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l’arrivée

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the arrival

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le souvenir

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memory

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se déplacer

Ils se déplaçaient à bicyclette.

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to get around/about

They got around by bicycle.

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déplacer

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to displace

to move

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un menuisier

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a carpenter

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glander (slang)

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to loaf around

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En regardant sur sa messagerie SMS…

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In looking at his text history…

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nier

Il a tout nié en vrac.

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to deny

He denied the whole thing.

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en vrac

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in bulk

in a confused manner

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elle est vive d’espirit.

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she’s sharp. Lit: she is lively of mind.

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En ce moment, elle n’a pas la tête à ça.

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At the moment, she’s not into it.

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motivé (adj)

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motivated

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réagir

Ils réagissent comment?

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to react

How are they reacting?

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priver

Ils ont essayé de la priver de télé, de sorties, d’argent de poche…

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to deprive

They’ve tried denying her television, going out, pocket money…

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fair suivre des cours particuliers de maths et de français.

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tutoring

to get tutored in maths and french.

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Les cours ont porté leurs fruits? (idiomatic)

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Have the lessons produced results?

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redoubler

Probablement, elle redoublera sa première.

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repeat

Probably, she will repeat grade 11.

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repartir

Elle repartira sur de meilleures bases.

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start again

She’ll start again on a better basis.

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passionnant (adj)

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fascinating

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à fond

Tu as fait le ménage à fond!

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to go all out

You went all out in doing the housework!

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inscrire

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to note down
to register (on a list or on a guest registry)
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se passer

Ça s’est bien passé hier avec Patrick?

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to go
to happen

It went will yesterday with Patrick?

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passer l’aspirateur

Il a passé l’aspirateur pour aspirer les bris de verre.

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to vacuum

He vacummed to vacuum up the broken glass.

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le bris

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breakage

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Est-ce que tu as bien travaillé au restaurant?

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Did you have a good day at the restaurant?

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la soirée

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the evening

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un cafouillage

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a mix-up

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cafouiller

Ça cafouille nos projets.

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to screw up

That messes up our plans.

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une bouteille de vin assez chère

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a rather expensive bottle of wine

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Pour sa défense..

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In her defence…

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débouché

des bouteilles déjà débouchées

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uncorked
opened

some bottles already opened

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Ça nous fait gagner du temps.

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That saves us some time.

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au moins

Les clients ont-ils apprécié au moins?

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at least

Did the clients appreciate it at least?

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apprécier

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to appreciate

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s’apprécier

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to appreciate each other (to like each other)

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réassurer

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to reassure

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bien évidemment

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of course

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leur jour de chance

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their lucky day

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Ça arrive à tout le monde de faire des erreurs.

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Everyone makes mistakes.

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une crème (colloquial)

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a sweetie

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machinalement

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automatically (lit: machine-like)

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foirer (slang) (vulgar?)

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to mess up

to fail miserably

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dénicher

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to unearth

to dig up

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…si je ne m’abuse…

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…if I’m not mistaken… Lit: if I don’t abuse myself

45
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Je pensais que cette table-là était sous la reponsabilité de la serveuse de la salle.

A

I thought that that table was the responsibility of the waitress in the dining room.

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poireauter

J’ai laissé les clients poireauter pendant presque une heure.

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to be made to wait for a long time (Lit: to stand like leeks)

I left the customers to languish for almost an hour.

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j’étais super gênée.

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I was so embarassed.

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gêner

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to be embarassed

to be bothered, hindered

49
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Il y a toujours des choses à améliorer.

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There are always things to improve.

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de fil en aguille

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one thing leading to another Lit: from thread to needle

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C’est une station de sports d’hiver très connue.

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It’s a famous location for winter sports.

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les activités liées à la neige comme le ski ou le snowboard…

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activities linked to snow, such as skiing and snowboarding…

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une randonnée

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a hike

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une escalade

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a climb (as in mountain climbing)

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le parapente

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para-sailing

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le deltaplane

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hang-gliding

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casse-cou (adj)

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daredevil

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le saut à l’élastique

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bungy jumping

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torrentiel (adj)

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torrential

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l’équitation (f)

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horse riding

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Toi aussi tu montes à cheval, non?

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You horse ride too, no?

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tranquillos (colloquial) (adj)

J’aime bien faire des promenades tranquillos dans la compagne.

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cross-country

I like slow rides through the country side.

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des compétitions de saut d’obstacles

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(horse) jumping competitions

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un obstacle

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obstacle

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cinglé (colloquial) (adj)

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crazy

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en Suisse

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to Switzerland

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le ski de fond

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cross-country skiing

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la randonnée à raquettes

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snowshoeing

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Revenons à nos moutons…

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Lets get back on track… Lit: lets get back to our sheep.

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D’abord on a monté nos valises à l’hôtel.

A

First we took our suitcases up to the hotel.

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L’hôtel était situé en haut d’une rue sérieusement en pente.

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The hotel was situated at the top of a seriously steep street.

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On a sorti nos affaires d’hiver.

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We got out our winter clothes.

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un sommet

A

a peak

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une queue (pronounced like que)

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a line-up

a tail

75
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la montée

A

the climb

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époustouflant (adj)

A

breathtaking

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à mi-chemin

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mid-way point

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une attraction

une nouvelle attraction touristique

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an attraction

a new tourist attraction

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une file d’attente

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a line up

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un frisson

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a thrill

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Je n’en menais pas large (expression)

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I wasn’t feeling confident.

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admirer

A

to admire

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être à l’aise

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to be at ease

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l’aise (f)

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ease, comfort

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convaincre

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to convince

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On a retrouvé le plancher des vaches

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We got back on firm land. Lit: back on the cow’s land.

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une pente

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a slope, incline

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incliner

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to slope

89
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incliné

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steep

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précis (adj)

A

precise

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précisément

A

precisely

92
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décrocher

A

to unhook

to answer the telephone

93
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le sous-sol

A

basement

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de luxe (adj)

A

classy, luxurious

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à l’étage

A

upstairs

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pauser

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to pause

97
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la télécommande

A

the remote

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sauvagement

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savagely

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assassiner

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to assassinate, murder

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l’arme du crime

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crime weapon

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le crime

A

crime

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