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abasourdir
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to stun, daze, deafen
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Le taux de chomage
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unemployment rate
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abaisser
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to lower, reduce, humble
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assourdir
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to muffle, (a sound)
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s'assourdir
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to soften a consonant
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sourd(e)
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deaf
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devenir sourd
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to become deaf
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faire la sourde oreille
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to turn a deaf ear
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la surdite
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deafness
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un abasourdissement
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amazement
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il faut que j'abasouridsse
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it is necessary that I may stun
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il faut que j'aie abasourdi
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it is necessary that I may have stunned
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abattre
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to dishearten, to strike down, to slaughter
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j'abats
tu abats il abat |
I dishearten
you dishearten he disheartens |
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j'ai abattu
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I disheartened
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l'abattage (m.)
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the slaughtering of animals
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un abattoir
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a slaughterhouse
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rabattre
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to pull down, to beat down
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un rabat-joie
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a killjoy
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à bas (le roie)!
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down with (the king)!
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un abat-jour
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a lampshade
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abolir
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to abolish
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j'abolis
tu abolis il abolit nous abolîmes vous abolîmez ils abolirent |
abolished in passé simple
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il est possible que j'abolisse
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it is possible that I may abolish
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absoudre
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to absolve
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j'absous
tu absous il absout nous absolvons vous absolvez ils absolvent |
I absolve
you absolve he absolves we absolve you absolve they absolve |
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j'ai absous
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I absolved
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un pécheur
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a sinner
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une absoute
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a recitation of prayers for the dead
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Je le veux absolument
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I really insist upon it.
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absolument pas!
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absolutely not!
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une acceptation
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an acceptance
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l'acception
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the sense/meaning of something
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acclamer
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to acclaim, to applaud, to cheer
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réclamer
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to demand, to ask for
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une réclame
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an advertisement, commercial
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élire
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to elect
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se faire acclamer
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to be cheered, hailed
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une réclamation
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a complaint
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un accompagnateur, une accompagnatrice
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an accompanist, (music)
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se mettre d'accord
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to come to an agreement
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un accordage
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a tuning, (music)
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donner son accord
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to agree, consent
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accourir
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to run to, to run up to, to go running to
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j'accours
tu accours il accourt nous accourons vous accourez ils aaccourent |
present of accourir
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j'ai accouru
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I ran up to
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accourir vers qqn.
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to go running towward someone
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courir
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to run
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concourir
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to compete
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encourirr
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to incur
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j'accourrai
nous accourrons |
I will run to
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la course
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the race
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accrocher
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to hang up, (as on a hanger)
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un accrocheur, une accrocheuse
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a clingy person
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Accroche-toi!
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Hang on!/Hang in there!
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décrocher
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to unhook, to pick up the received of a telephone
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raccrocher
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to hang up
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un crochet
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a hook, hanger
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crocheter
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to hook in, to pick a lock
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faire du crochet
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to crochet
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accroître
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to increase, make greater, enlarge
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j'accrois
nous accroissons |
I increase
we increase |
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un accroissement
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a growth, increase
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une accrue
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an increase
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s'accroître
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to be increased
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le pouvoir
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the power
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accueillir
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to greet, welcome
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j'accueille
tu accueilles il accueille nous accueillons vous accueillez ils accueillent |
present of accueillir
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l'accueil (m.)/le bureau d'accueil
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the reception desk
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un accueil
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a welcome
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faire un achat
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to make a purchase
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un achat en ligne
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on-line purchase
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acheter comptant
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to buy in cash
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achever
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to achieve, to complete, to end
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achever de faire qqch
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to finish doing something
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s'achever
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to come to an end, to close, to be fulfilled
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un idiot achevé(e)
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a complete idiot
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acquérir
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to acquire
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un acquit
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a receipt; release
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tenir quelque chose pour acquis
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to take something for granted
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se faire admettre dans
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to be admitted to
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remplir qqn. d'admiration
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to fill someone with admiration
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être en admiration devant
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to be filled with admiration for
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un adorateur, une adoratrice
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adorer, worshipper
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adresser qqn. à
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to refer someone to
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avec adresse
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skillfully
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redresser
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to straighten up
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une adresse électronique
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e-mail address
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advenir
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to happen, to come to pass
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il advint que ...
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it came to pass that ...
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Advienne que pourra
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Come what may
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dans un proche avenir
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in the near future
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Voilà ce qu'il advint.
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That's what happened.
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l'avenir
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the future
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à l'avenir
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in the future, from this moment on
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aventurer
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to venture
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quoiqu'il advinne
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whatever may happen
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un agacement
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an irritation
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Cela est agaçant!
