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432 Cards in this Set
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aborder |
to reach, land on |
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grouiller |
to swarm, mill about |
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se dérober |
to shirk, beat around the bush |
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repérer |
to locate, identify, detect |
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avec molesse |
with gentleness |
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déboucher |
to unblock/ to lead to sth/ to come out onto sth |
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accoter qch contre/à |
to lean sth against sth |
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encadrer |
to frame, lead, supervise |
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un syndicat |
trade union |
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déclencher |
to trigger, set off |
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apercevoir |
to catch sight of |
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arracher |
to tear |
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se débarrasser |
to get rid of |
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un grillage |
fence |
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interpeller |
to arrest |
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témoigner |
to testify, bear witness |
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témoigner de |
to show, demonstrate |
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la fécondité |
fertility |
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s'apparenter |
to resemble/ to ally yourself with |
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étaler |
to spread |
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suggérer |
to conjure up |
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amortir |
to cushion, soften |
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désormais |
from now on |
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ces derniers temps |
recently |
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une affection |
an illness |
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la banalisation |
the normalisation |
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une piège |
a trap |
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comporter |
to bring/ to entail |
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laisser penser |
to imply |
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la mise au point |
focus, development |
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se dessiner |
to materialise, take shape |
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demeurer |
to remain, stay |
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rélâcher |
to release |
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postuler |
to suppose, imagine |
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de nature à |
likely to |
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infime |
tiny, miniscule |
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soutenir |
to support |
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un affaiblissement |
weakening |
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d'abord |
firstly |
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le discours |
claim |
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un entraide |
mutual aid |
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une voie |
way, route |
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s'attaquer |
to tackle |
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un acquis |
benefit |
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fournir |
to supply, provide for |
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or |
but, yet, well, now |
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le depistage |
tracking down |
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sonner à la porte |
to ring the bell |
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bruits de pas |
footsteps |
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imprevu |
unexpected |
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contourner |
to bypass, get round |
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enlever |
to remove |
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coriace |
tough, leathery |
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se plisser |
to crinkle |
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renfrogner |
to scowl, frown |
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fixer du regard |
to stare |
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inerte |
motionless |
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observateur |
casual watcher |
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tirer au flanc |
to skive off work |
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sécher les cours |
to skive off school |
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obscurci(e) |
darkened |
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au milieu de la matinée |
mid-morning |
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un/une locataire |
tenant |
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rechigner |
to object to doing something |
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à ses côtés |
at his side |
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A quoi rimait... |
What was the point of... |
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le ... n'est pas au rendez-vous |
... is not on the cards |
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assommer |
to knock unconscious |
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se heurter |
to collide with, bump into |
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décoincer |
to unfold, loosen up |
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s'enrouler |
to roll up, wind up |
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d'autant que |
especially because, particularly as |
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en catastrophe |
in a terrible hurry, into a mess |
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l'inadaptation |
the unsuitability |
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une gouttelette |
droplet |
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s'agiter |
to fidget |
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soupir entendu |
knowing sigh |
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esquiver |
to avoid, evade |
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entreprendre (de) |
to begin doing something |
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le grief |
grievance, annoyance |
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colmater |
to seal up, close up |
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une brèches |
gap, hole |
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le chiffon |
rag, cloth |
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traîner |
to lie around, hang about |
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la boîte à gants |
glovebox |
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une tablette |
shelf |
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le tableau de bord |
dashboard |
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s'emparer de |
to seize, take hold of |
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coinçer |
to wedge |
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une secousse |
tremor, jolt |
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demeurer |
to remain, stay, dwell |
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imperturbable |
unshakable |
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un rapport |
report, account |
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uni |
close-knit |
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ressembler |
to resemble, look like |
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un témoin |
evidence, witness |
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l'incapacité |
disability |
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intervenir |
to intervene/ to take place, occur |
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règner |
to prevail |
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le seuil minimum |
minimum threshold |
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irréductible |
irreducible |
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une réelle volonté |
a real commitment |
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une sage-femme (des sage-femmes) |
midwife |
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A titres d'exemples |
For instance |
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instaurer |
to establish, institute |
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l'ONU |
United Nations |
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tenir les engagements |
fulfil its commitments |
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verser |
to pour/ pay in, transfer, assign |
