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un prunier

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a plum tree

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rentrer, border

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to tuck something

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être avachi ou avoir le dos voûté

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to slouch

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matière grasse ou raccourcissement

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a shortening

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plomb

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lead

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radin, pingre ou maigre (portion)

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stingy

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un écueil, danger, piège, embûche

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a pitfall

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isocèle

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isosceles

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une jument

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a mare

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un carillon

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a chime

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sonner

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to chime

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une timbale

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a kettledrum

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une bouillotte

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a hot water bottle

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un plan (archi)

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a blueprint

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une seringue

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a syringe

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un volant (voiture)

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a steering wheel

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un renflouement, sauvetage financier

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a bailout

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petit poème britannique

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a limerick

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une couronne de fleurs / mortuaire

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a wreath

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un brancard ou un lit à roulettes

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a gurney

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morose, sombre, abattu

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glum

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kaki (fruit)

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persimmon

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tous sauf / quasiment

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all but

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un chevreuil

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a venison

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qui ne vas pas / qui cloche ou de travers / mal

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amiss

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aigu (voix) ou pleurnichard

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whiny

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une mercerie UK

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a haberdashery

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une mercerie US

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a notions store

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29
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rester bouche bée UK

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to gawp

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une partition

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a score

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prévoyant

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far-sighted foresighted

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feuilleter

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to leaf through ou to browse through

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étrange, troublant, extraordinaire, remarquable

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uncanny

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vaciller, danser (flamme)

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to flicker

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volonté

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willpower

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une écaille (poisson)

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a scale

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une écaille (parcelle détachée)

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a chip

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trépidant

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frantic hectic wild

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une jeune fille (old, humorous)

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a wench

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la crinière

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mane

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jouer à la dînette

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to play tea parties

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couper, rafraîchir

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to trim

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bloqué, coincé, bouché

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jammed

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44
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verglas

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ice patch black ice

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45
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une alouette

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a lark

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46
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d’où

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hence

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orge

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barley

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48
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un volant US

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a birdie

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49
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un triton

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a newt

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50
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pain bénit

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consecrated bread

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51
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glace à l’eau US

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popsicle

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glace à l’eau UK

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ice lolly

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53
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un Borsalino

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a fedora

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54
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le manteau de la cheminée US

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mantelpiece

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le manteau de la cheminée UK

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mantelshelf

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croisement des races

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miscegenation

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57
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de temps à autre

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every so often

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la cuisinière

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stove

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59
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gaz (fabric)

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gauze

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60
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poêle à frire US

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a skillet

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une flasque, gourde

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a flask

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62
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ferme, inflexible, catégorique

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adamant

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un air renfrogné

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a scowl

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jeter un regard noir ou fusiller qqn du regard

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to scowl at sb

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marmonner

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to mutter

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fouiller (mains)

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to rummage

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67
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une boule de naphtaline

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a mothball

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sectarisme, intolérance

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bigotry

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une luciole

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a firefly

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70
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une tomate mûrie sur pied

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a vine ripe tomato

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71
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faire remarquer ou être d’avis

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to opine

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72
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s’essayer à qqc

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to dabble sth

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73
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un danger

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a hazard

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engloutir

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to gobble

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anoblir qqn

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to ennoble sb

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les miettes

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crumbs

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77
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un rince-doigts

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a finger bowl

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un napperon

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a doily

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une soucoupe, sous-tasse

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a saucer

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crème anglaise, renversée

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a custard

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une demi-tasse

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a demitasse

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82
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vente à la criée

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hawking (D)

auction

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déguerpir ou chasser, faire partir

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to shoo

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regarder (look around)

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to browse

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85
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naviguer sur internet

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to browse

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86
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bercer, tenir tendrement

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to cradle

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un berceau

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a cradle

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une teinte, nuance

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a hue

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un orang-outang

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an orangutan

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(s’)agripper, empoigner, serrer (fort)

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to clutch sth

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un étui de revolver

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a holster

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la hanche

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hip ou haunch

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à califourchon, à cheval sur

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astride

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fasciner, hypnotiser

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to mesmerize

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un manguier

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a mango tree

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un cacatoès

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a cockatoo

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carmin

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crimson

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lancer, jeter

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to toss sth

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tirer à pile ou face

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to toss sth

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gazouillement

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chirp

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101
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osciller, remuer, chanceler

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to wobble

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être branlant, bancal (meuble)

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to wobble

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103
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trembler, flageoler (jambes)

