Expression Flashcards

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Taken from

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Tiré de

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To postpone

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Remettre à plus tard

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To be aware (conscient) of

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Prendre conscience de

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To be reminiscent of

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Rappeler

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On behalf of

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Au nom de

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To have a taste

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Avoir le goût

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To shy away from

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Reculer devant

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A breach of privacy

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Une atteinte a la vie privée

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Goes down on sunset

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Couché de soleil

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To be driving at = to be getting at

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En venir à quelque chose

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Even thought

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Bien que

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Either way

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Dans tous les cas

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None of then

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Aucun d’entre eux

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For now

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Pour le moment

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A widespread belief

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Beaucoup de gens pensent que

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From then on

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À partir de ce moment

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To set an atmosphere

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Créer une atmosphère

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Scaremongering

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Répandre la peur

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Bridge the gap

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Combler le fossé

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Dozens of

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Des dizaines de

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Fewer + dénombrable

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Moins de ( personne )

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Less + abstrait

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Moins de ( argent … )

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To be seasoned

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Être expérimenté

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A lack of

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Un manque de

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Waving-placards
Agiter les pancartes
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At the expends of
Aux dépends de
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To take hindsight
Prendre du recul
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In favor of
Au bénéfice de
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At the expends of
Au dépend de
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With hindsight
Avec du recul
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Pursuit of happiness
La recherche du bonheur
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The quest of the truth = the search for truth
La recherche de la vérité
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In my mind
In my opinion
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As + adj + as possible
Faire quelque chose le plus vite possible
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Accuse of being
Accuser d'être
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Over more so as
D'autant plus
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To go viral
Faire le buzz
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A rattiest gesture
Un geste raciste
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To face a backlash
Susciter une réaction négative
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To cause outcry
Provoquer un tollé général
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To crackdown on racism
Réprimer le racisme
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To be over the moon
Être aux anges
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To be grounded in
Être fondé sur
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As soon as
Dès que
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Yet
Pourtant , néanmoins
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In former days
Autrefois
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Thus = hence
Ainsi
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Furthermore = moreover = besides
De plus
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For instance
Par exemple
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To look forward to + BV-ing
Avoir hâte de ...
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To resent sb for BV-ing
En vouloir à quelqu'un d'avoir fait quelque chose
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To blame sb for BV-ing
Reprocher quelque chose à quelqu'un
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To fulfill one's dream
Accomplir un rêve
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So as to
Dans le but de
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Neither ... Nor
Ni ... Ni
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Either ... Or
Ou ... Ou
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As long as
Tant que
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You had better start saving money
Tu ferais mieux de commencer à économiser de l'argent
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Wish + prétérit
Pour exprimer le souhait
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Would rather + prétérit
Pour exprimer la préférence
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Wish + past perfect ( had P.P )
Pour exprimer le regret
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To succeed in doing sth = to manage to
Parvenir à faire quelque chose
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Across the way
En face
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As
En tant que ( comme )
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Like
Comme ( comparaison )
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Happen to
Par hasard
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In one's prime
Dans la fleur de l'âge
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To address a problem
S'intéresser à un problème
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A string of
Une série de
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To starve oneself to death
Se laisser mourir
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To do away with = to do without
Se passer de
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All the more so as
D'autant plus que
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All in all
En somme
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To plug the holes
Boucher les troues
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Safety nets
Filets de protection
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Balanced lifestyles
Mode de vie équilibré
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Array of
Une gamme de
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A peine ... Que
Hardly ... When | no sooner ... Than
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Être freiné par
To be hamper
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Être en liquidation
To go into administration
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Les perspectives sont sombres
The outlook seems gloomy
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Excessivement
Overly
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Être a court de
To run out of
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Néanmoins
Nevertheless = nonetheless
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Pour résumer
To sum up
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Saturé
Congested
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Delocalisation
Outsource
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Décentralisation
Delocation
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Pousser quelqu'un à agir
To spur sby on action
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Un niveau de vie
A standard of living
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À condition que
Provided
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À moins que
Unless
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Je préfèrerais que tu sois à l'heure
I'd rather you were there on time
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Rappeler quelque chose à qqun
To remind someone of something
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Mettre en relief
To highlight = to stress
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Accorder l'asile
To grant someone asylum
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Une pièce de Shakespeare
A play BY Shakespeare
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Une recherche de l'Uni d'Oxford
Researchers from Oxford university
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Les inondations
The floods
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Un nouveau né
A new-born / day-old baby
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Il est le 3ème pour la succession
He's third in Line to the throne
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Mariage blanc
A sham marriage
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Se mettre à
To set about
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Être sur le point de
To be about to On the point of + ing On the verge of + ing
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Rumour has it
La rumeur dit que
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Mon petit doigt m'a dit que
A little bird told me