Colocations Flashcards

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reçoivent de l’aide

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receive aid

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ne semble jamais suffire

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was never enough

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touche à sa fin

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coming to an end

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assumera toute responsabilité

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will assume all responsibility

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toujours en colère

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always angry

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il avait fait preuve

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it had shown

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loin d’être exasperé

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far from exasperated

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ras-le-bol

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fed up

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souffrait de la dominance de…

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suffers from the dominance of…

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reçue à bras ouverts

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received with open arms

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une éspace de revanche

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a kind of revenge

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c’est tout le contraire

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it’s entirely the opposite

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tout à coup conscience de…

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suddenly aware of…

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bien au-dessus de la barre

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well above the bar

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s’impose à

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impose themselves on

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espérons que cela n’arrivera jamais

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let’s hope this never happens

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essayer de contrebalancer

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to try to counterbalance

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sans disctinction de…

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with distinction of…

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sous différentes formes

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under different forms

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j’ai a eu des ennuis

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I got in trouble

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couper le souffre

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to have your breath taken away

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rive aux larmes

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to cry tears

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la méconaissance de l’autre

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ignorance of someone

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avoir l’espirit ouvert

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to have an open mind

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partager avec autrui

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to share with others

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conjuguons nos efforts

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to combine our efforts

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il s’avére que

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it appears that

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à condition que

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provided that

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29
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fuite des cerveaux

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brain drain

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30
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lâche moi les baskets

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give me a break

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crache ses poumons

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coughing his lungs out

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32
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quoi qu’il ne soit d’autre

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whatever else

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33
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les problemes se sont évanouis

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the problems disappeared

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34
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au piere de la lettre

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to the “t”

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35
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quasiment totalité

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practically all

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à mesure de

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In a way to

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37
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frappe à la porte

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knocks on the door

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38
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oeil pour oeil, dent pour dent

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an eye for an eye

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39
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condamnation à tort

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wrongful conviction

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40
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position moral élevée

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moral high ground

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41
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en ce qui me concerne

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of who it may concern

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42
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il ne faut pas génerailser

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we must not generalise

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43
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la force du faible

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strength of the weak

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44
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trouver son propre chemin

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find his own path

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45
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foule des gens

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crowds of people

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46
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besoin de croire que en…

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need to believe in…

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47
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s’interoger sur la foi

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to ask questions about faith

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48
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se laisser abuser/ se server de

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to be used

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49
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en marge de

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on the margins of

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en quête des réponses

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in search of answers

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51
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le lavage de cerveau/ l’endoctrinement

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brain washing

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52
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épreuve de force

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test of strength

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53
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créer de liens entre

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to create links between

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54
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toute en moderation

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everything in moderation

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55
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émpecher le cerveaux

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harm the brain

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56
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enlever les inhibitions

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remove inhibitions

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57
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perdre contrôle de soi

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to lose control of yourself

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d’appartenance à un groupe

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belonging to a group

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59
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briser la silence

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to break the silence

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60
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pour joindre les deux bouts

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to make ends meet

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main d’ouvre travail

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labour workforce

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autochtones

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natives

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faire une demande

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to make a request

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hors norme

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extraordinary

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65
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toucher les allocations

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to receive benefits

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66
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la mise à l’ecart

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put to the side/ excluded

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67
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vivre dans la misère

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to live in poverty

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sans le sou

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penniless

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mettre en gage

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to pledge

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70
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faire faillite

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to go bankrupt

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être à court d’argent

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to be short of money

72
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vivre un jour le jour

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to live day by day

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avoir la grosse tête

A

to be big-headed

74
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avoir la tête sur les épaules

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to be responisible

75
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pleurer comme une madeleine

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to rain a lot

76
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mettre sa main à couper

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to be put on the chopping block

77
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chanter comme une casserole

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to sing off key

78
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avoir une faim de loup

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to have a wolf’s appetite

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avoir le coeur sur la main

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to have your heart on your sleeve

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avoir la main verte

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to have green hands (good at gardening)

81
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avoir un poil dans la main

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to be lazy

82
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glorification de l’individualisme

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the glorification of individualism

83
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pour surmonter les obstacles

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to overcome obstacles

84
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subir une grande pression

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to survive huge pressure (to be under pressure)

85
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les lois de la nature

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the laws of nature

86
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tremplin formidable

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wonderful springboard/ jumping point

87
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jouer à Dieu

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to play as god

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être prié de

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to be asked to

89
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dans la matiere de…

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in the matter of…

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sujet de controverse

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a subject of controversy

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à la suite

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following

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quasiment

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practically/ nearly

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hors de question!

