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Expressions Utiles Flashcards

1
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Come on now…

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Allons

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Come on now, be reasonable

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Allons, sois un peu raisonnable. / Allons, soyez un peu raisonnable.

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I’m pretty well. / I’m fairly well (thanks)

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Ça ne va pas trop mal (merci).

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It can be done (in a few minutes).

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Ça peut se faire (en quelques minutes).

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O.K., I understand

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Ça va, j’ai compris.

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That’s easy to say. / That’s easily said.

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C’est facile à dire.

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(It’s) Done!

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C’est fait!

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That’s kind. / That’s nice. / That’s sweet (of you)

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C’est gentil.

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Is that all?

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C’est tout?

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10
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How are we doing…?

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Comment allons-nous…?

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How’s it going? / How’s it coming along?

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Comment ça se passe?

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12
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How may I help you?

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Comment puis-je vous aider?

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Clearly, Obviously…

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De toute évidence…

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That’s a good one!

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En voilà une (bien) bonne!

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I’ve had just about enough!

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Je commence à en avoir assez!

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16
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I wonder if…

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Je me demande si…

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I don’t get on (at all) with someone

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Je ne m’entends pas (du tout) avec quelqu’un.

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18
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(So far) I am following you.

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(Jusque-là) Je te suis, je vous suis.

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I’ve had enough (of it)! I’m tired of it! I’m fed up!

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J’en ai assez!

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20
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So far so good.

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Jusqu’ici, tout va bien. Jusque-là, tout va bien.

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21
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The problem is…

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Le problème, c’est que…

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22
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Of course! Naturally!

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Naturellement!

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O.K., Okay! (familiar)

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O.K. (familier)

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24
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No problem!

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Pas de problème!

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25
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Are you (still) with me?

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Tu me suis (toujours)? Vous me suivez (toujours)?

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26
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You’re joking!

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Tu veux rire! Vous voulez rire!

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27
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Is there a problem?

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Y a-t-il un problème?

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Can you be more precise? / Can you be more specific?

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Peux-tu être plus précis? / Pouvez-vous être précise?

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29
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To ask a question, to askquestions

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poser une question, poser des questions

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30
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What does this word mean? What is the meaning of this word?

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Que signifie ce mot?

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31
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What do you mean by that?

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Que veux-tu dire par là? Que voulez-vous dire par là?

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32
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What does that mean? / What does it mean?

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Qu’est-ce que ça veut dire?

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33
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What does that mean? / What does it mean?

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Qu’est-ce que cela signifie? / Qu’est-ce que ça signifie?

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34
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What must I do? What do I have to do?

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Qu’est-ce que je dois faire?

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35
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It says…

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C’est écrit…

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36
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Explain to me…

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Explique-moi… / Expliquez-moi…

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37
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Show me (what to do).

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Indique-moi / Indiquez-moi (quoi faire).

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38
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Go away! Get out of here!

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Allez-vous-en!

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39
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Go ahead! On you go! Get on with it!

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Allez-y!

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40
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Go ahead, I’m listening!

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Allez-y, je vous écoute!

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41
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Let’s go! Well, here goes!

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Allons-y !

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42
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Hold on a second! Give it a rest, will you!

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Arrête cinq minutes, veux-tu! / Arrêtez cinq minutes, oulez-vous bien!

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43
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(Yes) Of course! Most assuredly!

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(Oui) Assurément!

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44
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Spare me your explanations!

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Épargne-moi tes explications!Épargnez-moi vos explications!

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45
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I follow you. / I don’t follow you

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Je te suis. / Je ne vous suis pas.

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46
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Leave me alone! / Leave me in peace! / Let me be!

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Laisse-moi tranquille! /Laissez-moi tranquille!

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47
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Think about it!

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Pensez-y!

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48
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Remember!

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Rappelle-toi! / Rappelez-vous!

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49
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Be sensible! / Be reasonable! Listen to reason!

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Sois raisonnable! / Soyez raisonnable!

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50
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Go (ahead)! On you go! (Get) On with it!

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Vas-y!

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51
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Go ahead, I’m listening!

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Vas-y, je t’écoute!

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52
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Go away! Get out of here!

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Va-t’en!

