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anormal

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abnormal

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en feu, resplendissant de

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ablaze with

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bizarre

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peculiar

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grossier, violent

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abusive

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au milieu de, parmi

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amid

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caution, mise en liberté provisoire (sous caution)
fixer la caution à
être sous caution
accorder la liberté provisoire

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bail
to set bail at
to be on bail
to grant sb bail

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balai

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broom

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daltonien

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colour-blind

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comprendre ou rassembler
(Mes pensées sont des étoiles que je ne peux plus rassembler en constellations)

Equivalent de “figure out”

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to fathom
(My thoughts are stars I can't fathom into constellations)

We’re trying to fathom out what’s going on

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autoroute (US)

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freeway

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draps, linge de lit

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linen

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T’es un sacré numéro !

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You’re a real piece of work.

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liaison amoureuse

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love affair

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jupon

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petticoat

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rateau

pelle

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rake

spade

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un vide

vide (adj)

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a vacuum

empty or vacant

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étouffer qn

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to smother someone

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écran total

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sunblock

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échange (commercial)

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swap

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aubergine

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eggplant

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bémol (musique)

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flat

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dièse

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sharp

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pâte d’amandes

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marzipan

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tournevis

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screwdriver

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se retourner contre
to backfire at
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améliorer
to boost, to bolster
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semer le désordre
to stir chaos
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ne plus aller a l'école (arrêter l'école)
to drop out of school
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faire l'école buissonnière
to be / play truant
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mou
slack | sluggish
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être la risée de
to be the laughing stock of
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s'éloigner du sujet
to get/go a little off track
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désobligeant
demeaning
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en grande partie
for the most part
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s'emmêler
to get tangled up
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agité, impatient
restless
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déferler en masse
to swarm
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épave
wreck
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brumeux | brume
hazy | haze
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s'épiler les sourcils
to pluck one's eyebrows
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strident, perçant
shrill
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une quinzaine de jours
a fortnight
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pur et simple
sheer
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avec impatience
eagerly
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que parce que, pour la simple raison que
merely
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palpitation ou vrombissement | palpiter
a throb | to throb
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parier, jouer | un pari
to gamble, to wage | a wager
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paysan
peasant
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aubépine
hawthorn
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rame
oar
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fainéant
shiftless
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réaliser, s'apercevoir de
to wise up to sth
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perplexe
baffled
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étouffant
stifling (staifeling)
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ricaner à/de
to sneer at
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laisser qn se débrouiller
to leave sb in the lurch
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calomnie
slander
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voler, dévaliser
to rob
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prix du voyage, tarif
fare
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s'étaler
to sprawl
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velours (de velours)
velvet
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rossignol
nightingale
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complètement
utterly
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sur le point de faire qch
on the verge of doing sth
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prononcer
to utter
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pâle, faible
wan
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couronne
wreath
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sidéré
stunned
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chanceler
to totter
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entrouvert
ajar
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dédaigneux, hautain
supercilious
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grave ou aiguë (douleur)
acute
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à peine, tout juste
scarcely
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apogée
climax
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horreur
eyesore
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complexe
intricate
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tapageur
riotous
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marais, marécage
marsh | swamp
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mépris
scorn
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chagrin, douleur
grief | to be grieving
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distant, à l'écart
aloof
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curieusement
oddly
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être au courant de
to be privy to
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étouffement, répression
suppression
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rapporter (argent)
to fetch | It can fetch as much as....
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venimeux (serpent)
venomous
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une odeur, une bouffée de
a whiff of
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pittoresque
picturesque
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Plus de 20,000 hab vivent a Dallas À Ashland se trouve un institut scientifique
Dallas is home to more than 20,000 residents Ashland is home to a science institution
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contrefaire une contrefaçon la contrefaçon
to counterfeit a counterfeit counterfeiting
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inclure, comprendre
to encompass
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À une seule condition
Only ON one condition
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infraction à la loi (délit)
a felony
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Je dois rendre mon essai mardi.
My essay is due Tuesday. to be due + date
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entrepôt
warehouse
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être sorti de l'auberge | On n'est pas sortis de l'auberge
to be out of the woods | We're not out of the woods yet !
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Touchons du bois !
Knock on wood !
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appuyer sur le champignon
to floor it | I floored it
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faire vrombir le moteur
to revv the engine
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le chemin de cailloux du petit Poucet
a breadcrumb trail
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punaise
a thumbtack
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volant (voiture)
the steering wheel
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rien à part
nothing but for
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viande de mouton | viande de veau
mutton (fully grown sheep) | veal

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