Eight perfect hours Flashcards

(75 cards)

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Q

~~~

`in one gust

a sudden blast of wind

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en un coup de vent

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a crayfish

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une écrevisse

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gridlocked

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bloqué (traffic)

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tingle

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picotement, fourmillement

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5
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a busker

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muscien des rues

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to slump

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s’effondrer,

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to crane the neck

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tendre le cou

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8
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to scuttle

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courir précipitamment

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to dunk (dip into drink)

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tremper

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10
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gullibility

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crédulité

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11
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twine

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de la ficelle

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12
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to nurture sb

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élever, nourrir, encourager, soutenir

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13
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Shet takes after her dad

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elle est le portrait craché de son père

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14
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stop fretting

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arrête de te tracasser

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15
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to stuff

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fourrer dans

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16
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to goalt

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se réjouir

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17
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I need to get hold Ellen

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je dois joindre Ellen

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18
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the paper poke out the bag

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le papier dépasse du sac

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19
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she looks frail

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elle semble fragile

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20
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a doe (eye)

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une biche (yeux de …)

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21
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all of a sudden

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tout d’un coup, subitement

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22
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he nibbled his thumb

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il mordilla sont pouce

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23
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a blancmange

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un flan

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24
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to take through

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guider dans les démarches

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so who's BLUNT
qq un de direct
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hefty (amount)
gros (grosse somme d'argent)
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to plonk (in the sofa)
se laisser (dans le fauteuil)
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a smudge (of wine-
une tache (de vin)
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a glint (glinting)
un éclat, une lueur (étincelant, scintillant = yeux par ex)
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in a blur
dans le flou, le vague
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to whack
donner une claque
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to grin
faire un large sourire
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one nil to Anna
un zéro pour Anna
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the railing
la balustrade
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factually
dans les faits
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to whoosh (move by rapidly) - my heart whooshes
filer à toute allure - mon coeur s'emballe
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to squeal
pousser un cri perçant
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DISMISSIVE
dédaigneux, méprisant
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to pull back
revenir sur une décision (ou reculer)
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you save our bacon
tu nous a sauvé la peau
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bustling
animé
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set sb up / set up
présenter quelqu'un / installer
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to nuzzle (to press with the nose)
se blottir contre
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to nail it
assurer - gérer ou taper dans le mille
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a meek person
une personne douce, docile
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dimly lit
mal éclairé
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ruefully
avec regret, tristement
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skin that sags with age
la peau qui s'affaisse avec l'âge
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flutters
des palpitations
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to head out
partir
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the din
le vacarme, le chahut
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pull the plug (cancel)
arrêter, mettre un terme, débrancher, laisser tomber
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sth niggles at me
qq chose me turlupine
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drone on
blablater, ne pas arrêter de parler
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banter
taquinerie
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it sounds unhinged
cela semble désiquilibré, perturbant
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stuck-up
snob
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to pull up to the house
s'arrêter à la maison
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to puff up
enfler, glonfler d'orgueil
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to surrender
renoncer à, abandonner
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rimmed red
bordé de rouge
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bile sloshes
de la bile coule
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to beam
faire un grand sourire
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rain thrums
la pluie tambourine
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the bbq smoke billows
la fumée du bbq s'élève
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the brow , the eyebrow
le front, le sourcil
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I beat myself up (feel guilty)
s'en vouloir
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dream up
imaginer
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a hottie
une bouillotte / une bombe (mec super sexy)
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to squeak
pousser des cris aigus
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to rub off on (to have an influence on sb)
déteindre sur qq
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to smirk
sourire d'un air suffisant, narquois
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to weigh up
comparer
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to squirm
se tortiller / être embarrassé
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to streak
passer comme une flèche, comme un éclair