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That's irritating!
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agacer les nerfs de qqn.
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to get on the nerves of someone
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s'agaacer
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to get annoyed, irritated
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Cela m'agace!
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It's getting on my nerves!
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agir
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to act, to behave, to take effect
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faire agir
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to set in motion, to call into action
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bien agir/mal agir
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to behave well/to behave badly
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agir sur
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to influence, to act upon
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agir contre
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to sue, to take action against
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faire agir la loi
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to put the law into effect
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réagir
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to react
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s'agir
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to be the matter, to be a question of
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s'agir de
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to have to do with, to be a matter of
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De quoi s'agit-il?
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What's the matter? What's up?
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Voici ce dont il s'agit.
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This is what it's about.
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Il s'agit de mon vélo.
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It's about my bike.
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à l'aide de
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with the help of
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Aide-toi et le ciel t'aidera
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God helps those who help themselves.
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s'entraider
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to help each other
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s'entr'aimer
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to love each other
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l'amabilité
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kindness
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un(e) amant(e)
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lover
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amoureux/amoureuse de
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to be in love with
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Veuillez avoir l'amabilité de...
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Please be so kind as to....
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ajouter foi à
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to add credence to
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jouter
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to tilt, to joust; to dispute, to fight
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une joute
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a contest
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rajouter
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to add more
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un rajout
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an addition
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aller à la rencontre de qqn.
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to go to meet someone
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aller au fond des choses
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to get to the bottom of things
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le fond
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the bottom
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le va et vient
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coming and going
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un pis-aller
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last resort
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le cambrioleur
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burglar
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s'en aller
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to go away
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amène
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pleasant, agreeable
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des propos peu amènes
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unkind words
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bien amené
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well-introduced
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N'est-ce pas?
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Isn't it?
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un amuse-gueule, un amuse-bouche
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a tidbit, snack
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le gueule
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the mouth, (not "la bouche")
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une amusette
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a diversion, pastime, idle pleasure
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le museau
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muzzle, snout
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Amuse-toi bien!
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Have a great time!
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s'amuser à
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to enjoy oneself by
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s'amuser de
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to make fun of
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s'amuser avec
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to play with
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une annonce
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an announcement, notification
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demander par annonce
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to advertise for
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s'annoncer bien
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to look promising
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Cela s'annonce bien.
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That looks promising.
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les petites annonces d'un journal
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newspaper classified advertisements
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à peine perceptible
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scarcely perceptible
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un aperçu
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glimpse, flance, outline
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s'apercevoir de
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to become aware of
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entr'apercevoir
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to glimpse
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apparermment
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apparently
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juger d'après les apparence
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to judge by apprearances
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Il appartient que...
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It is fitting that...
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une appartenance
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appurtenance
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A tous ceux qu'il apparteindra
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To whom it may concern
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s'appartenir
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to be independent
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un appel
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call
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un appel téléphonique
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telephone call
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faire un appel de phares
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to flash the high beams, (of a vehicle)
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apprendre à qqn à faire qqch
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to teach somebody to do something
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apprendre qqch à qqn
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to inform someone of something
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s'approcher de qqn.
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to approach someone
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se rapprocher de
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to come closer to
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rapprocher
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to bring closer
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sans reproche
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without blame, blameless
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proche
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close, near
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la déapprobation
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disapproval
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arracher
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to pull up, to pull out, to uproot
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faire qqch d'arrache-pied
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to do something without interruption
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s'arracher à
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to tear oneself away from
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s'arracher les yeux
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to have a violent quarrel/to scratch each other's eyes out
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d'arrache-pied
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relentlessly
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arranger qqn
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to accommodate someone
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a m'arrange bien.
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That suits me fine.
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Ça s'arrangera.
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It will turn out all right.
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le piéton
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the pedestrian
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un arrêté ministériel
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decree
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être en état d'arrestation
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to be under arrest
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arrêter un jour
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to set a date
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arrêter un marché
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to make a deal
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les rideaux
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the curtains
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la salle d'attente
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the waiting room
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comprendre ce qui se passe
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to understand what happens
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arriver à faire qqch.
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to manage to do something
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Cela n'arrive qu'à moi!
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It's just my luck!/It would only happen to me!
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J'arrive!
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I'm coming!
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auprès de moi
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near me
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les assistants
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those present; spectators
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le monstre
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the monster
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sûr; sûre
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sure
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sûrement pas
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certainly not
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la sûreté
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the safety
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verrouiller
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to lock
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le voisinage
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facinity
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atteindre
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to attain
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atteindre le but/la cible
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to hit the target
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atteindre à
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to reach
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une atteinte
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a reach; attack
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hors d'atteinte
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beyond reach
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être atteint(e) de
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to suffer from
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en attendant
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meanwhile, in the meantime
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Cela peut attendre!
