Thème littéraire

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à la campagne

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in the countryside

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reprendre des forces

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to pick up

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s’occuper de quelqu’un

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to look after someone

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s’entendre

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to get on/along

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agressif

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aGGressive

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divorcer

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to get a divorce

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il avait fallu… pour…

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it took… to

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être opérer

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to have surgery

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se promener en voiture

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to tour

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vanter

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to boast about

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de

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of = simple évocation
about = approfondi

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confirmer

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to bear out

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permettre

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to allow

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regarder avec hostilité et suspicions qque chose

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to cast a hostile, suspicious look at

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des cartes postales sentimentales

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mawkish postcards

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à vrai dire

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to tell (you) the truth

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animalement

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intuitively

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méfiance

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mistrust

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la comédie du bonheur conjugal

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the pretence of the happily married couple

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se cacher derrière

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to lurk behind

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Franchement

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Frankly

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aller jusqu’au bout

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to see through

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méfiant

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wary, mistrustful, distrustful

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attendre la suite

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to wait for what would come next

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croquer

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bit into it

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toujours cette habitude

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same old habit

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ricaner

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to sneer

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hausser les sourcils

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to raise one's eyebrows

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ne pas pouvoir réprimer un sourire

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to suppress a smile

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se laisser prendre au jeu

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to get caught at the game

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quelques minutes auparavant

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a few minutes before

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avoir la ferme intention de

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to firmly intend

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voilà qu'ils...

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there they were

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engager une conv

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to strike up a conversation

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cracher le morceau

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out with it

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qu'est ce que vous attendez de moi?

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what do you expect from me?

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soyons directs.

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let's get straight to the point

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bien sûr

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naturally

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se demander

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to wonder

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donner/distribuer

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deal out

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passer devant

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to walk passed

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chaque fois que je

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as I

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un soir

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one evening

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ils ont chacun...

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they each...

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être étonné de

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to be surprised at

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des huîtres

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oysters

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prendre (à manger)

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to have

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ça me donnait mal au coeur

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it made me heartsick

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préférer la viande

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to prefer meat

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vous êtes très pale

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you LOOK very pale

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il faut vous nourrir

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you need some food

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il me regardait avec gentillesse

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he had a kind look on his face

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mais pouvait-on vmt y croire?

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but could he really be trusted?

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quand même

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...are you?

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impoli

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rude

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prendre un ton sérieux

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to sound so serious

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on aurait cru qu'elle avait reçu une bonne éducation

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you would have thought she had been taught good manners

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comme s'il lisait dans mes pensées

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as if he had been reading my mind

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nous étions à l'école ensemble

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we were in school together

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salade de fruits

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fruit salad

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un glace

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some ice-cream

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j'étais la seule à ne pas boire

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I was the only one not to have any