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1
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the distress

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la détresse

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the support / backing

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le soutien

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director (of film or art) (m/f)

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réalisateur / réalisatrice

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inventer

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inventeur / inventrice

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a snack

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un casse-croûte

des casse-croûte (no s - it’s invariable)

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a character / figure of a person

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un personnage

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the counter (in a shop) or bar

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le comptoir

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a gown / blouse / smock

like a ‘white coat’

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la blouse

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poster

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une affiche

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an advertising claim

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une réclame

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advertising spot / advertising space

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les spots publicitaires (the t of spot is pronounced)

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a little girl

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une fillette (fee-yet)

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slice / band or bracket

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une tranche

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kindness / goodness

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la bonté

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younger brothers and sisters

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des frères et sœurs cadets

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others (as in your fellow man)

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autrui

NB: this is a pronoun

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a resthome

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une maison de repos

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a masterpiece

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un chef d’oeuvre

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a river (smallish)

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la rivière

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a river (biggish)

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le flueve

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the pavement

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le trottoir

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global warming

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le réchauffment globale

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the waste or wastage

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le gaspillage

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the forest

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la forêt

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the woods

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le bois

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a greenhouse

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une serre

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shopping items i.e. the items you buy for the house

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les provisions

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fertiliser

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l’engrais (m)

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a murder

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un meurtre

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packaging

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l’emballage (m)

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sky scraper

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le gratte-ciel

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a representative

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représentant

représentante

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the filling (of a biscuit)
the fodder
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le fourrage

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a layer

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une couche

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a ball (small)

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une bille (bee-ye)

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a (sound) recording

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un enregistrement

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a footprint / an impression

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une empreinte

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a shipment / shipping

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une expédition

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the shell (nut/egg) / hulll (ship)``

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la coque

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the wax

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la cire

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practicality (ease)

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la praticité

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the content / the composition

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la teneur

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the intake / the contribution

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un apport

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roundness

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la rondeur

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a brand / emblem / shield

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l’enseigne (f)

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the rate / level / ratio

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le taux (les taux)

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a household (x2)

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un foyer

un ménage

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beam (of sun) / ray / shelf or section of a shop

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le rayon

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mad cow disease

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la maladie de la vache folle

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bird flue

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la grippe aviaire

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advertising or advert

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la publicité

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magic key / sesame

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le sésame

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keyboard

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le clavier

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radio waves

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les ondes radio (f)

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personal adviser

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le conseiller personnel

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56
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a keyword

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un mot clés

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a GPS system (plus full description)

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GPS (système de positionnement par satellite)

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58
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a sticker / decal

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l’autocollant (m)

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shopping trolley

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le chariot

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the bank account

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le compte en banque

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an advertising slogan

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une formule publicitaire

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62
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a leaflet

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le dépliant

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an approach / procedure

note - the plural meaning also

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la démarche

les démarches à +inf = efforts to / attempts to

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details / coordinates

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les coordonnées (f)

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65
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cash machine

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le distributeur (automatique)

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66
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a wine fair

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la foire aux vins

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67
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nightmare

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le cauchemar

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banker

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banquier

banquière

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a trap / pitfall / catch

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le piège

mouse trap = le piège à rats

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a dream / daydream / fantasy

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un rêve

house of your dreams = une maison de rêve

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goods or property

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des biens

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72
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expenditure

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la dépense

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73
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the title

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le titre

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consumption / use / intake

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la consommation

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a bygone age / a long-lost age

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l’époque révolue

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76
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a mass phenomenon

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un phénomène de masse

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77
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debtor

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débiteur

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78
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boredom or trouble

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l’ennui

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79
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the scale / magnitude / size

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l’ampleur (f)

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the drop / fall / decrease (eg. in wages)

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la baisse (de)

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the decline / degradation / worsening

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la dégradation

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hardship / poverty / precariousness

not ‘pauvreté’

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la précarité

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a break-up / break / rupture

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la rupture (amoureuse)

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mourning / grief / bereavment

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le deuil (doy)

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85
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the hope

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l’espoir (m)

