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gouvernante

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nanny

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blotti

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cuddle

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figuier

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fig tree

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saisir

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to take hold of, to grab

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cesser

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to stop

cessa - stopped

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s’apercevoir

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  • to realise;

s’aperçut de mon absence - realised my absence

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imbécile

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  • stupid
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sournois

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  • sly (clever and cunning, Playfully mischievous)

c’est un petit sournois : he’s a sly little devil*

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feindre

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  • to pretend (old language, modern: prétendre) e.g. Elle feignit de me chercher et m’appela
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inondé

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  • flooded
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couler

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  • to flow
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arroser

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  • to water, to spary
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mensonge

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  • lie
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moquer

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  • mock
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défendre

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= interdire - to restrict/ to ban, also means defend

Défendre quelqu‘un de faire quelque chose - restrict someone to do something. note: Défendre can mean ‘defend’ as well

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interdire

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to restric/ ban

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La rêverie

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  • day dream (le rêve - the dream)
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une nounou

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  • nanny

une governante - a nanny (usually french); au pair - a nanny from foreign country (usually to learn language)

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en horreur

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en horreur - to hate

e.g. j’ai les araignées en horreur - i hate the spiders;

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tâches mánagèrs

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chores (only refer to chores at home)

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Le quinquennat

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the 5 years service term (politics)

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soutien

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support

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de manière similaire à…

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in a similar way like….

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cohabitation

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joint government (politics) - 2 parties ruling the country

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virgule
, - commar, e.g. 17,90% - 17 virgule 90 pourcent | e.g. 17.90% 17 point 90 pourcent
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expulser
deport
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solidarité
a [de personnes]solidarity ■ solidarité de classe/professionnelle : class/professional solidarity ■ solidarité ministérielle : ministerial solidarity (whereby all ministers assume responsibility for a government's decisions) ■ cesser le travail par solidarité avec des grévistes : to come out ou stop work in sympathy with the strikers Voir : grève b [de mécanismes, systèmes]interdependence c (Droit)joint and several liability
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assistanat
support
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Le concubinage/ La cohabitation
living together (as a couple)
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Le PACS
Civil Union (lower version of marriage)
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L‘émancipation de la femme
liberation of the women
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• Un enfant adopté
an adopted child
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L‘engagement
a commitment, but not necessary engaged to get married. Les fiancailles is the word for engagement.
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Les fiancailles
engagement
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La parenté
the situation with any family members | degré de parenté : degree of relationship
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La famille monoparentale
single parent family
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La famille recomposée
blended family. different parents, different bros and sis.
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La famille nucléaire
immediate family. family members you live with, e.g. with grandparents etc.
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La famille élargie
a big family
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quasiment inexistant
practically does not exist
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foyer; femme au foyer
home/ family | femme au foyer - housewife
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ramener
to bring back ramène l‘argent à la maison
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Le gagne-pain
the bread winner/ job
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remis en question
- put into question le premier rôle de l‘homme est remis en question. the role of men is put into question.
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s‘émanciper
- to free themselves
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égalité
equality
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une paille
a straw
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les ailerons de requin
shark's fin requin - sharks
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le monde entier
the whole world
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les nantis
the rich (formal) people
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valoir
to be worth
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En outre
besides
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croissance
growth, development
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accroître
to increase, syn. of augmenter
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peser sur qqch
influencer
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freiner
to slow down
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amélioration
improvement
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niveau
level niveau de vie - level of life
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état
state
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plutôt
rather, instead
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choix
choice
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tant
so much, so il mange tant ! : he eats so much! ou such a lot! ■ il l'aime tant ! : he loves her so much!
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actuels
current tant actuels qu’à venir current as well as future tant … que = as well as
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douloureux
painful Des choix douloureux s’imposent the painful choice is required

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