Vochelle 2 Flashcards

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1
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Gratter

Racler

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To scrape

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Abandonner (un programme)

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To scrap

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3
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Avoir du mal à joindre les deux bouts

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To scrape a living

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4
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Paillasson

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Boot scraper

Doormat

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5
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Talons

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Heels

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Prendre ses jambes à son cou (s’échapper)

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To take to one’s heels

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Le Poêle

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Stove

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8
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Éteindre un feu

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To put out a fire

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9
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Briller

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To Shine

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10
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Étinceler

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To glitter

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Luire / rougeoiller

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To glow

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Charbon de bois

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Charcoal

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13
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Un ouvre-bouteille

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A bottle opener

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14
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Un tire-bouchon

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A corkscrew

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15
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Boîte de conserve

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A tin

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16
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Étagère

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Shelf

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17
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La chambre d’amis

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Spare room

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18
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Pièces de rechange

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Spare parts

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19
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Une roue de secours

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A sparewheel

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20
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Temps libre

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Spare time

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21
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Épargner la vie de qqn

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Spare sbdy’s Life

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22
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Épargner moi les détails

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Spare me The details

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23
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Dépenser sans compter

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To spare no expense

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24
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Retenir sa respiration

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To hold one’s breath

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25
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Se tordre la cheville

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To strain one’s ankle

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26
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Le museau

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Muzzle

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27
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Une chimère

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A pipe dream

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28
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Du jour au lendemain

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Overnight

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29
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Informaticien

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Computer scientist

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30
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Sonner le glas de

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To toll The knell for sth

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31
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Les choses du passé

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A thing of The past

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32
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Détruire un mythe

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To dubunk / dispel a myth

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33
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Briser un rêve

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To shatter a dream

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34
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Une pépinière de talents

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A breeding ground for talent

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35
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Avoir qqn dans sa poche

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To have sbdy in the palm of one’s hand

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36
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Je ne peux m’empêcher de faire qqc

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I can’t help doing

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37
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Menton

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Chin

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38
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La paume de la main

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The palm of one’s Hand

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39
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Portefeuille

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Wallet

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40
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Index
Majeur
Annulaire
Petite doigt

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Forefinger
Middle finger
Ring finger
Little finger

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41
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Poignet

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The wrist

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42
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Le poing

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The fist

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43
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Porte-monnaie

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Purse

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44
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Saisir

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To seize

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45
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Le marié

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The groom

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46
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Brosser un cheval

Se pomponner

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To groom a horse

To groom oneself

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47
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Former qqn pour un job

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To groom sbdy for a post

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48
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Un parking

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A carpark

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49
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Un lifting

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A facelift

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50
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Des baskets

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Sneakers

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51
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Un caddie

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A trolley

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52
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Réussir son baccalauréat avec brio

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To pass his baccalauréat with flying colours

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53
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Faire appeler

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To send for sbdy

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54
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Diffamation

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Libel

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55
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Les navires qui passaient déversaient leurs ordures

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The boats sailing by dumped their litter

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56
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Joindre les deux bouts

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To make both ends meet

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57
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Il a désapprouvé

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He disapproved of sth

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58
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Faire grève

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To go on strick

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59
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L’envers du décor

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The seamy side

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60
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Un rêve illusoire

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An elusive dream

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61
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Une chimère

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A pipe dream

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62
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Être hors de portée de qqn

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To be beyond sb’s reach

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63
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Réduire un rêve à néant

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To dash a dream

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64
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Un rêve brisé

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A shattered dream

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65
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Petit à Petit

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Gradually

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66
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Dépérir, s’étioler

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To wither

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67
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Céder à

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To give way to

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68
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Morosité, pessimisme

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Gloom

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69
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Entamer, réduire

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To deal a blow to

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70
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Le moral, la confiance

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Morale

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71
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Les riches et les pauvres

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The haves and The have nots

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72
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Creuser l’écart

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To widen The gap

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73
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Joindre les 2 bouts

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To make ends meet

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74
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Prospérer

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To thrive

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75
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Individualisme acharné

