Vochelle 3 Flashcards

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1
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Se dérouler / se tenir(un rdv, une réunion…)

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To hold

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Partir pour de bon

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To leave for good

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3
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Aller chercher qqn

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To fetch sbdy

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Où qqn se trouve

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Sbdy’s whereabouts

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Les alentours

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The vicinity
The surrondings
The surronding area

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Serrer

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To press

To clasp

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Avoir des nouvelles de qqn

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To hear from sbdy

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8
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Un employé

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A clerk

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Une toile (tableau)

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A canvas

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10
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Démarcher des gens

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To canvass

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Faire du lèche-vitrine

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To go window-shopping

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Vitrine

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Window

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13
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Regarder vite fait

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To browse

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14
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La dissuasion nucléaire

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The nuclear deterrent

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15
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Féliciter qqn

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To congratulate sbdy on sthg

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Un témoignage poignant, émouvant

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A heart-rending testimony

A harrowing account

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17
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Une guerre par procuration

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A war by proxy

A proxy war

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18
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Tester un missile nucléaire

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To test fire a missile

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19
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Une ogive nucléaire

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A warhead

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20
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Se présager

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To loom

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21
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Faire étalage de sa force

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To flex one’s muscles

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22
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Sécheresse

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Drought

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Rester en bons termes avec qqn

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To stay on intimate / good terms with sbdy

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Il se méfiait de tout

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He was distrustful of everything

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25
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Bien s’entendre avec qqn

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To get on well with sbdy

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26
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J’ai mis longtemps à comprendre que

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It took me long to understand that

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27
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Faire le ménage, les courses et la cuisine

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To do the housework, the shopping and the cleaning

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28
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Être Sentimental

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To be sentimental / emotional

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Être l’élément moteur

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To be the driving force behind sth

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30
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Ici est le problème

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There lies the rub

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31
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Permettre un gros changement (de direction)

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To bring about a paradigm shift

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32
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Changer la donne

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To be a game changer

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33
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Désinvestir

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To divest

To disinvest

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34
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Une munition

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A munitions

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35
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C’est de la pure fiction de penser que

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It’s sheer madness to think that

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36
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Faire un caprice

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To have a fit of rage

To have a temper tantrum

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37
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Politique de la corde raide

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A political brinkmanship

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38
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Des prophètes de malheur

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Doomsayers

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39
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A hoody

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Un jeune à capuche

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40
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Capot de la voiture

La hôte

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Hood

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41
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Le petit chaperon rouge

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The little riding hood

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42
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Se précipiter

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To rush

To dash

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43
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Se frayer un chemin à travers la foule

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To push / to elbow one’s way through the crowd

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44
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Alléger

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To lighten

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45
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Crasseux

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Filthy

Grimy

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46
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Être exténué

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To be worn out

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47
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Porter

S’user

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To wear wore worn

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48
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Devenir fou / cinglé

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To go nuts

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49
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Être complètement cinglé

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To be as nutty as a fruit cake

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50
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Tranchant
Pointu
Intelligent
Vif
Net
Perçant 
Malhonnête 
Pile / précise
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Sharp

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51
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Harceler qqn

Être sur le dos de qqn

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To nag at sbdy

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52
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Un traiteur
Une épicerie fine
Une charcuterie

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Deli

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53
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Attends / un instant

Tiens le xoup

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Hold on

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54
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Les courses

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Groceries

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55
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Être maladroit

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To be old thumbs

To be clumsy

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56
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Mâchoire

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Jaw

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57
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Les mains sur les hanches

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With arms akimbo

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58
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Un couvercle

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A lid

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59
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Cils

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Eyelashes

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60
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Elle n’a pas réagi

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She didn’t bat an eyelid

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61
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Avoir le culot de faire qqc

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To have the cheek to do sth

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62
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Être avare

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To be tight-fisted

To be stingy

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63
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Mollet

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A calf

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64
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Cuisse

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A thigh

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65
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Une entorse à la Cheville

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A sprained-ankle

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66
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Estomac

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Tummy

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67
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Ne pas être soigneuse

Être soigneuse

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To be careless

To be tidy

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68
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Il n’était pas loin de croire