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une diminution |
reduction/ decrease |
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consacrer qch à qqn |
to give sth to sb |
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à peine |
barely |
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s'en sortir |
to cope/ get through |
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marteler |
to hammer, beat/ articulate, enunciate |
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un/une homologue |
counterpart/ equivalent |
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le rendement |
yield, output |
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les remunerations (une) |
wage, salary |
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s'efforcer |
to try to, endeavor to |
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étant donné que |
considering that |
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mettre l'accent sur |
to highlight |
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à l'aube |
at dawn |
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surgir |
to emerge/ appear suddenly |
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léger |
lightweight |
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dresser |
to train/tame sth/ to raise, erect sth |
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presser le pas |
hurry up |
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se deplacer |
to move around |
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dissimuler |
to hide, conceal |
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se faufiler (entre) |
to weave in and out of |
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la perruque |
a wig |
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parvenir |
to reach/ gain/ achieve |
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démarrer |
to start up (e.g. a train) |
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se pencher |
to lean |
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l'âtre |
fireplace |
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le/la domestique |
servant, housemaid |
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soulever |
to lift up, raise |
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la tenture |
wall hanging |
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le divan |
couch |
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s'amonceler |
to pile up |
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le coussin |
cushion |
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cramoisi |
crimson |
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l'orage |
thunderstorm |
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la bourgade |
small town, village |
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la torpeur |
sleepiness, drowsiness |
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aboyer (aboie) |
to bark |
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crépiter |
to crackle, rain patter |
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une sueur |
sweat, perspiration |
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défiler |
to parade, march |
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se défiler |
to escape, sneak off |
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désœuvrement |
idleness, inactivity |
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enfiler |
to thread |
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s'écarter |
to step aside |
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courir après |
to run after/chase |
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le libre arbitre |
free will |
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restraindre |
to restrain, control |
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coller des baffes à qqn |
give a clip round the ear (e.g. on me colle des baffes) |
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un outil |
tool |
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subtil |
skilled |
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s'occuper bien de quelqu'un |
look after someone well |
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coi |
quiet, speechless |
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contrefaire |
to forge, alter, distort, mimic |
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acquérir (j'ai acquise) |
to purchase, acquire |
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noyer |
to drown sth |
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se relever |
to get up |
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merdique |
shitty |
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un éloge |
praise, compliment, accolade |
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craindre |
to be scared of |
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ensoleiller qch |
to brighten sth up |
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charnel |
sensual, sexual |
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la déférence |
respect |
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faire de la peine |
to hurt somebody's feelings |
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prendre la peine de faire qch |
take the trouble to do sth |
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cajoler |
to cuddle, suck up to |
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la poussière |
dust, dirt |
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user |
to wear sth out |
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embrouiller |
to jumble, mix up, muddle, confuse |
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un leurre |
an illusion, lure |
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fourbe |
dishonest |
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un rang |
line, row, rank |
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(se) dissimuler |
to hide, conceal |
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se réveiller en sursaut |
to wake up with a start |
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la nuque |
to turn your neck |
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égaré |
disorientated, led astray |
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un poignet |
wrist |
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foyer |
household, hall of residence, hallway |
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le coude |
elbow |
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orgueilleux |
big-headed, proud, arrogant |
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affermir |
to strengthen, tone up |
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la dentelle |
lace |
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la canne |
walking stick, cane |
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à l'année |
all year round |
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une ère |
era, period |
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guère |
hardly |
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factice |
false, artificial |
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prétendu |
so-called, supposed |
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éclaircir |
to clear up, resolve, clarify |
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surgir |
to appear suddenly, emerge, loom |
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étroit(e) |
narrow, close |
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une poussée |
thrust, boost |
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répandre |
to spread, scatter |
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Au fur et à mesure que |
as and when, gradually |
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truquer |
to falsify, rig, fix |
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exiger |
to demand, require, need |
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aisément |
la gravure |
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le procédé |
conduct/ behaviour/ method, process |
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figé (e) |
frozen, rigid |
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plate |
flat |
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sombrer |
to sink, go down, decline |
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évincer |
to oust, remove |
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aisé |
well off, comfortable |
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breveter (brevet) |
patent |
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un débouché |
opening, job prospect |
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dépouiller qqch de |
to strip sth of |
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le litige |
dispute, contention |
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découler |
to flow |
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découler de |
to result from, follow on from |
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achever |
to finish, complete |
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enorgueillir |
to make [sb] proud |
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s'enorgueillir de |
