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1
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garder une bonne allure

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keep up the pace

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aller à la même allure

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to keep pace with

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3
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regretté

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late lamented

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4
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Fait divers

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News item

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5
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Avoir un fou rire

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To have the giggles

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6
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Négotiation salariale

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Collective bargaining

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7
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Wagon

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Carriage

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8
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Bruissement, froissement

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Rustle

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9
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Tune-up

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Réglage, mise au point,

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10
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Gare toi

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Pull over

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11
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être d’origine iranienne

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to be of Iranian extraction

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12
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basé sur

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grounded on

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13
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cliché (photo)

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snapshot

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14
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concours de beauté

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beauty contest

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15
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vitrine d’un magasin

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shop window

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16
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Les Contes des Mille et Une Nuits

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The Arabian Nights

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17
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tablette tactile d’Apple

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Apple touch-sensitive tablet

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18
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s’arracher (se vendre énormément)

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to snap up

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19
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se lasser

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to tire

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20
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Bousculer

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Push around

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21
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Être formellement interdit

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To be positively forbidden

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22
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Être carrément dangereux

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To be positively hazardous

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23
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Il a tourné au coin de la rue

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He turned the corner

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24
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Tenir qqch de source sûr

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To get sth from the horse’s mouth

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25
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Roder

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Prowl around

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26
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Équarisseur

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Knacker

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27
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Cri strident

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Screech

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28
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Pouliche

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Filly

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29
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St francois d’assise

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St francis os assisi

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30
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Ceder

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Buckle

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31
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Se repentir d’avoir fait qqch

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To rue the day you did sth

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32
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Un chien errant

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A stray dog

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33
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Précurseur

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Herald

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34
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Annoncer

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Herald

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35
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Jeter l’éponge

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Throw in the towel

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36
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Être nerveux

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To have one’s heart in one’s mouth

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37
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Leurre

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Decoy

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38
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Déssecher

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Parch

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39
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Qui aime bien châtie bien, délaisser le martinet rend l’enfant capricieux

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Spare the rod, spoil the child

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40
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Cligner des yeux

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Blink

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41
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Qqn que j’aime bien, être sur la même longueur d’onde

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Sbdy after my own heart

42
Q

Mal au ventre, trouille

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Collywobbles

43
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Clin d’oeil

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Wink

44
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Manège

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Merry-go-round

45
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Loony left

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Extrémiste du parti travailleur

46
Q

Etre dans le coup

A

To be in the loop

47
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Se sentir à l’écart

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To feel left out

48
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Defaillance électronique

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Glitch

49
Q

Inform on to the police

A

Turn sbdy in

50
Q

Jacasser

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Prattle

51
Q

Palpiter, pari

A

Flutter

52
Q

Larguer les amarres

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Cast off

53
Q

Discret

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Unconspicious

54
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Un peu

A

A tad

55
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Crépiter, craquer

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Crackle

56
Q

Zut

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Blast

57
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Se chamailler

A

Bicker

58
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être étouffant

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to be stuffy

59
Q

cyan

A

turquoise

60
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une porte condamnée

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a blocked door

61
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un débarras

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a junk door

62
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ornement

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decoration

63
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un homme moustachu

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a man with a moustache/ (a moustached man)

64
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visage carré

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square-shaped

65
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nez crochu

A

hooked nose

66
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de l’intérieur

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inwardly

67
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terne, fade

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drab

68
Q

une teinte

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a hue

69
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vivre dans le mensonge

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to live a lie

70
Q

bel et bien

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definitely

71
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comme (lorsqu’il pê remplacé par puisque)

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since

72
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je fais ce que je veux

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I do whatEVER I want to

73
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de tous les instants

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unfailing

74
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sans qui

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but for whom

75
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sans elle

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but for her

76
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carnet

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notebook

77
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réminiscence

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recollection

78
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négliger

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overlook

79
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ne pas négliger

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not to be overlooked

80
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éplucher un livre

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to comb trough a book

81
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aide appréciable

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significant/valuable help

82
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piété

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godliness

83
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jouer à se faire peur

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to play chicken

84
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to be disappointed, upset, desillusioned

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much of one’s dismay

85
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genoism (Gattaca)

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racism based on gene

86
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exclure

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rule out

87
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concierge

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janitor

88
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avoir vent de

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to catch wind of

89
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un enfant de Dieu

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God-child

90
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filleul

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godchild

91
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hum

A

hmm

92
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tutoyer

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to be on first-name terms

93
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tranche

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edge

94
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chatouiller

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to tickle

95
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connaître qqch comme le fond de sa poche

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to know sth like the back of one hand

96
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soif inassouvissable

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unquenchable

97
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presque, à un cheveu

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close, but no cigar

98
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vous n’allez pas me croire

A

believe me or not

99
Q

marier sa fille

A

to marry one’s daughter off

100
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tout finit par s’arranger

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things always sort themselves out in the end

101
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si, moi je le sais

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I do know

102
Q

être clairvoyant

A

to be clear-sighted

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