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140 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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valeur
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value
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futé
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sly cunning
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le sourire eu coin
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half smile
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sage
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neatly combed
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revendiquer
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to claim
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haut et fort
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loud and strong
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la paresse
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laziness
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pourtant
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however
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elle n'a rien d'une flemmarde
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she does not have a lazy bone in her body
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le, la standardiste
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switchboard operator
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les chouchous
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pastry (donut)
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la plage
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beach
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à la criée
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by hawking
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la boîte
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company
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le transport routier
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trucking company
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en poche
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in hand
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la caissière
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cashier
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le court métrage
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documentary
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monter des coups
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to hatch projects
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le copain
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ami
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la laine polaire
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arctic wool
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s'improviser
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to act as
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la styliste
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fashion designer
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le chômeur
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unemployed person
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le comptable
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bookkeeper, accountant
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donner un coup de main
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to give a hand, lend aid
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coudre
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to sew
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se goupiller
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tu turn out
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le chômeur
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unemployed person
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le comptable
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bookkeeper, accountant
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donner un coup de main
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to give a hand, lend aid
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coudre
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to sew
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se goupiller
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to turn out
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se marrer
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to laugh
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se gratter
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we get nothing, scratching oneself
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prendre
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to take on
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le temps
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for a period
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le stage
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training period
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le boulot
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le traivail
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jeter
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to cast off, to throw away
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corvéable à merci
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at everyone's beck and call
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le pion
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pawn
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enchaîner
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to string together
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les situations précaires
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precarious jobs
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le mouchoir
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handkverchief
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l'ado
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l'adolescent
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la crise
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crisis
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essoufflé
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out of breath
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le maître mot
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defining word
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la tranche d'âge
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age group
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la frime
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bluff
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serein
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serene
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prévu
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expected
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échapper à
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to escape
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moyen
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average
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la vie active
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la vie de travail
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reculer
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to decrease
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le niveu
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level
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éventuel
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possible
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la rentabilité
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return on inestment
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prendre le parti
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to opt for
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profiter
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to take advantage of
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tant qu'à faire
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might as well
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plaire
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to please
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ainsi
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thus
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se précipiter sur
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to rush at
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le cursus
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program
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le moyen
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means
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le stage
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internship
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l'entrepreise
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firm business
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maquiller
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to disguise
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l'emploi
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job employment
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autant
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so much
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le perspective
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prospect
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affronter
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to confront
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tout aussi
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every bit as
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crise oblige
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because of the crisis
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le nid
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nest
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le toit
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roof
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l'affrontement
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confrontation
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fuir
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to flee, to avoid
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oser
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to dare
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prétendre
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to lay claim
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bousculer
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to shove
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endormi
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asleep
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on le leur fait comprendre
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it's made clear to them
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l'attente
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waiting
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différer
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to put off
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faire le deull de
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to mourn
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revendiqué à vie
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claimed for life
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le perte
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waste
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un ensemble de
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a body of
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en dehors de
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outside of
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éviter
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to avoid
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le déplacement
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trip
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chauffé
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heated
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coûteux
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costly
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nouer des connaissances
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to make acquaintances
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l'habitué
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regular visitor
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la chaleur
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warmth
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gai
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cheerful
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les idées noires
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depressing moments
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jouer au tennis au football
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to play tennis, soccer
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s'entraîner
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to practice, to train
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Marie Curie
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Physics, Nobel Price 1903
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Irene Joliot Curie
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1935 chemistry Nobel Price
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réussite
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success
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l'énarque
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diplomé
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la promotion
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class
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le chiffre
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figure
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la voie nous ayant été frayée
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the way having been cleared for us
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l'aîné
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elder
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le poste
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position
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conjointement
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jointly
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élever
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to bring up, to raise
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exercer un métier
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to have a job
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le dépassement
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exceeding
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l'administration
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French public service
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le rite
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ritual
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l'horaire
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schedule
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s'occuper de
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to take care of
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alors que
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now taht
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baigner
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to give a bath to
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le gamin
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kid
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la gestion
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management
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la liberté d'horaire
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flexible schedule
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la vendeuse
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sales lady
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rajouter
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to add
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la banlieue
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suburb
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le trajet
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ride
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crevé
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très fatigue
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récupeerer
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retrouver
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percer
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to reach the top
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le tailleur
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woman's suit
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ça ne passe pas
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ce n'est pas accepté
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la cravate
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tie
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le pouvoir
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power
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au fond
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basically
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s'ennuyer
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to be bored
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je ne supporterais pas
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I coudn't bear
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