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1
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klaxon - klaxonner - coup de klaxon

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car horn - to honk - a honk

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se calmer

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to die down

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homme de main, sbire

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henchman

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un nid-de-poule

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a pothole

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rouspéter, bougonner

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to grumble

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rassurer

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to reassure

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insinuer, sous-entendre

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to hint

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rebondir, se remettre

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to bounce back

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être face à dilemme

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to be in a quandary

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10
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juge nominé par Trump à la cour suprême

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Neil Gorsuch

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lancer (des questions, des accélérations..)

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to fire off

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faire son entrée/ ses débuts

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to make its debuts

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13
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ne pas rentrer dans le moule

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not to fit the mold

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faire grincer des dents / froisser les esprits

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to ruffle feathers

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ébouriffer

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to ruffle

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froisser

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to crease

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17
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ne pas mâcher ses mots

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not mince words

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18
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hacher - viande hachée

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to mince - mince

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synonyme to be ready or about to do stg

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to be poised to do stg

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volubile, loquace

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voluble

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le summum de / l’incarnation même de

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the epitome of

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instance de l’ONU pour les femmes

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UN Women (2010) –> to make legislation change, develop structures in the informal sector, empower women (too economically ?)

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bâclé/ de mauvaise qualité

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shoddy

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pionnière de la science informatique

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Ada Lovelace (19th century, London): first computer programmer !

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coercition, contrainte

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coercion

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autoritaire (personnalité)

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bossy

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déconcerter, dérouter, rendre perplexe

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to mystify

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28
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de la taille d’un poing

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fist-size(d)

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bien proportionné, galbé, harmonieux

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shapely

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tourner sur soi-même

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to spin around

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broyer, moudre

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to grind

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32
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rire fort

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to laugh hard

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33
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le loyer

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the rent

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34
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s’ébahir devant, fixer bêtement

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to gawk at

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35
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mamie

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granny

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36
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émerveillement mêlé d’admiration –> sidérer

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awe –> to awe

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attrister

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to sadden

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38
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cucul la praline

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soppy

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39
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mièvre

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mawkish

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sonore/retentissant

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sonorous

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fluctuer (connaître des hauts et des bas)

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to wax and wane

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le jour décline

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the day is waning/fading

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43
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se vautrer

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to sprawl

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44
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ferré/ chaussé

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shod

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45
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dé à coudre

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a thimble

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46
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linge de maison

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linen

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47
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lin

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plante: flax ; fibre textile: linen

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48
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perplexe

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bewildered

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49
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ahuri, interloqué

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flabbergasted

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50
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horrifié, atterré

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aghast

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51
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se redresser, se mettre en position debout

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to rise upright

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52
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mortifier

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to mortify

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53
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incrédule

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incredulous

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54
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palais (organe)

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palate

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55
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clairvoyant

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discerning

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56
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enlever en raclant

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to scrape off

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57
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vider qqch jusqu’à racler le fond

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to scrape out

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écumer (qqch pour trouver qqch/qqun)

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to scour (stg for stg/so)

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59
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mauvaise conduite / mauvais comportement

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misconduct

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60
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“the Fearless girl”

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a girl placed in front of the Wall Street bull Statue en Women’s Day (2017) by State Street Global Advisors.

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61
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Dyslexie

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Dyslexia

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62
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rhume des foins

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Hay fever

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63
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fausse couche

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a miscarriage

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64
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une ampoule/cloque

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a blister

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hématome / bleu / contusion

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a bruise

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66
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une bosse, un choc

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a bump

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67
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grain de beauté

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a mole

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68
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un bouton (sur le visage)

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a pimple

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69
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des varices

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varicose veins

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70
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une verrue

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a wart

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71
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porter plainte

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to lodge a complaint / to press charges

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faire une réclamation / une demande d’indemnisation

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to file a claim

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73
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femme battue

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battered woman/wife

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à la hâte, hâtivement

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hastily

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75
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donner (offrir, distribuer)

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to give away

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76
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un vendeur/commercial

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a salesman

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77
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laisse moi entrer

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let me in

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78
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le feu s’éteint / est éteint

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the fire goes out / is out

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fissure

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a crack

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80
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une rupture

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a split

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81
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faire des compliments

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to pay compliments

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82
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tenir un double discours/ dire une chose et son contraire/ se contredire

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to talk out of both sides of one’s mouth

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83
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convaincre (en parlant) de faire / ne pas faire

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to talk sby into/out of doing stg

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84
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rencontrer des difficultés

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to run into trouble

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85
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réprimander / faire des reproches

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to tell someone off

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86
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économiser/épargner..

