Expression Courantes Flashcards

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Avoir le pied marin

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To be a good sailor

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Je suis arrivé(e) à bon port

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I arrived safe and sound

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Faire une gaffe

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To make a blunder

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Faire la noce

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To live it up

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4
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Rattraper le temps perdu

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To make up for lost time

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Je mis le pieds dans le plat

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I put my foot in it.

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Il a les yeux plus grands que le ventre

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His eyes are bigger than his belly

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Tot au long de l’année

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All year round

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Ce de bonne guerre

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It’s only fair

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Je suis fauché(e)

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I am broke

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C’est ma bête noire

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It is my pet hate

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Aussitôt dit aussitôt fait

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No sooner said than done

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À la longue

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In the long run

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13
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A quoi bon

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What is the use

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14
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À contre coeur

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Reluctantly

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15
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Reflexion faite

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On second thoughts

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16
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Il fait un froid de canard

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It is bitterly cold

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Dormir comme un loir

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To sleep like log

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De rien/ il n’y a pas de quoi

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Don’t mention it

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C’est un forgeant qu’on devient forgeron

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Practice makes perfect

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Passons l’éponge là-dessus

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Let bygones be bygones

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Je suis fauché

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I am broke

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Avoir l’eau à la bouche

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To make your mouth water

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Le bruit court que

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There is a rumour that

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Voir la vie en rose
To be an optimist
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À quoi bon
What is the use
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Je peux à peine y croire
I can hardly believe it
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Avec des allé et venu
On and off
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Je n'ai rien prévenu
I have nothing planned
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De. À Pour +durée dans le future
Duration | Period in future
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Attendez un instant Je viens un instant J'arrive Un instant, je regarde
Wait a minute I'm coming in a minute I'm coming Wait, i'm looking
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Pourquoi pas
Why not
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Avoir des oursins dans des poches | Le main dans le sac
Hand in till | Redhanded
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Avoir des honte
Stingy
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Jamais utiliser visiter, comme en anglais
Utilisez aller, rendre un visite, aller à quelqu'un
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Il ne me l'a pas donné
He did not give it to me
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Tu mange le petit dejeuner, oui j'en mange ou oui j'en ai
Are you having breakfast, yes I am.
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Je ne me l'a pas donnë
He did not give it to me
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Tu mange le petit dejeuner, oui j'en mange ou oui j'en ai
Are you having breakfast, yes I am.
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J'arrive Un instant Attendez un instant
I am coming | In or wait a minute
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Il ne me l'a pas donné
He did not give it to me
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Tu mange le petit dejeuner, oui j'en mange ou oui j'en ai
Are you having breakfast, yes I am.
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je ne crois pas ce qu'il dit
I do not believe him
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poser le pied par terre
keep ones feet on the ground
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Aujourd'hui il faut que la famille se rencontre pour une grande soiree
the family will meet today for a party
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soi-disant
supposedly
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ras le bol
fed up, had enough
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de l'autre cote
the opposite side
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prendre du recul
to stand back
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la gorge serree
a lump in the throat
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soi-disant
so-called, supposedly
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Ainsi | Ainsi soit il
Thus | So be it
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Chapeau bas
Hats off
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D'un côté | Mais de l'autre
On the one hand | On the other hand