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camera

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appareil photo (m)

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to attend

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assister à (assister is to assist)

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almost did sth

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avoir failli faire [qch]

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falloir (should future)

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faudrait

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falloir (should have)

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fallait

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market / distribution network

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circuit commercial

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consumers

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consommateurs

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researcher

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chercheur

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commercial areas

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surfaces commerciales

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evoke

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évoquer

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cheap / bargain

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bon marché

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commodity / staples

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produits de base

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margin

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marge

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behaviour

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comportement

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to disconcert

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déconcerter

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to distrust

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se méfier de

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to lower

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baisser

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to supplant (replace)

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supplanter

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to replace sth

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remplacer (replacer is to put back)

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to stand out against (2)

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s’élever contre / prendre position contre

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to stand out (3)

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se démarquer (démarquer is to discount) / ressortir / se détacher

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to launch/start

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lancer

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thrilled

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ravi

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to devastate / wreak havoc

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bouleverser

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pay particular attention to

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insister sur (insister is to insist)

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trade union

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le syndicat

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a worker strike

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une grève

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to fight

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lutter

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to fight for

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se battre pour

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you might as well enjoy it

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Autant en profitez!

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these signs (abstract)

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ces enseignes

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roughly increases (basically, in a nutshell)

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augmente en gros

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in bulk

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en gros

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longing/desire

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l’envie

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flit from one thing to another (or forget all about sth like a meeting)

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zapper

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landscape

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paysage

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they do nothing

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ils ne font(!!!!) rien

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Either … or …

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Soit … soit … (also ou bien … ou bien …)

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Neither … nor …

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Ni … ni.

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The more … the more…

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Plus … plus.

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they don’t have to

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ne pas avoir à / ne pas être obligé de….

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I agree and I think

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Je suis d’accord avec __ et je trouve en effet que

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On one hand, on the other hand

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D’une part … d’autre part or D’un(!!) côté…d’un autre côté

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on the contrary

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Au contraire

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drunkenness or euphoria

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l’ivresse

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drunk

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ivre

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small bottle / flask

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flacon

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tendency

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tendance

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to save time

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pour ganger de temps

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through or by way of

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à travers (no de, just the thing itself)

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consumption

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consommation

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high (drugs)

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défoncé

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either/whichever/doesn’t matter

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n’importe !

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eye-catching / catchy

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accrocheur

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to feel / experience

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èprouver

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as not being ones own

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comme n’étant pas à soi

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live longer

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vivre plus longtemps

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to be in good shape

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être en forme

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revenge

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revanche

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a geriatrician

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gériatre

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drinking session / piss up

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beuverie

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no matter the (sth) / regardless of (sth) (2)

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qu’importe [qch] / quel que soit

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to be on the lookout

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être à l’affût

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schemes (perjorative) / doings / machinations

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agissements

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to hold on / cling to

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crocher

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exhaustion / lethargy

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prostration

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scholar/scientist

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savant

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misconduct / bad behaviour

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inconduite

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to reveal

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révéler

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to bring sth closer or TO COMPARE

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rapprocher (vs approcher = to approach/come closer)

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observation

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constatation

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assessment/analysis

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constat

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to examine

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ausculter

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to record/register

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consiger

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At a time of/when

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À l’heure de / où

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allonger

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get longer

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linked (3)

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lié, uni, joint

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to take sth on / be comfortable with

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assumer (vs s’assumer = to be self sufficient)

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to self-finance sth

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autofinancer

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to hit/strike or IS STRIKING

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frapper

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Now is the time of

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L’heure est dà

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to display/exhibit

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exposer

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to involve/entail

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impliquer

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gap / between / caught in the middle

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un entre-deux

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of course / admittedly

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certes

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will / desire

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la volonté

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all of this

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Tout cela

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to get a job

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se placer

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to invest / to bet

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miser (vs miser sur = to bank on / to bet on)

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pretty much / virtually

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quasi

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social status

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le statut social

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unconsciously / subconsciously

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inconsciemment

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all the while

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tout en

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branch of a company (2)

