20 Flashcards

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Dexterity, skill, diplomacy

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Le doigté

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Troublemaker

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Le trublion

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3
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Cunningly, trick

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Par la ruse

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4
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Down to earth

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Terre à terre

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5
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Devoid of

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Dénué de

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6
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To make sb look good

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Servir de faire valoir à

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7
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Skin related

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Cutané

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8
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Hunched over

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Voûté

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9
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Appearance

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L’allure

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10
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bitterly, fiercely

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âprement

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11
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As the months went by

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Au fil des mois

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12
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To lay the foundations

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Poser les bases

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13
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guarantor

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garant

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14
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a forceful or bitter attack; diatribe

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une diatribe

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15
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in the wake of

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dans le sillage de

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16
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wreath

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la gerbe

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17
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badly put together, made

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ficelé

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18
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dull (familier)

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plan-plan

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19
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to be fond of, a lover of

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être friand de

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20
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alloy

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un alliage

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21
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love at first sight

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le coup de foudre

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22
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deficiency, lack

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une carence

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23
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to present sth, use sth as an excuse

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alléguer

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to strike, strike down

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foudroyer

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inevitable
inéluctable
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excessiveness, immoderation
la démesure
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to oust, depose
évincer
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somehow
tant bien que mal
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moreover
qui plus est, par ailleurs
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to be precise, namely
en l'occurence
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yolk (pouvoir)
le joug
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to untie; release
délier
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to stick out like a sore thumb
faire tâche
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bread, dough, money
le pognon
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the stunting
le retard de croissance
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anxiety, restlessness
la fébrilité
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sugarcoated, sweetened
édulcoré
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to have good intuition
avoir le nez creux
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to enter into competition
entrer en lice
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to follow on sbs heels
talonner qqn
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to get bogged down in
s'embourber dans
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links, contacts
les accointances
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setback; pitfall
le revers
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biting; scathing
cinglant
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to foil, thwart
déjouer
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to erase, conceal
gommer
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troublesome; cumbersome
encombrant
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if sth is to be believed
à en croire qqc
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to stunt, be stunted
rabougrir
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to draw, obtain
puiser
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to be fashionable, trendy
être dans le vent/ à la mode
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meadow, field
le pré
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hook; detour
le crochet
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to sponge off sb
vivre aux crochets de qqn
55
foster home
un foyer/une famille d'accueil
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to be all the rage
avoir le vent en poupe
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wax; polish
la cire
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upheaval
la tourmente
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conversely
à l'opposé
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bullfighting
la corrida, les combats de taureaux
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heritage
le patrimoine
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as part of
comme faisant partie de
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lily of the Valley, thrush
le muguet
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to pull out; extract
extirper
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to get out of sth/ drag oneself out of
s'extirper de qqc
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weariness, tiredness
la lassitude
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languidness, lethargy
la langueur
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homelessness
le problème des sans-abris
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to remove sbs inhibitions
décomplexer qqn
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method, process, conduct
le procédé
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to harp on about sth
rebâcher qqc
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open-mindedness
l'ouverture d'esprit
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perpetrator
l'auteur
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an interview
une interview, un entretien
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group therapy, talking group
un groupe de parole
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to make, create, fashion
confectionner
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to come to attention
se mettre au garde-à-vous
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disparaging
réprobateur
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to milk
traire
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at the border, edge
à la lisière de
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barley
l'orge
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stretcher
la civière
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with the initials, branded...
siglé
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to put on (clothes), thread
enfiler