Dynamic French with Bruno Maddox - Sheet1 Flashcards

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abandon, let go, give up

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abandoner

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to damage

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abimer

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he adds

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s’ajoute il

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self-esteem

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l’amour-propre

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blind spot

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l’angle mort

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to belong

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appartenir

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ulterior motives

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les arrière-pensées

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none of

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aucune de

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as many as

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autant de

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point blank

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à bout portant

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up-to-date

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à jour

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one of us

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à nous

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starting from

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à partir de

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neck and neck

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au coude à coude (lit. elbow to elbow)

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cock, slang for penis

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la bite

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to work (hard); toil; slog

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bosser

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scholars/students, or stock/equity

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les boursiers

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the patent

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le brevet

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19
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to hide

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cacher, planquer

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kosher

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casher

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burglary

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le cambriolage

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22
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a song

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UNE chanson

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23
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the building site

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le chantier

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capsize

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chavirer

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25
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the hair

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les cheveux

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the figure, number

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la chiffre

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the unemployed

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les chomeurs

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great, cool

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chouette

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customer

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consommateur

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30
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convince

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convaincre

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31
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brain

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le cerveau

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32
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elbow

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le coude

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33
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knife

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la couteau

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34
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dead body, corpse

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le corps sans vie

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35
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a disappointment

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une déception

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36
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to track down, dig up

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denicher

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37
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henceforth

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désormais

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38
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to direct

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diriger

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39
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available

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disponible

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40
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therefore, though sometimes just “so…”

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donc

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41
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failure

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échec

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42
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to fail

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échouer

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43
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hire, employ

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embaucher

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44
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take, bring

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emmèner

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45
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to prevent

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empecher

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46
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loan

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emprunt

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47
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decreasing/on the wane

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en baisse

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48
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to tell someone off

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engueler

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49
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increasing/on the rise

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en hausses

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50
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remove, take away, kidnap

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enlever

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51
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on the other hand

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en revanche

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52
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testing, a testing time

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éprouvant

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53
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to defraud

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escroquer

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54
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establishment

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établissement

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55
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the invoice (receipt)

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le facture

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56
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weakness

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la faiblesse

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57
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do laundry

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faire la lessive

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58
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do the dishes

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faire la vaiselle

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59
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to nap it out

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faire le sieste

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60
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to tie up

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ficeler

61
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package, plan—les forfaits mobile

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le forfait

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training

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le formation

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the whip

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le fouet

64
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ice cream

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la glace

65
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fat

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gras

66
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high end

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haut de gamme

67
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winter

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l’hiver

68
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nod of the head

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hochement de tete

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shake

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hocher

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hourly

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horaire

71
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oyster

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l’huitre

72
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hypothesis, guess

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une hypothese

73
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unusual

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insolite

74
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way out

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la issue

75
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I’ll figure something out

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“je me débrouillerais”

76
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just past

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jusque apres

77
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let go

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lacher

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“let go of the ballast”: make concessions

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lacher du lest

79
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wool

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la laine

80
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ballast

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le lest

81
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the rent

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le loyer

82
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hand

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LA main

83
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labor

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la main d’oeuvre

84
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guy

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le mec

85
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to lead

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mener

86
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a lie

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un mensonge

87
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adj. cute, pretty, suave

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mignon

88
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thousand

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le millier

89
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sinking, shipwreck

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naufrage

90
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the wave

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l’onde

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fingernail

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l’ongle

92
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you never know

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on sait jamais

93
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to dare

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oser

94
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to remove

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ôter

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worker

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l’ouvrier

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boat

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paquebot

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sometimes

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parfois

98
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subsequently

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par la suite

99
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sponsorship

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parrainage

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to share

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partager

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loss

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la perte

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perhaps

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peut etre

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a trap

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un piege

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pedestrian

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le pieton

105
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the battery

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la pile

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stash, hideaway

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une planque

107
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to stash, hide

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planquer

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dish

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le plat

109
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the diver

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le plongeur

110
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more than ever

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plus que jamais

111
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the most

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la plupart

112
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pumping

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la pompage

113
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purse

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la porte-monnaie

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to complain

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porter plainte

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purple

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pourpre

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however

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pourtant

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the maker

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le preneur

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spring

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le printemps

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relatives

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les proches

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a life plan

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un projet de vie

121
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adj. clean, own

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propre

122
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almost

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quasiment

123
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let the party begin!

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que la fete commence

124
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even if it means…, at the risk of

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quitte à + inf

125
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relationship, REPORT

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le rapport

126
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recipe

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la recette

127
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to heat up

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rechauffer

128
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turn back

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reculer

129
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bail out, refloat

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renflouer

130
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retirement, pension, hiding place

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le retraite

131
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rearview mirror

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le retroviseur

132
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curtain

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le rideau

133
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to hit back

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riposter

134
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the rock

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le rocher

135
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the dress

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la robe

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the sound

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le son

137
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seat

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le siege

138
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to probe (to sound)

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sonder

139
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to smile

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sourir

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on the scene

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sur la place

141
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to cut

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tailler

142
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a lot

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un tas

143
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interest rate

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taux d’interet

144
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quite

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tout à fait

145
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cut, sever, make a decision

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trancher

146
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really, very

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vachement, c’est vachement bien

147
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wave

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la vague, l’onde

148
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cold snap

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vague de froid

149
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c’mon, come here

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vas-y