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à temps

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on time

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tout le temps

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all the time

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quel temps fait-il aujourd’hui? / Il fait quel temps?

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what’s the weather today?

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ça t’a plu?

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Did you like it/did it please you?

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C’etait chouette

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It was cool

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de nos jours

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nowadays

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je suis d’accord

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I agree

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La plupart des gens

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most people

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qu’est-ce qui se passe? / Ce qui se passes?

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what’s happening/what’s going on?

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un tas / beaucoup

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a lot (‘s’ is silent in tas)

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Il y a environ deux ans

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About 2 years ago

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allons-y / on y va

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let’s go

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je crois si / je pense que oui

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I think so

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sans aucun doute

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without a doubt

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ne t’inquiète pas

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don’t worry

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qu’est-ce que vous voulez? / tu veux quoi?

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what do you want?

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combien ça coute / C’est combien?

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How much does it cost / it is how much?

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18
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on se tutoi

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is it ok to use ‘tu’ form? / informal form

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ils/elles veulent s’amuser

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they want to have fun

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ça m’est égale

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I do not care / all the same to me

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nous ne savons pas quoi faire

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we don’t know what to do

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nous ne savions pas quoi faire

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we didn’t know what to do

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pas encore

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not yet

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Quelque chose ne va pas?

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Something wrong?

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Je parie

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I bet

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il a l’air / on dirait

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it seems… / it looks like / it sounds like

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ça coûte combien?

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it costs how much?

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Il faut se rappeler

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You have to remember

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avoir raison

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to be right

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il faut (imperative)

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it’s necessary

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ça coûte combien? / ça fait combien? / C’est combien?

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how much does it cost?

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Ce n’est pas cher / C’est cher (m)

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It is cheap / It is expensive

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soyez à l’heure / soyons à l’heure (swa yez/swa yon)

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be on time / let’s be on time

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ça ira

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it’s fine / it’ll be fine

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en train de

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doing something right now or ‘at the same time as’ - present continuous

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36
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Qu’est-ce que ça veut dire?

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What does it mean?

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je veux dire / ça veut dire / ils veulent dire

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I mean… / it means… / they mean…

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38
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pendant que

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while / during

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j’ai fait / il a fait / tu as fait / nous avons fait

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I did, I made/ he did, he made / you did, you made/ we did, we made

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J’en suis sûr

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I’m sure

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pour allez à…

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in order to go to…

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ou bien

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or (a more definite way instead of just ou)

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d’après toi?

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according to you? what does it mean, do you think?

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ça vous va / ça te va?

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does it suit you? ok with you?

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45
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Ça marche (pour moi)

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Yep, that works (for me). That’s fine….

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46
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Où est-ce qu’on va ?

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Where are we going?

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ça fait (longtemps eg.) que… / ça ne fait pas

eg ça fait trois jours

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it has been (a longtime) that… / it hasn’t been long

eg it has been 3 days

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Il y a

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There is OR ago (eg. il y a trois jours-3 days ago)

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49
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se demander

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to wonder

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50
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par hasard?

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by any chance?

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51
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un instant!

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wait a minute / one sec….

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52
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arrivé à / je n’arrivé pas à

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to manage to / I did not manage to….

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53
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je ne sais pas du tout

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I don’t know at all

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C’est pareil / C’est la même chose

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It’s the same/ It’s the same thing

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55
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au bord de

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on/by the edge of (the river)

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56
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Qui est à l’appareil?

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Who is speaking (on the phone)?

57
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ne quittez pas OR patientez / voulez-vous patientez

A

Hold the line / hold a sec (on the phone)

58
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ç’est trompé / Je me suis trompé(e)

A

It is wrong / I was mistaken

59
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Il/Elle n’est pas là

A

He/she is not here

60
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je rappellerai

A

I will call back

61
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un ce moment

A

at the moment

62
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Ce serait dommage de s’arreter maintenant

A

it would be a shame to stop now

63
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je vais retrouver mon mari à la gare

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I’m going to meet my husband at the station

64
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il reste / il ne rest pas

A

something is left / not left

65
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comment ça ce fait

A

how can this be

66
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parles-en, parlez-en

A

talk about it

67
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je ne sais même pas…

A

I don’t even know…

68
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tu ne vas pas le crois

A

you won’t believe it…/you’re not going to believe it

69
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ça vous (te) dirait de manger avec nous

A

do you fancy dining with us? / how about we eat together

70
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s’en occuper / je vais m’en occuper

A

to take car of it / I will take care of it

71
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j’ai presque tout oublié

A

I’ve almost forgotten everything

72
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ça se dit?

