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| It's when you just swallowed a toothpick |
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| C'est quand tu viens juste d'avaler un cure-dents |
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| When you realize that your father is Swiss-German |
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| Quand tu te rends compte que ton père est suisse-allemand |
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| When a friend calls you to help him with his move |
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| Quand un copain t'appelle pour son déménagement |
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| It's going through the Fourvière tunnel on August fifteenth [a busy holiday weekend] |
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| C'est franchir le tunnel de Fourvière le quinze août |
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| When you have to go live in Nogent-le-Rotrou |
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| Quand tu dois aller vivre à Nogent-le-Rotrou |
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| When your hairdresser tells you that you have red highlights |
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| Quand ton coiffeur t'apprend que t'as des reflets roux |
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| It's a little distress in the hollowness of our voices |
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| C'est un peu de détresse dans le creux de nos voix |
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| It's life telling you that it's not going well at all |
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| C'est la vie qui te dit que ça ne va pas du tout |
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| It's when you're chosen to be the goalie in handball |
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| C'est quand t'es choisi pour être gardien au hand-ball |
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| When you're in the Princess of Wales's Mercedes |
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| Quand t'es dans la Mercos de la Princesse de Galles |
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| When it's your daughter who's on Canal [TV channel with adult programming] Saturday night |
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| Quand samedi soir c'est ta fille qui joue sur Canal |
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| It's when you step barefoot on a tiny Lego |
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| C'est quand tu marches pieds nus sur un tout petit Lego |
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| It's when while you're on a trip to India, you drink the water |
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| C'est quand lors d'un voyage en Inde tu bois de l'eau |
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| When your neighbor announces he's taking up the sax |
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| Quand ton voisin t'annonce qu'il se met au saxo |
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| And it hurts, hurts, hurts |
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| Et ça fait mal, ma-mal, ma-mal |
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| It's when your Siamese twin lets you know he has AIDS |
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| C'est quand ton frère siamois t'apprend qu'il a le SIDA |
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| When your wife does a little partner swapping without you |
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| Quand ta femme fait de l'échangisme un peu sans toi |
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| When young people call you "sir" for the first time |
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| Quand des jeunes t'appellent "monsieur" pour la première fois |
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| It's becoming a stylist, but for Eddie Mitchell [French singer with a distinctive hairstyle] |
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| C'est devenir styliste mais pour Eddie Mitchell |
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| It's conjugating "to boil" in the subjunctive plural |
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| C'est conjuguer "bouillir" au subjonctif pluriel |
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| It's going shopping the Saturday before Christmas |
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| C'est faire les courses le samedi d'avant Noël |
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| Saditude gives you the sad attitude |
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| La tristitude te donne la triste attitude |
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| It's a bit of sadness and solitude |
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| C'est un peu de tristesse et de solitude |
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| It's like sadness plus... nothing |
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| C'est comme de la tristitude plus... rien |
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| En tout cas c'est... la tri'... la tri'... la tri'... tristitude |
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| T'es dans la triste attitude |
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