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1
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gouvernante

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nanny

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blotti

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cuddle

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figuier

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fig tree

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saisir

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to take hold of, to grab

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cesser

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to stop

cessa - stopped

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s’apercevoir

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  • to realise;

s’aperçut de mon absence - realised my absence

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imbécile

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  • stupid
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sournois

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  • sly (clever and cunning, Playfully mischievous)

c’est un petit sournois : he’s a sly little devil*

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feindre

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  • to pretend (old language, modern: prétendre) e.g. Elle feignit de me chercher et m’appela
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inondé

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  • flooded
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couler

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  • to flow
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arroser

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  • to water, to spary
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mensonge

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  • lie
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moquer

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  • mock
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défendre

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= interdire - to restrict/ to ban, also means defend

Défendre quelqu‘un de faire quelque chose - restrict someone to do something. note: Défendre can mean ‘defend’ as well

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16
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interdire

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to restric/ ban

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La rêverie

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  • day dream (le rêve - the dream)
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une nounou

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  • nanny

une governante - a nanny (usually french); au pair - a nanny from foreign country (usually to learn language)

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en horreur

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en horreur - to hate

e.g. j’ai les araignées en horreur - i hate the spiders;

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tâches mánagèrs

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chores (only refer to chores at home)

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Le quinquennat

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the 5 years service term (politics)

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soutien

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support

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de manière similaire à…

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in a similar way like….

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cohabitation

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joint government (politics) - 2 parties ruling the country

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virgule

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, - commar, e.g. 17,90% - 17 virgule 90 pourcent

e.g. 17.90% 17 point 90 pourcent

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expulser

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deport

27
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solidarité

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a [de personnes]solidarity
■ solidarité de classe/professionnelle : class/professional solidarity
■ solidarité ministérielle : ministerial solidarity (whereby all ministers assume responsibility for a government’s decisions)
■ cesser le travail par solidarité avec des grévistes : to come out ou stop work in sympathy with the strikers
Voir : grève
b [de mécanismes, systèmes]interdependence
c (Droit)joint and several liability

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assistanat

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support

29
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Le concubinage/ La cohabitation

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living together (as a couple)

30
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Le PACS

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Civil Union (lower version of marriage)

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L‘émancipation de la femme

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liberation of the women

32
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• Un enfant adopté

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an adopted child

33
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L‘engagement

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a commitment, but not necessary engaged to get married. Les fiancailles is the word for engagement.

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Les fiancailles

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engagement

35
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La parenté

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the situation with any family members

degré de parenté : degree of relationship

36
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La famille monoparentale

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single parent family

37
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La famille recomposée

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blended family. different parents, different bros and sis.

38
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La famille nucléaire

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immediate family. family members you live with, e.g. with grandparents etc.

39
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La famille élargie

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a big family

40
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quasiment inexistant

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practically does not exist

41
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foyer; femme au foyer

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home/ family

femme au foyer - housewife

42
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ramener

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to bring back

ramène l‘argent à la maison

43
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Le gagne-pain

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the bread winner/ job

44
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remis en question

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  • put into question
    le premier rôle de l‘homme est remis en question.
    the role of men is put into question.
45
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s‘émanciper

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  • to free themselves
46
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égalité

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equality

47
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une paille

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a straw

48
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les ailerons de requin

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shark’s fin

requin - sharks

49
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le monde entier

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the whole world

50
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les nantis

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the rich (formal) people

51
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valoir

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to be worth

52
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En outre

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besides

53
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croissance

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growth, development

54
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accroître

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to increase, syn. of augmenter

55
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peser sur qqch

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influencer

56
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freiner

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to slow down

57
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amélioration

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improvement

58
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niveau

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level

niveau de vie - level of life

59
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état

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state

60
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plutôt

A

rather, instead

61
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choix

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choice

62
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tant

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so much, so

il mange tant ! : he eats so much! ou such a lot!
■ il l’aime tant ! : he loves her so much!

63
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actuels

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current

tant actuels qu’à venir
current as well as future

tant … que = as well as

64
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douloureux

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painful

Des choix douloureux s’imposent
the painful choice is required

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