voca khâgne thorez Flashcards

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en dépit de

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despite (sans prep) = inspite of

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tournoyer

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to whirl (weurl)

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qui ne cède pas, implacable

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unyielding

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4
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machine à sous

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one-armed bandit = a slot machine

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5
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un dealer

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a drug-peddler

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un stratagème

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a ploy

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7
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en cachette

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on the sly

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se faufiler

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to sneak

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une débandade

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a scurry

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une décharge

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a dump

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un fugueur

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a runaway (kid)

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une arnarque

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a rip-off

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une escroquerie

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a swindle

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14
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tout en foufelle

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randy

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15
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dans tous ses états

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all in a flutter

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16
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un chaud lapin

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a randy devil

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17
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mal parler de

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to speak ill of

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18
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dénigrer

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to disparage

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19
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faire un tabac

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to break big

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20
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les indécis (pour le vote)

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floating voters = the don’t knows

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21
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une explosion/une vague de

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outburst

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22
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une poudrière

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a powder keg

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23
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dégénérer, être hors de contrôle

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to get out of hand = to spin out of control

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24
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prendre en compte

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to take into account

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25
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toucher le fond

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to reach the depths of

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26
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décence

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decency

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27
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s’en mettre plein les poches

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to line sbdy’s pocket = to make a packet

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28
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se vendre à X exemplaires

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to rack up X sellers

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29
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se vendre comme des petits pains

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to sell like hot cakes

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30
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nous plonger (figuré)

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to plunge us

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31
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ivoire

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ivory

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32
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aborder un pb

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to touch on an issue

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33
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profiter de

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to take advantage of = to profit by

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34
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profiter de (comme un parasite)

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to cash in on

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35
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à l’apogée

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at the climax

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36
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l’alcool

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booze

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37
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faire des dégâts

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to take one’s toll

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38
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le début des années 80

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the early 80’s

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39
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la fin des années 90’s

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the late 90’s

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40
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pur

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sheer, pure, mere dans mere chance (=pur hasard)

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41
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aller de mal en pis

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to go from bad to worse

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42
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terre à terre

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down to earth

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43
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une expo

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an exhibition

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44
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couler à flot

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to flow freely

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45
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à contre coeur

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grudgingly = reluctantly

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46
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rare

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scare, rare, uncommon, unusual

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47
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un pot-de-vin

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a bribery

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48
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les intellectuels

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high brows = intellectuals

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49
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a fifty six year old

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pas de s pour adjectifs composés

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50
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dans le sillage

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in the wake of

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51
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on sait peu de choses sur

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very little is known about

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52
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avoir le dessus

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to have the upper hand

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53
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un procès

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a trial

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54
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homicide involontaire

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involuntary manslaughter

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55
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avec préméditation

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with malice aforethought

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56
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libre circulation des armes

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accessibility of arm

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57
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un fou de la gachette

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a trigger-happy

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58
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le juste milieu

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a happy medium

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59
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se faire justice soi-même

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to take the law into one’s own hands

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60
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les représailles

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a counterattack = reprisal

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61
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infirme de guerre

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war-disabled

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62
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mutilé

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crippled

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63
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de la chair à canon

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canon fodder

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64
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les guerres font des victimes

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wars claim lives

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65
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une OPA

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a sleeping beauty = a takeover bid

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66
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une prise de contrôle par un repreneur extérieur

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a buy-in

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67
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une prise de contrôle par recours à l’emprunt

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a LBO, ie a leverage buy out

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68
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le surenchérisseur

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the higher bidder

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69
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surenchérir

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to overbid

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70
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cela fait des années que le club med est déficitaire

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club med has been in deficit for years

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71
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errer

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to wander

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72
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flâner

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to stroll

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73
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un vagabond

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a tramp

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74
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le soulagement

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the relief

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75
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se heurter

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to come upon

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76
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le tumulte

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the uproar

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77
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s’accroitre, se dvper

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to expand

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78
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la ruée

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a rush

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79
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l’émoi, le trouble

