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1
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cochez la case

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check the box

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un/une retraité(e)

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pensioner

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surtout

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especially/above all

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niveau

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level

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un coiffeur/une coiffeuse

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hairdresser

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faire le ménage

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to do the housework

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mener

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to lead

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affreux

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awful, dreadful, hideous

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se blesser

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to hurt oneself

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se couper

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to cut oneself

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vaincre

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to defeat/to overcome

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j’ai mal à la tête

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I have a headache

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lâcher

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to drop/let go

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lancer

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to throw/to launch

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machine á laver

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washing machine

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faire une promenade

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to go for a walk

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une station d’essence

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petrol station

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être rouillé

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to be out of practice

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aboutir

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to lead to

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á droite de …

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to the right of …

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le guichet

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ticket office

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j’ai encore une question

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I have another question

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dis-moi

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tell me

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Tu est libre après pour aller au restaurant?

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Are you free afterwards to go to the restaurant?

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une pause

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a break

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faire une pause

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to take a break

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should

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Je devrais
Tu devrais
Il/elle devrait
Nous devrions
Vous devriez
Ils/elles devraient
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pourtant

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yet/though

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annuler

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to cancel

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il faut du lait

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we need milk

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il me faut …

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I need …

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un canapé

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sofa

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il est interdit de …

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It’s forbidden to …

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un appareil

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device, appliance, piece of equipment

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apparemment

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apparently

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la météo

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the weather forecast

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pas tout à fait

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not quite

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poser

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To put down

Poser une question = to ask a question

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jeter

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throw/throw away

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un coup de poing

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punch

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appuyer sur quelque chose

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to press something

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être assis

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to be seated

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à tout à l’heure

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see you later

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44
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faire du français

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to do French

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un fil

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thread/wire

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passer un coup de fil

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to make a phone call (informal)

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au fond de

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At the bottom of

At the end of

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la marée

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tide

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une balade

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walk/drive

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elle a mauvaise mine

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she doesn’t look well

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entasser

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to pile up

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au-delà de

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beyond

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un poing

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fist

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Ça ne fait rien

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Never mind, it doesn’t matter

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Ça m’est égal

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it’s all the same to me

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tant mieux

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it’s just as well, even better

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supprimer

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to get rid of/delete

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amuse-toi bien

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Enjoy yourself

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un carton

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box

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le loyer

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the rent

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un fleuve

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river

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une visite guidée

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guided tour

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parmi

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among

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s’exprimer

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to express oneself

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malgré

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despite

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y compris

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including

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également

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also

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Ça vous plaît?

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do you like it?

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Ça me plaît beaucoup

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I like it very much

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s’entendre avec quelqu’un

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to get on with someone

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je suis du même avis

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I have the same opinion

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nom de plume

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pen name

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73
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un indice

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clue

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appartenir à

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to belong to

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s’évader

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to escape

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une évêque

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bishop

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sur la pointe des pieds

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on tip-toe

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aller se coucher

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to go to bed

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flou

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blurred/vague

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prêter quelque chose à quelqu’un

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to lend somebody something

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plier

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to fold/bend

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partager

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to share/divide

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effrayer

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To frighten

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s’en aller

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to leave/go away

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Tu as du linge pour la machine?

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Do you have any washing for the machine?

86
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les loisirs

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spare time

87
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honte

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shame

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élégamment

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elegantly

89
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j’aimerais être traducteur

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I’d like to be a translator

90
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une traduction

A

translation

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réprimer

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to suppress

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un rhume

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a cold

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Il est à l’appareil

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He’s on the phone

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Quel genre de musique te plaît?

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What kind of music do you like?

