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1
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l’hesitation (f)

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hesitation

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un discours

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speech

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un tribunal

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court

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une pièce

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a play

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donner sur

J’ai trouvé un hôtel qui donne sur la Place des Vosges.

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to look out on

I found a hotel looking out on the Place des Vosges.

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la ville natale

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hometown

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hormis

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apart from

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hors

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apart from

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vu

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considering, given

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appuyé (adj)

Il est appuyé contre le mur.

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to lean

He is leaning against the wall.

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machine à sous

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slot machine (sous = cent)

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un métier à tisser

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a loom (tisser = to weave)

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un moulin à parole

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chatterbox (lit: a speach mill)

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une tasse à café

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a coffee cup

Recall: preposition à is used to indicate nature, function or purpose.

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un liquer

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liquer

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le porto

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port (wine)

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une brassée

une brassée de fleurs

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an armful

an armful of flowers.

Recall: preposition de is used to indicate content or composition.

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une almande

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an almond

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une limonade

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a lemonade

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le neuvième

Un des restaurants branchés dans le neuvième s’appelle Chez Jean.

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the ninth arrondissement (in Paris)

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branché (adj)

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plugged in

trendy

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une relation

Chez les adolescents, les relations sont souvent conflictuelles.

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a relation
a relationship

With teenagers, relationships are often confrontational.

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conflictuel (adj)

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confrontational

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un coup de poing

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a blow with the closed fist

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circuler

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circulate, move along

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paisible (adj)

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peaceful

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investir

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to invest

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avouer

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to confess

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se revolter

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to rebel

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une revue

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journal, magazine

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interviewer

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to interview (formally)

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la fusion

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merger

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tomber en panne d’essence

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to run out of gas

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plagier

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to plagiarize

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une station balnéaire

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a resort

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la montgolfière

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hot-air balloon

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la trêve

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truce

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élu (adj)

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elected

Recall: élire = to elect

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sur-le-champ

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instantly

40
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un impérateur

une impératrice

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empress

41
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de nombreux
de nombreuse

de nombreuses maîtresses

A

many

many mistresses

42
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se suicider

A

to commit suicide

43
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Idiomatic use of possessive pronouns:

à la tienne! or à la vôtre
il est retourné chez les siens
Ma voiture vient de faire des siennes
If faut mettre du tien

A

cheers!
He returned to his own family
My car has just acted up
You must contribute your share

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le matériel

la matérielle

A

gear, material, equipment

45
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ensoleillé (adj)

A

sunny

46
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en solde

A

on sale

47
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doublé (adj)

Ce film est doublé.

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dubbed

This film is dubbed.

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tourné (adj)

du lait tourné

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turned (in this case, soured)

soured milk

49
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rompre

A

break up, separate

50
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un cerf

A

a stag (deer)

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mouvementé (adj)

A

eventful, busy

52
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d’occasion

Cette voiture est d’occasion.

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used

This car is used.

53
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un prospectus

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prospectus, handout

junk mail

54
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Conserver à l’abri de la lumière

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Lit: Keep sheltered from light

Keep away from light.

55
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Ne pas laisser à la portée des enfants.

A

Lit: Don’t leave to the grasp of children.

Keep out of the reach of children

56
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la soprane

A

la soprano

57
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un sans-abri

A

as homeless person

58
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une salle d’attente

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waiting room

59
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feuilleter

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to leaf through

60
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adosser

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to lean back against

61
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accroupir

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to squat, crouch, bend down

62
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miauler

J’entends le chat miauler

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to meow

I hear the cat meowing.

63
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la répétition générale.

A

rehearsal

64
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les critiques

A

the reviews

65
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forger

A

to forge

66
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un forgeron

C’est en forgeant qu’un devient forgeron. (Idiom)

A

a blacksmith

Lit: It’s in forging that one becomes a blacksmith.

Practice makes perfect.

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cueillir

A

to pick

68
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renvoyer

A

to be fired

69
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enrichir

A

to enrich

70
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s’enrichir

A

to get rich

71
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le chaume

A

thatch (as a thatched roof)

72
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mettre sur écoute

Son téléphone a mis sur écoute

A

wiretapped

His phone was wiretapped.

73
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en flagrant délit

A

Lit: in flagrant crime

red-handed, in the act

74
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anonymement

A

anonymously

75
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une forteresse

A

a fortress

76
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un comité

A

committee

77
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drainer

A

to drain

78
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drainé (adj)

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drained

79
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contraindre

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to compel, coerce

80
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contraint (adj)

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to be compelled

81
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fracturer

A

to fracture, break

82
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se fracturer

Il s’est fracturé le pied en tombant de l’eschelle.

A

to break a bone

He fractured his foot while falling from a ladder.

83
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une escale

Ils feront une escale à Tahiti.

A

a stop

They will make a stop in Tahiti.

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au courant

Je vous tiendrai au courant.

A

in the loop

I’ll keep you informed.

85
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une arrivée

je l’appellerai à mon arrivée

A

an arrival

I’ll call him when I arrive.

86
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un vernissage

Nous irons au vernissage si c’est possible.

A

a show opening

We will go to the show opening if possible.

87
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tant que

A

as long as

88
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prévenir

A

to tell
to warn
to prevent

89
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décrocher un poste

Elle achètera une voiture quand elle aura décroché un poste.

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to get a job

She will buy a car when she gets a job.

décrocher = to pick up (phone), to uncouple, to get

90
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la note

A

the bill

91
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une loterie

A

a lottery

92
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louche (adj)

A

shady, questionable

93
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une ambassade

A

an embasy

94
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mettre à la porte

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to show someone the door

to fire someone

95
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piquer une crise

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to have a fit, to panic

96
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avertir

A

to warn

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