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stir

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80
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l’effervescence, le trouble, l’émoi

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the turmoil

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81
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bigarré

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variegated

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82
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se libérer, s’affranchir

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to break loose

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83
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ces derniers temps

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lately

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84
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une brasserie

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a brewery

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85
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on rapporte que, selon, d’après

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reportedly

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86
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un brasseur

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a brewer

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87
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à n’importe quel moment

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at any given moment

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s’assurer de qqchose

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to ensure

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assumer

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to shoulder

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90
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déformer

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to distort

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91
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transformer

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to alter

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92
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le soudan

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Sudan

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93
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céder

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to yield to= to give in = to cave into

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94
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une histoire poignante

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a harrowing story

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95
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united #disunited

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uni #désuni

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96
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freiner

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to check = to curb = to dampen

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97
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réfrener, juguler, modérer (dépenses)

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to curb

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98
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l’envol

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the flight

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99
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apparaitre comme

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to emerge as

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100
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un vrai

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a real = a true = a genuine

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101
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un homme aux multiples talents

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a man of parts

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102
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avoir le sens politique, avoir des qualités d’homme d’état

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a statesmanship

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103
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fait pour, taillé pour

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well suited for

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104
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convaincre (par la parole)

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to talk sbdy into doing sthg

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105
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des capacités oratoires

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oratical skills

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106
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ne pas pouvoir dire ce que l’on pense, son avis

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to cannot speak one’s mind

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se mouiller (au figuré)

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to commit oneself

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108
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cela surprend

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to come as a surprise

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109
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hors de la mélée

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aloof = out of the fray

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110
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ambigu

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ambiguous = equivocal

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111
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des innondations éclair

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flash floods

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112
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une rivière, un fleuve

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a river

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113
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des courants

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streams = currents

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114
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des torrents

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streams

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115
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des affluents

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tributaries

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116
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le lit d’une rivière

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a river bed

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117
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en crue

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in spate

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118
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sortir de leur lit (pour des rivières)

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to overflow the banks

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119
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le droit de mourir

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the right to die

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120
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être maintenu en vie artificiellement

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to be kept alive artificially

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121
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des perfusions

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feeding tubes

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122
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un légume (les deux sens)/être un légume

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a vegetable/to be in a vegetative state/clinically dead

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un coma irréversible

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irreversibly comatose

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124
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dans le coma

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in a coma

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125
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l’euthanasie

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euthanasia = mercy killing = compassionate killing

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126
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qqun qui euthanasie

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an euthanasist practised = to carry out euthanasia

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127
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aspirer à

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to yearn for

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128
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abréger la vie

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to shorten life

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129
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mourir sans douleur

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to die a painless death

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130
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des bons films à l’affiches

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to have very good films on (the bill)

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131
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le théâtre

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drama

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132
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des malles de cuir

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leather cases

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133
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bordé de dentelle

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trimmed with lace

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134
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des visages de circonstance

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cut-out faces

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135
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referundum en Ecosse

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55% no

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136
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un toubib

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a medic

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137
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un bénévole

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a volunteer

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138
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une fresque intime

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an intimate epic

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139
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à mesure que les années passent

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as years go by

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140
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pendant ce temps

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meanwhile

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141
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quoique, bien que

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albeit

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142
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un rite de passage

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a rite of passage

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143
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brutaliser, molester

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to bully, to molest

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144
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être déchiré (entre deux feux)

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to be torn (between two fires)

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une proie facile

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a fair game

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une proie

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a prey

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il m’est venu à l’esprit

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it occured to my mind/to me

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assister à

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to attend (sans prep)

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la raison de

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the reason for

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sans faille

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flawless

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un euphémisme

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an understatement, a euphemism

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planer

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to hang over = to hover

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fausses factures

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fake invoices

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une héritière

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an heiress

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quitter les sentiers battus

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to leave the beaten tracks = to be off the beaten tracks

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être en tête des ventes

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to dominate the charts

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(à travers) le monde entier

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worldwide

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158
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à la barre