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s’entraîner

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to train

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une gosse

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kid

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une grotte

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cave

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une colline

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hill

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un rocher

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rock

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la Voie Lactée

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the Milky Way

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un pas

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step

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s’y connaître en

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to know about

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la connaissance

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knowledge

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un conte

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tale/story

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j’attends le bus

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I’m waiting for the bus

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il paraît que …

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It seems

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l’agneau

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lamb

108
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la boxe

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boxing

109
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to get bored/to be bored

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s’ennuyer

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une arnaque

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rip-off

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le propriétaire

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owner or landlord

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faire un prêt

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to take out a loan

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sale (before a noun)

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nasty/aggravating

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un intérêt

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an interest

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Je me suis trompé

A

I was wrong

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en dehors de

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apart from

117
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un militant

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militant

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constituer

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to set up/form

119
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constitué de

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made up of … / composed of …

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éclatant

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brilliant/bright

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au lendemain de

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In the days following/ in the wake of …

122
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une grève

A

strike

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se mettre en grève

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to go on strike

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un ouvrier

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worker

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une usine

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factory

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accorder

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to grant

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une mine

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expression/look

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un stratège

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strategist

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prédire

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to predict

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une échec

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failure

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cinglant

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scathing/biting/crushing

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susciter

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to arouse

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déjouer

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to elude/foil/thwart

134
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un rang

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row/rank

135
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une lutte

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struggle

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tortueux

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twisting/tortuous

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le dirigisme

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state intervention/interventionism

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diriger

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to manage/run/steer/conduct

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la misère

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poverty/destitution

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l’ingérence

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interference

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s’ingérer dans

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to interfere in …

142
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agir

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to behave/act

143
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c’est que

A

the fact is …

144
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un commerçant

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shopkeeper/trader

145
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un paysan

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countryman/peasant/farmer

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la volonté

A

will

147
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gâcher

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to spoil/to ruin

148
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un dictateur

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dictator

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une dictature

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dictatorship

150
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une reprise

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recovery

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pouvoir d’achat

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purchasing power

152
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un ouvrier / une ouvrière

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worker

153
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une montre

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watch

154
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montrer

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to show

155
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faire sauter

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to blow something up

156
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Elle a sauté dans un taxi

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she jumped into a taxi

157
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sécher

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to dry

158
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insoutenable

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unbearable

159
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gênant

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annoying / awkward

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le chemin de fer

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railway

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un gars

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guy (informal)

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un truc

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thing (informal)

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une entreprise

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a business

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intime

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intimate/private

e.g. un journal intime

165
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indigène

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native/indigenous

une indigène - a native

166
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C’est parti!

A

Here we go!

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à peine

A

hardly

168
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la volonté

A

will

169
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volontiers

A

gladly

170
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s’inscrire

A

to sign up/enrol

Je me suis inscrit au cours de français

171
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la peine

A

effort/trouble

Se donner de la peine = to go to a lot of trouble

172
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faire faillite

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to go bankrupt

173
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se passer

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to happen

174
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se passer de

A

to do without …

175
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un entretien d’embauche

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job interview

176
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Ça me dit quelque chose

A

That sounds familiar

177
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impressionnant

A

impressive

178
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une détente

A

relaxation

179
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le chou

A

cabbage

plural = choux

180
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dans l’espoir que …

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in the hope that …

181
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un rhume

A

a cold

182
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à l’appareil

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on the phone

183
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autant

A

so much

184
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mélanger

A

to mix

185
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un espion / une espionne

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spy

186
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un accord

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an agreement

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courant

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common / standard

188
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le comportement

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behaviour

189
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majeur

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major

la majeure partie de …. = most of …

190
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un délit

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a crime

191
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les sans-abris

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the homeless

192
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prier

A

to pray

193
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une prière

A

a prayer

194
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verser

A

to pour

195
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It’s pouring (rain)

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il pleut à verse

196
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Au travail alors!

A

Back to work then!

197
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l’entretien d’embauche

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job interview

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l’entretien d’embauche

A

job interview

199
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l’entreprise

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business/firm

200
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pas forcément

A

not necessarily

201
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C’est chaque fois pareil

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It’s the same every time

202
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un oreiller

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pillow

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autant

A

as much/so much

French Vocab (3 decks)

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