2nde Annee Flashcards

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Factory outlets

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Magasins aux prix d’usines

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Lengthy commutes

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Long journey to and from the work

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Accomplishment

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L’accomplissement

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To learn from your elders

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Apprendre des aînés

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Insider-trading

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Un délit d’initié

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La plupart des français

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Most French people

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La plupart des gens de la classe ( ciblé, précis )

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Most of the people of the class

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A phenomenon and several phenomena

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Un phénomène des phénomènes

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To be gone

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Disappear

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Donner des coups de coudes

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To elbow

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Tricoter

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To finger

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Être au pied de la ligne

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To toe the line

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Payer l’addition, la facture

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To foot the bill

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Une poêle

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A flying pan

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Un micro-onde

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A microwave

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Un four

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A oven

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La discrimination positive

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Affirmative action

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Se mettre à

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To set about

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Bouder

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To sulk = to pout

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Faire la tête

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To make, pull a face

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Council estate

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Logements sociaux

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Froth

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Mousse

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Toff

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To be upper class

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To be amazed / astonished / astounded

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Être surpris

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Wiped out
Éliminé
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To be out of reach
Hors de portée, d'atteinte
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A pittance
Une poignée de figues , 3 fois rien
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An allowance
Une allocation
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Great Britain
La Grande-Bretagne
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Globalization
La mondialisation
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The globalized world
Le monde mondialisé
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To contribute to + ING
Contribuer à
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Expensive = costly
Cher
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Expansive = which expands = gets bigger
S'étendre
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A widening gap
Un grand fossé, écart
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The standard / cost of living
Le niveau de vie / coût de la vie
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The media the internet the telephone the radio the cinema but television !
Retiens dude !
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Réprimander
To tell oneself off
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A mill
Un moulin / une usine
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Une barrière
A fence
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A steep hurdle
Un obstacle
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To plummet // to soar = to skyrocket
Chuter // monter en flèche (prix..)
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Bristling with
Grouillant
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A surge
Un afflux
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To lure
Attirer
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The back burner // a priority
Pas une priorité // une priorité
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To revamp
Relooker
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A can
Une boîte de conserve
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A logjam
Une impasse
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A log
Une buche
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To nod
Acquiescer de la tête
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Overhelmed
Envahi par une émotion
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Extra boots
Soldats
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An interloper
Un intru
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A hefty (cost)
Un énorme coût
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To scupper
Saborder
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Feeble
Faible
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A chunk of
Un morceau, une partie
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Rank-and-file = a bedrock = a grass-root
La base
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To squeak through
Passer de justesse
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To be releaved
Être soulagé
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A relief
Un soulagement
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To fret
Se faire du mauvais sang
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A squad of
Une troupe de
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Autant
In equal mesure
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Devoir qqch à qqun
To ow
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Être fauché
To be broke
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Être dans la misère
To be poverty-striken
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Someone - down on his luck - on his uppers - on the bread line - in straitened circumstances
Sortir de la mouise
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A relapse
Une rechute
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Par amour
Out of love ..
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A shambolic start
Un démarrage cafouilleux
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Mettre au même niveau
To match
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To have a smattering of sth
Avoir qq. base en ..
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To be moody
Être lunatique
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A heritage ((piege))
Un patrimoine
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To leave a tip
Laisser un pourboir
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A legacy = an inheritage
Un héritage
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To begueat sth to someone
Léger qqch à qqun
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A bequest
Un leg
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A will
Un testament
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Une trahison
A betrayal
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The offspring
Les rejetons
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Être dépensier
To be extravagant
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To be taken to hospital
Être hospitalisé
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Fendre
Split
