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Cut back on

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Rogner sur

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Allocate

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Allouer

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Close (talks, debate)

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Clôturer

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As for

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Quant à

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At first sight

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À première vue

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The pros and cons

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Les avantages et les inconvénients

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From the outset

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Dès le départ

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To summarise

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Faire le point (de qqch)

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To be at issue

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Être en cause

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Clarify several details

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Donner quelques précisions

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We can see that

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On peut constater que

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Given this state of affairs

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Face à cette situation

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Beforehand

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Préablement

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Au premier abord

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At first sight

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Clarify the facts

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Débrouiller les faits

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Clear the ground

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Déblayer le terrain

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Clarification (of the situation)

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Une mise au point

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Shed light on the issue

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Tirer l’affaire au claire

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19
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Untangle

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Démêler

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Define the problem

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Cerner le problème

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21
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Find out

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Se renseigner sur

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Prendre le relais

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Take over

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La mante

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Mantis

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Taré

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Mental

Ie smb’s mental

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Au peigne fin
With a finetooth comb
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En quelque sorte
Kind of
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Crisser
Squeak/squeal
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La came
The fix/hit (ie drugs)
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Ressentir
To feel as experience. Typically followed by noun. Feel the effects/consequences
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Lancinant
Niggling, but stronger. Darting
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Scier
To saw
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Balader qqn
To take smb out (on a trip)
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S’y mettre
Start to do sth On s’y met?
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Se reprocher
To reproach yourself for Je me reproche mon attitude (no need for “for”)
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Chier Chiant
To sh*t Be a pain the ass
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Aboiement
Barking
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S’en prendre à qqn/qqch
To go after/attack
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Avoir un drole de façon de...
Have a funny way of...
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Paludisme
Malaria
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Dèfaillant
Failing, defective
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Remuer
Stir, mix
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Brouilleur
Scrambler
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Borner Le bornage
To limit, mark out The limits
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Se gourer (de)
To get mixed up (ie confused)
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Mettons que...
Supposing...
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Fixé
To be in the picture/in the know
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Un drole de type
Odd guy
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Réparer
Repair
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D’occasion
Used
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Replanifier
Reschedule
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Bon rétablissement
Get well soon
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Prétendument
Allegedly
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Attraper un virus
Catch a virus
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Serrer/deserrer
Tighten/loosen
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Tranchant
Sharp (for knife)
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Émoussé
Blunt (knife)
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Avion affrété
Charter flight
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Point d’étape
Progress report
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La taille
Waist
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Malin
Crafty
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Acharné
Dedicated, unrelenting
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Remorquer
Tow
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Le moineau
Sparrow
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Une bordure
Border (edging) on picture etc
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Un motif
A design, eg of table, wallpaper etc
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Préconiser
To advise
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Des prestations
The services (of a company)
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Prélèvement
(Med) test - sample Also direct debit
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Parapher
Initial (sth)
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Extrader
Extradite
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Noix de Saint Jaques
Scallops
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Par écrit
In writing
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Épanouissement
Flourishing
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Le cadre
Setting (of film or event)
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Je prévois de...
I’m planning to...
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Faire preuve de
To show/demonstrate
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Retenue
Restraint Faire preuve de la retenue
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Ménager
Treat gently
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Berner
To fool
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Coriace
Tough (fig and lit)
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Partie
Game (eg of chess)