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It can wait!
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l'attente
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the wait, waiting
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s'attendre à
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to expect
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attirer
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to attrack, to allure
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attirant(e)
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attractive
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le tirage
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the draw/pull; a printing of a publication
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les attraits (m.)
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the charms, beauty
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attraper
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to catch
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attraper un rhuume
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to catch a cold
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une attrape
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a trick
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une trappe
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a trap
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les impôts
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taxes
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une douleur
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a pain
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une balançoire
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see-saw, swing
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faire pencher la balance
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to favor someone
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un balai
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a broom
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un balai d'essuie-glace
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windshield wiper blade
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battre des mains
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to clap, to applaud
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le battement
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banging, (of a door); throbbing, flutter, beating
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le poing
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fist
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le bave
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drool, dribble
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baver
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to drool
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bénir
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to bless, to consecrate
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bénit(e)
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holy, blessed
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une bénédiction
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blessing
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le blâme
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blame
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la blanchisserie
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laundromat
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le blanchissage
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washing
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une blessure
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wound, injury
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être blessé à la jambe
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to be injured in the leg
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se blesser de
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to take offense at
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une boisson gazeuse
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carbonated drink
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boire un coup
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to have a drink
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abreuver
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to water an animal
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un breuvage
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beverage
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avoire la bougeotte
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to be on the move, to be restless, to move about restlessly, to be fidgety
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bouillir, faire bouillir
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to boil
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le bouillon
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broth; bubble
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une bulle
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bubble, blister
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faire des bulles
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to blow bubbles
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le bouillonnement
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bubbling, boiling
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une bouilloire
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kettle
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réduire en bouillie
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to beat to a pulp
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une brûlure
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burn
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brûler d'amour
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to be madly in love
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brûler de faire qqch
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to be eager to do something
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brûler un feu rouge
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to pass through a red traffic light
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un cachetage
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sealing
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cacheter
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to seal up
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un cachot
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cell, prison; dungeon
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en cachette de qqn
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beind someone's back
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une casse
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breakage, damage
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un casse-croûte
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snack
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un casse-noix
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nutcracker
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casser la croûte
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to have a snack
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un casse-pieds
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bore, pain in the neck
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un cassement de tête/un casse-tête
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a puzzle, worry
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concasser
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to crush, (cereal, sugar lumps, stones)
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Je ne vous ai pas dit cela.
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I did not tell you that.
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se casse la tête
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to rack one's brain
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se casser le nez
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to find nobody answering the dor
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casser la tête à qqn
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to annoy someone
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un casse-cou
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daredevil, reckless person
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causer
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to cause, to chat
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causant(e)
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talktative
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ne cause
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cause, reason
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causer de la pluie et du beau temps
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to chat about the weather
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une causette
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Internet chat
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une causerie
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chat, informal talk
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causeur, causeuse
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talkative
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une causeuse
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love seat
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cause de la peine à qqn
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to hurt someone
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céder
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to yield, to cede
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céder à
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to give up to
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accéder à
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to accede to, to comply with
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céder le pas à qqn.
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to give way to someone
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concéder
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to concede to
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déceder
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to pass away
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une cesse
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a cease, ceasing
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sans cesse
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constantly
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changer d'avis
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to change one's mind
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changer de route
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to take another road
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soudain
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sudden
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Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose!
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The more it changes, the more it remains the same!
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une pièce de rechange
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spare part/tire
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chansons!
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fiddlesticks! nonsense!
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C'est une autre chanson!
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That's another story.
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Si ça vous chante...
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If you are in the moood for it...
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le chantage
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blackmail
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faire des emplettes
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to go shopping, (not faire du shopping)
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un chargé d'affaire
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envoy
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Je m'en charge.
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I'll take care of it.
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télécharger
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to download, (computer)
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charger de malédictions
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to curse
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charger de louanges
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to overwhelm with praises
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décharger
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to unload
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pourchasser
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to chase, pursue
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tirer la chasse d'eau
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to flush the toilet
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chercheur
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seeker, investigator, researcher
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aller chercher
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to go and get
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un moteur de recherche
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search engine (Internet)
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chérir
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to cherish
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l'embarras du choix
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too much to choose from
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au choix
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optional, elective
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chuchoter
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to whisper
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le chuchotement
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the whispering
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une chuchoterie
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a conversation in whispering tones so that others may not hear
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