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au pied de / en bas de (3) (ex: la rue)

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at the foot of / at the bottom of / at the end of

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les escaliers

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the stairs

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rattraper qqn

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to catch up with sb

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un monsieur / monsieur ! (on appelle qqn qu’on ne connaît pas) / monsieur (on s’adresse à un supérieur)

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a gentleman / Mister ! / Sir

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chez moi (j’y suis) / chez moi (je n’y suis pas)

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at my home / to my place

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à propos, au fait

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by the way

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attendre qqn (concrètement) / attendre qqn (s’attendre à ce que qqn vienne)

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to wait for sb / to expect sb

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être là / ne pas être là (par rapport à celui qui parle)

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to be in (he is in) / to be out (he is out OU he is not in)

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louche, bizarre (2)

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sleazy

shifty

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à ce point

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at this point

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n’importe qui (= n’importe qui d’autre)

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anyone, anybody, everyone, everybody ELSE

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être occupé à faire qqch

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to be busy doing sth

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en ordre (pour une pièce, un appartement) (3)

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tidy
in order
clean

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les meubles / un meuble

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THE furniture (SING indénombrable) / a piece of furniture

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veuillez + V-infinitif

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please + V-infinitif

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je ne vois pas ce que ça peut vous faire, en quoi cela vous regarde

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I don’t see why it is any business of yours

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proposer qqch à qqn

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to offer sb sth

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un siège

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a seat

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un entretien d’embauche

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a job interview

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court, bref (2)

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short

brief

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la campagne

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the country side

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cette nuit (la nuit qui arrive) / cette nuit (la nuit dernière) (2)

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this night / last night, during the night

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répéter (2)

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to repeat

to say again

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vers, en direction de

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toward

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le fleuve

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the river

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continuer de faire qqch, ne pas cesser de

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to keep doing sth

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sans faire qqch

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without doing sth

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retrouver qqn (revoir qqn)

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to meet sb again

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une sommation, une injonction / une convocation (1)

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a summon

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la tranquillité, le calme

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the stillness

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étrange / étrangement, sinistrement

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eerie / eerily

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être à portée de main / être sur le point d’arriver (1)

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to be at hand

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une malédiction

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a doom

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être prêt à, être disposé à

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to be willing to

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sangloter

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to sob

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un dessin

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a drawing

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une esquisse, une ébauche

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a draft

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attribuer, affecter

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to allocate

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par hasard (2)

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by chance / by coincidence

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mon père était peintre

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my father was A painter

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de jeunesse

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from back when he was young

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une commande (2)

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an order (pour un produit) / a commission (art)

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s’installer

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to settle (down) IN

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le séjour

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a stay

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rentrer

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to go back

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j’avais 2 mois (exprimer l’âge)

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I was two months OLD (ne pas oublier le old)

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un Parisien (2) / un Londonien / un New-Yorkais / un Washingtonien

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a Parisian, a Paris native / a Londoner / a New-Yorker / a Washingtonian

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être élevé, passer son enfance (2)

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to be brought up / to grow up → élever = to bring up

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le XVIe arrondissement / rue Poussin / la porte d’Auteuil

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the 16th arrondissement / rue Poussin / porte d’Auteuil → laisser le français

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l’enfance / l’adolescence

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childhood / teenage years

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un immeuble (2)

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a building block / a apartment block

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exister

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to exist

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53
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le balcon

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the balcony

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l’étage

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the floor

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au coin de (2 prép)

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AT/ON the corner of

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rester (2)

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  • dans un endroit, physiquement → to stay

- +adj → to remain

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pittoresque (2)

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picturesque / charming

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une sorte de (3)

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a kind of / a sort of / N+ of some kind

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ennuyeux

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boring

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Prépositions : rue Poussin, au 5e étage, dans le XVIe

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AT rue Poussin, ON the 5th floor, IN the 16th

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un atelier (2)

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a workshop / a studio

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en même temps

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AT the same time

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s’offrir, se payer, avoir les moyens de (2)

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to buy oneself / to (can) afford sth

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se trouver qpart (2)

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to find oneself / to be

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apprendre (une nouvelle) (2)

