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1
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s’envenimer

A

when a situation becomes tense, difficult

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se noyer

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to drown

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un secouriste

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person who helps somebody in danger

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une bavure

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serious error

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passer à la trappe

A

to be abandoned

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heure de pointe

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rush hour

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7
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un panneau d’affichage

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information display

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une valise en soute

un baggage en soute

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checked baggage

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la soute

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hold

baggage compartment

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un benjamin

une benjamine

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youngest child

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la fratrie

A

sibship

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12
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au final

A

in the end

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sur le tas

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on the job

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14
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sur soi

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about oneself

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15
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un court métrage

A

short film

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le métrage

A

length

length in meters.

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le morpion

A

noughts and crosses

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18
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en plongé

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looking down

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19
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réchapper

A

to come through

survive

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20
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un impair

A

faux pas

social blunder

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21
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la rature

A

deletion

crossing out

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22
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raturer

A

to correct

cross out

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23
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le brouillon

A

draft

rough work

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24
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au terme de

A

after

at the end of

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25
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dans le calme

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without violence

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26
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un pardessus

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overcoat

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27
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lieu de repli

A

place of retreat

bolt hole

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28
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…mal tourné

A

…gone wrong

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29
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rétablir

se rétablir

A

to restore

to recover

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30
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un embranchement

A

junction

crossing

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31
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une faux

A

sythe

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32
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les faux-fuyants

A

slippery words

red herring

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33
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un arrêt de mort

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death sentence

34
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étayer

A

to support

back up

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le pointillé

A

dotted line

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démordre de

A

to let go of

be swayed from

37
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le mutisme

A

silence

38
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la percée

A

break through

39
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encorder

A

to rope up

40
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inattaquable (adj)

A

unassailable

irrefutable

41
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irréfutable (adj)

A

irrefutable

42
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dégénérer en

A

to degenerate into

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incomber à

A

to be incumbent on

44
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en dehors de

A

outside of

45
Q

affûter

A

to sharpen

grind

46
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la plaidoirie

A

plea (law)

47
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une vaine tentative

A

a vain attempt

48
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un ajout

faire des ajouts à

A

addition

to make additions to

49
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sevrer

A

to wean

50
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un monstre sacré

A

giant in the arts and entertainment

51
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susciter

A

arouse

give rise to

52
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un scandale (m)

A

scandal

53
Q

d’écart

quelques décennies d’écart

A

of separation
apart

several years apart

54
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un milieu populaire

une classe populaire

A

poor

55
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prêter à

A

lend itself to

cause

56
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un mauvais coup

A

dirty trick

57
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une légende urbaine

A

urban legend

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un caïd

A

boss
leader (gang)
poobah

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envenimer

s’envenimer

A

aggravate

go downhill

60
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mettre les voiles

A

to set sail

move

61
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à droite à gauche

A

here and there

62
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soif de réussite

A

thirst for success

63
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encore plus difficile

A

even more difficult

64
Q

and l’heure actuelle

A

these days

65
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entre dans la cour des grands

A

to become one of the big boys

66
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une anecdote

A

anecdote

67
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la notoriété

A

fame

note: neutral connotation

68
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pour que

A

so that

69
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être très amis

A

to be great friends

70
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un chef d’œuvre

A

masterpiece

71
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remporter

A

to win

72
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outre-Atlantique

A

across the Atlantic

73
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le grand public

A

mainstream

74
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un film d’auteur

A

art-house film

75
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la citoyenneté

A

citizenship

76
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croquer la vie à pleines dents

A

live life to the fullest

77
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un adepte des scandales

A

scandal maker

78
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du coup

A

as a result

79
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un bagage

A

background

80
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éduquer

A

to educate

81
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une fratrie

A

group of siblings

Inner French (4 decks)

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