Thème/ Version perso Flashcards

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préoccupé, soucieux

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bothered

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engloutir, envahir

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to engulf

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s’affaler (dans un fauteuil), couler

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to sink

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le premier livre qui me tombe sous la main

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whatever book happens to be lying nearby

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s’assoupir

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to doze off

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fouiner à droite à gauche

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a little nose-around

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le rangement (action)

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the tidying

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impeccable

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immaculate

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les rangements (objets)

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tidiness

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à part

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aside

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avec goût

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stylishly

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méchant, désobligeant

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unkind

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c’était à l’évidence

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it was all too obviously

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jeter un coup d’oeil, feuilleter (un livre)

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to browse, to glance

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rembourré

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cushioned

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faire ressortir, contraster

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to stand out amidst

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lisse

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sleek

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vider

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to empty

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remplir (re-remplir)

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to fill, to re-fill

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oublier

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to forgive, to left behind

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à l’évidence

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obviously

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invités de la dernière heure

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last-minute guests

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promener qn

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to take someone for walk

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nous avions beau

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well might us

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afficher (une expression)
to display
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désarmant
disarming
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avec application, assiduité
diligently
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assiégé, cernée, encerclée
besieged
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tomber sur le répondeur
to get the answering machine
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se regrouper
to gather
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se baisser, se pencher sur qc
to bend over sth
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la cassette, la bande
the tape
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qu'est ce que tu fiches
what on earth are you up to
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attendre depuis longtemps
kicking heels waiting for you
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compter sur
rely on
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lâcheur
to be unreliable
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crier, hurler
to shout
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une piètre consolation
a cold comfort
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un arrêt, une trêve
a lull
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s'arrêter, arriver
to draw up
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me dispenser de répondre
let me off the hook
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atteindre, parvenir
to reach
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marches
steps
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foulée, enjambée
stride
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tu parle d'un scandale
what a disgrace, this is an absolute disgrace, talk about a scandal, how's this for a scandal
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lumineuse
sunshiny
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ce qui valait mieux
which was just as well
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propriétaires
landlords, landladies
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s'occuper de
to attent to sb
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linge
laundry
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en moyenne
on the average
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un diseur de bonne aventure
fortuneteller
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chose que j'ai souvent regretté depuis
a circumstance I've often since regretted
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beau, bel
handsome
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la quarantaine
about forty
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svelte
slender
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mince (visage)
lean
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pommettes
cheekbones
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une tâche de naissance
a birthmark
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un défaut, un imperfection
a defect
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écarlate
scarlet
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en forme de
shaped
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à monture (de lunettes)
rimmed
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verres (de lunettes)
lenses
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crippled
handicapé
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béquilles
crutches
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À mon chevet
At my bedside
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Comme par miracle
As if by some miracle
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Tomber (la fièvre)
Go down
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Se voulant
Wishing
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Rassurant
Reassuring
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Diagnostiquer
To diagnose
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Indigestion
Indigestion
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Septique
Sceptical
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Être trop angoissé
To worry too much
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Faire des excès
To overeat
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Attraper froid
Catch cold
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Le long de la rivière
Down by the river
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Être très nerveux
To be highly-strung
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Dieu sait
God knows
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Être en pleine forme
To be as good as rain
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Dans l'état d'hier soir
In the state he was in yesterday
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J'ai bien failli vous appeler
I very nearly called you out
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économiser
to save
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une idée absurde
a dumb idea
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emmagasiner
to store
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graines
seeds
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afin de subsister saison après saison
to tide them over from season to season
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civilisations
cultures
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épargne
thrift
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briller, bruler
to flame
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à en juger par
judging from
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récits
tales
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s'effondrer
to collapse
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une foi inébranlable
a mightly faith
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oeuvres de bienfaisance
charities
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le modeste ouvrier
the humble journeyman
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être tenté par
to be tempted to
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graver
to carve