General Flashcards
1
Q
acheter
A
to buy
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Q
aimer
A
to like
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Q
aller
A
to go
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Q
avoir
A
to have
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Q
boire
A
to drink
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Q
chanter
A
to sing
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Q
choisir
A
to choose
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Q
commencer
A
to begin/commencer
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Q
connaiter
A
to know (someone)
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Q
courir
A
to run
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Q
devoir
A
to have to/ to “must”
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Q
dire
A
to say
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Q
donner
A
to give/donate
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Q
dormir
A
to sleep
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Q
ecrire
A
to write
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Q
entendre
A
to hear
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Q
entrer
A
to enter
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Q
envoyer
A
to send
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Q
eteindre
A
to switch off
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Q
etre
A
to be
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Q
etudier
A
to study
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Q
faire
A
to finish
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Q
finir
A
to finish
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Q
garder
A
to keep
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jouer
to play
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se laver
to wish oneself
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se lever
to get up
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lire
to read
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manger
to eat
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mettre
to put
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monter
to climb
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parler
to speak
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partir
to leave
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perdre
to lose
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pouvoir
to be able to
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prendre
to take
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rentrer
to go back/return
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savoir
to know (something)
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sortir
to go out
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tenir
to hold
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tomber
to fall
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vendre
to sell
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venir
to come
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voir
to see
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vouloir
to want
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plus
more
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moins
less
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plus que
more than
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moins que
less than
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bon/bonne
good (m/f)
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meilleur/meilleure
better (m/f)
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le meilleur/ la meilleure
best (m/f)
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mauvais
bad
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le pire
the worst
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bien
well
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mieux
better
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le mieux
best
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mal
badly
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plus mal
worse
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le plus mal
worst
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beaucoup
lots
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plus
more
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le plus
the most
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peu
few, little
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moins
less
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le moins
the least
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a cause de
because of
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a part
apart from
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ainsi
so, therefore
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alors
so, therefore, then
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aussi
also
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car
because
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cependent
however
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c'est-a-dire
that is to say
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comme
as, like
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d'un cote/ de l'autre cote
on the one hand/ on the other hand
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donc
so. therefore
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ensuite
next
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evidemment
obviously
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mais
nut
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meme si
even if
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ou
or
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par contre
on the other hand
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par exemple
for example
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pendent que
while
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pourtant
however
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puis
then
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puisque
seeing that, since
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quand
when
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sans doute
undoubtedly, without doubt
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si
if
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y compris
including
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a
to, at
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a cote de
next to
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a travers
across. through
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au bord de
at the side/edge of
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au bout de
at the end of
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au-dessous
beneath, below
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au-dessus de
above, over
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au fond de
at the back of, at the bottom of
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au lieu de
instead of
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au milieu de
in the middle of
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autour de
around
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contre
against
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de
of, form
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depuis
since, for
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derriere
behind
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devant
in front of
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en
in, within (time)
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en dehors de
outside (of)
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en face de
opposite
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entre
between
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jusqu'a
up to, until
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malgre
despite, in spite of
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parmi
amoungst
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pour
for, in order to
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pres de
near
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sans
without
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selon
according to
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sous
under
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sur
on
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vers
towards
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ne....jamais
never
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ne....pas
not
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ne....personne
nobody, no-one
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ne....plus
no more, no longer
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ne....que
only, nothing but
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ne....rien
nothing
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ni....ni
neither....nor
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pas encore
not yet
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une dizaine
about 10
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une douzaine
a dozen (12)
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un nombre de
a number of
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combien?
how much, how many?
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comment?
how?
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est-ce que?
expression put before a verb to make sentence
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ou?
where?
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pouquoi?
why?
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quand?
when?
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que?
what?
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quel/quelle?
which?
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qu'est-ce que?
what?
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qu'est-ce qui?
what?
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qu'est-ce que c'est?
what is it?
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qui?
who?
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quoi?
what?
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a quelle heure?
at what time?
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ca s'ecrit comment?
how is that written?
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c'est combien?
how much is it?
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c'est quelle date?
what is the date?
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c'est quel jour?
what day is it?
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de quelle couleur?
what colour?
