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125 Cards in this Set
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To scold / to fell off |
Gronder |
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À shoot-out |
Une fusillade |
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On the run |
En cavale |
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À police raid |
Police search |
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To postpone / delay / put off |
Retarder |
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To be set in motion |
Amorce / mis en route |
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Staunch |
Fervent |
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Thère was much coverage |
Très couvert |
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Unrest |
Agitation |
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To think ahead |
To anticipate |
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To act as a deterrent |
Avoir un effet dissuasif |
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To be effective |
Efficace / utile |
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Steel bowls |
Boules de pétanque |
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Backpack |
Rucksack |
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Skiing goggles |
Lunettes de ski |
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Armoi |
Fouille |
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Slingd |
Petite fouille |
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Armoured vehicules |
Véhicules blindés |
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Sling |
Fronde |
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Hooligans |
Urban gerillas |
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Clashes / skirmishes |
Échauffourées |
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To prosecute |
To sue |
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Imprisonment |
Prison ferme |
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Overcrowded |
Bondé |
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As night fell |
At night fall |
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Clad in black |
Black-claded |
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À bonus |
Une prime |
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To plunder |
To loot |
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All That they could |
Tt ce qui passé |
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Deprive |
Dépourvu |
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Ballooned |
Swollen into |
Enfler / grossit |
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To deliver a speech |
Donner un dis cours |
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Eat one’s hat |
Cut one’s some slak |
Lâcher du lest |
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Mock |
Blanc |
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Mock exam |
Cb |
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Haughty |
Hautain |
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Pretentious |
Conceited |
Pretentieux |
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Out of touch |
Coupe de Plus à la page |
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Wide |
Large |
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Nation wide |
National |
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Uprising |
Soulèvement |
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Worst-off |
Les plus mal lotis |
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Exempt from |
Exonérer |
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Truce |
Trêve |
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Attrition |
L’usure |
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Nosey |
Curieux |
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Saucy |
Insolent |
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Adamant |
Inflexible |
Intransigeant |
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To back pedal |
Faire marche arrière |
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À godsend |
À boon |
Une aubaine |
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Fuming |
Furax |
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Hopeless |
Sans espoir Nulle |
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À quack |
Un charlatan |
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Quack remedy |
Remède de charlatan Poudre de perlimpinpin |
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Slam |
Écraser |
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To take to |
.. |
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To withdraw |
Se retirer |
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Burgle / rob / break into / heist |
Cambrioler |
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To dote on |
Raffoler de |
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Trivial |
Anodin |
Trivial event Fait divers |
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Subsequently |
Par la suite |
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Merely |
Simplement |
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Ignore |
Faire semblant de ne pas voir |
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To cause an outcry |
Provoque un tollé |
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Recoup |
Rembourser récupérer |
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À loss |
Une perte |
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Championed |
Soutenir supporter |
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Notwithstanding |
Nonobstant néanmoins |
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The golden mean |
Le juste milieu |
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To put up with |
Endurer subir |
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Self-restraint |
Retenu |
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Common-sense |
Bon sens |
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To shrug one’s shoulder |
Hausser les épaules |
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Gem |
Joyaux |
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To stake |
Miser |
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To bet |
Parier |
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Considerate |
Attentionné prévenant |
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S’adonner a |
Indulge in |
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Cosy |
Confortable |
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We can infer from this that ... |
Ns’k |
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Callous |
Insensible inhumain |
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To be callous to |
Insensible à |
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Infer |
Déduire |
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Heart of stone |
Heartless |
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To oblige à friend |
Venir en aide à un ami |
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Home-office |
Ministère de l’intérieur |
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Stipend |
Salaire |
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Abroad |
Foreign country |
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Responsible |
A des responsabilités |
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À stranger |
Un inconnu |
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À foreigner |
Un étranger |
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Far away country |
Remote / far off |
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Gallérie |
Galerie d’art |
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Well-read |
Qui a bcp lu |
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Knowledgeable |
Cultiver |
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Loquacious |
Talkative |
Bavard |
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À good-deal |
Beaucoup |
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Regular customer |
Habitué |
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Régular guy |
Chouette mec |
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First nighter |
Habitue des premières |
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To be in the grip of Under the yoke of |
Sous le joug |
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Not to sleep a wink |
Nuit blanche |
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To dine out |
Dîner en ville au resto |
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Good hotel |
Un bel hotel |
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Besides |
En outre de plus |
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Erect of carriage |
Port altier |
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Taquiner |
To tease |
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Amusing |
Drôle spirituel |
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Handsome |
Mignon |
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Lean |
Fin allonge |
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To grow thin ( hair) To be balding |
Cheveux se clairsemé |
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Bald |
Dégarni chauve |
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Strait |
Detroit |
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To shipwreck |
Faire naufrage sombrer |
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Split up / break up |
Se séparer |
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Seld |
Réciproque |
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Complacency |
Suffit |
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Self-complacency |
Suffisance vanité |
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Robuste sante |
Good constitution |
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Personable exterior |
Avoir de l’allure |
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In the forefront |
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To push on into |
Entrer de force |
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Fall to |
Tombe au mains de |
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To take effect |
On |
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Adamant |
Catégorique |
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