Assimil no 4 Flashcards by Micheline Massé

Q

Sans aller plus loin

A

Without going fur-

ther

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Paroisse

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Parish

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Paysage

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Landscape

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Q

Dormir à la belle

étoile

A

To sleep in the open

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Être tout le temps

en voyage

A

To live out a suit case

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Q

Auto stop

A

Hitch-hike

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Économique

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Economic (policy)

Economical

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Descendre

Marcher péniblement

A

To trudge

Trudging

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Frustrant

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Frustrating

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Il s’ effondra dans son fauteuil

A

He slumped in his chair

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Q

Marasque général des affaires

A

Général business slump

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Q

As-tu son numéro en main?

A

Have you got his number to hand?

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Pendant (ex:période)

A

Over it

During

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Les grands magasins

A

The major stores

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Biens de consomma-

tion

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Consumer goods

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À peine
Je le connais à
peine

A

Hardly

I hardly know him

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La politique est en-nuyeuse

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A

Politics is boring

Q

Tous ses meubles
viennent du marché
aux puces

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A

All her fourniture comes

From the flea-market

Q

Ce n’est pas vrai-

ment important

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A

It’sreally not important

Q

Le temps qu’on ar-
rive, le party était
terminé

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A

By the time we arrived,

the party was over

Q

Le public est au
courant de vos
efforts

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A

The public is aware of your efforts

Q

Nouvelles informa-

tions ( Att:singulier)

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A

News is ……

Information is …..

Q

Renoncer, abandon-

ner

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A

To give up
When did you give
up to smoking?

Q

Son adversaire

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A

His opponent

Certain

Certain or some

Frais généraux

Overheads

Remboursement

Repayment

Prêt bancaire

Bank loan

Rendement sur | l'investissement

Return on investment

Tentative

Attempt

Conférence

Lecture

Peuvent durer

Can last

Est suffisant pour | convaincre

Is sufficient to convince

Somnoler | S' assoupir

To doze | To doze off

Mais l'idée même | que

But the very idea that

Bonne fortune | Mauvaise fortune

Good fortune | Misfortune

Induire en erreur

To mislead

Les informations | sont erronées

The information is misleading (singulier)

A quelle heure sont | les informations ?

What time is the news | on? (Singulier)

Chiffre d'affaire

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