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a river
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le fleuve
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suburbs
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l`agglomération
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the sun rises at...
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le soleil se léve à
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the sun sets at...
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le soleil se couché à
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polluted (adj.)
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pollué
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a green space
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un espace vert
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infront
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devant
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to be poor
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pauvre
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to be wealthy/well-off
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être aisé
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a mayor
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un maire
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a locker
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un cadenas
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to link qqch; à... to link to
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relier
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the law
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la loi
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to sink; to flow/run
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couler
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to happen/take place
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se dérouler
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manure/dung/poo
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les crottes (f)
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to reapply makeup (go to washroom)
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se repoudrer
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to pee (for kids)
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faire pipi
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to poo (for kids)
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faire caca
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hobo/bum
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les clochards (m)
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to beg for money
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faire la manche
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a place where people stay illegally
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un squat
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shit
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la merde
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a cashier
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un(e) cassier(ière)
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to sum up
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résumer
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the ready-to-wear stores
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le prêt-à-porter
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high fashion
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la haute-couture
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furniture
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un meuble
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closet
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une armoire
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comme un fauteuils mais pour plusieurs personnes
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le canapé
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coffee pot/tea pot
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la cafitière/la théière
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mistress
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la maîtresse
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a knife
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un couteau
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a wallet
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un portefeuille
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to argue
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se disputer
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the guilty
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le/la coupable
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a suspect
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un suspect
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evidence
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la preuve
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furniture
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un meuble
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closet
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l'armoire
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comme un fauteuil mais pour plusiers personnes
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le canapé
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coffee pot
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la cafitière
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tea pot
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la théière
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mistress
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la maîtresse
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a knife
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un couteau
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a wallet
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un portefeuille
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to argue
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se disputer
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the guilty
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le/la coupable
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a suspect
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un suspect
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evidence
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la preuve
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childish
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puéril(e)
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danger
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le péril
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slang
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le verlan
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the concept of rejecting all forms of religious faith & worship
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la laicité
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education
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l`instruction
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public schools
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les écoles publiques
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a private school
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un privé
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primary school
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l`école primaire
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university but with a maximum of allowed students
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les grandes écoles
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un(e) étudiant(e) à l`école
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un(e) ecolier(ière)
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un(e) étudiant(e) au collège
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un(e) collégien(ne)
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un(e) étudiant(e) au lycée
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un(e) lycéen(ne)
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un(e) professeur à l`école
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un(e) instituteur(rice)
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un restaurant de l`universitaire
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le RU
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studious (adj.)
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studieux(se)
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opposite of studieux(se)
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fumiste
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obligated, optional
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obligatoire, optionale
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old-fashioned (la mode)
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dépassé(e)
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hair band
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un serre-fête
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a bob haircut
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un carré
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woman in 45`s and up who are not married and are frustrated
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une vieille fille
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a blonde
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la blonde
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to climb
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grimper
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a blame
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un blame
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a supervisor
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un pion
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to deceive / to be unfaithful to
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tromper
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to faint (expression)
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tomber dans les pommes
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to have energy (expression)
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avoir la pêche
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to be naive (expression)
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être une bonne poire
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cherry on top (expression)
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la cerise sur le gâteau
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I will (re)organize! Put things in order!
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mettre les points sur le ``i``
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to feel
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se sentir
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guest
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invité(e)
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to have a hangover
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avoir la gueule de bois
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to be drunk
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être saoul(e)
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to make a speech
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faire un discours
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to remember something
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se souvenir de/que
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to remember something (qqch & que)
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se rappeler
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to be tipsy
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être pompette
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to have hangover but familiar
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cuver son vin
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to be drunk but familiar
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être ivre/complètement/pété/déchiré
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man of honor
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le garçon d`honneur
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maid of honor
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la fille d`honneur
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le bague du mariage
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les alliances (f)
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to say marriage vows
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prononcer les voeux de mariage
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le gateau de mariage
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la pièce montée
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the garter
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la jarretière
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to honk
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blaxonner
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bouquet of flowers
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le bouquet de fleurs
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bachelorettes
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les demoiselles d`honneur
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to do the bachelor(ette) party
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enterrer sa vie de garçon (de jeune fille)
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bachlor(ette) party
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un enterrement de vie de garçon (jeune fille)
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drunk (colloquial)
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bourré(e)
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d`huîtres (f)
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oysters
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an engagement
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les fiançailles (f)
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mariage entre des personnes avec la même sex
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le PACS
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to be someone who swears a lot
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être grossier(iére)
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a swear word
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un gros mot
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in our absence
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en notre absence
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to demand
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exiger
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on top
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dessus
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underneath/below
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dessous
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kleenex/tissue
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un mouchoir
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a can
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une canette
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a radiator
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un radiateur
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a button/pimple/switch
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un bouton
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address/phone number for ppl or coordinates geographically
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les coordonnées (f)
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level
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le palier
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dormitory
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la cité universitaire
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a loft
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un loft
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a duplex
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un duplex
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ground floor
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le rez-de-chaussée
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the attic
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le grenier
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the ceiling
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le plafond
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cellar
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la cave
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the owern of house/flat
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le/la propriétaire
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to rent with someone
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co-louer
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to rent a place not directly with le/la propriétaire but through le/la locataire
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sous-louer
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the walls are not well isolated
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les murs ne sont pas bien insolés
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the renter of a house/flat
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le/la locataire
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a host family
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une famille d`accueil
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on average
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en moyenne (f)
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the rent
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le loyer
