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1
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As long as / Since you’re here, you can help me.

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Tant que tu es ici, tu peux m’aider.

As long as / Since you’re here, you can help me. DOES NOT TAKE SUBJUNCTIVE

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Tant que

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“as” Since/ (as long as) - ref quality of being NOT subj

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dûment

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duly

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duly

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dûment

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scientific validity

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le bien-fondé scientifique

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le bien-fondé

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validity (of opinion/assertion)

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the experimental approach

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la démarche expérimentale

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la démarche

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the approach (walking or intellectual approach or steps (fig))

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to justify

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motiver (= justifier). Rien ne peut motiver une telle conduite (nothing can justify such behaviour) and motivate

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une attente

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expectation or waiting - une heure d’attente (an hour of waiting). en attente (pending/waiting/hold). répondre à l’attente (meet expectations)

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expectation or waiting

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une attente

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attenter à liberté

attenter à la vie

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violate

make attempt on life

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violate, attempt someone’s life

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attenter… attenter à liberté

attenter à la vie

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spread (leg, arm, fingers)

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écarter -

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draw

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écarter

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écarter

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draw, spread apart, exclude,push back, move away remove, dismiss

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fascicule

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installment of publication

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installment of publication

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fascicule

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approfondir

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go in depth, improve

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go in depth to go into, indepth, thorough

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approfondir/ approfondi

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ainsi que

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as well as, just as, like NOT SUBJ

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as well as

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ainsi que NOT SUBJ

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ainsi

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this way / thus

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induire

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lead to (induire qqn en erreur = mislead)

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induit(e)

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side effect / employs inducts - spinoff job

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lead to / mislead someone

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induire (qqn en erreur)

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side effect (adj)

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induit(e) -

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parution

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publication

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29
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publication

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parution

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30
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le seuil

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threshold

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threshold

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le seuil

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32
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siffler

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Whistle

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33
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Whistle

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un sifflement

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34
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un briquet

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Cig lighter

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Cig lighter

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un briquet

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essor

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essor [⁠e⁠s⁠ɔ⁠ʀ⁠] NM [d’oiseau, imagination] flight; [d’entreprise, pays] rapid development; [d’art, civilisation] blossoming •entreprise en plein essor firm in full expansion •prendre son essor [d’oiseau] to soar up into the sky; [d’entreprise] to develop rapidly

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Flight, development, growth, soaring

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essor [⁠e⁠s⁠ɔ⁠ʀ⁠] NM [d’oiseau, imagination] flight; [d’entreprise, pays] rapid development; [d’art, civilisation] blossoming •entreprise en plein essor firm in full expansion •prendre son essor [d’oiseau] to soar up into the sky; [d’entreprise] to develop rapidly

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un éloge

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praise. digne d’éloge = praiseworthy

faire l’éloge de = to praise

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praise/

to praise

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éloge = praise. digne d’éloge = praiseworthy

faire l’éloge de = to praise

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bûcheron

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lumberjack

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41
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plûtot que

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Rather than NOT subj, ne expletive

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42
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Rather than

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Plûtot que NOT subj, ne expletif

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43
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I would rather read than go to the movies

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Je préfère lire (plutôt) qu’aller au cinéma.

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44
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I choose to leave rather than stay here

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je choisis de partir plutôt que de rester ici.

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accrocher

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TRANS: to hang (suspendre), to couple, to catch on accidentally, to couple wagons, to attract
INTRANS: get into (s’interesser) je n’accroche pas en physique (can’t get into physics)
REFL: s’accrocher: hang on/cling to/ hit each other/ argue/clash

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I’m hanging my painting

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J’accroche mon tableau.

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47
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bafouer

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to flout / trample

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48
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Le roi bafoue tous nos droits

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The king tramples all our rights

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49
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en berne

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at half mast

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50
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at half mast

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en berne

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51
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berner

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to fool

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52
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to fool

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berner

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53
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it’s not a joke/bluff

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ce n’est pas du bidon (slang)

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54
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hilarious

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bidonnant

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55
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bidonnant

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hilarious

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56
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se bidonner

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laugh one’s head off

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57
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laugh one’s head off

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se bidonner

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58
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jumelle(s)

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binoculars

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59
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binoculars

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les jumelles

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60
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rough draft

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un brouillon

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61
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un brouillon

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rough draft

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62
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un pneu crevé

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punctured/ dead/ exhausted

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punctured dead/exhausted (tire)

