5MT 5 Flashcards by Lucie Alexandre

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The grapes of the wrath

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Les raisins de la colère

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To be angry/cross with

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Être en colère contre

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To pay a tribute to

a homage to

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Rendre hommage à

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To stir up a contraversy

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Attirer les controverses

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To make the world laugh

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Faire rire le monde

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A slice

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Une tranche/ une part

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Embeddied

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Enfoncé/ incrusté

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Account for

A

Expliquer

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To be operate on

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Être opéré

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On the verge of collaps

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Au bord de l’effondrement

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On the verge of bankruptay

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Au bord de la faillite

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You’ve got to be kidding

A

Non mais tu rigoles

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To make fun

To laugh at

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Se moquer

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Right-thinking people

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Personne bien pensante

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Wealthy world

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Monde de riche

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Billionaire

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Milliardaire

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Built on lies

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Construit de mensonge

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To tell lies

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Dire des mensonges

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A pack of lies

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Tissu de mensonges

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Untruthfull statement

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Déclaration mensongère

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To cheat

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Tromper

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A womanizer

Skirt chaser

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Coureur de jupon

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Swindler

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Un escroc

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A rip-off

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Arnaque

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A recipe

Recette

Boring

Ennuyeux

Emptiness of her life

Le vide de sa vie

Inahity of her conversation

Idiotie de sa conversation

To get out

S'échapper

To unleach dogs

Lâcher les chiens

Nervous breakdown

Dépression nerveuse

Surrogate mothers

Mères porteuses

A miscarriage

Fausse couche

Clemanding

Exigent

To be attracted to

Être atteint par

A drop social standing | Fall in social standing

Une chute de statut social

Downgrading

Rétrogradation

Loss of status

Perte de statut

The plunge | The comedown

La dégringolade

To speak highly of

Faire l'éloge de

To play the part of

Jouer le rôle de

A harrowing story

Histoire difficile, pénible

Cotton plantation

Champs de coton

A eyewitness

Témoin

To be raped by

Être violé par

To be shot dead by

Être tué par balle par

A landowner

Propriétaire foncier

An orphan

Orphelin

Guest

Invité

To resign

Démissionner

Worst failure

Pure échec

Inebriated

Ivre

She stark drinking like a fish

Elle boit comme un trou

A second-rate citoyens

Citoyens de second rang

A fairytale

Conte de fée

To acquire

Acquérir

Skills

Compétences

A field negro

Esclave

A pasty shop

Épicerie

A house servant

Domestique