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1
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he is think of him

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il pense à lui

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2
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he is referring to Marie

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Il fait allusion à Marie

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3
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she will have to deal with henry

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elle aura affaire à henry

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4
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I’m sticking to them

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J’y tiens

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5
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there’s one

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en voilà un

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6
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there goes

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c’en fait

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7
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that irritates and bores me

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ça m’agace et m’ennuie

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8
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they alone could…

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eux seuls pourraient

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9
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he too will have problems

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lui aussi aura des problèmes

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10
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-sion/on

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fem

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-eur

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fem

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-ai

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masc

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13
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masc

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14
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clé

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fem

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15
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-i

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masc

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16
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shortcut

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un raccourci

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17
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-ou

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masc

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18
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un clou

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a nail

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19
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un caillou

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a pebble

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20
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-ème

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usually masc

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21
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rabies

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la rage

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22
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the backside

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LE derrière

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23
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platinum

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LE platine

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24
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wind screen

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un pare-brise

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25
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a rebel

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le rebelle

26
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an oak

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un chêne

27
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a beach tree

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un hêtre

28
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a gorilla

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un gorille

29
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a wallet

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un portefeuille

30
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a skeleton

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un squelette

31
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a murmur

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un murmure

32
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un somme

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nap

33
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un moule

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a mould

34
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stove

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un poêle

35
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tower

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la tour

36
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a space in printing

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une espace

37
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help yourself

A

servez vous

38
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in the evenings

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le soir

39
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they didn’t take anything from me

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on ne m’a rien pris

40
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Il n’a confiance en aucun autre que lui-même

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He doesn’t trust anyone else but himself

41
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I wrote a letter to neither him or his mother

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je n’ai écrit de lettre ni à lui ni à sa mère

42
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which are the negation constructions where when used with an infinitive they don’t precede but go either side of the infinitive?

A

ne personne

ne aucun

43
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order of double negatives

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jamais, plus, rien, pp, personne, que

44
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don’t do that

A

ne fais pas ça

45
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apart from the use of relative qui, how else can qui be used?

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as a participle construction eg je l’ai vu qui sortait

46
Q

you know who

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qui vous savez

47
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on whom were counting

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sur qui on comptait

48
Q

the reason why

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la raison pour laquelle

49
Q

family tree

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arbre généalogique

50
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verb +de what it the relative pronoun used?

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dont eg. le sport dont il est parfaitemnt capable

51
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dont can also be a complement of

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another noun phrase

52
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dont can also be translated as

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including or of which

53
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including

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notamment/ y compris

54
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I congratulate you on what you have done

A

je vous félicite de ce que vous avez réalisé

55
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de ce que is used when

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the clause usually connected by ce dont is reversed

56
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which type of verbs can’t be made to agree when they are a preceding direct object pronoun?

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measure verbs like ‘live’ or ‘walk’ or ‘way’

57
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passive followed by de when

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it references a state

58
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passive followed by par when it indicates

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an actions

59
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until/ as we wait for

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en attendant que + subj

60
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with preceding direct object pronouns the verb

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always agree with the pronouns information eg Je l’ai vue

61
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when does a compound with a double pronoun not agree

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when the two infinitives are not separated