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to march
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défiler
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to clear off the table
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débarrasser la table
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I'm going to get rid of my old stuff.
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Je vais débarrasser de mes vieux affaires.
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shreds
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les lambeaux (mettre en lambeaux = to tear to shreds)
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to be heavy
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pèser lourd
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chandelier
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un lustre
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department store
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un grand magasin
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impassable
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infranchissable
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mutt
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un bâtard
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the pelvis
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le bassin
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Mission Accomplished.
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Mission Remplis.
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coupled with
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couplé à
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a stray bullet
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une balle perdu
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to set the alarm
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mettre le reveille
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Having broken my glasses, I was not in a position to read the document.
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Ayant cassé mes lunettes, je n'étais pas en mesure de lire ce document.
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to highlight
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mettre en valeur
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to be of value
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avoir de la valeur
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to put into use
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mettre en oeuvre
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a masterpiece
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un chef d'oeuvre
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to set the table
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mettre le couvert
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silverware (not the real silver kind)
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les couverts
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ram (animal)
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un bélier
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the shambles; the ruin
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les décombres
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leaning over the crib
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penchés sur le berceau
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I'm inclined to think that you are sick.
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Je suis porté à croire que tu es malade. (porter à faire qqch = to be inclined to do something)
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slavery
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l'esclavage
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bloodstained
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ensanglanté
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to open fire
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ouvrir le feu
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to hammer
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marteler
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to hammer into; to drive into
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enfoncer (dans)
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a true success
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un véritable réussite
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a gambling addiction
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la dépendance aux jeux
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the storming of the Bastille
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la prise de la Bastille
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dam (of a river)
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un barrage
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tournament
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un tournoi
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Who wears the pants in your family?
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Qui porte la culotte dans ta famille? (porter la culotte = to "wear the pants")
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my expectations
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mes attentes
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conservatives
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les conservateurs (le conservateur; la conservatrice)
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a breakup (e.g., with a girlfriend)
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un rupture
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Tell us what's wrong.
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Dis-nous ce qui ne va pas. (Dites-nous ce qui ne va pas)
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black & white
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noir et blanc
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a bomb shelter
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un abri des bombes
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Do what I say, not what I do.
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Faites ce que je dis, pas ce que je fais.
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to be deprived of something
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être privé de qqch
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poorly-reimbursed, bad-paying
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peu remuneré
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to be a dishwasher (at a restaurant)
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faire la plonge (les plongeurs = dishwashers)
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spell-checker
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un verificateur d'orthographe
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such and such
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tel et tel
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out of reach
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hors d'atteinte
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to jump to conclusions
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tirer des conclusions
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to cut in line, to "jump the queue"
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resquiller
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Nothing came of it.
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Ça n'a abouti à rien.
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to be afraid of the dark.
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avoir peur du noir
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ghosts
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des fantômes
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to beat eggs
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battre les oeufs
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a drought
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la sécheresse
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The city is really spread out.
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La ville est vraiment étendue.
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to smash in the TV set
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défoncer la télé (défoncer qqch = to violently smash something)
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mailbox
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la boîte à lettres
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whale hunting
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la chasse à la baleine
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a dolphin
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un dauphin
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to give birth to
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accoucher; enfanter
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to widen
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élargir
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to make ugly
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enlaider; amocher
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to sniffle (e.g. from a cold)
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rénifler
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to sputter; to spray somebody with spit while talking
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postilloner
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to kneel down
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s'agenouiller; se remettre en genou
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to get naked
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se mettre à poil
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to squat
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s'accroupir (être accroupi = to be squatting)
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to laugh evilly; to snigger
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ricaner
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my roommate
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mon colocataire
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a spoiled child
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un enfant gaté
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He's in his thirties.
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Il est un trentenaire.
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the president's term is 5 years.
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le mandat du président est 5 ans.
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by default
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par défaut
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to faint
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s'évanouir; tomber dans les pommes
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to help one another
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s'entraider
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