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un pneu crevé

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64
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j’ai la crève

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i have a bad cold

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65
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dehors
en dehors de
au dehors

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outside,

to the outside

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66
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outside

from the outside

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dehors

au dehors

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67
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beyond

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au-delà

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68
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au-delà

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beyond

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69
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mal loti/

bien loti

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bad off/ well off

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70
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bad off/ well off

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mal loti

bien loti

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71
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plier

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to fold, bend,give in, bend over

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72
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soucier

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worry (se soucier = care about)

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73
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worry / care about

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soucier / se soucier

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74
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d’ores et déjà

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already

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instaurer

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to institute, establish, introduce, impose

instaurer la paix, instaurer un délai, les taxes

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76
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institute peace

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instaurer la paix

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77
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en vigueur

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in effect / in force

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78
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in force (lois, etc)

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en vigeur

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79
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avéré

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verified, exact Être reconnu comme vrai, authentique, exact

80
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Être reconnu comme vrai, authentique, exact

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avéré

81
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solonele / solonellement

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solemn, solemnly

82
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solemn, solemnly

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solonele / solonellement

83
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tendre la main

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befriend/ offer help

84
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aboutir

aboutir à / sur

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succeed / reach result

85
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Les pourparlers ont abouti à une entente.

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The negotiations resulted in an agreement

86
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étant

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being (étant difficile, étant donné que = being given that)

87
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rompu

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exhausted, worn out, broken

88
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exhausted broken worn out

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rompu

89
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le lendemain

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day after
the next day, day after; future

J’ai vu Luc jeudi, et il est parti le lendemain. - I saw Luc on Thursday, and he left the next day.

Le lendemain de la fête, il s’est cassé le bras. - The day after the party, he broke his arm.

Pensons au lendemain - Let’s think about the future.

les lendemains - consequences

Les lendemains de cette décision ne seront pas jolis - The consequences of this decision won’t be pretty.

90
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the day after

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le lendemain

91
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dépoussiérer

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Definition: to remove dust from (literally and figuratively)

Il faut dépoussiérer ces livres - We need to get the dust off these books.

Cette entreprise doit être dépoussiérée - This company needs to get cleaned of its cobwebs.

Related:

le dépoussiérage - dusting, removal of dust
le dépoussiérant - anti-static furniture polish
la poussière - dust

92
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étouffer

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to suffocate, smother, stifle, choke, muffle, deaden, suppress, hush up

Cette chaleur m’étouffe ! - This heat is smothering me!

Est-ce que ça t’etoufferait de dire merci ? - Would it kill you to say thank you?

Il faut trouver un moyen d’étouffer ce bruit - We need to find a way to muffle this noise

Il n’essaie pas d’étouffer le scandale - He’s not trying to hush up the scandal

Related:

étouffant - suffocating, stifling

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teneur

A

terms, content

Quelle est la teneur du traité ? - What are the terms of the treaty?

Je ne peux pas révéler la teneur de sa lettre - I can’t reveal the content of his letter

Nous cherchons un fromage de faible teneur en matières grasses - We’re looking for a low-fat cheese (a cheese with low fat content)

Related: tenir - to hold

94
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bouffer

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to be full, have volume, (familiar) - to wolf, gobble

Elle doit faire bouffer ses cheveux - She has to add volume to her hair.

Ne bouffe pas ! - Don’t gobble your food!

Related: la bouffe (familiar) - grub; une bouffée - whiff, puff, outburst, gust; la bouffetance (fam) - grub; un bouffeur (fam) - greedy pig; bouffir - to puff up, become bloated

95
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talented, gifted, endowed with

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Mon frère est doué pour la musique - My brother is gifted in (has a gift for) music.

Elle est douée d’une mémoire extraordinaire - She is endowed with an amazing memory.

Related: douer - to endow, bless

96
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doué

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gifted

97
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terms, content (of agreement, e.g.

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tenuer

98
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to volumize / to gobble up / grub

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bouffer / la boufe

99
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incontournable

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inescapable, inevitable, indispensable

La conclusion est incontournable - The conclusion is inescapable

Ces réformes sont incontournables - These reforms are indispensable

Related: contourner - to bypass, circumvent, get around

100
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inescapable/ inevitable / indispensable

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incontournable

101
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malin

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shrewd, cunning

Il faut être malin pour réussir - You have to be shrewd in order to succeed.

