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le défi (m)

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challenge

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lequel, lesquels, auquel, auxquels

à + lequel = auquel

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who, whom, which

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faire face
faire face à l’adversité
Les défis auxquels la planète doit faire face

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face
face adversity
The challenges the planet must face

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largement (adv)

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widely, overwhelmingly

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sous-estimer, sous-estimè

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to underestimate, underestimated

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bénéficier

bénéficier de

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to benefit

to get, to be given, to benefit from

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demeurer

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to live (ie. habiter), to stay (ie séjourner), to remain (rester)

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un accès (m)

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access

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faute de moyens

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due to the lack of resources or means

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s’attaquer à

Il s’agit de s’attaquer à la disponibilité des service requis…

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to take on

We must take on the availability of required services

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basculer
basculer à droit
basculer dans la pauvreté

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to fall over, to tip over
to swing to the right
to fall into poverty

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le soin (m)
faire qch avec soin
les soins (m)
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care (noun)
to do something carefully, with care
treatment, medicare attention (noun)

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la poche (f)
payer leurs soins de leur poche
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pocket

to pay for their treatment out of pocket

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efficace (adv)

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efficient

EF-EE-KAS

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malgré (prep)

malgré son nom

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in spite of, despite

in spite of it’s name…

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se fonder sur qch

La CSU se fonde sur le droit à la santé

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to be based on something

Universal Health Care (CSU en français) is based on the right to health

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garantir

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to guarantee, to secure

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dont
Il y avait plusieurs personnes, dont Gabrielle
10 blessés, dont 2 grièvement

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who, which, of which, in which

  • There were several people, one of which was Gabrielle.
  • 10 injured, 2 of them seriously
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renvoyer

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to reflect, to echo

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le politique (m)
politique étrangère
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(noun) policy, or a politican

foreign policy

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d’emblée

Il faut ériger d’emblée l’équité

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straightaway, at once

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d’abord

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at first, first

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atteindre

La balle l’a atteint au poumon gauche.

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to hit, to reach
to affect
The bullet entered his left lung.

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retenir à déjeuner

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to ask to stay for lunch

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à quatre pattes

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on all fours (as in on your hands and knees)

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se jeter

se jeter à l’eau

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to jump on, to set up

to take the plunge

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tapi, -e (adj)

“sa petite chienne tapis sous un fauteuil”

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hidden away in, hidden away behind

crouching in, crouching behind

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un fauteuil

un fauteuil à bascule

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armchair (FOE-TOY)

rocking chair

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saisir

“je saisis”

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  1. to take hold of, to grab
  2. to grasp (as in understand, comprehend)
  3. to come over, to take hold of (as in emotion)
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être saisir de

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to be overwhelmed with

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plein, -e (adj)
pleins pouvoirs
pleine nature

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full
full powers
open air

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s’enfuir

Elle s’enfuit (passe simple)

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to run away

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gambader

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to skip about

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vers (prep)

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  1. towards, toward (as in the direction of)
  2. somewhere around / near (as in next to)
  3. around (as in time - around 5 o’clock)
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couvrir

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to cover

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une caresse

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a caress

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caresser

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to caress, to cherish, to stroke

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elle revint

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She came back (passe simple)

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s’étendre

Je vais m’étendre cinq minutes

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  1. to spread
  2. to lie down
    I’m going to lie down for 5 minutes
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la nuit blanche

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sleepless night

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le rideau (les rideaux)

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the curtain (the curtains)

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tirer les rideaux

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to draw the curtains

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s’enfouir dans

s’enfouir sous

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to bury oneself in

to bury oneself under

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appuyer

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  1. to press, to push
  2. to support, to back
    (AH-PUWEE-AY)
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frais, fraîche (adj)
des boissons fraîches
servir frais
Il fait frais

