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64 Cards in this Set
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battre le fer pendant qu'il est chaud
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to strike while the iron is hot
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un beau coup d'oeil
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a nice view
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bel et bien
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altogether
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bien entendu
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of course
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le bien et le mal
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good and evil
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Bien faire et laisser dire.
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Do your work well and never mind the critics.
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Bien mal acquis ne profite jamais.
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Ill gotten ill spent.
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bien sûr
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of course
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billet de faveur
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complimentary ticket
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boire qqch dans (une tasse)
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to drink s.t. out of (a cup)
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boire un coup
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to have a drink
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bon appétit !
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enjoy your meal
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Bon chien chasse de race.
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Like father, like son; Like breeds like.
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bon débarras !
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good riddance!
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bon gré, mal gré
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whether you like it or not
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Bonne Année !
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Happy New Year!
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une bonne fourchette
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a hearty eater
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Bonne idée !
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Good idea!
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Bonne renommée vaut mieux que ceinture dorée.
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A good name is better than riches.
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Bon sang ne saurait mentir.
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What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh.
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Les bons comptes font les bons amis.
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Don't let money squabbles ruin a friendship.
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le bouche-à-bouche
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kiss of life, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
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une bouche à feu
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gun
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Bouche cousue ! (inf)
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It's top secret! Mum's the word!
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une bouche d'aération
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air vent, inlet
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une bouche de chaleur
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hot- air vent
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une bouche de métro
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subway entrance
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une bouche d'égout
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manhole
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une bouche d'incendie
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fire hydrant
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une bouche inutile
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unproductive person; just another mouth to feed
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les bouches inutiles
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the non-active, unproductive population; burdens on society
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bras dessus, bras dessous
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arm in arm
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coup de marteau
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hammer blow
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coup de pinceau
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brush stroke
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coup de plume
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pen stroke
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coup de pot (fam)
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stroke of luck
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coup de salaud (fam)
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dirty trick
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coup de veine (inf)
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stroke of luck
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coup d'oeil
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glance
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coup du sort
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blow dealt by fate
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coup dur
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hard blow
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coup en traître
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stab in the back
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coup en vache (fam)
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dirty trick
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couper en (deux)
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to cut in (two)
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Le coup est parti.
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The gun went off.
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coup monté
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frame-up
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un coup pour rien
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a waste of time
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coup sur coup
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one after another
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coups et blessures (law)
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assalt and battery
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Les coups pleuvaient.
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Blows rained down.
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Les coups tombaient dru.
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Blows fell thick and fast.
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courbé sous le poids des ans
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bent under the weight of age
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courir à perdre haleine
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to run as fast as one can
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courir dans (l'herbe)
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to run through (the grass)
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cours du soir
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night classes
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le coût de la vie
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cost of living
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coûter dans (les cent Euros)
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to cost about (100 Euros)
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craindre de
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to fear ___-ing
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craindre pour (sa vie)
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to fear for (one's life)
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la crème de la crème
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cream of the crop
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creuser pour
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to dig for
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crier casse-cou à qqun
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to warn s.o.
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croire en
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to believe in
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croire qqun sur parole
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to take s.o.'s word
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