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loved ones / nearest and dearest (x2)

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les proches

les intimes

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the will / willingness

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la volonté

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appearances

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le paraître

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practices / policies (eg. towards customers)

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les pratiques (f)

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good advise

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le bon conseil

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comments / feedback

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les commentaires (m)

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competitors / contestants / contenders / rivals

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les concurrents

93
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forum (internet) / chat room

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l’espace de discussion (m) / forum

94
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a payslip

A

un bulletin de salaire

95
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a receipt / proof of payment

A

la quittance

96
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balance / stability / equilibrium

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l’équilibre

97
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private life / personal life

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la vie privée

98
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working life / professional life

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la vie professionnelle

99
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dissatisfaction

A

l’insatisfaction

100
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the workforce / manpower

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l’effectif

101
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workload

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la charge de travail

102
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pain / suffering / sorrow

A

la douleur

103
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relaxation / recreation

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la détente

104
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defeat

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la défaite

105
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failure

A

la défaillance

106
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overtime

A

des heures supplémentaires

107
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well being (nous)

A

le bien-être

108
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a howl / a scream / yell

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le hurlement (no liason)

109
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a childminder / nanny

A

une nounou

110
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technological advance

A

une avancée technologique

111
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the remote control

A

la télécommande

112
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effeciveness / efficiency

A

l’efficacité

113
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a claim / demand / protest

A

revendication

114
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a day of protest

A

la journée de revendication

115
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employers (in the sense of ‘the concept of people who employ people) / the management / heads of the company

A

le patronat

116
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singular meaning - chase or pursuit

plural meaning - legal proceedings

A

la poursuite

les poursuites

117
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a decade

A

une décennie

118
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the french job centre

l’ANPE

A

l’agence nationale pour l’emploi

119
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a job position

A

un poste

120
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anger

A

la colère

121
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revulsion / disgust (x2)

A

l’écœurement

le dégoût

122
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the notice period / advance warning / notice (employment)

A

le préavis

123
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dismissal / redundancy/ termination (of employment)

A

le licenciement

124
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redundancy pay

A

la prime de licenciement

125
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reemployment

A

la réembauche

126
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a crime

A

un délit

127
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the coming / the advent / the emergence (of)

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l’avènement de

128
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the domain / the area

A

le domaine

129
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membership / subscription / adhesion

A

l’adhésion

130
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peril / jeopardy / risk

A

le péril

131
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failure / setback / breakdown / fiasco

A

l’échec (ey-shek) (m)

132
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bonus (pay)

A

la prime

133
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a pay increase

A

l’augmentation de salaire

134
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a decrease / a drop

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une baisse

135
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a withdrawal

A

un retrait

136
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minimum wage

A

le SMIC (salaire minimum garanti)

137
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equal pay

A

l’égalité salariale (f)

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job prospects / opportunities

NB - this is plural but note the singular meaning also

A

les débouchés (m)

NB- le débouché (sg) = outlet or exit

139
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study programmes

note - the meaning of the singular also.

A

les filières d’études (f)

NB: la filière = chain or sector

140
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worked-linked training

A

la formation en alternance

141
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synergy / complimentarity

A

complémentarité

142
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a shortcut

A

un raccourci

143
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the traditional routes
the traditional paths
the traditional uses

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les filières classiques (f)

144
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management (as a career)

A

la gestion

145
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starting salary

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le salaire d’embauche

146
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novice / newbie / rookie / newcomer

A

débutant

147
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the attempts to / the efforts to…

A

les démarches à +inf (f)

see also singular ‘la démarche’=proceedure or approach

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a fan / fan shape / range (not ‘gamme’)

A

un éventail

149
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indication / clue / hint / indicator / sign

A

l’indice (m)

150
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nuisance / disturbance

A

la nuisance

151
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role / part / purpose

A

le rôle

152
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material (for building) / fabric

A

le matériau (plural: matériaux)

NB: see also ‘matérial’ which means equipment.