A

Is that correct? Did I say it right? Do i have the right word?

73
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Il reste à Odile juste trois pommes. Il me reste juste quinze minutes pour dejeuner. Il te reste juste un cours le lundi matin. Il reste à Tom juste l’argent pour son billet d’avion. Il vous reste juste dix minutes avant de presenter votre dossier.

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Odile has just three apples left. I have just fifteen minutes left for lunch. You just have one lesson left on Monday morning. Tom has just the money left for his plane ticket. You have just ten minutes left before presenting your case.

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je plaisante

A

I’m just joking around

75
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nous vous faites confiance / on te faites confiance

A

we trust you

76
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tout à fait

A

absolutely

77
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passer la commande

vous êtes prêt passer la commande?

A

to order

Are you ready to order?

78
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c’est bien ca

A

that’s right

79
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c’est cela

A

that’s it

80
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Juste un de plus

A

just one more

81
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Au plaisir d’avoir de vos nouvelles

A

Looking forward to hearing from you

82
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Ils ont envie de…(conduire)

A

They feel like (driving)

83
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Ça me plaît / Ils me plaisent
Ça m’a plu / Ils m’ont plu
Cette voiture me plaît / la plante vous plaît

A

it please me, i like it / they please me
it pleased me / they pleased me
i like this car / you like the plant

84
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tu me manques

A

I miss you (literally you are missing to me)

85
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ca me fait vraiment plaisir

A

that makes me very happy

86
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que faites-vous demain?

A

what are you doing tomorrow

87
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en principe

A

in principle / theoretically / all being well / if things go according to plan

88
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se rendre compte / tu te rend compte

A

to realise / do you realise, can you believe it?

89
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dès que

A

as soon as

90
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rien de tout

A

nothing at all

91
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un truc de fou / un truc comme ça

A

something crazy / something like that

92
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je ne suis pas sûre

A

I am not sure

93
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ça veut dire

A

it means

94
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tout à l’heure

A

later or earlier (recent, today) depending on context

95
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à tout à l’heure

A

see you later (same day)

96
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dans deux ans / en deux ans

A

in 2 years from now / in 2 years, for 2 years, it will take 2 years

97
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ça a était?

A

was it ok? did you enjoy your meal?

98
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tu parle

A

don’t be silly/don’t mention it

99
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aucun problème

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it’s not a problem

100
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ça fait plaisir

A

it’s a pleasure

101
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jusqu’à quand?

A

until when?

102
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je n’en peux plus or j’en puex plus

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I can’t take anymore / I can’t eat anymore

103
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on se comprend

A

we understand each other

104
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ça te dirait de (quelque chose)

A

would you like to do (something)

105
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aussitôt que

A

as soon as

106
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ça y est

A

there you go! / there it is! / that’s it!

107
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ah bon?

A

really?

108
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ç’est pour ça

A

That’s why, it is for that (reason)

109
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ça sert à quoi?

A

what’s it for?

110
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ça ne sert à rien

A

It’s no use

111
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de passer au milieu

A

through the middle

112
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tout d’un coup

A

all of a sudden, suddenly

113
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tu pourrais faire ça?

A

could you do that/it?

114
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ce n’est pas grave

A

it’s not a big deal, no worries

115
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est-ce que ça vous intéresse?

A

does it interest you?, would you be interested?

116
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ça m’intéresse

A

I am interested

117
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pour que, afin que

A

so that

118
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on verra bien

A

we’ll see, we’ll soon see

119
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j’arrive / j’arrive pas

A

I’m coming / I’m not coming

120
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quoi d-autre

A

what else?

121
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à propose

A

about

122
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à l’époque ( j’etais)

A

at the time (followed by the imperfect)

123
Q

le problème c’est que….

A

the problem is that…..

124
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ne plus en pouvoir

A

can’t take it anymore

125
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il s’en sort toujours

A

he always gets by

126
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il est partout

A

he is everywhere

127
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de la sorte

A

in this way

128
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en faire autant

A

to do likewise, to do the same as somebody

129
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n’avoir que faire de

A

to not care about something, to have little use for something

130
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tes histoires

A

your issues

131
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se faire = devenir

A

se faire can replace ‘becoming’

132
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avoir du mal à

A

to struggle to

133
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se faire sentir

A

to become apparent

134
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une bande de

A

a bunch of

135
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A bas qqch

A

down with something

136
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pleine de monde

A

crowded

137
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mais encore une fois

A

but again,

138
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rien n’arrive ici

A

nothing happens here / nothing is going on

139
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pas grand-chose

A

not much

French lexicon Julia (7 decks)

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