8 Flashcards

1
Q

garder une bonne allure

A

keep up the pace

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aller à la même allure

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to keep pace with

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3
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regretté

A

late lamented

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4
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Fait divers

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News item

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5
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Avoir un fou rire

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To have the giggles

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6
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Négotiation salariale

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Collective bargaining

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7
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Wagon

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Carriage

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8
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Bruissement, froissement

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Rustle

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9
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Tune-up

A

Réglage, mise au point,

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10
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Gare toi

A

Pull over

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11
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être d’origine iranienne

A

to be of Iranian extraction

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12
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basé sur

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grounded on

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13
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cliché (photo)

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snapshot

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14
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concours de beauté

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beauty contest

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15
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vitrine d’un magasin

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shop window

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16
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Les Contes des Mille et Une Nuits

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The Arabian Nights

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17
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tablette tactile d’Apple

A

Apple touch-sensitive tablet

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18
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s’arracher (se vendre énormément)

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to snap up

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19
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se lasser

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to tire

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20
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Bousculer

A

Push around

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21
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Être formellement interdit

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To be positively forbidden

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22
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Être carrément dangereux

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To be positively hazardous

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23
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Il a tourné au coin de la rue

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He turned the corner

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24
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Tenir qqch de source sûr

A

To get sth from the horse’s mouth

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Roder
Prowl around
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Équarisseur
Knacker
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Cri strident
Screech
28
Pouliche
Filly
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St francois d'assise
St francis os assisi
30
Ceder
Buckle
31
Se repentir d'avoir fait qqch
To rue the day you did sth
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Un chien errant
A stray dog
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Précurseur
Herald
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Annoncer
Herald
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Jeter l'éponge
Throw in the towel
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Être nerveux
To have one's heart in one's mouth
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Leurre
Decoy
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Déssecher
Parch
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Qui aime bien châtie bien, délaisser le martinet rend l'enfant capricieux
Spare the rod, spoil the child
40
Cligner des yeux
Blink
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Qqn que j'aime bien, être sur la même longueur d'onde
Sbdy after my own heart
42
Mal au ventre, trouille
Collywobbles
43
Clin d'oeil
Wink
44
Manège
Merry-go-round
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Loony left
Extrémiste du parti travailleur
46
Etre dans le coup
To be in the loop
47
Se sentir à l'écart
To feel left out
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Defaillance électronique
Glitch
49
Inform on to the police
Turn sbdy in
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Jacasser
Prattle
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Palpiter, pari
Flutter
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Larguer les amarres
Cast off
53
Discret
Unconspicious
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Un peu
A tad
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Crépiter, craquer
Crackle
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Zut
Blast
57
Se chamailler
Bicker
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être étouffant
to be stuffy
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cyan
turquoise
60
une porte condamnée
a blocked door
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un débarras
a junk door
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ornement
decoration
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un homme moustachu
a man with a moustache/ (a moustached man)
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visage carré
square-shaped
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nez crochu
hooked nose
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de l'intérieur
inwardly
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terne, fade
drab
68
une teinte
a hue
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vivre dans le mensonge
to live a lie
70
bel et bien
definitely
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comme (lorsqu'il pê remplacé par puisque)
since
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je fais ce que je veux
I do whatEVER I want to
73
de tous les instants
unfailing
74
sans qui
but for whom
75
sans elle
but for her
76
carnet
notebook
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réminiscence
recollection
78
négliger
overlook
79
ne pas négliger
not to be overlooked
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éplucher un livre
to comb trough a book
81
aide appréciable
significant/valuable help
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piété
godliness
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jouer à se faire peur
to play chicken
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to be disappointed, upset, desillusioned
much of one's dismay
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genoism (Gattaca)
racism based on gene
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exclure
rule out
87
concierge
janitor
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avoir vent de
to catch wind of
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un enfant de Dieu
God-child
90
filleul
godchild
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hum
hmm
92
tutoyer
to be on first-name terms
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tranche
edge
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chatouiller
to tickle
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connaître qqch comme le fond de sa poche
to know sth like the back of one hand
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soif inassouvissable
unquenchable
97
presque, à un cheveu
close, but no cigar
98
vous n'allez pas me croire
believe me or not
99
marier sa fille
to marry one's daughter off
100
tout finit par s'arranger
things always sort themselves out in the end
101
si, moi je le sais
I do know
102
être clairvoyant
to be clear-sighted