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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?
Did you have a good day at the restaurant?
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la soirée
the evening
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un cafouillage
a mix-up
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cafouiller Ça cafouille nos projets.
to screw up That messes up our plans.
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une bouteille de vin assez chère
a rather expensive bottle of wine
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Pour sa défense..
In her defence...
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débouché des bouteilles déjà débouchées
uncorked opened some bottles already opened
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Ça nous fait gagner du temps.
That saves us some time.
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au moins Les clients ont-ils apprécié au moins?
at least Did the clients appreciate it at least?
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apprécier
to appreciate
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s'apprécier
to appreciate each other (to like each other)
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réassurer
to reassure
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bien évidemment
of course
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leur jour de chance
their lucky day
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Ça arrive à tout le monde de faire des erreurs.
Everyone makes mistakes.
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une crème (colloquial)
a sweetie
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machinalement
automatically (lit: machine-like)
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foirer (slang) (vulgar?)
to mess up | to fail miserably
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dénicher
to unearth | to dig up
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...si je ne m'abuse...
...if I'm not mistaken... Lit: if I don't abuse myself
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Je pensais que cette table-là était sous la reponsabilité de la serveuse de la salle.
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.
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.
I was so embarassed.
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gêner
to be embarassed | to be bothered, hindered
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Il y a toujours des choses à améliorer.
There are always things to improve.
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de fil en aguille
one thing leading to another Lit: from thread to needle
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C'est une station de sports d'hiver très connue.
It's a famous location for winter sports.
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les activités liées à la neige comme le ski ou le snowboard...
activities linked to snow, such as skiing and snowboarding...
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une randonnée
a hike
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une escalade
a climb (as in mountain climbing)
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le parapente
para-sailing
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le deltaplane
hang-gliding
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casse-cou (adj)
daredevil
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le saut à l'élastique
bungy jumping
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torrentiel (adj)
torrential
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l'équitation (f)
horse riding
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Toi aussi tu montes à cheval, non?
You horse ride too, no?
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tranquillos (colloquial) (adj) J'aime bien faire des promenades tranquillos dans la compagne.
cross-country I like slow rides through the country side.
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des compétitions de saut d'obstacles
(horse) jumping competitions
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un obstacle
obstacle
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cinglé (colloquial) (adj)
crazy
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en Suisse
to Switzerland
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le ski de fond
cross-country skiing
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la randonnée à raquettes
snowshoeing
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Revenons à nos moutons...
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.
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.
The hotel was situated at the top of a seriously steep street.
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On a sorti nos affaires d'hiver.
We got out our winter clothes.
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un sommet
a peak
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une queue (pronounced like que)
a line-up | a tail
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la montée
the climb
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époustouflant (adj)
breathtaking
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à mi-chemin
mid-way point
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une attraction une nouvelle attraction touristique
an attraction a new tourist attraction
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une file d'attente
a line up
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un frisson
a thrill
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Je n'en menais pas large (expression)
I wasn't feeling confident.
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admirer
to admire
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être à l'aise
to be at ease
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l'aise (f)
ease, comfort
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convaincre
to convince
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On a retrouvé le plancher des vaches
We got back on firm land. Lit: back on the cow's land.
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une pente
a slope, incline
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incliner
to slope
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incliné
steep
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précis (adj)
precise
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précisément
precisely
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décrocher
to unhook | to answer the telephone
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le sous-sol
basement
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de luxe (adj)
classy, luxurious
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à l'étage
upstairs
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pauser
to pause
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la télécommande
the remote
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sauvagement
savagely
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assassiner
to assassinate, murder
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l'arme du crime
crime weapon
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le crime
crime

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