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French vocab
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Undergraduate 3
07/19/2015
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to be with sb/at their side
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être à ses côtés
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breath taking
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à couper le souffle
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stunned/taken aback
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abasourdi
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try your luck
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tenter sa chance
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infantry soldier in WWI
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le poilu
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be bone idle, lazy
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avoir un poil dans la main
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a page is turning, a chapter is closing
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un page se tourne
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see the light of day
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voir le jour
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turning point/critical time in history
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le tournant de l'Histoire
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small glitch/hiccup
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petit hic
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the war to end wars
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la der des der (la dernière des derniers)
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powerful
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d'une grande force
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wide open
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grand ouvert
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to be in the moment/to be cool
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être dans le coup
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leading group
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peloton de tête
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make sense/hold water
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tenir la route
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have style, look elegant
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avoir de l'allure
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to die
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passer l'arme a gauche/partir les pieds devant/faire sa valise
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lucky number
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chiffre porte-bonheur
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go down in history
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faire date (dans l'histoire de)
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be a hit
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faire un tabac
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spread like wildfire
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se répandre comme une traînée de poudre
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outcry
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une levée de boucliers
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to limp
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marcher en boitant
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to tiptoe
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marcher sur la pointe des pieds
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to stagger
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marcher en titubant
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to naively except a story
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marcher dans une histoire
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to get what you want from someone
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faire marcher qn
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to walk/go backwards
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marcher à reculons
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circulation/flow (of goods)/traffic
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la circulation
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to run fast
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courir à toutes jambes/tête baissée
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in your dreams
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tu peut toujours courir
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the rumour is going round
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le bruit court que
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at full tilt
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courir à fond de train
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skirt chaser/Casanova/player
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un coureur de jupons
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to get on sb's nerves
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courir sur le haricot
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sth isn't usual/normal
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ca ne court pas les rues
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circulation/general movement of vehicles (trains, cars, planes etc)/trafficking
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trafic
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chiffre
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number - specific digit, total sum, taux, valeur, pourcentage
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write in code
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écrire en chiffres
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nombre
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quantity (peu, plusieurs, beaucoup) (+adjective)
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Verkehrsstockung
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embouteillage
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Stau
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bouchon
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la ressource
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a way of getting self out difficult situation/confidante/advisor
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without possibility of getting out of situation
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se tirer d'affaires
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financial means
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les ressources
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natural resources
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les ressources énergétiques/naturelles
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Lohn
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salaire d'un ouvrier
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Gehalt
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salaire d'un employé
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Bezug
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perception/indemnités/honoraire
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Verdienst
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le revenu
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Entgeld (fee, remuneration)
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rétribution
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Bezahlung/Entlohnung
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la rémunération
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anuity/private means
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la rente
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bed and board
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pension
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momentarily/for the moment
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momentanément
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give ones condolences
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présenter ses condoléances
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childhood/infant (adj
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infantile
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appropriate/suitable for children
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enfantin
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childish/puerile
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puéril
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familiar, informal
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familier
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family (adj)
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familial
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take one's own life
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se donner la mort
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die accidentally
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trouver la mort
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doubt sth (ie not believe sth is true)
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douter
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hesitate
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douter de
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doubt sb, not trust them
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douter de qn
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I had no idea
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je ne m'en serais jamais douté
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put in doubt
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mettre en doute
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to imagine, suppose
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se douter
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to dread sth
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redouter
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scary, frightening
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redoutable
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doubtful, uncertain, unlikely
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douteux
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pénible
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difficult, hard work/sth hard to bear, causes pain/difficult to put with (person)
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les affaires
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business, affairs, that which concerns sb/concerns/things, belongings
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matter of sth
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affaire de
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une affaire
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a scandal/a fuss, big issue/business, firm
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a stroke of luck, a bargain
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quelle bonne affaire
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be in contact with, deal with
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avoir affaire à
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to be in a meeting
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être en réunion
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singular/unique opportunity
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occasion unique
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only child
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enfant unique
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one of a kind
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une pièce unique
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discretion, power to decide
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la discrétion
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reserved, shy/discreet, capable of keeping a secret
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discret
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fit of rage
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un accès de colère
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blow one's top
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sortir de ses gonds
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to explode with rage
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laisser exploser sa colère
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cold anger
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colère blanche, froide
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lose your temper
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avoir la moutarde qui monte au nez
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feel one's temper rising
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sentir la colère monter
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take out anger on
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passer sa colère sur
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repress/hold in anger
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rentrer, retenir sa colère
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to be angry w/sb
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être en colère contre qn
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to get/make sb else angry
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se /mettre (qn) en colère
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la rigueur
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harshness, severity, toughness/strictness/precision, exactitude/austerity
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in case of emergency
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à la rigueur
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obligatory, required
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de rigueur
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confus
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embarrassed, ashamed/confused, muddled, disorderly/indistinct, lacking clarity
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confus
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embarrassed, ashamed/confused, muddled, disorderly/indistinct, lacking clarity
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