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à peine que

no sooner than

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dès le début

from the begining

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au moment où

bu the time that

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d’ici

by

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dès que

as soon as

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à ce moment-là

at that moment

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alors que

As …

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Tant que …

as long as. …

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il n’a pas fallu longtemps avant que

it wasn’t long before

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jusqu’à ce que + subjunctive

until

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deux ou trois fois

a couple of times

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à temps

in time / on time

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de leur vie

in their life / all their life / during their whole life

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au cours des jours suivants

over the following / next few days

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en ce moment

at the moment

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lors de

during (for a single moment of time) e.g during the concert, I met

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Pendant

during (as in totality) e.g during the week, I work

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Pendant très longtemps + future tense

for much longer (in the future)

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tous ce temps

all along

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it was only

ce n’est que

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être doué à

to be good at

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faire sembler

to pretend

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EN ville

in / into town

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plus maintenant

not anymore

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à moins que + subjunctive (ne explitif)

unless

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je te le ferai savoir

I will let you know

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faillir

to almost do something

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parler à

to speak to

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parler avec

to speak with

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parler DE

to speak about

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penser à

to think about (as in about a person/ have on my mind)

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penser de

to think about (as in opinion)

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par habitude

out of habit

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aussi bien

just as well

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autant de … que

as much … as

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Autant + infinitive + que

might as well

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tellement

so much / so many

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autant que

as much as

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pour autant

nevertheless

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à tel point que

to such an extent that

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tant qu’à faire

while we are at it

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L’aube

Dawn

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La Libye

Libya

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un caprice / sur un coup de tête

a whim / on a whim

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Feu + noun

late

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typiquement

quintessentially

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lancer

to launch

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révéler son homosexualité

to come out as gay

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brasser

brew (beer)

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infuser

brew (tea)

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se profiler

brew (storm)

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La levure

yeast

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un couvercle

lid

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un pot

a jar

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mielleux

smarmy

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la bouche-à-bouche

the kiss of life

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secourir / sauver

to rescue

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fusionner avec

to merge (companies)

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se fondre avec

to merge (lives)

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se rejoindre à

to merge (for roads/rivers)

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fusionner en

to merge into

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une reprise

a take-over

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résider

to reside

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pour rendre hommage à

to pay tribute to

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en hommage à

as a tribute to

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défunt

late (as in dead)

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ils vécurent heureux pour toujours

they lived happily ever after

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pour toujours / à jamais

ever after

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éternellement

ever after

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tenir à qqch

to care for something

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importer à

to care (as in have a preference)

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autant à

as much about

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verb + autant que

just as many (for verbs)

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nom + autant de

just as many ( for nouns)