Lesson Flashcards
(206 cards)
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un retour de flamme
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A Blowback
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Vomir
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To throw up
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Surmonter les problèmes
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To overcome the problems
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to behave without control in a wild or dangerous manner: There were 50 little kids running amok at the snack bar.
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To run a muck
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un pote / un camarade
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A fellow
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S’attarder sur quelque chose
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Lingering on something
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L’enlever
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To take it down
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Un locataire
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A tenant
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J’ai dormi trop tard
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I overslept
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To contact someone by making a phone call, short visit, etc., usually in order to make sure there are no problems or to tell them that there are no problems
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To check someone in
Ex : check in with My son checks in regularly with me when he’s travelling.
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Au compte goutte
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In dribs and drabs.
Ex : They received donations in dribs and drabs.
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Etre défoncé
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To be high
Ex. You were hight yesterday !
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On est maintenant dans la cours de grand
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We’re in the big time now
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J’ai en quelque sorte compris
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I kind of got that
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Remarquable
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Outstanding
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Reste assis
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Just sit thight
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Entraver/reduire votre capacité .
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To hamper your ability
Ex : You might think that the presence of your parents hampers your ability to look cool.
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Les résultats
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The upshot
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Une tapette à mouche
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A fly swater
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Fais une sieste
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Have a nap
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Il s’est fait arrêter
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He got busted
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Un psy
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A shrink
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It’s close to “get some food”. So it basically means acquire food, regardless of the method used.
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To grab some food
Ex: Do you wanna go grab some dinner
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se dandiner
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To waddle
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Merci de votre visite
Thank you for coming by
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Aller chercher quelqu’un, aller le récupérer..
To fetch someone back
Ex: I’m going to the football club to fetch my son back
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Aller déposer quelqu’un
To drop someone off
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Tu cherches à m’éviter?
Are you ducking me
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Une poufiasse
A skank
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De même
Likewise
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Le forage pétrolier
Oil drilling
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Can mean "(I will) see you (later)." in the context of saying goodbye.
Catch you later
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Quand tu en as l’occasion
When you get a chance
Ex: I didn't get a chance to speak to her
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Your parents
Your folks
Ex : I'm going home over Thanksgiving to see my folks.
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Il sera de retour à 9h00
He’ll be back by 9:00
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Se faire voler
To be robbed.
Ex: he tried, with three others, to rob a bank
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Rebondir
To bounce
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Intransitive chiefly US, informal + somewhat vulgar : to spend time idly or aimlessly : to waste time : fool around, mess around.
To dick around
Ex : You're not spending money to dick around for 12 weeks and put your nose to the desk for the last two …
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Je le jure
I swear
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C’est faisable
It’s doable
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Tu pourrais m’accompagner?
Could you give me a ride?
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To be very tense and anxious because of difficulties in their lives. [informal]
To be Stressed out
Ex: The poor fellow was really quite stressed out
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Faire un clin d’œil
To wink
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transmit information.
To pass along
Ex: Pass along the message
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to arrive or appear somewhere, usually unexpectedly or in a way that was not planned
Someone turns up
Ex. Do you think many people will turn up?
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Garde le silence, tais-toi
Keep it down
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Le grippe
The flu
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Va et vient
Back and forth
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To treat someone badly because you are upset or angry, even if they have done nothing wrong.
To take it out on someone
Ex: I know you've had a bad day, but you don't have to take it out on me!
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1.to become warm or hot. The morning started out cold but it heated up quickly.
2. : to become more active, intense, or angry.
To heat something up
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Se débarrasser
Get rid off
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S’effondrer
To collapse
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Tu ne peux pas m’esquiver pour toujours
You can’t duck me forever
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to cheat someone by charging too much money, or to steal something.
To rip someone off
Ex: We got ripped off buying our new car (arnaquer)
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donne moi un coup de main
Help me out
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Putain de méthamphétamine
Frigging meth
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Papier d’emballage cadeau
Wrapping paper
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to need to pay or repay money to a person, bank, business, etc. (Devoir de l’argent)
To owe money
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To ignore someone or not give your attention to something or to what is happening around you.
