VTG 3 Flashcards

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un sale type (argot)

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a creep

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un pyjama

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a pair of pyjamas

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des jumelles (pour voir loin)

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a pair of binoculars

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rouler, faire rouler, enrouler…

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to roll

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faire l’appel

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to call the roll

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lancer un produit

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to roll out a product / to launch a product

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rouler sur l’or

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to be rolling in money

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suivre la ligne du parti / se plier / se conformer / obéir

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to toe the (party) line

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chaleureux, confortable, douillé

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cosy

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ca ne me dit trop rien

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i don’t relish the idea of

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entrevoir

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to catch sight of

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le faire exprès, intentionnellement

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to do something on purpose

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repérer

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to spot

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être le portrait craché

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to be the spitting image of somebody

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un exposant (qui détient un stand)

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a stall holder

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caler (en voiture)

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to stall a car

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la nuit porte conseille

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let’s sleep on it

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manquer une case (dans la tête)

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to have a screw loose

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perdre la boule (devenir fou)

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to have lost one’s marbles

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foudroyer du regard

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to glare

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l’exemple le plus frappant

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the most glaring example

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cligner des yeux

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to blink

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lorgner (regarder avec insistance et envie)

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to ogle

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… bouche bée

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… gaping

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froncer les sourcils

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to frown at sbdy / to raise one’s eyebrows

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jeter un coup d’oeil (dans)

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to peep (into)

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faire passer un scanner

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to scan sbdy

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un voyeur

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a peeping Tom

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regarder (curieusement)

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to peer at

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jeter un regard noir, regarder d’un mauvais oeil, faire les gros yeux à, fusiller du regard

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to scowl at

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zozoter

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to lisp

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crier de douleur ou de terreur

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to scream with terror

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un moulin à parole

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a chatterbox

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un sort, une malédiction

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a curse

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maudire

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to curse

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une insulte

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a curse

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un fléau

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a scourge, a pledge, a curse

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les ragots

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the gossip

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étouffer un scandale, une affaire

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to hush up a scandal, an affair

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chut !

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hush !

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calomnier, diffamer

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to slander, to libel (in the press = diffamation écrite)

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le tourisme

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tourism, sightseeing

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soupirer, pousser un soupir

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to sigh

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gémir, geindre

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to moan

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grogner, un grognement

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to snarl, a snarl

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glousser ; un gloussement, un petit rire

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to chuckle ; a chuckle

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hurler, vociférer

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to yell

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coasser, dire d’une voix rauque

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to croak, to croak sthg

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avoir le fou rire

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to have a fit of giggles

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50
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avoir une crise de…

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to have a fit of…

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être hanté par d’horribles souvenirs

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to be haunted by traumatic memories

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le problème vient de là

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there lies the rub

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53
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prendre part a un traité

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to be party to a treaty

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54
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traité de non prolifération

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NPT (1968) - Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

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55
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tiens bon !

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hold on

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56
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l’épicier

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the grocer’s (shop)

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57
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le tour de taille

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waist size

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la taille (d’un habit)

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the waist

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59
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maladroit

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clumsy

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touffu, fourni

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bushy

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la mâchoire

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jaw

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62
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bronchite

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bronchitis (bronkaitis)

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une protèse de hanche

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a hip replacement

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l’huile de coude

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elbow grease

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65
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se fouler

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to sprain

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66
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maux de ventre

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stomach ache

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67
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Génération Y

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Millenials, GenYers

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une fonction (travail)

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a tenure

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un poste

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a position

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gaiement, avec insouciance

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blithely

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un procédé malhonnête, une combine, un complot

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a scheme

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répercussions (négative)

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fallout

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retombées radioactives

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fallout, fall-out

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loyers gonflés

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inflated rents

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être enfermé

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to be locked out

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épuration sociale

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social cleansing

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un marché à but lucratif

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a profit-driven market

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cela en dit long sur… (péjoratif)

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it’s a sad indictment of…

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une société fondée sur des classes

