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93 Cards in this Set
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strier
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- to streak, ridge, groove, striate
"Ces images sont toutes striées." |
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vendre la meche
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- spill the beans
- let the cat out of the bag |
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gonfle
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- exaggerated, swollen, puffed up, inflate
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enceinte
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- pregnant
- loundspeaker - wall, fence |
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puits
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- well, wellspring
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au fait
"Au fait!" |
- by the way
- Get to the point! |
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auparavant
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- beforehand, previously
"Il avait déjà fini le travail une semaine auparavant." |
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bis
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- repeat, again
- 1/2 "Il habite 43 bis, rue verte." |
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piege (un piege)
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- trap, pitfall
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taux (le taux)
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- rate, leve
"Quel est le taux de change ?" "Le taux de mortalité baisse." |
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aire
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- site, place
- rest stops on the toll roads |
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peage
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- toll
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potasser
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- cram (for an exam)
- bone up "Il y a un examen demain ; je dois vraiment potasser" |
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reussir
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- to succeed, to manage to; to pass (a test)
"L'entreprise a réussi" |
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rappeler
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- remind, call back
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mis a jour
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- update
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ranger
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- to tidy, arrange, order, put away
"Tu dois ranger tes affaires avant de sortir." |
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panner (une panne)
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- breakdown; pork fat, grease
"Ma voiture est en panne." "Il y a une panne d'électricité." |
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drap (un drap)
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- sheet, large towel
"mettre qqun dans de beaux/sales/vilains draps" ( to land someone in a fine mess) |
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mefier (se mifier)
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- to distrust, be careful about
"Je me méfie toujours de cequ'il dit" "Tu ne t'es pas méfié et il t'a eu" (You weren't careful and he tricked you.) "Méfie-toi!" (Look out!) |
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bloc (un bloc)
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- block, unit, group, pad (of paper)
"Les escaliers sont faits de blocs massifs de marbre" |
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tuc (un truc)
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- thingie, whatsit, trick
"J'ai perdu ce truc que tu m'avais donné" "J'ai pensé à un truc." |
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prélèvements
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- deductions
- tax burdens |
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limoger
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- dismissed
- fired |
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épreuve (une epreuve)
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- ordeal
- examination (test) |
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ainsi
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- thus, so, in this way
"Ainsi soit-il" (So be it.) |
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The accent ´ as in...étudiant
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The accent aigu ´ (acute accent) can only be on an E. At the beginning of a word, it often indicates that an S used to follow that vowel, e.g., étudiant.
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The accent ` as in...où
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The accent grave ` (grave accent) can be found on an A, E, or U. On the A and U, it usually serves to distinguish between words that would otherwise be homographs; e.g., ou (or) vs où (where
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The accent ^ as in... forêt
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The accent circonflexe ^ (circumflex) can be on an A, E, I, O, or U. The circonflexe usually indicates that an s used to follow that vowel, e.g., forêt. It also serves to distinguish between homographs; e.g., du (contraction of de + le) vs dû (past participle of devoir).
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The accent ¨ as in...naïve
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The accent tréma ¨ (dieresis or umlaut) can be on an E, I, or U. It is used when two vowels are next to each other and both must be pronounced, e.g., naïve, Saül
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The ¸ as in...garçon
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The cédille ¸ (cedilla) is found only on the letter C. It changes a hard C sound (like K) into a soft C sound (like S), e.g., garçon. The cedilla is never placed in front of E or I, because C always sounds like an S in front of these vowels
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néanmoins
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- however, nevertheless
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regie (la regie)
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- government control; state-owned company
"Cette entreprise est en régie." |
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devenir
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- get (become), make, develop into, become, go
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métrage
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- measurement,length (yardage)
(dimension en pieds), footage |
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noyade
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- drowning
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Saint Glinglin
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- never
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un egrosse légume
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- a bigwig
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l'heure du laitier
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- very early in the morning
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histoire à dormir debout (une histoire a dormi)
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- a tall tale
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desormir
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- from now on
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Au temps pour moi
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- my mistake
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Il n'est plus temps de
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- the time for ____ is over
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Y a-t-il
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- is there/are there?
