When we were Orphans voc

Question 1

se faire plaisir

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to indulge

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se faire plaisir en faisant, prendre du plaisir à

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to indulge doing sth

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douillet, confortable

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snug

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le buffet (meuble)

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sideboard

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se vautrer dans, s’avachir

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to flop down

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plaire à quelqu’un

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to fancy sth

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avoir envie de faire qqch

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to fancy doing sth

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plaisanter, badiner, déconner

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to banter

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plaisanterie

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banter

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les moeurs

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mores

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la sacoche

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satchel

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palpiter (le coeur)

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to flutter

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recouvrir qqch de

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to smear sth with

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étaler qqch sur qqn

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to smear sth on someone

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ricaner

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to snigger

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ricaner en disant

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to snigger that

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tracassant, embêtant (léger), tenace (pour une blessure)

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niggling

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Un léger doute

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a niggle (about) sth

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tracasser, agacer, turlupiner

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to niggle (at) someone

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rôder

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to hover around, about, to roam

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hésiter

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to hover

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se maintenir, plafonner

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to hover (at about 10% a year)

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humble, modeste

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meek

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miteux

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shabby

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dûment, comme convenu, comme prévu

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duly

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le brouhaha

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hubbub

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serré, exigu

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cramped

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fouiner, farfouiller

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to ferret around (in somewhere)

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Fouiner pour trouver quelque chose

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to ferret around for sth

Question 30

piger quelque chose

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to cotton on to

Question 31

Elle pigea enfin le fait qu'ils étaient en train de la charier

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She finally cottoned on to the fact that they were teasing her

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élégant, fringuant

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dashing

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discuter

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to discuss oui mais aussi to confer

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grossier, vulgaire, de mauvaise qualité / goût

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coarse

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être surpris, être pris de court

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to be taken aback

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surprendre, interloquer

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to take aback

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harceler, déranger, taquiner

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to pester

Question 38

harceler qqn pour qu'il fasse

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to pester sb to do sth

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présumer que, conjoncturer que

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to surmise that

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pleurnicher

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to snivel, to whine

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les passerelles

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gangplanks

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autoritaire, cavalier, despotique

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high-handed

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empiéter sur, affecter

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to impinge on

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retirer de la circulation, mettre au placard

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to put out to pasture

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la convocation

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a bidding, a convening

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s'estomper, s'évanouir (souvenirs)

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to recede, to ebb away

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reculer, s'éloigner

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to recede

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la perplexité, la confusion

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(the) bemusement

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reculer, faire un pas en arrière

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to recoil

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le recul (pour une arme), le rejet

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recoil (against)

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se casser la figure

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to take a tumble

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plein d'autodérision

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self-deprecating

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battre à plate couture qqn

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to run rings around sb

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étouffant, plein (pour un nez)

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stuffy

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susciter qqch

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to stir up sth

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fréquenter, pactiser avec (l'ennemi)

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to consort with

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le point de vue (géographique)

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vantage

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Un poste d'observation, une position privilégiée, un point de vue

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vantage point

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la rampe

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banister (rail)

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chevronné, expérimenté

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seasoned

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hautain

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haughty

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une cahute, une cabane

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a shack

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tombant(e), affaissé(e)

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drooping

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l'orme

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elm

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la prairie, le pré

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a meadow

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Une clé de bras, une situation délicate

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an arm-lock

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agglutiné, recroquevillé, blotti

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huddled

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Un essai de, une incursion dans

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a foray into

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s'abaisser à

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to stoop to

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s'abaisser à leur niveau

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to stoop to their levels

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s'essayer à

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to make a foray into

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faire l'éloge

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to eulogise

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intimidé, impressionné

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overawed

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les restrictions

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strictures

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provenir de, être originaire de

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to hail from

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un treillis

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trellised

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couper, trancher la tête

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to lop (a head) off

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avoir l'air, donner l'impression

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to cut a XX figure

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avoir l'air solitaire

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to cut a lonely figure

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donner une mauvaise impression

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to cut a poor figure

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capital, historique

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momentous

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l'abattement, le découragement

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despondency

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Une natte, une couette

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pigtail

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Les broussailles, le sous-bois

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undergrowth

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rondouillard, grassouillet

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tubby

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Etre susceptible de faire qqch

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To be liable to

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la sueur, la transpiration

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perspiration

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Etre preoccupé par

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to be preoccupied with

Question 89

la bravade [faux geste de courage]

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bravado