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143 Cards in this Set
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lorsque
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when
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une bonne table
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a good restaurant
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échapper
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to escape
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réveillon
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new years eve
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voyons
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let's see
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disparition
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extinction
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le voie
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the road; the way
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la race
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the breed
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le boudin
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sausage
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la chair
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body; flesh; pulp
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déguster
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to savour (a flavour)...
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une tiroir
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a drawer
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concevoir
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conceive, design, devise, plan
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l'équillibre (m)
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balance; equilibrium
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subtil
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subtle; fine; sophisticated
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la bouchée (f)
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mouthful, bite, bit, morsel
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recouvert
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concealed, covered, hidden
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une pellicule
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a film
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maître mot
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a key word
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Goûte ça
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taste that
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au lieu de
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instead of; in place of
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ça va faire
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it will be
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le bénévole
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voluntary; unpaid
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grâce a
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thanks to
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le don
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gift; bounty; donation
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loin de
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far
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le salon
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lounge, sitting room, salon; show, exhibition
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ça fait que
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that means
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garder
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look after, guard, watch over; stand guard on, maintain, preserve; keep, harbor; mind, ward, hold, hold over
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quelque part
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somewhere
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s'assagir
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to steady' to reinforce
assagir: to settle down |
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à travers
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through
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en travers
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across
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puisque
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as; since
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saisi
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grasped
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la séance
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session, seance; meeting, sitting; court, performance
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certains
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some
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vilain
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ugly, nasty, wicked, dirty
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clicher
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stereotype
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la baraque
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shed, shelter, shanty; dump, booth
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revendiquer
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demand; claim
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le facteur
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postman
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le patois
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regional dialect
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comme d'habitude
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as usual
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faire semblant
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to pretend??
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le moulin
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the mill; windmill
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le public; le foule
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the crowd; the public
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dans la peau de personnage
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putting yourself in someone else's shoes
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débattre
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to debate
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le regain
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revival
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l'echiquier politique
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the political scene
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des circonstances
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the circumstances
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s'agir de
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to be a matter of
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se soucier de
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to care about
Marc se souci de ases amis. |
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se plaindre de
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to complain about
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s'occuper de
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to be busy with
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se moquer de
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to make fun of
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se rendre compte de +nom
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to realise
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changer de
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to change
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douter de
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to doubt
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se servir de
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to make use of; to employ
Je me sers d'un stylo quand j'ecris une lettre |
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je méfier de + nom
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to distrust
Je me méfie des personnes que je ne connais pas |
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manquer de +
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to lack; to be missing
Cette personne manque de politesse |
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remplir
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to fill
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faire du mal
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to hurt
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de plus
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moreover
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recueillir
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to collect; to win; to take in; to record
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soit
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so be it; either one or the other; that is to say
Also, soit is the subjunctive form of etre |
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l'entrave (f)
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hindrance
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la fuite
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flight
fuite de capitaux: flight of capital dans sa fuite: as he ran away |
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l'apparition (f)
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appearance; outbreak
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apparaissant
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appearing
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l'opposant (m,f)
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opponent
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préconiser
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to recommend; to advocate
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le maintien
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maintenance; support
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mettre en cause
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to call into question
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la fosse
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pit; grave
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interpeller
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to call out to; to question
Police: to take in for questioning |
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finement
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finely; subtly; shrewdly
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avidement
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eagerly; avidly; greedily
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salir
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to make dirty; to tarnish
se salir: to get dirty |
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une fois
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once
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cette fois-ci, cette fois-là
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this time; that time
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c'est votre tour
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it's your turn
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le losange
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diamond
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réagir
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to react; to respond
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les données
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data
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au cours de
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during
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en cours de
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in the process of
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en cours
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current; in progress
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mener
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to lead; to take
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à la suite
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one after another
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pas suite de
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as a result of
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par la suite
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afterwards
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l'échantillon (m)
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sample; tester; example
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paisible
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quiet
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paisiblement
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peacefully
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des avions des chasses
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fighter plane
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récupérer
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to get back; to retrieve; to make up
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le sol
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ground; floor; flooring; soil
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la relance
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boosting; reopening; revival
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viser
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to aim at
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mise en garde
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warning
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le countrepoids
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counterweight
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dans ces domaines
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in these areas
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a plus tard
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at the latest
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désormais
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nowadays; from now on
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la confiserie
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sweets
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rappeler
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to remind
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la tranche
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slice; piece
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non-négligeable
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significant; not insignificant
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majeur
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major; adult
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les habitudes
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habits, custom,
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prévisible
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predictable; foreseeable
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les trottoirs
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sidewalks
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tromper
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deceive; cheat; dupe
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pacourir
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to travel
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le biftek
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steak
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accable
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overhwhelms
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le Chambre des représentants
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House of Representatives
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figurer
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to represent; to appear
Eg. l'homme figurait sur une liste... |
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attester
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to testify to
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l'engin
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bomb; machine; tool; gadget
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la poudre
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powder
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s'impliquer
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to get involved in a project
Eg. Tout le monde s'est impliqué...[everyone was involved] |
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la rangée
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row
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occuper
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to occupy; to hold; to keep busy
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la maîtrise
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control; mastery
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l'équipage
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crew (normally on a plane)
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tomber
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to fall; also 'taking place'
Eg. Cette condamnation, tombée hier, marque le net...This penalty, handed down yesterday, marked the... |
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durcissement
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hardening; tightening
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c'est rien
Pas de probleme |
not a problem...[if someone thanks you, or something like that, don't say "pas un probleme", say "c'est rien"
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le chercheur
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researcher
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réprimer
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to repress; to crack down
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par endroits
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in places
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a quel endroits?
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where?
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le roucher
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rock
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en contrebas
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below
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le sapin
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fir tree
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le chêne
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oak tree
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le pin
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pine tree
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qu'est-ce que vous conseillez?
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what do you recommend?
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hors d'oeuvre
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starter
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