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d'ou?
from where?
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pour combien de temps?
for how long?
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que veut dire...?
what does...mean?
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quelle heure est-il?
what time is it?
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a bientot
see you soon
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a demain
see you tomorrow?
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a tout a l'heure
see you soon/later
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amities
best wishes
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au secours
help
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bien sur
of course, certainly
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bienvenue
welcome
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bon anniversaire
happy birthday
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bon appetit
enjoy your meal
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bon voyage
have a good trip
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bonne annee
happy new year
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bonne chance
good luck
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bonne idee
good idea
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bonne nuit
good night
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bonnes vacances
have a good holiday
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bonsoir
good evening
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d'accord
ok
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de rein
don't mention it
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desole
sorry
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excusez-moi
excuse me
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felicitations
congratulations
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joyeux noel
merry christmas
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quel dommmage
what a pity
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sante
cheers (literally health)
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a mon avais
in my opinion
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affruex/affreuse
awful (m/f)
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agreable
pleasant
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amusant/amusante
funny (m/f)
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barbant/barbante
boring (m/f)
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bien entendu
of course
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bein sur
of course
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ca depend
that depends
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ca m'enerve
it gets on my nerves
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ca me fait rire
it makes me laugh
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ca me plait
i like it
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ca m'est egal
it's all the same to me
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ca ne me dit rein
it means nothing to me
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ca suffit `
thats enough
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casse-pieds
annoying (pain in the neck)
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certainement
certainly
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cher
dear, expensive
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chouette
great
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comme ci comme ca
so-so
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complique
complicated
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content
happy
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croire
to believe
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desagreable
unpleasant
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desirer
to want
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detester
to hate
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dire
to say
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drole
funny
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embetant
annoying
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en general
in general
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enchante
delighted
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ennyeux
boring
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esperer
to hope
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etonne
atonished, amazed
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facile
easy
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faible
weak
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formidable
great
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franchement
frankly
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generalement
generally
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genial
great
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grave
serious
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habile
clever
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interessant
interesting
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s'interesser a
to be interested in
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inutile
uselesss
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incroyable
incredible
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inquiet/inquiete
worried
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marrant
funny
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marre (en avoir)
(to be) fed up
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mauvais
bad
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merveilleux/merveilleuse
marvellous
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mignon/mignonne
cute
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moche
ugly
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(moi) non plus
nor me nrither, nor do I
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nouveau
new
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nul
rubbish
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parfait
perfect
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passionant
exciting
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la peine
the bother
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penser
to think
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peut-etre
perhaps
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pratique
practical
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preferer
to prefer
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promettre
to promise
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ridicule
ridiculous
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rigolo
funny
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sage
well behaved/wise
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sembler
to seem
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sensass
sensational
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supporter
to put up with
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utile
useful
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vouloir
to wish, want
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vraiment
really, truly
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le printemps
spring
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l'ete
summer
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l'automne
autumn
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l'hiver
winter
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a la fois
at the same time
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a l'avenir
in the future
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a l'heure
on time
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a temps partiel
part-time
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l'an (m)
the year
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l'annee (f)
the year
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apres
after
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apres-demain
the day after tomorrow
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apres-midi
afternoon
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aujourd'hui
today
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auparavant
formerly, in the past
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avant
before
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avant-hier
the day before yesterday
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bientot
soon
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d'abord
at first, firstly
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d'habitude
usually
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de bonne heure
early
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le debut
the start
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demain
tomorrow
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dernier/derniere
last
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de temps de temps
from time to time
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deja
already
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de nouveau
again
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en attendant
whilst waiting (for), meanwhile
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en avance
in advance
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en ce moment
at the moment
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en retard
late
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en train de (faire....)