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He was not far of believing

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69
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Émile, lui, …

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As for Emile

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70
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Il s’était habitué à

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He had got used to

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71
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Elle ne bronchait pas

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She would not budge

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72
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Trembler

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To shake

To shiver

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73
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Se débrouiller seul (nous)

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To get by on our own

To manage by ourselves

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74
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Il valait nettement mieux que lui

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He was a far better person than him

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75
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Voguer de petits boulots en petits boulots

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To wander from one odd job to an other

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76
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Ils lui avaient rendu la vie impossible

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They had made life impossible to her

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77
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Un type

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A guy

A bloke

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78
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Tendre qqc à qqn

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To hand it to sb

To hold it out to sb

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79
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Servez vous (en qqc)

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Help yourself (to)

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80
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C’est un comble

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That takes the biscuit

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81
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Coussin

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A cushion

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82
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Être surpris

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To be astonished

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83
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Engager la conversation

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To start the conversation

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84
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Comment se fait-il que …?

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How come

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85
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S’immiscer dans la vie des gens

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To pry into sbdy’s Life

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86
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Intrusif

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Intrusive
Inquisitive
Nosy

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87
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Romans policier

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Detective novels

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88
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Un vagabon

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A tramp

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89
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Vivre à la dur

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To rought it

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90
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Supporter qqn

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To put up with

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91
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Faire les frais de

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To bear the brunt

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92
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Un propriétaire loue un appartement à un locataire

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A landlord rents/ lets / leases a flat to a tenant

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93
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Un marchant de sommeil

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A slum lord

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Il ne l’intéressait en aucun manière

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He was not in the least interested in him

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95
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Très grande valeur

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Priceless

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96
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Il suffisait de

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All I / he / we had to do was to

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97
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Il dédaignait ce document

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He was deliberatory paying no attention to the document

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98
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Une aile

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A wing

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99
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Je ne pouvais m’arrêter de parler

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I couldn’t help talking

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100
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Il était inquiet

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He was worried

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101
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Apercevoir qqn

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To catch sight of

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102
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S’assurer que…

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To make sure that

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103
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Se douter que..

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To suspect that

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104
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D’un ton curieux

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In an inquisitive tone

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105
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En faisant croire que

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Pretending that

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106
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Se diriger vers

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To head for …

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107
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Se servir..

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To help oneself

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108
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Vous êtes tombé sur la tête

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You must have lost your mind

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109
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Au sens propre du terme

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Litteraly speaking

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110
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Je baissai la tête

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I looked down

I lowered my head

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111
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Ma propriété (maison)

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My estate

My gardens

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112
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Je voulais aller voir Dg

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I wanted to go and see

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113
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Ouvriers

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Blue collar workers

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114
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Employés dans des bureaux

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White collar workers

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115
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Un tour de 24 étages

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A 24-stor(e)y tower

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116
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Avoir l’embarras du choix

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To be spoilt for choice

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117
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Être solvable / la solvabilité

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To be solvent / solvency

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118
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Un pic (de forme par ex)

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A peak

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119
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Avoir la bougeotte

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To have itchy feet

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120
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Réprimer un bâillement

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To stifle a yawn

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121
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La main d’œuvre exploitée

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Sweated labour force

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122
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Se gratter

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To scratch

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123
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Un mouchoir en tissu

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A handkerchief

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124
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Les chiens renifleurs de policier

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Sniffer dogs

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125
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D’un ton autoritaire

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In an adamant voice

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126
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Elle plissa le front

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Her forehead creased

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127
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Énigmatique

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Inscrutable

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128
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Il n’insista pas davantage

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He didn’t press him further

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129
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Avec un peu d’inquiétude

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With some trepidation

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130
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Avec un rire écœuré

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With a disgusted laugh

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131
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Est-ce qu’on s’occupe de vous ?

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Are you being attended to ?

