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1
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Better

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Meilleur / Mieux

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Best

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Mieux

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Bad

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Mauvais

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Badly

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Mal

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To do on purpose

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Faire exprès

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On purpose

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Expressément

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To waste

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Gaspiller

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To struggle

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Lutter

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To threaten

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Menacer

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To joke

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Plaisanter

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To improve

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Améliorer

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Little by little

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Peu à peu

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In the middle of

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Au milieu de

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In my opinion

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À mon avis

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From morning till night

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Du matin au soir

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Before eating

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Avant de manger

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Aller chez l’épicier

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To go to the grocer’s

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In this way

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De cette façon

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In any case

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En tout cas

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Before my eyes

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Sous mes yeux

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21
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Help!

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A moi!

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As well as

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Ainsi que

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As soon as

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Dès que

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I agree

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Je suis d’accord

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I completely disagree

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Je ne suis pas du tout d’accord

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Finally

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Enfin

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27
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I admit

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J’avoue

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The best way

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La meilleure façon

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29
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Life is too short

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La vie est trop courte

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30
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Different

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Autrement

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31
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Instead of

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Au lieu de

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32
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Alive

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Vivant

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How lucky

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Quelle chance

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34
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From now on

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Dès a présent

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Overwhelming

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Bouleversant

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36
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I must admit

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Je dois admettre

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37
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Assez

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Enough/Quite

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38
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Furthermore

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Par ailleurs

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39
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In fact/Actually

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En fait

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40
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I totally agree to this statement

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J’adhère totalement à cette déclaration

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41
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The negative effects

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Les effets négatifs

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42
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To tell the truth

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À vrai dire

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43
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It’s bad for your health

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C’est mal pour la santé

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44
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On the contrary

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Par contre

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45
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A lot of disadvantages

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Beaucoup d’inconvénients

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46
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Opposite

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En face de

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47
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Television seriously damages health

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La télé nuit gravement à la santé

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48
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Television kills communication in families

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La télévision tue la communication dans les familles

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49
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More and more

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De plus en plus

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50
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Time is money

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Le temps c’est de l’argent

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51
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That is to say/In other words

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C’est à dire

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52
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What does that mean

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Qu’est-ce que ça veut dire?

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53
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When i need it

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Quand j’en ai besoin

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54
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It varies a lot

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Ça varie beaucoup

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55
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None at all

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Rien du tout

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56
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Things like that

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Des trucs comme ça

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57
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It’s not a lot but its something

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Ce n’est pas beaucoup, mais c’est déjà ça

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It’s a pain

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C’est galère

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59
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Contrary to popular ideas

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Contrairement aux idées reçues

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60
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Therefore

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Ainsi

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61
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Another giver of weights(argument)

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Autre donnée de poids

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62
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A part time job also allows one to have more confident in oneself

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Un petit boulot permet aussi d’avoir plus de confiance en soi

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63
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In some years

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Dans quelques années

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64
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Ne + que

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Only

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65
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By the lack of reaction from the government

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Par le manque de réaction par le gouvernement

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Unavoidable

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Incontournable

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67
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To be terrified of

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Avoir une peur bleue de

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68
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A big number of teenagers

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Un grand nombre de jeunes

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69
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Blindly

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En aveugle

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70
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To control

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Modérer

71
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Harmful

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Dêlêtère

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A harmful effect

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Un effet délétère

73
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Nothing

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Ne + rien

74
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Never

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Ne + jamais

75
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Hardly

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Ne + guere

76
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Nowhere

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Ne + nulle part

77
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Nothing interests them

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Rien ne les intéresse

78
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Somewhere

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Quelque part

79
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Worries

A

Des soucis

80
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Me, i cant imagine

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Pour moi, je ne peux pas imaginer

81
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People are less stressed and less worried

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Les gens sont moins stressés, moins pressés

82
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I am fed up of it

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J’en ai marre

83
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These days…

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De nos jours

84
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The best invention of our century

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La meilleure invention de notre siècle

85
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24 hours on the clock

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24 heures sur 24

86
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Even if

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Même si

87
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Immediately

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Immédiatement

88
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To top it all

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Pour couronner le tout

89
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I feel low

A

J’ai le cafard

90
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I am furious

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Je suis hors de moi!

91
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It’s going from bad to worse at the moment

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C’est de pire en pire en ce moment

92
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She is angry

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Elle est en colère

93
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Concerning this interesting question, I would like to say that we can consider this question in two ways

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En ce qui concerne cette question intéressante, je voudrais dire que l’on peut considérer cette question de deux façons.