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  1. cool
  2. fresh
    cool drinks
    serve lightly chilled
    It’s chilly
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défaillir

sans défaillir

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to waver

without wavering

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s’emparer de

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to seize, to grab

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embrasser

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  1. to embrace, to encompass
  2. to kiss
  3. to embark on
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sans pouvoir retenir

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without being able to hold back

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des larmes (f)
une larme de
être en larmes

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tears
a drop of
to be in tears

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énervé , e (adj)

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  1. irritated or upset

2. “on edge”, nervy or nervous

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une fièvre (f)
avoir de la fièvre
j’ai de la fièvre / j’ai un peu de fièvre

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fever
to have a fever
I have a fever / I have a bit of a fever

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Sept heures sonnèrent (passé simple)

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7 hrs went by (lit, 7 sounded)

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se mettre à table

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  1. to sit down to eat

2. to spill the beans

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s’accouder

s’accouder à / contre / sur

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  1. to lean

2. to rest one’s elbows one / against / on

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doux

“Le soir était doux”

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  1. soft
  2. sweet
  3. gentle
  4. mild
    The evening was mild.
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suivre

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to follow

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passant , e (adj)

passant , e (noun)

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busy

passer-by

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une ombre (f)

une ombre chinoise

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  1. shade
  2. shadow
    silhouette
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une touffe

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bundle, clump

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s’épaissir

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to thicken

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reconnaître

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to recognize

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une démarche (f) (noun)

“faire des démarches”

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  1. walk
  2. step
  3. approach
    to take action
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In the years ahead

There are still things to develop in the years ahead.

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  1. dans les années à venir
  2. au cours des prochaines années
    Il reste encore des choses à développer dans les années à venir.
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féroce (adj)

un appétit féroce

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ferocious, fierce

a ferocious appetite

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éclater

Une guerre civile a éclaté fin 2013.

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to burst, to explode, to break out, break up

A civil war broke out at the end of 2013.

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menacer

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to threaten

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celui, celle, ceux, celles

Prends celui que tu préfères.

A 
the one(s) (as in person/thing(s))
Take the one you like best.
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un cessez-le-feu (m)

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ceasefire (pron w/ the “le” silent)

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pendant

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during

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pendant que

Un cessez-le-feu a été announcé pendant que l’armée provoque des déplacements

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while

A ceasefire was announced while the army provokes population displacements.

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de l’autre côté

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on the other side

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provoquer

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to provoke, to cause

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une fusillade (f)

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gunfire, shooting, gun battle

pron = FU-ZEE-AD, ie “l” is silent

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retentir
retentir sur
Cette crise retentit sur le moral des habitants de la cité.

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  1. to ring out, to resound with
  2. to have an effect on
    This crisis is having an effect on the city’s inhabitants.
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marquer

A

to mark

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dès lors

dès lors que…

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from then on

from the moment that…

78
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prendre de l’ampleur

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be growing in importance, be growing/expanding

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que s’est-il passé?

Qu’est-ce qui s’est passé?

A

What happened?? (Ver1)

What happened?? (Ver2)

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une tentative (f)
tentative de qch
tentative de crime
tentative de suicide

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an attempt
attempted something, or attempt at something
attempted crime
attempted suicide, suicide attempt

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ourdir

Tout ceci a été ourdi par Amath.

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to hatch, to cook up, to contrive

All of this was cooked up by Amath.

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démettre
démettre qch de
qu’il avait démis de ses fonctions

A

to dismiss (as in fire)
to dismiss someone from
which he had dismissed from his duties…

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in extremis (adv)

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at the last minute

in-ex-tree-miss

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Selon ce dernier

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According to the latter…

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un échange

les échange de tirs

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exchange

the shooting exchanges

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au contraire de…

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unlike, unlikely

87
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pourtant

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yet, nevertheless

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permettre

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to allow, to permit

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le moindre (in a negative structure)
Nous n'avons pu trouver aucune preuve de la moindre tentative de coup d'Etat.
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the slightest, not in the slightest

We couldn’t find the slightest proof of a coup d’Etat.

