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1
Q

Avoir l’habitude de

Ma grand-mère a l’habitude de boire du thé vert biologique

A

To be + used to + -ing

My grandmother is used to drinking organic tea

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2
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Il passe son temps à boire des bières et à fumer des cigarettes

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He’s always drinking beer and smoking cigarettes

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3
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Je rends visite à ma grand-mère ce soir

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I’m visiting my grandmother tonight

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4
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Faire sa journée autour d’un événement

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I gonna make a day of it

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5
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Expliquer complètement a quelqu’un

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I gonna talk somebody through

Or walk through

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6
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Extraordinaire

A

Mind blowing

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7
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I need to practice English because we have to _______ with the American branch

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Collaborate

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8
Q

What do you think is the _____ time to go to bed

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Optimum

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9
Q

When he told me about his experience I realized how _____ kids are

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Resilient

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10
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It made me really annoyed when my dad ___ about my idea to interview the president

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Scores

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11
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In ________ I should have bought stock in google

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Retrospect

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12
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I asked her to help me move but her answer was kind of _______

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Ambiguous

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13
Q

Speaking only one language _____ me from getting a promotion

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Hinders

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14
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My ancestors came to the US and tried to _____ into the American culture

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Assimilate

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15
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Last night I slept for 9 hours, so this morning I feel ______

A

Rejuvenated

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16
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He was _____ to the fact that she felt embarrassed

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Oblivious

Didn’t realize

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17
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One of the worst forms of bullying is to ___ someone from a group

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Ostracize

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18
Q

If you _____ your body will hurt as well

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Slouch

Don’t slouch!

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19
Q

It is snowing

I know that it is only October, but I guess it’ ____

A

Plausible

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20
Q

Recevoir

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Receive -> get

21
Q

Préférer

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Prefer -> I would rather

22
Q

Beaucoup

A

Many -> a lot of

Much -> a lot of

23
Q

Vraiment

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Very -> really

24
Q

Phrasal verbs

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I’m working on/at beING more confident

I’m working ON my English skills

25
Q

Her Words are happy. Look at her face though

A

I like Vanessa’s videos, but her facial expressions _____though

26
Q

Parler, mettre qqch au clair

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To hash something out

To re-hash..

27
Q

Avec le temps..

A

As time grow on

28
Q

Dans tous les cas

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All around

29
Q

Tout compte fait

À y réfléchir..

A

Then again

30
Q

Transition, sujet, prochaine étape

A

Segue

31
Q

Non stop

A

24/7

32
Q

Donne de nombreuses opportunités

A

Open a lot of doors

33
Q

Communiquer avec les autres

A

Social interaction

34
Q

Supposer

Peut avoir une connotation négative

A

Assume

Ass you me

35
Q

Ne pas aimer faire qqch

A

She always nit-picked at the house cleaner

36
Q

Tres contrarié (américain)

Saoul (anglais)

A

I was so pissed at the referee!
I’m pissed! (Very angry!)
(Not à bad word but not a quiet word)

37
Q

Ça n’a pas d’importance

A

To be neither here nor there:

it doesn’t matter

38
Q

Figure out

Find out

A

I will figure out HOW to learn more English every day

I’m going to find out WHAT the solution is

39
Q

A long time ago

A

Way back when

40
Q

Non!

A 
No
Mm-mm. 
Uh Uh. 
Neh. / Nah. 
Nope. / Noper
I’m all set. 
I’m good. 
Let’s not and say we did
No, no, no (childish)
No way! / No way, Jose!
Not possible! Never!
Heavens, no! (Extra strong)
Thanks, but no thanks. 
Not now
Not this time, not today
I’m afraid I can’t
if only I could!
I would if I could, but I can’t
I really shouldn’t 
I’d love to, I’m honored, but I can’t
41
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7 expression with get

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I got 8 hours of sleep
It’s easy to get distracted by social media
I’m getting hungry
I got bored 
He GOT HOME at 5pm every day 
When are you going to GET HOME?
I GOT BACK FROM vacation yesterday but I’m still tired 
I DON’T GET WHY this is popular 
We need TO GET GOING 
LET’s GET TOGETHER tomorrow
42
Q

Wanna gonna gotta

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I wanna improve my English, so I gotta study and I gonna do it now

43
Q 
Professional expression 
Voir dans le détail 
Réduire les coûts ou le temps
Qqch d’important arrive
Mieux vaut tard que jamais
Terminer qqch
Fini pour aujourd’hui
A 
To go over something 
To cut corners
To come up
Better late than never 
To wrap up something 
To call it a day
44
Q

En 2018, les films que j’ai visionnés m’ont fait progresser en anglais

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LOOKING BACK on 2018, watchING a lot of movies has improved my English

45
Q

Repenser à cette année

A

GO OVER the past year

I will go over and look back on 2018

46
Q

Ne pas être en forme

A

Feeling under the weather

47
Q

Prendre la grosse tête

A

The succès gets to his head

48
Q

Ne pas savoir qqch de connu de tous

A

To live under a rock

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