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to wobble

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104
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une prime

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a bounty

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105
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abondance

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bounty

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106
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le scorbut

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scurvy

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maladroit, pataud, gauche, empoté

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clumsy

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108
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le tibia

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shin

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109
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le jarret (veau)

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shin

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110
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le gîte (bœuf)

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shin

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111
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une sangsue

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leech

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enflammé, en feu

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aflame

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rejeter

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to rebuff sth, sb

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114
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enclin à faire qqc

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to prone to sth

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115
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insinuation, allusion, sous-entendu

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innuendo

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116
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inébranlable, ferme, loyal (ami)

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steadfast

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confusion, hébétement

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daze

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118
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traître

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treacherous

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119
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une entaille, balafre

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a gash

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120
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embuscade, guet-apens

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ambush

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121
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tendre une embuscade à

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to ambush

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122
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une rampe, rambarde, glissière

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a guardrail

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123
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givré

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frosted

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124
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translucide (glass)

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frosted

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125
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une guirlande

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a fes’toon

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126
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fouiller pour trouver qqc

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to fumble for sth

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127
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crier, brailler, beugler (fam)

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to holler

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128
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ballerines UK

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pumps

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129
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escarpins US

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pumps

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130
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un rideau US

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a drape

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un ancien élève

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alumnus, almuna, alumni

132
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couleur sable

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sandy (haired)

133
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un hululement

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a hoot

134
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hululer

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to hoot

135
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démodé, mal habillé

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dowdy

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sous-louer

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to sublet

137
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voler, dérober, piquer, chaparder

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to pilfer sth

138
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une patate douce

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yam

139
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un foulard, une lavallière

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an ascot

140
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bouc (petite barbe)

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a goatee

141
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un revers, contretemps

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a setback

142
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une tanière, antre

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a lair

143
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un électrochoc

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a jolt

144
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une salle de classe US

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a homeroom

145
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errer, vagabonder

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to wander, to roam

146
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rayonnant, radieux

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beaming

147
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brouhaha, vacarme

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commotion

148
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la hotte de la cheminée

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cooker hood

149
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la hotte du Père Noël (gros sac)

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sack

150
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le pommeau de douche

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the shower head

151
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un incident, contretemps, une mésaventure

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a mishap

152
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débarquer, débouler, faire irruption (familier)

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to barge in

153
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reflux (tide), déclin, baisser/refluer (tide)

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ebb / to ebb

154
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un galet

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a pebble

155
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un orme

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elm

156
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un arbre étêté, écimé

étêter, écimer

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pollard / to pollard

157
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la clé de l’entrée

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the latchkey

158
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élever, soigner, nourrir

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to nurture

159
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groseille à maquereau

tenir la chandelle (UK, familier)

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(to) gooseberry

160
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décomposition, pourissement, carie

déclin, affaiblissement

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(to) decay

161
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le rhume des foins

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hay fever

162
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un églantier, rosier des chiens

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dog rose / wild rose

163
Q

un bouleau

A

birch

164
Q

un courtier en bourse

négocier

A

(to) broker

165
Q

résolu, déterminé, inébranlable

A

resolute

166
Q

essuyer, effacer

A

to wipe away

167
Q

déclaration, énoncé

énoncer

A

(to) utterance

168
Q

faire une embardée, faire un écart

embardée, écart

A

(to) swerve

169
Q

recevoir, accueillir, héberger

A

to host

170
Q

une cérémonie à grand spectacle, reconstitution historique

A

a pageantry

171
Q

déjouer, contrecarrer, contrarier

A

to thwart

172
Q

palpiter, battre fort

vibration, battement, pulsation

A

(to) throb

173
Q

de la dernière heure, au dernier moment

A

eleventh-hour

174
Q

discrètement

A

inconspicuously

175
Q

fou de joie, sur un petit nuage

A

elated

176
Q

soutenir, étayer

A

to buttress

177
Q

courage, force d’âme

A

fortitude

178
Q

bâtir des châteaux en Espagne
utopique, illusoire
se faire des illusions

A

pie in the sky

179
Q

un principe, une doctrine

A

tenet

180
Q

une ruche

A

beehive

181
Q

filer, pister, prendre en filature, suivre

A

to shadow sb

182
Q

un petit peu, un chouïa, un poil, un tantinet (familier)

