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Vocab Vochelle 5 Flashcards

1
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Forcer la main

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To twist her arm

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Une phrase absurde

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A nonsensical sentence

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Obtenir qqch

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To get hold of sthg

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Bruxelles
Lyon
Marseille

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Brussels
Lyons
Marseilles

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Un jour férié

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A bank holiday / a public holiday

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Sonner à la porte

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To ring the doorbell

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Une cicatrice

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A scar

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Être marqué à vie ( par un événement)

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To be scarred for life

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Un short

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A pair of shorts

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Un tatoueur

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A tattooist

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Arborer

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To sport

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Elle avait les traits bouffis

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Her face was puffy / swollen

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Un teeshirt froissé

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A creased tee-shirt

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14
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Parler de choses et d’autres

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To talk About everything and nothing/ about this and that

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Être sur la même longueur d’onde

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To be on the same wavelength

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16
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Un aperçu

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An insight

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17
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Un homologue

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A counterpart

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18
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Courtiser

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To woo

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19
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Prendre la solution de facilité

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To take the easy out

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Être rare

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To be scarce

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Un voile (islamique)

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A headscarf

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Une écharpe

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A scarf / scarves au pluriel

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23
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La Bretagne

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Brittany

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24
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Un réservoir

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A tank

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25
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Un aquarium

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A fish tank

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Faire le plein

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To tank up

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27
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Au large des côtes

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Off the coast

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28
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Renverser

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To spill

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29
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Une marée noire

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An oil spill / an oil slick

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30
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Avoir du courage

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To have guts

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31
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Vider un poisson

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To gut a fish

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32
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Moyen Orient

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The Middle East

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33
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Des tas de

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Scores of

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34
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Le Proche orient

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The Near East

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35
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L’Extreme Orient

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The Far East

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36
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Une vingtaine

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A score of

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37
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Une partition musicale

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A music score

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38
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Une augmentation de salaire

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A raise
A rise
A pay hike

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39
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Tremper

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To soak

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40
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Être trempé jusqu’au os

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To get soak to the skin

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41
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Être trempé de sueur

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To be soaked with sweat

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42
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Essence

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Petrol (UK)

Gas (US)

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43
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Hocher la tête

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To nod

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44
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Faire un bruit de ferraille

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To rattle

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45
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Un grincement

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A squeak

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46
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Une pique-nique

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A picnic

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47
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Un panier

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A basket

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48
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Wheel

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Volant
Gouvernail
Roue

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49
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Serrer/ tenir

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To grip

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50
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Je m’ennuie comme un rat mort

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I’m bored stiff (familier)

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51
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Se curer les dents

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To pick one’s tooth

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52
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Faire appel aux lumières de qqn

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To pick sb’s brain

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53
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Éternuer

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To sneeze

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54
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Renifler

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To sniff

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55
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Critiquer fortement

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To savage sb

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56
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Léger

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Slight

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57
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Une émeute

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A brawl
A scuffle
A riot

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58
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Un carrefour

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Crossroads

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59
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Un tapis

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A mat

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60
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Les cheveux en broussailles

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Matted hair
Dishevelled hair
Tangled hair

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61
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Avoir le vertige

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To be afraid of heights

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62
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Défense d’entrer/ propriété privée

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No trespassing

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63
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Frotter

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To rub

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64
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Se frotter les mains

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To rub one’s hand

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65
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La est le problème!

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There lies the rub !

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66
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Un mégot

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Cigarette butt

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67
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Donner un coup de tête

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To head-butt

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68
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Un sujet de litige

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A bone of contention

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69
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Avoir la peau sur les os

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To be skin and bones

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70
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Fondre en larmes

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To burst into tears

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71
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Être gaga (quand on est vieux)

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To be in one’s dotage

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72
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Être vert de jalousie

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To be green with envy

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73
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Être rouge de honte

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To be red with shame

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74
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Une phobie

Une bête noire

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A pet hate

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75
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Hérisser le poil

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To raise my hackles

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76
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Être heureux comme un roi

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To be as pleased as Punch

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77
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Avoir le moral

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To be in good spirits

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78
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Sauter de joie

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To jump for joy

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79
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Avoir de la rancune contre qqn

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To bear a grudge against sb

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80
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Être furieux

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To be hopping mad

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81
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Être spirituel

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To be witty

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82
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Avoir le béguin pour qqn

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To have a crush on sb

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83
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Elle ne leur en veut pas

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She bears them no ill-will

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84
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Émerveillement, admiration mêlée de peur

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Awe

85
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Être aux anges

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To be over the moon
To be on the top of the world
To be walking on air

86
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Être épuisé

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To be exhausted

To be worn out

87
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Être au septième ciel

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To be on cloud nine

88
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Être complètement perdu

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To be all at sea

89
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Une décharge

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A dump

90
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Être au fond du trou

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To be down in the dumps

91
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Avoir le blues
Être déprimé
Ne pas avoir le moral

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To feel blue

To be in low spirits

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Être fiancé

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To be engaged

93
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Qqn qui répand des rumeurs alarmistes/ qui fait peur

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A scaremonger

94
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Un roturier

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A commoner

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Être courageux

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To be bold

To be daring

96
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Rester à l’écart

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To stand aloof

97
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Annoncerune nouvelle ère

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To usher in a new era

To herald in a new era

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Un événement fédérateur/unificateur

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A unifying event

99
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Susciter

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To arouse

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Une mare

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A pond

101
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Une oie

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Goose (sing)

Geese (pluriel)