94
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Increases

A

Augmente

95
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It is necessary to make the remark that part time jobs are really important for teenagers that are in financial difficulties

A

Il faut faire remarquer que les petits boulots sont vraiment importants pour les jeunes qui sont en difficulté financière

96
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Every penny counts

A

Un sou et un sou

97
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I wonder why

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Je me demande pourquoi

98
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Worse again..

A

Pis encore

99
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It goes without saying that

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Il va sans dire que

100
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To be honest

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Pour être honnête

101
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I know that I should apologise

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Je sais que je devrais m’excuser

102
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As a result of

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À cause de

103
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There are even those who say

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Il y en a même qui disent que

104
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What irritates me

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Ce qui m’irrite c’est que

105
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The list is endless

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La liste est sans fin

106
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She is always right

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Elle a toujours raison

107
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It’s my pet peeve

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C’est ma bête noire

108
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I would even say

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Je dirais même

109
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I have the tendency to

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J’ai tendance à

110
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I find this solution quite reasonable

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Je trouve cette solution assez abordable

111
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They are always there for us

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Ils sont toujours là pour nous

112
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Necessary but expensive

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Indispensable mais coûteux

113
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My objective is to profit from the experience

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Mon objectif est de profiter de l’experience

114
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The majority’s feelings are largely positive

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Les sentiments de la plupart sont largement positifs

115
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To have difficulty in

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avoir du mal à

116
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It was around a month ago

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C’était il y a environ un mois

117
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For the first time since the start of the year..

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Pour la première fois depuis le début de l’année..

118
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There were laughs

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Il y a eu des rires

119
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She looked at me in a funny way but she didnt make a comment

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Elle m’a regardée d’une drôle de façon mais elle n’a pas fait de commentaires

120
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To bring back (something)

A

Rapporter

121
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To burn

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Brûler

122
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Snowflakes

A

Les flocons

123
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To get ready to/prepare to

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Apprêter à

124
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To throw

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Lancer

125
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In the face

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En pleine figure

126
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High

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Haut

127
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Shelf

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Étagère

128
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Wickedness

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La méchanceté

129
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To prevent oneself from

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S’empêcher de

130
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To make mistakes

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Faire des fautes

131
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The only subject which matters is..

A

La seule matière qui compte c’est…

132
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A box of matches

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Une boîte d’allumettes

133
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To be sad

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Avoir de la peine

134
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A mark

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Une note

135
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He was very nice, always smiling

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Il était tres sympa, toujours le sourire

136
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I had a good laugh when

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J’ai bien rigolé quand

137
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There are lots of things that I find..

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Il y a des tas de trucs que j’ai trouvés..

138
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Her family welcomed me with open arms

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Sa famille m’a accueilli les bras ouverts

139
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I was lucky

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J’ai eu de la chance

140
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I felt at home immediately

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Je me suis senti chez moi tout de suite

141
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Either

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non plus

142
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The shame

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La honte

143
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It’s ugly

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C’est moche

144
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I think that one should be able to express one’s personality and wear what one wants

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Je pense qu’on devrait pouvoir exprimer sa personnalité et porter ce qu’on veut

145
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At the same time

A

En meme temps

146
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It’s a pity

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C’est dommage

147
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But the worst part is

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Mais le pire c’est que

148
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Selfish (Only thinks of herself)

A

Égoiste

149
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She only thought of herself (imparfait)

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Elle ne pensait qu’a elle

150
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To do a tour in a boat

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Faire un tour en bateau

151
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To finish

A

Pour finir

152
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What surprised me the most in…

A

Ce qui m’a le plus surpris dans..

153
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Noisy

A

Bruyant

154
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I would like to specialise in

A

J’aimerais me spécialiser dans..

155
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Surgery

A

L’esthétique

156
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Plastic Surgery

A

La chirurgie esthétique

157
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Lawyer

A

Avocat

158
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Judge

A

Juge

159
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I don’t know yet

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Je ne sais pas encore

160
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I wouldn’t change it for the world

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Je ne le changerais pas pour rien au monde

161
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Available

A

Disponible

162
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To display

A

Faire preuve de

163
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To manage the stress

A

Pour gérer le stress

164
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I have always wanted to be

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J’ai toujours voulu etre

165
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What attracted me the most was..

A

Ce qui m’attirait le plus c’était..

166
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To bring

A

Apporter

167
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Evidently, the most difficult..

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Évidemment, le plus difficile..

168
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Internship

A

En stage

169
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It’s better so

A

Mieux vaut donc

170
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Personal worries

A

Des soucis personnels

171
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To increase

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Augmenter

172
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To decrease

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Baisser

173
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To start school

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