2022 03

Question 1

Manipuler weapon, horse
To handle sb roughly gently
To handle st roughly gently

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Manier une arme, cheval
Traiter qqn. Gentiment rudiment
Manier qqc delicament. Brutalement

Question 2

To mean to do

To mean for sb to do

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Avoir l’intention de faire

Vouloir que qqn fasse

Question 3

To waste away, fade away
Plant wilts
Civilization decays
Economy, region declines

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Dépérir

Dépéris dépéris dépérit
Dépérissons dépérissez dépérissent

Question 4

To do with st
What am I going to do with the baggage/children?
What did you do with the ticket?

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Faire de qqc
Qu’est-ce que vais-je faire des bagages / des enfants?
 qu’as tu fait du billet?

Question 5

What for?
I have no need for…
It’s nothing to do with me
To pretend to be sick

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Pour quoi faire?
Je n’ai que faire de …
Je n’en ai rien à faire…
Faire le malade

Question 6

The army has made a man of him
They want to make a lawyer of him
She has made him her confidant

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L’armée en a fait un homme
Ils veulent en faire un avocat
Elle en a fait sa confidente

Question 7

Conformer à

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Sacrifier à une coutume, loi

Question 8

Mean, petty, stingy

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Mesquin, mesquine
Des économies mesquines
Les préoccupations mesquines

Question 9

Not to be of any concern to sb
To be of concern
I am completely indifferent to him/ i couldnt care less about him

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Indifférer à
Ne pas indifférer qn
Il m’indiffère completment

Question 10

To be useful to
I was still useless.
Thnks, that was very useful/a great help

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Servir à
je ne servais toujours à rien.
Merci, ça m’a beaucoup servi

Question 11

Enticing

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Alléchant

Question 12

To have a toothache

To have a really bad toothache

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Avoir mal aux dents

Avoir rage de dents

Question 13

To blossom (2)

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Epanouir, fleurir

Question 14

Clear, striking
True to life

Glaring i justice, flagrant abuse

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Criant, criante
Criant de vérité

Abus criant

Question 15

Forest of tall trees, plantation, group of trees

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Un futaie /foo tay/

Une bosquet (grove)

Question 16

Truce
Respite, after several days’ respite
Enough joking/nonsense!

Unceasingly

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La trêve
Après quelques jours de trêve
Trêve de plaisanteries/balivernes!

Sans trêve

Question 17

Guinea fowl

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La pintade

Question 18

My blood just boiled! (Angry)

My heart missed a beat (emotion)

Answer 18

Mon sang n’a fait qu’un tour!

Question 19

Coin
A one Euro coin
To pay sb back in his own coin

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Pièce de monnaie
Pièce d’Un Euro
Rendre à qqn la monnaie de sa pièce

