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73 Cards in this Set
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bladder
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la vessie
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My back faces the window in the laboratory.
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Je tourne la dos à la fenêtre dans le labo.
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cable TV
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le cable
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braces
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l'appareil dentaire
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braid
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un tresse (to braid = tresser; braided = tressé)
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poney tail
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un queue de cheval
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poodle
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un caniche
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to be out of practice
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avoir perdu la pratique
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praiseworthy
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digne d'éloges
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He has the right of way.
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Il a la priorité.
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human rights
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les droits de l'homme
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early riser
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un lève-tot
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thermostat
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la climatisation
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to run away from home
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faire une fugue, s'enfuir
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It runs in the family.
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Ça tient de famille.
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My ass!
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mon oeil!
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the countertop
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le comptoir
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to take into account
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rendre compte que, tenir compte de
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as for me,
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pour mon compte,
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to have a score to settle with somebody
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avoir un compte à régler avec qqn
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to turn one's back on somebody; to let somebody down (figuratively)
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laisser tomber qqn
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special effects
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les effects speciaux, les trucages
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to dub
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dubler
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to shoot a film
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tourner un film
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soft cover book
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un livre de poche
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soundtrack
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la bonde sonore
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a happy ending
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un dénouement heureux
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a showing (of a movie)
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une seance
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film credits
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la générique
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scenery
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le decor
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janitor
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le concierge
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on the sly
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en catimini
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rabies
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la rage
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infuriating
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rageant
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to puke
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débecter
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to not understand a damn thing about
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ne pas piger quedale à (e.g., Je ne pige pas quedalle à la langue française)
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yuk!
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beurk!
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No way, Jose!
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Des clous! (or also: Tintin!)
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to be up shit creek
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être dans la merde
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pain-in-the-neck
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un emmerdeur, une emmerdeuse
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somebody who always gets what they want
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un démerdeur, une démerdeuse
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To hell with him.
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Je l'emmerde. (Je les emmerde = To hell with them).
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the runs (e.g. diarrhea)
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la chiasse
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to kick some out of the house
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foutre à la porte qqn (e.g., Ses vieux l'ont foutu à la porte = His parents kicked him out of the house)
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I don't give a damn what you think about it.
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Je m'en fous de ce que tu en penses.
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the limbo
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le danse de balai
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to stink of goat
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puer le bouc
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to burp
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roter
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to wipe one's ass
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se torcher le cul
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to masturbate
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se branler, se tripoter
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tough guy
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un casseur
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a big fatso
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un gros patapouf
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a fat slob
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un gros lard
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a maneater
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une mangeuse d'hommes
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to pig out
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se goinfrer (a pig--referring to eating= un goinfre)
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Now showing! (movie)
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À l'affiche
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a show-off
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un craneur, une craneuse
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to ogle
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lorgner, zieuter
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to sweet-talk
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baratiner (sweet talk = le baratin)
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to flirt
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flirter
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to boycott
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boycotter
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love-at-first-sight
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le coup-de-foudre
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to play footsy with
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faire du pied à
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to have a crush on somebody
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avoir le béguin pour qqn
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to hit it off
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avoir les atomes crochus (lit: to have hooked atoms), eg, Nous avons eu les atoms crochus hier soir! = We really hit it off last night)
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a one-night stand
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un amour rencontre
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to blame
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accuser
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He gave me a black eye.
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Il m'a donné un oeil au beurre noir.
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I'm broke.
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Je suis fauché
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to put into orbit
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mettre sur orbite
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to play a musical instrument
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jouer un instrument
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earthquake
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une tremblement de terre
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I was misinformed.
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J'étais mal enseigné.
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