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Rugged individualism

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76
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Être durement touché

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To be hard hit

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77
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S’estomper, s’effacer, disparaître

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To fade

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78
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Période révolue

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Bygone days

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79
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Et autres semblables

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And The like

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80
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Partir de rien

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To start form scratch

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81
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Éphémère

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Short-lived

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82
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Revers (de fortune)

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Downturns

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83
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Être bel et bien vivant

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To be Alive and kicking

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84
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Une tendance à la hausse

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An upward trend

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85
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Puissant, fort

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Potent

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86
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Inventer une expression

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To coin a phrase

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87
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Chérir, nourrir

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To cherish

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88
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Déclencher, provoquer, donner lieu à

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To give rise to

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89
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Inversement

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Conversely

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90
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Passer de la misère à la richesse

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To go from rags to riches

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91
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Un aimant

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A magnet

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92
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Retarder, différer

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To delay

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93
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Un repère, un point de référence

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A benchmark

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94
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L’envers du décor

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The seamy side

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95
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Un rêve illusoire

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An elusive dream

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96
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Une chimère

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A pipe dream

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97
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Petit à Petit

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Gradually

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98
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Les riches et les pauvres

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The haves and The have nots

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99
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Creuser l’écart

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To widen The gap

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100
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Joindre les 2 bouts

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To make ends meet

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101
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Prospérer

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To thrive

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102
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Être durement touché

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To be hard hit

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103
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Période révolue

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Bygone days

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104
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Et autres semblables

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And The like

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105
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Partir de rien

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To start form scratch

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106
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Être bel et bien vivant

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To be Alive and kicking

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107
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Une tendance à la hausse

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An upward trend

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108
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Inversement

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Conversely

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109
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Passer de la misère à la richesse

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To go from rags to riches

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110
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Retarder, différer

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To delay

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111
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Un repère, un point de référence

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A benchmark

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112
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Un pourboire

Un bon conseil (un tuyau)

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A Tip

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113
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Du bout des doigts

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With his fingertips

With The tips of his finger

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114
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Un bijou

Des bijoux

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A jewel

A piece of jewelry

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115
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Arborer

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To sport

116
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Inestimable (grande valeur)

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Priceless

117
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Sans valeur

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Worthless

Valueless

118
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Une aide inestimable (très importante)

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An (in)valuable help

119
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Tout allait basculer

A

Things Will never be The same

My whole world was about to
Be up side down

120
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Travail bâclé

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Botched job

121
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Un savant

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A scholar

122
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Marge de manœuvre

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Leeway

123
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Ils se sont fait avoir

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They were deceived by

124
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Fouiller / chercher (journalisme)

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To dig (up) accurate information
To delve into an issue
125
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Être oubli

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To be dazzled

126
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Un chausse pied

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A shoehorn

127
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Entrer en compétition

Avoir du mal à arriver qq part

A

To scramble for sth

128
Q

Il y a matière à réfléchir / apprendre

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To offer food for thought

129
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Un stagiaire

A

A trainee

An intern

130
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Remettre en question

A

To question

131
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Venir de tous les horizons

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To come from all walks of Life

132
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Prêter serment

A

To take an oath of loyalty

133
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Se faire passer pour

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To pass oneself off as sthg

134
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Bidon / faux

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Phoney

Bogus

135
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Têtu

A

Stubborn

136
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Avoir des comptes à rendre

A

To be accountable for sth

137
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Avoir un intérêt médiatique

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To be newsworty

To have news value

138
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Abandonner (une politique)

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To repeal

139
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Ramper

A
To creep (crept / crept)
To crawl
140
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Un sale type

A

A creep

141
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Cela me donne la chair de poule

A

It gives me The creeps

142
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Bestioles rampantes

A

Creepy crawlies

143
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Pantalon

A

A pair of glasses

144
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Une liste

A

A roll

145
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Rouler sur l’or

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To be rolling in money

146
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Marcher sur la pointe des pieds

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To tiptoe

147
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Suivre (se plier à) la ligne du parti

