thème Flashcards

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inaugurer

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to open on
to unveil (statue)
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une inauguration

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a gran opening

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abriter

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to house

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patrimoine culturel

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cultural heritage

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très attendu

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eagerly-anticipated

much-awaited

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d’autant plus

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all the more… as

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2 millions

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Two million

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mécènes

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patrons

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estimer, penser

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to reckon

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incarner

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to embody

to epitomize

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incarnation

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embodiment

epitome

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des étudiants, dont deux sont anglais

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two of whom are British

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1 milliard dont la moitié levé par des mécènes

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1 bilion, the half of which was funded by patrons

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être bien embêté de

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to be hard pressed to

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trembler de froid

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to shiver with cold

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héberger quelqu’un

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to accomodate
to offer shelter
to put somebody up

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disputer

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to quarrel
to fall out with
to have an argument with

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se débrouiller

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to get by

to fend for oneself

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mettre à la porte

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to kick out

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sortir avec quelqu’un

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to go out with

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rendre la vie impossible

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to make your life hell

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ne pas supporter les religions

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can’t bear WITH

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sangloter

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to sob

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allumer une cigarette

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to light a cigarette light lit lit

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un briquet
a lighter
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commerçants
shopkeepers
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ragots
gossipø
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sale gueule
ugly mug
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écraser une cigarette au fond du cendrier (plateau à cendre)
to crush a cigarette at the bottom of an ashtray
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tirer sur une cigarette
to draw on a cigarette
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une des choses que je préfère faire
one of the things I like doing best
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verser
to pour
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il pleut des averses
it is pouring with rain
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collier / bracelet
necklace / brace-lace
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éclairer quelqu'un
to enlighten somebody
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Les Lumières
the Enlightenment
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alleger
to lighten
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plaqué or
gold plated
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gesticuler
to move one's hand around (around => sans finalité)
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remuer un morceau de sucre
to stir un lump of sugar
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légèrement
slightly
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philosopher
ponder
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semer la pagaille
to stir things up
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faire bouger les choses
to shake things up
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craquer une allumette
to strike a match
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berger
shepherd
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prairie
meadow
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visage émacié, creusé
gaunt
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la peau teintée
olive-tanned skin
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buttoner son imperméable
to button up his raincoat
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pousser la porte
to push the door open
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c'est-à-ce moment là que
that's where
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ils se retrouvèrent face à face
they find themselves face to face
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se figer
to came to a standstill
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immobile
motionless
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sembler vouloir happer le ciel
seem to want to catch the sky
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s'arrêter net
to stop dead abruptly immediately instantly
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envisager de
to contemplate
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confus
vague
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parler avec un accent prononcé
to speak this words a strong accent
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être dénué de
to lack
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ses traits me rappelle quelque chose
to retreive from her features a memory
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tenter de trouver
to try and find
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souvenir enfoui
a buried memory
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sur ses traits
in her features
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reconnaitre quelqu'un
to recognize / to identify
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ce n'était pas la première fois qu'il la voyait | ce n'est pas la première fois qu'il la voit
it was not the first time he had seen her | it is not the first time he has seen her
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il savait qu'il ne serait pas capable de la reconnaître sans aide
he knew he would not be able to identify her if he wasn't given a little help
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une fois que son identité lui serait révéler, cela allait lui faire un choc
When her identity was revealed it would come as a shock to him
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une fois que son identité lui sera révéler, cela lui fera un choc
When her identity is revealed it will come as a shock to him
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être déterminé (négatif)
to be bent on doing
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alléger la détresse des réfugiés
to alleviate the plight of refugees
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mettre un point d'honneur
to make a point of doing
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demande d'asile
application for asylum
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moisi
moldy
