Abstract relationships Flashcards

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Par habitude

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From habit

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Habituellement

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As a rule

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C’est la norme

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It’s the norm/standard practice

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Banal

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Banal
Common or garden
Run-of-mill

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Routinier

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Humdrum

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Se familiariser avec qqch

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To get to know stgh

To become acquainted with sth

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Insolite

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Out-of-the-ordinary

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Donner à qqun une raison pour faire qqch

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To give sb cause for doing smth

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Constituer une raison pour

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To be ground for

To be a reason for

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Pousser qqun a faire qqch

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To impel sb to do smth

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Incitation à

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Incitement to

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Impliquer

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To involve

To entail

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Declencher/Provoquer qqch

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To bring smth about
To prompt smth
To trigger smth

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Résulter de

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To result from

To arise from

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Avoir pour effet de faire

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To have the effect of doing

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Les répercussions de

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The aftermath of

The aftereffects

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Le résultat / l’issue

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The outcome

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Bref, il en a résulté que

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The upshot was

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D’où

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Hence

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Par hasard

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By chance

By accident

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Comme par hasard

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As luck would have it

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Faire qqch par chance

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To chance to do smth

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Au hasard

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At random

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Je me suis trouvée là par hasard

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I happened to be there

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A tout hasard
Just in case
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Tirer au sort
To draw lots
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Ce qu'une ? de chance
Its the luck of the draw
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Tomber sur
To come across/ upon
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Fait au petit bonheur / par hasard
Haphazard
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Tomber par hasard sur
To chance upon
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Fortuit
Fortuitous
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Une découverte/ rencontre fortuite
A chance meeting / discovery
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Inopportun
Inopportune
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C'est une chance que
Its lucky that
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De bon augure
Auspicious
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Une porte bonheur
A lucky charm
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Malchance
Ill luck | Misfortune
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Il a eut la malchance de faire
It was his misfortune to do
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De mauvaise augure
Omnious
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Faire contre mauvaise fortune bon cœur
To put a brave face on it
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Le sort
Fate
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Avoir des chances de faire qqch
To stand a chance of doing smtgh
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Il y a une petite chance que
There is a slight chance that
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Au cas ou
In case | On the off-chance that
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Il se peut/pourrait qu'il le fasse
He may/might well do it
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La probabilité
Likehood
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Selon toute probabilité
In all probability/likehood
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Impératif
Imperative
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Obligatoire
Obligatory | Compulsory
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Je me trouve dans l'obligation de
I fini myself forced to
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Je me trouve dans l'obligation de
I find myself forced to
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Il faut que tu le fasse
You have got to do it
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Concevable
Conceivable
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Faisable
Feasible
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Éventuel
Possible
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Dans le cas peu probable
In the unlikely évent that
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Superflu inutile
Unnecessary
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Vous n'avez pas besoin de le faire
You needn't do it
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On n'y peut rien
It cant be helped
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Être sur de qqch
To be certain / positive about smtgh
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Sans aucun doute
Undoubtedly
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Il est indéniable que
There is no gainsaying that
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J'aurais juré que
I could swear that I could have sworn that I would stake my life on it
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Il va certainement refuser
He is certain to refuse
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Doute
Doubt | Dubiety
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Avoir des doutes sur
To have misgivings about
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Mettre qqch en doute
To cast doubt on smtgh
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Être assaillit /saisi de doutes
To be assailed by / stricken with doubt about
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Louche
Shady
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Mettre en question les motifs
To query sb's intention/motives
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Se demander si
To wonter whether
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La vérité est que
The truth of the matter is
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Authentique vrai
Genuine(ness)
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Authentique vrai
Genuine(ness)
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Donner raison à qqun
To prove sb right
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J'en doute fort
I have my my doubts
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Il est permis de douter
There is room for doubts
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Falsifié
``` Argent = forged fake false Spécialiste = bogus sham ```
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Soie
Silk
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Une illusion erreur
A fallacy
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Soi-disant
So-called
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Feindre qqch
To feign smtgh
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Prétendument
Supposedly | Alledgedly
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Erroné
Erroneous
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Le trompeur
The deceitful
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Un pieux mensonge
A white lie
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Un bobard
A fib
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Mentir comme un arracheur de denr
To lie through one's teeth
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Un mythomane
A compulsive liar
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Être d'une grande a aide a qqun
To be of great use to sb
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Rendre service a qqun
To stand sb a good stead
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Avoir le droit d'utiliser qqch
To have the use of stmgh
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Assez utile
Of some use
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Commode pratique
Handy Practical Convinient
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Efficace
Effective
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Convenir parfaitement
To be ideally suited to sth
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Cela m'arrangerait bien d'avoir
I could do with
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Mal utiliser qqch
To misuse sth
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Garder qqch
To hang on to sth
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Conserver qqch
To retain sth
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Remettre qqch
To hand sth over to sb
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Partager qqch entre
To share sth over among
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Se débarrasser de qqch
To dispose of sth | To get rid of sth
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Abandonner qqch a qqun
To surrender sth to sb
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De M a T compris
From M to T include
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De M a T compris
From M to T include
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Comprendre
To comprise
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Omettre
To omit
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Ils se ressemblent comme deux gouttes d'eau
They are like two peas in a pod
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Analogue a
Analogous to
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Indifférenciable de
Indistinguishable from
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Je ne peux pas les distinguer
I cant tell them appart
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Faire penser
To recall | To be reminiscent of
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Assimiler a qqch
To liken sth to
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Dissemblable
Dissimilar
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Sans rival
Unrivalled
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Sans égal
Unparalleled
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Établir une comparaison
To draw a comparison
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Selon la coutume
According to the custom
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Prendre l'habitude de qqch
To get into the habit of doing smtg
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Ne prends pas cette habitude
Don't make a habit of it!
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La déviance de
Deviance from
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Un coup de chance
A stroke of luck
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Probable
Likely
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Ce n'est pas nécessairement le cas
That needn't to be the case
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Inévitable
Unavoidable
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Considérer les choses comme allant de soi
To take sth for granted
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Je te parie tout ce que tu veux que
You can bet your life that
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Ça devait arriver
It was bound to happen
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Tromper qqun
To deceive sb
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C'est adapté à mes besoins
It's relevant to my need
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Bon débarras
Good riddance