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132
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Stupide

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Foolish

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133
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Cupide

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Greed

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134
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Germer

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To sprout

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135
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Se retourner

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To swivel

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136
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Grenier

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Attic

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137
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Secouer la tete

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To shake one’s head

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138
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Dire qqc sans le penser

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To pay lip service to sth

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139
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Empêcher qqn de faire qqc

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To impede / prevent / hamper

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140
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Questions d’actualité

A

Topical issues

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Provoquer

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To cause

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Le capital (l’actif)

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Assets

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Les dettes (le passif)

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Liabilities

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Rénover

A

To do up a (room)

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145
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La naphtaline

A

Mothball

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146
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Des lingots d’or

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Gold bullions

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Scrupules

A

Qualms

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148
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Monter en flèche

A

To go sky-high

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149
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Ça en dit long sur..

A

It‘s a sad indictment of

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150
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Des pans de…

A

Swaths

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151
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Sac (US)

A

A purse

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152
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Surveillant d’examen

A

An invigilator

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153
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Aides sociales

Prospectus

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Hand outs

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154
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Un torchon

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A towel

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155
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Une serviette

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A napkin

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156
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Caresser

A

To stroke

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157
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Être agressé

A

To be mugged

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158
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Fouiller une maison

A

To search

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159
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Renverser qqn

A

To run over

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Donner une fessée

A

To Spank

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Être aux anges

A

To be over the moon

To be overjoyed

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Un interne (genre Guilhem l’année dernière)

A

A boarder

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Un fossé

A

A ditch

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164
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Se débarrasser

A

To dispose of

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165
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La fermeture définitive

A

The closure

The shutdown

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166
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Une boulangerie

A

A bakery

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167
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Un boucher

Une boucherie

A

A butcher

A butchery

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168
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Le pressing

A

The dry cleaner

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169
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celui qui tient le kiosque à journaux

A

The newsagent

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170
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Confiserie

A

Le confiseur

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celui qui tient le tabac

A

Tobacconist

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172
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Épicerie

A

Grocery

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173
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Une tranche

A

A slice

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174
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Croquer

A

To bite into
To munch
To crunch

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175
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Une pénurie / récession

A

A crunch

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176
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Moment crucial

A

Crunch

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177
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Un bol

A

A bowl

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178
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Serviette

A

A napkin

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179
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Un pot

A

A jug

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180
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Une corbeille

A

A basket

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181
Q

Disposer qqc

A

To set

To lay

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182
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La nappe

A

Table spread

Table cloth

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183
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Une sous-coupe volante

A

A flying saucer

A UFO

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184
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Qu’est ce qui te prend ?

A

What’s got into you ?

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185
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Presque rien

A

Hardly anything

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186
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Je suppose

A

I assume

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187
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Mon lieu de prédilection

A

My hangout of choice

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188
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Froissé

A

Rumpled

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189
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Un rouge uni

A

A solid red

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190
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Miteux

Terne

A

Dingy

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191
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Un bouge / une gargote

A

A hole

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192
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Cabines / box

A

Booths

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Je trouvais qu’il en valait la peine

A

I thought it wortwhile

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194
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Un jour sombre et maussade

A

A dreary closed-in day

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195
Q

Nerveux

Anxieux

A

Jumpy

196
Q

Produits de beauté

A

Cosmetics

197
Q

Avec nostalgie

A

Wistfully

198
Q

Se recoqueviller

A

To cringe

199
Q

Soit disant

A

Supposedly

Allegedly

200
Q

Je lui répondis que de tout façon peut m’importer, et lui expliquai pourquoi

A

I

201
Q

Un tabouret

A

A stool

202
Q

Une chaise longue

A

A deck-chair

203
Q

Un banc

A

A bench

204
Q

Les rives d’un fleuve

A

Banks

205
Q

Un fauteuil

A

An armchair

206
Q

Une fourgonnette

A

A small truck

A van

207
Q

Minuscule

A

Tiny

208
Q

Quai

A

Platform

209
Q

Voie ferrée

A

Track

210
Q
Une piste (d’athlétisme)
Une piste (sur un cd)
Des traces (animal)
A

A track

tracks

211
Q

Hors des sentiers battus

A

Off the beaten tracks

212
Q

Quai (pour bateaux)

