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1
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Bel et bien

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Well and truly

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Loin d’être terminé

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Far from being finished

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Autant que

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As much as

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Sauter le pas

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Take the plunge

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Plutôt que

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Rather than

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Les choses qui font du bien

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Things that feel good

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Chacun d’entre nous

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Each of us

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8
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En soi

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In ourselves

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Mis au jour

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Uncover (in a study)

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Quant à

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According to

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Alors que - il mange alors que je bois

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Where as - he eats where as I drink

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Pendant que

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While (something happening simultaneously)

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être émerveillé

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To be amazed

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faire decouvrir quelque chose à quelqu’un

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To show someone something

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Afin que

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So that

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Être à la hauteur

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To be up to it

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Le port du masque

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Wearing the mask

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pour remettre les pendules à l’heure

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To set the record straight

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19
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Faire gaffe

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To pay attention

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20
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La galère

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Difficult situation

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21
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Par rapport à

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Compared to

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Les astuces

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Tips

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J’ai cru comprendre

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I thought I heard

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Faire semblant

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To pretend

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Poignarder

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To stab

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Un grain de folie

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A touch of madness

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27
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Ca se voit

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It shows

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28
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Ca sert à rien

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It leads to nothing

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29
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Ca se dit

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It is said

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30
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Toutes sortes

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All sorts

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31
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Je suis en route

Je suis en chemin

J’me suis sur le chemin

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I’m on my way

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32
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T’en fais pas

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Don’t worry

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33
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Être à la hauteur

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Up to it

Capable of doing something

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34
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Bonnes notes

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Good grades

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35
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Ca tient bien

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It holds up well

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36
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Tu t’en vas?

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Are you going?

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37
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A jour

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Up to date

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38
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Pourvu que

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Provided that

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39
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Si je tombe sur

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If I come across

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40
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Ce jour là

Ce jour ci

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That day

This day

41
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De fil en aiguille

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Step by step

42
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Par la suite

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Next

43
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Franchir le cap

A

Take the leap

44
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Enlever ça de moi

A

Take it away from me

45
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Avoir l’oreille musicale

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To have a musical ear

46
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Faire la maline

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To show off

47
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Fais moi signe

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Let me know

48
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Signe de la main

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A wave

49
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De bon cœur

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Sincère

50
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Pleure de rire

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Crying with laughter

51
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À pas de loup

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Discreetly

52
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Je travaille avec acharnement

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I work hard

53
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Élever vers le haut

Tirer vers le bas

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To raise Up

To pull down

54
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Un coup de fil

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A call

55
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Jeter l’argent par la fenêtre

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To waste money

56
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Rouler sur l’or

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To be rich

57
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Se serrer le ceinture

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To be on a budget

58
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Pleuvoir des cords

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Raining a lot

59
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Un froid de canard

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Really cold

60
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Avoir le cafard

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To feel down

61
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Poser un lapin

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To stand someone up

62
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merci d’avoir accueilli

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thanks for having welcomed me

63
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voir le bout du tunnel

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to see the end of the tunnel

64
Q

on se casse!

A

let’s leave

65
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je peux pas supporter

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i can’t stand

66
Q

sens caché

A

hidden meaning

67
Q

on aurait dû partir

A

we should have left

68
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on aurait pu

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we could have

69
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personnes dans le besoin

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people in need

70
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d’ici à 5 ans

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within 5 years

71
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se permettre

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to afford

72
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ce n’est pas a la portée de tous

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it’s not within everyones reach

73
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l’ouverture d’esprit

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open minded

74
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être bien dans ses baskets

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to be comfortable in your skin

75
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une blague au dessus de la ceinture

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a joke below the belt

76
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peut-être est-ce une bonne idée

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maybe its a good idea

77
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des démarches administratives

A

administrative procedures

78
Q

négliger

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to neglect

79
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il se trouve que je + verb

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i happen to be + verb

80
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ils vont me fournir / ils vont m’approvisionnir

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they will provide me/ supply me

81
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un comptable

les comptables

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an accountant

the accounts

82
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les cotisations

cotiser / contribuer

A

the contributions

to contribute

83
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jusqu’à la

jusqu’à ici

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so far

until now

84
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Ca se dit

Ca se vois

A

you can say it

you can tell

85
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Ca craint

A

that sucks

86
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la honte!

A

how embarrassing

87
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défoncé. Alternatives include déchiré and bourré.

A

drunk

88
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J’ai les boules (slang)

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I am mad

89
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tu te fous de ma gueule?

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are you kidding me?

90
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je rigole

A

i’m kidding

91
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avoir la dalle (slang)

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i’m starving!

92
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ca m’est égal

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it doesn’t matter to me!

93
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entre les deux, mon coeur balance

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i can’t choose between them

94
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fais voir

A

let me see

95
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fais comme chez toi

A

make yourself at home

96
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faire l’enfant

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to act like a child

97
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faire la tete

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to sulk

98
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Ne m’en veux pas

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don’t hold it against me

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