Il m’a donné un sourire malin - He gave me a knowing smile.

un malin - crafty or clever person

Related: malignement (adv) - maliciously; la malignité - malice, spite

102
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shrewd /cunning (adj)

crafty / clever person

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malin

103
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rater

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to misfire, miss, fail, bungle, miscarry, mess up

Fais attention ! Le fusil peut rater. - Be careful! The rifle could misfire.

Elle a raté le train pour Paris. - She missed the train to Paris.

Le project a raté parce que Paul n’y a pas contribué. - The project failed because Paul didn’t contribute to it.

Tu as raté ta vie ! - You’ve messed up your life!

Related: un raté - failure, flop, misfiring (of a gun or motor)

104
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misfire/ miss/ mess-up

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rater

105
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vachement

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(inf adj) - very, really, damn, (Br Eng) - bloody

C’est vachement difficile ! - It’s damn hard!

On s’est vachement trompé - We made one hell of a mistake

Related: une vache - cow; vache (inf adj) - mean, rotten; une vacherie - dirty trick, nasty remark, meanness

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piger

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to twig, get it, understand

Tu piges ? - You get it?

Je ne pige pas - I don’t get it

Je pige enfin - The penny has finally dropped (for me) / I finally understand.

Je ne pige rien à ça - That’s all Greek to me.

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chouette

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(informal adjective) cute, smashing, nice

Ta copine est chouette - Your girlfriend is nice.

C’est chouette ! - That’s great !

Related: une chouette - owl

108
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Untel / Unetelle

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So-and-so

Monsieur Untel et Madame Unetelle - Mr. and Mrs. So-and-so; John and Jane Doe

109
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John Doe / Jane Doe

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Monsieur Untel et Madame Unetelle

110
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bis

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(adv) - (music) repeat, again, encore; (address) ½, a

À la fin du concert, le groupe a joué deux bis - At the end of the concert, the group played two encores

Il habite 43 bis, rue verte. - He lives at 43½ (or 43a) Green Street

un itinéraire bis - detour, diversion

Homonym: bis (adj) - grayish-brown

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auparavant

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(adv) - beforehand, previously

Il avait déjà fini le travail une semaine auparavant - He had already finished the work a week before.

Je veux bien écouter l’histoire, mais cherchons une boisson auparavant. - I really want to hear the story, but let’s get a drink first.

Related: avant (preposition or adverb) - before

What’s the difference? Avant is used in simple present and past constructions, whereas auparavant is used to emphasize that the thing happened before the current situation (similar to the pluperfect).

In my second example above, avant would also be acceptable.

112
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embêtant

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A pain -

Ils n’ont pas des pommiers parce que c’est embêtant d’avoir des pommiers.

113
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epuisé

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tired spend

114
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déboucher

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uncork OR open onto/ emerge onto/ lead to

115
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ressortir

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go out again / transpires from X to Y

116
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aboutissement

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outcome / success

117
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outcome / success

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aboutissement

118
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atout

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trump, asset, trump card

119
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trump, asset, trump card

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un atout

120
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une bavure

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smudge, blunder

121
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smudge, blunder

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une bavure

122
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bourreau

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torturer/ executioner, (des coeurs) lady killer, (de travail) workaholic

123
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torturer / executioner

workaholic

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un bourreau

… de travail

124
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choper

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to catch (attraper)

125
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to catch

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choper /

cf attraper

attraper - (un rhume / mal à la gorge / un coup de soleil)

126
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dévoyer

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lead astray

127
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lead astray

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dévoyer

128
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depraved, corrupt person

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dévoyé (adj)

129
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dévoyé

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depraved, corrupt person

130
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s’emparer de

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grab, seize (ball, territory), take hold of

la peur s’est emparée d’elle (she suddenly became afraid)

131
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grab, seize, take hold of

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s’emparer de

132
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enfoiré

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bastard/ bitch

133
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bastard / bitch

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enfoiré

134
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failure

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échec

135
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échec

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failure, defeat, setback (chess)

136
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étau

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vice

137
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vice

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étau

138
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grignoter

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nibble, erode gradually, pick at food

139
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nibble, pick at food, erode

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grignoter

140
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grillage

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wire fencing

141
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wire fencing

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un grillage

142
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une grille

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railings, gate, bars, schedule, scale (of salary, schedule, taxes), grillle de mots croisés

143
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grate, bars, railing

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une grille

144
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griller

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toast, burn, burn out (fusible, lame, ampoule)

