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1
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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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microwave

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LE microonde

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microwave

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LE micro-onde

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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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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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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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maturity date

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la date d’�cheance

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maturity

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maturit￩

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masterpiece

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masterwork

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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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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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marching band

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une fanfarre

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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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25
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skilled work

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travail de specialiste

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skilled

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habile

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27
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six months

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six (silent) mois

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six difficult months

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SIx mois difficiles

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29
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sit up straight

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se tenir bien sur sa chaise

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30
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since tomorrow is Easter

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comme demain c’est Paques

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31
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since then

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depuis ce moment-la

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32
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since my return

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depuis mon retour

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33
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since mid-September

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depuis mi-septembre

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34
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since it’s Doug and me that will split everything

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comme c’est Doug et moi qui allons tous nous partager

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35
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since I learned I wasn’t going to Russia

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des que j’ai su que je n’ALLAIS pas en Russie

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36
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sick of it /over it/been there done that

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morfl�

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37
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shut up

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fermes-la!

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38
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short

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petit

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39
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shoot

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fire shots

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40
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shoot someone

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tirer SUR qn

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41
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shoe bomb

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la bombe-chaussure

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42
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shine shoes

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cirer des souliers

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43
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she’s unhappily married

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elle est malheureuse dans son marriage

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44
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she’s shocked

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elle est choqu�e

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45
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she’s only 10 years older than me

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elle n’a que 10 ans de pluS que moi

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she’s lucky everyone’s not against her

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elle a beaucoup de chance que tout le monde ne soit pas contre elle

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47
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she’s loathe to (hesitates before)

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elle h�site avant de

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48
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she’s gone home

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elle est retourn�e chez elle

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49
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she’s going to quit smoking

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elle va arr�ter de fumer

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50
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she’s going to move

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elle va d�menager (not reflex)

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51
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she’s getting divorced

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elle divorce

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52
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she’s fat/overweight

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elle est forte/grosse/obese

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53
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she’s expensive

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elle coute tres cher

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54
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she’s doing better (health)

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elle se porte bien

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55
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she’s an MBA

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elle est diplom�e d’une �cole d’affaires

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56
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she’s 60 but doesn’t look it

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elle a 60 ans

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57
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she’ll stop at nothing!

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elle ne lache pas l’affaire / rien ne l’arr�te

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58
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she works in marketing

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elle est dans le marketing

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59
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she works at Motown

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elle travaille chez Motown

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60
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she takes the minutes

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elle �crit des compte-rendu

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61
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she remarried

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elle S’EST REMARIE

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62
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she remade a song

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elle a repris une chanson

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63
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she pressed the nurse button

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elle a sonn� pour les infirmi�res

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64
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she made by blood run cold

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elle a fait glacer mon sang

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65
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she likes greasy food

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elle aime la cuisine grasse

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66
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she knows perfectly well what Ignacio’s strong and weak points are

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elle connait parfaitement les points forts et faibles d’Ignacio

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67
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she keeps nagging me about it

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elle me harc�le a ce sujet

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68
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she joins them

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elle se joint a eux

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69
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she immigrated to France

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elle a immigr� en France

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70
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she has two offers

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elle a deux offres

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she has no self-confidence

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elle n’a pas confiance en elle-m�me

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72
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she has no money

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elle n’a pas d’argent

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73
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she got mad

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elle s’est �nerv�ee

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74
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she glosses over his faults

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elle fait abstraction de ses fautes

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75
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she didn’t have any success / wasn’t successful

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elle n’a eu du success

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she decided to go to the funeral

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elle a d�cid� de se rendre aux funerailles

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she cleans up all its excesses

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elle se d�barrasse de tous les �xces

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78
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severance

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l’indemnit￩

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79
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set-back / reversal

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un (grand) pas un arri�re

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80
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sense of duty

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le sens DU devoir

81
Q

seniority

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anciennet￩

82
Q

senior citizens groups

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groupe de personnes ag�es

83
Q

search through their papers

A

fouiller dans ses papiers

84
Q

search

A

fouiller

85
Q

screen my messages

A

filtrer mes messages

86
Q

scream/shout at each other

A

s’engueuler

87
Q

scene study

A

l’�tude de sc�ne

88
Q

scam

A

l’arnaque

89
Q

scale model

A

la maquette

90
Q

savings account

A

compte d’�pargne

91
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salt

A

LE sel

92
Q

rubble

A

les d�combres

93
Q

rowboat

A

bateau a la rame

94
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root

A

la racine

95
Q

romance language

A

des langues romanes

96
Q

roll of film

A

une pellicule

97
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role-playing

A

des exercises de sketch

98
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rod work

A

des travaux sur la route

99
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rise/fall

A

monter-hausser/baisser (intr)

100
Q

rich neighborhood (slang)

A

quartier friqu￩

101
Q

review -v

A

reviser

102
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review -n

A

revision

103
Q

results -pl in english

A

r�sultat

104
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it was quieter than normal

A

c’�tait plus calme que ‘la normale’

105
Q

it was only kids from the slums

A

�’etait que des gens de la cit�

106
Q

it was good (food)

A

c’etait bon -

107
Q

it was good (almost everything else)

