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le jour de fermeture hebdomataire

heure d’ouverture/de fermeture

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weekly closing day

opening hours
closing hours

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aller
 à la boulangerie 
boucherie
coiffeur
épicerie
vendeur de légumes 
buraliste
marchand de journaux
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to go to 
the baker's
butcher's
hairdresser's
grocer's      (grocery)
green grocer's                     (SHOP)
tobacconist's
news agent's
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(allez au ) pressing

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dry cleaners

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poissonnerie

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fishmonger’s shop

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papeterie

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stationer’s

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esthéticienne

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beauty parlour/beautician

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un moment critique

au moment critique …

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a crunch

when it comes to the crunch …

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Pourquoi s’était il ?

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Why had he ….. ?

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une serviette de table

une nape

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a napkin

a tablecloth

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CROQUER
macher

pain beurré

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to crunch
to munch

bread and butter

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faire monter qq

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to pull up/pick up
to pull out
to pull over

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il m’a dit qu’il s’appelait benoit

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he told me his name was benoit

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un banc

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a bench

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hausser les épaules

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to shrug XXX shoulders

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un tabouret

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a stool

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une chaise longue

pliante

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a deck chair

a folding chair

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un peu plus tard

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a bit latter, shortly afterwards

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une fourgonnette

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a van

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une petite ville

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a small town

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une voie rapide

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a fast lane

an expressway

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une route à péage

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a toll road

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le code de la route

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the highway code

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une baguette

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a wand ! (harry potter)

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serpenté, enroulé

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wind

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remonter une montre
to give one's watch a wind
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une tombe un phare une serre/véranda
a grave a lighthouse a greenhouse
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une griffe
a claw
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le brouillard
the smog/ fog
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aube crépuscule
sunrise, dawn sunset, twilight, dusk
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mousse/écume
foamy
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l'air marin
sea spray /sea aor
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une bande, un bout to sink
a strip enfoncer
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changement profond
sea change
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to strew
éparpiller
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No littering
ne pas jeter
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être déchu de qq chose
to be stripped of one's nationality
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son crâne est dégarni
his hair is receding
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enterrer
to bury
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un lièvre
a hare
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fendre
to cleave cleft cleft
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semer
to sow- sowed- sown
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along
le long .......
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to wade
barboter
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to embrasse
adopter, chérir ..
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rendre hommage
to give sbdy his/her due, ...
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to his credit
à son corps défendant
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on the credit side différent de | on the debit side
aspects positifs | aspects négatifs
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the epitome of
la quintessence de, l’incarnation de , le parfait exemple de
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symboliser, concrétiser
to epitomize
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un ardent défenseur un avocat défoué
a staunch advocate of gun control
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léguer qq chose
to bequeathe
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un président charismatique
a charismatic president
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être comme un diplomate, un homme d'Etat
to be statesmanlike
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faire bouger les choses
to shake things up
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to be bursting at the seams
sur le point d'exploser ( seam => coutures)
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une poudrière, situation explosive
a tinderbox
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stagner
to level off, to stand still
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the plight
la détresse, la situation critique, la souffrance
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atténuer, alléger
to alleviate
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il n'est guère étonnant
it is little wonder
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tourné vers l'avenir
forward looking
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to be hailed
être acclamé
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payer les frais de qq chose
to bear the brunt
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des retombées économiques
trickle-down effect
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e
to have a good/poor record on human rights/foreign affairs
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une tombe
a grave
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là est le problème
there is the rub
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Devant dans les sondages
ahead in polls
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incapable de changer
unable to change
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réussir qq choce
to achieve
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réussir à faire qq chose
to suceed in doing ...
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quant à
as for
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l'américain moyen
The man in the street
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dans la tendance
mainstream
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un mandat
a term, a mandate
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il l'avait promis
he promised to do so
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le système de tanté, l'healthcare
the healthcare SYSTEM
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évaluation
assesment
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faire un bilan
to assess, to take stock
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On peut se demander
we can wonder + ¨PAS D'INVERSION
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Le brexit
ø BREXIT Pas de the
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economics economy economic economical
sciences économiques économie économique économique (peu cher)
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une forte participation
a high voter turnout
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langue de bois
To use doublespeak
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dans la tendance
mainstream

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