To tune somone/something out
Ex: Most of what he says is such garbage that I just tune him out.
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éclairer
Enlighten - Enlighten me please
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Une ordure, un enfoire
A scumbag
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Le vol
The theft
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Je suis en colère
I’m pissed off
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Ca fait longtemps qu’on ne s est pas vu !
Long time no see
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To assume a relaxed position or attitude. also : to spend time relaxing : take it easy
Kick back and chill
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En plein dans le Mille!
Right on
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Etre accroché à quelqu’un ou quelque chose… having great or excessive interest in or preoccupation with someone or something. usually used with on.
To be hung up on sombody
Ex: they broke up but he's still hung up on her.
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Means to go - it's a slang term. It doesn't have specific negative connotations. it means you're leaving.
I’ll bounce
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Q’est ce qu’il se passe
What’s the matter
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Mean that you feel slightly ill
To feel under the weather
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If you wind someone up, you deliberately say things which annoy them.
To wind sombody up
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If you mess up a place or a thing, you make it untidy or dirty.
To mess up a place
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is informal slang and means that someone really likes or enjoys something or understand. It expresses enthusiasm or approval.
I dig it
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To stop being ridiculouse and to get off of someone's case and leave them alone and go back to the hole they crawled out of
Climb out of my ass
Mom: "I don't like the lack of parental supervision.." … “ can you climb out of my ass??"
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Un lâche
A coward. You’re a coward.
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To develop or improve something with some effort
To work up something
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Tirer à pile ou face - to throw, to toss, to spin a piece of metal money (to make a choice or decision) idiom.
to flip a coin - Why don't we flip a coin?
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Full of problems, often because of a lack of organization or because of mistakes that somebody has made.
That’s messed-up (idiom) Ex: Drugs can really mess you up
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Pret a surgir
Ready To pounce (idiom)
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S’égarer, s’éloigner - to leave a place where one is supposed to stay.
To wander off
Ex. The child wandered off and got lost.
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To lose or cause to lose emotional control from extreme excitement, shock, fear, joy, despair, etc.
To freak out
Ex: Seeing the dead body completely freaked him out.
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The narrow space between a person's breasts that is seen when they wear a piece of clothing that does not cover the top of them
The cleavage
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Used to say that something one has just said about one person or thing relates even more strongly to another
That goes double for me
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Exclure quelqu’un d’une discussion, ne plus lui parler d’un sujet
To shut sombody up
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causer des problèmes à quelqu’un
To mess sombody up
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recaler quelqu’un (en cours)
To flunk sombody
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Dénoncer quelqu’un
To turn sombody in
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Pas la moindre idée
I don’t have a clue
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S’étendre / extended over a large area
To spread out
Ex: The city is spread out over a wide area.
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Qu’est ce qui te tracasse
What’s bothering you
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Je suis affamé
I’m starving
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Une intrusion
A trespassing
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To join in and help with an activity, by doing some of the work or by giving money, advice, etc.
To pitch in
Ex: Everyone pitched in with the work
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Remarquable
Upstanding
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Je ne veux pas vous marcher sur les pieds
Don’t want to step on your toes
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Cheveux châtains clairs
Lightish brown hair
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Un stratagème
A ploy
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Des personnes ont explosé près de lui
People were blowed up close to him
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Un tas de conneries
A load of horse shit
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Un objectif
A purpose
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L’épave
The wreck
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L’épave
The wreck
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Precision
Accuracy
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Vous avez un mandat?
Got a warrant?
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Il est indemne
He was unharmed
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Un avertissement
A heads up
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Ce n’est pas de chance …
That’s a bummer
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Tu n’en a rien à faire de moi
You don’t give a shit about me
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Les déclarations
The statements
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Tu es contrarié
You’re upset
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Orge
Barley
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Au diable !
Screw it !
