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Avec un peu de chance, il n’y aura pas beaucoup de circulation

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Hopefully, there will not be much traffic

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As-tu acheté deux douzaines d’œufs?

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Have you bought two dozen eggs?

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Il y assez d’espace pour cinq personnes dans ma voiture

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There is enough room for

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Des dizaines de personnes ont assisté au concert

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Dozens of people attended the concert

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En moins de deux

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In no time at all / in next to no time

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miteux

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seedy

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Ils ont quelques 2 000 veaux

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They have about 2,000 calves (virgule!)

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C’est une sacrée fille

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She’s some girl

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De tels livres devraient être interdits

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Such books should be banned

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Je ne bois pas n’importe quel vin

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I don’t drink just any wine

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Tu parles d’un cuisinier

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He is some cook

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les trent dernières pages

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the last thirty pages

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Il a passé les vingt premières années de sa vie en Espagne

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He spent the first twenty years of jis life in Spain

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Quatre cinquièmes des ouvriers sont en grève

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Four fifths of the workers are on strike

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Nos fils sont tous les deux malades

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Both our sons are ill

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Arabie Saoudite

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Saudi Arabia

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Elle étudie la peinture de l’Italie du XVII ème siècle

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She studies 17th-century Italian painting

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se brosser les cheveux

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to brush one’s hair

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Elle nous tournait le dos mais

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She had her back turned to us

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L’ami de mon frère

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My father’s friend

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se faire de plus en plus vieux

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to get older and older

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Les parents de Jacques et Martine / Les parents de Jacques et ceux de Martine

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Jacques and Martine’s parents / Jacques’ and Martine’s partents

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Je préfère ta maison à celle de Lise

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I prefer your house to Lise’s

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A qui appartient cette voiture? Cette voiture est celle de John

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Whose car is it? This car is John’s

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C'est à seulement 5 minutes d'ici
It's only five minutes' drive from here (génitif de mesure) / It's only a five minute drive from here
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Veuillez attacher vos ceintures
Please fasten your seatbelts
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un chapeau de feutre
a felt hat
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Je l'ai rencontré pour la première fois chez les Durand
I first met her at the Durands's
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Je n'ai pas encore lu le journal d'hier
I haven't read yesterday's newspaper
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As-tu entendu parler des problèmes économiques de la Grèce?
Have you heard about Greece's economic problem?
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Mon oncle a acheté 5 euros de bonbons
My uncle bought 5 euros' Worth of sweets
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sans cesse
keep +ing!!
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le mobile
the motive
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C'est un amie
He's a friend of mine
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le chien le plus connu du monde
the world's most famous dog
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sa sœur ma fait entrer
her sister showed me in
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l'inné et l'acquis
nature and nurture
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je vois que tu frémis d'impatience
I see you shiver with aniticipation
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prendre son courage à 2 mains
to pluck up courage
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French Antilles
French West Indies
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d'après certaines sources, on rapporte que
reportedly
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un principe
a tenet
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un garçon manqué
a tomboy
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un voyeur
a peeping Tom
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un article élogieux qui ferment les yeux sur certains points
a puffy piece
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pipeau, poudre aux yeux
puffery
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une fraterie
a sibling
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Ma sœur est plus grande que moi mais je suis plus jolie qu'elle
My sister is taller than I am but I am prettier than she is
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IL est diplômé de la meilleure école d'ingénieurs en France
He is a graduate of the best French engineering school
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l'ainé des 3 enfants est la plus belle / de 4 enfants
the elder is the more beautiful / the eldest is the most beautiful
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timide
shy
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Elle rougit quand on lui parle
She reddens when she is spoken to
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Elle conduit mieux que lui
She drives bette than he does
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comparaison entre 2 objets personne
superlatif devient un comparatif (cheapest => cheaper one)
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ma moitié
my better half
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âme sœur
soul mate
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c'est l'élève le plus perturbateur de la classe
he is the most disruptive pupil in class
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la prison la mieux gardée
the most secured jail
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c'est le petit garçon le plus adorable que je connaisse
He is the cuttest boy I ever saw
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Michael Jackson était le chanteur le plus connu au monde
Michael Jackson was the most famous singer in the world
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Je ne peux pas aller plus loin
I can't go any farther
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Je dois me reposer car je ne suis pas aussi sportive que vous
I must have a rest because I am not as sporty as you are
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Elle aime ce chanteur plus que je ne l'aime
She loves the singer more than I do
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il a des meilleurs notes que les miennes
he gets better grades than I do
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de plus amples informations
further details
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service client
a Customer dept
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un coq
a cockerel
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le professeur le plus exigeant
the most demanding teatcher
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le garçon le plus espiègle
the most mischievous boy
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Chili est sans doute le pays le plus étroit du monde
Chile must be the narrowest country in the world
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un cil
a lash
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paraître plus long
to look longer
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le thé est plus sain que
Tea is healthier than
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courir
to go jogging
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se faire arrêter
to get caught
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Il l'a épousé pour le meilleur et le pire
He married her for better or worse
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être d'un calme olympien
to be as cool as a cucumber
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Plus on est de fous, plus on rit
The more, the merrier
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j'ai deux robes, je pense que celle-ci est plus élégante
I think this one is the smarter
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Il ne fume pas moins de 20 cigarettes
He smokes no fewer than 20 cigarettes
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d'autant plus ému que
all the more nervous as
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il est de plus en plus
it's getting more and more diff
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le plus durement touché
the hardest hit
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Au sommet de l'immeuble de Paul habitait une femme, de quatre ans son aînée
On the top floor of Paul's building there lived a woman, who was four years older than he was
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l'air vicié
the stale air
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être dans le café, en face
in the café across the street
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éblouir
to dazzle
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le léger bruit
the gentle noise
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une victoire facile, haut la main
a walkover
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étouffer un son
to muffle / deaden a noise
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aller faire
to go and do
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Est-ce qu'elle aurait encore la force d'aller le rejoindre?
Would she have still the strength to go and join him?

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