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53
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Quick! Hurry up! Be quick (about it)!

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Fais Vite! /Faites Vite!

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Do it… / Go about it… followed by an adverb

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Allez« y » suivi d’un adverbe

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55
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Be sure to… / Make sure to…

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Assure-toi de… /Assurez-vous de…

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56
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Make sure that…

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Assure-toi que… /Assurez-vous que…

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57
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Lift the receiver. / Pick up the phone.

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Décrochez.

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58
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There’s no need to…

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Il n’est pas nécessaire de…

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59
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Make yourself comfortable.

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Installe-toi confortablement. /Installez-vous confortablement.

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I think (that)…

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Je trouve que…

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61
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Let me…

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Laisse-moi… / Laissez-moi…

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62
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Now, let’s get (down) to it!

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Maintenant, allons-y!

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63
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Don’t worry (about it)!

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Ne t’en fais pas! / Ne vous en faites pas!

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Let’s take as much time as we need.

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Prenonsle temps qu’il faut.

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Take your time. / Take (all) the time you need

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Prends ton temps./Prenez(tout) votre temps.

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66
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Hang up and try again.

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Raccrochez et essayez de nouveau.

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67
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Let’s fill out…

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Remplissons…

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68
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If the line is busy or free…

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Si la ligne est occupée ou libre…

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69
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If you wish. / If you don’t mind.

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Si tu (le) veux. / Si vous (le) voulez bien.

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70
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If you ask me… / If you want my opinion…

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Si tu veux mon avis… / Si vous voulez mon avis…

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Do it… / Go about it… followed by an adverb

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Vas« y » suivi d’un adverbe/ followed by an adverb

72
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Please sit down.

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Veuillez vous asseoir.

73
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At your service

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À votre service

74
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To deal with…

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Avoir affaire à…

75
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Priceless, invaluable, beyond price

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D’une valeur inestimable

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To be open (for business). / To be closed

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Être ouvert. / Être fermé

77
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To do business with someone

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Faire affaire avec quelqu’un

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Red tape

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La paperasserie administrative

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To cash a cheque

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Toucher un chèque. / Encaisser un chèque.

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On (the) screen

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À l’écran

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Voice-activated

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Commandé ou commandée à la voix

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(in) bold font. / bold character

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(en) caractère gras

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To double click

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Cliquer deux fois

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In italic

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En italique

85
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Step by step, stage by stage,

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Étape par étape

86
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To drag (for example: computer mouse),

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Faire glisser

87
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To do a copy and paste

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Faire un copier-coller

88
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Typing error, “typo” (typographical error)

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Faute de frappe

89
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To follow (the) instructions

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Suivre les directives

90
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To be lucky. / To be fortunate

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Avoir de la chance

91
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Good luck!

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Bonne chance!

92
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To be offended

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Être offensé ou offensée

93
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Congratulations!

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Félicitations!

94
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Peek-a-boo!

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Coucou!

95
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(What) You again?

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Encore toi! / Encore vous!

96
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I can’t get over it!, I’m amazed!

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Je n’en reviens pas!

97
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You’re joking! / You’re kidding! / You don’t mean it!

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Tu plaisantes! / Vous plaisantez!

98
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You must be joking. / You must be kidding! Surely, you don’t mean it!

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Tu plaisantes sûrement! / Vous plaisantez sûrement!

99
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(up)on my return

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À mon retour

100
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At present, right now

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À présent

101
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At your (own) convenience

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À ta convenance. / À votre convenance

102
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See you soon!

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À tantôt!

103
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At any time

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À tout moment

104
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As quickly as possible

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Au plus vite

105
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(not) this time

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(pas) cette fois (-ci)

106
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(I’ll be back) in a moment.

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(Je reviens) dans un instant.

107
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once again, over again

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De nouveau

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(with)in a few minutes

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En quelques minutes

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within two hours. / within two days. / within two weeks,

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En deux heures. / En deux jours. / En deux semaines, etc.

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In no time (at all), in less than no time

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En un rien de temps

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At all times

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En tout temps

112
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Until now, up to now, to date,

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Jusqu’à présent

113
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Until the evening

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Jusqu’en soirée

114
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For a moment

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Pendant un instant

115
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At the moment.

