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72 Cards in this Set
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donner du fil à retordre à ses parents
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to make trouble for one's parents
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l'amertume
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bitterness
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un état de déprime / d'abattement
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state of depression
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le désarroi
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feeling of confusion
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etre au fond de l'abîme
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to be at rock bottom
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faire une fugue
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to run away from home
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revenir au bercail
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to return to the fold
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prendre conscience de la limite entre le permis et l'interdit
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to become aware of the boderline between what is allowed and what is not
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se sentir en sécurité
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to feel secure
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se présenter
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to introduce
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faire la connaissance de qqn.
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to meet so. for the first time
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la prise de contact
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first meeting
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donner ses coordonnées
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to give one's contact details
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prendre/ se donner rendez-vous
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to make a date
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les relations (mondaines)
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social contacts
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avoir affaire à..
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to have dealings with...
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s'entretenir avec..
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to have a conversation with..
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l'entretien
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conversation
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fréquenter
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to have regular contact with..
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les moeurs
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social customs
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le savoir-faire social
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knowing how to behave
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la politesse
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politeness
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le manque de courtoisie
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discourtesy
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l'incivilité
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discourtesy
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l'impolitesse
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discourtesy
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observer la bienséance
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to observe the norms of behaviour
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les convenances
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rules of polite society
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etre de rigueur
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to be the "done thing"
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la courtoisie
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courtesy
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accueillant(e)
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welcoming
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sophistiqué(e)
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sophisticated
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grossier(iere)
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vulgar
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sauvage
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anti-social
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fruste
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uncultivated
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rustre
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boorish
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etre mal embouché(e)
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to use bad language
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ignoble
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base
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la franchise
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frankness, honesty
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l'hypocrisie
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hypocrisy
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factice
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artificial
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se moquer de qqn.
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to make fun of so.
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rire au nez de qqn.
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to laugh in so.'s face
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parler dans le dos de qqn.
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to talk behind so.'s back
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agir de bonne foi
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to act in good faith
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faire plaisir à
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to please
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embêter
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to annoy
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flatter
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to flatter
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féliciter
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to congratulate
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injurier
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to insult
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entourer qqn. de soins
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to make a fuss of so.
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prodiguer des soins à qqn.
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to make a fuss of so.
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ménager qqn.
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to go out of one's way to please so.
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etre plein(e) de prévoyance pour qqn.
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to go out of one's way to please so.
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les potins
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local gossip
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le préjugé
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prejudice
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porter un jugement moral
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to make a moral judgement
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s'indigner
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to be indignant
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inadmissible
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unacceptable
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honteux(euse)
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shameful
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inconcevable
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inconceivable
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incroyable
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un believable
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inimaginable
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unbelievable
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affreux(euse)
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terrible
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effroyable
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frightful
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épouvantable
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horrifying
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atroce
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appalling
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abominable
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abominable
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on crie au scandale
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people say its a scandal
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se scandaliser
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to fell shocked
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démentiel(le)
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crazy
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aberrant(e)
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ludicrous
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monstrueux(euse)
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monstrous
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