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Pas grand choses

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Not a lot (coll.)

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ça parle de quoi?

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What’s it about?

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ça se passe à

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It happens in / It is set in

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Tu pourrais me rendre service?

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Can you do me a favour? (inform.)

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Vous pourriez me rendre service?

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Can you do me a favour (form.)

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Ça dépends quoi

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It depends on what

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Aller chercher le patron!

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Go and get the boss!

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Je dois aller chercher (qqn)

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I have to go and / I must go get (someone) - NB “chercher” is used as “to get” when referring to a person

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Va me prendre du lait

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Go get me some milk - NB “prendre” is used as “to get” when referring to a thing

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What did you do? (coll.)

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Qu’as-tu fait?

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J’ai rendez-vous à (huit heures) ==> avoir rendez-vous

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I have an appointment at (8 o’clock)

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J’ai completement oublié

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I completely forgot

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Rien de speciale

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Not much

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Tu ne pourrais pas à ma place?

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Could you go instead of me?

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Il va y avoir

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There is going to be (immediate future form of ‘il y a’

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même si c’est ne m’arrange pas

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even if it doesn’t suit me

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Quoi de neuf?

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How’s things?

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Ça fait longtemps

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It’s been a while

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ça fait un bail

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It’s been ages

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ça m’arrange

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that suits me

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Si longtemps que ça?

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That long?

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Qu’est-ce que tu deviens?

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What have you been up to?

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What’s he been up to?

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Qu’est-ce qu’il devient?

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ça fait un bail qu’on ne sait pas vu

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It’s been ages since we’ve seen each other

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Que demander de plus?

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What more could one want?

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ll doit être heureux

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He must be happy

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Si grande que ça?

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That big?

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Vous avez l’heure?

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Do you have the time?

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Je vais être en retard

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I’m going to be late

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I’m going to be early

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Je vais être en avance

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I’m going to be on time

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Je vais être à l’heure

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J’ai pris un bus pour me rendre à Paris

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I took a bus to get to Paris

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She told me that

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Elle m’a dit que

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I took a bus to get to Paris (alt.)

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J’ai pris un bus pour aller à Paris

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Mon vol décolle à (cinq heures du matin)

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My flight leaves at (5 am)

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l’avion décolle à (onze heures du matin)

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My plane leaves at (11 am)

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comme vous pouvez le constater

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as you can see

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ne pas avoir l’air d’aller

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to not go well

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things aren’t going well (at all)

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ça n’a pas l’air d’aller (du tout)

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it isn’t going well

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ça ne va pas

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thing’s aren’t going well any more

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ça ne va plus

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What’s wrong? (multiple)

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Qu’est-ce qu’il ne va pas? // Qu’est-ce qui t’arrive? // Qu’est-ce qu’il y a?

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How am I going to explain it to him?

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Comment est-ce que je vais lui expliquer?

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Il suffit de

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all that’s required is to

45
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All that’s needed is to find the right words

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Il suffit de trouver les mots justes

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Je me passione pour / je m’interesse à

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I am passionate about / I am interested in

47
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I’m not really interested in reading

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Je ne m’interesse pas trop à la lecture

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se reposer / se detendre

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to rest

49
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On the weekends, I need to rest

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Le week-end, j’ai besoin de me reposer

50
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I have lots to do

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J’ai beaucoup de choses à faire

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I am going to make a visit to my parents

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Je vais rendre visite à mes parents

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They visited me on Saturday morning

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Ils me rendent visite à samedi matin

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I’d really like to try that

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J’ai très envie de l’essayer

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I don’t mind

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ça met égale

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Ça te dirait de faire qqch

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How would you like to do ___

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How would you like to eat at the local restaurant?

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Ça te dirait de manger au restaurant du coin?

57
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It’s up to you

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T’a quoi choisir

58
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I met them three years ago

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Je les ai rencontré il y a trois ans

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I never realised that Paris is so big

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Je n’ai jamais realisé que Paris est si grande

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Does that suit you? (formal)

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Ça vous convient?

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that gets on my nerves

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ça me fatigue

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it’s better than nothing

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c’est toujours ça

63
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is that all?

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rien que ça?

64
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absolutely not!

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ça non!

65
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what do you mean? / how come?

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comment ça?

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The market takes place in Kirribilli every Saturday morning

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Le marché se tient sur la place Kirribilli chaque samedi matin

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faire la tête

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to be mad, to sulk

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Do you want to know why I’m mad? Because you’re never here!

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Tu veut savoir pourquoi je fait la tête? Parce que tu n’es jamais là!

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I fear that she doesn’t want me to go on holidays in July.

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Je peur qu’elle ne veuilles pas que je parte en vacances en juillet.

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I’m not religious (practicing)

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Je suis pas pratiquant

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She always has something to say

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Elle a toujours quelquechose à dire

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I’ll try to remember that

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Je vais essayer de m’en souvenir

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être à la traine

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to lag behind

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I’m lagging behind

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Je suis à la traine

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I’m exhausted

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je suis crevé

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ça crève les yeux

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it’s obvious

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I spent the weekend preparing for my classes

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J’ai passé le weekend à préparer pour mes cours

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It would be good to take a French course

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Il serait bon de prendre un cours français

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I just remembered

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Je viens juste de penser

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arriver à (faire qqch)

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to manage (to do something)

81
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She managed to cut her hair on her own

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Elle a arrivé à couper ses cheveux toute seule

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il vaut mieux

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it is better to

83
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it is better to spend time studying

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il vaut mieux passer le temps à étudier

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Il faut toujours que tu t’emporte!

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You always have to win!

85
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you can use mine

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tu peux utiliser le mien

86
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it’s been weeks since I heard from you

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ça fait des semaines que je n’ai pas eu de tes nouvelles

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I’m fed up with it

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J’en ai marre

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it’s been months since he tried to contact you

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ça fait des semaines qu’il a essayé de te joindre

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what’s he been up to?

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qu’est-ce qu’il deviens?

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I didn’t have phone or internet

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Je n’avais pas ni le téléphone ni l’internet

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quite a few / quite a bit of

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pas mal de

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he spoke about quite a few interesting things

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On a parlé de pas mal de choses intéressantes

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I didn’t want to intervene

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Je n’ai voulu pas intervenir

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It took a month

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ça a mis un mois

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Every morning, it takes me half an hour to get to work

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Tous les matins, il met une demi-heure pour me rendre au boulot

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We couldn’t allow ourselves to be without cinema

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On ne pouvais pas se permettre de rester sans le cinéma

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We went to my parents’ place

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On est allé chez mes parents

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How did that happen?

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Comment ça se fait?

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You could say that

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ça tu peut dire

100
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What did you do (formal).

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Qu’est-ce que vous avez fait?

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I did a good deed today

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J’ai fait une bonne action aujourd’hui

102
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On Saturday night, we went to a party at Pierre’s place

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Samedi soir, nous sommes allés faire la fête chez Pierre

103
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It was on channel 9 at 1pm

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C’est passé au journal de treize heures sur Channel 9

104
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It appears that classes can’t take place today

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Il pareil que les cours ne peut pas avoir lieu aujourd’hui

105
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That’s why I went!

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Ci’est bien pour ça que j’y suis allé!

106
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It takes me a day to get over it

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il me faut la journée pour me remettre

107
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If I could watch movies all day, I would do it

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Si je pouvais regarder les films toute la journée, je le ferais

108
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If they could eat out every night, they’d do it. They hate cooking

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S’ils pouvaient manger tous les soirs, ils le feraient. Ils detestent faire la cuisine

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I promised myself I would go

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Je me suis promis d’y aller

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