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to save up

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87
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ticket restaurant

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luncheon voucher

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88
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brader, liquider –> liquidation

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to sell off –> sell-off

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89
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enregistrer, accumuler (ex: pertes, déficit…)

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to run up stg

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bercer

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to lull

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91
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nous n’y couperons pas

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we are in for it

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92
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“et c’est parti !”

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off you go !

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apparaître (se montrer soudain qqpart)

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to come up / to turn up

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trembler, frémir (d’émotion)

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to shudder

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95
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préjugés sociaux/culturels

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social/cultural biases

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limite (d’une propriété / figuré: personnelle, sociale)

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a boundary

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agréable, sympathique, cordial

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congenial

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domaine (de compétences, scientifique etc)

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realm

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un marteau / frapper à coups de marteau / marteler

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a hammer / to hammer

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un sursaut / qqch qui fait prendre conscience

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a wake-up call

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101
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bonne foi

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good faith

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102
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chance, perspective d’avenir

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prospect

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comme c’est problable(ment le cas)

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as is likely

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beaucoup de, pas mal de

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a good deal of

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jusqu’au cou (figuré)

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to the hilt

106
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sexual harassment

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groping, propositioning, pinching, flashing

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lorgner, reluquer

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to ogle

108
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la braguette

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the fly

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décolleté

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cleavage

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tentative de (viol, kidnapping, meurtre)

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attempted rape, kidnapping, murder

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expression, formule

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a phrase

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responsable de (coupable)

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liable for

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auteur, responsable (d’un crime)

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perpetrator

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coude

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elbow

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s’y mettre / s’atteler à

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to knuckle down (to)

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régler l’addition

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to foot the bill

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faire du stop

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to thumb a lift

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fureter, fourrer son nez

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to nose about

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avoir un faible pour

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to have a soft spot for

120
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garder son sérieux, garder l’air sérieux

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to keep a straight face

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mettre les pieds dans le plat

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to put one’s foot in it

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improviser

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to do stg off the cuff

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bouton de manchette

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a cuff link

124
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faire marcher qqun (figuré)

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to pull so’s leg

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un programme

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a program / a programme

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banaliser

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to trivialize

127
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un don - un donateur - faire un don

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a donation - a donor - to donate

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féminité

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femininity

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patriarcat/l

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patriarchy / patriarchal

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un point épineux, qqch qui fait l’objet de controverses

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a moot point

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un enjeu majeur

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a high-stake issue

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une polémique

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a controversy

133
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une couture –> une couturière

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a seam –> a seamstress

134
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famille d’accueil

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foster family

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parents adoptifs

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foster parents

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la tige

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the stem

137
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smoking

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dinner jacket (UK) / tuxedo (US)

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se mêler à (sociabiliser etc)

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to mingle with

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côtoyer / fréquenter

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to rub shoulders with / to mix with

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délavé

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stonewashed

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éclabousser

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to splatter

142
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2 sens du vb hang

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hang - hung - hung (suspendre, accrocher) / hang - hanged - hanged (pendre cf pendaison)

143
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ingénieux

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ingenious

144
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fer forgé

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wrought iron

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grommeler, maugréer

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to mutter

146
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longuement

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at length

147
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tenir qqch dans le creux de ses mains

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to cup stg

148
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semble-t-il

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so it seems

149
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dorer (couvrir d’or)

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to gild

150
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fiente

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bird dropping

151
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bouse

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dung

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verdâtre

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greenish

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le pus

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pus

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cuillère en or (massif) / couverte d’or / couleur or

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a gold/ gilded/ golden spoon

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du fumier/purin

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manure

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les connaisseurs

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those in the know / the conoisseurs/ the experts

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une affiche

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a poster

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quant à lui

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as for him

159
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oser, risquer, s’aventurer

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to venture

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au dessus de zéro (température)

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above freezing

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un carreau, une tuile –> carreler

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a tile –> to tile

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à l’intérieur des terres, dans l’arrière pays

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inland

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fait à la va-vite

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thrown-together

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gémir, chouiner

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to whine

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luire, étinceler

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to gleam

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miner, ébranler, saper

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to undermine

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un pas (manière de marcher)

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a tread

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et a fortiori, et encore moins etc

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let alone

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un boitillement, une claudication

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a limp

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une fente

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a slit

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allée (chemin menant au garage)

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driveway

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demander son chemin (pour aller)

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to ask for directions (to)

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balayer du regard

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to scan

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piquer (insecte / irriter / être irrité)

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to sting

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effacer, anéantir

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to obliterate

176
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loi qui paralyse Porto Rico

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the Jones Act (1920): no foreign ship can enter Puerto Rico. doubles the price of goods

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.

