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1
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le savoir-vivre

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good manners

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se souvenir

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to remember

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boute-en-train

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fun person

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un dessin animé (nm)

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cartoon

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tordre

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to twist, to wring, to deform

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d’autant plus que

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all the more since

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plus près (adj)

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closer

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la stupeur (nf)

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surprise, astonishment

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AINSI QUE

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JUST AS

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considérer

Qu’ils nous considèrent…

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to consider

“That they consider us…”

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la grenouille (nf)

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frog (gren-wheel-ir)

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personnage (nm)

C’est un personnage!

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figure, individual, character

He’s quite a character!

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grossier, -ère

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rude, unrefined, rough

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avoir du mal à faire

“On a du mal à le croire”

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TO HAVE TROUBLE doing

We have trouble believing it

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tout de même

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all the same

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se comporter

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to behave

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hélas

Hélas, il ne restait plus de billets

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unfortunately, regrettably (pron the “s”)

Unfortunately, there were no tickets left

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se rendre
se rendre à l’évidence
se rendre à la police

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to surrender
to bow to the evidence
to surrender to the police

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on ne peut plus + adj
on ne peut plus éloquente
on ne peut plus clair
on ne peut plus familière

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as …. as can be
as eloquent as can be
as clear as can be, crystal clear
as familiar as can be

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se vanter

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to boast

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il paraît que…

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I hear that

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paraître

il me paraît que…

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to seem, to appear

it seems to me that…

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pour ne pas dire les pires

pour ne pas dire pires

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if not the worst…

to say the least…

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pire (adj)

le pire de

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worse

the worst of…

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pas de quoi!

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don’t mention it

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pas de quoi se vanter

pas de quoi pavoiser

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nothing to brag about

nothing to be proud of

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se retourner

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to turn around

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la tombe

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grave, tomb

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se donner du mal

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to go to a lot of trouble

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tant de (exp)
"Elle qui s'est donné tant de mal pour"
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so much…

She who went through so much trouble to…”

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inculquer à

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to inculcate (to instill)

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un semblant de

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a semblance of (the appearance of - esp. if different)

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la courtoisie (nf)

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courtesy

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au fait,

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by the way…

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crétin, -e

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cretin (a stupid person)

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fourbe (adj)

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deceitful

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lambin, -e (adj)

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slow

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voleur, voleuse

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thief

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Ne dit-on pas que… … ?

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Don’t they say that … ?

When used in the middle of sentence “yet they say that…”

40
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rassurer

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to reassure

41
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et j’en passe (exp)

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and more, and that’s not all

42
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avoir la peau dure

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to be thick-skinned

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**D’ailleurs, **

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Besides,

44
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C’est quand même mieux

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This is better, it’s better

45
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être de taille

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to measure up, to be considerable

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deviner

deviner que

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to guess

I have an inkling that….

47
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baragouiner

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to jabber (Bar-ah-gween-ay)

48
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insupportable

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unbearable

49
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uns

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some

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moindre

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lesser, lower

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la lacune

une lacune linguistic

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gap

a language gap

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méfiance

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mistrust, distrust

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sinon

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except, other than

54
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Dans le fond (exp)

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All things considered

55
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digne (adj)

digne de

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dignified, worthy (pron=deen)

worthy of

56
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le comble (nm)
C'est vraiment le comble!
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the height, the limit

That’s the limit! That beats everything!

57
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un pourboire (nm)

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tip (poor-a-bwah)

58
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maigre

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thin, skinny, lean

59
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chipoter

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1) to nibble (when eating)

2) to haggle

60
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une broutille

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trifle, trinket

61
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arnaquer

se faire arnaquer

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to rip off

to get ripped off

62
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hors de

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outside

63
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autrefois

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in the past, formerly

64
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avant

A

before

65
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il y a longtemps

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A long time ago

66
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jadis

“le temps jadis”

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in times past, formerly

the olden days

67
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Ça veut dire quoi? (exp)

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What does that mean?

68
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pareil, pareille

“en pareil cas”

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1) similar (par-ehay)
2) such
“in such a case”

69
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Les Vosges

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A mountain system in eastern France, Alsace. Pron=Voege

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un joyau

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gems, jewel (Pron = J’why-aux)

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un bijou

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jewel

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comporter

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to consist of, to be made up of

73
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équestre

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equestrian (of or relating to horse riding)

74
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cavalier, -ière

je vais le faire cavalier seul

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rider, knight

I’m going to go it alone

75
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le corps de logis (nm)

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main building

76
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la cour (nf)

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yard, courtyard

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le bâtiment (nm)

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building

78
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au fond de

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at the bottom, back of

79
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une orangerie

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orangery

80
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abriter

Une aile du bâtiment abritait les chevaux.

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to house, to shelter

“A wing of the building housed the horses”

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immeuble (nm)

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building

82
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ventru, -e

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potbellied

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rond, -e

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round

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le carrosse (nm)

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horse-drawn coach

85
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une enceinte

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a wall

an enclosure

86
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un puits (nm)

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well (as in a water well) pron = silent on ‘t’

87
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à l’angle de la rue

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at the corner (of the street)

88
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le trottoir (nm)

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pavement

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le long de (exp)

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along

90
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abîmer

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to ruin, to damage

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