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à cause de
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because of
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à coté de
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next to
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à part
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apart from
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à peu près
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about
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à pied
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on foot
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à plute
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speak to you later (only used in spoken language)
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à tout hasard
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just in case
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aborder
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to tackle
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acheter
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to buy
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acte
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(m) an action
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admettre
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to admit
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affreux/affreuse
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horrible
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Africain
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(m) African
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âge
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(m) age
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agneau
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(m) lamb
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agresser
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to mug
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ah bon
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really
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aimer
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to love
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ainsi
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so
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aller
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to go
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s'en aller
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to leave
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aller chercher
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to fetch/get
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allô
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hello (for the telephone)
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alors
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so, then
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alors que
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even though, while
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amant
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(m) lover
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amazonien/amazonienne
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Amazonian
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américain/américaine
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American
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amitié
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(f) friendship
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amour
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(m) love
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amoureux/amoureuse
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in love
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amuser
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to make happy
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s'amuser
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to enjoy oneself
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an
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(m) year
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andouille
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(f) fool (only used in spoken language)
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anglais
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(m) english
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année
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(f) year
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anniversaire
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(m) birthday
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antenne
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(f) aerial
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antenne parabolique
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(f) satellite dish
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antérieur/antérieure
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previous
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antibiotique
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(m) antibiotic
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anticiper
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to anticipate
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appartement
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(m) apartment
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appel
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(m) phone call
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appeler
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to phone
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s'appeler
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to be called
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après
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after
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arbre
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(m) tree
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arbre généalogique
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(m) family tree
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argent
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(m) money
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argent de poche
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pocket money
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arrêt
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(m) stop
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arrêter
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to stop
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arriver
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to arrive
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ascenseur
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(m) lift, elevator
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attendre
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to wait (for)
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au bercail
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at home (only used in spoken language)
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au sujet de
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about
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aucun/aucune
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no/none
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aujourd'hui
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today
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aussi
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also, too
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autre
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other
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avaler
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to swallow
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avant
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before
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avec
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with
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avenir
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(m) future
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avocat
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(m) lawyer
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avoir
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to have
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avoir horreur de
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to hate
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avoir le droit
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to have the right
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avoir peur
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to be scared
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baby-sitter
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to babysit
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bagarre
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(f) fight
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baiser
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(m) kiss
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balance des paiements
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(f) balance of payments
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banal/banale
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unremarkable
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barbecue
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(m) barbecue
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bavure
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(f) blunder
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b.d.
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(f) comic strip
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beau-père
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(m) stepfather/father-in-law
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beau/belle
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beautiful
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beaucoup
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a lot
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beauté
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(f) beauty
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belle jeune fille
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(f) beautiful young lady
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ben
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h'm (only in spoken language)
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béton
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(m) concrete
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biberon
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(m) baby/nursing bottle
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biche
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(f) doe
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bien
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good, perfectly, well
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bien sûr
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of course
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bleu/bleue
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blue
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bloquer
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to block
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blouson
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(m) jacket
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boire
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to drink
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bon
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right
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bon/bonne
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good
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bonbon
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(m) sweet/candy
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boucler
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to finish
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bouillir
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to boil
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boulet
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(m) millstone
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boulot
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(m) work (only in spoken language)
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bouton
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(m) button
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bricole
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(f) little something
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bureau
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(m) office
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bus
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(m) bus
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c'est tout
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that's all
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ça
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that
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ça craint
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that's the pits
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ça suffit
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that's enough
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cadeau
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(m) gift/present
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café
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(m) café/coffee
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Californie
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(f) California
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calmant
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(m) sedative/soothing
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calme
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(m) quiet
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caméra
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(f) movie camera
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caméra vidéo
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(f) camcorder
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canard
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(m) duck
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caneton
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(m) duckling
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canon
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gorgeous (only in spoken language)
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carrière
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(f) career
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carte
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(f) card/map
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carte d'identité
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(f) identity card
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cassé/cassée
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broken
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casser
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to break