A

To toe The Line

148
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Casserole

A

Pot

149
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Verger

A

Orchard

150
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Entrer en vigueur

A

To put sth into effect

To come to force

151
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Chaleureux
Confortable
Douillet

A

To be cosy

152
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Savourer

Prendre plaisir à

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To relish

153
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Entrevoir / apercevoir

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To catch sight of

154
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Sur le terrain

A

On the spot

155
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Demander

A

To ask

To enquire

156
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Cracher

A

To spit

157
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Être le portait craché de qqn

A

To be the bitter image of sbdy

158
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Boiter

A

To be lame
To limp
To hobble

159
Q

Un mauvais film

A

A lame film

160
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Se débarrasser de qqn

A

To fob off

161
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Un voyou

A

A thug

A rascal

162
Q

Tromper qqn (amour)

A

To two-time sbdy
To double-cross sbdy
To cheat on

163
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Un stand

A

A stall

164
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Caler (en voiture)

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To stall a car

165
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Jouer la montre

A

To play for time

To stall

166
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Odieux / infecte / immonde

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To foul

167
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Avoir des ennuis avec la justice

A

To fall foul of The law

168
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Moyens déloyaux

A

Foul means

169
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Soulèvement

A

The uprising

170
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La nuit porte conseil

A

Let’s sleep on it

171
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Emprunter

A

To borrow

To lend

172
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S’assurer

A

To make sure that

To ensure that

173
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Apercevoir

A

To catch sight of

174
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Il ouvrit de grands yeux

A

He stared wide-eyed

He opened his eyes wide

175
Q

Il me regarda avec surprise

Il pleurait de colère

A

He looked at me in surprise

He was crying in anger

176
Q

Faire croire

A

To pretend

177
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Vous êtes tombé sur la tête

A

You must have lost your mind

178
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Il te manque une case

A

To have a screw loose

179
Q

Perdre la boule

A

To have lost one’s marbles

180
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Se diriger

A

To head for / toward

181
Q

Se servir

A

To help yourself

182
Q

Plan de travail

A

Worktop

183
Q

Porter des œillères

A

To wear blinkers

184
Q

Froncer les sourcils

A

To frown at

To raise one’s eyebrows

185
Q

La beauté est qqc de subjectif

A

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

186
Q

Le virage

A

The turning

187
Q

Chut

A

Hush

188
Q

Un poulet

A

A hen

189
Q

Lever du soleil

A

Sunrise

Dawn

190
Q

Répandre
Éparpiller
Disperser

A

To strew

To scatter

191
Q

Femme de ménage

A

Cleaning lady

192
Q

Évier

A

A sink

193
Q

Ça passe ou ça casse

A

It’s sink or swim

194
Q

Il marqua une pause pour que ses mots fassent effet

A

He paused to allow his words to sink in

195
Q

Une ville fantôme

A

Une ville fantôme

196
Q

Un nègre (écrivain qui écrit un livre pour qqn d’autre)

A

A ghost writter

197
Q

Graine

A

Seed

198
Q

Semer

A

To seed

199
Q

Une tombe

A

A grave

200
Q

Un cimetière

A

A graveyard

201
Q

De la vie à la mort

Tout au long de la vie

A

From The cradle to The grave

202
Q

Un bec de lièvres

A

A harelip

203
Q

Rugir

A

To roar

204
Q

Les années folles / les années 20

A

The roaring twenties

205
Q

Y’a une aiguille sous roche

A

To smell a rat

206
Q

Se noyer

A

To drown

207
Q

Souvenirs

A

Memories

208
Q

Allumer une cigarette

A

To light / lit / lit

209
Q

Un briquet

A

A lighter

210
Q

Doré

A

Golden
Gilded
Gilt

211
Q

Eclairer (expliquer)

