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1
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fade

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défraîchi

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frame

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cadre (photo)

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riding helmet

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bombe d’équitation

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vivid carroty shade

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d’un roux intense

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to gaze a face

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examiner chaque détail d’un visage pour y déceler

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smattering of freckles

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tâches de rousseur

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thrilling smile

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sourire charmant

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predictive qualities

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qualités futures

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the latter

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peut vouloir dire : ce dernier

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refinement

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raffinement

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I thought you’d get a little kick out of that

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Je me suis dit que tu allais adorer ce cliché

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to broach a subject

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aborder la question

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to brush a subject away with one sweep of one’s hand

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écarter le sujet d’un revers de main

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to be one’s heart with someone

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être de tout son coeur avec quelqu’un

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to wander

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passer (par un chemin)

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by chance

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par hasard

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past

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devant (un immeuble)

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bookshop

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librairie

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19
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at closing time

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à l’heure de la fermeture

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to leave work

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quitter son travail

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impressive

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imposant

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figure

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silhouette / chiffre

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23
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to come along the pavement

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avancer le long du trottoir

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to meet him

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à sa rencontre

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clearly

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de toute évidence

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to seek one’s company

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chercher sa compagnie

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to say to oneself

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se dire

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modestly

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avec modestie

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he has taken to him for lack of anyone

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il s’est attaché à lui faute de mieux

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company

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fréquentation / compagnie

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enjoyable

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agréable

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to speak well

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parler bien

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all kind

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de toute sorte

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exercer une ironie mordante

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to use biting irony

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to have good manners

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avoir des bonnes manières

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regular

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régulier

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to put up with

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subir

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admonitions

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admonestations (avertissement)

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to face

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affronter

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muet

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silent

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questioning

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interrogation

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to gaze at with bewildered eyes

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poser sur qqn un regard étonné

43
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to have an affair

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avoir une aventure

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to convince

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persuader

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to grumble

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grommeler

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to do foolish things

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jeter sa gourme

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to stand

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supporter (une chose)

48
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at the sacrosanct dinner time

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l’heure sacro-saint du dîner

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alpiniste

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mountaineer

50
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une montagne couverte de neige

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a snow-covered mountain

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terrifiant

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frightening

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coup de tonnerre

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thunderbolt

53
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il sortit de la pièce à tâtons

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He groped his way out of the room

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il a fait le tour du monde en avion en 2011

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he flew around the world in 2011

55
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il est possible de faire le tour du monde à la voile

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it is possible to sail around the world

56
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un voilier

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a sailing boat

57
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sponsorisé

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sponsored

58
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c’est pourquoi / par conséquent

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that’s why / therefore

59
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le voleur est peut être entré dans la maison par effraction

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the thief may have broken into the house

60
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la pièce était bondée, si bien qu’il a dû se frayer un chemin à travers la foule en jouant des coudes

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the room was packed with people, so that he had to elbow his way through the crowd

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l’ivrogne monta la pente en titubant

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the drunkard staggered up the slope

62
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Hier, ils l’ont persuadé à signer le contrat à force de discuter avec lui

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Yesterday they talked him into signing up the contract

63
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rapport d’expertise

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the expert’s report

64
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secrétaire général

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the chief-of-staff

65
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homologue

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counterpart

66
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J’envisage de prendre ..

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I am contemplating taking ..

67
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une année de césure

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a gap year

68
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le feu vert

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the go-ahead

69
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le linge sale

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the dirty linen

70
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bagage

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a suitcase

71
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sabot

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clog