A

A quay

213
Q

Pétrole

A

Oil

214
Q

Un programme politique

A

A platform

215
Q

Enlacer

Embrasser

A

To give sbdy a hug

216
Q

Être content

A

To be pleased

217
Q

Chut

A

Hush

218
Q

L’entraînement permanent

L’entraînement de toute une vie

A

Lifelong training

219
Q

Un dicton

A

A dictum

A saying

220
Q

Cela s’élève à

A

It amounts to

221
Q

Mon père était unique en son genre

A

My father was one of a kind

222
Q

Ils font la paire

A

They are two of a kind

223
Q

Se mettre en colère

S’indigner

A

To rail against

224
Q

Paralysant

A

Crippling

225
Q

Grave

A

Harsh

226
Q

Une personne handicapée

A

A disable person

227
Q

Une économie paralysée

A

A crippled economy

228
Q

Sans même se battre

A

Without putting up some kind of fight

229
Q

Moment crucial

Un tournant

A

Watershed

230
Q

Une solution

A

A fix

231
Q

Être prudent

A

To be cautious

232
Q

Une aiguille

A

A needle

233
Q

Tremblement

A

Tremor

234
Q

Faire bouger les choses

A

To shake things up

235
Q

Être sous le feu des projecteurs

A

To be in the spotlight

236
Q

Institution / organisme

A

Body

237
Q

Pays adoré

A

Beloved country

238
Q

Écrire à la va-vite

A

To jot down

239
Q

Rédacteur en chef

A

Editor

240
Q

Éditeur

A

Publisher

241
Q

Une discussion chaleureuse

A

A cosy chat

242
Q

Se faisant,..

A

As he did so,..

243
Q

Ça te dérangerait de me dire ce qu’il se passe ?

A

Do you mind telling me what’s going on ?

244
Q

Table en pin

A

Pine table

245
Q

Personne ne se débarrasse de claire aussi facilement

A

Nobody fobs off claire

246
Q

Pas après que Ce vaurien de Bernard lui eut été infidèle

A

Not after that scoundrel Bernard two-timed her

247
Q

Un moment ignoble

A

A foul note

248
Q

Un stand de maroquinerie

A

A leather stall

249
Q

Tu n’as pas daigné le reconnaître

A

You wouldn’t acknowledge him

250
Q

Sourire crispé

A

Lame smile

251
Q

Qqc qui le tourmentait

A

Something that nagged at Nick

252
Q

Mais ils ne se ruaient plus à travers les rues adjacentes

A

But no longer dashing down side streets

253
Q

Du petit bois

A

Sticks

254
Q

Allumer une cigarette

A

To light a cigarette

255
Q

Commerçants

A

Shopkeepers

256
Q

Ragots

A

Gossips

257
Q

Tirer deux bouffées d’une cigarette

A

To draw twice on his cigarette

258
Q

Elle l’a écrasée au fond d’un cendrier

A

She crushed it on the bottom of an ashtray

259
Q

C’était une des choses qu’il aimait le mieux faire

A

It was one of the things he liked doing best

260
Q

Elle était assise dans le contrejour de la fenêtre

A

She was sitting against the light coming from the window

She was sitting with her back to the light coming from the window

261
Q

Rangée de scarabées

A

Beetles row

262
Q

Son collier de perles vertes captait les reflets de la lumière

A

Her green pearl necklace reflected the light

263
Q

On aurait dit

A

It looked as if

It seemed as if

264
Q

La tête légèrement inclinée sur le côté

A

His head slightly inclined to one side

265
Q

Une habitude chez lui

A

A habbit of his

266
Q

Remuer

A

To stir sth/sbdy

267
Q

Morceau de sucre

A

Sugar lump

268
Q

Rugir

A

To roar

269
Q

Patoger

A

To wade

270
Q

Une bande (drapeau par ex)

