French Advanced Conversation_Engl to Fren4 Flashcards

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mist

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le bruine

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mineral water

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de l’eau minerale (even w several brands)

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3
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microwave

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LE microonde

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4
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microwave

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LE micro-onde

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5
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Mexico City

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la ville DE Mexique

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meticulous

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detail-oriented

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7
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method

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LA methode

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mess things up

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foutre la merde

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9
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measles

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rougeole

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maybe things aren’t going all that well after all

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peut-�tre que tout ne va pas si bien que �a

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maybe there’ll be some changes

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peut-�tre qu’il y aura des changements

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maybe it’s still playing

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peut etre qu’il PASSE encore (not reflex)

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maybe I’ll stick with that plan

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peut-�tre que je vais garder ce plan-l�

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14
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maturity date

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la date d’�cheance

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15
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maturity

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maturit←

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16
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masterpiece

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masterwork

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17
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master a language

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maitriser une langue

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martial arts

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les arts martiaux

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19
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marry -v

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�pouser / se marier avec

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20
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married - adj

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mari� (never epous�)

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21
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marching band

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une fanfarre

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22
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Mao’s chair

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le si�ge de Mao

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23
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slang father

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mon vieux/pater/doron/reup

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24
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skills

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habilite

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skilled work
travail de specialiste
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skilled
habile
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six months
six (silent) mois
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six difficult months
SIx mois difficiles
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sit up straight
se tenir bien sur sa chaise
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since tomorrow is Easter
comme demain c'est Paques
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since then
depuis ce moment-la
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since my return
depuis mon retour
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since mid-September
depuis mi-septembre
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since it's Doug and me that will split everything
comme c'est Doug et moi qui allons tous nous partager
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since I learned I wasn't going to Russia
des que j'ai su que je n'ALLAIS pas en Russie
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sick of it /over it/been there done that
morfl�
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shut up
fermes-la!
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short
petit
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shoot
fire shots
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shoot someone
tirer SUR qn
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shoe bomb
la bombe-chaussure
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shine shoes
cirer des souliers
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she's unhappily married
elle est malheureuse dans son marriage
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she's shocked
elle est choqu�e
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she's only 10 years older than me
elle n'a que 10 ans de pluS que moi
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she's lucky everyone's not against her
elle a beaucoup de chance que tout le monde ne soit pas contre elle
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she's loathe to (hesitates before)
elle h�site avant de
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she's gone home
elle est retourn�e chez elle
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she's going to quit smoking
elle va arr�ter de fumer
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she's going to move
elle va d�menager (not reflex)
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she's getting divorced
elle divorce
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she's fat/overweight
elle est forte/grosse/obese
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she's expensive
elle coute tres cher
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she's doing better (health)
elle se porte bien
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she's an MBA
elle est diplom�e d'une �cole d'affaires
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she's 60 but doesn't look it
elle a 60 ans
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she'll stop at nothing!
elle ne lache pas l'affaire / rien ne l'arr�te
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she works in marketing
elle est dans le marketing
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she works at Motown
elle travaille chez Motown
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she takes the minutes
elle �crit des compte-rendu
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she remarried
elle S'EST REMARIE
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she remade a song
elle a repris une chanson
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she pressed the nurse button
elle a sonn� pour les infirmi�res
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she made by blood run cold
elle a fait glacer mon sang
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she likes greasy food
elle aime la cuisine grasse
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she knows perfectly well what Ignacio's strong and weak points are
elle connait parfaitement les points forts et faibles d'Ignacio
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she keeps nagging me about it
elle me harc�le a ce sujet
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she joins them
elle se joint a eux
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she immigrated to France
elle a immigr� en France
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she has two offers
elle a deux offres
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she has no self-confidence
elle n'a pas confiance en elle-m�me
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she has no money
elle n'a pas d'argent
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she got mad
elle s'est �nerv�ee
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she glosses over his faults
elle fait abstraction de ses fautes
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she didn't have any success / wasn't successful
elle n'a eu du success
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she decided to go to the funeral
elle a d�cid� de se rendre aux funerailles
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she cleans up all its excesses
elle se d�barrasse de tous les �xces
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severance
l'indemnit←
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set-back / reversal
un (grand) pas un arri�re
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sense of duty
le sens DU devoir
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seniority
anciennet←
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senior citizens groups
groupe de personnes ag�es
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search through their papers
fouiller dans ses papiers
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search
fouiller
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screen my messages
filtrer mes messages
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scream/shout at each other
s'engueuler
