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les retombées

A

the fallout

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prédire

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to foretell

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hormis

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except

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le décès

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the death

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attirer

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to attract

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la cagoule

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the hood

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la racaille

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low life

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falloir

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to need, to be necessary

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abattre

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to shoot down

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recueillir

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to collect

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la remise en liberté

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the release

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le faciès

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the face

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sur fond de

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on the background of

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la loi

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the law

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faire valoir que

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to point out

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debout

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standing up / up (adj)
Elle est debout à 6 heures tous les matins.
Tu es déjà debout?

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plus rien

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nothing more, anything more

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déranger

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to disturb
ça te dérangerait de faire? (would you mind…)
excusez-moi de vous déranger (I’m sorry to bother you)

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détenue

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prisoner

like “debt - new”

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donner le change

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expression:

1) to put off track or cover up
2) to pretend, to fake

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retenir

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1) to hold back, to keep or detain
2) to remember (the name)
3) to book/reserve

Il a été retenu par un client mécontent.
Conj. comme “venir”

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revoir

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1) to see again
J’ai revu Sophie hier soir.
2) to revise or review
Il est en train de revoir ses devoirs.

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la peinture

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painting, paint
J’ai acheté de la peinture verte.

Fig. “Je ne peux pas le voir en peinture…”
I can’t stand the sight of him

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cadre

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cad-re (deux syllb.)

1) frame
2) executive

cadre verni (varnished frame)

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le mur

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wall

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mûr, mûre

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(adj.) ripe, mature

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la vedette

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star (artiste, rôle)

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tutoyer

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to address someone as “tu”, to be on familiar terms

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se fonder

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to base something on, to take one’s authority

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à portée de…
à portée de main…
à portée de voix

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within reach of…
within reach
within earshot

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le destin

A

fate, destiny

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pencher

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to tilt or lean

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se pencher

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to lean out

je m’ai penché par la fenêtre (I leaned out the window)

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se pencher sur

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to look into

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le vide

vide de…

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void, vacuum, empty space, drop

devoid of…

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le bruit

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noise, sound
le bruit de fond - background noise
les bruits du moteur - noise of engines

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dessus

le dessus

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on top

top (noun)

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au-dessus

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above, or upstairs
j’habite au-dessus – I live upstairs
au-dessus de la table – above the table

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les terres arides

A

dry lands

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planer

planer sur…

A

to glide or float

to float over…

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l’aube (f)

à l’aube de…

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the dawn, daybreak

at the dawn of…

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vouloir du mal

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to wish harm

Comme un soleil qui veut du mal

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apaiser

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to calm, to sooth

to appease

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mépris

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contempt

Il nous a traités avec mépris

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le bas-côté de la route

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shoulder of the road

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vivre

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to live, to be alive

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la bande d’arrêt d’urgence

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hard shoulder

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au-delà

l’au-delà

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beyond (adv)

the hereafter

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poursuivre

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to chase, to strive toward, to continue or carry on with

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suivre

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to follow

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pulls

A

sweater

“pul-la”

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légèrement

A

lightly, slightly
(lé - gère - ment)

Je vais manger légèrement…

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mettre une cravate

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to wear a tie

cra-va

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jeter

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to throw / to cast (as in through out)

Il a jeté son manteau sur le lit.
He threw his coat on the bed

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la revue

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magazine, or review

porte-revues (magazine rack)

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la règle

A

1) a rule
2) a ruler (as in physical instr. used to measure or draw straight lines)

C’est la règle.

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sale

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dirty, nasty

L’appartement est très sale.

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salé, -e

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salty

La soupe est trop salée.

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le sel

A

salt

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tendue

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tense, tight

(watch pron… “ton-doo”, not “ten-doo”)

J’ai eu une conversation tendue avec lui.

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le rôti

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roast, roasting meat

poulet rôti (roasted chicken)
rôti de boeuf (roast beef)