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1
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se faire plaisir

A

to indulge

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se faire plaisir en faisant, prendre du plaisir à

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to indulge doing sth

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douillet, confortable

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snug

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le buffet (meuble)

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sideboard

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se vautrer dans, s’avachir

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to flop down

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plaire à quelqu’un

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to fancy sth

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avoir envie de faire qqch

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to fancy doing sth

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plaisanter, badiner, déconner

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to banter

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plaisanterie

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banter

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les moeurs

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mores

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la sacoche

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satchel

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palpiter (le coeur)

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to flutter

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recouvrir qqch de

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to smear sth with

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étaler qqch sur qqn

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to smear sth on someone

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15
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ricaner

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to snigger

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ricaner en disant

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to snigger that

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tracassant, embêtant (léger), tenace (pour une blessure)

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niggling

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Un léger doute

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a niggle (about) sth

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tracasser, agacer, turlupiner

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to niggle (at) someone

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20
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rôder

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to hover around, about, to roam

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21
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hésiter

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to hover

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se maintenir, plafonner

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to hover (at about 10% a year)

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humble, modeste

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meek

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24
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miteux

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shabby

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dûment, comme convenu, comme prévu

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duly

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le brouhaha

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hubbub

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serré, exigu

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cramped

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fouiner, farfouiller

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to ferret around (in somewhere)

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29
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Fouiner pour trouver quelque chose

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to ferret around for sth

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30
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piger quelque chose

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to cotton on to

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Elle pigea enfin le fait qu’ils étaient en train de la charier

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She finally cottoned on to the fact that they were teasing her

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élégant, fringuant

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dashing

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33
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discuter

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to discuss oui mais aussi to confer

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grossier, vulgaire, de mauvaise qualité / goût

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coarse

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être surpris, être pris de court

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to be taken aback

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36
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surprendre, interloquer

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to take aback

37
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harceler, déranger, taquiner

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to pester

38
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harceler qqn pour qu’il fasse

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to pester sb to do sth

39
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présumer que, conjoncturer que

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to surmise that

40
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pleurnicher

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to snivel, to whine

41
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les passerelles

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gangplanks

42
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autoritaire, cavalier, despotique

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high-handed

43
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empiéter sur, affecter

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to impinge on

44
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retirer de la circulation, mettre au placard

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to put out to pasture

45
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la convocation

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a bidding, a convening

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s’estomper, s’évanouir (souvenirs)

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to recede, to ebb away

47
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reculer, s’éloigner

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to recede

48
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la perplexité, la confusion

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(the) bemusement

49
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reculer, faire un pas en arrière

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to recoil

50
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le recul (pour une arme), le rejet

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recoil (against)

51
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se casser la figure

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to take a tumble

52
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plein d’autodérision

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self-deprecating

53
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battre à plate couture qqn

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to run rings around sb

54
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étouffant, plein (pour un nez)

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stuffy

55
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susciter qqch

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to stir up sth

56
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fréquenter, pactiser avec (l’ennemi)

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to consort with

57
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le point de vue (géographique)

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vantage

58
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Un poste d’observation, une position privilégiée, un point de vue

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vantage point

59
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la rampe

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banister (rail)

60
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chevronné, expérimenté

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seasoned

61
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hautain

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haughty

62
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une cahute, une cabane

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a shack

63
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tombant(e), affaissé(e)

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drooping

64
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l’orme

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elm

65
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la prairie, le pré

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a meadow

66
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Une clé de bras, une situation délicate

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an arm-lock

67
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agglutiné, recroquevillé, blotti

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huddled

68
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Un essai de, une incursion dans

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a foray into

69
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s’abaisser à

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to stoop to

70
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s’abaisser à leur niveau

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to stoop to their levels

71
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s’essayer à

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to make a foray into

72
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faire l’éloge

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to eulogise

73
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intimidé, impressionné

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overawed

74
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les restrictions

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strictures

75
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provenir de, être originaire de

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to hail from

76
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un treillis

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trellised

77
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couper, trancher la tête

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to lop (a head) off

78
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avoir l’air, donner l’impression

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to cut a XX figure

79
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avoir l’air solitaire

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to cut a lonely figure

80
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donner une mauvaise impression

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to cut a poor figure

81
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capital, historique

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momentous

82
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l’abattement, le découragement

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despondency

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Une natte, une couette

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pigtail

84
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Les broussailles, le sous-bois

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undergrowth

85
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rondouillard, grassouillet

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tubby

86
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Etre susceptible de faire qqch

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To be liable to

87
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la sueur, la transpiration

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perspiration

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Etre preoccupé par

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to be preoccupied with

89
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la bravade [faux geste de courage]

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bravado

Anglais Vocabulaire E.C (79 decks)

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