A

To enlighten

The Enlightenment

212
Q

Alléger

A

To lighten

213
Q

En avoir assez

A

To be fed up with
To be sick and tired of sth
To have had enough of sth

214
Q

Un Commercial

A

Marketer

215
Q

Un commerçant

A

A shopkeeper

216
Q

Ragot

A

Gossip

217
Q

Sale gueule

A

An ugly mug

The ugly faces

218
Q

Cendres

A

Hashes

219
Q

Un plateau

A

A tray

220
Q

Écraser

A

To crush

221
Q

Avoir un accident de voiture

A

To crash one’s car

222
Q

Se gratter

A

To scratch

223
Q

Tirer sur sa cigarette

A

To draw on a cigarette

224
Q

Un cendrier

A

An ashtray

225
Q

Débarrasser la table

Mettre la table

A

To clear The table

To lay / set The table

226
Q

Verser

A

To pour

227
Q

Collier

A

Necklace

228
Q

Bracelet

A

Bracelet (?)

229
Q

Un scarabée

A

A beetle

230
Q

On aurait dit que

A

It looked as if

It seemed as though

231
Q

Une rangée

A

A row

232
Q

Repousser

A

To push … away

233
Q

Remuer

A

To mix

To stir

234
Q

Attiser / provoquer un débat

A

To stir up trouble

235
Q

Semer la pagaille

A

To stir things up

236
Q

Faire bouger les choses

A

To Shake things up

237
Q

Un morceau de sucre

A

A lump of sugar

238
Q

Légèrement

A

Slightly

Lightly

239
Q

Gratter une allumette

A

To strick a match

240
Q

Vapoter

A

To vape

241
Q

Un berger

A

A sheperd

242
Q

Une prairie

A

A pasture

A meadow

243
Q

Pendant ce temps,…

A

Meanwhile

244
Q

Une ambassade

A

An embassy

245
Q

Australie

Australiens

A

Down Under

Aussies

246
Q

Déterminer (de façon négative)

A

To be bent on

247
Q

Une situation vraiment difficile

A

A plight

248
Q

Mettre un point d’honneur à

A

To make a point of

249
Q

Étudier / traiter une demande

A

To process an application

250
Q

Épreuves

A

Ordeals

251
Q

Promouvoir
Entretenir
Encourager

A

To foster

252
Q

Un moulin

A

A grist

253
Q

Être ridicule

A

To be ridiculous

To be preposterous

254
Q

Vivre dans son temps

A

To move with the Times

255
Q

Inciter à la haine

A

To incite hatred

256
Q

Fortement (adverbe)

A

Fiercely

Bitterly

257
Q

Prendre des mesures coercitives

A

To crack down on

258
Q

Flagrant

A

Blatant

259
Q

Être intransigeant sur le fait de

A

To be adamant that

260
Q

En l’attente de…

A

Pending + nom

261
Q

Infliger une punition à

A

To mete out punishment to

262
Q

Être complice avec

A

To collude with sbdy

263
Q

Être borné

A

To be stubborn

264
Q

Et pire encore,

A

Even worse,

265
Q

À peine

A

Hardly

266
Q

Violemment

A

Harshly

267
Q

En fin de compte

A

At the end of the day

268
Q

En raison de

A

Owing to

269
Q

Soulager

A

To relieve

270
Q

Être susceptible de

A

To be likely to

To be liable to

271
Q

Un psychologique

A

A shrink

272
Q

Obligatoire

A

Compulsory

273
Q

Se tenir informer

Être au courant

A

To keep abreast of the news

274
Q

Une œuvre caritative

A

A charity

275
Q

Aide humanitaire

A

Humanitarian Aid /Relief

276
Q

Faire une donation

A

To donate

277
Q

Ça va sans dire

A

It goes without saying

278
Q

Chiites et sunnites

A

Shiites vs Sunni

279
Q

A l’inverse

A

Conversely

280
Q

Gérer une entreprise

A

To run

281
Q

Retrouver qqn

A

To meet up with sbdy

282
Q

Être hanté par des souvenirs traumatisants

A

To be haunted by traumatic memories

283
Q

Avoir une soif inetanchable

A

To have an unquenchable thirst

284
Q

Étancher sa soif

A

To quench one’s thirst

285
Q

C’était l’enfer sur terre

A

It was hell on earth