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French	English
J'ai beau essayer, je n'y arrive pas.	No matter how hard I try, I don't succeed.
J'ai besoin de voir un médecin.	I need to see a doctor.
J'ai calé au dessert.	I gave up when it came to the dessert.
J'ai commis une erreur.	I've made a mistake.
J'ai crevé. [fam.]	I have a flat tire. [Am.]
J'ai crevé. [fam.]	I have a flat tyre. [Br.]
J'ai crevé. [fam.]	I have a puncture.
J'ai d'autres soucis (en tête).	I've got other things to worry about.
J'ai déjeuné en ville.	I ate lunch in town.
J'ai engagé un tueur	I Hired a Contract Killer [Aki Kaurismäki]
J'ai entendu dire que ...	I have heard that ...
J'ai fait le nécessaire.	I've dealt with it.
J'ai fait le nécessaire.	I've seen to it. [I've dealt with it]
J'ai le mot sur le bout de la langue. [loc.]	The word is on the tip of my tongue. [idiom]
J'ai le triste privilège de devoir annoncer que ...	It is my sad duty to announce that ...
J'ai les yeux qui piquent.	My eyes are stinging.
J'ai mal ici.	It hurts here.
J'ai marché pendant cinq heures.	I walked for five hours.
J'ai passé une nuit blanche. [loc.]	I didn't sleep a wink. [idiom]
J'ai peine à le croire.	I find it hard to believe.
J'ai peur.	I am scared.
J'ai presque fini.	I have nearly finished.
J'ai pris du lait en rentrant.	I got some milk on the way home.
J'ai tort !	I am wrong!
J'ai tort !	I'm wrong!
J'ai trouvé bon de vous prévenir.	I thought it right to warn you.
J'ai un empêchement.	I shall be unavoidably detained.
J'ai vieilli.	I'm older.
J'ai vieilli. [en maturité]	I have grown up.
J'aime que tout soit fin prêt.	I like everything to be cut-and-dried.
J'aimerais autant (ne) pas le faire.	I would sooner not do it.
J'aimerais pouvoir rester.	I wish I could stay.
J'aimerais six timbres à quarante-six pence.	I'd like six forty-six pence stamps. [Br.]
J'aimerais tellement que tu sois là	Wish You Were Here [Graham Swift]
J'amène un trois.	I have thrown a three.
J'annonce deux carreaux.	I go two diamonds. [card game]
J'arrive.	I'm coming.
J'attends un colis de ...	I'm expecting a parcel from ...
J'attire votre attention sur ...	I would like to call your attention to ...
J'aurais besoin de vos lumières.	I need your advice.
J'en ai froid dans le dos. [loc.]	It makes my blood run cold. [idiom]
J'en ai marre ! [fam.] [loc.]	I'm sick and tired! [coll.] [idiom]
J'en ai marre ! [fam.] [loc.]	I've had enough! [coll.] [idiom]
J'en ai plein. [fam.]	I've got lots. [coll.]
J'en ai rien à cirer. [fam.]	I couldn't care less (about that).
J'en doute fort.	I very much doubt it.
J'en peux plus. [fam.] [Je n'en peux plus]	I can't go on any longer.
J'en reviens.	I'm coming back from there.
j'espère que [+indic.]	I hope that
J'espère que je ne vous dérange pas.	I hope I'm not intruding.
J'espère que non.	I hope not.
J'espère que oui.	I hope so.
J'y étais préparé.	I was prepared for it.
J'y étais préparé.	I was ready for it.
J'y joue.	I'm playing it. [sport, game]
J'y suis habitué.	I am used to this.
J'y tiens absolument.	I absolutely insist on it.
jabot {m}	crop [of bird, bee etc.]
jabot {m}	ruffle [on shirt front]
jacamar {m} à gorge blanche [Brachygalba albogularis]	white-throated jacamar
jacamar {m} à joues bleues [Galbula cyanicollis]	blue-cheeked jacamar
jacamar {m} à joues bleues [Galbula cyanicollis]	blue-necked jacamar
jacamar {m} brun [Brachygalba lugubris]	brown jacamar
jacamar {m} oreillard [Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis]	white-eared jacamar
jacamars {m.pl} [famille Galbulidae]	jacamars
jacana {m} à poitrine dorée [Actophilornis africanus]	African jacana
jacana {m} d'Afrique [Actophilornis africanus]	African jacana
jacana {m} du Mexique [Jacana spinosa]	northern jacana
jacana {m} malgache [Actophilornis albinucha]	Madagascan jacana
jacana {m} malgache [Actophilornis albinucha]	Madagascar jacana
jacana {m} nain [Microparra capensis]	lesser jacana
jacasser	to chatter
jacinthe {f}	hyacinth
jacinthe {f} des bois [Hyacinthoides non-scripta]	(common) bluebell
Jack l'Éventreur {m}	Jack the Ripper
jacobin {m} [membre du club des Jacobins]	Jacobin
jacquemart {m}	bell-striker [animated, mechanised figure of a person which strikes the hours on a bell with a hammer. Usually part of clocks or clocktowers]
jacquerie {f}	peasant revolt
jacquerie {f} [émeute]	uprising
Jacques {m}	James
jacquet {m}	backgammon
jacquier {m} [Artocarpus heterophyllus]	jack tree
jacquier {m} [Artocarpus heterophyllus]	jackfruit tree
jactance {f}	haughtiness
jactance {f} [fam.] [bavardage]	chatter
jade	jade [colour]
jade {m}	jade
jadis	formerly
jadis	once [formerly]
jadis {m} [littéraire]	foretime
jaguar {m} [Panthera onca]	jaguar
jaillir	to eruct [erupt, spew out]
jaillir	to spew (out) [gush out]
jaillir [apparaître subitement] (de qc.)	to spring up (from sth.)
jaillir [en sortant] (de qc.)	to spring out (from sth.)
jaillir [fig.] [vérité, idée]	to emerge [truth, idea]
jaillir [flamme, étincelle] (de qc.)	to shoot up (from sth.)
jaillir [liquide, source, gaz, air] (de qc.)	to gush out (of sth.)
jaillir [rires, cris] (de qn./qc.)	to burst out (from sb./sth.)
jaillir [s'élever] [clocher, immeuble, arbre] (au-dessus de qc.)	to tower up (above sth.)

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