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assister

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to help, assist, support, give aid to; to comfort, be with

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assister à

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to see, witness; to be present, attend, be at/there

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assister à des cours

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to take a course/classes

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aviser

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to decide, make a decision; to inform, let sb know

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avisé

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wise, shrewd, sound, well-considered

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s’aviser de (qch)

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to realise, notice, become aware of sth

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s’aviser de faire (qch)

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to risk doing sth, dare to do sth

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être bien/mal avisé de faire

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to be a good/bad idea to do sth

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bercer

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to rock, cradle, lull, soothe; to beguile, delude; to bring sb up, raise

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se bercer d’illusions

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to delude yourself

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ça a fait tilt

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the penny dropped, it suddenly clicked

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ça a fait tilt entre nous

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we clicked when we met

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Comment ça se fait?

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How come?

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les commérages

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gossip

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confondre

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to get mixed up, mistake, confuse; to confound, baffle, stun; to foil; to combine

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se confondre

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to become mixed up/confused

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se confondre avec (qch)

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to merge/blend into sth

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se confondre en excuses

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to apologise profusely

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se confondre en remerciements

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to thank sb profusely

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la contenance

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capacity; attitude; composure

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faire bonne contenance

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to keep your composure

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perdre contenance

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to lose your composure

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se donner une contenance

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to put up a front

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égarer

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to lose, misplace; to distort; to get the better of sb

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s’égarer

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to get lost; to disgress; to forget yourself

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embêter (fam)

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to annoy, irritate, bother, be a nuisance

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s’embêter

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to be/get bored; to bother with, worry about

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emmener

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to take (transport; go with sb); to lead

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s’enfuir

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to flee, run away, make your escape

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s’enfuir à toutes jambes

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to leg it

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l’esprit (m)

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mind, psyche, intellect; sense; spirit, ghost

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à l’esprit fermé

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to be close-minded, narrow-minded

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l’état d’esprit

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state of mind; mood

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étroit d’esprit

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narrow-minded

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ouvert d’esprit

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open-minded, broad-minded

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avoir (qch) à l’esprit

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to have sth in mind

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avoir bon esprit

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to be open-minded, be approachable, be good-natured

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avoir de l’esprit

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to be witty

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avoir l’esprit à faire (qch)

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to be in the mood to do sth, feel like doing sth

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avoir l’esprit de compétition

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to be competitive

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avoir l’esprit de famille

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to be family-oriented

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avoir l’esprit d’escalier

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to be slow off the mark, always think of a witty comeback when it’s too late

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avoir l’esprit mal tourné

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to have a dirty mind

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avoir l’esprit vif

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to be quick-witted

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avoir mauvais esprit

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to be a negative person, have a negative outlook

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chasser (qch) de son esprit

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to get sth out of your head

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l’esprit de contradiction

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argumentative nature

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faire du mauvais esprit

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to be nasty, make snide remarks

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faire le vide dans son esprit/sa tête

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to clear your mind

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garder (qch) à l’esprit

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to bear/keep sth in mind

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l’idée m’a traversé l’esprit

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the idea crossed my mind

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(s’)occuper l’esprit

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to keep your mind off things, occupy your mind

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la tournure d’esprit

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way of thinking

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étroit

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narrow

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être/se sentir à l’étroit

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to be/feel cramped/hemmed in, not have much space; to be tight (clothes)

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s’évanouir

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to faint, pass out; to vanish, disappear

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facturer

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to charge (sth) for (sth)

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facturer (qch) à (qn)

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to charge sb for sth

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facturer (qn)

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to bill/invoice sb

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surfacturer

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to overcharge

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la facture

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receipt; bill, invoice

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la facture (non) échue

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bill that is not yet due; overdue bill

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régler une facture

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to pay a bill

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facturable à (qn)

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chargeable to, payable by

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l’adresse de facturation

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billing address

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la facturette

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card receipt

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fiable

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reliable, dependable, trustworthy

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fouiller

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to search, conduct a search of; to rummage/go through; to excavate; to rack your brains; to look deeply into

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se fouiller (fam)

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dream on

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fouiller dans ses souvenirs/son esprit

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to search your memory/mind

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fuir

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to flee, run away; to leak; to avoid, shun; to fly by

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fuir (qch) comme la peste

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to avoid like the plague

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fuir les problèmes

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to avoid/run away from one’s problems

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faire fuir (qn)

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to put sb off, deter; to scare sb off

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la malchance

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bad luck, misfortune

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jouer de malchance

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to be plagued by bad luck

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par malchance

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unfortunately

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pour comble de malchance

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to cap it all off, to make things worse

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se moquer de qch

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to pay no attention to sth, not care/give a damn about sth

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se moquer de qn

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to laugh at, make fun of, tease, taunt; to make a fool of

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s’en moquer

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to really not care, not give a damn

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se moquer du monde

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to have one hell of a nerve, to be taking the piss

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nickel (fam)

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spotless, spick and span; great, excellent, awesome

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c’est nickel

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it’s fantastic, it’s amazing

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nier

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to deny, refute

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nier l’évidence

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to ignore the evidence, deny the obvious

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nier tout en bloc

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to deny everything completely

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oser

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to dare; to be daring, be bold

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oser faire (qch)

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to dare to do sth, have the audacity/cheek to do sth

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osé

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daring, audacious; risqué

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outrepasser

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to overstep; to override

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pile-poil (fam)

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exactly, right, dead

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plaisanter (sur)

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to joke, mess around; to tease, make fun of sb

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Qu’est-ce qu’il y a?

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What’s wrong? What is it?

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rapprocher

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to bring sth closer; to bring sth forward; to magnify, enlarge

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rapprocher qch de qch

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to compare sth with sth

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rapprocher qn de qn

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to put sb in touch with sb

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se rapprocher (de)

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to come/get/move closer; to become more frequent; to be getting there; to become/grow closer

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remplir

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to fill, refill; to fill sth in

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se remplir

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to fill up

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remplir ses objectifs

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to achieve your targets

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remplir son rôle

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to do your job, carry out your duties, fulfil your responsibilities

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remplir un critère/une condition

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to meet/fulfil a criterion/condition/requirement

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royalement (fam)

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royally, utterly, completely

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se moquer royalement de (qch)

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could not care less about sth

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taquiner

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to tease, annoy

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se taquiner

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to tease each other

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tromper

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to mislead, deceive, trick, outwit; to cheat on sb; to fail (memory); to betray

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se tromper

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to make a mistake, be mistaken

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se tromper de chemin

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to take the wrong path

111
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se tromper lourdement/royalement

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to make a big/huge mistake

112
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se tromper sur le compte de (qn)

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to be mistaken about sb

113
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se tromper sur toute la ligne

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to get everything wrong, be way off the mark

114
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tromper l’attente/le temps

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to kill time

115
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tromper l’ennui/la faim

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stave off boredom/hunger

116
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tu ne peux pas te tromper

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you can’t go wrong

117
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(le) veuf

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widowed, widower

118
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la veuve

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widow

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