102
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Inciter à la haine

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Incitement to hatred

103
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Une lueur d’espoir

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A glimmer of hope

104
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Un vent de changement souffle sur

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A wind of change is blowing over

105
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Un second souffle

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A new lease of life

106
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Être sur la touche

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To watch from the sidelines

107
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Un bouquet de fleurs

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A bunch of flowers

108
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Siège passager (voiture)

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A front seat

109
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Un trousseau de clés

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A bunch of keys

110
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Une portière

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A car door

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Un oncle/ une tante

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Uncle/ Aunt

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Un cousin

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A cousin

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Pleuvoir des cordes

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To rain cats and dogs (vieillot comme expression)

To pour with rain

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Campagne

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Countryside

115
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Ce jour-là

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On that day

116
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Chez qui

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At whose place

117
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Se disputer

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To have an argument

To have an row

118
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Il devait avoir 6 ans

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He must have been 6 years old

119
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Une dispute

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An argument

120
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La tante Carla

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Aunt Carla

121
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Précipiter

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To dash

122
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Jeter violemment/ jeter

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To hurl sthg

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Sol carrelés (avec du carrelage)

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A tiled floor

124
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A tile

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Un carreau (de carrelage)
Une tuile
125
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L’une après l’autre

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One after the other

126
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Un pauvre type

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A creap

A dead less

127
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Bibelots

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Ornaments

128
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La cheminée

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The fireplace

129
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Donner un coup de pied

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To kick

130
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Donner des coups de poings

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To punch

131
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Lâche-moi !

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Let go of me!

132
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Laisse moi tranquille !

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Leave me alone !

133
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Calme toi

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Calm down

134
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Pour l’amour de Dieu

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For God’s sake

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Ré freiner son enthousiasme

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To curb one’s enthusiasm

136
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S’emballer

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To get carried away

137
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Donner la chair de poule

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To give someone the creeps

138
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Être émue jusqu’au larmes

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To be move to tears

139
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Avoir pitié de qqn

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To take pity on sb

140
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Verser des larmes

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To shed tears

141
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S’étrangler d’émotions

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To choke with emotion

142
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Perdre courage

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To lose heart

143
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Toucher qqn au vif

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To touch to the quick

144
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Être sidéré

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To be flabbergasted

145
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Être ravi

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To be delighted

146
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Être très content

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To be elated

147
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Avoir qqch en horreur

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To loathe sthg

148
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Répugner à faire qqch

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To be loath to do sthg

149
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Faire qqch à la hâte

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To do sthg in haste

150
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Précipité/ hâtif

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Hasty

151
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Être vaniteux

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To be boastful

To be conceited

152
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Être tristement célèbre

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To be notorious

153
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Être déconnecté de

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To be out of touch/tune

Être déconnecté de la réalité: Ivory tower

154
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Être mêler à un scandale

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To be embroiled in a scandal

155
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S’en donner à cœur joie

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To have a field day with sthg

156
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Être dans une pire situation

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To be worse off

157
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Un signal lumineux, un phare

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A beacon

158
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Cérémonie en grandes pompes

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Pageantry

159
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Les problèmes du quotidien

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Bread and butter issues

160
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La monarchie a fait son temps

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The monarchy has outlived its usefulness /has its day

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Merchandising

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Produits dérivés

162
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Emboîter le pas

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To follow suit

163
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Faire partie intégrante de

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To be part and parcel of sthg

164
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Au fil du temps, ….

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Over time,…

165
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Accéder au trône

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To accede to the throne

166
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Un Britannique

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A Briton

167
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Reine Élisabeth

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Queen Elisabeth II

168
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Un car

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A coach

169
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Se blottir

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To huddle

170
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Tournesol

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Sunflower

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Brûler/ roussir

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To scorch

172
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Élever des animaux

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To farm

173
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Une exploitation laitière

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A dairy farm

174
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Ail

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Garlic

175
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Persil

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Parsley

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Une question, une requête

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A query

177
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Un mouchoir

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Handkerchief

178
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Il allait bientôt avoir 10 ans

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He would soon be ten

179
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Velours

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Velvet

180
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Laine

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Wool

181
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Coincer

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To stuck

182
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L’aube

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Dawn

183
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Éclabousser

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To spash

184
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Faire sensation

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To make a splash

185
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Un grain de beauté

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A mole

186
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Tâches de rousseurs

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Freckles

187
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Une taupe

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A molehill

188
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Se faire une montagne d’un rien

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To make a mountain out of a molehill

189
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Souffrir le martyr

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To be in agony

190
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Être à l’agonie

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To be at death’s door

191
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Un courrier du cœur

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An agony column

192
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Déranger, embêter qqn

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To bother sb

193
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Ils sont partis chacun de leurs côté/ ils ont pris des chemins différents

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They went their separate ways

194
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Être naïf/crédule

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To be gullible

195
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Être imprudent

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To be foolhardy

196
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Être simple/ingénu

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To be artless

197
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Être économe

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To be thrifty

198
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Être radin/avare

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To be tight-fisted

To be stingy

199
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Être pointilleux

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To be punctilious

200
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Être guindé

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To be prim

201
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Avoir la frousse

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To have the jitters

202
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Fouineur

A

Nosy

203
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Escroquer

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To con sb

204
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Lisse, soyeux

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Sleek

205
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Engloutir

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Engulf

206
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S’assoupir

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Doze off

207
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Fouiner

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Nose-around

208
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Finissons-en

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Let’s get this over with

209
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Dommage

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Too bad

Vocabulaire anglais Vochelle (6 decks)

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