(to be) doing
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em meme temps
at the same time
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encore une fois
once more, again
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enfin
at last, finally
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environ
about, approximately
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la fin
the end
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hier
yesterday
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il y a
ago
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le jour
the day
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la journee
the day
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le lendemain
the next day
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longtemps
for a long time
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maintenant
now
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le matin
the morning
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le mois
month
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normalement
normally
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la nuit
the night
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parfois
sometimes
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le passe
past
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pendant
during
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plus tard
later
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presque
almost, nearly
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quelquefois
sometimes
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rarement
rarely
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recemment
recently
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la semaine
the week
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suelement
only
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le siecle
the century
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le soir
the evening
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soudain
suddenly
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souvent
often
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suivant
following
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sur le point de (etre)
(to be) about to
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tard
late
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tot
early
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toujours
always, still
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tous les jours
every day
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tout a coup
suddenly, all of a sudden
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tout de suite
immediately
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vite
quickly
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a droite
on/to the right
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a gauche
on/to the left
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la banileue
the subarb
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le centre-ville
the town centre
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la campagne
the countryside
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chez
at the house of
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de chaque cote
from each side
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de l'autre cote
from the other side
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en bas
down(stairs)
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en haut
up(stairs)
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l'est (m)
east
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ici
here
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la
there
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la-bas
over there
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loin de
far from
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le nord
the north
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nulle part
nowhere
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l'ouest (m)
the west
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par
by
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partou
everywhere
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quelque part
somewhere
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situe/situee
situated
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le sud
the south
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tout droit
straight ahead
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tout pres
very near
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toutes directions
all directions
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la ville
the town
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chatain
light brown
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clair
light
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fonce
dark
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noisette
hazel
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roux
ginger
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assez
enough, quite
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bas
low
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la boite
the box, tin, can
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la bouteille
the bottle
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court
short
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le demi
the half
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encore de
more
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etroit
narrow
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gros
fat
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haut
high
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large
wide
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maigre
skinny, thin
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mince
slim, thin
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la moitie
the half
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le morceac
the piece
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moyen/moyenne
medium, average
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le nombre
the number
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le paquet
the packet
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pas mal de
lots of
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peser
to weigh
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plein de
full of, lots of
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la pointure
the size (for shoes)
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suffisamment
sufficiently
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la taille
the size (for clothes)
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la tranche
the slice
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trop
too (much)
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carre
square
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rond
round
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l'averse (f)
the shower
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briller
to shine
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le brouillard
the fog
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la brume
the mist
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la chaleur
the heat
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le ciel
the sky
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le climat
the climate
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couvert
overcast
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doux
mild
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l'eclair (m)
the lightning
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l'eclaircie (f)
the bright spell
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ensoleille
sunny
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faire beau
to be fine (weather)
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faire mauvais
to be bad (weather)
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geler
to freeze
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la glace
the ice
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humide
humid, wet
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la meteo
the weather forecast
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mouille
wet
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neiger
to snow
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le nuage
the cloud
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nuageux
cloudy
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l'ombre (m)
the shade, shadow
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l'orage (m)
the storm
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oraguex
stormy
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pleuvoir
to rain
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la pluie
the rain
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sec/seche
dry
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la tempete
the storm
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le temps
the weather
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le tonnerre
the thunder
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tremper
to soak
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le vent
the wind
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complet/complete
full
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l'entree (f)
the entry, entrance
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libre
free, vacant, unoccupied
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fermer
to close
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interdit
forbidden, not allowed
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occupe/occupee
taken, occupied, engaged
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ouvert
open
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ouvrir
to open
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la sortie
the exit
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avoir raison
to be right
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avoir tort
to be wrong
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corriger
to correct
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l'erreur (f)
the error, mistake
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la faute
the fault, mistake
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faux/fausse
false
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il (me) faut
you (I) must
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juste
correct/fair
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obligatoire
compulsory
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parfait
perfect
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sur
certain, sure
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se tromper
to make a mistake
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vrai
true
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l'argent (m)
the silver
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le beton
the concrete
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le bois
the wood
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le cuir
the leather
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le fer
the iron
444
la laine
the wool
445
l'or (m)
the gold
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la soie
the silk
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le verre
the glass
448
le CDI
the resource centre
449
les CES
the secondary school
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l'EPS
PE (physical education)
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l'HLM
the council/social housing accomodation
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le SAMU
the emergency medical services
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le SDF
the homeless person
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Le SNCF
the National Rail Service
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le TGV
the high-speed train
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la TVA
the VAT
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le VTT
the mountain bike
