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jet lag
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décalage horaire
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that will do
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ça ira
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downstairs
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en bas
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the ground floor
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au rez-de-chaussée
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he would have liked
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on a aurait bien aimé
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he would've wanted
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il aurait vulu
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who is asking (who are you on the phone)?
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c'est de la parl du qui? (?)
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it's foolish that you didn't come
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c'est bête que vous n'soyez pas venu
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I didn't arrive on time, and she waited for me
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je n'suis pas arrive a l'huerre, et elle ma attendu
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there's nothing we could do
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on n'y pouvait rien
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what should I do?
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qu'est-ce qu'il faut que je fais?
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I'm going to see what I can do
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je vais voire que je peux faire
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in the meantime
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en attendant
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I would have wanted to make an appointment for an interview
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J'aurais voulu prendre en rendezvous por un entretien
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don't leave! (formal and informal)
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ne vous inquiétez pass, ne t'inquiete pas
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in a bottleneck on the highway
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en embouteillage sur l'autoroute
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I will put him
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er on (hold on!)
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je vous le
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that is not convenient for me
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ça n'm'arrange pas
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that would be convenient
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ça m'arrange aurait
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you're lucky that it's urgent
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vous avez d'la'chance que ça soyez urgent
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what's wrong?
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qu'est-ce qui ne va pas?
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I did not speak to them about it |
je ne leurs en a pas parlé |
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you should talk to them about it tonight
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tu devrais leurs en parler ce soir
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I may have broke a tooth
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peut-être que je me suis cassais une dent
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my parents would have preferred that I come yesterday
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mes parents auraient préféré que je viens hier
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I'm going to take a look ( I'm going to throw a little eye)
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Je vais jeter un coup d'oeil
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have no fear!
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ne ai pas peur!
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an eye, the eyes
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un oeil, les yeux
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it's going to be fun
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ça va être marrant
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you didn't break anything
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vous n'vous êtes rien casser
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you will be able to have it done when you come home
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vous pourrez faire faire quand vous rentrerais (double future tense)
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try to move your leg
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essayez de bouger le jambe
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arm
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bras
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leg
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jambe
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ankle
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cheville
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elbow
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coudes
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shoulder
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épaule
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fingers
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des doigts
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that hurts (me)
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ça (me) fait mal
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but you have a sprain at the knee
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mais vous avez une entorse au genou
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what happened to you?
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qu'est-ce que vous êtes arrivė?
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I fell and I think that I broke something,
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je suis tombé et je croix que je m'suis casser quelque choles
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while playing soccer
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en jouant au foot
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It could have been worse
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ça aurait pu être pire
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you could have broken your nose |
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you will feel better
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vous vous sentirez mieux
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you will be able to sleep
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vous pourrez de dormir
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what happened to me?
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qu'est ce qui m'arrive?
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you had some luck
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vous avez eu d'la chance
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you could have broken your fingers
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vous auriez pu casser les doigts
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I'm going to take care of you
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je vais m'occupe d'vous
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leave me alone
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lesse moi tranquil
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to pick somebody up |
venir ce cherchez |
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let go of me
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lâche moi
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to push, to pull
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pusser, tirer
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when I get big I'm going to do some rock climbing
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quand je serai grande, je fais de l'escalade
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I will be, I will do
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je serai, je ferai
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I will have, I will go
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j'aurai, j'irai
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I will have girlfriends and I will live in Paris
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j'aurai des copines et je habiterai a Paris
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I will speak English and go to California
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je parlerai anglais et j'irai a Californie
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we'll see
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on verra
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we will be able to watch
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on pourra regarder
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you do, you will do |
tu fais tu feras |
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it goes, it will go |
ça va ça ira |
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I will think about it later
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j'y penserai plus tarde (?)
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I dream of it
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j'en rêve
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will you come?
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tu viendras?
