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on the other hand
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..., (mais) le revers de la médaille est que...
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on the other side of the coin
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It makes (me) angry...
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Ça fait ràler de...
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When something makes you very angry (informal conversation)
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A false smile
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Un rire jaune
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This adjective is related to the color of treachery in French.
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to be left to wait around
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faire le poireau
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"do the leeks" - informal
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to be really confused
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Ne pas savoir ou donner de la tête
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express confusion or stress (something to do with not knowing about the head)
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Picture that literally describes entangled hair
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les cheveux en bataille
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dishevelled hair (hair in a battle)
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regular routine
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le train-train
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trains are always ons schedule...
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I just cannot stand it
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C'est ma bête noire.
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emphatically make a point against someone/something
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to have stage fright
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avoir le trac
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to be afriad in front of the audience
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a lot of
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[an object] à gogo
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from old French "gogue" meaning "réjouissance"
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a hobby
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un violon d'Ingres
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Ingres, a famous painter, played his violin during his spare time.
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to make no sense
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n'avoir ni queue ni tête
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find it difficult to understand or believe a story
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willingly
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de bon coeur
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used to show good faith (people with good faith have good hearts)
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to be surprised
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rester bouche bée
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to show extreme shock
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to be a bore
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etre rasoir
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informal conversation to describe a boring person (someone who repetitively shaves is boring)
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all in all
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en somme
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to conclude a statement
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to pay for the damage
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payer les pots cassés
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someone must pay for the broken pots!
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as different as night and day
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comme le jour et la nuit
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to compare two different things or persons
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well dressed
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tiré à quatre épingles
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"pin money" - during renaissance, pins were items of luxury. Now imagine being "held by four pins"
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an unusual person of a group
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la brebis galeuse
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the black sheep
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to be penniless (entirely without money)
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etre sans le sou
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emphasize a person's destitution
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to do as one wishes
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en faire à sa tête
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a person can act according to his/her own mind (head)
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to have more than one thing to do
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avoir du pain sur la planche
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farmers used to make large quantities of bread that they stored on a board, "une plance"
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to be very happy
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être aux anges
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as happy as being "with angels"
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to be very stupid
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etre bête comme ses pieds
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Compare a person's barin to feet, and what do you get?
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nowadays
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de nos jours
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in our days
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very bad weather
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un temps de chien
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weather like the dog
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to lose control
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perdre le nord
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the compass points to a direction; if you lost the compass, which direction will you lose?
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it's worth the hardship
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cela vaut la peine
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it's worth the pain
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to spend a sleepless night
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passer une nuit blanche
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originally, "blancus" means "empty". What happened if you "passed an empty night"?
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to feel depressed
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avoir le cafard
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do you feel depressed and disgusted when you see a cockroach? (le cafard)
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love at first sight
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un coup de foudre
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a sudden thunderbolt (un foudre), just like love, catches people unaware
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in the long run
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à la longue
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on the subject of
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à propos de
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to tell you the truth
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à vrai dire
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in other words
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autrement dit
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of course
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bien entendu
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that depends on
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céla depénd de
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that having said
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ceci dit
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The result of this is that...
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De là vient que
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in all my life
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de toute ma vie
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to give one's best
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donner le meilleur de soi-même
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There are no doubts that...
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Il n'y a pas de doutes qu'...[subjunctive]
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According to...
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Selon [noun]
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It goes without saying that
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Il va sans dire que
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unfortunately
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malheureusement
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in this moment
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en ce moment
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