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Advanced 4 Vocab_Engl to Fren Flashcards

1
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to claim responsibility for

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ÿþrevendiquer

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2
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top hat

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un haut-de-forme

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a fitted coat, a frock coat

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une redingote

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the famous Napoleonic two-horned hat

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une bicorne

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a beret (particularly a painter’s beret)

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une faluche

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stockings

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des bas

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submachine gun

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une mitraillette

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shotgun

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un fusil

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pistol

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un pistolet

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knife

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un couteau

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bayonet

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une baïonnette

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12
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sword

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une épée

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sabre

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un sabre

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14
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scythe

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une faux

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15
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apron

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un tablier

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16
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non-aristrocratic man (old term)

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le sans-culotte

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17
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in the background

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à l’arrière-plan

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18
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in force

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en vigueur

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19
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that sucks!

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ça craint!

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20
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breeches

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les culottes

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21
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to bring about

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entraîner

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22
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paintbrush

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le pinceau

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23
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to sail

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voguer

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24
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to run aground’ to be beached

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s’échouer

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25
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the open sea

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le large

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26
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offshore

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au large

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27
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to be 4 metres wide

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faire 4 mètres de large

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28
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to sink

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couler

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29
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grounding running aground

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l’échouage

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30
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service record

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les états de service

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31
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crew

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l’équipage

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32
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rowboat, motor launch

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la chaloupe

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33
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food, supplies

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les vivres

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34
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moorings

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les amarres

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35
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to pile up, to squeeze into

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s’entasser

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36
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to let go - to cast off moorings, to unfurl sails, to drop a bomb, to release a satellite

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larguer

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37
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presumably

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vraisemblablement

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38
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anxiety

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l’angoisse

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39
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to dumbfound

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méduser

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40
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to rear up (of a horse)

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se cabrer

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41
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to stand up, to rise up

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se dresser

42
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spotting, stakeout

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repérage

43
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Busy , loaded (of a weapon), heaped

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chargé

44
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I can’t do any more (I’m very tired)

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J’en peux plus

45
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good (cf pas terrible)

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pas mal

46
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not good (cf pas mal)

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pas terrible

47
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really, very (famliar)

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vachement

48
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Expression indicating fatigue

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Ouh

49
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ways of attracting attention

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dis dis-donc t’as vu tiens

50
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notably in particular

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notamment

51
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in particular

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entre autres

52
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to throw back to reflect to echo

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renvoyer

53
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to be heavily burdened

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Être chargé comme un baudet

54
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donkey

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un baudet

55
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to fire sb to expel sb

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virer

56
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to imply

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sous-entendre

57
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to fall flat on one’s face

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prendre une gamelle

58
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mess-kit lunchbox

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une gamelle

59
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to climb up

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gravir

60
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to climb (stairs)

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grimper

61
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to get over to cross

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franchir

62
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Let him who thinks ill there be shamed

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Honni soit qui mal y pense

63
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to be shamed to be spurned to be contemned

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honnir

64
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je ne comprends pas la logique… (ironic phrase)

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c’est malin…

65
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stiff straight taut

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raide

66
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clever ingenious

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malin

67
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to have one’s head in the clouds

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être tête en l’air

68
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absent-minded

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étourdi

69
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for free for nothing

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à l’oeil

70
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exclamation when you don’t believe what someone has said to you (equivalent to “my foot!” in English)

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mon oeil!

71
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perfect

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au poil

72
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cheerful, good-humoured

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de bon poil

73
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to be naked

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être à poil

74
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ne pas hésiter

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ni une, ni deux

75
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very quickly

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en deux temps, trois mouvements

76
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simple-minded, oafish

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balourd

77
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clumsy

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pataud

78
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plush, fluff

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peluche

79
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plush toy

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un jouet en peluche

80
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teddy bear

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un ours en peluche

81
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to be lazy

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avoir un poil dans la main

82
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next to nothing

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trois fois rien

83
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deliberately, on purpose

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exprès

84
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to restrain, to curb, to constrain

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contraindre

85
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to force oneself

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se contraindre

86
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plan

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le dispositif

87
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not to say, or even

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voire

88
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basis

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les fondements

89
Q

We can do better than

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On peut d’autant mieux le faire que

90
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to confine

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cantonner

91
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in the first instance

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dans un premier temps

92
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on the street (lit. on the highway)

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sur la voie publique

93
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property developers

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les promoteurs immobiliers

94
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all the same

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tout de même

95
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it saves time and money

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ça fait gagner du temps et de l’argent

96
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to miss (a train, a target)

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rater

97
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journey, voyage

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le périple

98
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it is fashionable to buy luxury brands

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c’est la mode d’acheter des marques de luxe

99
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to pamper, to pet, to spoil

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chouchouter

100
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They are very sensitive to the attention paid to them

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Ils sont très sensibles à l’attention qu’on leur porte

101
Q

availability

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La disponibilité

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