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une décennie

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a decade

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un ouvrage

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a work/book/publication

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dès

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as soon as

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un nid

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a nest/den

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une poupée

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a doll

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apprêter

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to get ready

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un auteur / un écrivain

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author

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doucement

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quietly, softly, gently

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impérieux

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urgent

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soigner

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to nurse, care for

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vêtir

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to dress

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parer (à)

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repair/shield oneself from

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gronder

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to reprimand,scold / to rumble

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le tonnerre

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thunder

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bercer

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to cradle/soothe

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dorloter

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to pamper/spoil/make a fuss of

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se figurer

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to imagine

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jaser

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to babble, gossip

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rêver

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to dream

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un trousseau

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an outfit / a bunch (keys)

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la layette

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baby wear

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coudre

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to sew, stitch

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à peu près

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more or less

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tout à fait

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absolutely, completely, quite

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s’épanouir

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open up, blossom

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épanouir

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to make happy, satisfy

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une perte de temps

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a waste of time

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embêter

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to annoy, bother

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It’s a catch-22 (there’s no solution)

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il n’y a pas moyen de s’en sortir

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a link

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un lien

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to realise

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se rendre compte

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compared to

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par rapport à

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warm

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chaleureux

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home

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le foyer

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a grant (money)

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une bourse

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to afford

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se payer

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to be on a first name basis (or referring to each other by “tu”)

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se tutoyer

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slang

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argot

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colloquial

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courant

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formal

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soutenu

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plenty of/lots of

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beaucoup de
de nombreux(ses)
maint(e)s
bon nombre de

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to recognise

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reconnaître

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the minority

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la minorité

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number

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un chiffre
un nombre
un numéro

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bit by bit/gradually

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au fur et à mesure

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a decline

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le déclin

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to fall (in number)

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baisser

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while

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tandis que

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rising

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en hausse

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falling

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en baisse

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sacred

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sacré(e)

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to abandon

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délaisser

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again

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à nouveau

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to continue

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continuer

se poursuivre

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affected/touched

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touché

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preconception/general consensus

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une idée reçue

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without pomp or frills

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sans faste

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commitment

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l’engagement (m)

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deterrent/turn-off

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un repoussoir

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repulsive

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répugnant

dégoûtant

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frankly

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franchement

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to suffer

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souffrir

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the opposition/competition

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la concurrence

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to dare

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oser

doesn’t require ‘pas’ in negative phrase

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to cease

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cesser

doesn’t require ‘pas’ in negative phrase

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to fear

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craindre

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engagement

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fiançailles (f)

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living together in a couple

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en concubinage (m)

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framework

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un cadre

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to compete with/be in competition with

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concurrencer

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in the event of

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en cas de

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costly

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coûteux

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united by

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uni par

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power

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la puissance

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grand

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grandiose

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reversible

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réversible

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linked to

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lié à

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spouse

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un(e) époux(se)

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to devastate/disrupt

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bouleverser

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vigour/strength

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la vigueur

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to avoid

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éviter

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a rise

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une montée

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to be the subject of

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faire l’objet de

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to consider oneself

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s’estimer

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preparations

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des préparatifs (m)

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to depict

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mettre en scène

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to use

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se servir de

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to show

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montrer

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to put

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mettre

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to question

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remettre en cause

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the same/like that (adj)

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pareil

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the coming into effect

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l’entrée en vigueur

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to imitate/mimic

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singer

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to harvest/reap

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récolter

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to sow

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semer

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tough/what a shame/never mind/too bad

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tant pis!

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following

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suite à

suivant

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the law

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la loi

le droit

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all (people)

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touS

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tasked with/put in charge of

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