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Par habitude

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From habit

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Habituellement

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As a rule

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C’est la norme

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It’s the norm/standard practice

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Banal

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Banal
Common or garden
Run-of-mill

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Routinier

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Humdrum

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Se familiariser avec qqch

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To get to know stgh

To become acquainted with sth

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Insolite

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Out-of-the-ordinary

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Donner à qqun une raison pour faire qqch

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To give sb cause for doing smth

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Constituer une raison pour

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To be ground for

To be a reason for

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Pousser qqun a faire qqch

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To impel sb to do smth

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Incitation à

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Incitement to

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Impliquer

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To involve

To entail

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Declencher/Provoquer qqch

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To bring smth about
To prompt smth
To trigger smth

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Résulter de

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To result from

To arise from

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Avoir pour effet de faire

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To have the effect of doing

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Les répercussions de

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The aftermath of

The aftereffects

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Le résultat / l’issue

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The outcome

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Bref, il en a résulté que

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The upshot was

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D’où

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Hence

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Par hasard

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By chance

By accident

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Comme par hasard

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As luck would have it

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Faire qqch par chance

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To chance to do smth

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Au hasard

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At random

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Je me suis trouvée là par hasard

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I happened to be there

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A tout hasard

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Just in case

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Tirer au sort

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To draw lots

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Ce qu’une ? de chance

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Its the luck of the draw

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Tomber sur

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To come across/ upon

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Fait au petit bonheur / par hasard

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Haphazard

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Tomber par hasard sur

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To chance upon

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Fortuit

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Fortuitous

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Une découverte/ rencontre fortuite

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A chance meeting / discovery

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Inopportun

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Inopportune

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C’est une chance que

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Its lucky that

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De bon augure

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Auspicious

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Une porte bonheur

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A lucky charm

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Malchance

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Ill luck

Misfortune

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Il a eut la malchance de faire

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It was his misfortune to do

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39
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De mauvaise augure

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Omnious

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Faire contre mauvaise fortune bon cœur

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To put a brave face on it

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Le sort

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Fate

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Avoir des chances de faire qqch

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To stand a chance of doing smtgh

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Il y a une petite chance que

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There is a slight chance that

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Au cas ou

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In case

On the off-chance that

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Il se peut/pourrait qu’il le fasse

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He may/might well do it

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La probabilité

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Likehood

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Selon toute probabilité

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In all probability/likehood

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Impératif

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Imperative

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Obligatoire

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Obligatory

Compulsory

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Je me trouve dans l’obligation de

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I fini myself forced to

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51
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Je me trouve dans l’obligation de

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I find myself forced to

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52
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Il faut que tu le fasse

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You have got to do it

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Concevable

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Conceivable

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Faisable

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Feasible

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Éventuel

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Possible

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Dans le cas peu probable

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In the unlikely évent that

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Superflu inutile

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Unnecessary

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Vous n’avez pas besoin de le faire

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You needn’t do it

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On n’y peut rien

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It cant be helped

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Être sur de qqch

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To be certain / positive about smtgh

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Sans aucun doute

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Undoubtedly

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Il est indéniable que

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There is no gainsaying that

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J’aurais juré que

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I could swear that
I could have sworn that
I would stake my life on it

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Il va certainement refuser

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He is certain to refuse

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Doute

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Doubt

Dubiety

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Avoir des doutes sur

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To have misgivings about

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Mettre qqch en doute

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To cast doubt on smtgh

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Être assaillit /saisi de doutes

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To be assailed by / stricken with doubt about

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Louche

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Shady

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Mettre en question les motifs

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To query sb’s intention/motives

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Se demander si

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To wonter whether

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La vérité est que

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The truth of the matter is

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Authentique vrai

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Genuine(ness)

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Authentique vrai

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Genuine(ness)

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Donner raison à qqun

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To prove sb right

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J’en doute fort

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I have my my doubts

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Il est permis de douter

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There is room for doubts

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Falsifié

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Argent = forged fake false 
Spécialiste = bogus sham
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Soie

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Silk

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Une illusion erreur

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A fallacy

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Soi-disant

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So-called

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Feindre qqch

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To feign smtgh

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Prétendument

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Supposedly

Alledgedly

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Erroné

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Erroneous

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Le trompeur

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The deceitful

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Un pieux mensonge

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A white lie

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Un bobard

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A fib

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Mentir comme un arracheur de denr

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To lie through one’s teeth

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Un mythomane

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A compulsive liar

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Être d’une grande a aide a qqun

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To be of great use to sb

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Rendre service a qqun

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To stand sb a good stead

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Avoir le droit d’utiliser qqch

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To have the use of stmgh

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Assez utile

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Of some use

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Commode pratique

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Handy
Practical
Convinient

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Efficace

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Effective

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Convenir parfaitement

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To be ideally suited to sth

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Cela m’arrangerait bien d’avoir

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I could do with

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Mal utiliser qqch

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To misuse sth

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Garder qqch

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To hang on to sth

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Conserver qqch

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To retain sth

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Remettre qqch

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To hand sth over to sb

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Partager qqch entre

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To share sth over among

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Se débarrasser de qqch

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To dispose of sth

To get rid of sth

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Abandonner qqch a qqun

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To surrender sth to sb

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De M a T compris

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From M to T include

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De M a T compris

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From M to T include

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Comprendre

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To comprise

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Omettre

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To omit

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Ils se ressemblent comme deux gouttes d’eau

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They are like two peas in a pod

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Analogue a

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Analogous to

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Indifférenciable de

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Indistinguishable from

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Je ne peux pas les distinguer

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I cant tell them appart

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Faire penser

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To recall

To be reminiscent of

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Assimiler a qqch

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To liken sth to

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Dissemblable

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Dissimilar

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Sans rival

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Unrivalled

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Sans égal

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Unparalleled

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Établir une comparaison

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To draw a comparison

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Selon la coutume

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According to the custom

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Prendre l’habitude de qqch

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To get into the habit of doing smtg

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Ne prends pas cette habitude

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Don’t make a habit of it!

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La déviance de

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Deviance from

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Un coup de chance

A

A stroke of luck

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Probable

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Likely

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Ce n’est pas nécessairement le cas

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That needn’t to be the case

126
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Inévitable

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Unavoidable

127
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Considérer les choses comme allant de soi

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To take sth for granted

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Je te parie tout ce que tu veux que

A

You can bet your life that

129
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Ça devait arriver

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It was bound to happen

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Tromper qqun

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To deceive sb

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C’est adapté à mes besoins

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It’s relevant to my need

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Bon débarras

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Good riddance