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1
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Taut

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Tendu

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A stool

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Un tabouret

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To overcome

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Surmonter

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Intrude upon

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Empiéter sur

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An inference

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Une déduction

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To be long overdue in + ing

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Être en retard dans …

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A smallholding

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a small piece of land used for farming but is much smaller than a typical farm

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Outskirts

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La banlieue

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To break away

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Se détacher, se séparer

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your nearest and dearest

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Sa famille

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kith and kin

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People you are connected with, especially by family relationships

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kittenish

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used to describe a woman who behaves in a humorous, silly way, especially as a way of attracting sexual attention

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Catty-corner

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in a position that is diagonally opposite someone or something else

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Agin

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Contre

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Aghast

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atterré, choqué (horreur)

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Agape

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Bouche bée

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To tarry

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to stay somewhere for longer than expected and delay leaving

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To be seething with

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Être rempli de, être bouillonnant de

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Rear (B2)

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Arrière, derrière

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To dart

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to look quickly at someone / to move quickly or suddenly (surgir, bondir)

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21
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To linger

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to take a long time to leave or disappear (C2)

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22
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Astonishment

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very great surprise

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23
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To swagger

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to walk as though very pleased with oneself - se pavaner

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To plummet

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(of a heavy weight) to fall or drop swiftly - chuter

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Spry

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Vif

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seething

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very crowded / very angry

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Aloof

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(Adv) A l’écart de - ex: I kept aloof from the whole business.
(Adj) ºdistant, not sociable or friendly - ex: People find the new teacher rather aloof
ºnot interested or involved, usually because you do not approve of what is happening

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Pot

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any one of many kinds of deep container used in cooking, for holding food, liquids etc or for growing plants (B2)

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29
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To anchor

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Ancrer (bateau) (C2) / ancrer (to make something or someone stay in one position by fastening him, her, or it firmly) (C2)

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30
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A anchor

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Une ancre (C2)/ (personne) un pilier (C2)

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Shallow

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Peu profond (B2)/ (personne) superficiel (C2)

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32
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Soil

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Sol, terre (B2)

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33
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Profusely

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En abondance

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34
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To pertain to something

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to relate to or have a connection with something

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35
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To distinguish X from Y sth

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Distinguer X qqch de Y qqch

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36
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to run off

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imprimer, tirer des impressions / s’enfuir, partir

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37
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a runoff

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a second or final election held when no one got enough votes to win an earlier election / une finale / ruissèlement d’eau

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38
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a crop (B1)

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harvest, une récolte

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39
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to be devoid of sth

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to lack or be without something that is necessary or usual, être dépourvu de

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40
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livestock

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bétail

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41
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to graze

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(peau) érafler, écorcher / effleurer, frôler / (animaux) brouter

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42
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gullible

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naïf, niais

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43
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To nab

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(informel)
° piquer
° attraper un criminel

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44
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Bemused

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perplexe

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45
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a chicken and egg situation

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a situation in which it is impossible to say which of two things existed first and which caused the other one

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46
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at sea (idiom)

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confus, perdu

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47
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all of a doodah (idiom)

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confus

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48
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muzziness

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° the quality of being confused and unable to think clearly because of tiredness, illness, alcohol, or drugs
° not clearly explained

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to scavenge

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fouiller les poubelles

50
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rubbish

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° nonsense

° ordures, déchets

51
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to rattle

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° to upset and worry - ébranler

° cliqueter

52
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burly

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(personne) robuste, baraquée

53
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puzzled (B2)

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perplexe

54
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to coil

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enrouler

55
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bleary

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(eyes) red, watery or tired

56
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whacked

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informel
° très fatigué
° (US) suffering the effects of drugs or alcohol
° (UK) bizarre, inhabituel

57
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stonkered

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(UK slang) très fatigué

58
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be fit/ready to drop

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être très fatigué

59
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to be at your worst

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showing the most unpleasant side of someone’s character

60
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to have shot your bolt

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to have already achieved all that you have the power, ability, or strength to do and to be unable to do more

61
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punch-drunk

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quand t’as été frappé trop de fois à la tête et qu’il t’en reste des dommages

62
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drowsiness

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a tired state, between sleeping and being awake - somnolence

63
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haggard

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(of a person) looking very tired and thin-faced, because of pain, worry etc - exténué, défait

64
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gassed

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° (UK) very excited
° (US) very tired
° (US) very drunk

65
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omnivorous

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° omnivore

° très intéressé

66
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agog

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excited and eager to know or see more

67
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A score

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°partition
° but (sport)
° groupe de 20

68
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a parlor

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a business that provides a stated type of personal service or sells a stated product

69
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to trigger

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Provoquer, causer / (inf) causer de la peur, choc chez quelqu’un, en particulier parce que ça leur rappelle une mauvaise expérience

70
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Provoquer, causer / (inf) causer de la peur, choc chez quelqu’un, en particulier parce que ça leur rappelle une mauvaise expérience

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to make a successful or unsuccessful attempt to do something

71
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To quiver

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Trembler

72
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A smokescreen

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A smokescreen

73
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To get the gist of it

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Comprendre l’idée globale

74
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Mist

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Brume

75
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Ablaze

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En feu / éblouissant

76
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Tawny

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(usually of animals’ fur etc) yellowish-brown

77
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“Surreptitiously

( /sʌrəpˈtɪʃəsli/)”

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Secrètement

78
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Coyness

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behavior in which someone intentionally tries to keep something secret /in which someone is or pretends to be shy, or like a child

79
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To shroud

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to hide something by covering or surrounding it

80
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A hem

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un ourlet

81
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To hum and haw

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to be uncertain and take a long time deciding something

82
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A ditherer

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someone who finds it difficult to make decisions

83
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To dilly-dally

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Traîner, perdre du temps

84
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The rim (of sth)

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Le bord (de quelquechose)

85
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To hover

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Se tenir aux côtés de / hésiter

86
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Murky

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Trouble (≠ transparent)

87
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damp

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humide

88
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To purse one’s lips

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Se pincer les lèvres

89
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lackluster

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mou

90
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To screech

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Pousser un cri strident, crisser

91
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To lurch

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tanguer, vaciller

92
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To yank

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tirer d’un coup sec

93
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a trickle of

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un filet de

94
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to dread

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appréhender, redouter

95
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a dread

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terreur, effroi

96
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to loom

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Être imminent / menacer / (+ up) apparaître indistinctement

97
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the shore

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le rivage, la côte, la rive

98
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to swarm

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(Large groupe) affluer

99
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a din

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un vacarme

100
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hubbub

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brouhaha

101
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polluting

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polluant

102
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to work remotely

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télétravailler

103
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lockdown

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confinement

104
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to be on strike

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être en grève

105
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to strike

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faire grève

106
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to bode (ill or well) for

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Augurer, annoncer, prédire, présager (du bien ou du mal de…)

107
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a cupboard

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un placard

108
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To be on short-time working

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Être en chômage partiel

109
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Border closure

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Fermeture de frontières

110
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Consumption

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Consommation

111
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Widespread

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largement répandu

112
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To keep tabs on sb / sth

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Surveiller quelquechose / quelqu’un

113
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To holler

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crier

114
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to forward

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transférer (email)

115
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forward (adj)

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Effronté / à long terme / vers l’avant

116
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forward (adv)

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Vers l’avant / à partir de (ex: from … forward)

117
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any minute

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d’un instant à l’autre

118
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Minute (adj)

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Minuscule

119
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Minutes

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Procès verbal

120
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A Jiffy

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Un moment, un instant (ex : to be home in a jiffy)

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