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included/excluded
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inclus/exclus
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heat
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le chauffage
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hot water
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l`eau chaud
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insurance
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l`assurance (f)
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electricity and hot water; service charge; expenses/costs
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les charges (f)
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factory
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une usine
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summer job
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le boulot d`été
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part time job
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le petit boulot
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card dealer
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un croupier
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to pull strings; to help someone
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pistonner (qqn)
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lifeguard
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un(e) sauveteur (eusse)
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the word of mouth
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le bouche à oreille
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the surface area
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la surface
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in proximity
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à proximité
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price range
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fourchette de prix
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east
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est
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west
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oest
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south
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sud
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north
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nord
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bungalow (double windows)
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double-vitrage
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the contract
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le contrat
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duration of contract
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le bail
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money guarantee
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la caution
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min period you have to noitify owner before you move
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le préavis
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to decorate
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décorer
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an opening house party
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la pendaison de ma crémaillère
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to have a house-warming party
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prendre la crémaillère
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to throw away; to relieve of; to clear of
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débarrasser (qn de qqch)
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a flea
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une puce
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a fabric or material
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un tissu
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to borrow
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emprunter
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to lend oneself; to participate
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se prêter
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to lend
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prêter
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the moving out of a house
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le déménagement
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the moving in of a house
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l`emménagement
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to move in a house
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emménager
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keyboard
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le clavier
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to move out of a house
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démenager
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to catch
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attraper
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to rip
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arracher
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to hurt or wound
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blesser
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to knock over or spill
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renverser
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to eradicate, rmove, destroy, erase, uproot
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déraciner
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a tree
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un arbre
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to move or shift
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déplacer
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the road
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la voie
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the voice
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la voix
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to hang on or hang up
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accrocher
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to take down, unhang, unhook
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décrocher
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a toy
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un jouet
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a tournament
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un tournoi
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a referee
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un arbitre
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a trainer
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un entraîneur
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to be indecisive
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être indécis(e)
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let me try
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laisse-moi essayer
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the waiting line or queue
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la queue, la file d`attente
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the press
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la presse
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background noise
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un bruit du fond
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a dispatch
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une dêpeche
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a blanket
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une couverture
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the front page or headlines
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la une
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daily
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un quotidien
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weekly
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un hebdomadaire
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monthly
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mensuel
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yearly
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annuel
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tabloids
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la presse people
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gossip, rumour
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un potin
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the channel on TV
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la chaine
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a title
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un titre
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the credits or theme song
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le générique
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nevermind
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tant pis
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to transmit
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transmettre
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a tax
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un impôt
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to tempt, attempt, to fancy
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tenter
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temptation
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la tentation
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to resist
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résister
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a crime
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un crime
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a drawer
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le tiroir
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the same, similar
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pareil(le)
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500 grams of...
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une livre de...
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dry
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sec
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starch
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les féculents
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a prawn
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une crevette
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meat & bean casserole (french cuisine)
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du cassoulet
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lamb
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d`agneau
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eyedrops
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les gouttes (f)
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cough drops
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les pastilles (f)
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toothpaste
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le dentifrice
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a bar of soap
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un savon
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sheep
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le mouton
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a box
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une boîte
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a packet, parcel, package, pile, bag
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un parquet
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a jar, pot
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un pot
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a tube, pipe
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un tube
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a leaflet, brochure, a block, bar, tablet (chocolate)
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une plaquette
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a slice (jambon, pain)
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une tranche
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a piece, lump of (of sugar)
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un morceau
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a portion, share, slice (tranche)
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une part
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a pack (of beer, yogurt)
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un pack
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a plum
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une prune
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une prune mais sec
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un pruneau
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a kind of french dessert with egg white and caramel
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l`île flottante
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frog
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une grenouille
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sweat
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la sueur
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perspiration, transpiration, sweat
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la transpiration
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to pretend
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pretendre
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the rate (exchange rate)
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le cours
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hat tien
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économiser
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to spend
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dépenser
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the amount (total)
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le montant
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number, figure, digit
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le chiffre
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an estimate
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le devis
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a bank account
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un compte bancaire
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a standard bank account
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un compte courant
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mettre de l`argent de côté; savings account
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un compte épargne
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to take out money, withdrawal
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retirer
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a loan
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un prêt
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to pay off, repay, reimburse
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rembourser (l`argent)
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a `borrow`
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un emprunt
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(bank) charges
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les agios (m)
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to be broke
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être fauché(e)
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to do a transfer
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faire un virement
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to withdrawal
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faire un retrait
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to owe money
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devoir de l`argent
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to undress oneself
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se déshabiller
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to undress oneself
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se dévétir
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a locksmith
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le serrurier
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wash dishes in restaurant
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faire la plonge
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wash dishes at home
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faire la vaisselle
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to bump (each other)
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se bousculer
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to bump
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bousculer
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to remember
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se souvenir de qqch, qqn
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to remember
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se rappeler
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burgulary
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le braquage
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burgulars
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les braqueurs, braqueues (m)
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to put on vibrate
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mettre en mode vibreur
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