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Chapitre Quatre - La Tristesse Flashcards

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Abattu(e)

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Dejected, downhearted

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Aigre-doux

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Bittersweet

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Aller de mal en pire

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To go from bad to worse

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Aller droit au cœur

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To move deeply

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Amertume

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Sadness, bitterness

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Angoisse

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Anguish

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Angoissé(e)

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Anguished, distressed, anxious

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Anxieusement

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Anxiously

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Attrister

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To sadden

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Avoir de malchance

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To be unlucky

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Avoir de la peine

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To be sad, have pain

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Avoir des ennuis

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To have problems

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Avoir des idées noires

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To be sad, melancholy

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Avoir des soucis

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To have problems

To be preoccupied

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Avoir du chagrin

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To be sorrowful

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Avoir l’air triste

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To look sad

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Avoir la guigne

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To have bad luck

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Avoir le cœur serré

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To be sad at heart

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Avoir le cafard

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To have the blues

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Avoir le cœur gros

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To be sad at heart

To have a swollen heart

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Avoir une mine (une tête) d’enterrement

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To look gloomy

To have a funeral face

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Avoir pitié de quelqu’un

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To feel pity or compassion for someone

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Boire le calice jusqu’à la lie

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To bear the greatest insults without a word

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Bouleverser

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To upset, to throw into confusion

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Bouleversé(e)

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Upset, distressed, emotional

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Broyer du noir

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To give in to sad thoughts

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Chagrin

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Sorrow, grief

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Consoler

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To console

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Crier misère

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To complain

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Déception

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Disappointment

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Décevoir

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To disappoint

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Déçu(e)

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Disappointed

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De guerre lasse

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Unable to fight anymore

Giving up

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Désappointé(e)

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Disappointed

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Désastreux(se)

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Disastrous

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Désemparé(e)

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Distressed

A ship in distress, out of control

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Désespoir

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Despair

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Donner des soucis à

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To worry someone

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Douleur

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Sorrow, pain

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Douloureux(se)

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Sorrowful, painful

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Éclater en sanglots

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To burst into sobs

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Émouvant(e)

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Moving, touching

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Émouvoir

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To move, to touch

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Ému(e)

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Moved

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Être à plaindre

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To be pitied

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Être chagriné(e)

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To be sad

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Être comme une âme en peine

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To be like a lost soul

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Être dans de beaux draps

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To be in a bad fix

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Être de mauvaise humeur

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To be in a bad mood

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Être déprimé(e)

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To be depressed

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Être désolé(e)

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To be sorry

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Être désespéré(e)

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To be in a state of dispair

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Être embêté(e)

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To be worried

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Être navré(e)

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To be sorry

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Être ronge de chagrin (par la douleur)

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To be eaten up by sorrow

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Être tracassé(e)

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To be worried

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Faire contre mauvaise fortune bon cœur

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To face adversity with courage

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Faire de la peine

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To cause sorrow or grief

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Faire pitié

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To arouse pity

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Faire triste figure

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To look sad

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Faire triste mine

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To look sad

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Faire une déprime

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To have a depression

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Fondre en larmes

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To burst into tears

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Inquiet, inquiète

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Worried

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Inquiétant(e)

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Which causes worry or apprehension

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Inquiétude

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A state of uneasiness, worry

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Larme

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Tear (as in crying)

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Larmoyant(e)

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Teary

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Las, lasse

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Exhausted emotionally or physically

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Malheur

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Misfortune

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Malheureux (se)

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Unhappy

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Mélancolie

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Vague sadness, feeling of disgust towards life

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Mélancolique

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Person who suffers from vague sadness

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Misère

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State of extreme poverty

An event that causes unhappiness

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Misérable

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Poor
Pitiful
Despicable

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N’en pouvoir plus

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To have had enough

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Ne pas être dans son assiette

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To feel out of sorts

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Ne pas savoir à quel saint de vouer

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Not to know which way to turn

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Ne pas savoir à quoi s’en tenir

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Not to know what to make of it

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Ne pas savoir où donner la tête

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Not to know what to do

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Ne pas savoir sur quel pied danser

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Not to know what to do

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Peiner

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To cause sorrow, to sadden

To do something with difficulty

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Perdre pied

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To not know what one is doing

Not to be able to touch bottom when in deep water

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Pénible

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Tedious, painful

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Pépin

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Problem

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Plainte

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Complaint, moan

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Plaintif(ive)

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Doleful (tone)

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Plaintivement

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In a doleful voice

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Pleurer à chaudes larmes

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To cry profusely

To cry hot tears

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Pleurer comme une madeleine

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To cry profusely

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Pleurer misère

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To complain

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Pleurer quelqu’un

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To mourn the loss of someone

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Pleurnicheur(euse)

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Someone who cries without reason or complains in a teary voice

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Prendre son mal en patience

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To bear one’s misfortune with patience

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Quel dommage!

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What a pity!

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Quel malheur!

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What misfortune

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Quelle tuile!

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What a blow!

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Ronger

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To torment

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Sanglot

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Sob

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Sangloter

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To sob

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Sensible

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Sensitive

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Se faire de la bile

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To worry

To produce bile

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Se faire du mauvais sang

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To worry

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Se faire du souci

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To worry

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Se plaindre

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To complain

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Se ronger le cœur

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To be tormented

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Souci

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Worry

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Soucieux(se)

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Person who worries

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Touchant(e)

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Touching

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Triste comme un bonnet de nuit

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As dull as dishwater

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Verser des larmes de crocodile

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To shed crocodile tears

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Voir tout en noir

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To be pessimistic

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