to boast |
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un outrage |
an insult |
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les mœurs |
customs, traditions |
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un essor |
rise, development |
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la netteté |
clearness, sharpness |
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le cadrage |
framing, composition |
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la foi |
faith, belief |
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cadenasser qch |
to padlock sth |
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une courbature |
stiffness, ache |
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fomenter |
to stir up, incite |
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cotoyer |
to mix with eg own class |
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accablant |
exhausting, oppressive, overwhelming |
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avouer |
to own up, confess, admit |
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à l'écart/ à distance |
from a distance |
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un sigle |
acronym |
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un/une émule |
disciple, imitator, copycat, follower |
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assister à |
to attend |
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ainsi |
thus, in this way |
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muter |
transfer (job) |
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le loyer |
rent |
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le/la conjointe |
spouse, husband, wife |
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la moitié |
partner, other half |
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gérer |
to handle, manage |
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puisque |
since, because |
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passager/ère |
temporary, short-lived |
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s'avérer |
prove to be, show yourself to be |
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périlleux |
risky, dangerous |
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s'achever |
to end, come to a head |
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empiéter |
encroach upon, impinge |
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la gestion |
the management |
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davantage |
more, for longer/ more strenuously |
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d'ailleurs |
incidentally, by the way |
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se remettre |
to begin doing sth |
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au bout du compte |
"at the end of the day" |
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Pour autant |
for all that |
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lors de |
during, while |
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une enquête |
survey, poll |
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aboutir à |
to lead to |
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sensiblement |
pretty much |
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s'accroître |
to increase/ intensify |
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frémir |
to murmur, rustle, sway |
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le frémissement |
a murmur, rustling, quiver |
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aboiement |
barking |
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la cuisson |
cooking time/ quality |
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digeste |
edible |
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cauchemardesque |
nightmare/ hellish |
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braconnier |
poacher |
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la tombée/ chute |
fall/ descent |
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le raffinement |
elegance |
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la crue |
rise (in water level) |
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médire |
to bad mouth |
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la médisance |
slander, nastiness, bitchiness |
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laid |
ugly |
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la cruauté |
cruelty |
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sot |
stupid |
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la sottise |
stupidity, nonsense |
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à peu près |
roughly, just about |
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décemment |
decently, properly |
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l'usage |
use, function |
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enlever |
remove, take out, wash out, take off OR kidnap, abduct, take |
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un attrait |
an attraction, appeal |
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baroque |
bizarre, eccentric |
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aussitôt que |
as soon as, the moment that |
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tandis que |
whereas, while |
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aussitôt |
immediately, straight away |
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se plier à qch |
to give in to |
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répugner |
to disgust, repulse |
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faire place |
to give way, make way for |
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D'un bout à l'autre |
From one end to the other |
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le gradin |
tier, row of seats |
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so tordre de rire |
to be in stitches laughing |
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poursuivre |
to persue, chase, hunt |
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la fermeté |
the firmness |
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l'ahurissement |
amazement |
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solennel |
solemn, formal |
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une échelle |
ladder |
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le réseau |
grid, network |
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la pellicule |
film reel |
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un objectif |
lens |
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à pas de géant |
with great strides |
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la méfiance |
suspicion, mistrust |
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un essor |
flight, rise, development |
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étouffer |
sufficate/ muffle, hush up |
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épanouir |
make happy, give joy |
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s'épanouir |
blossom, come out of your shell |
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le déclencheur |
trigger |
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le déclic |
clicking, ticking sound |
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le trépied |
tripod |
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un tribunal |
court |
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Dorénovant |
From now on |
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la désinvolture |
casualness, offhandedness, indifference |
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feuilleter |
to leaf through, skim through |
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un moine |
monk |
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soupçonner |
to suspect |
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congédier |
discharge, sack |
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le fouet |
whip |
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maint |
many, numerous |
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Pourtant |
Yet, However |
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Tantôt |
shortly, soon |
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tantôt... tantôt |
sometimes... other times... |
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un soulèvement |
an uprising, revolt |
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enchevêtrer |
to tangle |
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en loques |
in rags |
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parcourir |
to travel, cross, wander, roam, browse |
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nuire à |
to damage, harm |
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être à son comble |
to be at its heights |
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flâner |
to stroll, wander, laze about |
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la fournaise |
blazing fire |
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host/ hostess |
hôte/ hôtesse |