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fiable
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- relaible
- honest |
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peine (une piene)
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- sadness
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bien loti
mieux loti mal loti |
- bien loti: well-off
- mieux loti: better-off - mal loti: badly-off |
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détendu
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- relaxed (less tense)
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démarrer
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- start up, open, pull away
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mener
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- lead (cause to undertake), guide
"être la cause d'une entreprise" |
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dépasser
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- overtake (pass), project, stick out, run over
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ocassion (une ocassion)
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- used car
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vous avez un faux numero
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- you have a wrong number
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se tromper
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- to make a mistake
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quelque part
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- somewhere
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sauf
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- except
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en dans |
à: time at which an event occurs
"Nous mangeons à 8h00". en: the length of time an action takes or the month, season, or year in which something takes place "Nous avons mangé en une heure. Il va parler en hiver." dans: the amount of time before an action will begin "Nous mangerons dans 20 minutes." |
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depuis
pendant/durant pour |
depuis: duration of something that is still going on or was still going on when something else happened
"Nous mangeons depuis une heure." pendant/durant: the entire duration of an action. "Nous avons mangé pendant/durant une heure. Il peut parler durant/pendant 15 minutes." pour: indicate the duration of an event in the future "Il va parler pour 15 minutes." |
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cap (le cap)
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- the cape
- the course "maitient le cap" |
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marchandage
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- haggle
- wrangle, negotiate |
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giga
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- neat (as in cool)
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epatant
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- spiffy
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gigot
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- leg of lamb
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inscrire dans
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- to fit into
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coup de pied
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- kick
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parrainage
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- sponsorship
- patronage |
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pouvoir saisr sa chance
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- to jump at the opportunity
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prendre en compte
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- take into consideration
"prendre en compte le fait" |
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panneau (le panneau)
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- sign, notice
- pane (of wall or door) |
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It's mine (m. s.)
It's mine (f. s.) It's mine (m. p.) It's mine (f. p.) |
C'est le mien.
C'est la mienne. C'est les miens. C'est les miennes. |
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Pourriez-vous laisser le livre à l'entrée
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- Could you leave the book at the entrance?
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dans
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- the AMOUNT of time before an action will begin
"Nous mangerons dans 20 minutes." |
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à
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- TIME AT WHICH an event occurs
"Nous mangeons à 8h00". |
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en
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the LENGTH of time an action takes
or the month, season, or year in which something takes place "Nous avons mangé en une heure. Il va parler en hiver." |
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dupuis
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- DURATION of something that is still going on or was still going on when something else happened
"Nous mangeons depuis une heure." |
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pendant/durant
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- the ENTIRE DURATION of an action
"Nous avons mangé pendant/durant une heure." "Il peut parler durant/pendant 15 minutes." |
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pour
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- the DURATION IN THE FUTURE of an event
"Il va parler pour 15 minutes." |
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avoir (present)
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- ai.......... - avons
- as.......... - avez - a........... - ont |
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etre (present)
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- suis.......... - sommes
- es............ - etes - est........... - sont |
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aller (present)
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- vais.......... - allons
- vas........... - allez - va............ - vont |
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faire (present)
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- fais.......... - faisons
- fais.......... - faites - fait.......... - font |
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prendre (presenst
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- prends.......... - prenons
- prends.......... - prenez - prend........... - prenons |
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venir (present)
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- viens.......... - venons
- viens.......... - venez - vient.......... - viennent |
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devoir (present)
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- dois.......... - devons
- dois.......... - devez - doit.......... - doivent |
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pouvoiir (present)
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- peux.......... - pouvons
- peux.......... - pouvez - peut.......... - peuvent |
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vouloir (present)
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- veux.......... - voulons
- veux.......... - voulez - veut.......... - veulent |
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avoir du mal a
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- to have difficulty
"Nous avons du mal a parler francais." |
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avoir lieu
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- to take place
"Le concert a lieu a l'église St. Paul." |
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que veux-tu que je fasse
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- what do you want me to do?
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petite monnaie (la)
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- small change
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piece (une)
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- a coin
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pote (un)
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- a pal, a friend
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a plute
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- later (contraction for 'plus tard')
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