A

c’etait bien -

108
Q

it was expected

A

c’�tait prevu

109
Q

it was cooler than I was expecting

A

�’etait plus cool QUE CE A QUOI je m’attendais

110
Q

it turns out that

A

il s’av�re que

111
Q

it turned out well

A

�a c’est bien d�roul�

112
Q

it turned out at the end

A

il s’est av�r� � la fin

113
Q

it takes up a lot of space

A

�a prend beaucoup de place

114
Q

it really would be good if you did something

A

ce serait bien que tu fasses qch

115
Q

it must be nice weather

A

il devrait faire beau

116
Q

it looks like it’s going well

A

�a a l’air de rouler

117
Q

it lasted 11 days

A

�a a dur� 11 jours

118
Q

it keeps me busy

A

�a m’occupe

119
Q

it happened very fast

A

�a

120
Q

it got good reviews

A

�a a eu des tr�s bonnes critiques

121
Q

it doesn’t look like an insect

A

�a ne ressemble pas a des insectes

122
Q

it depends a lot on how people react

A

�a d�pend beaucoup de la fa�on don t les gens r�agissent

123
Q

it adds the right note

A

�a doNNE TOn

124
Q

is located outside of South Africa

A

se situe hors de l’Afrique du Sud

125
Q

intermediate level

A

niveau intermediaire

126
Q

intercom

A

l’interphone

127
Q

instead of listening to him

A

au lieu de l’�couter

128
Q

installment (money)

A

versement partiel

129
Q

installment (book

A

story)

130
Q

insight into character

A

finesse psychologique

131
Q

insight

A

perspicacit�

132
Q

inside the company

A

au sein de l’entreprise

133
Q

insecure

A

pas sur de soi-m�me

134
Q

inform/give news to s.o.

A

donner des nouvelles a qn

135
Q

Indian reservations

A

des reserves d’Indiens

136
Q

increase/decrease

A

rise/fall

137
Q

in very southern style

A

bien ancr� dans le style du Sud

138
Q

in the stock market

A

EN bourse

139
Q

in the second row

A

eu deuxi�me rang

140
Q

in the second half

A

au second semestre

141
Q

in the personnel office

A

au bureau des ressources humaines

142
Q

in the music department

A

AU RAYON musique

143
Q

in the meantime

A

en attendant

144
Q

In the hope that someone would leave

A

dans l’espoir que quelqu’un S’EN IRAIT

145
Q

in the beginning

A

au debut

146
Q

in the 80s

A

DANS LES ann�es 80

147
Q

in that case

A

dans ce cas-la

148
Q

in sorry shape

A

dans un pi�tre �tat

149
Q

in short

A

BREF

150
Q

in seventh grade

A

en septieme ann�e

151
Q

in other people’s songs

A

dans les chansons des autres

152
Q

in one sense it would be better

A

d’une fa�on

153
Q

in November

A

en novembre / au mois de novembre

154
Q

in Nepal

A

AU Nepa

155
Q

in Midtown

A

dans Midtown

156
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in March

A

en mars

157
Q

in many ways

A

de nombreuses fa�ons

158
Q

in Kuwait

A

in Vietnam

159
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in front of the park

A

EN FACE du PARC ( never face a)

160
Q

in front of me

A

devant moi

161
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in favor of

A

en faveur des

162
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in fashion

A

A la mode

163
Q

in early April

A

d�but abril

164
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in certain circles

A

dans certains milieux

165
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in bright colors

A

dans des tons tres vifs

166
Q

in Arabic

A

dans la langue arabe

167
Q

in another way

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it was good for me

168
Q

in advance

A

� l’avance

169
Q

in a video

A

dans une video

170
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in a row

A

d’affil�e

171
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in a military sense / militarily

A

SUR LE PLAN militaire

172
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in a greenhouse

A

en serre

173
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in a financial sense / as far as finance is concerned

A

sur le plan financier

174
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in a cultural sense

A

sur le plan culturel

175
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in a certain way

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d’une certain fa�on

176
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in a calm

A

intelligent

177
Q

I’m the only one who’s allowed to call him Danny

A

je suis le seul qu’on permet de l’appeller Danny

178
Q

I’m on my PC until 3am

A

je suis devant/sur mon ordinateur jusqu’a 3h du matin

179
Q

I’m not sure what it is

A

but it’s good

180
Q

I’m not kidding

A

je ne d�conne pas

181
Q

I’m not entirely sure abou that

A

je suis pas tout a fait sur de �a

182
Q

I’m not complaining

A

je ne me PLAINS pas

183
Q

I’m not all here today

A

je suis un peu dans la lune aujourd’hui / pas sur la m�me plan�te

184
Q

I’m more senior

A

j’ai plus d’anciennet￩

185
Q

I’m leaving for Chili

A

je pars AU Chili

186
Q

I’m increasingly sure

A

on est de plus en plus sur

187
Q

I’m going to write a check

A

je vais faire un cheque

188
Q

I’m going to return to the park and afterwards I’m going to return home

A

je vais retourner au parc et apres je vais revenir chez moi

189
Q

I’m going to behave me

A

je vais bien me comporter

190
Q

I’m getting over a five-year relationship

A

je sors d’une relation de cinq ann�es

191
Q

I’m doing more than before

A

j’en fais pluS qu’avant

192
Q

I’m calling about the ad

A

j’appelle pour l’annonce

193
Q

I’m beginning to get out of the habit

A

j’en commence a perdre l’habitude

194
Q

I’ll see what happens

A

je verrai ce qui arrive

195
Q

il y en a pas mal qui emploient �a

A

plenty of people use that

196
Q

if you want the terrorists to have no refuge

A

si on veut que les terroristes n’aient aucun r�fuge

197
Q

if you look closer

A

si on regarde de plus pres

198
Q

if you don’t have any ideas

A

si on n’a pas d’id�es

199
Q

if it wasn’t for the visa problem

A

si ce n’�tait pour le probl�mre du visa

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