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s'enfoncer |
to sink back into sth |
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s'incliner |
to recline |
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l'impassibilité |
impassiveness |
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l'ennuie |
boredom |
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alors que |
while |
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à travers |
through |
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la paupière |
eyelid |
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le cil |
eyelash |
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trapu/ costaud |
thick-set |
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tellement |
so |
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au vu de |
in view of |
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étant donné (que) |
considering (that) |
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la profession/ le métier/ le travail |
occupation |
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préciser, spécifier |
to specify sth |
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et ainsi de suite |
(and so on) and so forth |
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théâtral |
theatrical |
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le démarrage
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start, beginning |
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arrière-plan
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background |
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le cadrage |
framing, composition |
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la chambre noire |
darkroom
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un cliché
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photo, snapshot |
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un instantané |
an instant photo
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la mise au point |
focus, adjustment, development |
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la nature morte |
still life |
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l'obturateur |
shutter |
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la prise de vue
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shot |
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l'angle de prise de vue
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camera angle |
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le coude |
elbow |
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le sourcil |
eyebrow |
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ciller |
to blink |
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se tasser |
to shrink |
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noueux/se
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knotted |
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de bon gré |
willingly, gladly |
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de gré à gré |
by mutual agreement |
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le dépouillement
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starkness, austerity |
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l'éveil |
awakening, dawning |
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détenir |
to possess, hold
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prôner |
to advocate |
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la dépénalisation |
decriminalisation |
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un aménagement |
planning, arrangement, layout, organisation (e.g. law) |
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en outre |
besides, additionally
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marquant |
noteworthy, striking |
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un maintien |
upkeep, maintenance |
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une interdiction |
ban |
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encourir (encouru)
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to risk, expose yourself to |
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cliver |
to divide, split |
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clivant |
dividing |
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l'ouvrage
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work e.g. book, publication
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courant
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common, everyday |
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une crainte |
fear |
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à l'encontre de |
against, in opposition to |
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viser (à) |
to aim (for sth) |
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la mise |
stake, bet |
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le pêle-mêle |
anyhow, haphazardly, indiscriminately, jumble |
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des farouches opposants
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fierce opponents |
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un tollé |
an outcry |
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houleux |
stormy, rough, heated, turbulent |
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s'affoler |
to be all of a dither |
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à l'insu de |
unbeknown to [sb] |
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le front |
forehead |
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la joue |
cheek |
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le menton |
chin |
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les pommettes |
cheekbone |
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les narines |
nostrils |
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la poitrine |
chest |
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le pouce |
thumb |
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la cheville |
ankle |
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un orteil |
toe |
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les bas |
stockings |
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la chemise de nuit |
nightdress |
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la ceinture |
belt |
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le blouson |
jacket |
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le chemisier |
blouse |
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l'imperméable |
raincoat |
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le smoking |
tuxedo |
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le nœud papillon |
bow tie |
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le caleçon |
boxer shorts |
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un gilet |
waistcoat |
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un chapeau haut de forme |
top hat |
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un chapeau melon |
bowler hat |
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une cravate |
tie |
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de coton |
cotton |
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en cuir |
leather |
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de daim |
suede |
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de feutre |
felt |
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en laine |
woollen |
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en soie |
silk |
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en velours |
velvet |
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couché |
stretched out |
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appuyer |
to lean, rest |
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cloisin |
partition, wall |
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se pencher |
to lean |
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frôla |
to brush past |
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s'étirer |
to stretch out |
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bâiller (un bâillement) |
to yawn |
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se redresser |
straighten out/ stand up straight |
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céder le passage à |
give way to |
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de nouveau |
once again |
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Pourtant |
Yet, however |
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l'angoisse |
anxiety, dread, fear |
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un dessein |
aim, intention |
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faire volte-face |
to do an about turn |
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contraindre à |
to force |
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meurtrir |
to bruise |
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étroit |
narrow |
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se coller contre |
to huddle against |
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la mâchoire |
jaw |
