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Le bac

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baccalaureate (18+ exam)

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l’amitié (f)

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friendship

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les sorties

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outings

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des amis sur qui pouvoir compter

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friends I can count on

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passioné de théâtre

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theatre lover

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réussir mes études/ ma vie

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to suceed in my studies/ my life

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découvrir

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to discover

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devenir (comédien)

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to become (an actor)

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brillante

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brilliant

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heureux(se)

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happy

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bonheur

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happiness

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être libre de mes choix

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to be free to make my own choices

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en écrivant

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by writing

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la voie

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direction/ path

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connaître

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to know (a person)

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allons

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let’s go

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plutôt que

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rather than

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avec eux

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with them

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faire confiance à

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to trust

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virtual supermarket

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le supermarché virtuel

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game

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le jeu

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online

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en ligne

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to use

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utiliser/ se servir de

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to end up spending hours in front of the screen

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finir par passer des heures devant l’écran

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to do research for school/ personal research

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faire des recherches scolaires/ personnelles

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to download

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télécharger

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to share photos

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partager des photos

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communicate

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communiquer

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to email

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correspondre par mail

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to chat

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tchater

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to fill one’s trolley

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remplir son caddie

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to sell

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vendre

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to buy

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faires des achats

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living

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vivent

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monkeys

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les singes

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to lay (an egg)

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pondre

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to remember

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se souvenir de

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to take shelter

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s’abriter

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on the back of

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à dos de

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I remember very well the time…

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Je me souviens très bien de la fois…

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shooting stars

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les étoiles filantes

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a prayer

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une prière

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la galère

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a pain/ drag

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coller

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to stick/ glue

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voile

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sailing

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à peu près

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roughly

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stagiaires

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trainees/ student

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ceux

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those

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dériveur

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dinghy

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stage

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internship/ course

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diplômés

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graduates

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l’escalade

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rock climbing

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l’alpinisme (m)

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montaineering

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planche à voile

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windsurfing board

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le seul inconvénient

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the only disadvantage

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la combi(naison de plongée)

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wet suit

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la durée

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duration

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l’enthousiasme (m)

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enthusiasm

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situé

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situated

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expérimenté

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experienced

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autonome

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independent

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en toute securité

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in complete safety

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suivre un cours/ un stage

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to attend a class/ a course

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enseigner

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to teach

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se perfectionner

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to improve

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transmettre sa passion

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to pass on one’s passion

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sortir en mer

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to go out to the sea

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bouger

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to be on the move/ be active

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avoir d’impression de (voler)

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to feel as if you were (flying)

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accomplissement de soi

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self-fulfilment

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dying of laughter

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mort de rire

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best wishes card

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des cartes de voeux

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congratulations

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félicitations

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to smile

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sourire

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to cry

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pleuret

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a nappy

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une couche

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nocturnal/ night person

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oiseau de nuit

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happiness

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le bonheur

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sleep

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sommeil

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teddy bear

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ours en peluche

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stork

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la cigogne

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delighted

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ravis

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to welcome

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d’acceuillir

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household chores

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les taches ménagère

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baby car seat

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un siège bébé

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furniture

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les meubles

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difficult

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exigeant

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looked forward to

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j’attendais avec grand impatience

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that’s to say

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c’est-à-dire

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a solicitor

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un(e) notaire

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malhonnête

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dishonest

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overnight

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en une nuit

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the following day/ tomorrow

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lendemain

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(slang) hangover

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lendemain de cuite

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(slang) one-night stand

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liaison sans lendemain

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leave it to the last minute

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s’y prende la veille pour le lendemain

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pain/ chore/ ship with oars

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galère

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what a pain/drag

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bonjour la galère

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fellow sufferer/ brother in misery

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compagnon la galère

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not move an inch

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ne pas bouger d’un pouce

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add

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ajouter

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nothing to add

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rien à ajouter

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au train de

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in the middle of

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c’est un peu pareil que les autres

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it’s pretty simila to the others

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nowadays

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de nos jours

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relatively little

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relativement peu

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apart from that

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à part ça

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I’m pregnant

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je suis pleines

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pas mal de

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lots of

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how time flies!

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que le temps passe!

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idiom (when pigs fly equiv.)

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quand les poules auront les dents.

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overnight

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en une nuit

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the following day/ tomorrow

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lendemain

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(slang) hangover

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lendemain de cuite

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(slang) one-night stand

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liaison sans lendemain

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leave it to the last minute

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s’y prende la veille pour le lendemain

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pain/ chore/ ship with oars

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galère

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what a pain/drag

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bonjour la galère

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fellow sufferer/ brother in misery

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compagnon la galère

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not move an inch

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ne pas bouger d’un pouce

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add

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ajouter

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nothing to add

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rien à ajouter

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au train de

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in the middle of

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c’est un peu pareil que les autres

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it’s pretty simila to the others

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nowadays

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de nos jours

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relatively little

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relativement peu

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apart from that

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à part ça

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I’m pregnant

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je suis pleines

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pas mal de

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lots of

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how time flies!

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que le temps passe!

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idiom (when pigs fly equiv.)

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quand les poules auront les dents.

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idiom (it’s raining cats and dogs equiv.)

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Il pleut comme une vache qui pisse!

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to shake

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secouer

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to hit

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frapper

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from day to day

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au jour le jour

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homeless

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sans abri

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giant/ huge

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géant, immense, prodigieux, gigantesque

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deadly

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meurtrier, meurtière

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wave

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la vague

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Richter scale

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l’échelle de Richter

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magnitude

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l’amplitude/ la magnitude

142
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food supplies

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ravitaillement

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running water

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l’eau courante

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prospect

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une perspective

145
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the worry

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l’inquiétude, le souci, la préoccupation

146
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the final count

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le bilan

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refugee

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le réfugié

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earthquake

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un tremblement de terre

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damage

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dommages, dégâts