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1
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la situation critique des enfants

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the children’s plight

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First Iranian woman to be elected Nobel Prize in 2003

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Shirin Ebadi

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3
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pension alimentaire

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alimony

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4
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un voyou

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a yob

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5
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basculer dans la criminalité

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to turn to crime

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6
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un enfant qui rentre sans ses parents

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a latchkey kid

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7
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voler de ses propres ailes

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to stand on one’s feet

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8
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être sur un terrain glissant

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to be skating on thin ice

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9
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promesses en l’air

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to be pie in the sky

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10
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ventre affamé n’a pas d’oreilles

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a hungry man, an angry man

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11
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dette publique

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national debt

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12
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du coup

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as a result

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13
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ni sur le plan économique, ni sur le plan politique

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neither on the economic nor the political side

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14
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la tourmente

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the turmoil

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15
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vouloir la peau

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to want the hides

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16
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cache-cache

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hide-and-seek

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17
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l’euro est passé sous la bar des 1.3 $

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the euro has gone under the 1.3 dollar mark

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18
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ligne de mire

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line of sights

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19
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accroître, accumuler (finance)

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to accrue

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20
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tout cela dans un climat

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all of that combined in an atmosphere

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21
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nervosité

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nervousness

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22
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trucs et astuces

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tips and tricks

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23
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une fois par semaine

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once a week

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24
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cheminer

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to wend one’s way

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25
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réverencieux

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reverent

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26
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ils ne sont pas du coin

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they are not local boys

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27
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base aérienne

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air base

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28
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la base se trouve à quelques kilomètres de là

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the base is a few kilometres from there

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29
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traduire, rendre

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to ender

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30
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rendre qqn sans voix

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to render sbdy speechless

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31
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10 000 morts dans le monde

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10 000 deads worldwide

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32
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le nombre de morts

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the death toll

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33
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Durant l’ascension de ce col, les cyclistes n’ont cessé de se dépasser.

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As they were climbing this pass, the cyclists repeatedly overtook one another.

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34
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dépasser

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to exceed

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35
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qqch est terminé

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sth is over

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36
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conseiller spécial à la direction général de l’OMS

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special adviser to the WHO’s Management board

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37
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hémisphère nord

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Northern hemisphere (majuscule à northern)

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38
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une majuscule

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a capital (letter)

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39
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il avait notamment relevé

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he notably pointed out

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40
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notamment

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especially, particularly

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41
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par erreur

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mistakenly > by mistake

42
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tragique

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tragic

43
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remonter à

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to date back TO

44
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mettre son nez dans qqch

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to poke your nose into sth

45
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plonger dans un texte

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to go deep in

46
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plonger dans qqch

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to bury yourself in sth

47
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traverser une période difficile

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to go through a rough patch

48
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exécuter, mener à bien

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to go through with

49
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feuilleter

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to go through

50
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fureter

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to ferret about

51
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fouiller

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to rummage around

52
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trifouiller

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to rummage about

53
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bizarrerie

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a quirk

54
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vivre dans des logements qui n’en sont pas

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living in so-called housing

55
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logement

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a housing

56
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il s’agit d’avoir un toit malgré tout

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it’s simply a matter of having a roof over their heads

57
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continuer, ne pas cesser de

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to keep ON

58
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cave

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a cellar

59
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une ampoule au plafond

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a light on the ceiling

60
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ampoule (médical)

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a blister

61
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ampoule (électricité)

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a bulb

62
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un mur suintant

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a seeping wall

63
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l’humidité

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the damp

64
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être à la rue

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to be on the street

65
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volonté

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willpower

66
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la volonté nécessaire pour tenter de reprendre une vie normale

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the necessary willpower needed to try to resume a normal life

67
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to take up again

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to resume

68
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une nette recrudescence

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a marked upsurge

69
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déluge

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a spate

70
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une recrudescence de meurtres

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a spate of murders

71
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une cabane

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a shed => rangement / a shack => une habitation sommaire

72
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les bois

A

the woodS

73
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docteur en

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Doctor of (majuscule à docteur)

74
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je n’ai aucune joie. Aucune

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I feel no joy. None whatsoever.

75
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j’ai appris

A

I heard the news

76
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combien cela m’a fait de la peine

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how much pain IT CAUSED ME

77
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mais j’espérais tout de même

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but still I was hoping

78
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il était dans une Jeep quand il a été décapité

A

he was riding in a Jeep when he got decapited

79
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décapiter (par accident)

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to decapitate

80
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décapiter

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to behead

81
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avec désinvolture, négligemment, par accident

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casually

82
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ils ne se rendaient pas compte de ce que cela me faisait

A

what they were puting me through

83
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infliger qch à qn

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to put sbdy through sth

84
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passer qqn à qqn

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to put sbdy through sbdy

85
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en faire voir à qqn

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to put sbdy through hell

86
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rencontrer qqn dans la rue

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to run into sbdy in the street

87
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Jock est le seul être que j’ai aimé

A

Jock is the only person I ever loved

88
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couver qqch

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to be sickening for sth

89
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Je l’imaginais comme j’en avais vu tant d’autres

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I imagined him the way I saw I had seen so many others

90
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un tas d’amis

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a bunch of friends

91
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Depuis que je suis à Paris, j’ai revu un tas de vieux amis, mais à tous j’avais envie de dire

A

I have seen a whole bunch of old friends since I arrived in Paris, but to every single one I felt like

92
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ce n’est pas vous que j’ai envie de voir

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you’re not the one I want to see

93
Q

aïe

A

ouch

94
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A tes souhaits

A

bless you

95
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cocorico

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cock-a-doodle-do

96
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qui vole un bœuf vole un bœuf

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once a thief, always a thief

97
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un sèche linge

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a tumble drier

98
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déclasser, rétrograder

A

to downgrade

99
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être sur le déclin

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to be on the downgrade

100
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être contrarié par qch

A

to resent sth

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