62 Flashcards

(100 cards)

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malchance

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to be hard luck

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éradiquer, éliminer (crime, opposition)

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to stamp out

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donner du punch à

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to pep up*

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excitant

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pep pill*

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parler à qqn pour l’encourager

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to give a pep talk to sb

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faire preuve de bon sense

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to show good sense

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entendre raison

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to see sense

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cela ne sert à rien

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there’s no sense in sth

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en aucune manière

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in no sense

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perdre la raison

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to take leave of one’s sense

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avoir une poussière de l’oeil

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to have a piece of grit in one’s eye

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bouilloner

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to seethe

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bouillir de colère

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to seethe with anger

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grouiller de monde

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to seethe with people

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un nid de poule

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a pothole

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16
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deuxième tour

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a run-off

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17
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une épreuve suppémentaire

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a run-off

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18
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rejets agricoles

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agricultural run-off

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19
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tester qch

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to give sth a tryout

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être testé

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to get a tryout

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une audition, une épreuve de sélection

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a tryout (US)

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DA

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District Attorney

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23
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faire une fête

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to throw a party

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une chambre forte

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a panic room

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avec assiduité, application
with diligence
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be secretive
to play sth close to one's chest
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ironique
tongue-in-cheek
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une ruche
a hive
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soirée étudiante
frat (ernity) party
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sonner le glas de qch
to sound the death knell of sth
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la mort, le glas
the death knell
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rentrer dans le rang
to fall into the line
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sortir du rang
to step out of line
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être dans la balance, dans la course pour un job
to be on the line
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at some point
somwhere along the line
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tapisser qch avec qch
to line sth with sth
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supérieur hiérarchique
line manager
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plan d'action
line of action
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champ de vision
line of sight
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seuil de pauvreté
poverty line
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ligne de chemin de fer
railroad line (US)
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chute, accroche
tagline
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désordonné
shambolic
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être inscrit, imprimé sur qch
to be emblazoned on sth
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remplacer par
to replace with
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allouer
to ring fence
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un chou-fleur
a cauliflower
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un gratin de chou-fleur
a cauliflower cheese
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faire fureur
to be all the rage
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Internet est un outil puissant
The Internet is an enabling technology
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la technologie de pointe
frontier technology
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malgré tout, quand même
for all that
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liste de personnes à surveiller, fiche s
watchlist
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liste de personnes interdites d'avion
no-fly list
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une babiole
a bauble
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être rare, ne pas être nombreux
to be thin on the ground
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aller comme un gant à qqn
to suit sb down the ground
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to cover many topics
to cover a lot of ground
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être un terrain fertile à qn
to be fertile ground for sb
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innover
to break new ground
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pour cette raison
on that ground
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trouver le juste milieu
to find the middle ground
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changer son fusil d'épaule
to shift/change one's ground
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tenir bon (military, critics, theory)
to stand one's ground
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être sur un terrain familier
to be on safe ground
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être dans une position délicate
to be on shaky ground
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un terrain d'entente
a common ground
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l'enceinte
the palace grounds
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un terreau pour qch
breeding ground for sth
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une pépinière de talents
a breeding ground for talent
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être au centre
to occupy the centre ground
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être un dépotoir
to be a dumping ground for sth
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boeuf haché
ground beef (US)
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établir les principes de base
to lay down the ground rules for sth
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être en terrain connu
to be on home ground
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un bon terrain de chasse
a good hunting ground
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un terrain vague
an open ground
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un terrain d'essai
a proving ground
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éblouir, aveugler
to bedazzle
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le carême
Lent
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c'est à moi de dire ça, c'est am réplique
that's my line
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une serviette hygiènique
a sanitary napkin (US) / towel (UK)
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hygiénique
sanitary
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noueux (arbre), ratatiné (personne)
gnarled
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arriver de manière impromptue
to come out of the blue
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naissant
nascent
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une vitrine
a showcase (fig)
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présenter
to showcase
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à ce jour
to date / so far
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moderniser qch
to bring sth up-to-date
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tenir qch à jour
to keep sth up-to-date
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mettre qn au courant
to bring sb up-to-date
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faire bonne figure
to put on a front
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être une couverture pour qch
to be a front for sth
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être un des favoris pour qch
to be a front runner for sth
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être franc sur qch
to be up front about sth
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un accompte
a front money
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à la sueur de son front
by the sweat of your brow
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avoir le toupet de faire qch
to have the front/ nerver to do sth
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plisser le front
to furrow the brow