153
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equipment (x2)

A

le matérial / l’équipement (m)

NB: building material is ‘matériau’

154
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an earthquake

A

le séisme

155
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oil slick

A

une nappe de pétrole

NB: une nappe = sheet/tablecloth/layer etc

156
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a shortage / lack / scarcity

A

la pénurie

157
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age bracket

A

la tranche d’âge

158
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a firm (company) / an office / a practice

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cabinet

159
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a fad

A

l’engouement

160
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hunting ground (can be metaphorical)

A

le terrain de chasse

161
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a new recruit

A

une nouvelle recrue

162
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a target / a darboard

A

la cible

163
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a job fair

A

un forum emploi

164
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recruitment agency

A

un cabinet de recrutement

165
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an unemployed person

A

un chômeur

une chômeuse

166
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networking (as an activity)

A

le réseautage

167
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method

A

la méthode

168
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a job offer

A

l’offre d’emploi

169
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confidence / self-confidence

A

l’assurance

this also means ‘insurance’ or ‘guarantee’

170
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a network / grid / web

A

le réseau (plr les réseaux)

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job application

A

la candidature

172
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track / trail / runway

A

la piste

173
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leader / directer / bigwig

A

dirigeant

174
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the proceedure

A

le procédé

175
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a tool

A

un outil

176
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plagiarism

A

le plagiat

177
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a challenge / a dare

A

le défi

178
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bottle neck / traffic jam / conjestion / gridlock (x2)

A

le bouchon

l’embouteillage

179
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bottling / jam

A

l’embouteillage

180
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plug / cork / stopper / traffic jam

A

le bouchon

181
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the survival

A

la survie

182
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a user (of a service)

A

l’usager

183
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broadband

A

le haut débit

184
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the finger / digit

A

le doigt

185
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a bill / invoice

A

la facture

186
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a permanent job

A

un emploi fixe

187
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temp staff member

A

un vacataire

188
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whosoever / whoever / anybody (pronoun)

A

quiconque (kee-konk)

189
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the latest technology

A

la dernière technologie

190
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seeing and hearing (as abilities)

A

la vue et l’ouie

191
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seeing and hearing (as abilities)

A

la vue et l’ouie

192
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cell (of the body)

A

la cellule

193
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cell (of the body)

A

la cellule

194
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schoolboy / schoolgirl

A

écolier

écolière

195
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schoolboy / schoolgirl (up to 16 y.o.)

A

écolier

écolière

196
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(infant/junior) schoolboy / schoolgirl / pupil (up to 11ish y.o.)

A

écolier

écolière

197
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(junior/senior) schoolboy / schoolgirl / pupil (to 16ish y.o.)

A

collègien

collègienne

198
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(highschool) student (m+f) pre-university

A

lycéen

lycéenne

199
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(highschool) student (m+f) pre-university

A

lycéen

lycéenne

200
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a quest / a search

A

la quète

201
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a quest / a search

A

la quête

202
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a quest / a search

A

la quête

203
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an interest

A

l’intérêt (m)

204
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an interest

A

l’intérêt (m)

205
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a diagram / pattern / figure or illustration (in a book)

A

le schéma

206
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a diagram / pattern / figure or illustration (in a book)

A

le schéma

207
Q

the lawn / grass / turf

A

la pelouse

208
Q

the lawn / grass / turf

A

la pelouse

209
Q

poetry

A

la poésie

210
Q

game of snakes and ladders

A

le jeu de l’oie (le wah)

nb: the game of the goose

211
Q

game of snakes and ladders

A

le jeu de l’oie (le wah)

nb: the game of the goose

212
Q

carpentry / woodwork

A

la menuiserie

213
Q

carpentry / woodwork

A

la menuiserie

214
Q

a choir / a chorus

A

une chorale

215
Q

a choir / a chorus

A

une chorale (kor-al)

216
Q

a choir / a chorus

A

une chorale (kor-al)

217
Q

a vowel

A

une voyelle

218
Q

a vowel

a consonant

A

une voyelle

une consonne

219
Q

a vowel

a consonant

A

une voyelle

une consonne

220
Q

the scriptures

A

les écritures

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