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Genevieve's Decks > Alliance Française > Flashcards

Alliance Française Flashcards

1
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The economic crisis

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Le crise

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He loans you money

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Il te prêt(e) de l’argent

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3
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Tuition fees

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Les frais scolarité

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a portion

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une partie

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5
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wisdom

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la sagesse

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a sabbatical

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une année sabbatique

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ridiculous / derisory

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dérisoire

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I’m joking

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je rigole

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9
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the way of explaining

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le façon d’expliquer

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10
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I remember

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je me souviens

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11
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Let’s get back to the job at hand

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revenons à nos moutons

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12
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out loud

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à voix haut

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a real lightning bolt

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un vrai coup foudre

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14
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It’s great right (like a dream!)

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le rêve, quoi

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15
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I always knew that…

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j’ai toujours su que…

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16
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to feel (an emotion, 2)

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ressentir / éprouver

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17
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French as a foreign language

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Français Langue Étrangère (FLE)

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it was thanks to / on the basis of… (2)

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C’a été grâce à / par le biais de…

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19
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To negotiate / barter (3)

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négocier / discuter le prix / marchander

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20
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I don’t have the means (to pay)

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Je n’ai pas les moyens

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21
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I can’t pay that much

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je ne peux pas mettre autant

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22
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can you do me a deal? (4)

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Vous pouvez me faire un prix / une réduction / un rabais / une ristourne (familar) ?

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23
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I can make you a deal (3)

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Je peux vous faire un prix / baisser le prix / diminuer le prix

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I’ll give you both for 10 euro

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Je vous fais les deux à dix euros

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I’ll give you a 10% discount

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Je vous fais dix pour cent de réduction

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It’s a bargain!

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C’est une affaire!

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Be careful / pay attention (2)

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Faisez attention / soyez vigilant

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28
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to warn

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mettre en garde

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29
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you’ll get scammed (2)

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tu vas te faire arnaquer / escroquer

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Don’t be had!

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Ne te fais pas avoir!

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31
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Be careful of…

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Méfie-toi de…

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32
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Don’t trust too much…

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ne faites pas trop confiance à…

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33
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I will always remember…

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Je me souviendrai toujours de…

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34
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I have never forgotten…

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Je n’ai jamais oublié…

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35
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I still remember…

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J’ai gardé en mémoire…

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36
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I memorise the story

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je mémorise l’histoire

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37
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I know by heart

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Je connais par coeur

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38
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This moved me

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Cela me touchait

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39
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I really wanted to…

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je tenais absolument à…

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40
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I was resolutely decided to…

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j’étais résolument décidé(e) à…

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41
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a curriculum / pathway

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un cursus

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42
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I joined a vocational track

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j’ai intégré une filière professionnelle

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43
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a training course

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une formation

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44
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I first worked as a…

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j’ai d’abord travaillée comme… (coiffeur, ingénieur, etc. - no article)

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45
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It gave me a good foundation

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ça m’a donné des bonnes bases

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46
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I was dazzled/blown away by…

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J’ai été ébloui(e) par…

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47
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an auction

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un vente aux enchères

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48
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to bid

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enchérir

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49
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to submit

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soumettre

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50
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to have difficulty with a computer (to row)

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ramer

51
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I crashed the computer / the computer crashed

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J’ai planté l’ordinateur / l’ordinateur a planté

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a computer programme

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un logiciel

53
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to connect (e.g. a printer)

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brancher

54
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to download

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télécharger

55
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however (3)

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cependant, pourtant, toutefois

56
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nevertheless

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néanmoins

57
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even so

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quand même

58
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I want to take my studies further

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Je veux prendre mes études plus loin

59
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I can’t do anything

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je ne peux rien faire

60
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remote work

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travailler à distance

61
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ouroboros

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le chat qui se morde la queue

62
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to spread

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s’étaler

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a holder / bearer

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un titulaire

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preliminary / prior

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préalable

65
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in that case

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dans ce cas (pron. “cah”)

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a piece of evidence / a proof

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Une preuve

67
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a certificate

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une attestation

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to withdraw money

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prélever de l’argent

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a (bank) transfer

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un virement

70
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a direct debit / a levy

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un prélèvement

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To sort out admin stuff / get your affairs in order (2)

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faire les papiers / faire le travail administratif

72
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a dig / excavation

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une fouille

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an account of an event/adventure

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un récit

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the root (of a word)

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le bas

75
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the endings (of words)

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les terminés

76
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to turn something over

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retourner quelque chose

77
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to return something

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rendre quelque chose

78
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suddenly

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tout à coup

79
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a self-taught course

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un cours d’autodidacte

80
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a testimony

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un témoignage

81
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to take note

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constater

82
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kindness

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la gentillesse

83
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a book (fam)

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un bouquin

84
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se sentir à l’aise

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to feel at ease

85
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to struggle / writhe

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se démener

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to help one another

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s’entraider

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to wrack one’s brains

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se creuser la cervelle

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by accident

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par hazard

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to drill / to pierce

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percer

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a sector

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une filière

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job opportunities

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débouchés

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goosebumps

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clair de poule

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It’s not my thing

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ce n’est pas mon truc

94
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decipher

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déchiffrer

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a report (2)

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un rapport / un reportage

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affordable / approachable / easy to understand

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abordable

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an exchange / barter

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un troc

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to break up

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rompre

99
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a loop

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une boucle

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to aim

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viser

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to chat

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tchatcher

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gifted

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doué

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to count

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dénombrer

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decompartmentalization

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décloisonnement

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the proletariat (2)

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la classe ouvrière / les travailleurs

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a builder

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un ouvrier

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a snowflake

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un flocon

108
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something that hit me

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quelque chose qui m’a marqué

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an asset

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un atout

110
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an industry

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une filière

111
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too focussed on…

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trop axé(e) sur le…

112
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to unwind

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débrouiller

113
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framework / curriculum

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l’encadrement

114
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a medical internship

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internat

115
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an internship

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un stage

116
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a physical fight

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une bagarre

117
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an ideological fight

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un debat

118
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cohabitation

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coallition

119
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to revalue

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revaloriser

120
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what does it do/serve?

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ça sert à quoi?

121
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really (2)

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vraiment / drôlement

122
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in the end (2)

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à la longue / à la fin

123
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it will have it’s effect

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ça ferra son effet

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