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Un business florissant
A thriving business
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Être énervé
To get riled up
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Maçonnerie
Bricklaying
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Je suis parti de zéro
I started from scratch
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C’était la folie
It was insane
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C’était vraiment bien pensé!
It was really thoughtful
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Le rendement
the yield
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Ne parler pas tous en même temps
don't all speak at once
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Il l’a gagné en jouant
He earned it gambling
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La crasse
The gunk
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Il m’est passé sous le nez
It passed me right by
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Quand je pense aux chances
When I think of the odds
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Une berceuse pour enfant
A lullaby
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Le défaut
The flaw
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Un comptable
A bookkeeper
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Un ménage
A household
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Peut-être une autre fois
Maybe some other time
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Range-le
Put it away
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Laisse tomber !
Drop it!
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C’est débile
It’s moronic
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Le chien de garde
The grounddog
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Je me renseigne
I’m making inquiries
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Le marié
The groom
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Le marié
The groom
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Un soupçon sournois
A sneaking suspicion
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Un modèle spécifique
A specific pattern
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Quoi qu’il en soit
Whatever it is
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Un chemin idéal vers la compétence
An ideal path to proficiency
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Un chemin idéal vers la compétence
An ideal path to proficiency
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Cependant
Though
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Une nouvelle méthode révolutionnaire
A groundbreaking new method
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Le plus banal
The most mundane
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La voie d’accès
The pathway
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Vous avez la responsabilité d’essayer
You’re accountable for trying
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L’amour éternel
The everlasting love
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Un flux
A stream
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En cas d’urgence
If push came to shove
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Ma préoccupation
My concern
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Je veille sur vous
I’m looking out for you
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La rigueur
The fastidiousness
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Il doit y avoir d’autres moyens
There’s got to be some other way
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Je suis toute ouïe
I’m all ears
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Regarder / postposer
To hold off
Ex. : They're hoping to hold off surgery until he's stronger
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Nous avons du pain sur la planche
We have our work cut out for us
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Haut la main / Sans hésitation
Hands down
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Eclabousser
To splatter / To splash
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Un balayage
A sweep
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Je ferais mieux d’en finir
I’d better get this over with
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Un appartement en copropriété
A condo
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Innover
To break new ground
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Des réflexions/ des pensées
Thoughts
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En pleine forme !
Right as rain !
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Comme un poisson dans l’eau
Like a duck takes to water
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Un employé de magasin
A store klerk
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Depuis un moment
in quite a while
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Le déclencheur
The trigger
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Un gadget
A gimmick
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Une femme de ménage
A housemaid
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Faire pencher la balance
To tip the scales
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La gorge
The throat
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Nourrir le chien
To feet the dog
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Pendant un petit moment
For a little while
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En effet
As a matter of fact
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Lumineux
Bright
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Les rideaux
The curtains
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Prendre en charge
To take over
Ex: Let a profesional take over
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Une épreuve
A hardship
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Il sera ravi
He will be thrilled
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Un vol qualifié
A robbery
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Assister à quelque chose
To witness something
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Attirant
Appealing
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Faible
Weak
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Un soulagement
A relief
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Raccommoder / réparer
To mend
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Je le jure
I’m crossing my heart (and hope to die)
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Un calendrier
A schedule
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Faire fuir
To scar away
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Creuser
To dig
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Nourriture d esprit
Food for thougts
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Oui stp
Hit me !
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Je devrais y aller
I’d better get going
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C’est difficile à trouver
It’s hard to come by
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Progresser / se developper
Coming along
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Un château gonflable
A bouncy house
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À prendre ou à laisser
Give or take
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Un tas de conneries
A lot of crap
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Une serviette de table
A napkin
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Un hasard
A random
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Une impasse
A dead-end
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Un échantillon
A sample
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Il a mordu à l’hameçon
He bit the bullet
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Si tu l’inclines vers le haut
If you tilt it up
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Si tu l’incline vers le haut
If you tilt it up
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Deux en un
Two of a kind