A

a tad

183
Q

vrille, chute verticale

vriller, tomber en chute libre

A

(to) tailspin

184
Q

se bousculer, coup de coude

A

(to) jostle

185
Q

une pelle, une bêche

pique

A

spade

186
Q

organza

A

orzganza

187
Q

une chasse au trésor

A

a scavenger hunt

188
Q

une étreinte

serrer, saisir

A

(to) clasp

189
Q

un lave-pont

A

a swab

190
Q

strabisme

loucher

A

(to) squint

191
Q

une musaraigne

une mégère (péjoratif)

A

a shrew

192
Q

s’enthousiasmer, s’emballer pour

A

to enthuse over/about sth

193
Q

excessivement enthousiaste

A

overenthusiastic

194
Q

un témoin, un spectateur

A

a bystander

195
Q

dissident, non-conformiste, marginal, frondeur

A

a maverick

196
Q

donner une claque, donner un grand coup, fesser

A

to whack

197
Q

un jeune prodige, enfant prodige

A

a wunderkind

198
Q

enrober, édulcorer, minimiser, adoucir

A

to sugarcoat

199
Q

une bourgeoise, patronne

madame (UK soutenu)

A

a missus

200
Q

idéaliste (adj, littéraire)

A

quixotic

201
Q

inepte, stupide, idiot (adj)

A

inane

202
Q

une aubaine, bénédiction

A

a boon, a gift, a blessing

203
Q

marmonner, manger ses mots, bredouiller

une insulte, un affront

A

(to) slur

204
Q

un cercueil

coffret à bijoux

A

a casket

205
Q

un spiritueux, une boisson alcoolisée

A

a liquor (US)

206
Q

un répit

A

a respite

207
Q

sauter avec un bâton sauteur

A

pogo-sticking

208
Q

juguler

A

to stem

209
Q

paoptage, bavardage

A

gab

210
Q

posé, digne, calme (adj)

A

poised

211
Q

bavardage, papotage, jacasseries, caquetage (familier)

A

chit-chat

212
Q 
un exploitant agricole
un colon (US)
A

a homesteader

213
Q

ire, colère (littéraire)

A

ire

214
Q

les cieux, le ciel (littéraire)

A

ether

215
Q

se chamailler, se disputer

A

to bicker

216
Q

étudiant en médecine (US)

prémédication (UK)

A

a premed

217
Q

bénévolement, gratuitement, pro bono

A

pro bono

218
Q

nauséeux

A

queasy

219
Q

traîner, flâner

A

to loiter

220
Q

péter un câble, un plomb

A

to blow a gasket

221
Q

approuver, cautionner, excuser

A

to condone

222
Q

un siège inclinable

A

a reclining chair, a recliner

223
Q

entrebâillement

A

small / tiny opening

224
Q

un compte de, un récapitulatif de

A

a tally

225
Q

une part (dû)

A

a share

226
Q

à mesure que

A

as

227
Q

solennité

A

solemnity

228
Q

imposture, comédie, faux-semblant

A

a sham

229
Q

revirement d’opinion

un saut périllaux

A

somersault

230
Q

scrupule

A

scruple, qualm, misgiving

231
Q

primevère

A

pimrose

232
Q

un clignotant

A

a blinker (US)

233
Q

sable mouvant

A

quicksand

234
Q

gazon, pelouse

A

turf

235
Q

de bon augure

A

auspicious

236
Q

un voleur de rue, à l’esbroufe, à la tire

A

a snatcher

237
Q

un propriétaire peu scrupuleux

un marchand de sommeil

A

a slumlord

238
Q

résister à

A

to withstand sth

239
Q

une entaille, balafre

A

a gash

240
Q

un rire communicatif

A

an infectious laugh

241
Q

enrober, édulcorer, minimiser

A

to sugarcoat

242
Q

une divinité

A

a deity

243
Q

ce qu’on mérite (informal)

A

comeuppance

244
Q

sueur froide

A

cold sweat

245
Q

fougeux

avoir un tempérament de feu

A

feisty

246
Q

engueuler, enguirlander

A

to chew sb up (US)

247
Q

dont on est séparé

A

estranged (adj)