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at the helm

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donner sa démission

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to hand over one’s resignation

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congédier, relever (de ses fonction), chasser de ses pensées

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to dismiss (from your mind)

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décapiter

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to behead

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162
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la plaie du moment

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the leprosy of modern times

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163
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une fambée de terrorisme

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a round of terrorism

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installer

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to install = to settle

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régler un problème

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to settle

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une vague

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a wave, a spate (pas pour la mer)

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avoir recours à

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to resort to

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utiliser le terrorisme comme une arme

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to wield terrorism as a weapon

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faire du porte à porte

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to canvas

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stigmatiser

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to stygmatise

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171
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collectionneurs

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art collectors = art dealers

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172
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un marché gonflé

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an inflected market

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s’apesantir sur

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to dwell on

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174
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gonfler

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to swell

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175
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un taxi, un fiacre

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a cab

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une fourgonnette

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a van

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177
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pavés

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cobblestones

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le trottoir

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pavements

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le tourbillon d’activité, tohu-bohu

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hustle and bustle

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escarpé, abrupt

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steep

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large

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wide

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182
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gare, métro

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a station

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183
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un paon

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a peacocq

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184
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être fier comme un bar tabac

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to be proud as a peacocq

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185
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des piliers

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piers, pillars

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186
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remplir de

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to pill with

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187
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envier

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to envy

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euvieux de

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envious of

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éloigné

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far away = remote

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un endroit oublié de tous

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a god forsaken place

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frénésie

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frenzy

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chiffonné, froissé

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crumpled

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avoir le savoir-faire

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to have the knack of

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avoir du talent

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to have show

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195
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un esprit agile

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to be nimble-minded

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196
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agile

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nimble

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simple d’esprit

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simpletone

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198
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pas très malin

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unwise

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barabre

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barbarian (berbairiane)

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le vainqueur

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the victor

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201
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le hit parade

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the charts

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202
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pleurer qqun

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to mourn

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un fossoyeur

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a grave-digger

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le parolier

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a lyricist

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205
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en été d’ébriété

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inebriated

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206
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qqun qui a arrêté l’école avant la fin

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a drop-out

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207
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l’excitation

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excitement

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PMA

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medically procreation assisted

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209
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celui en tête

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the frontrunner

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210
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à part

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apart from

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être aux antipodes de

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to be poles apart from

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mettre les pauvres hors de sa vue

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to put the poor out of sight

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à première vue… mais

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at first sight … but in second thoughts

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terrible

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awful = appalling = dreadful

215
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les grands de ce monde

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people in power = people in high places

216
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les plus démunis

A

the worst-off = the destitute

217
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la pauvreté

A

poverty = destitution

218
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survivre

A

to eke out a living = to make a living = to scrape an existence

219
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tirer le diable par la queue

A

to keep the wolf out of the door

220
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avoir du mal à joindre les deux bouts

A

to have difficulties to make ends meet

221
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croquer la vie à pleine dent

A

to live one’s life to the fool

222
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(sourire) toute dent dehors

A

with a beaming smile = flashing all your teeth= with a monthful of teeth

223
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illétré

A

illiterate

224
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inculte

A

ill-read = uneducated = uncultivated

225
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à juste titre

A

legitimately = rightfully

226
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donner l’image d’un monarque coupé du peuple

A

to earn the image of a monarch cut off from the people

227
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les pauvres

A

the poor (jamais de s) = the have-nots = the dispossed = the underpriviledged

228
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entasser

A

to pile in = to be crowed together = to be cramped

229
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être à l’étroit

A

to be cramped for room

230
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se serrer la ceinture

A

to tighten one’s belt

231
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vivre sous le seuil de pauvreté

A

to live below the poverty line

232
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vivre au jour le jour

A

to live from hand to mouth

233
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être né avec une cuillère d’argent dans la bouche

A

silver spoon beginnings

234
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avoir du sang bleu

A

blue blood lines

235
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les enfants qui viennent de milieux défavorisés

