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bien que + subjunctive
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(in spite of the fact) although
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il vaut mieux + inf.
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It's better to...
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un tas
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heap, pile
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un contrôle
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test
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en étude
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in study hall
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monter
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to take s.t./s.b. up or to go up
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Eh bien,
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Well,
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la lutte (contre)
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fight/struggle (against)
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Ne me raconte pas d'histoires!
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to give me any excuses
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nier
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to deny
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jouer au basket
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play basketball
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faire du vélo
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to bike
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jouer aux échecs
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play chess
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faire la cuisine
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to cook
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faire la chasse
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to hunt
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faire du jogging
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to jog
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jouer de la musique
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play music
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jouer au tennis
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play tennis
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jouer au foot(ball américain)
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to play football
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faire du ski
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to ski
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faire la voile
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to sail
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faire de la lutte/lutter
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wrestle
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une autoroute
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highway
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faire de l'auto-stop
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to hitchhike
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doubler
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to pass (car)
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être/tomber en panne
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to be broken-down
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le volant
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steering wheel
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garer
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to park
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rouler
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to drive
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une moto
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motorbike
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un péage
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a toll
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les phares
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headlights
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une station-service
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gas station
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un pare-brise
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windshield
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les freins
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brakes
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les essuie-glaces
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windshield wipers
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un embouteillage
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traffic jam
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le clignotant
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turn signal
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interdit
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forbidden
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défense d'entrer
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do not enter
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moindre (adj)
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lesser, least
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renoncer
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to waive, give up
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ramener
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to bring back, return
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le placard
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cabinet, cupboard
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Il faut absolument (que)
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It is essential (that)
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Il se peut que
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It may well be that
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ne comprendre pas grand-chose
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to not understand much of what was said
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révélateur
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developing, telling, significant
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le moulinet
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reel (fishing)
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à propos de
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concerning
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le nid
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nest
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le poing
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fist
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le nain
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dwarf, midget
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le haricot
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bean
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le chameau
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camel/nasty person
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la haie
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hedge, hurdle
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la paille
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straw
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le moule/la moule
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mold/mussel
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le poêle
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(frying) pan, stove
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le solde
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balance (account)
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la solde
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pay(ment)
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le somme/la somme
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nap/sum
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le voile/la voile
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veil/sail
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la chair
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flesh
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la reine
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queen
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une bru
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daughter-in-law (belle-fille)
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le camion-citerne
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oil tanker, tank truck
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un perce-neige
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snowdrop
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la jalousie
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jealousy
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être mauvais en (subj.)
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to be bad at
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cela peut en partie s'expliquer par le fait que..
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This may be due partly explained by the fact that
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être tout à fait à l'aise (avec)
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to be fully comfortable with
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afin que (+ subjunctive)
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so that
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quoique, bien que (+subjunctive)
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although
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pourvu que (+ subjunctive)
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provided that
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à moins que (...ne)
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unless
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de peur que (...ne)
de crainte que (...ne) |
for fear that, lest
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de sorte que
de façon que de manière que |
so/such that (subjunctive if indicating a purpose)
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achever de
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to finish doing s.t.
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arriver/reussir à
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to manage to do s.t.
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cesser de
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to stop doing s.t.
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chercher à
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to try to
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conseiller à qn de
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to advise s.b. to do
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douter de qch
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to doubt s.t.
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se douter de qch
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to suspect s.t.
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s'efforcer de
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to strive to do s.t.
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empêcher qn de
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to prevent s.b. from
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emprunter qch à qn
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to borrow s.t. from s.b.
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encourager qn à
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to encourage s.b. to
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enseigner qch à qn
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to teach s.t. to s.b.
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enseigner à qn à
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to teach s.b. to
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éviter de
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to avoid
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s'excuser de qch/de perf. inf.
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to apologize
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exceller à
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to excel in s.t.
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une laitue
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lettuce
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un épinard
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spinach
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un évier
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sink
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une bouilloire
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kettle
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une poêle à frire
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frying pan
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une planche à découper
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cutting board
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un collègue
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coworker
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une réunion
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meeting
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à condition que
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provided that..
