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a range

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un fourneau, une cuisinière

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pervading smell

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odeur omniprésente, soutenue²

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listless

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mou, sans énergie

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the scope of the drama

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l’étendue du drame

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a wicker basket

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un panier en osier

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the hive

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la ruche

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threefold

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multiplié par trois

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to lug (She was lugging a huge suitcase)

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traîner (elle trainait une énorme valise )

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snarky

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désobligeant, déplacé

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she wasn’t off the hook

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elle n’était pas tiré d’affaire

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het let you off the hook

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il t’a laissé tranquille

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she was baffled

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elle était perpelxe, déroutée

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to swoon

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tomber en pamoison

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to waft (a smell in the kitchen wafted)

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flotter (une odeur dans la cuisine flottait)

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sleek

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élégant, soigné

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A CRAPPY ARTICLE

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un article nul, pourri

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she was glowing

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elle rayonnait

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harried (worried, stressed)

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stressé, harcelé

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he dozes

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il somnole

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20
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dumping of stuff

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dépotoir d’affaires

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draughty room

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pièce rempli de courants dair

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a paltry sum

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une somme dérisoire

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to the hilt

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jusqu’au bout

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the bulk of her money

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la plus grande partie de son argent

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a jot
un iota
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strained (relationship)
tendu (dans les relations)
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to quell (to appease)
apaiser, atténuer, calmer
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barring (excepting)
à l'exception de, sauf
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glass beads, plastic beads
perles de verre, bulle de plastique
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a cockroach
un cafard
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undulating
ondulant
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pine to do sth (she pines to get away this town)
avoir très envie de faire qq chose
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in the nook
dans le coin
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a staffer
un membre du personnel OU rédacteur
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the situation is blurry (unclear)
la situation est floue
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shrub (bush)
arbuste
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he FOBBED me off with promises
il m' a fait miroiter des promesses
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Waylay (waylaid)
arrêter (pour parler) tenir la jambe à qq un
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a nudge
un encouragement
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a meandering way
un chemin sinueux
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to get a whiff of
sentir l'odeur de
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a perspex
un plexiglas
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he'll never AMOUNT TO ANYTHING/much
il n'arrivera jamais à rien
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flustered
troublé, confus
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idle chatter
bavardages,
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thorny problem
un problème épineux
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to free oneself from sth
se libérer de qq chose
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the looming debate
le débat imminent, qui s'annonce qui s'approche
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wave her off
faire un signe de la main, se débarrasser de, chasser
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painstakingly
avec soin, méticuleusement
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in hindsight
avec le recul
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grudgingly
à contrecoeur
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a pungent smell
une odeur très forte, âcre
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a sluice gate
une écluse
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stuffed bread
pain fourré, farci
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to quench your thirst
se désaltérer
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to jab into the ribs
donnner un petit coup dans les côtes, faire une petite tape
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to wallow
s'appitoyer sur son sort
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to couhg up a lung
cracher un poumon
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barbed wire
fil /clôture de barbelé
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havoc
dégâts, ravages
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this scheme
ce procédé, ce plan
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when de dust settles
quand les choses se seront tassées
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to master
maîtriser
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noxious
nocif, néfaste
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to quench your thirst
se désaltérer
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unwrinkled
lisse, sans plis
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to faff around
traînasser, prendre son temps
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wellies
des bottes en caoutchouc, des bottes de pluie
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a giant grint
un immense sourire
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to ogle
reluquer
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his guileless relish
son plaisir candide
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the outermost
le plus éloigné, le plus à l'extérieur
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grimly
d'un air sombre, d'un air grave
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WHATHEVER r I want to OR not
QUE je le veuille OU non
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the lowdown
les dernières informations
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amble = saunter
flâner
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like a deadpan
d'un regard inexpressif
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her voice trailed off
sa voix devint moins audible
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wailing
plaintes, pleurs, gémissements
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dumbfounded
interloqué, abasourdi
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I despise hypocrisy
je méprise l'hypocrisie
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scruffy
négligé
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to trudge
marcher péniblement, se traîner
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to stomb
marcher d'un pas lourd
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The sunny GLINT
l' ECLAT du soleil (le reflet, la lueur)
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canvas shoes
chaussures en toile
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you look bothered
tu sembles préoccupé
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wanky
prétentieux
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beady-eyed /ˈbiːdi/
yeux perçants
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to plod
marcher d'un pas lourd, d'un pas pesant
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to hunker down (to settle in a new flat)
s'installer
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to get your kit off
de déshabiller, se mettre à poil
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too hoot (car) with laughter
klaxonner, huer, rire aux éclats
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shambles
un désastre
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whatsoever plans
pas le moindre plan
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to snuggle
se peletonner, se blottir
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a turn-out
une participation, du monde
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to gloss over sth (an rumor)
ne pas s'attarder sur (une rumeur) , passer rapidement à autre chose
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a tuft of hair
une touffe de cheveux

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