Expression 19 Flashcards by liam purkey

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Quel bon vent t’amène

A

What brings you here

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Ne pas pouvoir blairer

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Can’t stand

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Emballer l’affaire

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Wrap up

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Chier dans son froc

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Shirtless

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Laisser couler

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Let slide

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Faire la gueule

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Bouder

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L’élève a dépassé le maître

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The student has exceeded the master

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Mentir comme arracheur de dent

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Mentir effrontément

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En coulisse

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ورا الكواليس

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Se serrer les coudes

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Stick together

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Tendre la perche

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Help

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Fourre-tout

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Catch all

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Lâcher (jeter) du lest

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Make concessions

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Se raccrocher aux branches

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Sauver la face

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Sentir un parfum de

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Get a whiff

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Aspirant

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Would be

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Se serrer la ceinture

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Tighten your belt

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Distinguer le bien du mal

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Tell right from wrong

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Hâter cette fin

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Arriver plus vite à

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Porter une atteinte à

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Deal a blow

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Résorber

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Réduire

Q

Faire un esclandre

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Faire grand bruit

Q

Blanchir sous le harnais

A

Travailler toute sa vie

Q

Être toujours la même rengaine

A

Same tune

Être de poncif

Commonplace

Patent

Évident

Foyer

Berceau

Tous les trente six du monde

Rarement

Déjouer un piège

Escape

Dresser un bilan mitigé

Mixed results

Amorcer une remontée

S'en remettre

Faire son temps

Ne plus avoir d'importance

Se mettre de la partie

Contribuer

Trotter dans la tête

Entretenir une idée

Être à côté de la plaque

Perdu

Usé jusqu'à la corde

Threadbare

Amorcer la pompe

Prime the pump

Prendre au berceau

Cradle robber

Detour à la case depart

Back to the drawing board

Detour à la case depart

Back to the drawing board

Rendre la vie dure à

Make life difficult

Rendre la vie dure à

Make life difficult

Être la risée de

Laughing stock

Sans fard

No frills

Sac de nœuds

Boîte de Pandore

Ne pas mâcher des mots

Not mince words

Tailler la route

S'arracher

Tailler dans le vif

Aller droit au but

Tailler des croupières à

Mettre des bâtons dans les roues de

Mettre un frein à

Sévir contre