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bien que ca ne se fasse plus beaucoup
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although that isn't done much any longer
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si tu peut prendre la peine de prevenir si tu vas etre en retard
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if you can take the trouble to let me know if you will be late
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je suis a bout de souffle/nerfs
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I'm at the end of my breath/nerves
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je l'ai lu d'un bout a l'autre sans m'arreter
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I read it from cover to cover
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d'u bout a l'autre de la ville
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from one end of the town to the other
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ne pas s'en affoler
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Don't lose your head over it
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nous nous sommes persuade, souvent a tort
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we were often wrongly persuaded
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sur le champs
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immediately
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je suis on ne peut plus d'accord
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I couldn't be more in agreement
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du moins, c'est ce qu'annonce la radio
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At least that' what the radio says
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du moins si l'avion n'a pas de redard
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at least if the plane isn't late
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On ne peut pas en etre sur/nous ne le savons pas
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one can't be sure of it/we don't know
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on ne peut jamais etre sur de rien
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one can never be sure of anything
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ca fait la troisieme fois que je recommence
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It's the third time I've tried
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si c'etait a recommencer
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if I could do it all over again
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c'est pour ton bien
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it's for your good
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c'est pour le plus grand bien de l'humanite
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it's for the better good of humanity
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nous finissons par ne plus y preter attention
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we'll end up by no longer paying attention
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chaque fois en face a un contretemps
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each time faced with a complication/hitich
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en sourdine/mettre en sourdine
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softly, put in the backgroud
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je n'y arriverai jamais, et j'en ai marre d'etre comme ca
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I'll never get there and I'm tired of being like that
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les pensees reprimees
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repressed thoughts
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faire le point (de la situation)
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to take stock of the situation
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pour y aller, j'ai un bus tres commode; il s'arrete juste devant chez moi
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to go there I have a convenient bus that stops just in front of my place
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ressassant des difficultes de vie/ressassie
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to keep turning over (ruminating ) about life's difficulties; hakneyed
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pour l'imite l'emprise sur la personalite. Sous l'emprise d'alcool/de la droque
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to limit the grip on the personality/ under the influence of alcohol/drugs
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Il en va de meme de l'estime de soi..
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And the same is true for self-esteem
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usure normale
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normal wear and tear
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resiste a l'usure
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wears well/inusable
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sentiment d'imposture
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the feeling of being an imposture
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