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à
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labels distance or time from a point
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à
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droite on the right
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à
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gauche on the left
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à
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une demi-heure a half hour away
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acheté
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bought (past participle of acheter)
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l’après-midi
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afternoon
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l’appétit (masculine); avoir de l’appétit; avoir peu d’appétit
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appetite; to have an appetite; not to have much appetite, not to feel much like eating
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l’arrondissement
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administrative division of French cities
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l’assiette (feminine)
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plate
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aujourd’hui
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today
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autre chose
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something else
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balayer
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to sweep
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le beurre
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butter
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bien; J’ai bien peur.
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very (intensifier); I’m very scared.
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bien sûr
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of course
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bien sûr que non
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of course not
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bizarre
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strange
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le bol
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bowl used for serving coffee in the morning
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Ça ne fait rien.
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That doesn’t matter.
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le carnet
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a book of ten subway tickets
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ce que
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what (relative pronoun)
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les céréales (feminine plural)
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breakfast cereal
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changer
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to change
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changer de train
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to change trains
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Comment ça?
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Why is that/How come? (colloquial)
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comprendre
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to understand
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compris
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understood (past participle of comprendre)
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la confiture
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jam
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la consommation
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drink (at a bar or café)
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la correspondance
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connection (in terms of transportation)
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le couteau (plural: les couteaux)
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knife
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le couvert
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place-setting
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créé
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created (past participle of créer)
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créer
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to create
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le croissant
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croissant, flaky, crescent-shaped roll
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la cuiller (also spelled cuillère)
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spoon
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décidé
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decided (past participle of décider)
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décider
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to decide
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décider de faire qqch
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to decide to do something
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découvrir
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to discover
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décrocher
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to pick up the phone
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déjà
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already
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la demi-heure
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a half hour
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descendre
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to get off, get out of (a vehicle)
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la direction
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direction, the train to
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dit
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said (past participle of dire)
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dormi
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slept (past participle of dormir)
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dormir
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to sleep
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l’écran
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a screen
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employer
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to use
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en
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about it
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en face
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across the way
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ennuyer
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to bore
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l’éponge (feminine)
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sponge
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essaie
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try (command form)
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essayer
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to try
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essayer de faire qqch
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to try to do something
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essuyer
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to wipe
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comme
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how (used to emphasize an adjective)
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fait
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made, done (past participle of faire)
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la fenêtre
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window
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fermé
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closed (past participle of fermer)
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le fichier
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a file
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la fois; combien de fois
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time (occurrence); how many times
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une fois
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once
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deux fois
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twice
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la fourchette
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fork
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fermer
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to close
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la Gare de l’Est
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major Paris station from where trains leave to the East
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le gros mot
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dirty word, swear word
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les gros mots
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foul language
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le guichet
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ticket window
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l’heure
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time (as on a clock)
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hier
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yesterday
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l’idée (feminine)
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idea
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le jour
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a day
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lire
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to read
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loin
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far
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loin d’ici
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far from here
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lu
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read (past participle of lire)
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le magazine
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magazine
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le matin
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the morning, in the morning
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même
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even
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mettre la table
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to set the table
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mis
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past participle of mettre
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moindre; Je n’en ai pas la moindre idée.
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least, slightest; I don’t have the slightest idea.
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la montre; à ma montre
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watch (timepiece); by my watch
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la nappe
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a tablecloth
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nettoyer
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to clean
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la nuit
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night
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de la nuit
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during the whole night
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oublié
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forgotten (past participle of oublier)
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oublier
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to forget
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ouvert
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opened (past participle of ouvrir)
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ouvrir
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to open
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parfait
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perfect
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partir
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to leave (on a trip)
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pas encore
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not yet
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payer
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to pay
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pendant
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during
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pendant des heures
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for hours
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pensé
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thought (past participle of penser)
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penser à qqch
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to think of something
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penser à autre chose
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to think of something else
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perdre
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to lose
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perdu
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lost (past participle of perdre)
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le petit déjeuner
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breakfast
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la Place de la République
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big square in the eastern part of Paris
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le plan; le plan de Paris
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city map, street map; street and transportation map of Paris
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le plancher
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floor
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près de
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near
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pris
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taken (past participle of prendre)
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pu
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past participle of pouvoir
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le pot
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jar
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quand même
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just the same
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raccrocher
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to hang up (the phone)
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le relais
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rest stop
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rempli
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filled (past participle of remplir)
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remplir
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to fill
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la salle à manger
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the dining room
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la serviette
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napkin
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servir
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to serve
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sonner
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to ring
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sortir
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to go out
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la soucoupe
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saucer
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la station
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subway station
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le sucre
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sugar
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la tartine
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buttered French bread
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la tasse
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cup
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le téléphone
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telephone
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le temps
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time
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on a le temps
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we have (enough) time
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le ticket
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ticket (especially for bus and subway)
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le torchon
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dishrag
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tout près
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very close by
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trouvé
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found (past participle of trouver)
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trouver
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to find
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tutoyer
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to address someone in the tu form
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le vélo
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bike, bicycle
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vendredi
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Friday
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le verre
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glass, drinking glass
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vers
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towards
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voir
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to see
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vouvoyer
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to address someone in the vous form
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vu
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seen (past participle of voir)
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