Assimil no 3 Flashcards by Micheline Massé

Q

Se mettre les pieds

dans les plats

A

To put one’s foot in it

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Faire visiter

A

To show someone around

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Presque toujours

A

Almost always

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Plutôt assez une bonne piėce

A

Quite a good play

Rather a good play

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Q

Ont répondu a

l’annonce

A

Replied to the avertissement

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Fils nus

A

Bare wire

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Où plutôt

A

Or rather

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Se glisser dessous

A

To slid underneath

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Détournement de

Fond

A

Embezzelment

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Accentuation

A

Stress

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Q

A qui le dis-tu
Tu l’as dit
Tu parles

A

You’re telling me

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Sans parler

Sans mentionner

A

To say nothing of

Not to mention

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Suspect (adjectif)

A

Suspicious

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Toute la gamme

Produits

A

The whole range

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Sur la pointe des

Pieds

A

On tip toe

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Ainsi

De cette façon

A

So that
So that nobody noti-
ces

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Q

Gêner, encombrer

le chemin

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To be or to get in the way

Q

Série de négocia-

Tions

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Set of talk

Q

D’à côté

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Next door

Q

Faire la vaisselle

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To do or to wash

the dishes

Q

Se laver

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To wash up.Do you
Want to wash up
before diner ?

Q

Dont on parle

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Refered to

Q

Un vieux dicton

Dicton

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An old saying that runs.

Saying

Q

Citation

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Cotation

Pour servir d'exem- | ple

To serve as an example

Un arrêt | Une croisiere

A stop, to stop A stop-over, to stop- over

Se méfient

Are suspicious

Sondage d'opinion

Opinion pool

Braconnier

Poacher

Se montent à | Ex (intérêts)

Come to

Par contre, lorsque nous avons ques- tionné

However, when we | questioned

Dans la salle d'at- tente de l'aéroport de Québec

In the lounge at Québec airport

Ils attendaient pour | l'interroger

They were waiting to | question him

Ils auraient pu se | mordre la langue

He could have bitten | his tongue

Parfois on peut se | venger de la presse

One can occasionally get somme revenge on the press

Je lui ai téléphoné | immédiatement

I rang him up straight | away

L'un des principaux | attraits de la voiture

One of the major feature of the car

Fiabilité

Reliability

L'affiche disait

The poster read

Une boite de luxe

A plush nightspot