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1
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thaw

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fondre

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aching

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douloureux, douloureuse adj
(après du sport,…) courbaturé

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matched

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assorti, coordonné,
en compétition

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detective story

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roman policier

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anodynes

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calmante

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solace

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réconfort

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assuage

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dissiper
soulager

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grim

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sombre, morne

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intolerable

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intolérable, insupportable

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namby
namby-pamby

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gnangnan
à l’eau de rose

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dribble

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baver
tomber au goutte-à-goutte

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be in trouble

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avoir des ennuis
avoir des problemes
(familier) être en cloque

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13
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fade

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passer
deteindre
s’éstomper

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Heedless

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insouciant,
inconsidéré, irréfélechis

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heedless of sth

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au mépris de
sans se soucier de

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handlebars

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guidon

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push on

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perserver, continuer, pousser, poursuivre

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mournfully

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mélancoliquement, plaintivement, tristement
d’un ton lugubre, d’un ton funèbre

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eagerly

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impatiemment
avec enthousiasme

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toil

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labeur, travail

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if it be so

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le cas échéant
si c’était le cas

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it must be so

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il doit en etre ainsi
ca doit etre vrai

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doggedly

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résolument,avec ténacité, avec obstination, avec acharnement

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lane

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voie, chemin, ruelle

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revolve

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tourner

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creaked

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craquer, grincer

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crank

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tourner (une manivelle)

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sodden

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trempé, détrempé

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hedges

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haie

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household

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famille, maisonnée, foyer

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courtship

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cour

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furrow

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rides, pli

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sneer

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rictus, ricanemen, sourire avec mépris

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foolish

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imprudent, bete, idiot, stupide

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kernel

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amande, cerneau, noie
graine,

figurative (essence), cour, fond

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to witness

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être témoin de
assister à

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complacency

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autosatisfaction, suffisance

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suitor

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prétendant

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squirm

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se libérer de [qch] en se tortillant

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hectoring

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intimidant, dominateur, harcelement

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blasted

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satané

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plutocrat

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ploutocrate

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hog

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cochon, porc
goinfre (familier)

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vow

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serment, voeu

45
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to scowl

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jeter un regard noir à qqun
faire les gros yeux à qqun
fusiller du regard qqun

46
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a scowl

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un air renfrogné

47
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draw out

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prolonger, poursuivre, continuer à

48
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iron

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fer

49
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scrap

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feraille, déchets

50
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wheel

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volant
roue

51
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à nouveau vs de nouveau

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A nouveau = à neuf
De nouveau = répétition

52
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without

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à l’exterieur

53
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intoxicating

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enivrant

54
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waiting their turn

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attendre leur heure
attendre leur tour

55
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experiment vs experience

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So to review – experiment refers to something we do in order to see the results, see if it will work or not. Experience refers to something that happens to us, or to someone’s previous activity in an area.

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old sentimental rubbish

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Ces âneries/fadaises/niaiseries sentimentales

57
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grim amusement

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délectation morose
plaisir morose
(douce amertume)

58
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prosings

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prose (encore + negatif que prose)
verbiage

59
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pain

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douleur, souffrance (+ physique)
pain (+ moral)

60
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handlebars

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guidon

61
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at random

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au gré de ses envies / au hasard

62
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eagerly

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avec ferveur / avidité

63
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to come to

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en venir à (induit une réflexion)
se retrouver à

64
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doggedly

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avec acharnement
avec obstination

65
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country road

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route de campagne

66
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some course of action

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plan d’action
ligne de conduite

67
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The furrowed lines of his brow

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J’essaie moi aussi de faire une périphrase
Les lignes qui lui creusaient le front / Les lignes qui lui barraient le front

68
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as the foolish notion unrolled itself.

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alors que cette idée absurde prenait forme.

69
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gentle sneer

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un léger rictus
un sourire narquois

70
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industrial concern

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complexe industriel

71
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agony

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FAUX AMI
intense souffrance
ne veut pas dire que tu vas mourir

72
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by which time

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d’ici là, entretemps

73
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complacency

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condescendance

74
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suitor

A

prétendant, soupirant

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