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to drop by

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to pop in*

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excentrique, décalé

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offbeat

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qui n’est pas en rythme, à contrtemps

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offbeat

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ignorant

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benighted

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avec bienveillance

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benignly

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protracted

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prolongé

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longuement

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protactedly

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a large number of

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a raft of

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une mine à ciel ouvert

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a strip mine (US)

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magique Edimbourg

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Magical Edinburgh

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l’automne venu

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with autumn

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le doit autant à … que

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owe it as much TO … as

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revêtir

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to don

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venir en famille

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to come with family

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to undertake

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to set out

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une cornemuse

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a bagpipe

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sur les pas

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on the trail

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l’optimisme

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a feel-good factor

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avoir bon coeur

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to be good-hearted

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jovial

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to be good-humoured

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protéger la réputation de qn

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to protect sb’s good name

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facile à vivre, bon enfant

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good-natured

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avoir bon caractère

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to be good-tempered

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bon à rien

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no good*

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activism with no effect ( just to feel better)
slacktivism (slacker + activism)
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soutenir, encourager
to root for
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un traînard
a laggard
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avoir le hoquet
to have the hiccups (hiccough)
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kilométrage
mileage
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consommation d'essence
the gas mileage
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parcourir plus de kilomètres par litre
to get a better milage
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mettre bas
to farrow
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museau
a snout
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col de l'utérus
a cervix
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une couchette
a bunk
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sécher les cours
to bunk off, to skive off school
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éclabousser
to splatter
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escroquer, avoir par la ruse
to trick
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faire son cirque, fanfaronner
to showboat
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arracher les dents
to pull teeth
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un bonbon
a candy
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tu as le nez qui s'allonge
Liar, liar, pants on fire
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se déguiser en
to dress up as
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une fête déguisée
a dress-up party
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to dress up
to dress smartly
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un couvercle
a lid
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exposer au grand jour
to lift the lid on sth, to take the lid of sth
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contenir, enrayer qqch (violence)
to keep the lid on sth
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lâche, flottant
floppy
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dégueuler
to puke up
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chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin
it's like looking for a needle in a haystack
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un petit plaisir
a treat
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pour faire plaisir à qqn
as a treat for sb
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on est gaté!
what a treat
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payer qqch à qqn
to treat sb to sth
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faire plaisir à qqn
to give sb a treat
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ça m'a vraiment fait plaisir
it was a treat
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faire des folies
to splash about
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to splatter
to splash
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une permission, un congé
a furlough (US)
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pelucheux
fluffy
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être d'un grand secours
to be a pillar of strength
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morve
snot*
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le chouchou
the pet
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caresser un animal de compagnie
to pet
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miroiter
to shimmer
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se sentir désarmé
to feel helpless
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sans défense
helpless
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une inclinaison
a slant
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un point de vue, une perspective
a slant
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déformer qqch
to give a slant
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cloîtrer, enfermer
to coop up
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mollement
limply
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paniqué
panicky
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la ciconférence
the girth
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sa corpulence
ample girth
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une sangle (cheval)
the girth
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le commencement des ennuis
the thin end of the wedge
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enfoncer qqch dans qch
to wedge sth in sth
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être coincé entre
to be wedged between
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aller et venir
to go back and forth
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s'affaisser
to sag
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les ouvriers, l'usine
the shop/factory floor
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être terrassé
to be floored
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être désorienté
to be floored by sth
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avoir la parole (speaker)
to have the floor
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a bunch
a scad*
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avant-garde
cutting edge
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le nappage, la garniture
the topping
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glandouiller, faire le fou
to fool around
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une sauterelle
a grasshopper
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hors-d'œuvre
a appetiser
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jeter un coup d'oeil
to glance
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regarder fixement
to stare
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apercevoir
to glimpse
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regarder avec un regard noir
to glare
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reluquer
to ogle
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cligner des yeux
to blink
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regarder qqn bouche bée
to gape at
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faire les gros yeux à qqn, regarder en fronçant les sourcils
to frown at / to scowl at
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