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248 Cards in this Set
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le cheminée
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chimney
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le toit
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roof
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le grenier
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attic
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les volets
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shutters
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le couloir
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hallway
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la chambre
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bedroom
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le cabinet de travail
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office
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la salle de bains
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bathroom
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le balcon
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balcony
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le salon
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family room
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l'entrée
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foyer
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la salle a manger
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dining room
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la cuisine
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kitchen
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la tondeuse
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lawn mower
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la pelouse
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lawn
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la buanderie
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laundry room
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la cave
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basement
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la pelle
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shovel
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faire le ménage
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to clean house/room
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l'immeuble
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appartment building
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le pavillon
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a small house
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le divan
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sofa
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le radiateur
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radiator (heater)
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le four a micro-ondes
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microwave
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la douche
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shower
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la table de nuit
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night stand
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le sèche-linge
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dryer
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le fer
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iron
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le canapé-lit
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futon (couch that changes into a bed)
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le rideau
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curtains
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le store
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blinds
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la moquette
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wall to wall carpeting
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l'aspirateur
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vacuum
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le papier peint
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wallpaper
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la serviette
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napkin/towel
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le lustre
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chandelier
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le frigo
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fridge
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le congélateur
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freezer
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le robinet
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faucet
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le broyeur d'ordures
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garbage disposal
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la poubelle
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garbage
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la lave-vaiselle
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dishwasher
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le torchon
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dishrag
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le placard
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closet
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l'armoire
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armoire- stores clothes...some can be hanged...some put in drawers
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la commode
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dresser...bunch of drawers for clothes
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les draps
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sheets
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le couvre-lit
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decorative cover
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l'oreiller
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normal pillow
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le traversin
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long circular pillow
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le lavabo
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sink in the bathroom
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la baignoire
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tub
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le gant de toilette
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washcloth
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la serviette
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towel
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le savon
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soap (liquid)
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le shampooing
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shampoo
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le séchoir
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hair dryer
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la boulangerie
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bread shop
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la pâtisserie
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bakery (desserts)
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l'épicerie
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grocery for condiments
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la gare
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train station
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la bijouterie
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jewlery store
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le stade
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stadium?
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le marché en plein air
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open air market
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la boucherie
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butcher for beef
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la charcuterie
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deli (sausages, pate, pork, salads)
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la poissonnerie
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fish store
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la crémerie
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dairy
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la confiserie
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candy store
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la papeterie
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store for paper, pens, pencils
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le kiosque
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newspaper stand
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la quincaillerie
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garden/kitchen shop
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le magasin de jouets
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store for kids
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la boutique
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small clothes store
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le grand magasin
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department store
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le pressing
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dry cleaner
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la station-service
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gas station
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la mairie/l'hôtel de ville
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city hall/mayor
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la gendarmerie/ le commissariat de police
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for traffic tickets
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le syndicat d'initiative
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information for the city
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l'agence de voyage
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travel agency
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le bistrot/la brasserie
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small restaurant
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l'auberge
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hotel in the countryside
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les couvertures
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covers (to keep you warm)
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le marchand de volaille/gibier
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for poultry and game
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le couturier
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"high fashion" store
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le fleuriste
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florist
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le collège
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middle school (11-15 yrs)
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le lycée
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high school (15-18)
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la lycéen(ne)
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high schooler
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l'etudiant
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college student
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l'instituteur
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lower/elementary school teacher
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le professeur
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higher level teacher
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l'histoire
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history
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le gouvernement
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government
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la littérature
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literature
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la dactylographie
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typing class
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les langues vivantes
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used languages such as german, englihs, spanish, french
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les langues mortes
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greek, latin
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le dessin
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art
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les sciences
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sciences: la biologie, la chimie, la physique
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le droit
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law
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la comptabilité
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accounting
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l'informatique
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computer programming
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les arts ménagers
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cullinary arts
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les arts manuels
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carpentery, mechanic
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réussir a un examen
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to pass...get a good grade
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échouer a un examen
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to fail a test
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faire un concours
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to take a graduate level exam
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le brevet
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a diploma
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le baccalauréat
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test you take at the end of high school
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la license
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the first diploma for higher level studies
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la maîtrise
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le second diploma for higher level studies
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le doctorat
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the highest degree
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les pauvres
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the poor
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les sans-abri
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homeless
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les clochards
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slang for homeless
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manquer de
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lack of..