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out of the question!

94
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changement radicale

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radical change

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mais, non, voyon

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of course not

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jamais de la vie!

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no way!

97
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l’ouie-dire

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hearsay

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le pire de navet

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the worst turnip (the worst of the worst)

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en fonctionne de

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in the way of

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je m’en fiche

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I don’t care

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passage à tabac

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to beat someone

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tourner un film

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to make a film

103
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effondrement mentale

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mental breakdown

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mettre en evidence

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to show evidence

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moment tournant

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turning point

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ils sont branché

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they’re trendy

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un figure fanatasmée

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a figure of fantasy (not real)

108
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vivre dans un bûle

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to live in a bubble

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mettre en valeur

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to showcase

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prendre conscience de

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to gain understanding of

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à l’echelle de

A

on the scale of

112
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ça sous-entend que

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this underlines that

113
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tenter de

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to attempt to

114
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tendre vers

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to move towards

115
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dans le but de

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in the hopes to

116
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ce qui plus est

A

furthermore

117
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être doué

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to be gifted

118
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être bien sappé

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to be well dressed

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la vie boulversé

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life turned upside-down

120
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luttre contre la monotonie

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fight against the monotony

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faire face à ses responsabilités

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to face his responsabilities

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faire semblade à

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to pretend to

123
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gagne de terrain

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to gain ground (to make progress)

124
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la mére de tous les vices

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mother of all vices

125
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proie aux predateur

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prey to predators

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mettre à disposition

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to make available

127
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jeté notre dévolu

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to set our hearts on (someone)

128
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tous les deux

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both

129
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briser la glace

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to break the ice

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fallu attendre

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was only until

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à vrai dire

A

to tell the truth,

132
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tout à coup

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suddenly

133
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mettre les voiles

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to put up the sails/ to run away

134
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avoir un peu de spleen

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to feel blue

135
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retenant ses larmes

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hold back tears

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manqué de s’effondrer

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nearly collapsed

137
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entre parentheses

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to put on hold

138
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remise à jour

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update

139
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délploie ses ailes

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to spread their wings

140
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Au bord de la crise de nerfs

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On the verge of a nervous breakdown

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ils l’ont échappé belle

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they dodged a bullet

142
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le coup de foudre

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love at first sight

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descendre dans la rue

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to take to the streets

144
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soulever la question

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to raise the question

145
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le conflit des générations

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generational gap

146
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le passage à tabac

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beating

147
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étant donné que

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considering that

148
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s’en ficher de

A

to not give a damn about

149
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se remplir ses poches

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to line one’s pockets

150
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la fuite des cerveux

A

brain drain

151
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ça ne tient pas debout

A

it doesn’t make sense

152
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convenir

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to agree/to suit

153
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en dépit du bon sens

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against all common sense

154
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brins d’herbe

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blades of grass

155
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boucs émissaires

A

scapegoats

156
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c’est affolant!

A

it’s maddening

157
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passer une nuite blanche

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to pull an all-nighter

158
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avoir la pêche

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to be in shape

159
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être aux anges

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to be over the moon

160
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c’est le pied

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it’s great

161
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côuter les yeux de la tête

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to cost an arm and a leg

162
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chercher la petite bête

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to nitpick

163
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chapeau

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hat’s off/ well done!

164
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se mettre sur son 31

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to be dressed well

165
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la bête noire

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pet peeve

166
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couper le poire en deux

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to meet halfway

167
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ça ne tient pas debout

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it doesn’t make any sense

168
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faire d’une pierre deux coups

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to hit two birds with one stone

169
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faire la sourde oreille

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to turn a blind eye

170
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sauter du coq à l’âne

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to jump from one thing to another

171
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revenons à nos moutons

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to go back to the topic at hand

172
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sauter aux yeux

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to be instantly obvious

173
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quoi qu’il en soit

A

anway

174
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bien entendu

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of course

175
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fixer la limite

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to draw the line