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succursale, filiale

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tree branch

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la branche

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gift idea

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une idée de cadeau

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Valentine’s day

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la Saint-Valentin

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to varnish

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vernir

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On the practical side

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côté pratique

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desklamp

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lampe de bureau

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Do you mind if

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Est-ce que ça t’ennuie si

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a hellish party

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teuf d’enfer

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to hang / hook up to

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accrocher

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to collide / cling to

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s’accrocher

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hang on

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accroche-toi

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to work (slang)

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bosser

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to move/shift a meeting

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déplacer

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top floor

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dernier étage

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in the middle of sth

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en plein (qch)

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precisely

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tout juste

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I just … (did sth)

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Je viens de

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expected

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prévu

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to recoup / to pick up

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récupérer

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cost estimate / quote

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devis

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roofing

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Toiture

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to retain / to take [sb/sth] on

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retenir

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We wish that you benefit from

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Nous souhaitons vous faire bénéficier de

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discount

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la remise

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position (job)

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LE poste

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application (job)

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candidature

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to feel sorry for

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pleindre (vs se pleindire = to complain)

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to set (fix)

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fixer

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phone extension number

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le poste

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I was able to

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j’ai pu

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It turns out that…

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il s’avère que

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bad contact (electric)

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faux contact

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to put back

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remettre

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to turn on

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allumer / rallumer

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keep something running

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faire tourner

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to deposit / pay in

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verser

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business card

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carte de visite

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vowel

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voyell

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phrase / expression

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locution

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to bring back

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rapporter

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to relate to

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se rapporter à

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countable / not countable

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dénombrable / indénombrable

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a lot of (fancy)

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bien des

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while

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lorsque / lors de

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just like

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Tout comme

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flat fee

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forfait

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to install / the installation

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poser / la pose

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interview

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entretien

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flexible / supple

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souple

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to sit cross-legged

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s’asseoir en tailleur

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to refine / to slim down

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affiner / s’affiner

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pipe dream

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chimère

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method of payment

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moyen de paiement

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freelance work

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le travail d’indépendant

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labour court

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Prud’hommes

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to thorw / toss out

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jeter

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to be afraid of sth

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craindre

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to wipe dry or to endure

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essuyer

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herbal tea

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tisane

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every / the whole

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tout / toute / tous / toutes

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in every case

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en tout cas (singular!)

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Once in a blue moon

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Tous les 36 du mois

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Immediately (3)

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Tout à l’heure / tout de suite / aussitôt

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anyway

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quand même

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all of a sudden

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Tout à coup

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young person working abroad in lieu of military service

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coopérant

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lottery (2)

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la loterie / le loto

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capacity

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contenance

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This is going to seem strange

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Cela va te paraître étrange

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to wash up / to end up

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échouer

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CEO

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PDG

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proud

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fier

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magic

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la magie

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have a taste for business

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avez le gout de commerce

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kitten

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chaton

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puppy

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chiot

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male / female

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femelle / mâle

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turkish bath

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hammam

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monthly

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mensuel

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ouvrier

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worker

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executive

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cadre

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basic

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de base

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set of

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ensemble des

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in the background

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au second plan

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park (car)

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garer

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beware of

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gare à

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don’t let yourself be influenced

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ne vous laissez pas influencer

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unprecedented

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inédit

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rental

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location

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flood

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inondation / inonder

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overtime

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heures supplémentaires

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What effort it took to get there

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Que d’efforts il a fallu pour y arriver

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partner/associate

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associé

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kindness

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gentillesse

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to perceive/detect

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percevoir

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defect/flaw

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défaut

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a stay (vacation)

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séjour

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fistful or handle

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poignée

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travel along

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parcourir

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What is there to say

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que dire

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new (recently purchased) vs (recently made)

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nouvelle, nouveau / neuve, neuf

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light / headlamp / lighthouse (also flagship)