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A helmet
Un casque
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Un défaut
A defect = a flaw
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The reverend + name
Le prêtre + nom
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Un cendrier
An ashtray
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La cendre
Ash
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A hard-hitting ad
Une pub provocante
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An advertising campaign
Campagne publicitaire
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To attend to
S'occuper de qqun (shop)
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Être cambriolé
To be burglarized
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Alimenté par
Fuelled by
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Se fondre dans
To merge into
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Faire obstacle à , empêcher
To hinder
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S'enorgueillir de
To pride oneself on
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Remettre en cause
Casting doubt on anything Calling anything into question To query
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Se diriger vers
To make for
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Se méfier de
To be wary of
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Faire la loi
To rule the root
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Se montrer à la hauteur
To come up to scratch
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La paperasse
Red tape
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There are several reasons for + noun or + ing
..
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Immigration can be explained by or in several ways..
..
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The US + singular verbs
..
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Migrant / immigrant
Celui qui part / celui qui arrive
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A trump card
Un atout
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Economical
Avantageux
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A boarder
Un interne
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A border
Une frontière
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The finding
The results (election)
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Tenir une promesse
To meet a promise
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Un appel au secours
A call for help = an emergency call
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A grown-up
An adult
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Au bout du fil
At the other end of the line
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Gémir
To whin = to wail = to whimper
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Finir par faire qqch
Finally managed to + BV
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Arracher qqch à qqun
To get sth out of someone
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Non loin de là
Nearby
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Poignarder
To stab
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Balayer
To swep / swept / swept
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To smack of the nanny state
To caracteristic of
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To reach an all time high \ low
..
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The SUBPRIME crisis
..
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To come up to expectation
Arriver avec bcp d'espoir
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To raise/ to dash expectations / hopes
Ne pas répondre aux attentes
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To be responsible for
Être responsable de
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To be on the wrong / right track | To be heading in the wrong / right direction
Être sur la mauvaise / bonne voie
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Une critique
A criticism
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To hold someone responsible for
Prendre qqun pour responsable
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The reason for the crisis
La raison de la crise
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The reason why + subject / verb
..
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Bruising
Qui l'a meurtri ( cf un bleu)
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A leak
Une fuite
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Bordé
Edged with / lined with
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Nail
Ongle ou clou
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Être agressé
To be mugged
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S'effondrer (mentalement)
To break down = going to pieces
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To seep
Déborder (sang)
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Être embusqué
To be lying in wait
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Un animal perdu
A stray animal
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Égaré
Distraught
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A slide
Un toboggan ou une barrette
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Un agent immobilier
A real estate agent GB | A realtor US
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Se promener
Go for / have a walk
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La prise sur le mur
A socket
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Une prise (aspi..)
A plug
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Brancher qqch
To plug in
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Être en face de qqun
Opposite someone
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Faire un geste de la main
To wave
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Faire honte à qqun
To shame someone him into / out of + ing
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Aller à tâtons
To grope
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Malveillant
Spiteful
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L'exemple même
The epitome
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Le pouvoir d'achat
The purchasing power
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À la suite de
In the wake of
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Telephone tapping
Mettre un tel sur écoute
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To spring from
Venir de
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To trample on
Bafouer
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To bolster by..
Fortifier ( loi.. )
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Dissuader
To deter
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The misuse
L'utilisation abusive (d'info..)
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To be aloof
Être distant (du peuple)
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A challenge (faux ami)
Une remise en question
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Un stratagème
A ploy
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To clamp down on
Mettre un frein à
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S'occuper de ce qui ne nous regarde pas
To meddle
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Avoir l'habitude de
To be in the habit of + BV-ing | To be used to + BV-ing
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Désirer ardemment
To crave
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Éveiller les consciences
To be awareness
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Rester figé
To stand stock-still / rooted to the spot
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A shelf
Un rayon
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Un rayon de bonbon
A sweet counter
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A stall
Un étalage
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Un caissier
A cashier
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Un vendeur
A salesman / saleswoman
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Un long moment
A good time / a good while
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Avancer vers quelqu'un
To come up to sb
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Un pressentiment
A hunch
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Entendre parler de
To hear of
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Avoir des nouvelles de quelqu'un
To hear from sb
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Faire face à
To cope with
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Partir à la retraite
To retire