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Are we on a first name basis?

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On peut se tutoyer ?

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What do you do for a living

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Qu’est-ce que tu fais dans la vie ?

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Nice to meet you

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Ravi(e) de t’avoir rencontré(e).
Ravi(e) de vous avoir rencontré(e).

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Haven’t we already met?

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Se croiser
On s’est déjà croisés, non ?

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5
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You look familiar

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Ton visage me dit quelque chose.

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To start a conversation (v)

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Engager la conversation.

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Break the ice (v)

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Briser la glace.

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8
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Can we meet in front of…

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On se retrouve devant le bar ?

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9
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I ran into qqn yesterday.

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Je suis tombé sur qqn hier.

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10
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What’s up?

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Quoi de neuf ?

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To catch up (v)

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Prendre des nouvelles

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12
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Long time, no see

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Ça fait un bail !

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13
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Did you hear that __?

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T’as entendu que… ?

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14
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It seems that…

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Il paraît que…

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It seems that…

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Il paraît que…

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16
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How’s it going with…

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C’en est où avec…?
C’en est où avec Steve

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How was

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Comment c’était … ?
Comment c’était ton week-end ?

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18
Q

When are we meeting?

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On se voit quand ?

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19
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Would you like to [activity]?

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Ça te dit de + activité ?
Ça vous disez de + activité ?

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We could…[activity]

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On pourrait + activité

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21
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To do sth together

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Se faire + activité [informel]
On se fait une expo?

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22
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What day / time works best for you?

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Quelle heure / quel jour t’arrange ?

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23
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Do you have plans for the weekend?

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T’as des plans pour ce weekend ?

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24
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Let me know if you’re free

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Si tu es disponible, préviens-moi.

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25
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Do you have free time?

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Avez-vous un créneau de libre ?
(créneau = time slot)

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With pleasure!

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Avec plaisir !

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27
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I’ll let you know later

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Je te redis ça plus tard.

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28
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I’ll keep you posted
Keep me posted

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Je te tiens au courant.
Tiens-moi au courant.

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29
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I prefer 6pm

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Plutôt à 18h.

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30
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I would have loved to, but

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J’aurais adoré mais…

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31
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I can’t that day

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Je peux pas ce jour-là.

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32
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I can’t make it

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Ça (ne) va pas être possible.

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33
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Don’t go anywhere!

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Bouge pas !

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34
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Can’t wait + noun

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Vivement + nom
Vivement les vacances !

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35
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Quite a lot of people

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Pas mal de monde
Je pense qu’il y aura pas mal de monde

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Not many people (e.g., at an event)

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Pas grand monde
Il n’y avait pas grand monde à la soirée.

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37
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Love at first sight

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Un coup de foudre

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38
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To be rejected (v)

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Se prendre un râteau
Il s’est pris un râteau.

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39
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To argue (v)

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S’engueuler
Ils n’arrêtent jamais de s’engueuler.

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40
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To dump someone / be dumped

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Larguer quelqu’un / se faire larguer
Marie a largué Benjamin.
Benjamin s’est fait larguer par Marie.

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41
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To stand someone up

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Poser un lapin
Elle m’a posé un lapin !

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42
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One night stand

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Un coup d’un soir

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43
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Work / hard work

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Le taf / le boulot [familier]
Je suis resté au taf jusqu’à 23h.

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44
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The rat race
(literally: metro, job, sleep)

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Métro, boulot, dodo
En ce moment, c’est métro, boulot, dodo.

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45
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Too much work, in the weeds

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Être sous l’eau

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46
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A meeting

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Une réu

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47
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To make a client call (v)

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Passer un coup de fil
Je dois passer un coup de fil au client.

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48
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Busy day / week

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Une journée / semaine chargée

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49
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To be busy (v)

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Être occupé(e)

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50
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To sleep in (v)

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Faire la grasse matinée / mat’

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51
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To oversleep (v)

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Rater / louper le réveil

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52
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Taking the bridge day from work (v)

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Faire le pont

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53
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A day off (e.g., of work)

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Un jour de congé

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54
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To have a day off (v)

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Être en congé
Le chef est en congé aujourd’hui.
Je suis en congé à demain.

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55
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To take days off (e.g., of work) (v)

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Prendre des congés

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56
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A public holiday

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Un jour férié

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57
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Make yourself comfortable (formal, informail)

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Mets-toi à l’aise
Mettez-vous à l’aise.