145
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burned out bulb

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une ampoule grillée

146
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meneur (un/une)

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leader, agitator, meaner de jeu - MC, meneur d’hommes = born leader, team leader,

147
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leader

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meneur

leader, agitator, meaner de jeu - MC, meneur d’hommes = born leader, team leader,

148
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(re)mettre en cause

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question / call into question

149
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call into question

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mettre en cause

150
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legal case

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une cause

151
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une cause

A

cause, legal case (en cause - at stake, in question)

152
Q

un différend

A

difference of opinion

153
Q

difference of opinion

A

un différend

154
Q

Have a bone to pick w someone

A

Avoir une dent contre qqn

155
Q

Have an operation on my wisdom tooth

A

Je me suis fait operé de la dent de sagesse / du bras / de la jambe

156
Q

une pile

pile (adv)

A

pile, stack, battery, tails (on a coin toss)

Les piles d’un pont doivent être très fortes - A bridge’s piles (beams) have to be very strong.

Il y a une pile d’assiettes sur la table - There’s a stack of dishes on the table.

J’ai acheté des piles rechargeables - I bought some rechargeable batteries.

(inf adv) - just, exactly, dead

La voiture s’est arrêtée pile - The car stopped dead.

Il est arrivé à midi pile - He arrived at exactly noon.

157
Q

heads or tails?

A

pile (tail) ou face (heads)?

158
Q

I swear!

A

Je te jure!

159
Q

Je te jure

A

I swear!

160
Q

I didn’t betray you

A

Je ne t’ai pas trahi.

161
Q

Je ne t’ai pas trahi.

A

I didn’t betray you

162
Q

mes gosses

A

my kids

163
Q

my kids

A

mes gosses

164
Q

I beg you

A

Je t’en supplie.

165
Q

Je t’en supplie.

A

I beg you

166
Q

un essuie-glace

A

windshield wiper

167
Q

du feu

A

a lighter

168
Q

un trench-coat

A

trench coat

169
Q

une mosquée

A

a mosque

170
Q

un gratte-ciel

A

skyscraper

171
Q

une bagnole

A

car (slang)

172
Q

un connard

A

asshole (sl)

173
Q

un marmot

A

little kid/ brat (sl)

174
Q

un pote

A

buddy good friend (slang)

175
Q

une tête de con

A

asshole

176
Q

bavard

A

chatty / talkative

177
Q

filer

A

leave / go quikly (le temps file)

178
Q

c’est con

A

that’s absurd/ ridiculous

179
Q

tomber dans les pommes

A

pass out/ faint

180
Q

un fusil

A

rifle

181
Q

une grue

A

a crane (construction)

182
Q

aveguele

A

blind

183
Q

le relais

A

(sports) relay, handover, pass; (electronics) relay

On va regarder le relais - We’re going to watch the relay (race).

Où se trouve le relais de CNN ? - Where is CNN’s relay station?

Related: un relais routier - transport café, truck stop; une ville relais - stopover; le crédit-relai / le prêt relais - bridging loan

(click the little graphic below to hear the Mot du jour pronounced)

184
Q

soûler

se soûler

A

get someone drunk - to intoxicate

get drunk / intoxicate

185
Q

accro

A

(informal adj) - hooked, addicted

Le protagoniste est accro à l’héroïne - The protagonist is addicted to heroin

Je suis accro au chocolat - I’m hooked on chocolate

un accro - addict

Il est accro du ski - He’s a skiing addict

Homophone - un accroc (tear, blot)

186
Q

avaler

A

swallow

187
Q

rouler une pelle / frencher/ rouler un patin/ galocher

A

french kiss

188
Q

étaler

A

spread out / butter / papers / urban growth

189
Q

la bretelle

A

suspender / sling / on & off ramps

190
Q

fermeture à glissiere

A

zipper (fermeture Eclaire) ermeture à crémaillère (zip tie tooth)

191
Q

à moins que

A

unless (SUBJ, ne explétif)

192
Q

unless

A

à moins que (SUBJ, ne explétif)

193
Q

It’s easy, unless you’re too weak.

A

C’est facile à moins que tu [ne] sois trop faible.

194
Q

Il n’est pas venu, ainsi que je t’ai dit.

A

He didn’t come, just as I told you.

195
Q

He didn’t come, just as I told you.

A

Il n’est pas venu, ainsi que je t’ai dit.

French vocab (9 decks)

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