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Question 1

courber l’échine devant qqn

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to kow-tow

Question 2

tirer sa révérence

Answer 2

to bow out

Question 3

Courage!

Answer 3

Brace up!

Question 4

revigorer, renforcer

Answer 4

to brace up

Question 5

une parenthèse

Answer 5

a bracket

Question 6

tranche à revenu élevé

Answer 6

high-income bracket

Question 7

une succursale

Answer 7

a branch

Question 8

accuser, qualifier de

Answer 8

to brand sb

Question 9

violation des droits de l’homme

Answer 9

breach of human rights

Question 10

laisser à qqn sa chance

Answer 10

to give sb a break

Question 11

réduction d’impôts

Answer 11

tax breaks

Question 12

rentrer dans ses frais

Answer 12

to break even

Question 13

à en avoir le souffle coupé

Answer 13

breathtaking

Question 14

compétences

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a skill set

Question 15

une clef à molette

Answer 15

a wrench

Question 16

to drop by

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to pop into

Question 17

an unspecified large number

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a gazillion*

Question 18

un multi-milliardaire

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a gazillionaire

Question 19

coller aux basques de

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to tag along

Question 20

un portique

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a gantry

Question 21

tinter

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to tinkle

Question 22

faire pipi

Answer 22

to tinkle

Question 23

être invité sur le plateau de qqn

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to make a guest appearance on sb’s show

Question 24

je vous en prie, fais comme bon te semble, après toi

Answer 24

be my guest

Question 25

tout près à coté

Answer 25

close by

Question 26

ces derniers temps

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as of late

Question 27

mettre qch dans un verre

Answer 27

to lace with a poison, a spirit

Question 28

obtenir, susciter

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to elicit (interest, information, smile)

Question 29

une pince

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a pliers

Question 30

une personne qui exerce son métier

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a plier

Question 31

un pépin

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a glitch

Question 32

dénoncer qqn

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to inform on sb

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a great amount of

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a world of

Question 34

à toi de décider

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it's your call

Question 35

un reste, un invendu

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a remainder

Question 36

un bigorneau

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a winkle

Question 37

altruiste

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selfless

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en retard, impayé

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overdue

Question 39

en suspens

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to be in the air

Question 40

une mesure, une saisie

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a readout

Question 41

un temps d'arrêt

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a downtime

Question 42

revenons à nos moutons

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let's get back to the matter at hand

Question 43

imminent, proche

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at hand

Question 44

faire de l'exercice

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to exercise

Question 45

supprimer les intermédiaires

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to cut out the middleman

Question 46

une grande gueule, un petit malin

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a smart mouth

Question 47

frère adoptif

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a Foster brother

Question 48

étouffer, emmitoufler

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to muffle

Question 49

un bec

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a beak

Question 50

un mercier

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an haberdasher

Question 51

inconscient, ne se rendre compte de rien

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to be oblivious

Question 52

une commission, une course

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an errand

Question 53

cheval de trait

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a carthorse

Question 54

apprendre par soi-même

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to teach oneself

Question 55

le fait de donner ou de recevoir des pots-de-vin dasn le service public

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graft

Question 56

copinage

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cronyism

Question 57

mener à bien

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to bring off

Question 58

vif, animé

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brisk

Question 59

vivement

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briskly

Question 60

diffuser en direct

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to broadcast live

Question 61

envoyer promener

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to give sb the brush off

Question 62

rafraîchir ses connaissances

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to brush up (on)

Question 63

un petit tyran

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a bully

Question 64

avec entrain

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buoyantly

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écrasant

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burdensome

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griller (ampoule)

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to burn out (light bulb)

Question 67

Passons aux choses sérieuses!

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Let's go down to business!

Question 68

Mêlez vous de ce qui vous regarde!

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Mind your own business!

Question 69

un faillite financière

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a bust

Question 70

s'affairer

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to bustle

Question 71

une élection partielle en GB pour remplacer un membre du parlement

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a by-election

Question 72

un spectateur (passant)

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a bystander

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un appel d'offres

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a call for tender

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rendre visite

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to call on

Question 75

faire du démarchage électoral

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to canvass

Question 76

débattre d'un sujet

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to canvass a subject

Question 77

faire un sondage d'opinion

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to canvass opinion

Question 78

faire avec succès

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to carry off

Question 79

to make a fuss

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to carry on

Question 80

futilité

Answer 80

a trivia

Question 81

bénéficier de, saisir l'occasion

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to cash in on

Question 82

éclairer un problème

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to cast light on a problem

Question 83

se libérer de

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to cast off (old habits)

Question 84

décontracté

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casual

Question 85

rapports sexuels occasionnels

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casual sex

Question 86

travail temporaire

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casual work

Question 87

prendre, devenir populaire

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to catch on to

Question 88

s'adresser à un public particulier

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to cater to

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céder sous la pression

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to cave in to

Question 90

blâmer, désapprouver

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to censure

Question 91

critiquer très sévèrement, punir

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to chastise

Question 92

relever un défi

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to take up a challenge

Question 93

canaliser

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to channel

Question 94

alléguer

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to charge that

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une arnaque

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a rip-off

Question 96

gronder, réprimander

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to chide

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un bon morceau

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a chunk

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prétendre que

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to claim that

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tenir à l'écart de

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to keep clear of

Question 100

boucher, obstruer

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to clog up