7 Flashcards

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Cambriolage

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Heist

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Tu m’as convaincu

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have me convince

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3
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À partir de 2004

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From 2004 on wards

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4
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Poste de dépense

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Expenditure item

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5
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De son coté X

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As for X

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6
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Sois gentille

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Be a doll*

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7
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Faire irruption, couper la parole

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To barge in

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Inquiétant, angoissant

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Eerie

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9
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Insister sur qqch

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To stress on sth

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10
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Chacun ses goûts

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Each his own

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11
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Lewd

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Obscène

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12
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Désinvolture

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Flippancy

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13
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Slippery slope

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It’s When a person asserts that some event must inevitably follow from another without any rational argument

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14
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Septième ciel

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Cloud nine

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15
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Buyback

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Achat par une entreprise de ses propres actions

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16
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Touriste

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Mot popularisé par Stendhal lorsqu’il écrit Mémoires d’un touriste en 1848

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17
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Ça alors!

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Blimey

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18
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Sympa, chic

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Sporting

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19
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Fou

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Mental

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20
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To iritate sbdy

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To set someone teeth on edge

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21
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Se vanter

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To brag

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22
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Obtenir, se procurer

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Come by

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23
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Se libérer

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Break loose

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24
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Jacasser, raconter des bêtises

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Blather

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Désormais
From this day forth
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Se mettre en route
Set forth
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Démissionner, se retirer
Stand down
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Cramponne toi, sois fort, tiens toi prêt
Brace yourself
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Chou
Collard
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Comme tu veux
Suit yourself
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Souffle de vie
Breath of life
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Curiosité, attraction
Showplace
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Pot de vin
Hush money
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Faire la courte échelle
Make the saddle
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Rodeur
Prowler
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Consentement
Consent
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Juré
Cross your heart
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Comporter, entraîner
Entail
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Enervé
Riled
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La boucle est bouclée, retourner à la case départ
To come full circle
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Braver, être exposer à un feu nourri, subir de vives critiques
Run the gauntlet
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En plein jour
In broad daylight
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Rafler
Made off
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Être en tort
To be at fault
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Ordre des adjectifs
Opinion, dimension, age, forme, couleur, origine, matériau, usage
46
Compenser
Offset
47
Pay-as-you-go tax
A system of paying tax on income as you earned it
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Être prêt à faire qch
To poised to do sth
49
Équilibre
Poise
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Pied d'argile
Feet of clay
51
Tether currency
Une monnaie fixée
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Être au bout du rouleau
To be at the end of one's tether
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Le pétrole n'a jamais été aussi bas depuis 6 ans
Oil is at six years lows
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Spokesman
Mouthpiece
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Bien que
Albeit
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Aimer qqn très romantiquement
To be sweet on. Sbdy
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Big N.O.
The Big Easy
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Résidence du premier ministre canadien
24 sussex drive
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Canada's pm
Justin trudeau
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Baver d'admiration
To drool over
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Faire qqch d'inadapté, être distrait
To chase rabbit
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Sur un coup de tête
Spur-of-the-moment
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Out of control
Over the edge
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Raillerie, remarque piquante, déclarer d'un ton malicieux
Quip
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Nous n'avons plus de piste
The trail is gone cold
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Se pencher
Lean forward
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Eblouir
Dazzle
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Changer en, transformer, devenir
Turn into
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Incliner
Tilt
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La houle
The swell
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A person or a thing that is depended on as a source of money, success
A meal ticket
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Moucher
Snuff
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Faire taire, dissiper
Dispel
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Prendre qqn de haut
Parler à qqn avec condescendance
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Pris de vertige, tête en l'air, frivole, vertigineux
Giddy
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Économie de bout de chandelle
Penny-pinching
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Dessin indistriel
Blueprint
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Mettre le feu au poudre
To set off the powder keg
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Atmosphere explosive
Powder keg atmosphere
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Fondation
Trust
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Inauguration
Opening
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Parcourir
Travel along
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La barre (bateau)
Helm
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Une promenade en bateau
Boat ride
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Marraine, parrain (d'une association)
Patron
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Libellule
Dragonfly
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Gravat
Rubble
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recrudescence
spate
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au cours de
over the course
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que ce soit le pape ou le président
be it the pope or the president
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porte-monnaie
purse
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carnet de chèque
cheque book
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être doué
to be gifted
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clefs de voiture
car keys
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récolte, moisson, culture
crop
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arrêter de fumer
quit smoking
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les fiançailles de qqn avec qqn
the engagement of sbdy to sbdy
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futur marié/jeune marié
bridegroom
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jarretière
garter
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évoluer avec son temps
keep pace with times