248
Q

fondre

décongeler

A

to thaw

249
Q

agitation, tourmente, trouble, bouleversement

A

turmoil

250
Q

être l’instigateur de

pousser qqn à faire qqc

A

to instigate

to instigate sb to do sth

251
Q

en vouloir à quelqu’un, éprouver de la rancune

A

to resent sb

252
Q

avoir du recul

A

to have the benefit of hindsight

to have distance

253
Q

le bon côté

A

silver lining

254
Q

papillon de nuit

mite

A

a moth

255
Q

broyeur (machine)

meuleuse

A

a grinder

256
Q

citation à comparaître

assignation

A

subpoena

257
Q

bandeau

bander les yeux

A

to blindfold

258
Q

jeu de mots

calembour

A

a pun

to pun

259
Q

braguette

A

a fly

260
Q

foi aveugle

A

leap of faith

261
Q

un pigeon voyageur

A

a homing pigeon

262
Q 
un nœud coulant
la corde (exécution)
A

a noose

263
Q

bleu sarcelle

bleu canard

A

teal

264
Q

ricochet

ricocher

A

ricochet

ricochet off sth (ricocher sur)

265
Q

paillette

A

sequin

266
Q

aigre
acide
acerbe

A

sour

267
Q

faire des tonneaux

A

to roll over

268
Q

un tonneau

A

a barrel

269
Q

un héron

A

a heron

270
Q

une pinède

A

a pine forest

a pine wood

271
Q

un melon miel

A

a honeydew

272
Q 
une selle (vélo)
une selle (cheval)
les selles
A

a saddle
a saddle, a seat
stools

273
Q

décatir

A

to fade

to age

274
Q

une hélice

A 
a propeller (plane)
a helix (arch)
275
Q

un nom de plume

un pseudonyme

A

a pen name

276
Q

la pâte

A

batter

277
Q

une mésange

A 
a tit
a chickadee (US)
278
Q

un rouge-gorge

A

a robin

279
Q

une moissonneuse-batteuse

A

a combine harvester

280
Q

un exercice (entraînement)

A

a drill

281
Q

prévisible

A

predictable
foreseeable
can be seen coming

282
Q

effleurer

A

to brush
to touch
to graze

283
Q

le green (golf)

A

the putting green
the gold green
the green

284
Q

un véhicule tout terrain

4x4

A

an ATV (all-terrain vehicle)

285
Q

un tire-bouchon

A

a cockscrew

286
Q

une porte cochère

A

a carriage door

287
Q

dithyrambique

élogieux

A

eulogistic

laudatory

288
Q

un fleuron (excellent représentant)

A

a flower

a jewel

289
Q

prendre place

A

to take your place

290
Q

un funiculaire

A

a funicular railway

a cable car

291
Q

fleurer

A

to exude
to exhale
to smell of sth

292
Q

le ciel azur

couleur azur

A

the blue sky

azure, blue sky

293
Q

coffre

A

chest

294
Q

perruche

A

budgerigar

295
Q

duvet

édredon

A

eiderdown

296
Q

dot

A

dowry

marriage portion

297
Q

blaireau

A

badger

298
Q

trousse de toilette (UK)

A

spongebag

299
Q

exigeant

A

exacting

300
Q

absurde

grotesque

A

preposterous

301
Q

ouï-dire
rumeur
on-dit

A

hearsay

302
Q

pince à linge (UK)

patère

A

peg

303
Q

perte

chute

A

undoing

downfall

304
Q

caprice

coup de tête

A

whim

305
Q

acajou (bois)

A

mahogany

306
Q

bélier (to force entry)

A

battering ram

307
Q

démoralisé

abattu

A

downcast

308
Q

réservé
timide
modeste

A

demure

309
Q

tout penaud

honteusement

A

sheepishly

310
Q

couvercle

paupière

A

lid

311
Q

babeurre

A

buttermilk

312
Q

narguer (péjoratif)

A

to taunt
to mock
to scoff at

313
Q

se lancer à corps perdu
se jeter sur
une amourette

A

to fling yourself into
to fling yourself at
a fling

314
Q

une pince à linge

A

a peg

315
Q

clé de l’entrée

A

latchkey

316
Q

un enfant livré à lui-même

A

a latchey kid

317
Q

bouillir
bouillonner
être furax

A

to seethe

318
Q

prononcer un mot

pousser un cri

A

to utter

319
Q

fumant / qui fume

furax

A

steaming

320
Q

bouche d’incendie

A

hydrant

321
Q

manger bruyamment

A

to munch

322
Q

une dent de travers

A

a snaggletooth

323
Q

tapoter

procéder à une fouille par palpation

A

to pat sb down

324
Q

baume à lèvres

A

chapstick

lip balm

325
Q

fantaisiste, saugrenu

élaboré, sophistiqué

A

fanciful

326
Q

nombrilisme

A

navel-gazing

327
Q

amiante

A

asbestos

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