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there will be have a big garden |
il y aura un gran jardin (?) |
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Dream on! |
il ne faut pas rêver! |
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we dream of it
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on en rêve
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we haven't thought about it
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on y a pas pronser
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maybe they will come with us |
peut-être qu'ils viendront avec nous |
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it would be (will be) nice to see you
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ça serait (ça sera) tu ver
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I will work it out
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je me débrouillerai
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"as soon as" we find tickets
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de que on trouver les billets
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we're going to talk to them about it
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on va leurs en parler
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you will be able to come pick us up
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vous pourrez venir nous chercher
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as soon as it becomes nice
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de qui il fera beau
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they don't care
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ils en fiche
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politicians are all alike
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les politiciens sont tous pareils
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I will come as soon as I'm able to
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je viendrai de que je pourrai
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I trust you
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je te fais confiance
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I don't trust him
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je n'lui fe pas confiance
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if I had known
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s'il j'avais su
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I should have
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j'aurais dû
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I thought about it
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j'y ai pensé (?)
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as soon as you will have the time
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de que elle aura les temps
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it would do us good to go out
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ça nous ferait du bien de sortir
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I don't want to see anybody anymore
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je n'veux plus voir, personne
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you are neither old or ugly
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vous n'ettes ni veux ni moushe
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it's not going to get better
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ça ne va pas s'arranger
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trust me!(formal)
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vous faites me confiance
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it's completely hopeless
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c'est complètement nul
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some rain and some clouds on the Northern Hemisphere |
de la pluie et de la neige sur la matière de nord la nor |
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and somewhere else
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y ailleurs
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everywhere except here
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partout sauf ici
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but some sunny breaks at the end of the day
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mais d éclaircies a fin journée
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it could be worse
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ça pourrait être pire
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some showers and some passing clouds
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des averse et passages nuageux
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there are going to be some thundershowers |
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no more rain
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pas plus de pluie?
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it's going to be nice tomorrow
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il va falloir beau demain
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couch
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canape
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chairs
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chaises
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drawers
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commode
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bed
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lit
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I have one of those
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j'en ai une
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to move in, to move out
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déménager, éménager
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don't make that face
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ne fait pas le tête (?)
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we will still be an hour, at least
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on non nah comme meme pour une heure, aux moins
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there is going to be furniture everywhere
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il va y avoir des meubles partout
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it took us 4 hours
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on n-on eu por catre heurre (?)
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unaffordable
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hors de prix
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closet
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placard
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shelf
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étagère
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kitchen sink
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évier
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you're kidding
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tu rigoles
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window
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fenêtre
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bathtub
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baignoire
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shower
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douche
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bathroom sink
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lavabo
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bathroom without a bathtub
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saldo
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it is necessary that the apartments is in very good condition and available
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il faut que l'appartement soit tres bonne etat et disponible
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utilities are included
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charge sont comprise
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knock on wood
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je touche du bois
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new, used
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nuef,occasion
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laundromat, dry cleaner
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laverie, le pressing
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broke down
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tomber en panne
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I should never have bought it
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je ne aurais jamais l'acheté
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I'm not going to have it fixed
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je ne vais pas faire réparer
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perhaps it will not break down
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peut-être qu'il n'tombera pas le panne
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do you hear a noise?
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tu entend a bruit?
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a flat tire
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un pneu a plat
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I'm exhausted
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je suis crevé
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it's going to cost you and arm and a leg
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ça va vous coûter les yuex de la tête
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weaher it be the clutch or the brakes
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que ça sous l'embrayage ou les freins
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rontrer vs retourner vs. revenir
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1. RONTRER the most common "to return", to go
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come back HOME or to the place where you are staying; 2. RETOURNER to return, or to go back, but only for a limited time, either because you have forgotten something there, or you are returning for a certain time, but leaving again; 3. REVENIR to come back, to return HERE
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J'avais vs. J'ai eu
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1. J’ai eu, Use this when “I had” means something that is over, that happened once or in an isolated event. Or even in a series of isolated events. As long as it wasn’t a habit (I (once) had, I've had, I got) 2. J’avais, When you want to say “I had” and it describes a situation, a mood, a sensation, a state or a habit in the past, use “J’avais” (I had, I was having, I used to have, I would (always) have, I (formerly) had)
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I caught a cold or the flu
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j'ai attrapé un rhume o la grippe
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cough
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toux
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sneeze
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éternuement
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It's not going to be long
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c'est ne va pas tarder
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leeks
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poireaux
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wrecked
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fissure
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calm yourself! I'm waking up and getting up
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calme-toi! je me réveille et je me lève
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it's nice that you take care of me
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c'est sympa que tu t'occupé de moi
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fortunately there is some chicken soup left for me
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heureusement qui'l me reste des soupe de poullet
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hang in there!
