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72 Cards in this Set
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à la veille de
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shortly before
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à l'époque
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in those days
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approcher
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to come in contact with
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l'argenterie
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silverware
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au lendemain de
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shortly after
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avoir du goût
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to have taste
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avoir le goût de
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to taste like; to have a taste for
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avoir un amour fou pour
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to be madly in love with
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avoir une mémoire de fer
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to have a fantastic memory
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un bibelot
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a knickknack
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une côtelette d'agneau
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a lamb chop
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un couturier
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head of a fashion house
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une couturière
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seamstress
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une cuisinière
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a female cook
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le droit
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right; law
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drôle de
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strange
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dur(e)
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tough, hard
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élever la voix
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to raise one's voice
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s'endetter
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to go into debt
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une entreprise
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undertaking, business
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un établissement
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school
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être à la charge de
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to be financially dependent on
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extravagant(e)
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wild, crazy
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faciliter
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to make easy
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faire du droit
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to go to law school
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faire médecine
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to go to medical school
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la femme de chambre
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maid
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la force
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strength
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gagner
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to earn
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la gouvernante
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the nanny
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interne
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boarder (in a school)
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jouer un rôle
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to play a part
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la maison de couture
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fashion house
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mettre en pension
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to send to boarding school
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moqueur (-euse)
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teasing
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se nourrir de
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to eat (specific foods_
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la pension
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boarding school, tuition in a boarding school
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poser des problèmes
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to cause problems
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la propriété
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ownership, estate
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se résoudre à
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to bring oneself to (do something)
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la/le sténodactylo
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stenographer-typist
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tomber malade
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to become sick
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la valeur
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worth
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voilà pour
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so much for
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l'agence immobilière
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real estate agency
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à louer
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for rent
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à vendre
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for sale
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une hypothèque
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a mortgage
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locataire
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tenant, roomer
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la location
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rental
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louer
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to rent
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le loyer
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the rent
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propriétaire
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landlord, landlady
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sous-louer
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to sublet
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une affaire
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a bargain
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avoir les moyens de (+ inf)
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to afford
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la billetterie
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ATM
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la bourse
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the stock market
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la caisse d'épargne
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the savings bank
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le cyber-boursier
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the online trader
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d'occasion
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secondhand
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économiser, épargner
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to save money
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engager
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to hire
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faire des affaires
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to be in business
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faire faillite
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to go bankrupt
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faire vivre
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to support (financially)
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la demi-pension
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half board
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investir
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to invest
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marchander
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to haggle over
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le salaire
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salary, wages
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le taux d'intérêt
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interest rate
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pensionnaire
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boarder (m ou f)
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