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1
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eat
a meal

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bouffer
la bouffe

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2
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a thing (some we cannot remember or something that is not my thing)

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un truc
Le foot, c’est pas mon truc

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a guy, dude
a woman, girl, chick

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un mec
une meuf (mof), une go

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4
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what a mess, chaos

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quel bordel

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5
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a close friend

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un pote

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6
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sth you like, or something or someone is cool
that’s great!
an owl

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mon prof est chouette
C’est chouette!
Une chouette (fem), un hibou (masc)

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7
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to steal

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piquer (voler)

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to work

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bosser

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9
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irritated, annoyed

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vénère (énervé)

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10
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Slut

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salope

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11
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Chill out

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Décompresser

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12
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a cigarette

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une clope

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13
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it pisses me off
it annoys me, you annoy me

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Faitchier (feshier)
Ça m’énerve (normal)

Ça me saoule (sule)
Ça m’emmerde
C’est chiant / Tu est chiant

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I don’t care (mind)

I dont’t care/goive a damn (swear)

I don’t give a damn

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Ca m’est egal (sa met egal)
je m’en fiche (Že mon fiš)
se ne me fou

Je m’en fous
je n’en ai rien a faire

j’ en ai rien a foutre/taper/secouer/battre/cirer

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15
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asshole
vs
duck

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connard (konar)
vs
canard (male) , can (female)

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16
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fuck, bang (verb)
vs
lower the blinds/price
vs
a kiss (noun)
vs
to kiss

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baiser (beze)
vs
baisser les stores (bese), le prix
vs
un baiser (un beze) bissou
vs
on se fait la bise

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17
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prick, cock

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un bite
Un queue (ke- pronounced as que)

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18
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money

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le pognon (poňion)

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19
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a guy

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un gars

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20
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a car

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une caisse (kes)
bagnole (baniol)

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21
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clothes

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des fringues (frang)

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22
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slang

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un argot

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23
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Bastard

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Enfoiré (anfoaré)

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24
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fake

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bidon

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25
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oh damn!

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Ah zut!

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26
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nope

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nan

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27
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loaded (rich)

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richard

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28
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my job was pissing me off

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mon boulot me faisait chier

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29
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crazy, wild, mad
crazy thing

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dingue (dang) - formal, serious

ouf (reversed fou) - both mean crazy, slang
un truc de ouf

30
Q

as usual

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comme d’hab

31
Q

meh..
Comme si comme ça

A

bof

32
Q

like…
i was like,.. like americans use like

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genre (janr)

33
Q

annoying, tiring, cumbersome (heavy)

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relou -slang
lourde - formal

34
Q

party

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un teuf (la fête)

35
Q

make out with someone

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pecho

36
Q

weird, shady, suspicious

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chelou (slang)
louche (formal)

37
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to like, love

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kiffer (aimer)

38
Q

we see each other tomorrow? great, perfect

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On se voit demain? Nickel!

39
Q

its seriously good
confirm a sentence that someone else said, (that’s right!)

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c’est grave bien
C’est grave!

40
Q

cool

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trop style

41
Q

watch ou! be careful

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faire gaffe

42
Q

leave it, drop it

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laisser tomber

43
Q

use this instead of beaucoup
I have many/quite a few shoes

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j’ai pas mal de chausseurs

44
Q

bro

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poto
frero
frere

45
Q

I cannot be bothered, I am lazy to do sth

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J’ai la flemme

46
Q

to be drunk

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saouler (sulé)

47
Q

to be disappointed, gutted

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avoir le seum
J’ai trop le seum (sem)

48
Q

burned out, exhausted

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cramer

49
Q

lol

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mdr (mort de rire)

50
Q

heartbeat, when you really like something

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coup de coeur

51
Q

so on and so forth
this and that

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nanani nanana

52
Q

instead of saying goodbye to friends – Take care! See you! Later!
Go ahead

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vas-y (vazi)

53
Q

when someone leaves, takes off

A

se barrer

54
Q

to cheer someone on, you rock!

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déchirer
Tu est déchire!

55
Q

to go sleep (for babies, kids, slang)
I went to sleep

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faire dodo
J’ai faire dodo

56
Q

money
I don’t have money

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fric
J’ai pas du fric

57
Q

he seems like a really cool guy
he seems to be cool/friendly

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ça l’air de être mec cool de ouf - slang
il a l’air de être gentil (zanti) - normal

58
Q

handsome, good-looking

A

beu gosse

59
Q

yeah, it’s tricky, hard/tough situation
I am motivated to do sth
I m hot

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ah ouais, c’est chaud (sho)
Je suis chaud
J’ai chaud

60
Q

to flirt, to connect

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brancher

61
Q

We will pretend/act like a cool gir

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on va fair la meuf cool

62
Q

sth crazy happened to me today

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Il m’est arrivé un truc de ouf aujourd’hui

63
Q

kid (a bit pejorative)

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un gamin (gama)
une gamine (gamine)

64
Q

Very angry/mad

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Vénère

65
Q

get the hell out of here!

A

fiche le camp d’ici!

66
Q

damned

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maudit

67
Q

C’est beaucoup
Still
Despite everything

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Quand même!

Quand même, toujours, encore

Quand même, Malgré tout

68
Q

Anything
Whatever

A

N’importe quoi

69
Q

something was wrong / off (slang)

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quelque chose qui n’allait pas / qui clochait (slang)

70
Q

Gosh!
Oh my!

A

Mince alors!

71
Q

an ad
an advertisement

A

la pub
la publicité

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