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casserole
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(f) saucepan
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cassette
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(f) cassette/tape
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cassette vidéo
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(f) video tape
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ce que
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what
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ce soir
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tonight
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ce/cette
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this
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célébrité
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(f) celebrity
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celui-là
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that one
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cervelle
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(f) brain
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cesser
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to stop
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chaîne
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(f) chain/channel(tv)
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challenge
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(m) challenge
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chambre
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(f) bedroom
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chance
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(f) chance/luck
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changer
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to visit
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chanson
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(f) song
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chanter
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to sing
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chatte (f)
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sing
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chaud/chaude
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hot
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chaussure
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(f) shoe
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chaussures de sport
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trainers
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chérie/chérie
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darling
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chez
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at/to
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chinois/chinoise
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Chinese
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chips
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(f) crisps, potato chips
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chirurgien/chirurgienne
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surgeon
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choisir
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to choose
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chose
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(f) thing
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cinéma
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(m) cinema/movie theater
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classe
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(f) class, classroom
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cloche
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(f) clock
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code
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(m) code, door code
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coincer
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to catch (only used in spoken language)
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col roulé
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(m) polo neck
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colère
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(f) anger
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combien (de)
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how many/how much
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comme
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like
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commencer
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to begin
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comment
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how
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communication
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(f) call
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communiquer
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to communicate
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complainte
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(f) lament
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complet/complète
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complete, full
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complètement
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completely
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compliqué/compliquée
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complicated
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comprendre
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to understand
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compte
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(m) account
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compter
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to intend
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compter sur
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to count on
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concert
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(m) concert
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conclure
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to conclude
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condition
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(f) condition
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conduire
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to drive
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confondre
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to mix up, to mistake for
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connaître
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to know (familiar)
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contacter
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to contact
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content/contente
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satisfied
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contexte
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(m) context
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continent
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(m) continent
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continuer
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to continue
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contre
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against
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contrôle
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(m) test, check, control
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copain/copine
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(m/f) boyfriend/girlfriend
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copie
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(f) paper
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couleur
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(f) color
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coup
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(m) job, trick
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coup de fil
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(m) phone call (only used in spoken language)
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coup de pied
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(m) kick
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courir après
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to run after
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cours
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(m) class
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cousin/cousine
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(m/f) cousin
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couverture
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(f) cover/blanket
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craindre
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1 to fear, to be afraid of
2 to be sensitive to (e.g. the cold) |
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crise
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(f) crisis
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croire
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to believe
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cruel/cruelle
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curel
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cuisine
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(f) kitchen
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cul
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(m) bottom (only used in spoken language)
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cure
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(f) course of treatment
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cure de musées
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lots of museum visits
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d'aboard
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first
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d'accord
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okay/alright
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d'ailleurs
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besides
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de temps en temps
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from time to time
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décider
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to decide, to make up one's mind
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décision
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(f) decision
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dedans
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inside
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dégoûter
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to make sick
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dégringoler
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to slump
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déjâ
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already
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demain
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tomorrow
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demander
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to ask
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demi-frère
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(m) half brother/step brother
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demi-heure
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(f) half an hour
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dépendre
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to depend
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déposer
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to drop
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déprimer
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to depress
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depuis
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since
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déranger
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to disturb
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dernier/dernière
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last
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dès que
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as soon as
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des tas de
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lots of (only used in spoken language)
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descendre
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to go/come down (stairs)
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dessin
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(m) drawing
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destin
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(m) fate
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déteindre
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to run (as in color)
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déterminé/déterminée
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determined
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détester
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to detest
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détour
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(m) detour
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deux
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two
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se dévaluer
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to become devalued
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.devenir
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to become
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deviner
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to guess
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devoir
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to have to, must
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devoir
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(m) homework, essay
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différence
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difference
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différent/différente
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different
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dimanche
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(m) sunday
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dire
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to say
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dire à
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to tell
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discrétion
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(f) discretion
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donc
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therefore
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donner
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to give
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dormir