A

chapter one children

236
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l’empereur des élites

A

the empereur of the happy few

237
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ne pas passer innaperçu

A

to not go unnoticed

238
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raffiné

A

refined

239
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le mauvais goût

A

doubtful taste = poor taste = bad taste

240
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le gratin

A

the upper crust

241
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ne plus supporter

A

to cannot take it anymore = to cannot cope with it anymore

242
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être encastré dans

A

to be ressed in

243
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pencher, incliner, présenter qqchose avec parti pris

A

to slant

244
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une distraction

A

a distraction, an escape, an outlet

245
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emporter (qqcose)

A

to carry away

246
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se chamailler

A

to squabble

247
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bcp de chamailleries

A

a lot of bickering (about) = wrangling (over)

248
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repousser

A

to reject = to postpone = to delay = to dismiss = to rule out

249
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en désaccord avec, en opposition avec

A

at variance with, in disagreement with

250
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semer la pagaille

A

to sow discord

251
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la guerre des chefs

A

quarelling at the top

252
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querelles intestines

A

internal strives = party warfare

253
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une prise de bec

A

a spat

254
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ça tourne au vinaigre

A

it’s going sour

255
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des positions antagonistes

A

antagonistic positions

256
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hargneux

A

tractious

257
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une galère

A

a hassle

258
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le comble

A

to cap it all = to crown it all = to top it all

259
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ex-femme

A

former wife = ex-wife

260
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venir à la rescousse de qqun

A

to come to sbdy’s rescue

261
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tirer son épingle du jeu

A

to pull out

262
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défendre bec et ongles

A

to defend sbdy tooth and nail

263
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l’insoumis

A

rebellious = unsubned = undefeated = unruly = refractory

264
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le standard

A

the switchboard

265
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submergé d’appel

A

deluged with calls = inudated with calls

266
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un canular

A

a practical joke = a farce

267
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bombardement intensif

A

saturation bombing

268
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abrutir

A

to kill off sbdy’s brain cells = to make sbdy brain dead

269
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ardent

A

fiery

270
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avec des plumes, empenné (garni de plumes)

A

feathered

271
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trembler, frémir, frissonner

A

to quiver

272
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les feuilles à la cîme, le faîte

A

the topmost

273
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parcheminée

A

crisped

274
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avec raideur

A

stiffly

275
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un torticoli

A

a stiffneck

276
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calme, sage

A

still

277
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ormis que

A

save

278
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faire un mouvement rapide

A

to flick

279
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rassasié

A

glutted

280
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plénitude

A

fullness

281
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libellule

A

dragon-fly

282
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un roseau

A

a reed

283
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tenir en équilibre

A

to poise

284
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perdre l’équilibre

A

to lose balance

285
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trouver un équilibre

A

to strike a balance

286
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le dard

A

the sting

287
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le bourdonnement

A

the hum

288
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le tremblement, le froissement

A

the tremor

289
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piller, saccager

A

to loot

290
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le PDG

A

CEO : chief executive officer

291
Q

un roturier

A

a commoner

292
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tenter sa chance

A

to try one’s luck

293
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poignarder

A

to stab

294
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fétide (odeur)

A

foul

295
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s’attaquer à

A

to take on

296
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d’une humeur de chien, massacrante

A

like a bear with a sore head

297
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souffler le chaud et le froid

A

to blow hot and cold

298
Q

inciter qqun à faire qqchose

A

to spur

299
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des échauffourées

A

clashes = skirmishes

300
Q

un détroit, une situation difficile

A

(a) strait

301
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les élus locaux

A

the cityfather

302
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conseil municipal

A

the city council

303
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les arrivants

A

newcomers, incomers

304
Q

un nouveau record

A

a broken record

305
Q

en temps record

A

in record time

306
Q

refléter

A

to reflect = to mirror

307
Q

c’est à côté, au bout de la rue

A

it’s round the corner

308
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être attiré par

A

to be attracted to = to be drawn to = to be pulled to

309
Q

des taudis

A

slums = hovels

310
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un bidonville

A

a shanty town

311
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sordide

A

squalid

312
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être blotti les un contre les autres / être blotti contre qqun