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s’enfuir

J’ai été obligé de m’enfuir en pyjamas!

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to run away

I had to run away in pyjamas!

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faire rage

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to rage

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une décennie (f)

A

decade

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le réseau (m)

réseau social

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network

social network

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le quotidien (m)
Facebook est parvenu à se faire une place dans notre quotidien.
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daily-life, day to day life

Facebook managed to make a place for itself in our day to day life.

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sceller

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to seal

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une amitié (f)

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friendship

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apparaître

A

to appear

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le lendemain(s)

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the following day(s)

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le thermomètre

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thermometer

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autant

d’autant

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  • so much, so many (when comparing, then AS much, AS many)

- so much so that…

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une jauge (f)

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  1. capacity
  2. gauge
    (pron = starts like “george” but w/o hard g)
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le poids (m)

A

weight

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se développer

A

to develop

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comme le montre…

comme le montre une étude publiée en 2012

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as shown, as shown in
as demonstrated by or through
“As shown in a study published in 2012”

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pointer

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  1. to check in/out

2. to tick off (I believe as in items of a list)

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entretenir

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to maintain, to support, to keep alive/sustain

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appartenir à

appartenant à

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  1. to belong to somebody…
  2. to be a member of…
    “belonging to…”
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intérêt de créer

D’où l’intérêt de créer des listes d’amis

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interest in creating

Where from the interest in creating lists of friends

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ranger

Va ranger ta chambre

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to tidy up, to arrange

“Go tidy up your room”

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la bague (f)
la bague de fiançailles
A 
ring
engagement ring (pron = same as fiancé, but last syllable is "ay" instead of "eh")
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préciser

Pouvez-vous préciser ce que vous voulez dire?

A

to specify or clarify
Can you clarify what you mean (what you want to say?)
(Pray-see-say)

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alliance (f)

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  1. alliance
  2. marriage
  3. wedding ring
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le bracelet

A

bracelet

pron = 2 syllables

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une dimension de plus

A

one more dimension

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un affichage (m)

A

display

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le statut (m)

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status

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amoureux (adj)

amoureux (n)

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  1. loving, love, in love

2. a lover, or a courting couple

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en passant par

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by way of

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détailler

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  1. to detail, to explain in detail

2. to sell retail

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sentimental
“vie sentimental”
“état sentimental”

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  1. sentimental
  2. love
    “love life”
    “love/relationship status”
121
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à la suite de…

à la suite de la demande

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following

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puisque

“Puisque c’est si cher, nous irons manger ailleurs”

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  1. since
  2. because
    “Since it’s so expensive, we will go to eat elsewhere”
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du moins

du moins dans certains pays

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at least

at least in certain countries

124
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une épaule (f)

A

shoulder

125
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un coup de coude

A 
a poke (as in on Facebook or on the shoulder)
(pron = "p" is silent, cou de coud)
126
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équivalent, -e (adj)

un équivalent (noun, m)

A

equivalent

127
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compter sur

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to count on, to rely on

128
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une œillade (f)

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wink

pron = OEY-ADE

129
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par contre

Passé 30 ans, par contre, un “poke” risque de..

A

on the other hand

Past 30, on the other hand, a poke might…

130
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dragueur, euse

A

someone who is very flirty, womanizer (for men)

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ringard (adj)

A

cheesy, lame

132
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pire

Ou pire,

A

worse

Or worse

133
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étant donné

A

given

participe présent of être + donné

134
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intégralité (f)

dans son intégralité

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the entirety

in its entirety

135
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un pouce en l’air (m)

Les deux pouces en l’air

A

thumbs up

two thumbs up

136
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bijoutier, -ière

A

jeweler

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le soutien (m)
soutien de famille
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support (noun)

breadwinner

138
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commerçant, e (noun)

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shopkeeper, storekeeper

139
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braqueur, -use (noun)

braqueur de banque

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robber

bank robber

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dévaliser

A

to rob

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