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axe
Les grands axes routiers |
trunk-road or main route
The main roads |
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Se balader
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to go for a walk
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chaparder
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to pilfer
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moisir
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to go mouldy
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une lame
une lame de rasoir une lame pour microscope une lame de fond |
a blade, a strip
a razor blade a microscope slide a groundswell |
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vrac
il a tout mis en vrac dans la valise il a cité en vrac Hugo, Balzac et Baudelaire |
loose, in a jumble, a pile
he stuffed everything into a suitcase He quoted Hugo, Balzac and Baudelaire at random |
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Flanquer
flanquer qch par terre flanquer qn à la porte flanquer la trouille à qn flanqué de ses gardes de corps |
To fling, to give, to flank
to throw something to the ground To fire/sack someone, to chuck someone out to give somebody a scare flanked by his bodyguards |
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opinionâtre
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stubborn
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vadrouiller
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to rove around
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baratiner
baratineur (-euse) |
to sweet talk or chat someone up
A smooth-talker |
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barbant
qu'il est barbant! |
boring
He's such a bore! |
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une chevelure abondante
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thick hair
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enroué
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hoarse (voice)
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un quignon (de pain)
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a crust of bread
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en quinconce
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in staggered rows
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une reculade
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a throwback or setback
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épingler
se faire épingler il a épinglé le gouvernement |
to pin / to criticise
to get nabbed he laid into the government |
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une berge
il a cinquante berges |
a bank / year
he's fifty years old |
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la bandoulière de la musette
en bandoulière |
the shoulder strap of the napsack
slung across the shoulder |
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se faufiler entre (les voitures)
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to dodge in and out (of traffic)
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louvoyer
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to tack or to dither (=tergiverser)
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s'esclaffer
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to burst out laughing
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froncer les sourcils
ça fait des froncs |
to frown
it's all puckered |
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un gouffre
nous sommes au bord du gouffre |
a gulf
we're on the edge of the abyss |
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feinter
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to sell someone a dummy (sport)
to fake |