A

A strip

271
Q

Aux Becs de lièvres

A

Harelipped

272
Q

J’accueillis l’Amérique à bras ouverts

A

I embraced America

273
Q

Un monde connecté

A

Wired world

274
Q

Brésil

A

Brazil

275
Q

Être frappé / miné par

A

To be plagued with

276
Q

A l’inverse

A

Conversely

277
Q

Inutile de préciser que,

A

Needless…

278
Q

Lyon

Marseille

A

Lyons

Marseilles

279
Q

Un jour férié

A

A bank holiday

A public holiday

280
Q

Un loubard

A

A hoodlum
A thug
A yob
A lout

281
Q

Une cicatrice

A

Scar

282
Q

Être marqué à vie

A

To be scarred for life

283
Q

Un tatoueur

A

A tattooist

284
Q

Mer des Antilles

A

The caribbean sea

285
Q

Les Antilles

A

The west indies

286
Q

Elle avait les traits bouffis

A

Her face was puffy

Her features were swollen

287
Q

Froissé

A

Crumpled

288
Q

Parler de choses et d’autres

A

To chat about everything and nothing
To chat about this and that
To have a small talk

289
Q

Elle dit avec une Gaieté inconsciente

A

In a Carefree / cheerful / casual voice /tone

290
Q

Soulager la douleur

A

To alleviate / relieve aches and pains

291
Q

Courtiser

A

To woo

292
Q

Faire une overdose

A

To overdose on a drug

293
Q

Être prise de tête

A

To be a lot of an hassle

294
Q

Seuil

A

Threshold

295
Q

Cela revient à …

A

It amounts to …

296
Q

Être accro

A

To be hooked on

297
Q

Visiteur médical

A

Drug rep(resentative)

298
Q

Influencer

A

To sway

To influence

299
Q

Les familles paient un lourd tribu économique

A

To have a heavy economic toll on families

300
Q

Être placé

A

To be fostered

301
Q

Volant

Roue

A

Wheel

302
Q

Malgré moi

A

In spite of myself

303
Q

Écureuils

A

Squirrels

304
Q

Un jour lointain

A

A distant day

A far-off day

305
Q

Les plus ténébreux

A

The most saturnine

306
Q

Glisser au ralenti sur le gravier

A

To slide / glide over the gravel in slow motion

307
Q

Un manque à gagner

A

To represent a shortfall

308
Q

Fatalement,

A

Inevitably

309
Q

Une écharpe

A

A scarf

310
Q

Le voile (islamique)