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vivre dans la misère
to live in squalor
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dissuader par la cruauté | la cruauté dissuade les migrants de venir
to use cruelty as a deterrent | Cruelty is a deterrent to migrants to come
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moyen (force) de dissuasion
deterrent
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refuser par principe
to refuse on principal
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se tenir (conférence)
to hold
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un office religieux
a memorial service
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une messe
a mass
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fuir
run away
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aller chercher
go and get | to fetch
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savoir où quelqu'un se trouve
to know sbdy's whereabouts
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les alentours
the vicinity | the surroundings
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les alentours
the vicinity | the surroundings
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passer devant
to walk/run.. past it
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serrer
``` to clutch at (to grap at) / to clutch sb to She clutched at my arm to press to clasp sb to me She clasped het hand to clasp sb's to one's breast to clasp a handbag shut ```
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poitrine
chest
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fermement
firmly
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tenir quelque chose fermement
to get a firm grip on sth
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je crois fermement que
it's my firm belief that
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flaner
to browse to browse on the net to have a browse on a bookshop
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a long portée
long-range
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retombée radioactive
nuclear fallout
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dissuasion nucléaire
the nuclear deterrent | nuclear deterrence
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relatif à la guerre
warfare the art of warfare modern warfare
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installation, complexe
facility
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retirer de
withdraw from
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user de représailles
to retaliate against
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imposer à quelqu'un
to impose on
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faire étalage de sa force
to flex one's muscles
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proférer des menaces
to issue threats
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??
Iran's new plutonium-processing facility
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rouvrir le dialogue | la réouverture des discussions
to resume talks | resumption of talks
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insatiable
tireless
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venir à bout de la famine/de l'impérialisme dans le monde
to rid the world of famine/of imperialism
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survivre à
to survive sthg
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féliciter quelqu'un pour
to congratulate sbdy on sthg
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recevoir un prix
to be awarded a prize
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être hanté
to be haunted
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gravé dans la mémoire
to be engraved / etched on her memory
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mourir de soif
to dye of thirst | an unquenchable thirst
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calciné
charred
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pierre angulaire
cornerstone
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atroce, déchirant
heart-rending, harrowing
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démythifier
to debunk the myth of | debunk = briser
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organisation humanitaire
relief agencies
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sur le point de faire la guerre
to be on the brink of war
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renoncer à la guerre au dernier moment
to pull back from the brink of war
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se retourner contre qn
to backfire on sb
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se déclarer Etat nucléaire
to declare its nuclear capability
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tester un missile
to test fire a missile
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montée des tensions
tentions escalating
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faire partie d'un traité
to be party to a treaty
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the NPT
Stoping the spread of nuclear arms Under the terms of this treaty, in exchange nuclear state can give non nuclear state access to peaceful nuclear power Seems to brig out a paradigm shift in international security
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quelque chose qui changer la demande
a game changer
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idée chimérique
quixotic idea
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Traité sur les mines anti personnelles
The Mine Ban, Ottawa Treaty 1998 | land-field had been cleared
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non plus investir
to divest | to disinvest from a company
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pure folie
sheer madness
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faire un caprice
to have a tantrum
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stagnant
dormant
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les courses
groceries (to go to the grocer's)
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se précipiter
to dash
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se frayer un chemin
to push / to elbow one way
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petite rue
side street
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anéantir un espoir
to dash one's hope
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crasseux
filthy grimy
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être exténué
to be worn out, exhausted
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sharp
``` aigu pointu tranchant perçant, vif intelligent => yeux malhonnête at two o'clock sharp ```
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critiquer forcement quelqu'un
to launch a bitter diatribe against somebody
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passer l'épreuve de vérité
to pass the acid test
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perdre une occasion en or
to miss a glaring opportunity
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une société égalitaire en matière de couleur de peau
a colour blind society
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relations tendues
relations are strained
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condamner pour le non respect des droits de l'homme
to condemn for Human rights abuses
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très répandu
widespread
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opposition bipartite
biparisan condemnation
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il faut appeler un chat un chat
let's call a spade a spade | pelle
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pour parler franchement
put it bluntly
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tourner autour du peau
to beat around the bush | buisson
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un état qui aide les migrants / qui ne les aide pas
an open carry state | a concealed carry state
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une aide
an adviser
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appliquer une loi
to enforce a low
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forces qui font respecter la loi
laws enforcement forces
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une entrave au code de la route
a driving offense
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code de la route
road safety laws
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laxisme
