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71 Cards in this Set
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les proches
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close relatives
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les liens familiaux/de parente
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family ties
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eprouver/ressentir
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to feel (an emotion)
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le jour des noces
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wedding day
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convoler en justes noces
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to tie the knot
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le temoin du marie
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best man
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le demoiselle d'honneur
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bridesmaid
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fonder un foyer
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to start a family
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l'eclatement de la famille
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collapse of the family structure
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la dissociation des liens familiaux
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disintegration of family ties
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la trajectoire familiale compliquee
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difficult family history
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l'abandon du conjoint
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desertion
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le droit de visite
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visiting rights
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le droit de garde
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custody
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la garde alternee
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shared custody of children
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divorcer d'avec
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to divorce
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un enfant en bas age
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young child
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l'union libre
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living together (without getting married)
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vivre en couple
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to live together
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le pacte civile de solidarite (PACS)
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legal contract providing recognition to cohabiting couples
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le foyer monoparental
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one-parent family
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faire garder un enfant
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to employ a child-minder
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l'orphelin(e)
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orphan
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les parents adoptifs
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foster parents
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etre en tutelle
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to have a guardian
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l'age ingrat
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the awkward age
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des parents indulgents/complaisants
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lenient/indulgent parents
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traiter sur un pied d'egalite
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to treat on equal terms
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un enfant gaté
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spoiled child
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le manque de reperès
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lack of guidelines
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supporter difficilement
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to find it hard to cope with
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le carcan du reglement
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straitjacket of rules
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en avoir ras-le-bol
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to be fed up
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être mal dans sa peau
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to feel at odds with oneself
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mettre en question
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to call into question
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s'opposer a
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to oppose
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la contestation
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challenge
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le manque de respect
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lack of respect
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l'affrontement (m) des points de vue
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confrontations of point of view
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rejeter l'autorite parentale
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to reject parental authority
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reprocher aux adultes d'etre
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to reproach adults for being
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conformiste
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conformist
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(etre) routinier
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(to be) in a rut
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(etre) etroits d'esprit
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(to be) narrow-minded
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mettre les parents au banc d'essai
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to put parents on trial
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enfreindre les interdits
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to do what is forbidden
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trouver une façon de s'éclater
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to find a way of letting one's hair down
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faire sauter les contrôles
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to break all the rules
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n'en faire qu'a sa tête
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to do as one likes
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prendre une attitude provocatrice
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to behave provocatively
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mepriser les institutions
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to scorn institutions
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refuser de s'embourgeoiser
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to refuse to become middle-class
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donner du fil a retordre a ses parents
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to make trouble for one's parents
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l'amertume (f)
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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 desarroi
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feeling of confusion
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etre au fond de l'abime
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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 borderline between what is and is not allowed
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se sentir en securite
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to feel secure
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(se) presenter
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to introduce (oneself)
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faire la connaissance de quelqu'un
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to meet someone 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 (f) (mondaines)
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(social) contacts
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avoir affaire a
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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 (m)
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conversation
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frequenter
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to have regular contact with
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