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to learn / to hear that / to hear about (++)

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une nouvelle

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a piece of new (/!\ indénombrable)

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épouvantable, horrible, terrible (5)

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appaling (++) / dreadful / ghastly / horrendous / awful

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tomber sur qn

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to befall sb

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pile, juste (ex: juste à ce moment-là) (2)

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right, precisely (right at that time)

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passer, partager son temps (entre)

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to spend (one’s) time between/doing sth

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la terrasse (2)

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a terrace (d’un café) / a patio (d’une maison)

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un café

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a coffee-shop

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bronzé

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tanned

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une fontaine

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a fountain

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du coin de l’oeil

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out of the corner of my/your eye

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et je ne parle pas, et ne parlons pas de

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and what about

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doux (l’air, le tabac, etc)

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mild

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embêter, ennuyer, agacer qn

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to annoy

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à 8h30 (2)

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at 8.30 am / at half past eight in the morning

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se trouver (pour un endroit)

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to be located

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une bibliothèque (2)

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a library (lieu) / a bookcase (meuble)

82
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le sous-sol / au sous-sol

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the basement / IN the basement

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le haut de qc (ex: le haut du mur, le haut du corps)

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the upper (part of) +nom (the upper part of the wall, the upper body)

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un passant

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a passer-by (pl : passersby

85
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aveugle / un aveugle

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blind / a blind man

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apercevoir (2) / un aperçu (2)

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to catch sight of, to glimpse / an insight, a glimpse of

87
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le gravier

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the gravel

88
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rapidement (2)

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quickly, swiftly

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le sentier, le chemin, l’allée (dans un jardin, une forêt)

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a path, a walkway

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le chemin, la rue, la route

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a way

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l’allée centrale (d’une église, de la Chambre des députésà

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an aisle

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recouvert de

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covered in

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une allée recouverte de graviers

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a gravel-covered walkway

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sans doute (2)

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emploi du modal “must” / probably

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une grille, un portail, une porte

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a gate

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la démarche, l’allure

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a gait

97
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la démarche (la façon d’agir)

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an approach

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au bout de (la table)

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at the end of

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au-dessus (2) / en-dessous (2)

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over, above (+ généralisé) / under, below (+ généralisé)

100
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à voix basse

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in a low voice

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échanger un “bonjour”

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to exchange “hellos”

102
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les locaux

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premises (pl)

103
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habiter (2)

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to live in, to inhabit (formel, par un esprit)

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parler (2)

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to talk (échange ↔) / to speak (un seul sens →)

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décider de, prendre la décision de

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to make up one’s mind to do sth

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noter, mettre sur papier / rédiger / inscrire

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to write down / to write up / to write in

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c’est à vous que je parle

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you are the one I am speaking to

108
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être sur le point de / aller faire (je vais manger)

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to be about to / to be going to (I’m going to eat)

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mettre/prendre du temps à faire qc

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to take time doing sth

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pendant un moment, un moment

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for a while

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un mensonge / le/les mensonges (en général)

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a lie / lies, lying

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attrister

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to sadden

113
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quant à

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as for

114
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quelque temps, pour un certain temps

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for some time

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accuser, reprocher qc à qn

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to blame sb for sth

116
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la détresse

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distress

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avoir peur que (2)

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to fear sth might happen / to be afraid sth might happen

118
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être en état de faire qc

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to be in condition to do sth

119
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jouer (au casino)

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to gamble

120
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se mettre à faire qc

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to take to doing sth

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malheureusement

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unfortunatly

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gagner sa vie

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to earn one’s living

123
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quand même

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still

124
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finir par faire qc

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to do sth eventually / eventually do sth

125
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retourner / revenir

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to go back / to come back

126
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je ne veux pas Ø

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I don’t want TO

127
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avoir bon coeur

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to be kind-hearted

128
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apprendre une nouvelle, entendre dire

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to hear

129
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maudire qn

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to curse

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repousser, rejeter qn

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to reject

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la haine (2)

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the hate/hatred for

132
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le bien et le mal

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Ø good and Ø evil

133
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tout → tout ce qui est

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everything (mieux que all) → everything that is

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