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l’engagement (m)

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commitment

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graver

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engrave

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résumer

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to summarize, wrap up

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impregner

s’impregner

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to impregnate

to immerse oneself

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acquérir

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to acquire

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une gamme

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a scale  (music)
a range
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un baladeur

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portable player (eg. Walkman)

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un baladeur

une baladeuse

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walker, one who strides

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apprécier

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to appreciate, value

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s’entraider (reflexive reciprocal verb)

Elles se sont entraidées faire le menage.

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to help each other

They helped each other do the housework. Note that s’entraider takes a direct object (se) so there is agreement with the past participle.

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se donner rendez-vous (reflexive reciprocal verb)

Elles se sont donné rendez-vous pour midi.

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to make an appointment to see each other

They made an appointment to see each other at noon.

Note that donner takes an indirect object (donner à qqn). se is therefore an indirect object and there is no agreement with the past participle.

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le représentant

la représentante

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representive

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déceler

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to detect

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une astuce

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a shrewdness

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un emploi du temps

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a schedule, timetable

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une perte

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a waste, loss

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l’aspect (m)

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look, appearance

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développer

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to grow, expand

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se détendre

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to relax

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un trajet

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journey

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une distraction

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a passtime, a recreation

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assimiler

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assimilate, absorb

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déstresser

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de-stress

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quel que soit

quelle que soit

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whatever be

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me paraître
seems to me
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entendre Qu'est-ce que j'entends par "histoire"?
to hear to understand to mean What do I mean by "histoire"?
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la vie de tous les jours
everyday life
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l'avant-dernier (adj) | l'avant-dernière
penultimate
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la banqueroute
bankruptcy
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un partenaire | une partenaire
partner, associate
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l'écoulement (m)
flow
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stocker
to stock up, store
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gigantesque (adj)
gigantic, immense
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un tirage au sort
a lottery, a draw
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le parrainage
sponsorship
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parrainer
to sponsor, support
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incarner
to personify
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incarné par (adj)
personified by
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fragiliser
to weaken
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fragilisé (adj)
weakened
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synthétiser
to synthesize
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répandre se répandre
to spread, scatter to be spread out, scattered throughout
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délicat (adj)
delicate | tricky
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tester
to test, to try
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rien de mieux que...
nothing better than...
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un processus le processus de décision
a process the decision-making process
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un délai un délai de grâce le délai de livraison
a period of time grace period delivery time
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un colis un colis alimentaire un colis piégé
a package, parcel a food parcel a parcel bomb
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une société
a society a company a framework
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un pensionnat
boarding school
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confier à
to entrust to
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l'errance
wandering
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errer
to wander
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gênant (adj)
troublesome
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un concours
a contest
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durement (adj)
harshly
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confondre
to confound to astound to confuse
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au sein de
within
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un feeling
a feeling
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certes
indeed, surely
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en sorte que...
so that... | in such a way that...
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faire en sorte que
to have someone do something | to see to it that...
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tomber à l'eau (idiom)
"down the drain"
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tergiverser
to dither | to equivocate
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aiguiller
to steer to keep on the right track to switch (the tracks of a railroad)
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le biais par le biais de qqch/qqn
means by means of something/someone
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enclencher
to engage | to launch
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chuter
to tumble
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un préfet
a magistrate | an administrator
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embellir
to beautify
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assainir
to sanitize | to clean up
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périlleux (adj) | périlleuse
perilous | dangerous
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supprimer
to eliminate
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destituer
to dismiss, depose
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un bilan
a balance sheet | an appraisal
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un nouveau-né | une nouveau-née
a newborn
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à la radio À la radio on a dit qu'il ferait beau aujourd'hui.
on the radio On the radio it said the weather would be fine today.
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coup d'essai
dummy bullet false start?
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au fur et à mesure j'apprends au fur et à mesure
as things go along I learn as I go along
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l'entraide (f)
mutual assistance
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décupler Ça va décupler votre apprentisage et vous rendre plus heureux.
multiply tenfold That will multiply tenfold your learning and made you happier.
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grandement
greatly, sorely
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interpeller
to call out | to question
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en ligne
on line
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une soumission S'il la ville accepte ma soumission, je serai heureux.
a bid If the city accepts my bid, I will be happy.
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le Danemark
Denmark
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une dévise étrangère
a foreign currency
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un conseiller financier
a financial advisor
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graver Je grave des CD
engrave I'm burning some CDs.
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un placement
a placement employment an investment
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une faillite il y avait une faillite frauduleuse.
bankrupcy failure There was a fraudulent bankrupcy.
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frauduleux (adj) | frauduleuse
fraudulent
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un fraudeur | une fraudeuse
a swindler | a cheater
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tiré par les cheveux (idiom) Son histoire est tirée par les cheveux.
hard to believe His story is hard to believe.
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indépendamment de On peut utiliser le mot deuxième ou le mot second comme on veut, indépendamment du cas ou du sujet.
independently of We can use the word "deuxième" or the word "second" as we wish, independently of the situation or the subject.
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évoluer
to evolve, progress
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la gousse la gousse d'une plante comme un haricot
pod the pod of a plante such as a bean

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