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dis donc,
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so tell me then...
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Voilà qui en dit long sur...
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that says a lot about...
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Qu'est-ce que j'en ai à faire?
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Who cares?
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l'écume (f.)
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foam, froth, scum, lather
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bluffer
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to bluff, try it on, fool
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ficher
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to do, give, put, leave
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Je m'en fiche
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I don't give a damn.
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fichu
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damned, darn, blinking
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Qu'est-ce qu'il fiche ?
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what the heck is he doing?
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sur le plateau
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on the set
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draguer
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to chat sb up, come on to
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je n'aimerais pas que
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i would hate to
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témoin
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witness, evidence, proof
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au fur et à mesure
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as, gradually, while
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qu'est-ce qui _subject_ fait croire que.
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what makes (subj) believe...
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en même temps
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at the same time
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Je me moque de ce qu'on pense de moi./Je me fiche de l'effet que je fais.
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I don't care what people think of me.
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je suis affamé
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I'm starving
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ce n'est pas grave
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It doesn't matter/that's fine
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la rupture
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breakups
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ainsi va la vie
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such is life
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entreprendre
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to undertake
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alors que
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at that time, while; even though
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faire les achats
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to do the shopping
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encaisser
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to cash
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emprunter
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to borrow
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gêner
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to disturb, bother, embarrass
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avoir beau
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however, though
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débordé
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overwhelmed
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sinon
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otherwise
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à propos
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by the way
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un veuf/une veuve
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widoer/widow
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la tour
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tower
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un pou
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lice
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une vitrine
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shop window
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l'heure de pointe
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rush hour
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se plier en quatre pour
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to bend over backwards for
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inscrire (à)
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to enroll (in)
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le gouffre
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chasm
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la quinzaine
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fortnight
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la vitre
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car window, window pane
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envahir
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invade, flood, overrun
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gonflé
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puffy, bulging
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l'aisance
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ease, fluency
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se soucier (de)
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to mind, worry about
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lors de
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during, at the time of
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figurer
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to appear, represent
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paraître
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to come out, be published
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de nombreux
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a lot of
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brouiller
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to smudge
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au fur et à mesure
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little by little
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un goûter
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snack
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un hôte
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host
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le niveau
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level
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une preuve
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piece of info, proof
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revendre
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scalp, retail, resell
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attraper
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to catch
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un infarctus
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heart-attack
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un fou
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madman
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désormais
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henceforth
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l'épée
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sword
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autant de
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so much, so many of
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travailler d'arrache-pied
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to hammer away
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voire
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or even, not to say
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rattacher (à)/se rattacher à
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attach, link, associate to/to be related to
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courtiser
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to court, woo
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Chapeau!
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congrats
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partie du peloton de tête
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among the most popular
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la grotte
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cave
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la trace
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trace, trail
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se perdre
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to get lost
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rattraper son retard
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to catch up (on class)
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pourchasser
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to chase, track down
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la capacité (d'écoute)
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(listening) skill, ability
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approprié
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appropriate, suitable
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la gamme
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scale, range (prices)
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kiffer
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to like s.b./have a crush on s.b.
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se bagarrer (contre/avec)
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to get into fight with sb.
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clocher
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to be faulty, go amiss
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la varicelle
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chicken pox
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vacherie
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meanness, rottenness, garbage
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une bavure
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smear, smudge
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passer qqn à tabac
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to beat up
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être accablé par
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to be crushed/devasted by
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cela étant dit
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that being said
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représenter
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to represent
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une blessure
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wound
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une coquille
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shell (nut, egg)
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le moulin
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mill
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un maître
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master
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débarrasser
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to clear out, get rid of
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prendre la fuite
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to flee
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haleter
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to pant, puff, gasp
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essoufflé
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winded, out of breath
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jours sont comptés
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days are numbered
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gai
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happy, cheerful
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émoussé
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dull, blunt
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