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bon courage!
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I'm keeping you in the know
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je te tien au courant
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I wasn't in the know (aware)
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je n'etais pas au courant
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against what?
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contre quoi?
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unemployment
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le chômage
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cops
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les flics
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I dropped by at the deli
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je suis passé par la charcuterie
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speaking of…
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en parlant de…
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there wasn't much to eat
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il n'y avez pas grande choles a manger
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they have nothing else to eat
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ils n'a rien d'otre manger
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a plate
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une assiette
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that is my favorite salad
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c'ést me salade préférer
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there you go!
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tiens!
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I am not feeling right literally I am not in my plate
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je ne suis pas de mon assiette
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have no fear!
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ne ai pas peur!
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it is forbidden
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c'est interdit
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at every meal
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à toutes repas
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eventually (at the end of the count)
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à fin de count
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it feels better
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se sent mieux
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what do you want me to do?
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Qu'est-ce que tu veux que je fasse?
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it's not just anybody
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ce n'est pas n'importe quoi
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no matter where, no matter what
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pas n'importe quoi (?)
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no one gets married in France anymore
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plus personne se marier en France
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however (on the other hand)
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par contre
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we're goint to have a party
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on va faire la fete
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you can't miss that
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tu n' peux pas monquer ça
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it doesn't concern you
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ça n'est tu regarde pas
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mind your own business
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occupe-toi, de ce qui regarde
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if you don't go just anywhere with anyone
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sil tu n va pas ,n'partous et n'partous qui (?)
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forget about it (let it fall)
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laisse tomber
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that guy is a piece of trash
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ce type est en ordure
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what's new in your life?
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quoi di nuef dans ta vie?
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that was the good ol' days
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c'etais le bon vieux temps
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I got used to it
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je me suis habitué
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we weren't getting along anymore
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on n'a se entend plus
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you have done well
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tu a bien fait
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so much
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tellement
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you haven't changed that much
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tu n'a pas tellement changer
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you look happier
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tu a l'air plus heureux
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thats nice of you to say
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c'est sympa que tu dise ça
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actually, we had already met (each other)
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en fait, on etais déjà se rencontré
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there's going to be a lot of people
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il va avoir beacoup du monde
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otherwise we would never do anything
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sinon on n'ferait jamais rien
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It would be our pleasure
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ça nous ferait plasir
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We dress up
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on se habille
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can we bring someone?
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on puet amoner quelqu'un?
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to bring someone, to bring something
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amoner quelqu'un, apporter quelque chose
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my sister is passing through Paris
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ma sœur est de passage à Paris
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I can lend her something
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je peux prêteur lui quelque chose
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bowtie
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nœud papillon
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necktie
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une cravate
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It will be his pleasure to see you again
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ça le fera plasir de vous revoir
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we wouldn't see each other often
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on n'se verrait pas souvant
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Mark will be able to lend you a tuxedo
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Mark pourra te prêter un smoking
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you are filled with mud
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vous etes plein de boues
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we did not think about it
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on n'en a pas penser
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make yourselves at home
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faites comme chez vous
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you were supposed to bring your sister, no
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tu duvais l'amoner ta sœur, n'est-ce pas?
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actually vs. by the way
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en fait, au fait
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she changed her mind
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elle a changé d'avis
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it would have been my pleasure to see her
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ça me aurait fait plasir de la voir
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she would have dressed up
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elle se serait habillé
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they go well on you
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tes vont bien
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he fell asleep
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il s'est endormi
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