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1
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Flotte de camions

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Fleet of trucks

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Fournisseur

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Supplier (for goods) or provider (for services)

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Soumission

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Quote/quotation

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Retenir (le personnel)

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Retain (staff)

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Climat de travail

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Work environnement

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Se demander (je me demandais)

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Wonder. (I was wondering)

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Armoire (de cuisine)

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Cupboard (pronounced KÂ-berd)

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Commanditaire

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Sponsor

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Valoir la peine (ex. Mes cours d’anglais sont dispendieux, mais l’investissement en vaut réellement la peine).

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(Be) worth (ex. My English lessons are expensive but they are really worth it.)

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Aussi bien (expression)

Exemple: Tant qu’à être ici, aussi bien manger ici ce soir!

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Might as well.

Example: Since I’m here, I might as well eat here tonight!

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Le fond (du lac)

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The bottom (of the lake)

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12
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Chemise

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Shirt

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Se débarrasser de

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Get rid of

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Rappeler

Exemple: Rappelle-moi de te donner la liste!

A

Remind

Example: Remind me to give you the list!

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Les dés sont pipiés

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The dice are loaded

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Communiqué de presse

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Press release

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Même si (Même si nous ne parlons pas du tout français pendant les leçons, les 90 minutes passent très vite !)

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Even if (Even if we don’t speak French at all during the lessons, 90 minutes goes by very fast!)

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Je vais être là

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I’m going to be there or I gonna be there (“gonna” est plus utilisé à l’oral qu’à l’écrit)

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Je veux acheter une nouvelle voiture

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I want to buy a new car.

Prononcé “I wanna buy a new car.”

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Prêts et bourses (Ex. Mon fils va demander un prêt et une bourse

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Loans and bursaries (Ex. My son is going to apply for a loan and bursary)

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Salaire minimum

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minimum wage

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Vendeur

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Seller (pronounced SÈ-ler and not SAY-ler)

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Monopole

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Monopoly

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Plus sûr, plus sécuritaire (Ex. Il est plus sûr de stocker nos données auprès d’une entreprise spécialisée que de risquer d’être attaqué par des hackers)

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Safer (Ex. It safer to store our data with a specialized firm than to risk being attaked by hackers.)

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Bilingue

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Bilingual (Pronounced Baï-LING-gou-owl)

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Pouvoir se permettre (Ex. Ce que vous achetez dépend de ce que vous pouvez vous permettre).

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Can afford (Ex. What you buy depends on what you can afford.)

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Disponibilité (ex. Quelles sont tes disponibilités pour une rencontre ?)

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Availability (Ex. What are your availabilities for a meeting?)

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Amélioration ou progression

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Improvement or progress

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Facture

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Invoice, bill

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Retirer (de l’argent)

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Withdraw (cash)

31
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Déneigeuse

A

Snow plow.

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Pelleter

Enlever la neige

Exemple: J’ai pelleté le balcon et enlevé la neige.

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Shovel

Remove the snow.

Example: I shoveled the balcony and removed the snow

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serait

(Ex. Je serait heureux de t’accompagner au mariage.)

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would be

Ex. (I would be happy to accompany you to the wedding.)

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aurait

A

would have

35
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Ça a pris

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It took

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Je suis habitué à… (ex. Je suis habitué à vivre seule.)

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I’m used to… (ex. I’m used to living alone)

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Je ne suis pas habitué à conduire à gauche.

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I’m not used to driving on the left.

38
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Avant, je jouais au soccer ( j’avais l’habitude de)… maintenant je ne joue plus vraiment

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I used to play soccer, but I don’t play very much now.

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J’aimerais

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I would like

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Achat

A

Purchase (Pronounced PER-tchiss)

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Sorte de

Exemple: Quelle sorte de bonbons aimes-tu ?

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Kind of

Example: What kind of candies do you like ?

42
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Aussi, également (Ex. Je parle aussi allemand.)

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Also / too / as well (I also speak German)

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Fiable (Les voitures Toyota sont vraiment fiables)

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Reliable (Toyota cars are very reliable)

44
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Étagère

A

Shelf

45
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Démolir (Ex. Le bâtiment a été démoli il y a quelques années.))

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Tear down / Knock down (Ex. The building war torn down a few years ago.)

46
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Faire un suivi

A

Do a follow-up

47
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Je ne regarde pas la TV autant qu’avant.

A

I don’t watch TV as much as I used to.

48
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On a décidé de ne pas se donner de cadeau

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We decided not to give each other gifts

49
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Ma fourchette salariale se situe entre 100 000 $ et 125 000$.

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My salary bracket is between $100 000 and $125 000.

50
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Sortir du lit

A

Get out of bed

51
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Se lever (ex. Je me suis levé à 6h30 ce matin.)

A

Get up (ex. I got up at 6:30 this morning).

52
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Se réveiller (je me suis réveillé tôt ce matin)

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Wake up (I woke up early this morning)

53
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Talon

A

heel

54
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Avertissement

A

Warning

55
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Fartage (pour les skis de fond)

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Waxing (for cross-country skiing)

56
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Plafond

A

ceiling

57
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Prêter (J’ai prêté mon ordinateur à mon père)

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Lend (I lent my computer to my father)

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Rapport d’impôts (Mon père a acheté un logiciel pour faire les rapports d’impôts.)

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Income-tax return (My father bought a software to do income-tax return).

59
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Petits-enfants

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Grand-children

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Pas mal ….

Exemple: C’est pas mal ça que j’ai fait.

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Pretty much…

Example: That’s pretty much what I did.

61
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Terrible ou médiocre

Exemple: Les conditions de ski à Orford étaient terribles!

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Awful

Example: The ski conditions at Orford this year were awful!

62
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Passer du temps

Exemple: J’ai passé une heure sur mes devoirs.

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Spend time

Example: I spent one hour on my homework.

63
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être en avance

Exemple: Quand il s’agit de technologies, ces villes sont vraiment en avance sur les autres.

A

be ahead (of others)

Example: When it comes to technology, these towns are really ahead of others.

64
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toute la journée

A

All day long

65
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Formation

Exemple: Je suis en charge de la formation dans ma compagnie. Nous offrons une panoplie de formations à nos employés.

A

Training ( general) / training course (specific)

Example: I’m in charge of training in my company. We offer a lot of training courses to our employees.

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