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1
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À l’abri

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Protected/sheltered from

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Échouer

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To fail

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Le carburant

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Fuel

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Canaliser

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To channel, to direct, to focus

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Le cerveau

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The brain

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Faire le vide

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To clear one’s mind

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Relâcher

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To release/To loosen/To relax.

Lâcher is more like to let go/to release in a physical sense. E.g. dropping/releasing a pen

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Profondément

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deeply

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Gonflant

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Swelling

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Découvrir

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To discover

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De toute façon

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Anyways

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Profondément

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Deeply

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D’ailleurs

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Besides

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Laisser tomber

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To drop

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Tant

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So much

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Éviter

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To avoid

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Vide

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Empty

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Tout coût

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Any cost

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Faible

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Weak, feable

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Contre

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Against, versus

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Tout à fait

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Absolutely

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Incroyable

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Incredible

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Coup de cœur

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To really like something

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Touchent

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Touching, moving

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Corriger

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To correct, to revise (a new ver)

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Se souvenir

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Remember

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Bouger

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To move

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Afin que

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So that

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Mettte en cours

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To put in progress

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Se souvenir

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To remember

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Bientôt

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Soon

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Courir

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To run

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chimique

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chemical

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l’enceinte

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enclosure /speaker (audio box) / grounds

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reconduit

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renewed / reappointed (as head of smth)

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Reparti

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left again

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secouer

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to shake

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sécher

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to dry

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déçu (décevoir)

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disappointed

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décevoir

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to disappoint

tromper = to deceive

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fourniture

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supply

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à envisager

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to consider

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retenir

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to retain / to remember / to hold

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rencontre

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to encounter

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dérouler

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to unfold / to unroll

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retrouver

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to find (again)

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entourer

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to surround

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rendre

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to give back / to return

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en presque

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almost

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un échec

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a failure

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51
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se rappeler

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to recall / to remember something personally
(in one’s memory - reflexive)

Different to rappeler which is to call back/to remind someone else

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rappeler

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to remind / to remember / to recall (from one’s memory)

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usine

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factory

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rappeler

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to remind

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avoir recours à

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to resort to

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J’ai recours au francais

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I resort to french (to tell this story)

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57
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rempli de (a feeling)

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full of (excitement)

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est un euphémisme (description)

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is an understatement (description)

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se régaler de

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to really enjoy sth (figuratively/or for food)

Eg. Je me suis régalée = I indulged myself

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se ressaisir

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to regain one’s mental health

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à nulle autre que

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in none other than

Example sentence:
Elle est nulle autre que la présidente de la société
She is none other than the president of the company

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en sein de

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within

Example sentence
Le restaurant est au sein du bâtiment
The restaurant is within the building

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atterir

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to land (a plane) / MET. to land/wind (up at home)

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aurait dû

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should have

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je me suis dirigée en direction de… <place></place>

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I directed myself to… / I headed to…

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N’importe quand

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Anytime

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N’importe lequel

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Whichever one

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N’importe quoi

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Anything / whatever / nonsense

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69
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N’importe comment

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Anyhow

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70
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Ne…plus

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Anymore / no longer

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71
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Je ne l’ai pas aime

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I don’t like it

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douce

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sweet

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loin-taine

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far-away

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interrompre

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to interrupt

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75
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se rendre à

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to get to [place] / to go to [place]

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pour que

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so that

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au sein de

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within

78
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tandis que

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whilst

Often used to highlight contrast, with stronger opposition

e.g. Il travaille, tandis que sa sœur préfère s’amuser - He works, whereas his sister prefers to have fun

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toute de suite

A

rightaway

80
Q

je compte (compter)

A

I hope to (to count / to plan to)

81
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avant de

A

before

82
Q

tous les trois ans / une année sur trois

A

every 3 years / one year out of 3

83
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dans huit jours

A

in a week

84
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tous les quinze jours

A

every 2 weeks

85
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un à un

A

one by one

86
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une tierce personne

A

a third party

87
Q

se trouver

A

to be found / are found / are located

88
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la caserne

A

the barracks (army type shi)

89
Q

frayer un chemin

A

make a (path)way

chemin = more physical pathway (walking on a pathway
voie = more route/course - figurative (e.g. the pathway to success)

90
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aurait dû (past conditional = conditional of aux + pp)

A

should have

91
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énervé

A

irritated

92
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énerver

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to get annoyed/mad/irritated

93
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vous auriez été

A

you would have been (past conditional)

94
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de trop en dire/faire

A

to say/do too much

idiomatic expression

95
Q

rien n’est encore signé

A

nothing is signed yet

96
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il a pu aller

A

he was able to go to

97
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alors que

A

while

Often used to highlight contrast - same as tandis que but tandis que has

e.g. Il a réussi l’examen, alors que je l’ai échoué

98
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Commençons par le commencement

A

let’s start at the beginning (exp)

99
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une bourse

A

a scholarship

100
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la puissance

A

the power

physical power/strength/force

101
Q

le pouvoir (n)

A

the power

authoritative power, the ability to influence or control

102
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encore

A

still, yet, even

103
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nouer

A

to establish / build (a relationship)

104
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pendant que

A

while

Used to express actions happening simultaneously

e.g. Il travaille pendant que sa sœur s’amuse - He works while his sister has fun

105
Q

Se faire sacrer

A

to be crowned
colloquial: to express frustration/annoyance

106
Q

Être formée

A

to be trained/educated

107
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tout ce qu’on peut dire c’est que