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Pour le moment. / Pour l’instant.

116
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At first… / To begin with… / First (and foremost)…

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(Tout) D’abord…

117
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Having said that… / That said…

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Ceci dit…

118
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Let’s start at the beginning! / First things first!

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Commençons par le commencement!

119
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In the first place… / First of all… / Firstly…

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En premier (lieu)…

120
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What then? / What next?

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(Et) Ensuite?

121
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And now? What now?

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Et maintenant?

122
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To start with… / To begin with… / First of all…

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Pour commencer…

123
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To the right of… / To the left of…

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À la droite de… / À la gauche de…

124
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To your right. / To your left.

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À ta droite. / À votre gauche.

125
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The bottom-right-hand corner. / The bottom-left-hand corner.

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Le coin inférieur droit. / Le coin inférieur gauche.

126
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The top-right-hand corner. / The top-left-hand corner.

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Le coin supérieur droit. / Le coin supérieur gauche.

127
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Around here. / Around there

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Par ici. / Par là.

128
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Downwards. / upwards.

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Vers le bas. / Vers le haut.

129
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It will (won’t) do

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Ça (ne) fera (pas) l’affaire

130
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I can’t stand her! / I can’t stand him!

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Je ne peux pas la supporter! / Je ne peux pas le supporter!

131
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To change one’s mind

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Changer d’idée

132
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To dial (a number)

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Composer un numéro

133
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To say foolish things. / To say stupid things.

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Dire des sottises

134
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To talk nonsense

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Dire n’importe quoi

135
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To save one’s strength

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Épargner ses forces

136
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To be hopeless. / To be useless at …

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Êtrenulen…

137
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“To be obliged. / To be obligated. / To be compelled to” followed by a verb

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« Être obligé de » suivi d’un verbe

138
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To be (more) precise

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Être (plus)précis

139
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To do… any old. / To do… any which way. / To do something in a slapdash manner.

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Faire… n’importe comment

140
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To apply for…S

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Faire une demande (de)…

141
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To make a mistake. / To make an error

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Faire une faute

142
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He is doing his job. / She is doing her job.

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Il fait son travail. / Elle fait son travail.

143
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I’ve changed my mind.

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J’ai changé d’idée.

144
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I can’t make head or tail of it. / It makes no sense to me.

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Je n’y comprends rien du tout

145
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To offend someone, to give offence to someone

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Offenser quelqu’un

146
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To take… for an…

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Prendre… pour un…

147
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To refuse to do..

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Refuser de faire…

148
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To fill in a form. / To fill out a form

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Remplir un formulaire

149
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To make sure that…, to ensure that..

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S’assurer que…

150
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To trust…, to rely or count on…

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Se fier à…

151
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To realise…, to be aware of…

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Se rendre compte de…

152
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To realise that…

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Se rendre compte que…

153
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To seem to be

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Sembler être

154
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To give it a try or a go

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Tenter l’expérience

155
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To try an experiment

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Tenter une expérience

156
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On second thought…, Now that I think about it…

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À bien y penser

157
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If necessary. / If need be. / As the need arises

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Au besoin

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In the end. / At the end of the day

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Au bout du compte

159
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Completely, totally

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Au complet

160
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By means of, with the help of

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Au moyen de

161
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With care, carefully

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Avec soin

162
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As shown

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Comme (il est) indiqué

163
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For pity’s sake! / For heaven’s sake!

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De grâce!

164
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In an orderly manner. / In an orderly way. / In an orderly fashion.

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D’une manière ordonnée

165
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On the subject

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En la matière

166
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It’s obvious that… / It’s clear that…

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Il est évident que…

167
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Lucky day

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Jour de chance

168
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Both of them

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Les deux

169
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Don’t take this the wrong way. / Don’t get me wrong.

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Ne le prends pas mal. / Ne le prenez pas mal.

170
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Not only…

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Non seulement…

171
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Nothing at all

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Rien du tout

172
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Only if

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Seulement si

173
Q

As shown

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Tel qu’indiqué

174
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A funny person. / A strange person. / A peculiar fellow!

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Un drôle de type

175
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A bit. / A trifle. / A touch

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Un rien

176
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(just) a little

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Un rien de…

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