Question 20

Wrong,harm, wrongs harms

To be short of

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Mal, maux

Être en mal de

Question 21

Verlan: jeter, to dump sb

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Tej

Question 22

Spiral staircase

To sit astride

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Escalier en Colimaçon

Être à Califourchon sur qqc

Question 23

To out distance, arrive ahead of

She arrived 2 days before me

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Devancer

Elle m’a devancée de 2 jours

Question 24

Makeshift, temporary

Makeshift sail

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De fortune

Voile de fortune

Question 25

Journey

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Un périple

Question 26

``` To crash (glass, China) To smash ```

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Fracasser

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``` Bullying To be victim of bullying To bully sb To bully To feel frustrated ```

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``` La brimade Être la victime des brimades Faire subir des brimades à qqn Brimer Se sentir brimé ```

Question 28

Informal: underling Fife, fife player

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Sous-fifre Un fifre, jouer du fifre

Question 29

ShamelessLy ( wo hesitation or shame) | Unscrupulous

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Sans vergogne

Question 30

To wrong, hurt, damage | The injured party

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Léser | La partie lésée

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Jewelry: to set | A ring set with diamonds

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Joaillerie: sertir | Une bague sertie de diamants

Question 32

Filthy place, revolting person, foul beast

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Immonde/ee mond/

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Lacking Destitute Utterly useless

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Dénué Dénué de tout Dénué de tout utilité

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Informal: to tell sb off

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Passer un savon à qqn

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To have a hold over somebody

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Avoir de l’emprise sur quelqu’un

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To lavish | To apologize profusely to sb

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Prodiguer | Prodiguer des excuses à qqn

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Slang : her husband is unfaithful to her She is cuckolded Slang: to trick, be unfaithful to, to cheat on

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Elle est cocue Cocufier

Question 38

Chicken cackles, person prattles

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Caqueter /ka kuh tay/

Question 39

Horse: to crib Informal: to wince Without batting an eye

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Tiquer | Sans tiquer

Question 40

Dregs | Wine dregs

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La lie de vin

Question 41

To avoid an accident to ward off danger Supplier. I beg you ..

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Conjurer | Je vous en conjure

Question 42

Port, starboard Land to starboard! Turn to port!

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Bâbord, tribord Terre/ côte à tribord! Virer à bâbord

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Informal: to bank on

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Tabler sur

Question 44

Informal: “work to do” (acronym)

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Un taf | (“Travaille à faire”)

Question 45

Informal: Lousy, crummy A halfwit

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Un tocard. Tocarde

Question 46

To split To split, to cause a rift To break up a union

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Craquer, déchirer Fissurer Se fissurer

Question 47

Verlan: dodgy | From what word?

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Chelou /sheh loo/ | From louche

Question 48

Slang derogatory: to blubber, snivel

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Chialer

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Armored Slang: to be pissed

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Blindé

Question 50

To blur Blurred image Vague, woolly concept

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Flouter. /floo tay/ Image flou Concept flou

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Supplier

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Quémander

Question 52

Ambush, trap | To be caught in an ambush, fall into a trap

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Un guet-apens. /get ah pon / | Tomber dans un guet-apens

Question 53

Surveiller A watchman To watch over

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Guetter. /get tay/ Guetteur, guetteuse Veiller

Question 54

Brawl (2)

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Une bagarre, une rixe

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To taunt To make fun of his accent

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Narguer Railler lui sur son accent

Question 56

Do you ever think before you speak?

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Vous arrive-t-il de réfléchir avant de parler ?

Question 57

Mumbling (negative?) | Stomach, digestion rumbling gurgling

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Borborygme

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Wobbly legs, tremble with fatigue | Crumbling friendship

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Jamb Flageolante | Amitié flageolante

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An understatement

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Une litote

Question 60

``` To prove oneself …until proven otherwise Demonstration of love To show … To show that … ```

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``` Faire ses preuves …jusqu’à preuve de contraire Preuve d’amour Faire preuve de … Faire preuve que … ```

Question 61

To be in focus To bring into focus Camera focus

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Être au point Mettre au point Une Mise au point

Question 62

A quick favor

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Un petit service

Question 63

Idiom: To each his own. Or Everyone judges for himself

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Chacun voit midi à sa porte

Question 64

He really gave me a hard time, ran me thru mill They really gave them a hard time, It had also had a hard time with little Ed.

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Avec lui, j’en ai vu de toutes les couleurs Ils leur en ont fait voir de toutes les couleurs Elle aussi en avait vu de toutes les couleurs avec le petit Edmond.

Question 65

Under the pretense/guise of doing

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Sous couleur de faire

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Slang: to look great

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Avoir de la gueule

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UFO

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OVNI | Object volant non identifié

Question 68

Even so..

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Quand bien même.

Question 69

To yap

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Japper

Question 70

To suck an egg Swallow oyster whole Informal: swallow To fall for it, hook, line & sinker

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Gober | Gober le morceau

Question 71

To force a lock

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Faire sauter une serrure

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To grumble about

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Maugréer contre Maugrée maugrées maugrée Maugréons maugréez maugréent

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Dégoûter | Décourager

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Rebuter

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To take aback | To be taken aback

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Interloquer | Rester interloquer

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To tie A knot

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Nouer Un Nœud. Nuh / Noue noues noue Nouons

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To splash about, paddle

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Patauger

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A puddle

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Une flaque

Question 78

To consider st a lesser evil

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Considérer qqc comme un pis-aller. /peez ahlay /

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Lead (metal) Slang: hour

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Plomb. /pluhn/ Plombe. /plumb/ À trois plombes

Question 80

To bring under control | To checkmate

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Mater

Question 81

To annoy

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Emmerder

Question 82

Rater train Flunk exam Screw up, bungle

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Louper

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To pay contributions To join forces

