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à ta place

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If I were you…

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If I were you…

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à ta place…

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Faites attention

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Be careful, guys!

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Be careful, guys!

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Faites attention, les gars!

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Faire semblant de faire quelque chose

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To pretend to do something

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To pretend to do something

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Faire semblant de faire quelque chose

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Prendre soin de quelqu’un

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To take care of someone

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To take care of someone ( to look after kindly )

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Prendre soin de quelqu’un

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Tout va s’arranger

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Everything will be ok / work itself out

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Everything will be ok / work itself out

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Tout va s’arranger

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It’ll be fine / It’ll work out

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Ça va s’arranger

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Attendre quelque chose avec impatience

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To look forward to something

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Je me réjouis d’avance de cela

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I’m looking forward to that

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I’m looking forward to that

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Je me réjouis d’avance de cela,

J’en ai hâte

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To handle, have under control

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Gérer

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Il gère très bien la crise

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He’s handling the crisis very well

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I’ll take care of that

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Je m’en occupe, je m’en charge

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That’s something I have to deal with / accept

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Voilà, quelque chose à laquelle je dois faire face

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Faire face à la réalité

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To accept / deal with reality

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Vaut mieux se renseigner sur celui à qui on a affaire

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We’d better look into who we’re dealing with

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We’d better look into who we’ll be dealing with

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Vaut mieux se renseigner sur celui à qui on va avoir affaire

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To deal with / work with / suffer working with

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Avoir affaire à

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Tu veux bien me rendre un service?

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Would you mind doing me a favor?

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Would you mind doing me a little favor?

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Tu veux bien me rendre un petit service?

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I can’t blame him for doing that

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Je ne peux pas lui en vouloir d’avoir fait ça

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I’m not angry with you

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Je ne t’en veux pas

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I’m mad at myself for accepting

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Je m’en veux d’avoir accepté

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Il m’en veut beaucoup d’avoir fait ça

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He holds it against me for doing that

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Mais si, j’ai le droit de faire ça

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Oh yes I do have the right to do that

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I have the right to my free time, don’t I?

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J’ai le droit à mon temps libre, non?

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He has the right to his privacy.

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Il a le droit à son intimité.

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Vu qu’il s’agit de ma maison, j’ai le droit de savoir pourquoi il te faut une clé

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Seeing as how it’s my house, I have a right to know why you need a key

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Seeing as how it’s my money, I have the right to decide how to spend it

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Vu qu’il s’agit de mon fric, j’ai le droit de décider comment le dépenser

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To look after someone / watch ( kids, etc )

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Surveiller

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To handle a specific situation / to be in charge of a particular task

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S’occuper de quelque chose

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je vais m’occuper de ce problème

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I’ll deal with this problem

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I’ll deal with this problem

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je vais m’occuper de ce problème

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I’ll handle the drinks / I’ve got the drinks taken care of

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Je m’occuperai des boissons

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mind your own business!

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Occupe-toi de tes oignons!

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I’ll take care of that ( to fix, arrange )

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Je vais régler ça

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J’ai d’autres choses dont me charger en ce moment. Vous voulez bien régler ça, les gars?

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I have other things to take care of the moment. Can you guys take care of that ( problem )? / resolve that ( problem )?

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I have other things to (start dealing) deal with right now.

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J’ai d’autres choses auxquelles faire face en ce moment.

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Il a la tête ailleurs, car il sait qu’il devra faire face à plein d’autres choses d’ici peu

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He’s got his mind elsewhere because he knows that he’ll have to deal with a lot of other things in the near future.

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She’s got her mind elsewhere because he knows that she’ll soon have to deal with a lot of problems that are much worse

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Elle a la tête ailleurs parce qu’elle sait qu’il va bientôt falloir qu’elle fasse face à d’autres problèmes bien plus graves

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Great, one more (bullshit) thing to deal with today.

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Super, un emmerdement de plus auquel faire face aujourd’hui

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Génial, un emmerdement de plus auquel faire face aujourd’hui

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Great, one more (bullshit) thing to deal with today.

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I ended up just screwing everything up

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J’ai fini par tout faire foirer.

