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to linger in the bathtub
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s'attarder dans la baignoire
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to leaf through a magazine
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feuilleter un magazine
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to have a 5 o'clock shadow
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avoir le menton bleu
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sprinkled with; sown with
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semé(e) de
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steam fogs up windows
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la vapeur brouille les fenêtres
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a moment of calm (relaxation)
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un moment de détente
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to arrange, place, get (things) ready
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disposer
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tiresome chore
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une corvée
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a series, a succession of
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une suite de
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to take care that
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veiller à (il veille à ne pas perdre ses clés)
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to expedite a task
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expédier une tâche
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to spread
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étaler
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a mechanical gesture(mechanical gestures)
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un geste machinal;
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deprived of
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dépourvu de
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to organize with care
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organiser avec soin
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to be careful to; to make sure that
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prendre garde de
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to look one's best
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paraître à son avantage
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to have its place (in)
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tenir sa place (dans)
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to permit oneself (something)
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s'accorder (qch)
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to heighten / heightened
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accroître / accru
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to mock
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railler; se moquer de
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a shaving session
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une séance de rasage
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dedicated to
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voué à
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self-knowledge
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la connaissance de soi
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a young executive
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un jeune cadre
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high performing; high-yield; efficient
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performant
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as a joke
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par plaisanterie
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without fail
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immanquablement
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mocking (adj.)
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moqueur / moqueuse
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to get one's hair cut
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se faire couper les cheveux
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to tell the truth; truth be told
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à vrai dire
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crumpling
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froissement
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fabric
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étoffe (nf); tissu
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to put on an article of clothing
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mettre un vêtement;
enfiler un vêtement [fam] |
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a clinking
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un cliquetis; un tintement
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an ice cube
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un glaçon
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to connect, plug in, turn on
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brancher
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to avoid
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éviter;
éviter quelque chose à qn |
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dripping wet
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ruisselant
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a sip
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une gorgée
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very happy
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ravi
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to wait patiently (in line)
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patienter (dans une queue)
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stomping
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un piétinement
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to cut into; to damage
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entamer
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To take something seriously
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prendre qch au sérieux
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to compromise
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transiger
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to take pleasure in
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jouir de
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respite; break
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un répit
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to get out of the habit of
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se déshabituer de
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hairless
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glabre
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to experience something
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faire l'expérience de
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a hairdo; a hairstyle; a haircut
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une coiffure; une coupe
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to alert; to warn
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prévenir; avertir
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to complain about something
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se plaindre de quelque chose
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to get sick of
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se lasser de
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