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1
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Un bouquet de fleurs

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A flower arrangement / a bunch of flowers

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Se disputer

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To quarrel / to argue

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Violemment

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Extremely fiercely

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Crier

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Scream / yell / shriek at sbdy

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Se mettre en colère

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To get angry / to lose one’s temper / to fly into a temper

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Une crise de colère

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A fit of angry

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Briser

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To smash/ splinter / shatter

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L’une apres l’autre

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One after the other / one by one

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Précipiter

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Dash

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Carrelage

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A tiled floor / stone floor

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Lamentable

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Pathetic

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Décrocher/raccrocher le téléphone

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To pick up / Hang up the phone

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Une note officielle

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A notice

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Nettoyer toute la maison

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To do The cleanning thoroughly

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Etre mis en vente

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To be put up for sale

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Étant donné que / attendu

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Given that

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Comprenez-vous

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You see

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18
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Au contraire

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Quite the reverse

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Ces derniers temps

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Lately, recently

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Fondre en larmes

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To burst into tears / to break down in tears

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21
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Sangloter

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To sob

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Faire défaut

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To let sbdy down / to fail sbdy

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Promettre (oral)

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To swear / to promise

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Inconsidérément

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Thoughtlessly / recklessly

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Etre tourmenté

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To be in torment

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26
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Releva

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Repeated / retorted

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27
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Séjour

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A stay

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Départ

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Leaving

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29
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Quelqu’un au pair

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An au pair

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Impatient

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Eager

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Aveuglé

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To have his eyes blurred

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32
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Dépenses de santé

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Health expenditure

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33
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jusqu’à

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till

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34
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jolie jeune fille (familier)

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pretty young thing

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35
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au boulot!

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let’s get going

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36
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prononcer

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to relish

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37
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rez-de-chaussée

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the ground floor

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qui donne sur (une pièce)

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open onto

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une cour

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a courtyard

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un petit (problème)

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a slight

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En attendant

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in the meantime

42
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contraventions

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tickets/fines

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feux (rouge)

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traffic lights

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Il n’était pas plutôt assis que

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No sooner had he sat down than (no sooner+inversion+than)

45
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le dernier en date

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the latest

46
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être en proie / être touché par une maladie

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to be struck by / / hit

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être d’autant plus difficile que

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to be all the more difficult than

48
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il serait grand temps

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it is high time + preterit

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En raison de

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On the grounds of

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juger

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to deem

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être quelque chose qu’en parole (pas sincère)

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he only pays lip services to

52
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faire mieux que ..

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to outperform / to outdo

53
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avoir la vie dure

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to die hard

54
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to bar/hamper from

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empêcher

55
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hiérarchie de l’entreprise

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corporate ladder

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frais de scolarité

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tuitions fees

57
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être deux fois plus

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to be twice as high

58
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florissante

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flourishing / thriving

59
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devoir (au sen moral)

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a duty

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fuir

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run away / flee (fled, fled)

61
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aller chercher quelqu’un

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to go and get sbdy / to fetch sbdy

62
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quelqu’un de mon âge

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a person my age

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en me souriant (bizarrement)

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grining at me (weirdly / with an odd smile)

64
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Sur le coup

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At the time / in the heat of the moment

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du moins

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at least

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alentours

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surroundings

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X n’est pas là

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X is not in

68
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toiles

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paintings / canvas

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Quand à lui

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as for him

70
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Regarder en fronçant les sourcils

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to look at sbdy with a frown / to frown at sbdy / to knit one’s eyebrows

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X n’était pas … ni …

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X wasn’t … nor was she ..

72
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mettre ne colère quelqu’un

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to anger sbdy

73
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Ne pas broncher

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to bat an eyelid

74
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rester sans expression

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to remain expressionless/ stony-faced

75
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rester/ demeurer ainsi

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to remain

76
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être à bout de nerf

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to be at the end of one’s tether

77
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être au bord de …

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to be on the verge of : on the brink of

78
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Tout en faisant

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While doing ..

79
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chevilles

A

ankles

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féliciter

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to congratulate

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avoir bonne mine

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to look good / to have a good appearance / to have a healthy glow

82
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Les temps sont durs

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times are tough / these are hard times

83
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les légilstaives

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general elections

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timbres / timbres postaux

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stamps / postage-stamps

85
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cachottier

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secretive

86
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Tiens donc?

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Well, well ! / Oh really? / Fancy that

87
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tout à l’heure

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just now

88
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depuis quelques temps

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lately

89
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citer

A

to name

90
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Alors là,

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Well, now

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