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Faire foirer quelque chose

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To screw something up

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We kinda use that as a side table ( small table/ coffee table ) + ( extra table, back-up table )

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Ça nous sert de table basse / table d’appoint

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D’habitude ça me sert d’écran d’appoint

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I usually use it as a back-up monitor

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All that is is a source of frustration.

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Ça ne sert que de source de frustration

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I’m using it at the moment, but you can have it after me

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Je m’en sers en ce moment, mais tu peux l’utiliser dès que j’aurai fini

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Si tu crois sincèrement que ça te sera utile, sers t’en

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If you seriously think it will be helpful to you, use it

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If you guys seriously think it will be helpful, go ahead and use it

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Si vous croyez vraiment qu’il vous sera utile, n’hésitez pas à vous en servir.

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Would you happen to have another one I could use, ma’am ?

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En auriez-vous un autre dont je pourrais me servir?

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I should be able to get there in time

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Normalement je devrais pouvoir m’y rendre à l’heure

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Of course he wasn’t on time. You know him.

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Bien sûr qu’il n’y est pas arrivé à l’heure. Tu le connais.

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If I can help you (ma’am), let me know

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Si je peux me rendre utile, dites-le-moi.

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Let us know if we can help you in any way.

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Si nous pouvons vous être utiles de quelque façon, dites-le-nous.

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You should maybe be careful with him / wary of him

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Peut-être que tu devrais de te méfier de lui.

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You guys better be careful when you’re dealing with them

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Vous feriez mieux d’être méfiants en ayant affaire à eux.

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I’ve been told to be careful when dealing with her

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On m’a dit de rester méfiant en ayant affaire à elle

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I can’t wait to see that

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J’ai hâte de voir ça

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We’re talking about that concert that he can’t wait to go to.

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On discute de ce concert auquel il a hâte d’assister.

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We’ve already spoken about it several times.

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Nous en avons déjà discuté à plusieurs reprises

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That’s just people talking / gossiping

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Ce ne sont que des on-dit, tout ça c’est que du vent

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Ce ne sont que des on-dit

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That’s just gossip/ people talking

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I’ve heard a lot about his new girlfriend

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J’ai beaucoup entendu parler de sa nouvelle copine.

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On a beaucoup entendu parler de cette actrice

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We’ve heard a lot about that actress.

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On a tous entendu dire qu’elle va bientôt démissionner

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We’ve all heard that she’s going to quit soon

71
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To tell you the truth, he was testing my patience

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À vrai dire, il abusait de ma patience

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N’abusez pas de la patience de vos voisins.

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Don’t test your neighbors’ patience

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He has a way of testing my patience

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Il a le don pour abuser de ma patience.

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To have a way of doing something / to have a knack for doing something

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Avoir le don / le chic pour faire quelque chose

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Avoir le don / le chic pour faire quelque chose

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To have a way of doing something / to have a knack for doing something

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Disons qu’il à tendance à oublier ce qu’il y a de mieux pour lui-même.

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Let’s just say that he tends to forget what’s best for himself

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I tend to want to just take it easy after a shift

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J’ai tendance à préférer me la couler douce après un poste au travail.

/ me reposer

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I have nothing to do be ashamed about/ to apologize for

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Je n’ai rien à me reprocher

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What does she have against him?

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Qu’est-ce qu’elle lui reproche?

80
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Ils nous reprochent notre succès

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They resent our success

81
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She resents my success

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Elle me reproche mon succès

82
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I’m not blaming you for anything, guys

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Je ne vous reproche rien, les gars

83
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I hope you don’t hold that against me / blame me for that

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J’espère que tu me le reproches pas

84
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I can’t really blame him

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C’est pas moi qui peut lui en vouloir.

Je ne peux pas le lui reprocher.

85
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And you guys are looking forward to it that much, hmm?

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Et vous vous en réjouissez d’avance tant que ça?

86
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I’m not looking forward to it, to tell you the truth.

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L’idée ne me réjouit pas tant que ça, à vrai dire.

87
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Were not looking forward to seeing them again

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On n’est pas pressé de les revoir

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To have the right to something (noun)

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Avoir le droit à quelque chose

89
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To have the right to do something

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Avoir le droit de faire quelque chose

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I feel sorry for her

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Ça me fait de la peine pour elle

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