A

to be huddled together / to be snuggled up

313
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des campements insalubres

A

insalubrious camps

314
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des relents de scandale

A

it’s smacks of scandal

315
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l’associé

A

the partner = the associate

316
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na pas avoir l’air suicidaire

A

do not look suicide prone

317
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enclin à, sujet à

A

to be prone to

318
Q

les retombées

A

fallout

319
Q

se réjouir

A

to gloat over

320
Q

être absolument ravi à l’idée de

A

to be thrilled at the idea of + ING

321
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carrément

A

downright

322
Q

être miné par

A

to be riven by

323
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déloger

A

to disloge

324
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un tireur d’élite

A

a sharpshooter

325
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un bon tireur

A

a good shot

326
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prendre au piège

A

to ensnare

327
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s’embraser

A

to flare up

328
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un cochon sauvage

A

a hog

329
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aller au barreau

A

to go to the bar

330
Q

implacable

A

unyielding

331
Q

une mort délibérée

A

a self-inflicted death

332
Q

chevronné, expérimenté

A

seasoned

333
Q

Placements de “enough”

A

Enough se place devant le nom et après l’adjectif

334
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la poule aux oeufs d’or

A

the golden goose

335
Q

un beignet

A

a doughnut

336
Q

une expérience

A

an experience (en général) # an experiment (en particulier)

337
Q

une émission

A

an emission (de gaz, de fumée) # a programme (télé)

338
Q

le bipartisme

A

a two-party system

339
Q

le président sortant

A

an incumbent president

340
Q

un événement sportif

A

a tournament

341
Q

remporter un tournoi

A

to land the tournament title

342
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être vêtu de

A

to be clad in

343
Q

à l’apogée de son talent

A

at the height of its talent

344
Q

terre battue

A

hard court

345
Q

tennis sur l’herbe

A

grass court

346
Q

tennis sur gazon

A

lawn tennis

347
Q

nuire

A

to harm = to injure

348
Q

se reconstruire

A

to build oneself up again

349
Q

une vengeance

A

a revenge, a vengeance

350
Q

vengeur

A

vengeful, revengeful

351
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s’estomper, diminuer

A

to subside, to fade

352
Q

une inégalité

A

an imbalance

353
Q

une fraternité (maison)

A

a frathouse

354
Q

ingérer

A

to absorb = to ingest

355
Q

sombrer, couler

A

to sink

356
Q

le colin

A

coalfish

357
Q

la morue

A

cod

358
Q

la carlet

A

flounded = plaice

359
Q

le rouget

A

the gurnet

360
Q

l’aigle fin

A

haddock

361
Q

le merlu

A

the hake

362
Q

le flétan

A

the halibut

363
Q

le hareng

A

the herring

364
Q

le maquereau

A

the mackerel

365
Q

le brochet

A

the pike

366
Q

la sardine

A

the pilchard

367
Q

la raie

A

the skate

368
Q

le turbeau

A

the turbot

369
Q

le merlan

A

the whiting

370
Q

ruiner une saison de pêche

A

to wipe out a population

371
Q

côte, rive, littoral

A

shore

372
Q

se contenter de

A

to content yourself with

373
Q

se débrouiller

A

to make do with

374
Q

un dramaturge

A

a playwright

375
Q

protester

A

to protest (sans prep)

