17 Flashcards

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gémir de douleur

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to whimper in pain

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sans rechigner

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without a whimper

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3
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boudeur

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sulky

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4
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tirelire

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a money box

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5
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lire sur les lèvres

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to lip-read

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cultivé

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well-read

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7
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faire sa part de travail

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to pull one’s weight

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crispé, énervé

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to be edgy

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9
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quand on parle du loup

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speak of the devil

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10
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ce n’est pas tes affaires

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it is none of your business

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11
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annuaire

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the yearbook

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12
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cinglé, dingue

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bonker

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13
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reçu

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roger

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14
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explosion

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the bomb blast

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15
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et truc dans le même genre

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and whatnot*

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16
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donnant-donnant

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fair’s fair

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17
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apparat

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pageantry

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18
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beauty pageant

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un concours de beauté

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19
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avoir une certaine liberté d’action

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to have some leeway

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20
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rattraper son retard

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to make up leeway

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21
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work from midnight to 8 am

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to work graveyard, graveyard shift

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22
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faire partie de l’équipe de nuit

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to work the graveyard shift

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23
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faire étalage de

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to flaunt

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24
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pénitence

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penance

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chevet
bedside
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pointer (en arrivant/en partant)
to clock in/out
27
chien de garde
Watchdog
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ne pas rendre toute la monnaie, être injuste
to short-change
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ne fait pas l'enfant
act your age
30
futuriste
space-age
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atteindre le majorité
to come to age
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saisir
to snatch up
33
stériliser
to neuter
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neutre
neuter
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une planque
a stash house*
36
décliner une invitation
to beg off
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un nœud papillon
a bow tie
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ue tenue de soirée
a black tie
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faire match nul
it was a tie
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terminer ex-aqueo avec qqn
to tie with sbdy
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Beth a terminé 4ème ex-aqueo avec Margaret
Beth tied with Margaret for fourth place
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entrer dans l'histoire
to go into the record books
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sénace de dédicace
book signing
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être un mystère, incompréhensible
to be a closed book
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passer un savon à qqn
to throw the book at sb
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être bien vu de qqn
to be in sb's good book
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l'habit ne fait pas le moine
don't judge a book by the cover
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être dans le coup
to be in on the deal
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un pigeon (idiot)
a patsy
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représentant
rep
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filer qqn
to shadow sbdy
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to put someone down
dénigrer, réprimer
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prévenir, avertir
to tip off
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entaille, balafre, crevasse
a gash
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sainteté
sanctity
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picoler
to booze
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beuverie
a booze-up
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pom-pom girl, majorette
a cheerleader
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millésime
a vintage
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un grand vin
a vintage wine
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avec le recul que nous avons aujourd'hui
from today's vantage point
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poste d'observation
a vantage point
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coupé court
to be cropped
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coupé ras
to be close-cropped
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handicap
an impairment
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un labyrinthe
a maze
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coup de collier
a push
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a push to do sth
un effort pour faire qqch
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à la limite
at a psuh
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pousser une porte pour l'ouvrir
to push a door open
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plaider pour qqch²
to push the case for sth
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friser la cinquantaine
to be pushing fifty
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faire irruption dans une pièce
to push into a room
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bouton de sonnette
a push bell
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poursuivre qqch
to push ahead with sth
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bousculer
to push around
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écarter (une idée)
to push aside
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tirer vers le bas
to push down
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réclamer
to push for
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forcer le passage, doubler dans une queue
to push in
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faire des pompes
to do push-ups
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Quelle taille faites vous?
What size do you take?
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Une chose à la fois
Let's take one thing at a time
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enseigner qqch à qqn
to take sbdy for sth
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Quel est votre sentiment à ce sujet?
What's your take on this?
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devoir y regarder à deux fois
to do a double take
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concessions mutuelles
a give and take
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ressembler à
to take after
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se mesurer à
to take on
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passer ses nerfs sur qnn
to take sth out on sbdy
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prendre la suite, reprendre
to take over
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se prendre d'amitié pour qqn, prendre goût
to take to
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salaire net
take-home pay
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prendre sur soi de faire qqch
to take it upon onseself to do sth
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accepter l'offre de qqn
to take sbdy up on an offer
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parasite (à la radio, télé)
a static
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Ce n'était vraiment pas de bol
It was hard luck on him
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serveur
a bartender
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faire un coup de traître
to play dirty
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esprit mal tourné
dirty-minded