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58
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Cheers to you!

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À la tienne !
À la vôtre !

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59
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I’ll keep my fingers crossed

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Je croise les doigts.

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60
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Good luck, hang in there

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Bon courage.

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61
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Bless you

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À tes souhaits ! / À vos souhaits !

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62
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Get well soon

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Bon rétablissement.

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63
Q

To happen to someone

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Arriver à quelqu’un
Un truc incroyable vient de m’arriver..
Qu’est-ce qui lui est arrivé ?

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64
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To happen

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Se passer
Qu’est-ce qui se passe?

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65
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To do without or live without something

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Se passer de

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66
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To hear that

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Entendre dire que
J’ai entendu dire qu’il va y avoir une grève.

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67
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To hear about that

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Entendre parler de + nom

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68
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To be about

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Parler de
Ça parle de quoi ? (What is it about?)

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69
Q

It rings a bell

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Ça me dit quelque chose.

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70
Q

To know someone from somewhere

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Connaître quelqu’un de quelque part
Tu la connais d’où ?

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71
Q

To realise that

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Se rendre compte que

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72
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To expect

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S’attendre à
Je ne m’y attendais pas du tout.

73
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To manage, to handle things

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Se débrouiller

74
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I’m going to handle it

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Je vais me débrouiller.

75
Q

Débrouille-toi !

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Take care of it yourself
Fend for yourself

76
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To get rid of

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Se débarrasser de

77
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To just / to only

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N’avoir qu’à + verbe
T’as qu’à lui demander.
Just ask him

78
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To take care of (e.g., the bill)

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Régler (un problème / la note)

79
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To be supposed to

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Être censé
On est censés se retrouver là-bas. (we were supposed to meet there)

80
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To do sth on purpose

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Faire exprès de

81
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To be able to , to manage to

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Arriver à

82
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He never finishes his sentences

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Il n’arrive jamais à finir ses phrases…

83
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To start doing sth

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Se mettre à

84
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To hurry up

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Se dépêcher

85
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He started screaming for no reason

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Il s’est mis à crier sans raison

86
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To almost

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Faillir

87
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I almost called you to talk about it

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J’ai failli t’appeler pour en parler.

88
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To be worth it

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Valoir le coup

89
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Is the movie worth it?

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Est-ce que ce film vaut le coup ?

90
Q

The exhibition is worth visiting

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Ça vaut le coup d’aller voir cette expo.

91
Q

To feel bad

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Se sentir mal*

92
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To have a bad smell

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Se sentir mauvaise

93
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To have difficulty

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Avoir du mal à

94
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To have pain..

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Avoir mal à [la tête]

95
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To take sth the wrong way

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Prendre mal

96
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Don’t take it the wrong way!

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Ne le prends pas mal !

97
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To feel uncomfortable

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Être mal à l’aise

98
Q

Absolutely

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Tout à fait

99
Q

Of course

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Bien entendu
Bien sûr

100
Q

Tell me sth I don’t know

A

Tu m’étonnes

101
Q

Not at all

A

Pas du tout

102
Q

Even better!

A

Tant mieux

103
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It’s nothing, it doesn’t matter

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Ça (ne) fait rien

104
Q

It’s all the same to me

A

Ça m’est égal

105
Q

If you say so

A

Si tu le dis.

106
Q

It’s not a big deal

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Ce (n’)est pas grave

107
Q

No way! (out of the question)

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(C’est) hors de question !

108
Q

I hope you’re joking

A

Tu plaisantes, j’espère ?

109
Q

Nonsense

A

N’importe quoi

110
Q

It’s none of your buisness

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Ça te regarde pas
Ça vous regarde pas

111
Q

It has nothing to do with that
Not at all

A

rien à voir

112
Q

Let me see!

A

Fais voir

113
Q

To have a look

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Jeter un oeil / un coup d’oeil

114
Q

To give a hand

A

Donner un coup de main

115
Q

Be careful, pay attention

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Fais gaffe
Fais gaffe, il y a des pickpockets sur cette ligne.

116
Q

Here you go

A

Tiens
Tenez

117
Q

Speak of the devil

A

Quand on parle du loup…

118
Q

To be there

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Être là / y être
Je serai là dans une heure.
J’y serai dans une heure.

119
Q

Which way is it?

A

C’est par où ?