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scene study
l'�tude de sc�ne
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scam
l'arnaque
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scale model
la maquette
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savings account
compte d'�pargne
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salt
LE sel
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rubble
les d�combres
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rowboat
bateau a la rame
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root
la racine
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romance language
des langues romanes
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roll of film
une pellicule
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role-playing
des exercises de sketch
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rod work
des travaux sur la route
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rise/fall
monter-hausser/baisser (intr)
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rich neighborhood (slang)
quartier friqu←
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review -v
reviser
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review -n
revision
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results -pl in english
r�sultat
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it was quieter than normal
c'�tait plus calme que 'la normale'
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it was only kids from the slums
�'etait que des gens de la cit�
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it was good (food)
c'etait bon -
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it was good (almost everything else)
c'etait bien -
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it was expected
c'�tait prevu
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it was cooler than I was expecting
�'etait plus cool QUE CE A QUOI je m'attendais
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it turns out that
il s'av�re que
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it turned out well
�a c'est bien d�roul�
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it turned out at the end
il s'est av�r� � la fin
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it takes up a lot of space
�a prend beaucoup de place
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it really would be good if you did something
ce serait bien que tu fasses qch
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it must be nice weather
il devrait faire beau
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it looks like it's going well
�a a l'air de rouler
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it lasted 11 days
�a a dur� 11 jours
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it keeps me busy
�a m'occupe
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it happened very fast
�a
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it got good reviews
�a a eu des tr�s bonnes critiques
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it doesn't look like an insect
�a ne ressemble pas a des insectes
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it depends a lot on how people react
�a d�pend beaucoup de la fa�on don t les gens r�agissent
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it adds the right note
�a doNNE TOn
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is located outside of South Africa
se situe hors de l'Afrique du Sud
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intermediate level
niveau intermediaire
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intercom
l'interphone
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instead of listening to him
au lieu de l'�couter
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installment (money)
versement partiel
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installment (book
story)
130
insight into character
finesse psychologique
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insight
perspicacit�
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inside the company
au sein de l'entreprise
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insecure
pas sur de soi-m�me
134
inform/give news to s.o.
donner des nouvelles a qn
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Indian reservations
des reserves d'Indiens
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increase/decrease
rise/fall
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in very southern style
bien ancr� dans le style du Sud
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in the stock market
EN bourse
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in the second row
eu deuxi�me rang
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in the second half
au second semestre
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in the personnel office
au bureau des ressources humaines
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in the music department
AU RAYON musique
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in the meantime
en attendant
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In the hope that someone would leave
dans l'espoir que quelqu'un S'EN IRAIT
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in the beginning
au debut
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in the 80s
DANS LES ann�es 80
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in that case
dans ce cas-la
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in sorry shape
dans un pi�tre �tat
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in short
BREF
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in seventh grade
en septieme ann�e
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in other people's songs
dans les chansons des autres
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in one sense it would be better
d'une fa�on
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in November
en novembre / au mois de novembre
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in Nepal
AU Nepa
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in Midtown
dans Midtown
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in March
en mars
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in many ways
de nombreuses fa�ons
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in Kuwait
in Vietnam
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in front of the park
EN FACE du PARC ( never face a)
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in front of me
devant moi
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in favor of
en faveur des
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in fashion
A la mode
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in early April
d�but abril
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in certain circles
dans certains milieux
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in bright colors
dans des tons tres vifs
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in Arabic
dans la langue arabe
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in another way
it was good for me
168
in advance
� l'avance
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in a video
dans une video
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in a row
d'affil�e
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in a military sense / militarily
SUR LE PLAN militaire
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in a greenhouse
en serre
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in a financial sense / as far as finance is concerned
sur le plan financier
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in a cultural sense
sur le plan culturel
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in a certain way
d'une certain fa�on
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in a calm
intelligent
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I'm the only one who's allowed to call him Danny
je suis le seul qu'on permet de l'appeller Danny
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I'm on my PC until 3am
je suis devant/sur mon ordinateur jusqu'a 3h du matin
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I'm not sure what it is
but it's good
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I'm not kidding
je ne d�conne pas
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I'm not entirely sure abou that
je suis pas tout a fait sur de �a
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I'm not complaining
je ne me PLAINS pas
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I'm not all here today
je suis un peu dans la lune aujourd'hui / pas sur la m�me plan�te
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I'm more senior
j'ai plus d'anciennet←
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I'm leaving for Chili
je pars AU Chili
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I'm increasingly sure
on est de plus en plus sur
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I'm going to write a check
je vais faire un cheque
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I'm going to return to the park and afterwards I'm going to return home
je vais retourner au parc et apres je vais revenir chez moi
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I'm going to behave me
je vais bien me comporter
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I'm getting over a five-year relationship
je sors d'une relation de cinq ann�es
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I'm doing more than before
j'en fais pluS qu'avant
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I'm calling about the ad
j'appelle pour l'annonce
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I'm beginning to get out of the habit
j'en commence a perdre l'habitude
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I'll see what happens
je verrai ce qui arrive
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il y en a pas mal qui emploient �a
plenty of people use that
196
if you want the terrorists to have no refuge
si on veut que les terroristes n'aient aucun r�fuge
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if you look closer
si on regarde de plus pres
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if you don't have any ideas
si on n'a pas d'id�es
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if it wasn't for the visa problem
si ce n'�tait pour le probl�mre du visa