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tirer son plan *

* to pull out one's map

To cope on one's own.

"Je vous accompagnerai à l'école et vous aiderai avec vos devoirs durant la première semaine. Après ça, vous tirez votre plan."

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to go balls to the walls

To try your best / give everything to achieve something

"Danny is really working hard at the gym." "Yeah, he’s going balls to the walls."

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Timbuktu

A way to express a faraway place in the middle of nowhere.

"We had to go all the way to Timbuktu to get to that restaurant."

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september scaries

According to the New York Times, it is defined as a combination of dread, regret, and anticipation that accompanies the end of a communal pause and the beginning of a hectic and demanding time.

"I am really feeling the September Scaries this year."

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that dollar won’t get you cup of coffee at Starbucks

That argument won’t get you very far. That argument alone isn’t enough.

“Sure, he is a great singer, but that dollar won’t get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks.”

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