55 Flashcards

1
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mâcher le travail

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to be spoon-fed (fig)

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2
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perspicace

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perceptive

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sinistre

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creepy

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4
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être franc sur qqch

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to be up-front about sth*

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5
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d’avance

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up-front payment

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traquer

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to stalk

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7
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une tige

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a stalk

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câliner

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to cuddle

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faire un câlin

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to give sb a cuddle

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10
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beurk, argh

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yikes

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remettre sur pied

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to turn around

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12
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gagner

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to come off best

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13
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zone de stationnement interdite

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tow-away zone

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14
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guincher

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to boogie

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15
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dans le nord d’un Etat

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upstate

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16
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traîner

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to drag

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17
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être balance

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to be libra

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18
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coloré (teint), chargé (architecture)

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florid

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19
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et voilà le travail

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bob your uncle!

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20
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une rechute

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a relapse

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21
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corpulent

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portly

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22
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prendre qcch pour parole d’évangile

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to take sth as gospel

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23
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récriminer

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to expostulate

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24
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vieille fille

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a spinster (old-fashioned)

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ridicule
preposterous
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être au point mort
to be in neutral
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fiacre
hansom
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une erreur, une bévue
a slip
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fausser compagnie à qqn
to give sb a slip
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un lapsus
a slip of the tongue
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banal
trite
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somptueux, peluche
plush
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prétendre être qqn
to purport to be sth
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passable de poursuites judiciaires
actionable
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provisoire
interim
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faisable
doable
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saboter, bâcler
to botch
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frotter contre
to chafe
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se rebiffer contre
to chife against
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s'irriter de qch
to chife at
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machiniste
stagehand
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moelleux
mellow
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égalité
deuce (tennis)
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le film m'a tenu en haleine du début à la fin
The movie had me on the edge of my seat right from the beginning
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j'ai été retardé
I got waylaid
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une personne quine boit jamais d'alcool
a teetotaler
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être séparé de
to be estranged from
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informer qn de qch
to apprise sb of sth
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prévoyance
forethought
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être perplexe, embarrassé, ne pas savoir comment
to be at a loss to
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curieux
nosey
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exaspérer, agacer
to aggravate
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se vautrer
to wallow
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se complaire dans son malheur
to wallow in misery
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corriger
to proof-read
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un harnais
a harness
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maîtriser, exploiter
to harness
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baver
to drool, to slaver
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une boniche
a slavey
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écouter, tenir compte
to heed
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une prairie, un pré
a meadow
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une pacotille
a trifle
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un coup de vent, une tempête
a gale
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abracadabra
hocus-pocus
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une supercherie
a hocus-pocus
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infested with lice
lousy
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nul
lousy*
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petite monnaie
copper
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un flic, un poulet
a copper
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un gourdin, une matraque
a cosh
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écume, mousse
scum
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la racaille, la pourriture
scum
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un castor
a beaver
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la chatte
beaver*
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la bravoure, la vaillance
gallantry
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ambiance
craic (irish)
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sur la défensive
on one's back foot
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bon sens
common sense
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partisan
factional
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famille, proche
kin
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la craie
chalk
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une fuite, évasion
a getaway*
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j'y crois pas, nan tu déconnes!
Get away!*
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un chapelier
a milliner
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en plein dans le mille
spot-on*
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intimité
the togetherness
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sirop
cordial
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païen
heathen
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faire respecter la loi
to uphold the law
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confirmer
to uphold
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faire partie des attributions de qqn
to be within sb's remit
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envoyer de l'argent
to remit
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date d'exécution du contrat
completion date
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être presque terminé
to be nearing completion
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achèvement, réalisation
completion
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devoir être terminé
to be due to completion
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la visière de
the peak of a cap
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heure creuse, tarif réduit
off-peak
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plein tarif
peak rate