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abîmer

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to damage; to ruin, wreck

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s’abîmer

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to go off (food); to deteriorate, strain; to sink

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aboyer (sur)

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to bark (at); to shout (at)

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l’affliction (f)

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suffering, distress

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aléatoire

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random, uncertain, unpredictable

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de façon aléatoire, aléatoirement

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randomly

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anéantir

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to destroy, wipe out, annihilate; to crush, devastate

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au loin

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in the distance, far away

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avaler

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to swallow; to eat; to fall for, believe

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avaler des couleuvres

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to believe anything you are told; to swallow insults, endure humiliation

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avaler (qch) de travers

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to have sth go down the wrong pipe

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c’est dur à avaler, c’est une pilule difficile à avaler

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it is a bitter pill to swallow

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l’avaleur(-euse)

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big eater, glutton

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Ça y est!

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this is it, here we are; we’re off; that’s it, all done

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Ça y est?

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Got it? Understood? Finished?

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ça y fait

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that works

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calé

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clever, smart

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calé en (qch)

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good at (sth)

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c’est ce qu’on dit

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that’s what they say, that’s what I heard

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combler

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to fill; to fulfil, satisfy

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combler (qn) de (qch)

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to lavish sth on sb, shower sb with sth

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combler son retard

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to make up for lost time

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combler une lacune

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to fill a knowledge gap

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comblé

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happy, content, fulfilled, complete

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comble

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packed, full

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le comble de

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height of

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les combles (m)

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attic, loft

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faire salle comble

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to sell out, have a full house

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dédommager (qn) pour/de (qch)

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to compensate/reimburse sb for sth

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dégueu

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gross, rank; crappy

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dégueulasse

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gross, rank; disgusting, despicable, out of order, a disgrace

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le gros dégueulasse

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sleazy guy (fam)

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pas dégueulasse

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not half bad

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désespérer

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to be disheartened by; to lose hope, be resigned

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se désespérer

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to despair

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désespéré

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desperate, hopeless

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être un cas désespéré

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to be a lost cause, be a hopeless case

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le désespoir

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despair; disappointment

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à mon grand désespoir/désarroi

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to my dismay

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en désespoir de cause

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out of desperation

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(s’)émousser

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to blunt; to become blunted, dulled

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engloutir

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to submerge, engulf; to gobble up, devour

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faire exprès de (faire qch)

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to do sth deliberately/on purpose

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(se) faner

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to wilt, wither; fade

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la fermeté

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firmness; rigour; steadfastness

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faire preuve de fermeté

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to be firm, put your foot down

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(se) flétrir

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to wilt, wither; to sully, degrade

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flétri

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wilted, withered; faded

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à fond

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completely, deeply, in depth, thoroughly; to the maximum; as loud as possible; at full speed

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se donner à fond

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to give it your all, go all out, really throw yourself into sth

51
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vivre à fond

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to live life to the full

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en fond

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in the background

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la fourmi

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ant; hard worker

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le travail de fourmi

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painstaking/detailed/meticulous work

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galérer

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to struggle, have a hard time

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(la) galère

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pain, chore, hell; difficult, hellish

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en galère

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in trouble

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bonjour la galère

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this is going to be hell

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(le) garant

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responsible for; guarantor

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se porter garant de (qch/qn)

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to vouch for sth/sb

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(se) garer

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to park; to pull over; to get out of the way

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gêner

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to disturb, bother; to embarrass, make sb uncomfortable; to annoy, get in the way; to obstruct

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ça/cela ne me gêne pas

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I don’t mind, it doesn’t bother me

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se gêner

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to be in each other’s way

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Je vais me gêner!

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Just watch me!

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gêné

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embarrassed; awkward; hemmed in, confined; tight (money)

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le silence gêné

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awkward silence

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la gêne

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difficulty, discomfort; embarrassment; awkwardness

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(le/la) sans-gêne

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brazen(ness), unreserved(ness), shameless(ness), offhanded(ness), inconsiderate(ness), rude(ness) (person)

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à l’improviste

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unexpectedly, without warning, unannounced

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je n’en reviens pas

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I can’t get over it, I can’t believe it

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la lacune

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knowledge gap, lacuna

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le malheur

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misfortune; accident

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avoir le malheur de

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to make the mistake of

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faire un malheur

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to be a huge hit

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la miette, les miettes

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crumb; scraps, leftovers

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ne pas en perdre une miette

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to take everything in, soak up like a sponge, not miss a thing

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le moment venu

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when the time comes

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l’ONU, les Nations unies

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the UN

80
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ouvrir le score/la marque

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to open the scoring

81
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prendre du poids

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to gain weight

82
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la prise de poids

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weight gain

83
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le poignet

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wrist; cuff; wristband

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s’élever à la force du poignet

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to succeed through sheer hard work

85
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propulser

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to propel; to shoot out, fling, throw; to fast-track, rapidly promote

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se propulser

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to shoot off to

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(le/la) retardataire

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latecomer, arriving late; backward, behind the times

88
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recoller au score

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to draw level

89
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recoller les morceaux

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to patch things up, put the pieces back together

90
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régler ses comptes

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to settle a score

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remédier à

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to solve, resolve, remedy, find a solution to

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le requin

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shark; ruthless person

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(la) rouille

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rust; rust-coloured

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rouiller

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to rust; to diminish, reduce

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rouillé

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rusty

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le savoir-être

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social skills, interpersonal skills

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le savoir-vivre

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manners

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scier

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to saw; to cut/dig into; to stun, astound; to row

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le sciage

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rowing

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tâter (de)

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to try, feel; to feel the weight of sth, get a taste of sth

101
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se tâter

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to hesitate, be in two minds; to touch yourself

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(se) mettre en train

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to start (sth), get (sth) going/underway

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se sentir en train

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to feel good

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le trajet

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journey, trip; flight, ride, drive

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à mi-chemin, à la moitié du trajet

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at the halfway point of the trip, halfway through; mid-flight

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en vouloir (fam)

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to be highly motivated, be a go-getter

107
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en vouloir à (qn)

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to be angry/annoyed with sb

108
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en vouloir à la terre entière

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to blame everybody, think that the whole world is against you

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s’en vouloir (de qch)

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to be annoyed with yourself; to feel bad about sth

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