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to sleep
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dos
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(m) back
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droit
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(m) right
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drôle
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funny
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du calme
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calm down
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du tout
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at all
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duchesse
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(f) duchess
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dur/dure
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hard
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eau
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(f) water
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échec
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(m) failure
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s'éclater
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to have a great time
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écouter
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to listen
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écran
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(m) screen
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écrire
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to write
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effort
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(m) effort
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elle-même
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herself
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embarquer
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to pick up (only used in spoken language) / to board
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embêter
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to annoy
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embrasser
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to kiss/ to hug
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émission
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(f) programme
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emménager
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to move in
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emmener
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to take/bring (as in a person)
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émotionel/émotionelle
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emotional
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empereur/impératrice
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emperor/empress
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en bas
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downstairs
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en béton
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strong (only used in spoken language)
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en fait
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in fact
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en ligne
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on line
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en panne
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out of order
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en tous cas
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in any case
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en train de
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in the process of
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encore
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again, still
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encore plus
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even more
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énerver
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to get on (sb's) nerve
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enfant
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(f) child
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enfermé/enfermée
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locked in
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enfin
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anyway
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ennuyer
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to bore
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enregistrer
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to record
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ensuite
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then
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enterrement
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(m) funeral
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entre
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between
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entrée
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(f) e/ntrance
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enveloppe
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(f) envelop
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environ
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about
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envoyer
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to send
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épatant/épatante
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splendid
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épluché/épluchée
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peeled
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époque
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time
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épouser
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to marry
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erreur
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(f) mistake
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esclave
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(f) slave
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espace
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(m) complex, area
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espace jeux
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playground
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espérer
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to hope
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espionner
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to spy on
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essayer
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to try
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être censé
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to be supposed
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être
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to be
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être en larmes
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to be in tears
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être en retard
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to be late
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être hospitalisé
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to be taken to the hospital, hospitalized
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être obligé
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to have to, to be obliged to
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être privé de sorties
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to be grounded
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être sur un coup
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to be onto something big (only used in spoken language)
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études
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(f) studies
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s'évanouir
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to faint
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évident
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obvious
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éviter
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to avoid
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évolution
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(f) evolution
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exactement
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exactly
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exagérer
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to exaggerate
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s'excuser
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to excuse oneself, to apologize
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exemple
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(m) example
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exister
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to exist
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expliquer
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to explain
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exploration
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(f) exploration
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facile
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easy
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faillir
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to almost do something
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faire
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to do
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faire un baiser
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to give a kiss
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faire du bien
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to do well
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faire de bonnes études
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to get a good education
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faire la chaîne
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to make a chain
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faire du stop
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to hitch (a ride.. slang)
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se faire agresser
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to be mugged
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se faire du souci pour
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to worry about
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famille
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(f) family
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fatigant
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tiring
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faux/fausse
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false, out of tune
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faveur
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(f) favor
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fax
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(m) fax machine, fax message
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femme
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(f) wife, woman
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femme de ménage
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cleaner
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fesse
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(f) buttock
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feu
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(m) fire
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fille
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(f) girl
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filmer
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to film
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fils
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(m) son
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finalement
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finally
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flair
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(m) flair
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flic
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(m) cop [used only in spoken language, very slang]
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fois
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(f) time [Je tombe trois fois]
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forcément
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hardly surprising
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forêt
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(f) forest
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fort(e)
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strong
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fossoyeur
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(m) gravedigger
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fou/folle
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crazy
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France
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(f) France
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fréquentable
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respectable
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frère
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(m) brother
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fric
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(m)money [slang, only used in spoken language]
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frigo
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(m) fridge
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fringues
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(f) clothes, gear (used only in spoken French)
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fruit de la passion
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(m) passion fruit
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futur/future
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future
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galère
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(f) hell (only in spoken french, SLANG)
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gamin/gamine
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kids (m/f)
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garage
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(m) garage
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garçon
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(m) boy
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génial/géniale
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brillant
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genre
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sorte
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gens
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people/mankind
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gentil/gentille