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full stop

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? / !

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question/ exclamation mark

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:

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colon

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” “

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quotation marks

181
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trait d’union, tiret

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hyphen, dash

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fumant (nourriture…)

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steaming

183
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déguerpir, se tirer

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to skedaddle

184
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déraper (glisser)

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to skid

185
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tablier (de cuisine)

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an apron

186
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dire qqch dans sa barbe

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to say stg under one’s breath

187
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un juron, une grossièreté

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a profanity

188
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en un clin d’oeil, en un rien de temps

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in no time

189
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un complice

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an accomplice

190
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braconner

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to poach

191
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un meneur, un chef de bande criminelle

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a ringleader

192
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voleur à l’étalage

A

shoplifter

193
Q

un voleur

A

a thief

194
Q

un traître

A

a traitor

195
Q

voyager clandestinement –> un passager clandestin

A

to stow away –> a stowaway

196
Q

escroquer –> un escroc

A

to swindle –> a swindler

197
Q

une garce, une femme effrontée

A

a hussy

198
Q

discréditer

A

to bring into disrepute

199
Q

peu recommandable, de mauvaise réputation

A

disreputable

200
Q

précoce

A

precocious

201
Q

une maison close

A

a brothel

202
Q

du fil de laine

A

yarn

203
Q

du fil

A

thread

204
Q

tisser de la laine

A

to spin

205
Q

courtisane

A

a courtesan. au début équivalent féminin de courtier, puis est devenu connoté (maîtresse d’un homme riche)

206
Q

dévergondé, licencieux

A

wanton

207
Q

arbuste, buisson

A

a bush

208
Q

établir qqch (ex: règles)

A

to lay down

209
Q

un Suédois

A

a Swede

210
Q

au dessus de nos têtes

A

overhead

211
Q

accident d’avion

A

air crash

212
Q

un videur

A

a bouncer

213
Q

un fonctionnaire

A

a civil servant

214
Q

un médiateur (métier)

A

an ombudsman

215
Q

un prêteur à gages

A

a pawnbroker

216
Q

un délégué syndical

A

a shop steward

217
Q

archéologue

A

an archaeologist

218
Q

un courtier en bourse

A

a broker

219
Q

un musicien des rues

A

a busker

220
Q

un maître-nageur

A

a lifeguard

221
Q

un serrurier

A

a locksmith

222
Q

un charpentier

A

a lumberjack

223
Q

la mêlée –> se jeter dans la mêlée

A

the fray –> to enter the fray

224
Q

assourdissant

A

deafening

225
Q

s’abstenir

A

to refrain from doing stg

226
Q

une approche dispersée, morcelée

A

a scattergun approach

227
Q

diaboliser

A

to demonise

228
Q

détourner l’attention de

A

to deflect attention from

229
Q

le père fouettard

A

the Bogeyman

230
Q

une sonde

A

a probe

231
Q

une comète

A

a comet

232
Q

l’Agence spatiale européenne

A

the European Space Agency

233
Q

une météorite

A

a meteorite

234
Q

un OVNI

A

a UFO

235
Q

entrevoir

A

to catch a glimpse of

236
Q

la queue (animal)

A

the tail

237
Q

un satellite

A

a satelite

238
Q

navette spatiale

A

space shuttle

239
Q

aire de lancement

A

launching pad

240
Q

le monde de l’entreprise

A

the corporate/business world

241
Q

les gens de cinquante ans

A

the fifty-year-olds

242
Q

avoir la trentaine

A

to be in one’s thirties

243
Q

le coût de la vie

A

the cost of living

244
Q

absurde

A

preposterous

245
Q

les moins de 35 ans

A

the under-35s

246
Q

promener un toutou

A

to walk a doggie

247
Q

caresser

A

to stroke

248
Q

une vertu

A

a virtue

249
Q

admettre être

A

admit to being

250
Q

taux de fécondité

A

fertility rate

251
Q

leplanning familial

A

family planning

252
Q

global gag rule

A

policy that cuts aid to organisations who offer abortion services

253
Q

il y a = cela fait (+ distance ou durée)

A

it is / it was (toujours au sg=

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