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Je te dérange?

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Am bothering you?

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J’ai besoin de te parler

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I need to talk to you

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Au fait

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by the way

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Excusez-moi de vous interrompre

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Excuse me for interrupting

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Excusez-moi de vous déranger

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Excuse me for disturbing you

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Je (ne) vous dérange (pas)?

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I’m (not) bothering you?

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Est-ce que vous auriez une petite minute?

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Do you have a minute?

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Je voudrais vous demander votre avis

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I would like to ask your opinion

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Si vous avez un instant, j’aimerais vous parler de quelque chose

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If you have a moment, I would like to talk to you about something

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En réalité

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Actually

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une campagne électorale

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election campaign

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un débat

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debate

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désigner/nommer

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to appoint

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discuter (de)

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to discuss

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un électeur/une électrive

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voter

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élire (pp: élu)

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to elect

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être candidat(e) (à la présidence)

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to run (for president)

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se faire inscrire

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to register (to vote)

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la lutte (contre)

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fight, struggle (against)

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un mandat

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term of office

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la politique étrangère

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foreign policy

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la politique intérieure

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internal policy

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un problème/une question

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issue

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un programme électoral

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platform

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se (re)présenter

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to run (again)

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réélire (pp: réélu)

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to reelect

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soutenir

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to support

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un deuxième tour

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run-off election

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voter

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to vote

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l’armée (f)

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army

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les armes (f pl) de destruction massive

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weapons of mass destruction

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l’engin (m) explosif improvisé

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improvised exploding device

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les forces (f pl)

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forces

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le front

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front lines

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le soldat

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soldier

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les combats (m pl)

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fighting

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le conflict

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conflict

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une embuscade

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ambush

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libérer

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to free

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livrer

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to deliver

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se produire

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to happen, take place

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prendre en otage

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to take hostage

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attaquer

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to attack

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un attentat

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attack

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la mort/les morts (m pl)

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death/the dead

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la peine de mort

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death penalty

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le terrorisme

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terrorism

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tuer

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to kill

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céder à

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to give up/give in

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la négociation

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negotiation

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la paix

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peace

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la polémique

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controversy

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les pourparlers (m pl)

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talks; negotiations

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un sans-abri

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homeless person

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l’espionnage (m)

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spying

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insensé(e)

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insane

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une mine

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mine

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l’opposition (f)

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opposition

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le droit de vote

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the right to vote

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l’État (m)

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government, state

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poser sa candidature

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to run for office

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Quel est ton/votre avis?

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What is your opinion?

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Qu’est-ce que tu penses de…?

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What do you think of?

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Qu’est-ce que vous en pensez?

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What do you think?

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Est-ce que tu/es vous êtes d’accord avec..?

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Do you agree with?

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Comment tu le trouves?/ Comment vous le trouvez?

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How do you think?

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Par contre

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On the other hand

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De plus/En plus/En outre

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Besides

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Tout à fait

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absolutely

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Pas du tout

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Not at all

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C’est honteux

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It is shameful

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Cependant

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however

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Je ne partage pas (entièrement) votre point de vue

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I do not entirely share your point of view

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la conception

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design, plan

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en verre, en métal, en terre battue

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Made of glass, metal, adobe

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une oeuvre (d’art)

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work (of art)

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rénover

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to renovate

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s’accoutumer à

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to get used to

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attirer

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to attract

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chouette

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neat, nice, great

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convaincre

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to convince

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honteux/honteuse

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shameful

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insupportable

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intolerable, unbearable

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laid(e)

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ugly

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moche

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(familiar) ugly

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passionnant(e)

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exciting

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remarquable/spectaculaire

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remarkable/spectacular

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réussi(e)

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successful, well executed

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supprimer

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to do away with

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déformer la réalité

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to alter reality

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la nature morte

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still life

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le paysage

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landscape

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les émeutes

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riots

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au fond

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basically

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Sans doute qu’ils viendront dans quelques minutes

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No doubt they will come in a few minutes

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Il est probable qu’ils viendront en voiture

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It it likely that they will come by car

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Ils doivent être en route

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They must be on the way

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Il est probable qu’ils s’excuseront

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It is likely that they will apologise

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Ils ont été retenus, sans doute

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They were held up, no doubt

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Ils ont dû partir en retard

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They must have gotten a late start

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Ils ont probablement oublié de nous téléphoner

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They probably forgot to call us

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Ils devaient arriver à trois heures

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They were to arrive at three

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Il ne semble pas que ce manque de ponctualité soit typique (subj)

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It does not appear that this tardiness is typical

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Il est improbable qu’ils aient oublié notre rendez-vous

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It is unlikely that they have forgotten our appointment

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Il est peu probable qu’ils aient eu un accident de voiture

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It is unlikely that they have had a car accident

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Il est douteux qu’ils viennent

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It is doubtful that they are coming

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Cela me semble peu probable qu’il ait oublié notre rendez-vous

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It seems unlikely to me that he forgot our appointment

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un(e) immigrant(e)

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newly arrived immigrant

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un(e) immigré(e)

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an immigrant well established in the foreign country

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la main-d’oeuvre

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labour

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maghrébin(e)

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from the Maghreb (NW Africa, Morocco, Algeria)

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l’acculeil (m)

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welcome

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accueillant(e)

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welcoming, friendly

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le banlieur

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the suburbs

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les quartiers (m pl) sensibles

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slums

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s’accroître

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to increase

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s’aggraver

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to get worse

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blesser

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to hurt

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croissant(e)

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increasing, growing

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éclairer

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to enlighten

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empirer

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to worsen

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répandre

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to spread

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rouer quelqu’un de coups

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to beat someone black and blue

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le chômage

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unemployment

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un chômeur/une chômeuse

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unemployed person

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un incendie

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fire

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les émeutes (f pl)

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riots

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une manifestation/manifester

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demonstration/protest; to demonstrate/protest

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une menace

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threat

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la xénophobie

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xenophobia

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s’étendre

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to spread

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se manifester

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to arise, emerge

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un soulèvement

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spontaneous uprising

French (2nd year) (10 decks)

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