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nice/kind
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gérer
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to manage
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gifle
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(m) slap in the face
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giga
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neat (slang)
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gigot
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(m) leg of lamb
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glace
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(f) ice cream
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goinfre
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(m) greedy pig
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grand/grande
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tall, large
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grand magasin
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(m) department store
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grand-mère
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(f) grandmother
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grand-oncle
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(m) great uncle
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grandes vacances
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summer holiday/vacation
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grave
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serious
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grec/grecque
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greek
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grenade lacrymogène
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tear gas grenade
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gros/grosse
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big
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s'habiller
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to dress oneself
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habiter
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to live (as in somewhere like to habitate)
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hasard
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chance (par hasard- by chance)
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heure
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(f) hour
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hier
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yesterday
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homéopathique
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homeopathic
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horreur
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(f) loathing
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horrible
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horrid
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hyper
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very (slang)
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ici
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here
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idée
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idea
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il y a
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there is, there are
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il y a eu
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there was, there were
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illisible
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unreadable
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imaginer
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to imagine
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immeuble
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(m) building
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important/importante
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important
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inca
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Inca
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inférieur/inférieure
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lower
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injuste
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unfair
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s'inquiéter
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to worry
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s'inscrire dans
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to fit into
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insister
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to insist
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intention
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(f) intention
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interaction
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(f) interaction
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intéressant(e)
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interesting
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invasion
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(f) invasion
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invité(e)
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guest
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inviter
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to invite
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jamais
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never
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jardin
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(m) garden
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jean
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(m) jeans
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jeune
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young
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jeunesse
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(f) youth
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joie
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(f) joy
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joindre
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to join
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joli(e)
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pretty
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jouer
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to play, to perfrom
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jour
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(m) day
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journal/journaux
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(m/pl) newspaper
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juillet
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july
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juin
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june
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là
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now, there, then
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laid(e)
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ugly
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laisser
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to let/allow/leave
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laisser tomber
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to drop (as in a subject)
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larguer
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to chuck (slang)
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larme
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(f) tear
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se lasser de
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to grow tired of
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lave-vaisselle
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(m) dishwasher
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le mieux
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the best
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le moins possible
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as little as possible
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lequel/laquelle
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which one
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les deux taxis
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taxi both ways
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leurre
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(m) illusion
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se lever
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to stand up
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ligne
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(f) line
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lire
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to read
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littérature
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(f) literature
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livre
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(m) book
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loin
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far
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loisir
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(m) leisure
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long/longue
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long
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lui
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him/her
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lycée
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(m) high school
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magasin
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(m) shop
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magnétoscope
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(m) video, vcr
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maintenant
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now
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mais
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but
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malade
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sick
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maman
|
mom, mum
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manger
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to eat
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manquer de
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to be lacking in
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marcher
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to work
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mari
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(m) husband
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marque
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(f) make, brand
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matériel
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(m) equipment, material, supplies
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maths
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(f) math
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matin
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(m) morning
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maudire
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to curse
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mec
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guy (slang)
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même
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even, same
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ménage
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(m) housework
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menu
|
(m) menu
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merci
|
(m) thank you
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mère
|
(f) mother
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mettre
|
to put
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mettre le feu à
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to set fire to
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se mettre en colère
|
to get angry
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mignon/mignonne
|
cute
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mille
|
thousand
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miracle
|
(m) miracle
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moche
|
ugly
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mode
|
(f) fashoin
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moi
|
me
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moi-même
|
myself
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moins
|
less
|
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mois
|
(f) month
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moitié
|
(f) half
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môme
|
(f) brat (slang)
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monde
|
(m) people, world
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montage
|
(m) editing
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monter
|
to go/come up(stairs)
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mort
|
(f) death
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mot
|
(m) word
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motiver
|
to motivate
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mourir
|
to die
|
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moyen/moyenne
|
average
|
|
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musée
|
(m) museum
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n'importe quoi
|
anything
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nature
|
(f) nature
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naturel/naturelle
|
natural
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naturellement
|
naturally
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ne ... plus
|
no longer
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ne... que
|
only
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ne ... pas encore
|
not yet
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ne .... pas toujours
|
not always
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ne... guère
|
hardly, barely, scarcely
|
|
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ne ... jamais
|
never
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ne... nulle part
|
nowhere
|
|
|
ne ... point
|
not, equivalent of ne pas
|
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|
neuf/neuve
|
new
|
|
|
neuf
|
nine
|
|
|
nez
|
(m) nose
|
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|
nom
|
(m) name
|
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non
|
no
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|
|
notaire
|
(m) solicitor
|
|
|
nous
|
we/us
|
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novembre
|
(m) November
|
|
|
nuit
|
(f) night
|
|
|
nul/nulle
|
pathetic (slang)
|
|
|
numéro
|
(m) number
|
|
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obligatoire
|
compulsory
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