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Cotiser Se cotiser

Question 84

Échouer, collapse project To capsize Car overturn

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Capoter

Question 85

``` Liquor-like, syrupy Strong sweet (wine) ``` Syrupy

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Liquoreux, liquoreuse Sirupeux, sirupeuse

Question 86

A real godsend!

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Une véritable aubaine!

Question 87

To brood o et, dwell on | A hackneyed theory

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Ressasser | Une théorie ressassée

Question 88

Young lad, girl

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Un jeunet, jeunette

Question 89

Cozy, snug Derogatory: over sensitive

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Doulliet, douillette. /do yeh/

Question 90

Pet subject, hobby horse Puppet

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Une marotte

Question 91

To ask for, demand, beg Baby cries for bottle To ask sb for money

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Réclamer Bébé réclame du biberon Réclamer de l’argent à qqn

Question 92

Untimely arrival, request | Misplaced zeal

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Intempestif. /ahn tohm pes teef/. | Zèle

Question 93

To throw (cavalier) To take aback To be taken aback by …q

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Désarçonner | Être désarçonné par …

Question 94

To take down, to take apart Désarçonner (chevalier) Informal: to fluster

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Démonter

Question 95

To plug, seal off. | To fill The gaps

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Colmater les brèches

Question 96

To struggle along | To scrape a living off st

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Vivoter de qqc

Question 97

Bush To live in the bush In the middle of nowhere

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Le brousse Vivre dans la brousse En plein brousse

Question 98

Bushman Bushy, overgrown. Terrain, sourcils Tousled hair

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Un Broussard Broussailleux broussailleuse

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Undergrowth Bushy eyebrows Tousled hair

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Une Broussaille | Sourcils, cheveux un broussaille

Question 100

Inspirer, to sniff the air | Literary: to smell a flower

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Humer

Question 101

Sickening, nauseating, foul smelling

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Nauséabond

Question 102

To water an animal To soak the soil with water Literary: To Bombard sb with st

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Abreuver Abreuver qqn de qqc

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To strike down | He was struck dead by lightening

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Foudroyer | Il est mort foudroyé

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Sudden. Heart attack To make lightening progress At a lightening speed

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Foudroyant, foudroyante Une crise foudroyante Faire des progrès foudroyants À une vitesse foudroyante

Question 105

To focus on a theme

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Axer sur une thème

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Rank outsider; half wit Informal: Crummy, lousy, rotten

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Tocard, tocarde

Question 107

``` What is it about? What’s the matter? But that’s not the point! But we’re talking about my happiness! It’s about your husband … When there is housework to do, he’s never around ```

Answer 107

``` De quoi s’agit-il? Mais il ne s’agit pas de ça! Mais il s’agit de mon bonheur! Il s’agit de ton mari … Quand il s’agit de faire le ménage, il n’est jamais là! ```

Question 108

We/you etc must act quickly Make up your mind We must get back to work You must pull yourself together

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Il s’agit de faire vite Il s’agit de savoir ce que tu veux! Il s’agit de se remettre au travail  il s’agit de vous ressaisir

Question 109

Without beating around the bush

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Sans ambages

Question 110

To be straight and to the point | He spoke frankly to us

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Sans détours q | Il nous a parle sans détours

Question 111

Liking | Favorite drink

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La prédilection | Boisson de prédilection

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To govern

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Régir

Question 113

Use instead of étudier:

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Travailler, bosser

Question 114

Use instead of réussir for to pass: | I passed! (I got it)

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Je l’ai eu!

Question 115

A quiz

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Une interrogation | Une interro

Question 116

Use instead of échouer for to fail a test

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Rater

Question 117

Use instead of assister for to attend ( just like English!) I went to NYU

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Aller | Je suis allée á NYU

Question 118

To return to France. To return a book. I flipped the crêpe

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Retourner en France Rendre un livre J’ai retourné la crêpe

Question 119

It’s cheap | Not bon marché which is only used for books?

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C’est pas cher.

Question 120

Sort of Antiquated Used now

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Comme ci comme ça | Bof

Question 121

I’ve been to France

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Je suis allée en France | Not: j’ai été

Question 122

A classroom vs. a class (people) Hello, class! A French class

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Une classe vs. un cours Bonjour tout le monde (NOT classe) Un cours de français