Bonus : Expressions et vocabulaire Flashcards

(52 cards)

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Find a happy medium

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Trouver un juste milieu

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des mécènes

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patrons, sponsors

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avec impatience

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eagerly

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estimer, considérer

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to deem, to reckon

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un tollé

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outcry, uproar, backlash

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mettre quelqu’un/quelque chose en danger

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to jeopardise somebody/something

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s’efforcer

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to endeavour

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revenir de plus belle

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to be back with a vengence

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un pionnier

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a trailblazer, pioneer

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une croyance forte

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worshipping

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un slogan

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a motto

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s’attarder

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to linger

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13
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c’est déconcertant

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it’s baffling/puzzling

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imperturbable

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steely

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marcher sur la corde raide

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walk a tightrope

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réduire en miette

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to wipe the floor with

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prendre de haut

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to patronize

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divaguer, fulminer

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to rant

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habile

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deft

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faire fi des règles

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to flout the rules/laws

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soutenir

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to throw weight behind

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exercer, manier

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paralysant, invalidant

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farouchement

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simplement, seulement
merely
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se réduire à, se ramener à
to boil down to
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un cortège
a motorcade
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rarement
seldom
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un essaim
a swarm
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être à la tête de quelque chose
to spearhead something
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les descendants
offsprings
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bon gré, mal gré
willy-nilly
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par la suite
in the aftermath
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c'est plus complexe que ça en à l'air
there is more than meet the eye
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c'est la goutte d'eau qui fait déborder le vase
it is the straw that breaks the camel's back
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Réussir haut la main
To pass with flying colors
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Respirer la santé/le bonheur
To look the picture oh health/happiness
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Très rapidement, sans difficulté
In two shakes of a lamb's tail
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Aller plus vite que la musique
To jump the gun
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Garder la tête haute
To keep one's chin up
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Demander conseil à (des experts)
To pick the brains of
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Jouer les troubles fêtes, ne pas coopérer
To rock the boat
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a bas! vive!
down with ! Up with!
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incarner , représenter , être synonyme de
to epitomise
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opposer qqn a qqn
to pit sby against
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témoigner de qqc
testify to
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catégoriquement
flatly
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comprendre , saisir
grasp
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quoique , encore que
albeit
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la fin justifie les moyens
the end justifies the means
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négliger
to overlook
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dans la mesure où
as far as