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Chapter 2
Le Quotidien
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Language - French
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10/23/2005
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une auditrice/un auditeur
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listener, fem/masc
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un présentateur/une présentatrice
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spokesperson (radio, tv)
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un téléspectateur/une téléspectatrice
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viewer masc/fem, of TV
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un/une journaliste
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journalist, duh!
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un sondage
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opinion/survey
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'a l'égard de
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with regards to
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événement
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event (m?)
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l'info ou l'information
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the news
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un hebdomadaire
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weekly published magazine
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la une
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1st page of a newspaper
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mensuel
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magazine published monthly (change to mensuelle)
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les faits divers (m)
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less important news
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s'agir
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to produce an effect, de produire un effet
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se tenir informé(e)
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to keep oneself informed
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etre au courant
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etre informé(e), up to date

ex: tu étais courant que... <-- did you know that..
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tenir
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to hold

je tiens
tu tiens
il tient
nous tenons
vous tenez
ils tiennent
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en bas vs. en haut
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at the bottom vs. at the top
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un restaurant d'entreprise
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company restaurant
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des tickets-restaurant
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des ticket que l'entreprise a donné a les employés
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elle a eu une idée génie (géniale)
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she received a genius idea!
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il est crevé (e) avec elle
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exhausted
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un chinois (sheen-wah)
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chinese restaurant
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un hypermarché
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HUGE gimungous market
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couver quelque chose
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to come down with something (illness)
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ne pas etre dans son assiete (f)
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I'm feeling out of place, I don't feel well
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achever quelqu'un
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finish someone off, to wipe someone out (exhaust)
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retrouver
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to find again
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se remettre en route
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I'm getting better, back on track
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avouer
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confess, admit
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'a tout casser
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at the most, maximum
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en fin de compte
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finally, at the end, after all
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la progéniture
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the children, a collection of offspring, formally referred to
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une bourse
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money given by the state to fund les études d'un étudiant
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la fac(ulté)
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l'université
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un bouquin
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un livre
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au bercail
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'a la maison, at home
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s'en sortir
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to leave a bad situation
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se moquer de
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to have little importance to something
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se serrer la ceinture
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to refuse oneself of certain choices: se refuser certaines choses
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coincé(e)
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stuck in a tight spot
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un animateur/une animatrice
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camp counselor
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une colonie de vacances
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summer camp
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faire ses adieux
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to make final goodbyes
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bien s'entendre
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to get along with well
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prendre un verre
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boire
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se rappeler
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se souvenir de (to remember of)
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avoir l'habitude de
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etre accoutumé(e) 'a; be accustomed to
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s'approcher de
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to approach oneself of..
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s'ennuyer de quelqu'un
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to miss someone
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s'apercevoir
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to remark, to notice
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un marin
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a sailor
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au fond de
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at the back of
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la bonne s'essuie la main
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the maid wipes her hand
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un tablier
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an apron
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elle tend la main au jeune homme
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she holds out her hand to the young man
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