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Mon vocabulaire d'anglais. Mots et expressions croisés au cours de lectures et de conversations. A l'usage des francophones souhaitant réviser leur vocabulaire d'anglais.
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assourdissant
 Definition
deafening
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surmonter qch
 Definition
to get over something
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changeant, inconstant
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fickle
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une reprise (musicale)
 Definition
a cover
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faire le tri
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to sort through
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se montrer plus malin
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to outwit
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une arrière-pensée
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a ulterior motive
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un porte-la-poisse
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a jinx
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porter la poisse à qn
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to put a jinx on somebody
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hurler, brailler
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to bawl
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engueuler
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to bawl out
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Les jours se suivent mais ne se ressemblent pas
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The days follow but do not resemble one another
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un ton, une hauteur de voix
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a pitch
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un chœur, une chorale
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a choir
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un élagage
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a pruning
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tailler (par ex. un arbre)
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to prune
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sortir (=to go out)
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to head out
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prématurément
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prematurely
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légèrement, faiblement
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faintly
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un moulin à café
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a coffee grinder
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épanoui
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blooming
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un diacre
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a deacon
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un dur travail
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a slog
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bien-pensant, moralisateur
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self-righteous
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éviter, fuir
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to shun
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flatteur
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flattering
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swinger, danser le rock
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to jive
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un sarcasme
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a jibe
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une énigme
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a conundrum
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convoiter
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to covet
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C'est l'hôpital qui se moque de la charité
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It is the pot calling the kettle black
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trimer sur qch
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to slog away at sthg
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mettre KO, mettre au tapis
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to knock out
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s'occuper de (=to look after)
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to tend to
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tergiverser
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to waver
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dément, dingue
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terrific
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cribler qch de qch
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to riddle sthg with sthg
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une devinette
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a riddle
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un éloge
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a praise
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rainuré, strié
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grooved
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aboutir à une impasse
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to reach a stalemate
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passer à l'attaque
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to put the boot in [UK]
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flanquer qqn dehors, virer qqn
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to give sb the boot
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être flanqué à la porte
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to get the boot /
to be given the boot
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Elle était brillante, riche et belle par-dessus le marché
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She was brilliant, rich and beautiful to boot
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un coffre de voiture (2 façons)
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a boot [UK], a trunk [US]
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faire démarrer, mettre en route
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to boot up
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un vide-grenier
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a car boot sale [UK]
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être dans le coup
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to be in the loop
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un chateau de cartes
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a house of cards
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1) les décombres
2) l'épave (d'un avion par ex.)
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the wreckage
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une motivation, un encouragement
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an incentive
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dérouter, rendre perplexe
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to puzzle
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un fanatique
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a zealot
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continuer sans relâche
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to continue unabated
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essayer de gagner du temps
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to stall
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1) esquiver
2) truquer
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to fudge
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un pamplemousse
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a grapefruit
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une serviette (de table)
 Definition
a napkin
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une boisson
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a beverage
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un céléri
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a celery
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prendre son petit déjeuner/déjeuner/dîner
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to eat breakfast/lunch/dinner
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du thon
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tuna
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mettre la table
 Definition
to set the table
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un yahourt nature
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a plain yoghurt
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un yahourt à la fraise
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a yoghurt with strawberries
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un paquet de café
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a package of coffee
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salade (2 façons)
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salad, lettuce
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Le service est-il compris ? (dans un restaurant)
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Is the service charge included?
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une omelette nature/aux champignons
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a plain omlette / an omlette with mushrooms
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un anchois, des anchois
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an anchovy, anchovies
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apéritif, amuse-gueule
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an appetizer
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un pot de confiture
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a jar of jam
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un plat (aliments)
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a dish
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des oœufs sur le plat
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fried eggs
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l'addition (au restaurant)
 Definition
the bill
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filer à l'anglaise
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to take French leave
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rancunier
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vindictive
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malveillant, méchant
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spiteful
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parler par énigmes
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to speak in riddles
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Ce n'est qu'une façon de parler
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That's (just) a figure of speech
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Parlons peu, parlons bien
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Let's get straight to the point
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sans parler de (2 façons)
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not to mention /
let alone
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parler à tort et à travers
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to talk drivel
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babiller
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to babble
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bavardage
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babble
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parler pour ne rien dire
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to talk for the sake of talking
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Quand on parle du loup (on en voit la queue)
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Speak of the devil (and he appears)
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dire à qqn sa façon de parler
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to tell someone what one thinks/feels
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être la voix de la sagesse
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to speak words of wisdom
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dorénavant, désormais
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henceforth
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et... et (adjonction d'adjectifs)
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both... and
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une manche
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a sleeve
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au-dessous de
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below
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la moule
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a mussle
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à moins que... ne
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unless...
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jusqu'à ce que
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until
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un poêle
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a stove
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donc
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therefore
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une poêle
 Definition
a frying pan
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