A

all that can be said is that

108
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la suite

A

the following / the rest (of something) - e.g the following series, next part, next chapter

109
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l’auberge

A

hostel

110
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émerveiller

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to be amazed / wonder / in awe

111
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flâner

A

to wander with no destination in mind

112
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EXP: un pareil

A

one like that

used to emphasize surprise, comparison or emphasise

Je n’ai jamais vu un pareil spectacle - I’ve never seen such a show
Il n’y a pas un pareil dans toute la ville - There isn’t one like that in the city
Elle a un robe rouge et sa soeur en a un pareil

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a eu lieu

A

took place, occurred, happened

114
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déprimante

A

depressing

115
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inondations

A

floods

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incendies

A

fires

117
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tempêtes

A

storms

118
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sécher

A

to dry

119
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frapper

A

to hit/strike

MET: the beuuty of the landscape struck me
LIT: the region was hit by a thunderstorm
PHYS: he hit door hard

120
Q

montrer

A

to show

121
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auditeurs

A

listeners

122
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atténuer

A

to mitigate

123
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la pilule

A

the pill

124
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le lancement

A

the launch

125
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La méfiance

A

the distrust (feeling of suspicious)

126
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deux tiers IMPORTANT IN LISTENING TASKS

A

two thirds

127
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la découverte

A

the discovery

128
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le taux

A

the rate

Un fort taux de violence - a high rate of violence

129
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je suis ravi de…

A

I am delighted to…

130
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un frien

A

an obstacle / barrier - refers almost to slowing down smth like a brake

131
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consacrée

A

dedicated

132
Q

Bruxelloises

A

Brussels

133
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avec le manque de

A

with the lack of…

134
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les conseils d’administration des entreprises

A

company boards of directors (NOT administrative jobs. this is higher up jobs)

135
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pourtant

A

yet

136
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décrire

A

to describe

137
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en fait

A

actually

138
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la corrida (en l’espagne)

A

bullfighting (in spain)

139
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faire du bruit

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to make noise (disputing/arguing/protesting)

140
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le but

A

the purpose

141
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la souffrance

A

the suffering

142
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un entretien/ une entrevue

A

an interview/meeting

143
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tenter

A

to attempt to

144
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c’est nul sauf pour* qqch

A

it’s useless except for ….

145
Q

Les défis

A

the challenges

146
Q

courses en ligne

A

online shopping

147
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le mendicité

A

begging (noun)

148
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interdire

A

to prohibit

149
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une entrave

A

an obstacle

150
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la saison estivale

A

the summer season

151
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effrayer

A

to scare/to frighten

152
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un mendiant

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a beggar

153
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les sans-abri / les SDF (les sans domicile fixe - not fixed home)

A

the homeless

154
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un quartier défavorisé

A

a disadvantaged neighbourhood

155
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à temps partiel

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part time

je travaille à temps partiel dans un restaurant sushi - I work part time

156
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à plein temps

A

full time

je travaille à plein temps dans une entreprise - I work part time

157
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Échapper

A

To escape

158
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une entreprise

A

a company

159
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deux roules

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a two wheel vehicle (could be bicycle, motorcycle, vespa is most common tho)

160
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la récolte

A

the harvest

161
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la cueillette

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the act of harvesting (noun)

162
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la paie/ rémunération/ le salaire

A

the salary

163
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une entourse

A

a sprain to a body part

MET: les entourses au droit du travail - the twisting of the right to work

164
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les frais

A

the costs

165
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retentir

A

to resound

Les mots d’un autre immigre ont été retenti dans sa tête - Another immigrant’s words resounded in my head

166
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soutenir

A

to support

167
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certains d’entre vous

A

some of you

168
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gerer

A

to handle

169
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les annees 90

A

the 90s

170
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Dans l’ensemble

A

Overall

171
Q

la pression

A

the pressure

172
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souvenir

A

to remember

souviens-toi quand… - remember when

173
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traîner [avec mes amis]

A

hanging out with [my friends]

174
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vécu

A

lived/experience/done it (vivre)

175
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[avoir] du mal à

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to [have] struggle/difficulty

les jeunes ont du mal à nouer des liens avec les autres - the young have a difficulty forming bonds with others

176
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être témoin de

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to be a witness to

177
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gêner

A

to bother

il me gêne que tu sois assis là - It bother me that you are sitting there

178
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aussi [verb] qu’elle

A

as [verb] as her

je vais devenir aussi réussie qu’elle - I will become as successful as her

179
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peau

A

skin

180
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dedans (informal, spoken)
à l’intérieur (formal)

A

inside

181
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mentir

A

to lie

182
Q

déboussolés

A

disoriented

183
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se figer

mon sang s’est figé dans mes veines - the blood froze in my veins

A

to freeze

184
Q

hebdomadaire

A

weekly

185
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quotidienne

A

daily

186
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de faire le suivi

eg. cet un moyen de faire le suivi de vos activités et tâches pour la semaine

A

to monitor / to track

eg. this is a way **to track **your tasks and activities for the week

187
Q

arriver à faire qch

A

to manage to do sth

188
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translation (to translate)

A

traduction (traduire)

189
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les poumons

A

the lungs

190
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les poils

A

body hair

191
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dans un coup

A

at one go

192
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profond(e) / profondément

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deep/deeply

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