A

phare

197
Q

soundtrack

A

bande-son

198
Q

ship / boat / vessel

A

navire

199
Q

darken

A

foncer

200
Q

greenhouse

A

serre

201
Q

waste

A

déchets

202
Q

recenser

A

to take a census of

203
Q

counterfeiting

A

contrefaçon

204
Q

mind

A

esprit

205
Q

spirit

A

âme

206
Q

duplicate/replica

A

la copie

207
Q

body (a professional body)

A

organism

208
Q

know-how / expertise / skill

A

savoir-faire

209
Q

ability / capacity

A

capacité / l’habilité

210
Q

a skill (a gift)

A

le don

211
Q

constrain

A

contraindre

212
Q

at least 30k

A

d’au moins 30.000

213
Q

due to

A

dû à / du fait (note accents)

214
Q

ladder

A

l’échelle

215
Q

deal with the most pressing issues

A

parer au plus pressé.

216
Q

turn a deaf ear

A

faire la sourde oreille.

217
Q

powerless

A

impuissant.

218
Q

shortage

A

Pénurie

219
Q

phoney (2)

A

bidon / factice

220
Q

to ridicule

A

bafouer

221
Q

x-ray

A

radiographie

222
Q

seasonal worker

A

saisonnier

223
Q

the pay

A

la paie

224
Q

job/work (fancy

A

boulot

225
Q

to strive to

A

s’évertuer à

226
Q

to sigh

A

soupirer

227
Q

implementation

A

mise en œuvre

228
Q

especially since (all the more)

A

d’autant plus que

229
Q

branched out / forked (ramified)

A

ramifié

230
Q

sector / industry

A

filière

231
Q

eventually

A

à terme

232
Q

to raise awareness

A

sensibiliser

233
Q

the stakes

A

les enjeux

234
Q

hardly (2)

A

guère / à peine

235
Q

for all that (however)

A

pour autant

236
Q

to worry

A

se faire du souci

237
Q

to go easy on someone

A

faire grâce / épargner

238
Q

agreed

A

convenu

239
Q

lawn / grass

A

la pelouse

240
Q

dès

A

as soon as

241
Q

to be in the spotlight

A

être à l’honneur

242
Q

lifeguard

A

sauveteur

243
Q

seaside

A

balnéaire

244
Q

weather forecast

A

météo

245
Q

social networks

A

réseaux sociaux

246
Q

trend

A

la mode

247
Q

to maintain

A

entretenir

248
Q

writer

A

rédacteur

249
Q

to start up

A

démarrér

250
Q

confine / restrict

A

se cantonner

251
Q

to stuff / fill

A

truffer

252
Q

overlap

A

clin

253
Q

setback

A

contretemps

254
Q

take things into consideration

A

faire la part des choses

255
Q

game of chance

A

jeu de hasard

256
Q

falling

A

en chute

257
Q

growing

A

en croissance

258
Q

charitable

A

caritatif

259
Q

sustainability / durability / permanence (2)

A

durablilité / pérennité

260
Q

holding your breath

A

en apnée

261
Q

inclination / calling / mission

A

vocation

262
Q

two thirds

A

deux tiers

263
Q

later life

A

troisième âge

264
Q

to campaign for something

A

militer

265
Q

moindre

A

lower

266
Q

to disturb/bother

A

gêner

267
Q

outdated

A

dépassées

268
Q

seizure

A

saisie

269
Q

to hold back

A

endiguer

270
Q

slab / pave / tile

A

dalle / daller

271
Q

make sth profitable

A

rentabiliser

272
Q

prier

A

pray

273
Q

activities / hustle & bustle / entertainment /events

A

animations

274
Q

demand

A

exiger

275
Q

flea

A

puce

276
Q

gradually / bit by bit

A

fur et à mesure

277
Q

rescue

A

sauvetage

278
Q

honest

A

honnête

279
Q

publishing

A

l’édition

280
Q

Due

A

dû

281
Q

parmi

A

among

282
Q

the well-to-do (people who are well off)

A

les aisés

283
Q

to dig

A

creuser

284
Q

ophrans

A

les orphelins

French (4 decks)

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