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1
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de façon à

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so as to

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tout bonnement

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quite simply

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improviser qn qc
s’improviser qc

l’improviser cuisinier
s’improviser cuisinier

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to get sb to act as st
to act as qc

to get him to act as cook
to act as cook

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à bien des niveaux

à bien des égards

bien des fois

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on many levels
in more ways than one

in many respects

many a time

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l’embarras (m)

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embarrassment

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un semis

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sowing
seedling
seed bed

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une rousseur

une tache de rousser

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redness

freckle

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rébarbatif (adj)

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repulsive
off-putting
forbidding

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décocher

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to shoot  (a look)
deselect  (uncheck)
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une bourde

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blunder

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un désir

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desire

wish

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ras (adj)

au ras de

au ras de pâquerettes

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short

skimming
level with

very basic
very low
very lowbrow
with a narrow margin

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une pâquerette

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daisy

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en arrière-plan

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in the background

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un lapsus

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slip

slip of the tongue

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le temps de réaction

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reaction time

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parlant

géographiquement parlant

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speaking

geographically speaking

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une chausse-trappe

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trap

pitfall

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démordre

ne pas en démordre

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give up
let go

to stick to one’s guns

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les lunettes de vue (f)

lunettes de soleil de vue

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prescription glasses

prescription sun glasses

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dégringoler

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to go down

tumble

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la monture

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frame (eg. glasses)
mount
setting

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dans ma manche

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up my sleeve

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dévier

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to divert
deflect
veer off course

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tirer à vue
to shoot on sight
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pour du beurre (exp)
for nothing
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la collecte
collection | gathering
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s’ensuivre Il s’ensuit que...
to follow ensure It follows that...
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tendre
to tense
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l’arrivage (m)
arrival | shipment
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assommer
to knock out | stun
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abattre les cartes
to lay one’s cards on the table
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tramer
to contrive | plot
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époustouflant (adj)
mind-boggling | astonishing
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voisin (adj)
neighbouring | similar
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une arête arête du nez
fishbone sharp edge bridge of the nose
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le truquage
``` rigging (trickery) special effect (cinema) ```
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une devinette
riddle
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le goulot boire au goulot
neck (of a bottle) to drink from the bottle
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un montage
assembly | mounting
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avaliser
to endorse back guarantee
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renifler
to sniff
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zigouiller
to do in | kill
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un rappel
reminder
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sceller
to seal | embed
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un détenteur | une détentrice
holder
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soudoyer
to bribe
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le bâtonnier
Chairman of the Bar (law)
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une ombre chinoise les ombres chinoises
silhouette shadow puppet show
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mes fesses
my ass
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décortiquer
``` to shell peel hull dissect analyse ```
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un légiste médicin légiste
jurist medical examiner coroner
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assener
to strike (a blow)
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de pareil
any such thing
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bâcler
to botch
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les œillères (fp)
blinkers
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ciller
to blink
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la queue leu leu
single file
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un as l’as de pique l’as de trèfle l’as de coeur l’as de carré plein aux as
ace ace of spades ace od clubs ace of hearts ace of diamonds filthy rich rolling in money
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en roue libre
coasting | free wheeling
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un auvent
awning canopy porch roof
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une cochonnerie dire des cochonneries
mess junk to talk dirty
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un jet
nozzle throwing jet (plane)
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le store store vénitien store enrouler store à l’italienne
blind venetian blind roller blind awning
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une poche revolver
hip pocket
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embrouiller
to tangle | confuse
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un annuaire
directory
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noircir
to blacken | darken
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fortuit (adj)
fortuitous | chance
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un/une comparse
associate stooge walk-on
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le signalement
decription | particulars
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un couillon
asshole | jackass
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poignarder poignarder qn dans le dos
to stab to stab sb in the back
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décrocher
to get win pick up the phone stall (plane)
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lessivé (adj)
washed out | tired
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caler
to wedge | stall (motor)
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contrecarrer
to thwart
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l’ouï-dire (m) par ouï-dire
hearsay by hearsay
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le décalage horaire
time difference | jet lag
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enquiquiner
to annoy
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fiché (adj)
on file | in public records
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un vice de procédure
procedural irregularity
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un vice de forme
legal flaw
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un coupe-papier
letter opener | paper knife
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à la loyale (exp)
fair and square
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à temps
in time
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un sigle
acronym initials symbol logo
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crevé (adj)
knackered
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le crève-cœur
heartbreak
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fané (adj)
faded | wilted
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un pugilat
fist fight

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