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1
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casser du sucre sur le dos de quelqu’un

A

talk shit about someone behind their back

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2
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d’autant plus (facil)

A

all the more (easy)

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3
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Shatter vs break

A

briser vs casser

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4
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to topple, tip

A

basculer (sous la ligne de pauvrété)

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5
Q

someone is talking shit about you behind your back

A

t’as les oreilles qui sifflent

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6
Q

especially since

A

d’autant plus que

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7
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to undermine something

A

saper qqc

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8
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review, take stock of

A

faire le point sur

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9
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qqc s’abat sur qqn (s’abbatre)

A

something befals someone

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10
Q

ink

A

l’encre (la)

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11
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eyebrow

A

le cil

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12
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to be supposed to (do something)

A

etre censé faire (no preposition)

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13
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a downpour

A

un averse

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14
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to blink

A

cligner des yeux

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15
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to put the ring on your finger

A

te mettre la bague au doigt

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16
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the glass ceiling

A

le plafond de verre

17
Q

reject, push back/away

A

repousser

18
Q

carry it away

A

l’emporter

19
Q

the hate

A

la haine

20
Q

the resentment, bitterness

A

la rancoeur

21
Q

faire de la place pour

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make space/way for

22
Q

as long as i can remember

A

aussi loin que je me souvienne

23
Q

every twenty minutes

A

toutes les vignt minutes

24
Q

compose (write)

A

rédiger

25
Q

uppercase

A

les lettres majiscules

26
Q

to such an extent that

A

à tel point que

27
Q

in contrast, on the otherhand

A

en revanche

28
Q

nonetheless, still

A

néanmoins

29
Q

revise the differences between toujours, encore and déja

A

in favourites

30
Q

to go nuts,

A

partir en cacahuète

31
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starting from

A

à partir de

32
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the disregard (to disregard)

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le mépris (mépriser to scorn/disregard)

33
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a competition

A

un concours

34
Q

to detect

A

déceler

35
Q

primary school teacher

A

un instit, un instituteur/trice

36
Q

seperate from

A

séparer de

37
Q

aspect

A

un aspect (m)

38
Q

Dig a hole, ‘hit a wall’

A

Foncer dans le mur

39
Q

Make up for lost time

A

Rattraper le temps (perdu)