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1
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For many years

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Depuis de nombreuses années (not depuis beaucoup d’années)

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Especially

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Particulièrement (not especialement)

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To be self-obsessed

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être égocentrique (not s’être obsédé)

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Grotto

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La grotte

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We must not forgot

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Il ne faut pas qu’on oublie (not il faut qu’on n’oublie pas)

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To permit

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Permettre à (not de)

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Indeed

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En effet

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To become popular

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s’être démocratisé

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Indeed/admittedly

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certes

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10
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My home

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Mon domicile

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A switchover/pivotal movement

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Un basculement

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Gradually

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peu à peu

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To not be limited to

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Ne s’arrêter plus

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14
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To deny

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nier

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15
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You only need to

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Il suffit de

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16
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To do/live without something

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Se passer de qqch

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17
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To get together

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Se mobiliser

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18
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Rewarding

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Enrichissant

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19
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To install

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Securer/instaurer

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20
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Space

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Un espace (m)

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21
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At all times

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En tout temps (don’t translate this as all the time)

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22
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Immediately

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Instantanément

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23
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We are led to think

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Nous sommes menés à voir

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24
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Of harassment

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De harcèlement (not d’harc..)

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25
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Relevant

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D’actualité

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26
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Swindler

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Escroc

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27
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Nerve

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Le nerf (don’t pronounce the f)

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28
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Pronounce: Estomac/Tabac/Porc

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Do not pronounce the c (estomac/porc/tabac)

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29
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Eyebrow

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Le sourcil

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30
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Customs/manners

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Les moeurs

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31
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The bin

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La claie

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32
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Pronounce aile

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Pronounce aile like elle

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33
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Knot

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Le noeud

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34
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Mourning

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Deuil (pronounce like doye)

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35
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Silly

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Sotte

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36
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Pronounce fréquemment

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Pronounce frequ(ah)ment

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37
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Pronounce lundi

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L(ah)ndi

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38
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Pronounce emmener

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(o)mmener

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39
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To hasten

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Hâter

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40
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Lobster

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Le homard

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41
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Choir

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Le Choeur (pronounce comme Coeur)

42
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Gnome

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Le gnome (pronounce comme guh-nôme)

43
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Toe

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L’orteil (m)

44
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Hairy

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Poilu

45
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To wipe

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essuyer

46
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To dry oneself

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s’essuyer

47
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Car

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La bagnole (slang)

48
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Shark

A

Le requin

49
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CEO

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PDG

50
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Three times more

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Trois fois plus (not trois fois de plus)

51
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Rebellion

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La rébellion

52
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Stress

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Le stress

53
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Hell

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l’enfer

54
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University

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Une université

55
Q

To hope to go

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Esperer aller (no preposition)

56
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He calls me lazy

A

Il me traite de paresseux

57
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Good for nothing

A

Bon à rien

58
Q

To work nights

A

Travailler de nuit

59
Q

His photos of his dog

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Les photos de son chien / Ses photos du chien (not two possessives as it sounds too heavy in French)

60
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Hopeless

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désesperé

61
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Brittany

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Bretagne (no accent)

62
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Avocat

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Lawyer or avocado

63
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To elect, to nominate

A

éluer

64
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La majorité

A

Most (not the majority)

65
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Some

A

Quelques or des

66
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Century

A

Le siècle

67
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Terrace

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La terrasse (two rs)

68
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Carnival

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Carnaval (no is)

69
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Each year and every year

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Chaque année and tous les ans

70
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Theme

A

Un thème

71
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A parade

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Un défilé

72
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To gather

A

Se rassembler

73
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February

A

Février

74
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In the south

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Au sud

75
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A brass band

A

Une fanfare

76
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Flower

A

La fleur

77
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Role

A

Le rôle

78
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Past participle of accueillir

A

accueilli (not é)

79
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Painter and painting

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Peintre and peintures

80
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Private individuals

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Les particuliers

81
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Patronage via tax deduction

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Le mécénat

82
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Terminal disease

A

Maladie en phase terminale

83
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On a day to day basis

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Au jour le jour

84
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Fulfilment

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Un épanouissement

85
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Working routine

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Rhythme de travail

86
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Group leader

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Animateur

87
Q

Downs syndrome

A

La trisonomie 21

88
Q

To make them regular visiters

A

Fidéliser

89
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To express

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Exprimer

90
Q

To suspect

A

Se douter

91
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Excavations

A

Les fouilles (f)

92
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Said (e.g. said wall)

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Ladite

93
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City wall

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La muraille

94
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Local tax

A

L’octroi

95
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Tollbooth

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Le péage

96
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To ventilate

A

Aérer

97
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Buried

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Enselevi

98
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To learn on the job

A

Apprendre sur le tas

99
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The heart of the matter

A

Le nerf de la guerre

100
Q

To put flesh on the bones

A

Donner chair