Expressions

Question 1

Du moment que

Answer 1

Since.
As long as (je m’en fiche, du moment que c’est fait = I don’t care, as long as it’s done)

Question 2

Au demeurant

Answer 2

Incidentally.
However?

Question 3

Aussitǒt que

Answer 3

As soon as

Question 4

Tandis que

Answer 4

While, whereas

Question 5

sans y prendre garde

Answer 5

without realizing it

Question 6

dès que

Answer 6

as soon as

Question 7

Sur le moment

Answer 7

On the spur of the moment
At the time

Question 8

Bien que

Answer 8

Although

Question 9

bien entendu

Answer 9

Of course

Question 10

désormais

Answer 10

From now on, from then on
Désormais je resterai tranquile

Question 11

cependant

Answer 11

However

Question 12

en fait

Answer 12

In fact

Question 13

en tout cas

Answer 13

Anyway

Question 14

parti pris

Answer 14

Prejudiced

Question 15

D’ici

Answer 15

By
e.g. d’ici la fin de ce livre = by the end of this book

Question 16

Avoir la gueule de bois

Answer 16

To have a hangover

Question 17

Se serrer les coudes

Answer 17

To pull together. Lit. Tighten the elbows

Question 18

Soit qch soit qch

Answer 18

Either or

Question 19

en effet

Answer 19

Really, it’s true, indeed, certainly

Question 20

afin de

Answer 20

in order to
afin que nous le sachions
in order that we should know

Question 21

de long en large

Answer 21

Back and forth

Question 22

à cet égard

Answer 22

in this respect

Question 23

rien à voir
ça n’a rien à voir

Answer 23

that’s got nothing to do with it
Il est de grand taille mais ça n’a rien à voir

Question 24

voire
une semaine, voire un mois

Answer 24

Or even
ce sera difficile, voire impossible
it’ll be difficult, if not impossible

Question 25

moins que rien

Answer 25

complete loser

Question 26

d'ailleurs

Answer 26

besides lui non plus d'ailleurs neither does he, for that matter

Question 27

à peine

Answer 27

hardly

Question 28

Pourtant

Answer 28

Yet frêle et pourtant résistant frail but resilient

Question 29

en somme

Answer 29

All in all, in short

Question 30

les bras ballants

Answer 30

with arms dangling Dumbfounded

Question 31

du reste

Answer 31

besides

Question 32

Quand même

Answer 32

Even if

Question 33

à la fois

Answer 33

at the same time

Question 34

premier plan

Answer 34

foreground

Question 35

sans crier gare

Answer 35

without warning

Question 36

prendre la parole

Answer 36

to speak

Question 37

s'arracher de/ à

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to tear o.s. away from

Question 38

à part

Answer 38

On one side, apart from, special

Question 39

Trancher la question

Answer 39

Settle the question

Question 40

il pleut à verse

Answer 40

it's pouring

Question 41

faire valoir

Answer 41

to assert (a right)

Question 42

remue-ménage

Answer 42

commotion hustle and bustle

Question 43

d'un trait

Answer 43

in one breath; in one gulp; uninterruptedly

Question 44

On a du pain sur la planche

Answer 44

We've got a lot to do

Question 45

Poêle de fonte

Answer 45

Cast iron stove

Question 46

c'est une affaire classée maintenant

Answer 46

the matter is now closed​

Question 47

en dehors de

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outside

Question 48

 à la ronde

Answer 48

within a radius

Question 49

jouer au plus fin avec qn

Answer 49

to try to outsmart sb

Question 50

remue-ménage

Answer 50

(= bruit) commotion NonC; (= activité) hustle and bustle

Question 51

 à ce propos

Answer 51

in this connection

Question 52

faire étalage de

Answer 52

to flaunt

Question 53

pourvu que

Answer 53

(souhait) let's hope; (condition) provided that

Question 54

tôle ondulée

Answer 54

corrugated iron

Question 55

toiles d'araignées

Answer 55

cobwebs

Question 56

être en bras de chemise

Answer 56

to be in one's shirt sleeves

Question 57

à toute allure

Answer 57

[rouler] at top speed; [réciter, dîner] as fast as one can

Question 58

flaque d'eau

Answer 58

puddle

Question 59

marquer un but

Answer 59

to score a goal

Question 60

à titre d'exemple

Answer 60

by way of example

Question 61

à jamais

Answer 61

for ever

Question 62

pan de mur

Answer 62

section of wall

Question 63

sur les marches (de l'escalier)

Answer 63

on the stairs

Question 64

chapeau melon

Answer 64

bowler hat

Question 65

mettre qn au pas

Answer 65

to bring sb into line

Question 66

alors que

Answer 66

though

Question 67

À ce point

Answer 67

That much, so much, to that degree

Question 68

être à l'écart

Answer 68

to be isolated

Question 69

tenir qn à l'écart

Answer 69

to keep sb away

Question 70

faire mine de

Answer 70

to pretend to

Question 71

avoir la gorge serrée

Answer 71

to have a lump in one's throat

Question 72

de loin en loin

Answer 72

once in a blue moon, here and there

Question 73

dis donc (introduit une question)

Answer 73

tell me

Question 74

se passer de [+ chose]

Answer 74

to do without; [+ personne] to manage without

Question 75

se (re)mettre dans le bain*

Answer 75

to get (back) into the swing of things

Question 76

avoir bon/mauvais genre

Answer 76

to look respectable/disreputable

Question 77

sain et sauf

Answer 77

safe and sound

Question 78

il n'a pas pu s'empêcher de rire

Answer 78

he couldn't help laughing. s'empêcher de faire qch to stop o.s. doing sth

Question 79

avaler sa salive

Answer 79

to gulp

Question 80

il n'a rien fait

Answer 80

he didn't do anything, he did nothing

Question 81

par rapport à

Answer 81

in comparison with;

Question 82

feu de joie

Answer 82

bonfire

Question 83

mot d'ordre

Answer 83

slogan

Question 84

Déclaration d'impôts

Answer 84

Tax return

Question 85

Peser le pour et le contre

Answer 85

Weigh up the pros and cons

Question 86

Vis-à-vis

Answer 86

Regarding