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an expectation

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une attente

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mon boulot

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my job

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Avoir horreur de

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To be disgusted by

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Surtout

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Overall/especially

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De temps en temps

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From time to time

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En revanche

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On the other hand

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J’ai besoin de

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I need

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Emprunter

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To borrow

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Avoir l’air

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To seem

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Endomi

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Sleepy

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Étant donné que

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Given that

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Plein de

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Lots of

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La France est très connue pour la mode

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France is very famous for fashion

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Essayer

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To try

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Plusieurs

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Several

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Amener

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To bring

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avoir lieu

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to take place

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un endroit

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a place/space

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une tuque

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a beanie

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Ils sont assis

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They are sat

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Sommeil

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Sleepy

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Je ne sais pas

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I don’t know

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vers

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about

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une bougie

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a candle

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une chanson

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a song

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la veille

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the day before

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le roi

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the king

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le saumon

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the salmon

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voler

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to steal

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avoir lieu

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to take place

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se rendre à

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to take oneself

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puisque

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since

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afin de

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in order to

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les noces

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anniversary

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un discours

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speech

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une billeterie

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a ticket office

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acueillir

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to welcome

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un char

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a float

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un défilé

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a parade

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il pleurait aux cordes

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to rain cats and dogs

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maints

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many

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42
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gêner

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to annoy

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blindé

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extremely full/crammed

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le grand chapiteau

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the big top

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appeler un chat un chat

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to call a spade a spade

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avoir le cœur sur la main

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to be generous, to give the shirt off one’s back

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avoir un chat dans la gorge

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to have a frog in your throat

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avoir les jetons

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to be scared

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avoir mangé du lion

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to have incredible energy

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avoir le cafard

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to have the blues

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avoir l’air d’une poule qui a trouvé un couteau

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to look puzzled or baffled

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52
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Ma bête noire

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enemy, nemesis, an obvious mistake, pet peeve

53
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comme un éléphant dans un magasin de porcelaine

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recklessly uncoordinated (like a bull in a china shop)

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comme un poisson dans l’eau

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at ease (like a duck to water)

55
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coûter les yeux de la tête

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to be very expensive/ to cost an arm and a leg

56
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ça me dit quelque chose

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that rings a bell

57
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ça me prend la tête

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that drives me crazy

58
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c’est la vie

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that’s life

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ce n’est pas le Pérou

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It’s nothing to write home about

60
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En un clin d’œil

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in a flash

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avoir le melon

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to be sure of oneself

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Être aux anges

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to be over the moon

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Être un singe sur une branche

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to be at home; in one’s natural habitat

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Être simple comme «bonjour»

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to be as easy as pie

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Faire d’une pierre deux coups

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to kill two birds with one stone

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Faire la grasse matinée

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to have a lie-in

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Faire la sourde oreille

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to turn a blind eye; to ignore

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Fumer comme un pompier

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to smoke like a stack

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(être) mort de rire

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laughing out loud

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Ce ne sont pas vos oignons

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It is none of your business

71
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Parler français comme une vache espagnole

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to speak French poorly

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pleuvoir comme une vache qui pisse

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to rain cats and dogs

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prendre ses jambes à son cou

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to run away quickly; to escape

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Qui vivra, verra

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time will tell

75
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se casser la tête

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to go to a lot of trouble

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une chaise

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a chair

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souterrain

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underground

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une carte bancaire

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a debit card

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un endroit

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a place

80
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la facture / l’addition

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the bill

81
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l’eau gazeuse

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sparkling water

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des bulles

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bubbles

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le loup de mer

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sea bass

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cru

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raw

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le rôti de veau

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roast veal

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c’est un peu la bordelle

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It’s chaotic

87
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c’est bordelique ici

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it’s chaotic in here

88
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le quai

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the platform

89
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en montgolfière

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by hot air balloon

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se déplacer

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to get around

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Y’a pas photo

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There’s no contest / It’s a clear winner

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inoubliable

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unforgettable

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oublier

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to forget

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grimper

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to climb

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un témoin

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witness

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à la retraite

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retired

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le guichet

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ticket office

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se renseigner

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to inform oneself

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être pressé

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to be in a rush

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avoir besoin

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to need

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saisir un code

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to enter a code

102
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la théière

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teapot

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marché conclu!

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Deal!

104
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C’est hors de prix

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That’s far too much/overpriced

105
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laisse tomber

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leave it

106
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une bonne affaire

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a good deal

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loin de

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far from

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ailleurs

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elsewhere

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l’écran

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screen

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ramener

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to bring back

111
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remplies

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filled with

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les marchands

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the shopkeepers

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se rappeller

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to remind

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essayer

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to try

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quotidien

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the everyday

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quand même

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nevertheless

117
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C’est tout le but

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It’s the whole point

118
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les affaires

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things/belongings

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tomber en panne

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to break down

120
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une fois là-bas

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once there (As in ‘Once I got there’)

121
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voler

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to steal

122
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un voleur

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a thief

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dedans

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inside

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au lieu de

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instead of

125
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à l’avenir

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in future (as in ‘in future, I will work harder’)

126
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un arrêt

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a stop

127
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un ascenseur

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a lift

128
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rater (le train)

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to miss (the train)

French GCSE (9 decks)

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