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Surrounding

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Environnement

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Aware

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Conscient

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Attempt

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Tentative

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Awful

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Affreux

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Commitment

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Engagement

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Savvy

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Smart, clever, efficient

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Caractéristique

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Features

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Uneasy
I am on edge
Put me on edge

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Uncomfortable, nervous, tense

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Bargain

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Bonne affaire

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Get rid

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Se débarrasser

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Build up my confidence

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Increase

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Take out a loan (un prêt)

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Borrow money from the bank

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The police let me off with a warning

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La police m’a donné un avertissement

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Fly the coop

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To leave, to escape
In Australia, most young people fly the coop when they’re eighteen.

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Empty nesters

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Parents whose children have grown up and left home

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to limit somebody, to bring under control expressions

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Clip somebody’s wings

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money somebody has saved for the future ( expression)

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Nest egg

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begin to look after/care for somebody or show them how to do something

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Take somebody under one’s wing

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Be in charge ( arrogant)

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Rule the roost

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Have complete freedom / no plans or restrictions

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As free as a bird

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harm one’s own interests, to bring discredit to one’s family
Nuire à ses propres intérêt

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foul one’s own nest

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Fog

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Brouillard

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Shed

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Hangar

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Struggle

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Lutte

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Dwell

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To live

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Remote / secluded

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Isolated, far from where people live

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Run-down

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In very bad condition

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Out of the way

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En dehors du chemin

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Qui nous concernent

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Wich are relevant

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30
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Soothing

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Make you better, apaisant

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Peur du vide

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To have a fear of heights

32
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Si tu as peur du vide

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If you’re afraid of heights

33
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Very busy

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Bustling /busling/

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Sortir d’un bus/train/avion
Rentrer

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Get off a plane/ bus/train
Get on a …

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Rentre dans une voiture
Sortir

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Get on a car
Get ouf of a car

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Étonnante

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Stunning

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Aching

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Douloureux

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Uplifting

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Enrichissante

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Pneus

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Tyres

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Roues

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Wheels

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Get away

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Have a holiday

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Put us up for the night

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Provide a bed

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Held us up for a little while

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Il nous a tenue en haleine

44
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Dropped me off

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Take sb/sth to a place and leave there

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Turned up very stressed

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Arrive

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Had left his coat behind

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Not remember ton bring

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To display

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Afficher

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Sort though

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To organise

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Sort out

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Fix/solve a problem

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Roughly

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En gros

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Affable

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Friendly /good naturel
easy to get on with

52
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Tuck into good food

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Déguster des bons plats

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Joues

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Cheeks

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Supplies

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Fournitures

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Whirring

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Rugissement

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I will keep my eyes peeled

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Je garderai les yeux ouverts

57
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So piercing

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Si perçant

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Steel

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Acier

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Crept

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Rampant

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Wise

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Sage

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Oak

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Chêne

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Accurate (adj)
Inaccurate

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Précis
Imprécis

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Very laid-back attitude/lifestyle

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They don’t care about my life

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A double edged sword

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Une arme à double tranchant

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Wear-down
Worn-out

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Broken/ failing apart (a building/a person)
I have a really worn out pair of jeans with holes everywhere

66
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Put down sb

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Insult sb, say mean thinks about sb

67
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Tid-bit

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Small fun piece of information

68
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Throw dirt on sb’s name

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Spreading gossip or rumors that make people think badly about someone
Soil sb’s name

69
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Diligent

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The quality of doing things effectively quickly

70
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Buying into sth

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Believing in sth ?

71
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Engrossed in +noun phrase
Engrossed with + v.ing

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So focused on sth that you don’t notice anything else

72
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Reluctantly

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A contre cœur

73
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Self-reliance

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Autonomie

74
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Relient

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Sb/sth that always needs help/support

75
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Reliable

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Sb/sth that is easy/ good to rely on

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