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les H.I.M. (Habitations a Loyer Modere)
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the "projects"... tenements
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le quartier populaire
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poor area
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le chômeur(-euse)
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unemployed person
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le tiers-monde
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third world country (underdeveloped country)
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la famine
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famine
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la sécheresse
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drought
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la surpopulation
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overpopulation
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les pays en voie de developpment
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underdeveloped countries
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le (la) blessé(e)
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wounded
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faire un crime
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to commit a crime
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la victime
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a victim
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tuer
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to kill
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commettre un meurtre
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to commit a murder
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le meurtrier (-ère)
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murderer
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étrangler
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to strangle
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suffoquer
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to suffocate
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la suffocation
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suffocated?...i couldn't think of a better definition
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pendre
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to hang
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la pendaison
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the act of hanging
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noyer
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to drown
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la noyade
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the act of drowning
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se suicider
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to commit suicide
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le suicide
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suicide
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cambrioler/ faire du cambriolage
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to steal/rob
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violer
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to rape
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le viol
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the act of rape
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terroriser
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to terrorize
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terroriser
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to terrorize
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le terrorisme
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terrorism
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travailler en bandes ou en gangs
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gang/to work in a gang
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les drogues
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drugs
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l'émeute
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riot
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la pollution
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pollution
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le pollueur(-euse)
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polluter
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les pluies acides
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acid rain
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l'effet de serre
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greenhouse effect
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les déchets nocifs
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toxic waste...factory emmisions
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les déchets nucléaires
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nuclear waste
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les gaz d'échappement
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car pollutants from gas
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les déchets toxiques
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toxic substances
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les mousses chimiques
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river foam
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les déchets/ les ordures
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trash/waste
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les engrais
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fertelizer
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les pesticides
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pesticides
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la déforestation
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deforestation
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les feuilles
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leaves
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les branches
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branches
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les racines
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roots
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le sapin
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fir
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l'érable
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maple tree
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le chrysanthème
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crysanthemums (oo...thats a bad spelling)/ french give these at funerals
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le lis
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lily
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la jonquille
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daffidil
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le tournesol
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sunflower
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la paille
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straw
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le maïs
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corn
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le blé
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wheat
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la grêle
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hail
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les grêlons
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hail
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le verglas
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black ice
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la bruine
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light rain
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desondées
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showers
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le brouillard
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fog
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le crachin
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very light rain
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le vent
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wind
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un temps pluvieux
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rainy weather
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un temps nuageux
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cloudy weather
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un temps couvert
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cloudy weather
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un temps brumeux
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foggy weather
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un temps ensoleille
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sunny weather
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un orage
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storm
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le tonnerre
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thunder
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la foudre
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thunderball
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les élairs
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lightening
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la planche à voile
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windsurfing
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une tempête de neige
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a blizzard
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un temps chaud et humide
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hot and humid weather
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un temps froid et sec
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cold and dry weahter
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la tornade
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tornado
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l'ouragan
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a hurricane
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le raz-de-marée
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tidal wave
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les inondations
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floods
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les pluies diluviennes
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heavy rain
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les pluies torrentielles
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heavy rain
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un glissement de terrain
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mud slide
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un glissement de terrain
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mud slide
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une avalance
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snow slide
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un incendie
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a fire
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un tremblement de terre
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earthquake
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les catastrophes naturelles
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natural disasters
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couter
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to sink
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faire nauffrage
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to sink
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le judo
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judo
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le karaté
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karate
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la boxe
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boxing
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la crosse
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lacrosse
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l'athlétisme
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la course, le jogging, le footing...track and field
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la voile
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sailing
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la voile
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sailing
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le roller
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roller blading
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la plongée sous-marine
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scuba diving
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le cyclisme
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biking
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le cyclisme
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biking
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la plongée
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diving
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la natation
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swimming
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l'équitation
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horseback riding
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l'aviron
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rowing
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le canotage
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canooing
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la pêche
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fishing
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la chasse
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hunting
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le tir a l'arc
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archery
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la musculation
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weightlifting
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la lutte
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wrestling
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etre au chômage
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to be unemployed
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l'école élémentaire
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elementary school (6-11 yrs)
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une tempête
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a tempest (storm)
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l'école maternelle
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lower school (2-6 yrs old)
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l'université
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college
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le premier étage
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Second floor
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l'élève
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student
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la marée noire
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oil spill..."black tide"
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la grande école
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graduate school
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l'éscalier
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stairway
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passer un examen
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to take (finish) a test
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l'évier
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kitchen sink
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les mathématiques
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math
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le climatiseur
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air conditioner
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le rez-de-chaussée
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first floor
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le trou dans la couche d'ozone
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a hole in the ozone layer
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la planche à repasser
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ironing board
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