120
Q

A stone’s throw away/nearby

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À deux pas d’ici
Elle habite à deux pas d’ici

121
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Around, or near

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Vers

122
Q

Nearby

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Dans le coin
Il y a un bon resto dans le coin ?

123
Q

In the middle of nowhere

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Au milieu de nulle part

124
Q

These days

A

ces jours-ci

125
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Starting from

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À partir de + [moment]
À partir de maintenant, je ne dis plus rien.

126
Q

Right away

A

Tout de suite

127
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In a while

A

Tout à l’heure
À tout à l’heure ! (see you later)

128
Q

ASAP

A

Au plus vite

129
Q

Overnight

A

Du jour au lendemain

130
Q

He changed his mind overnight

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Il a changé d’avis du jour au lendemain.

131
Q

At some point

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Au bout d’un moment

132
Q

At the end of the day

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En fin de compte

133
Q

that time / back then

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À cette époque-là / à ce moment-là

134
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That day

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Ce jour-là

135
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One of these days

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Un de ces quatre [informel]

136
Q

The next day

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Le lendemain

137
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The night before

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La veille

138
Q

It’s freezing

A

Ça caille.

139
Q

It’s raining cats and dogs

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Il pleut des cordes.

140
Q

What’s up with
How’s it going with

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En être où
Tu en es où avec lui ?
(how’s it going with you and him)

141
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To be off, go away

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S’en aller
Ok, je m’en vais.

142
Q

To take care of it / to be on it

A

S’en occuper / s’en charger
Tu peux t’en occuper, s’il te plaît ?

143
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To not worry about something

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Ne pas s’en faire

144
Q

…And that’s not all

A

Et j’en passe
Il se plaint toujours de son travail, de sa femme, de sa santé et j’en passe…

145
Q

To not be able to make it anymore

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Ne plus en pouvoir
Je n’en peux plus / J’en peux plus.

146
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To have enough

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En avoir marre / assez
J’en ai marre de ce travail.

147
Q

To not be able to believe it

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Ne pas en revenir
J’en reviens pas !

148
Q

To tell more about something

A

En dire plus
Je t’en dirai plus la prochaine fois.

149
Q

To be annoyed with somebody

A

En vouloir à quelqu’un
Je t’en veux de m’avoir menti.

150
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To not care

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S’en foutre
Fais ce que tu veux, je m’en fous.

151
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To not be able to do something about it

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(Ne) rien y pouvoir
J’y peux rien.
Ce n’est pas sa faute, il n’y peut rien.

152
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It’s got nothing to do with

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N’y être pour rien.
Je n’y suis pour rien !

153
Q

To be off

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Y aller
On y va ?
J’y vais, à plus tard.

154
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To expect it

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S’y attendre
Je ne m’y attendais pas.

155
Q

To have good knowledge of sth

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S’y connaître
Il s’y connaît en vin.

156
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It’s all good, we can go!

A

Ça y est, on peut y aller !

157
Q

Are you ready now?

A

Ça y est, tu es prête ?

158
Q

Here we go, she’s going to talk about her boyfriend again

A

Ça y est, elle va encore nous parler de son copain…

159
Q

To drop it

A

Laisser tomber
Laisse tomber, ça ne sert à rien.

160
Q

To be out of here

A

Se casser (partir)
Salut, j’me casse.

161
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To go (somewhere else)

A

Bouger (partir, aller ailleurs)

162
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To kill it

A

Cartonner (avoir du succès)

163
Q

To like (colloquial)

A

Kiffer

164
Q

Colloquial
L’enfant

A

Le gosse

165
Q

Colloquial
The cop

A

Le flic

166
Q

Colloquial
bien habillé

A

être bien fringué(e)

167
Q

Colloquial
les vêtements

A

Les fringues

168
Q

Colloquial
The dude, guy

A

Le mec

169
Q

Colloquial
The thing

A

Le truc
Le bidule
Le machin

170
Q

Colloquial
Le chien

A

Le clébard

171
Q

Colloquial
Travailler (v)

A

Bosser

172
Q

Colloquial
La femme

A

La meuf

173
Q

Colloquial
Être en retard

A

Être à la bourre

174
Q

Colloquial
Lire (v)

A

Bouquiner

175
Q

Colloquial
L’argent

A

Le fric

176
Q

Colloquial
Work (n)

A

Le boulot

177
Q

Colloquial
Le livre

A

Un bouquin

178
Q

Colloquial
La chambre

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La piaule

179
Q

Colloquial
Cinema

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Le cinoche

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