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Pour éviter un reproche

A

to avoid being critized

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2
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veiller sur qqn

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  • to babysit someone
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À votre avis, que va-t-il se passer

A

in your opinion, what will happen next?

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Ce fut une rumeur générale

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  • this was a general rumour
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5
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perdu la tête

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  • lost the mind
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je fus sévèrement puni

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  • I was seriously punished
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en horreur

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en horreur - to hate
e.g. j’ai les araignées en horreur - i hate the spiders;

avoir peur - to be afraid of
e.g. j’ai peur des araignées

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avoir peur

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en horreur - to hate
e.g. j’ai les araignées en horreur - i hate the spiders;

avoir peur - to be afraid of
e.g. j’ai peur des araignées

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faire le gros dos - protecting itself

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Les arbres font le gros dos sous la pluie. » (Jules Renard)

  • The tress are protecting themselves under the rain
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Cet enfant est têtu comme une mule.

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as stuborn as a donkey

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Les lois sont des toiles d’araignées. (Honoré de Balzac)

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The laws are the webs of the spider > the laws are very catchy

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Elle est bavarde comme une pie.

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she is as talkative as a bird
bavarde - talkative
pie - chatterbox bird

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13
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Cet homme est un ours.

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this man is a bear.

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Elle est semblable à une fée.

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she is looking like a fairy

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Je me suis baigné dans le poème de la mer. (Arthur Rimbaud)

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I’m bathing in the poem of the sea

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16
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tirer sa révérence

A

passed away - died

il a tiré sa révérence

17
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J’ai rompu avec mon petit ami

A

I broked up with my boyfriend

rompre - to stop

18
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Il vient de s’éteindre

A

it (computer) has just shut down

19
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si je me souviens bien

A

if i remember correctly…

20
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à peu près

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almost. ..

e. g. à peu près tout… (almost everything)

21
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mais au moins

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but at least…

mais au moins, ça avait du sens. - but at least, it makes sense

22
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Chacun ses goûts !

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everyone has their taste, everyone has their own likes

23
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se tuer

A

kill oneself

24
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Je me demande si…

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I wonder if..

25
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Il y a peu de chance que…

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it is little chance that

26
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Il est improbable que…

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it is unlikely that.. (not impossible)

27
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Il est peu probable que…

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it is very unlikely that…

28
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Je suis absolument/tout à fait sûr(e)/

certain(e) que…

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I’m sure that

29
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Tu sais très bien que…

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You know well that…

30
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Il est probable que… + ind ou subj

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it is possible that…. (when doubt, use subjunctive not indicative)

31
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Il est possible que… + subjonctif

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it is possible that

32
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Il se peut + subjonctif

A

It is possible that

33
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Admettons

A

Let’s see

34
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n’est donc possible que

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it is only possible

n’est… que - only

35
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tant … que

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as well as

tant actuels qu’à venir
- current as well as the future

36
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il s’agit de

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= c’est

il s’agit là d’un processus simple
- this (case) here is a simple process

37
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une affaire de volonté politique

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a business of the political will

38
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Foyer, mon doux foyer

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(home, sweet home) !