A

A headscarf

311
Q

Être rare

A

To be scarce

312
Q

Faire peur

A

To scare sbdy

313
Q

Ne pas courir les rues

Être rare

A

To be few and far between

314
Q

Un réservoir

A

A tank

315
Q

Un pétrolier

Un camion-citerne

A

A tanker

316
Q

Renverser

A

To spill

317
Q

Marée noire

A

An oil spillage / slick

318
Q

Trippes

A

Guts

319
Q

Vider un poisson

A

To gut a fish

320
Q

L’Extrême-Orient

Le Proche-Orient

A

The far East

The near east

321
Q

Une vingtaine de

A

A Score of

322
Q

Une partition

A

A music score

323
Q

Tremper

Faire tremper

A

To soak

324
Q

Soulagé

A

Relieved

325
Q

Essence

A

Petrol

326
Q

Pétrole

A

Oil

327
Q

Hocher de la tête

A

To nodd

328
Q

Grincement

A

Squeak

329
Q

Bruit de ferraille

A

Squeak

330
Q

Se mêler

A

To mingle

331
Q

Un panier

A

A basket

332
Q

Se chamailler

A

To squabble

333
Q

S’assoupir

A

To doze off

334
Q

Publier
Emettre
Diffuser

A

To issue

335
Q

L’humanité

A

Mankind

336
Q

Bondir

A

To leap

337
Q

Ronger

A

To gnaw at sth

338
Q

Avoir un compte à régler

A

To have a bone to pick

339
Q

Éternuer

A

To sneaze

340
Q

Renifler

A

To sniff

341
Q

Pourchasser

A

To hunt down

342
Q

Brutal

Violent

A

Savage

343
Q

Inoffensif

A

Harmless

344
Q

Une échauffourée

A

A scuffle

345
Q

Une émeute

A

A riot

346
Q

Sauvage

A

Wild

347
Q

Cheveux ébouriffés / enmêlés

A

Matted hair

Tangled hair

348
Q

Un pilier

A

A pillar

349
Q

Être d’un grand secours

A

To be a pillar of strenght

350
Q

Propriété privée

Défense d’entrée

A

No trespassing

351
Q

La Colère

A

Wrath

352
Q

Frotter

A

To rub

353
Q

Une gomme

A

A rubber

354
Q

Prendre qqn à contre poil

A

To rub sbdy up the wrong way

355
Q

Divertir / recevoir

A

To entertain

356
Q

Mégot

A

Butt

357
Q

Une paume de discorde

A

A bone of contention

358
Q

Ne pas hésiter à

A

To make no bones about doing sth

359
Q

Se vanter

A

To Boast about

360
Q

Aimer qqc

A

To care for sth

361
Q

Convaincre qqn de faire qqc

A

To get sbdy to do sth

362
Q

Être gâteux

A

To be in one’s dotage

363
Q

Se faire plaisir

S’offrir

A

To indulge in

364
Q

Être vert de jalousie

Être rouge de honte

A

To be green with envy
To be red with shame
To be white with shock

365
Q

Capacités intellectuelles

A

Wits

366
Q

Hérisser les poils de qqn

A

To raise one’s Hackles

367
Q

Avoir le moral

A

To be in good spirits

368
Q

En vouloir à qqn

A

To bear me a grudge

369
Q

Être fou furieux

A

To be hopping mad

370
Q

Avoir de l’esprit

A

To be witty

371
Q

Faire entendre ses inquiétudes

A

To voice concern about

372
Q

Limiter

A

To curb

373
Q

Subir

A

To suffer

374
Q

Remonter le moral

A

To lift spirits

375
Q

Être épuisé

A

To be exhausted

To be worn out

376
Q

Être dépressif

Ne pas avoir le moral

A

To feel blue

377
Q

Être électrisé

A

To be thrilled

378
Q

Aller à l’encontre de

A

To buck a trend

379
Q

Gens qui aiment bien rependre des infos terrifiantes

A

Scaremongers

Doomsayers

380
Q

Cette nouvelle fait chaud au cœur

A

It‘s heart warming news

381
Q

Audacieux

A

Bold

382
Q

Un roturier

A

A commoner

383
Q

Oser

A

Dare

384
Q

Louer

Faire l’éloge de

A

To praise

385
Q

Demander à qqn de se marier

A

To propose to

386
Q

Briser

A

To shatter

387
Q

Entrer dans une nouvelle ère

A

To be ushered in a new era

388
Q

Annoncer une nouvelle ère

A

To herald a new era

389
Q

Susciter

A

To arouse

390
Q

Une mare

A

A pound

391
Q

USA (pdv britannique)

A

Across the pound

392
Q

Être progressif

A

To be forward-thinking

393
Q

Une bonne nouvelle

A

A terrific pieces of news

394
Q

Lueur d’espoir

A

A glimmer of hope

395
Q

Un vent de changement

A

Un vent de changement

396
Q

Un second souffle

A

A new lease of Life

397
Q

Être Mis sur la touche

A

To be sidelined

398
Q

Un Amat / ensemble

A

A bunch of

399
Q

Une dispute

A

A row

An argument

400
Q

Un confit social

A

A dispute

401
Q

Se précipiter

A

To dash

402
Q

Un carreau
Une tuile

Le carrelage

A

A tile

The tiled floor

403
Q

Ramper

A

To creep

404
Q

Pauvre type

A

Creep

405
Q

Une épave

A

A wreck

406
Q

Cheminée

Dessus de la cheminée

A

Fireplace

Mantelpiece

407
Q

Coups de genou

A

To hit with sbdy’s knee

408
Q

Lache moi

A

Let go of me

409
Q

Se rappeler

A

To recall

410
Q

Essence

Pétrole

A

Petrol
Gas

Oil

411
Q

Vous autres, …

A

Vous autres

412
Q

Réellement

Véritablement

A

Genuinely

413
Q

Être déconnecté

A

To be out of touch

414
Q

Éloigné

A

Aloof

415
Q

Être impliqué dans un scandale

A

To get embroiled in a scandal

416
Q

En profiter à fond (journalistes par ex)

A

To have a field day with sth

417
Q

Être pire

A

To be worse off

418
Q

Où on va ?
Que nous réserve l’avenir ?
Quid… ?