376
Q

une enquête

A

an inquest = an investigation =an inquiery

377
Q

un sondage

A

a survey = a poll

378
Q

maltraitance sur enfant

A

child abuse

379
Q

sonner l’alarme

A

to ring the alarm

380
Q

sain et sauf

A

safe and sound

381
Q

soi-disant/présumé

A

so called/ alleged

382
Q

être reconnu coupable de

A

to be convicted of

383
Q

un détenu

A

an inmate = a convict

384
Q

un recidiviste

A

a jailbird

385
Q

un centre de soin

A

a care home

386
Q

enlever qqun

A

to kidnap = to snatch = to abduct

387
Q

être renversé par une voiture

A

to be run over

388
Q

une fresque

A

a fresco

389
Q

Balmoral

A

résidence d’été de la reine d’angleterre

390
Q

un budget serré

A

a tight budget

391
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derrière les barreaux

A

behind bars

392
Q

un geôlier

A

a jailer

393
Q

le trafic de drogue

A

drug smuggling = drug-peddling

394
Q

au hasard

A

at random

395
Q

plaisanter au sujet de qqchose

A

to cut-up about (familier)

396
Q

les chorales de Noël

A

Christmas Carols

397
Q

un prêt, un emprunt

A

a loan

398
Q

des fouilles

A

excavations

399
Q

c’est du pillage

A

it’s plundering = it’s looting

400
Q

une armoire à glace

A

a hulk of a man

401
Q

un gourou

A

a guru

402
Q

un casier judiciaire

A

a criminal-record

403
Q

une couturière

A

a seamstress

404
Q

laisser son capital fructifier

A

to let the capital yield a profit

405
Q

fiable

A

dependable = reliable

406
Q

étranger (à qqchose)

A

outsider

407
Q

chagrin

A

sorrow

408
Q

maltraité

A

ill-treated = bullied = offended = abused

409
Q

sous le choc

A

in shock = in a daze

410
Q

le diabète

A

diabetes (da-ya-bitise)

411
Q

renforcer, sublimer

A

to enhance

412
Q

un ticket d’alimentation

A

a food stamp

413
Q

la soupe populaire

A

soup kitchen

414
Q

les doigts dans le nez

A

hand-down

415
Q

de toute évidence

A

in the face of it

416
Q

sans effort, facilement

A

effortlessly = handily

417
Q

de manière écrasante

A

overwhelmingly

418
Q

un raz de marée éléctoral

A

a landslide

419
Q

une flopée de réformes

A

a flurry of reforms

420
Q

retourner la pierre tombale

A

to overturn tombstone

421
Q

profaner des tombes

A

to desecrate/ to vandalize graves

422
Q

un fouet

A

a whip

423
Q

épargner

A

to spare

424
Q

discret

A

discreet = reserved = unobtrusive

425
Q

un ennemi

A

a foe = an ennemy

426
Q

sortir au grand jour

A

to come out in the open

427
Q

se précipiter

A

to dash = to dart = to rush

428
Q

purger

A

to purge

429
Q

purifier

A

to cleanse = to clean up

430
Q

initiative tape à l’oeil

A

eye-catching initiative

431
Q

une nouvelle loi

A

a bill = a new legislation

432
Q

risible

A

laughable

433
Q

a panel

A

un panneau, un plafonnier, un jury, un commité, un panel

434
Q

poser du lambris

A

to panel

435
Q

un carrossier

A

a panel beater

436
Q

un docteur conventionné

A

a panel doctor

437
Q

un revêtement

A

an overlay

438
Q

du lambris

A

wanescoting

439
Q

sans y mettre de coeur

A

halfheartedly

440
Q

attendre

A

to wait for = to await

441
Q

ce que le destin nous réserve

A

what life had in store for us

442
Q

être relevé de ses fonctions

A

to be discharged

443
Q

un bombardement

A

a bombing

444
Q

discuter, débattre

A

to discuss (pas de prep)

445
Q

belliciste

A

warmonger

446
Q

3 fois plus gros que, deux fois plus gros que

A

3 times as big as, twice as big as

447
Q

un attentat

A

an attack = a murder attempt

448
Q

barbare

A

barbarous (adj) = barbaric (adj) = barbarian (nom et adj)

