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1
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a slight mistake

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une erreur insignifiante

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Sight-seeing

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nom : touriste / adverbe : touristique

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3
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A sroll

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rouleau

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later on

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qu’avant

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5
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Inner peace

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paix intérieure

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Nurture it

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éduquer, élever

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You dragged me all the way here

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tu m’as traîné jusqu’ici

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It was never my decision to make

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Ce n’était pas à moi de prendre une décision

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I would rather die

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autant mourir

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To tempt

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tenter

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To Foretold

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prédire

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Backward

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reluctant : hésitant (he’s not backward to give his opinion) / en arrière (without a backward look)

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Whilst (US)

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While (UK)

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Have a long wait

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attendre un long moment

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15
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the art of deep diving

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l’art de plonger

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16
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We dump in the sea a lot of

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déverser rubbish, waste

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17
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That policy is put to the test

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cette politique est mise à épreuve

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18
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The former =/

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the latter

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19
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An incentive

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une incitation / a deterrent

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20
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To pluck

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épiler les sourcils

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21
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I get gawky

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godiche

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22
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He was overlooked

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a été oublié

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23
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I stand corrected

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je reconnais mon erreur

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24
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A Fellow

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gars / type

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25
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Getting along with

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s’entendre bien avec

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26
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I won’t nether should u

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toi non plus tu ne devrais pas

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27
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We’re even now

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on est quitte

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Be here in any day

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arrive bientôt

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29
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A warrant

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un mandat / justify / certifier

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30
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Floating face down

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flotté tête dans l’eau

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31
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to call a name

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appeler

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32
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An embankment

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une berge

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33
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To spit out all the water

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recracher toute l’eau

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34
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To sail

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naviguer

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35
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To dodge

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esquiver

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36
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A sell sword

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a mercenary

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37
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Stand clear

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n’avancez pas

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38
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the city is sacked

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mise à sac

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39
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nock !

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lâcher (archers)

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40
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to surpass / go beyond

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surpasser

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41
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to excel oneself

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se surpasser

42
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to overcome

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dominer / dominate

43
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to outclass

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surclasser

44
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I’m very much alive

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je suis bien en vie

45
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he’s a dangerous man to cross

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contrarier

46
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A riddle

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énigme

47
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An Optimist

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optimiste

48
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You like her back?

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tu l’aimes aussi?

49
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A slander (spoken) / libel (written)

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une calmonie

50
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A smuggler

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contrebandier

51
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Be ready to leave at a moment notice

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sois prêt à partir le plus vite possible

52
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Distinction makes a good deal for some people

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la distinction est importante pour certaines personnes

53
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Don’t mock them

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ne te moque pas

54
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An oxymoron

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une oxymore

55
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A nervous breakdown / be hysterical

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crise nerveuse

56
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My mind is made up

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j’ai pris ma décision

57
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A chain of command

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hierarchy

58
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A frat house

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une fraterie (lycée)

59
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Dark rings / bags / shadowns under eyes

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cernes

60
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Crud !

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saloperie / merde

61
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Belittled

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rabaissé, déprécié

62
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Be shifty

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sournois

63
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Be shifty

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sournois

64
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Sky goggles

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des jumelles

65
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being Woozy

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dans les vapes

66
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A Womb

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utérus

67
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Kind of miss with that one

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t’as chié cette blague

68
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Busted !

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je t’ai niqué

69
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I made a commitment

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je me suis engagé

70
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being wooed

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être courtisé / charmé

71
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My back seized-up

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Mon dos s’est coincé

72
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A string

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une corde / une série - une suite (a whole string of achievements / a string of cards)

73
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To snuff smth

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a candle (éteindre) a hope (supprimer, ôter) enthusiasm (briser)

74
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a drifter

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someone who does not have any plans for life (pas but dans la vie, sait pas ce qu’il veut)

75
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To tease someone

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taquiner / embêter

76
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Be coy

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timide / evasif (shy)

77
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I puzzled that out

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j’avais compris

78
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A hunch

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an intuition (présentement)

79
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the tap

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une tape sur quelqu’un / robinet

tapoter quelque chose

80
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Employee / worker

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salarié

81
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A hint / to hint

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allusion / insinuer

82
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A wheelchair

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fauteuil roulant

83
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to climb

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grimper

84
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I opened a restaurant nearby

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j’ai ouvert un restaurant proche d’ici

85
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a rug

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un tapis

86
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we over reached

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allé trop loin

87
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to redial / a redial

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recomposer / renumérotation (you can redial these numbers by searching here)

88
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I met my match

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j’ai encontré mon âme soeur

89
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we don’t know what danger lurk nearby

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nous ne savons pas quel genre de danger il y a ici

90
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A latecomer

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un retardataire

91
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Ditch the class

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laisser tomber / sécher

92
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family’s dreams are pinned on me

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tous les rêves de la famille sont sur mes épaules

93
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to doze off

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s’assoupir / somnoler / sieste

94
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a fuss

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my friend enjoys making a fuss over nothing (histoire, ragot)

95
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To hit the light

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éteindre les lumières

96
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A dork

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un blaireau, une bite

97
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Knock it off

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ferme ta gueule

98
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I’m onto you

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je t’ai a l’oeil

99
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To tarnish

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se ternir (Silver can tarnish over time)

100
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His fins

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purposes

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