

442
Q

problème, sujet

A

issue

443
Q

revue, livre de bord, livre de comptes

A

journal

444
Q

boiteux

A

lame

445
Q

calomnie, diffamation

A

libel

446
Q

permis

A

licence

447
Q

emplacement, localisation

A

location

448
Q

dément

A

lunatic

449
Q

lunatique

A

quirky, whimsical

450
Q

fou, dément

A

maniac

451
Q

maniaque (qui a des manies)

A

fussy, finicky

452
Q

secondaire

A

marginal

453
Q

souffrances, malheur, tristesse

A

misery

454
Q

infraction, délit

A

offence

455
Q

indiscret, trop zélé

A

officious

456
Q

essence

A

petrol

457
Q

(femme) menue

A

petite

458
Q

clause (d’un contrat, texte)

A

provision

459
Q

bénéficiaire, destinataire, récipiendaire

A

recipient

460
Q

qui fait rage, qui sévit, luxuriant

A

rampant

461
Q

réaction

A

response

462
Q

châtiment

A

retribution

463
Q

célébration, retrouvailles

A

reunion

464
Q

qui fait école, riche et original

A

seminal

465
Q

papeterie

A

stationery

466
Q

une filiale

A

subsidiary

467
Q

aux talents multiples

A

versatile

468
Q

versatile

A

fickle, moddy, changeable, capricious

469
Q

poste/logement vacant

A

vacancy

470
Q

bagatelle

A

trifle

471
Q

dérisoire, futile

A

trivial

472
Q

vaincre

A

to vanquish

473
Q

bourbier

A

mire

474
Q

embourber, enliser qn dans qch

A

mire sth in sth

475
Q

soulager, calmer, réduire qch

A

alleviate sth

476
Q

de mauvais qualité, mauvais

A

shoddy

477
Q

répéter (théâtre)

A

rehearse sth

478
Q

la queue d’un animal, arrière

A

tail

479
Q

pile (pour une pièce)

A

tails

480
Q

jouer à pile ou face

A

to play heads or tails

481
Q

en abondance, à foison

A

aplenty

482
Q

décousu, petit, menu

A

bitty

483
Q

examen (approfondi)

A

scrutiny

484
Q

super, génial, élégant

A

nifty

485
Q

d’autrefois, de jadis

A

erstwhile

486
Q

envelopper qn/qch

A

to swath sth/sb

487
Q

bourbier, marasme

A

quagmire

488
Q

les dés sont jetés

A

the die is cast

489
Q

sautiller

A

to hop

490
Q

bouge toi!

A

hop it!

491
Q

timbres

A

stamps

492
Q

comploter contre qn

A

to plot against