449
Q

… des plus …

A

a most

450
Q

la barbarie

A

barbarousness = barbarity

451
Q

une onde de choc

A

a shockwave

452
Q

un amalgame

A

an amalgam

453
Q

des chroniqueurs

A

chroniclers = columnists

454
Q

homme d’entretien

A

odd job man

455
Q

un caricaturiste

A

a cartoonist

456
Q

la petite délinquence

A

petty crime

457
Q

méticuleusement

A

meticulously

458
Q

un braquage

A

a stickup

459
Q

la brigade des moeurs

A

the vice squad

460
Q

sortir précipitamment

A

to rush out

461
Q

lavage de cerveau

A

brain wash

462
Q

à bout portant

A

at close quarters = point blank = at point range

463
Q

la moindre

A

the slightest = the faintest

464
Q

avec du sang partout

A

spattered with blood

465
Q

criblé de balles

A

sprayed with bullets

466
Q

un fléau

A

a plague

467
Q

l’érudition

A

excellence = scolarship

468
Q

le rire

A

laugher

469
Q

provocateur

A

provocative

470
Q

avertir

A

to warn

471
Q

la dérision

A

derision

472
Q

irrévérencieux

A

irreverent

473
Q

politiquement correct

A

politiquely correct

474
Q

un gilet pare-balle

A

a bullet-proof jacket

475
Q

ouvrir le feu sur

A

to open fire on = to fire on = to shot at

476
Q

donner carte blanche

A

to give free hand

477
Q

mis en berne

A

at half mast

478
Q

orné

A

festooned

479
Q

inédit, jamais vu, sans précédent

A

unheard of

480
Q

jaune foncé

A

deep yellow

481
Q

herbivore

A

herbivorous (adj), herbivous (nom)

482
Q

patauger

A

to flounder

483
Q

faire les poubelles pour manger

A

to scavenge for food

484
Q

sur un même pied d’égalité

A

on an equal footing

485
Q

lever des fonds

A

to raise funds

486
Q

un vendeur à la sauvette

A

a street peddler

487
Q

étouffer

A

to smother

488
Q

des bavures

A

flunders

489
Q

dissimuler

A

to conceal

490
Q

des journalistes en herbe

A

journalist in the making

491
Q

déjouer

A

to fail = to twart

492
Q

une bonne prise

A

a good seizure/catch

493
Q

des hippopotames

A

hippopotamuses

494
Q

désigner

A

to single out = to paint out

495
Q

abattage dans la nature

A

culling

496
Q

être complètement perdu

A

to be completely at a loss

497
Q

du bétail

A

cattle

498
Q

réfléchir

A

to think = to ponder

499
Q

avec embarras

A

cumbrously

500
Q

un sceau

A

a bucket

501
Q

couler goutte à goutte

A

to drip

502
Q

un robinet

A

a tap

503
Q

de manière ératique

A

erratically

504
Q

une dague

A

a dagger

505
Q

le lever du soleil

A

sunrise

506
Q

bomber, se gonfler

A

to bulge

507
Q

le coucher du soleil

A

sunset

508
Q

le crépuscule

A

twilight = dusk

509
Q

le vernis

A

polish

510
Q

l’aube

A

dawn

511
Q

le bulletin météorologique

A

the weather forecast

512
Q

un volet, une persienne

A

a blind

513
Q

des flocons de neige

A

flakes

514
Q

des grêlons

A

hailstones

515
Q

grésil, neige fondue

A

sleet

516
Q

allonger

A

elongate

517
Q

la grèle

A

hail

518
Q

le brouillard

A

fog

519
Q

la brume

A

mist = haze

520
Q

la rosée

A

dew

521
Q

gelée du matin/gelée blanche

A

frost/ hoar frost

522
Q

le dégel

A

thaw

523
Q

une bourrasque

A

a squall

524
Q

une rafale

A

a blast

525
Q

un coup de vent

A

a gale = a gust

526
Q

la canicule

A

dog-days

527
Q

un paratonnerre

A

lightening-rod

528
Q

la foudre

A

thunderbolt

529
Q

l’orage

A

thunderstorm

530
Q

l’humidité

A

the dampness

531
Q

la sècheresse

A

draught

532
Q

un arc-en-ciel

A

a rainbow

533
Q

tuer

A

to kill = to slay