laxity
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réclame nécessite
call for
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le financement
the funding
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prendre une revanche
to take a revenge
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avoir quelqu'un dans la poche
to have somebody in the palm of one's hand
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ils ont tendance à s'entraider
they tend to keep themselves to themselves
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le pouce
the thumb
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les fallenges articulations
the knuckles
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poignet
the wrist
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attraper saisir
to grab, to grasp
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mettre la table
to lay the table ; to clear
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se pomponner ; former quelqu'un
to groom oneself, somebody for a post
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un parking
a car park
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lifting
a face lift
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un jogging
a track suit
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un caddie
a trolley
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tip
du bout tuyau the tip of the ice-berg donner un pourboire = to tip somebody
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mépriser
to scorn to look down
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pas le moins du monde
do not interest in the least
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précieux
valuable invaluable
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mettre sans dessus dessous
to turn upside down
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commissariat
police station
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prendre fin
come to an end
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qui fair référence
of records
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échouer totalement
to screw up
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elle le mène par le bout du nez
he is her lapdog
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ébloui
dazzle
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méprisant
scornful condescending
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simple marionette
mere puppet
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ramper
to creep / to crawl/ to slither/ to grovel
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inflation galopante
creeping inflation
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plante grimpante
creeper
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cela me donne la chaire de poule
it gives me the creeps, creepy story
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liste électorale
electoral roll
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lancer un produit
to roll out a product / to launch
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rouler sur l'or
to be rolling in money
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sur le pas de la porte
on the threshold
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prendre plaisir à
to relish
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l'image tout craché
to be the spitting image of somebody
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boiter
to limb, to hobble, to be lame
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un argument bancal
a lame argument
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jouer la montre
to play for time to stall
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de manière déloyale
by foul means
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tromper, entourloupes quelqu'un
to two-time somebody, to double-cross
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trahir tromper
to betray
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plan de travail
a worktop
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s'éloigner de
to recede from
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un nègre
a gost-writter
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un enterrement être enterré
to be buried a burial
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du berceau à la tombe
from the cradle to the grave
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anguille sous roche
to smell a rat
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rugir
to roar the Roaring twenties = les années folles
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se noyer
to drown
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péché
a sin
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patauger
to wade
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obligatoire
compulsory
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Shiites et Sunnites
Shiites and sunni
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inversement
inversely
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cela nous incombe, m'oblige
it behoves us
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une affaire florissante
a thriving business
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intervenir
to step in
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maladroit
to be all thumbs, clumsy
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sourcils broussailleux
bushy eyebrows
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froncer les sourcils
to frown at sb
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talon
heel
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hanche
hip
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paupières
eyelid | lid = couvercle
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cil
eyelash | she didn't bat an eyelash
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le culot
cheek | to have the cheek to do something
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avare
tight-fisted, miserly
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coude, huile de coude
elbow elbow grease
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tête de mort
skull and crossbones
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cuise
thigh
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les genoux
lab, kneens
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sein
breast
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donner le sein
to breast feed a baby
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cheville
ankle
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une entorse
a sprain
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nuque
nape
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mal de ventre
a tummy ache, stomach ache,
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cordon ombilical
un tummy button
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tendre
hold out | hand
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verser , remplir une tasse
to pour a cup of tea
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désigner
point to
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servez-vous en biscuits
help yourself to some biscuits
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c'est le bouquet !
that takes the biscuits / the cake
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un coussin
a cushion
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amortir (critiques)
to cushion (criticism)
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une planque (job)
a cushy job
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engager la discussion
to start | she engaged me in the conversion
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être dans le métier
to be in the line
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une douzaine d'oeufs
a dozen eggs
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s'inciser dans les affaires des autres
to pry into somebody affairs
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gagner sa vie
to earn my living
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nuancer
qualified
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vivre de
to live on $50 a week
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faire les frais
to bear the brunt
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to go sky-high
monter en flèche
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à mon grand soulagement | ils sont été soulagé que
to my relief | it was a relief to them that