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le savoir-vivre

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good manners

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se souvenir

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to remember

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boute-en-train

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fun person

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un dessin animé (nm)

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cartoon

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tordre

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to twist, to wring, to deform

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d’autant plus que

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all the more since

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plus près (adj)

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closer

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la stupeur (nf)

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surprise, astonishment

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AINSI QUE

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JUST AS

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considérer

Qu’ils nous considèrent…

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to consider

“That they consider us…”

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la grenouille (nf)

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frog (gren-wheel-ir)

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personnage (nm)

C’est un personnage!

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figure, individual, character

He’s quite a character!

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grossier, -ère

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rude, unrefined, rough

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avoir du mal à faire

“On a du mal à le croire”

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TO HAVE TROUBLE doing

We have trouble believing it

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tout de même

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all the same

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se comporter

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to behave

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hélas

Hélas, il ne restait plus de billets

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unfortunately, regrettably (pron the “s”)

Unfortunately, there were no tickets left

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se rendre
se rendre à l’évidence
se rendre à la police

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to surrender
to bow to the evidence
to surrender to the police

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on ne peut plus + adj
on ne peut plus éloquente
on ne peut plus clair
on ne peut plus familière

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as …. as can be
as eloquent as can be
as clear as can be, crystal clear
as familiar as can be

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se vanter

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to boast

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il paraît que…

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I hear that

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paraître

il me paraît que…

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to seem, to appear

it seems to me that…

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pour ne pas dire les pires

pour ne pas dire pires

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if not the worst…

to say the least…

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pire (adj)

le pire de

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worse

the worst of…

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pas de quoi!
don't mention it
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pas de quoi se vanter | pas de quoi pavoiser
nothing to brag about | nothing to be proud of
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se retourner
to turn around
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la tombe
grave, tomb
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se donner du mal
to go to a lot of trouble
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``` tant de (exp) "Elle qui s'est donné tant de mal pour" ```
so much... | She who went through so much trouble to..."
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inculquer à
to inculcate (to instill)
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un semblant de
a semblance of (the appearance of - esp. if different)
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la courtoisie (nf)
courtesy
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au fait,
by the way...
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crétin, -e
cretin (a stupid person)
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fourbe (adj)
deceitful
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lambin, -e (adj)
slow
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voleur, voleuse
thief
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Ne dit-on pas que... ... ?
Don't they say that ... ? | When used in the middle of sentence "yet they say that..."
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rassurer
to reassure
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et j'en passe (exp)
and more, and that's not all
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avoir la peau dure
to be thick-skinned
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****D'ailleurs, ****
Besides,
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C'est quand même mieux
This is better, it's better
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être de taille
to measure up, to be considerable
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deviner | deviner que
to guess | I have an inkling that....
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baragouiner
to jabber (Bar-ah-gween-ay)
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insupportable
unbearable
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uns
some
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moindre
lesser, lower
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la lacune | une lacune linguistic
gap | a language gap
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méfiance
mistrust, distrust
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sinon
except, other than
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Dans le fond (exp)
All things considered
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digne (adj) | digne de
dignified, worthy (pron=deen) | worthy of
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``` le comble (nm) C'est vraiment le comble! ```
the height, the limit | That's the limit! That beats everything!
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un pourboire (nm)
tip (poor-a-bwah)
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maigre
thin, skinny, lean
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chipoter
1) to nibble (when eating) | 2) to haggle
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une broutille
trifle, trinket
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arnaquer | se faire arnaquer
to rip off | to get ripped off
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hors de
outside
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autrefois
in the past, formerly
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avant
before
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il y a longtemps
A long time ago
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jadis | "le temps jadis"
in times past, formerly | the olden days
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Ça veut dire quoi? (exp)
What does that mean?
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pareil, pareille | "en pareil cas"
1) similar (par-ehay) 2) such "in such a case"
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Les Vosges
A mountain system in eastern France, Alsace. Pron=Voege
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un joyau
gems, jewel (Pron = J'why-aux)
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un bijou
jewel
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comporter
to consist of, to be made up of
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équestre
equestrian (of or relating to horse riding)
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cavalier, -ière | je vais le faire cavalier seul
rider, knight | I'm going to go it alone
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le corps de logis (nm)
main building
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la cour (nf)
yard, courtyard
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le bâtiment (nm)
building
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au fond de
at the bottom, back of
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une orangerie
orangery
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abriter | Une aile du bâtiment abritait les chevaux.
to house, to shelter | "A wing of the building housed the horses"
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immeuble (nm)
building
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ventru, -e
potbellied
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rond, -e
round
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le carrosse (nm)
horse-drawn coach
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une enceinte
a wall | an enclosure
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un puits (nm)
well (as in a water well) pron = silent on 't'
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à l'angle de la rue
at the corner (of the street)
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le trottoir (nm)
pavement
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le long de (exp)
along
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abîmer
to ruin, to damage

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