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a class-ridden society

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des pans de la population

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parts of the population

81
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Ouvrir sur

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To open onto

82
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En attendant

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In the meantime

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Une sorte de qqchose

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A sthg on sorts

84
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Larguer

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To dump

85
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Du jour au lendemain

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Overnight

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sortir des sentiers battus

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to get off the beaten track

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une voie ferrée

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a track

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un circuit, un vélodrome

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a track

89
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payer un pot de vin

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to pay somebody hush money

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un tribunal

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a court

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un palais de justice

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courthouse

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être criblé de dettes

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to be crippled with debts / arthritis

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une économie paralysée

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a crippled economy

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estropier, handicaper, paralyser

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to cripple

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un handicapé

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a disabled person

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exceptionnel

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outstanding

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brusquer les choses

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to rush things

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le grand jour

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the big day

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bienveillance

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benevolence, kindness, kindliness, goodwill, indulgence

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balbutier

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to stammer, to stutter

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lâcher (un mot)

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to blurt

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une troupe (théâtrale)

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a troupe

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quitter

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to quit

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croiser quelqu’un

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to run into sb

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masser

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to massage

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tout à l’heure (un peu plus tot)

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just now

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tout à l’heure (un peu plus tard)

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in a while, a bit later on

108
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les temps sont durs

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times are hard

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timbre-poste

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postage stamp

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s’émouvoir

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to be affected, to be moved, to be touched

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tiens donc !

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well, well, oh really, Fancy that

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depuis quelques temps

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for some time

113
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faire marcher quelqu’un

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to pull sb’s legs

114
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avoir bonne mine

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to look well, to look good

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le second tour (des élections)

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the second round

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les élections législatives

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the general election

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être conscient de, être au courant de

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to be aware of

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frappé (au sens de étonner)

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to strike

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déplier

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to unfold

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pressé

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in a rush

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le lendemain

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the following day

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wagon

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wagon

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crier

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to shout, to yell, to scream

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parvenir (réussir à)

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to manage to

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protéger

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to shield

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être essouflé

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to be out of breath

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a peine

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hardly

128
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nos jambes nous portaient mal

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our legs could hardly bear our weight

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un chêne

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an oak-tree

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je n’irai pas plus loin

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i will not go any further

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devenir fou

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to go mad

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de travers,

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askew

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chauve

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bald

134
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pas le moindre

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whatsoever

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assigner, attribuer

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to ascribe

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un pillard

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a looter

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faillite, banqueroute

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bankruptcy

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extraire d’une mine à ciel ouvert

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to strip-mine

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régulièrement

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on a regular basis

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un contretemps

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a setback

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a un rythme d’escargot

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at a snail’s pace

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représenter / rendre compte de

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to account for

143
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une autorité de surveillance / une association de défense de certains droits

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a watchdog

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obtenir de meilleurs résultats que qqn

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to outperform sbdy

145
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congé de maternité

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a maternity leave

146
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être perdant par rapport à qqn

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to lose out to

147
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analogue, semblable à

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akin to

148
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une cause d’inquiétude

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a cause for concern

149
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attribuer un prix

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to award a prize

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plusieurs

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several

151
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Pour de bon

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For good, permanently

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Résumer

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To sum up

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Appuyer, soutenir (un propos)

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To endorse

154
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gaité

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cheerfulness

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elle mène sa vie

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she leads a life of her own

156
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être marqué à vie

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to be scarred for life

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des maux

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ills

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analgésique, antidouleur

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painkiller

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seuil

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threshold

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pote

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crony

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copinage, favoritisme

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cronysm

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Lobby pharmaceutique (US)

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Big pharma

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fournir, approvisionner

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to supply

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renverser

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to spill

165
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au large des côtes

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off the coast

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couinement, grincement, crissement

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squeak

167
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bruit de ferraille

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rattle

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mélange

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mingle

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une lueur d’espoir

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a glimmer of hope

170
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il souffle un vent nouveau sur …

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a wind of change is blowing over…

171
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un soulagement

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a welcome relief

172
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les problèmes du quotidien

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bread and butter issues