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1
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colloquial language

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le langue familiere

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To enrich ones vocabulary

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enrichir le vocabulaire

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The ball in play

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la balle en jeu

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Burgundy

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La Bourgogne

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A Greek Bank

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Une banque grecque

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Project management

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Gestion de project

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I have some clients

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J’ai des clients

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For Example

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Par example

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The implementation of a payroll system

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la mise en oeuvre d’un système de paye/payement

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Pay

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Paie/Paye

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I pay 30 euros

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Je paye trente euros

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I went to Russia

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Je suis allé en Russie

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I went to Singapore

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Je suis allé à Singapour

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I went to Slovakia

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Je suis allé en Slovaquie

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I went to Austria

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Je suis allé en Autriche

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We stayed in the same station (ski)

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nous sommes restés dans la même station

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17
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After school

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après l’école

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A short period

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Une courte période

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19
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A dishwasher (person)

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Un plongeur

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A year out/gap year

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une année sabbatique

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21
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A constraint

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Une constrainte

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My father was in the navy

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mon père était dans la marine

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I moved (house)

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j’ai déménagé

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On the farm

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à la ferme

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My father was retired

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mon père était à la retraite

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A boarding school

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Un internat

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He started to work on the farm

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il a commencé à travailler à la ferme

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It matters

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C’est importe

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29
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It does not matter

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C’est n’importe

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30
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It makes no sense

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C’est n’importe quoi

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31
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Dead from the start

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c’est mort de chez mort

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32
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I am leaving (en)

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Je m’en vais

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33
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I am angry at xxx

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J’en veux à

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34
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I am tired

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Je suis fatigue/je n’en peux plus

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35
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I blame myself

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Je m’en veux

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36
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I want some

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j’en veux

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37
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It is finished (idiom)

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Ca y est

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38
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I am an expert (idiom)

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Je m’y connais

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39
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I am not responsible for this

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Je n’y suis pour rien

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40
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I am leaving (y)

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J’y vais

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40
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I am starting

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Je m’y mets

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41
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A capital flight

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la fuite des capitaux

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42
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Global warming

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réchauffement climatique

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43
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That’s what

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C’est ça que

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44
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Hard to sell

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mal à vendre

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45
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It is not a few people

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Ce n’est pas quelques personnes

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46
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Mid-range

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Moyenne gamme

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47
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Entry level

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Entree de gamme

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48
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Experience a crises

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connaître une crise

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49
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Compared with

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par rapport

50
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That is very telling

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que c’est très parlant

51
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A pretty bad…

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une assez mauvaise…

52
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There are many things

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Il y a plusieurs choses

53
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Anyway

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quand même

54
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Financial aid

A

des aides financières

55
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Long term

A

long terme

56
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The poverty Line

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Le seuil de pauvreté

57
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A hundred people

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Une centaine de personnes

58
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A higher poverty rate

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Un taux de pauvreté plus élevé

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It has been extended

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Il a été élargi

60
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To wall climb

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Escalader sur les murs

61
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It is scary

A

Ca fait peur

62
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There are more and more

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Il y a plus en plus de

63
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His fight against cancer

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Il lutte contre le cancer

64
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I am a member

A

Je suis membre

65
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10 minutes from us

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Dix minutes de chez nous

66
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Some dammage

A

Des dommages

67
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The Thames is not very cleam

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La Tamise n’est pas très propre

68
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I score three points

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je marque trois points

69
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I am less good

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Je suis moins bons

70
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J’en ai marre/assez

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I am fed up

71
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It was not her choice

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Ce n’était pas son choix

72
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Home stretch

A

Dernière ligne droite

73
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I don’t care

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Je m’en fous

74
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Can we get out of this

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Peut-on s’en sortir

75
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Don’t train enough (people)

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N’en forme pas assez

76
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More than ever

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Plus que jamais

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Public powers

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Les pouvoirs publics

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To make understood

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Faire comprendre

79
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Free fall

A

le chute libre

80
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Take into account

A

Tenir compte

81
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The number of calls to doctors

A

Le nombre de recours a des médecins

82
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(to be from this) Social background

A

(etre issus de ce) milieu social

83
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I don’t care

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Je m’en fiche

84
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That does not ring a bell

A

Ce ne me parle pas

85
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The dark is the only thing of which I am afraid

A

Le noir est la seule chose dont j’ai peur

86
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Do you know the man of whom I am suspicious?

A

Tu connais l’homme dont je me méfie ?

87
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I know a man whose wife is a spy

A

Je connais un homme dont la femme est espionne.

88
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I am looking for the house with the yellow door

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Je cherche la maison dont la porte est jaune.

89
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I have many friends two of whom are poets,

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J’ai beaucoup d’amis, dont deux poètes.

90
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Some films are very funny including XXXX

A

Certains films sont très marrants, dont Dîner de cons.

91
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What is happening

A

Que est-ce qui se passe

92
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To stock pile

A

Faire du stock

93
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Climate change

A

Dérèglement climatique

94
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A heat dome

A

un dôme de chaleur

95
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I miss you

A

Tu me manque

96
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I miss my mother

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Ma mere me manque

97
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My Brother misses me

A

Je manques à mon frère

98
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I miss going to restaurants

A

ça me manque d’aller aux restaurants

99
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I lack money

A

Je manque d’argent

100
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I missed the plane

A

J’ai manque l’avion

101
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He misses her

A

Elle lui manque

102
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I am going to miss you very much

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Tu vas trop me manquer

103
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Will you miss me?

A

Est-ce que je vais te manquer?

104
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How I have missed you

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Comme tu m’as manqué

105
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How I missed that

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Comme ça m’avait manqué

106
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I had not missed that at all

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ça ne m’avait pas manqué

107
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Learn by heart

A

Apprendre par coeur

108
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One yawn makes 7 yawn

A

un bon bâilleur en fait bâiller 7

109
Q

As soon as possible

A

Les meilleurs délais

110
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No worries

A

pas de soucis

111
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It is a false move

A

c’est une fausse manoeuvre

112
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I have to go home

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Il faut que je rentre

113
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Its Funny

A

C’est marrant

114
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Like two peas in the pod

A

On se ressamble comme deux gouttes d’eau

115
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No worries

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Pas de soucis

116
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To make money

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Faire de tunes

117
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She was angry with me

A

Elle m’en a voulou

118
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A telephone call

A

Un coup de fil

119
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It is bad luck to say

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Ca Porte malchance de dire

120
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I am not surprised

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Je ne suis pas surpris

121
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It is not suprising

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Ce n’est pas surprenant

122
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The houses are joined together

A

Les mainsons sont collées

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French Vocab (4 decks)

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