56 Flashcards

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être au top niveau

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to be at peak performance

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serrer

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to clench

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réussir brillamment

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to pass with flying colours

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allons donc, zut

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tut

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sténographie

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shorthand

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dire à voix basse, dire qch sans conviction

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to mouth

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to brag

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to mouth off

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j’ai encore perdu une occasion de me taire

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me and my big mouth

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de la bouche des enfants

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out ofthe mouths of babes

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un signe avant-coureur

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a precursor

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un docker

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a stevedore

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un étambot (gouvernail)

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a sternpost

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la couture

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needlework

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teint cireux

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sallow

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gazouiller, blablater

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to twitter

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une ardoise

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a slate

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prévoir, pressentir

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to slate

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discutable

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questionable

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19
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bourge, aristo

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a toff*

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20
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divers

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miscellaneous

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21
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fauché

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skint*

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avoir la tête qui tourne

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to be giddy

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détruire, anéantir

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to obliterate

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perdre son temps

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to beat a dead horse

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un quai
a wharf
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dans la force de l'âge
in the prime of life
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avec acharnement, énergiquement
strenuously
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un tourbillon
an eddy
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réserve, provisions, trésor, magot
a hoard
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dépasser
to protrude
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une bagarre, une échauffourée
a scuffle
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bien mériter
to be fair game for
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un cormoran
a shag
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baiser avec
to have a shag*
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en détention préventive
on remand
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être mis en détention provisoire
to be remanded in custody
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être mis en liberté sous caution
to be remanded on bail
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une grille
a grating
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réalisation, connaissance
attainment
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fantasque
whimsical
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d'un air contrit
ruefully
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nanti
a well-to-do
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doublure, revêtement
a lining
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suif
tallow
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faire des courses
to run errands
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ne plus savoir que faire
to be at one's wits' end
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réalité
realness
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tout petit, mignon
dinky*
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isoler
to insulate
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clause de confidentialité
non disclosure agreement (NDA)
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sans toi
if it wasn't for you
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au goût de pêche
peachy
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chouette
peachy*
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soirée pyjama, dormir chez qn
a sleepover (to sleep over*)
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terrien
earthling
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des lésions cérébrales
brain damage
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une rupture d'anévrisme
a brain aneurysm
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grimacer
to wince
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soyeux
fluffy
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rêver, imaginer
to fantasize
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marcher d'un pas lourd
to lumber
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bois de charpente
lumber
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encombrer
to lumber
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une scierie
a lumber
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de mauvaise qualité
crappy
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être au-delà de tout entendement
to be way over my head
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être impossible, difficile
to be in way over my head
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tope là
give me a high five*
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GBF / BBF
Gay Best Friend / Butt Buddy Forever
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envoyer qn se faire voir
to Knock sb for a loop
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apprendre de ses erreurs
to learn the hard way
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un billet de 5£
a fiver*
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un furoncle
a carbuncle
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donner une petite tape, caresser
to pat
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congratuler qn
to pat sb on the back
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savoir qch par coeur
to know sth off pat
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une réponse facile
a pat answer
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le forgeron
the blacksmith
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un guépard
a cheetah
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le grand écran
the silver screen
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le petit écran
the small srceen
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un écran tactile
a touch screen
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sans fioritures
without frills
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glisser, vol plané
to glide
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au visage impassible
poker-faced
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un tisonnier
a poker
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volumineux, encombrant
bulky
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traîner, lambiner
to dawdle
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traîner pour faire qch
to dawdle over doing sth
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traînasser sur son travail
to dawdle over one's work
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laineux, floconneux
fleecy
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oser dire
to daresay
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se reposer sur ses lauriers
to rest on one's laurels
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épouiller
to delouse
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obscénité
a profanity
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ça se voit comme le nez au milieu du visage
it's as plain as the nose on the face
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dans le mille
right on the nose
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frais de subsistance
living expenses
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une preuve vivante
a living proof
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un niveau de vie
living standards