A

Whither … ?

419
Q

Être blotti

A

To be huddled

420
Q

Dessécher

A

To scorch

421
Q

Élever / cultiver

A

To farm

422
Q

Carrières

A

Quarries

423
Q

Ail

A

Garlic

424
Q

Serrer

A

To clutch

425
Q

Velours

A

Velvet

426
Q

Laine

A

Wool

Woolen

427
Q

Déchiré

A

Dented

428
Q

Coincer

A

To stuck

429
Q

L’aube

A

Dawn

430
Q

Dodue

A

Plump

431
Q

Grains de beauté

Une taupe

A

Moles

432
Q

Tâches de rousseurs

A

Freckles

433
Q

Éclaboussures

A

Splashes

434
Q

Se faire une montagne d’un rien

A

To make a mountain out of a molehill

435
Q

Souffrir le martyr

A

To be in agony

436
Q

Le courrier du cœur

A

An agony column

437
Q

Le journaliste qui s’occupe du journal du cœur

A

An agony aunt

438
Q

Être à l’agonie

A

To be dying

To be at death’s door

439
Q

Vivre ses derniers moments

A

To be in one’s death throes

440
Q

Embêter

Déranger

A

To bother

441
Q

Prendre la peine de faire qqc

A

To bother to do sth

442
Q

Ils sont partis chacun de leur côté

Ils ont pris des chemins différents

A

They went their separate ways

443
Q

J’ai la flemme

A

I can’t be bothered

444
Q

Confiant

Crédule

A

Trustful

Gullible

445
Q

Audacieux

A

Bold

Audacious

446
Q

Sans artifice

A

Artless

447
Q

Innocent

A

Helpless

448
Q

Peingre

Avare

A

To be tight-fisted
To be stingy
To be miserly
To be Niggardly

449
Q

Harnaquer

A

To con sbdy

450
Q

Sommet

A

Tip

451
Q

Sentinelle

A

Sentry

452
Q

Désespérément

A

Hopelessly

453
Q

Frotter
Masser
Frictionner

A

To rub

454
Q

Se glisser

A

To slip (out)

455
Q

Hurlement

A

Howl

456
Q

Hurler

Brailler

A

To howl

457
Q

A toute heure de la journée ou de la nuit

A

Around the clock

458
Q

L’aube

A

Dawn

459
Q

Être gêné

A

To feel embarrassed

460
Q

Légèrement (sur le ton de la plaisanterie)

A

Casually

461
Q

Approvisionnement

Stock

A

Supply

462
Q

Serrer (le volant)

A

To tighten

463
Q

De Simples libres

A

Mere books

464
Q

S’enrichir

A

To learn

465
Q

Comment peut-on être amené à… ?

A

How can people be led… ?

What makes people… ?

466
Q

Elle avait l’habitude de s’assoir…

A

She was used to sitting

467
Q

Une douzaine d’années… une quinzaine plutôt

A

12 years or so… more like 15

About 12 years… more like 15

468
Q

Ouvrir de grands yeux

A

To open his eyes wide

469
Q

Je n’ai pas l’intention de le garder

A

I have no intention of keeping him

470
Q

Il se servit d’une bouteille d’eau du frigo

A

He helped himself TO a Bottle of water FROM the fridge

471
Q

Comptoir

A

Counter

472
Q

Soit disant

A

Allegedly

473
Q

Avec nostalgie

A

Wistfully

474
Q

Messe

A

Memorial service

475
Q

Serrer

A

To press

To clasp

476
Q

Cela Me fait penser à

A

It reminds me

477
Q

Guichetier

A

Counter Clerk

478
Q

Elle n’avait plus aucune nouvelle de lui

A

She no longer heard from him

479
Q

Je n’avais eu aucune difficulté à

A

I had no trouble + V-ing

480
Q

Passer devant qqc

A

To walk past sth

481
Q

Dédaigner

A

To pay no attention

482
Q

Porter / arborer

A

To sport

483
Q

Vers moi

A

Towards me

484
Q

Découvrir

A

To find out

485
Q

Sans le regarder

A

Without a glance

486
Q

Il a fait de la prison

A

He has been in jail

He has served Time