Expressions Flashcards

(92 cards)

1
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d’une voix

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in a voice

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rusé comme un renard

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as sly as a fox

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myope comme une taupe

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As blind as a bat

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après le passage de

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in the wake ok / in the aftermath of

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chez Jean

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at Jean’s (house/place)

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au fond de la pièce

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at the far end of the room

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à l’autre bout du fil

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at the other end of the line

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lui-même (réponse au téléphone)

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speaking

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la Côte d’Azur

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the French Riviera

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10
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à votre nom

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bearing your name

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ce n’est pas de mon dommaine

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it’s not my remit / responsbility

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12
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un exemple révélateur

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a telling example

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13
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une dizaine

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about ten thousand

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être sérieux, ne pas plaisanter

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to be in earnest

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15
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An inch

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3cm

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16
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A foot

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30 cm

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A yard

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1 m

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18
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An area of 36 sq metres

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36 m²

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19
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mètre cube

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cubic metres

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20
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à l’aube

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at dawn

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21
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insister pour

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to insist on doing sthg

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22
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par la fenêtre

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out of the window

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Raide comme un piquet

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as stiff as a board

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elle se rend aveugle à trop lire

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she reads herself blind

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elle se tue au travail
She works herself to death
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elle se rend malade à force de manger
she eats herself sick
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Si seulement
I wish...
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le matin
IN the morning
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être sérieux, ne pas plaisanter
To be in earnest
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se frayer un chemin à travers la foule
To elbow / push one’s way through the crowd
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je n’en vis pas
I can’t make a living from it
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ils ont peu de succès
They don’t sell very well
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comment se fiat-il que?
How come
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une douzaine de semaines
Twelve years or so…/ for twelve odd years
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c’est réglé
That settles it
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c’est le ponpon, c’est le bouquet
That takes the biscuit!
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se servir qqc..
To help oneself to sthg
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cul sec
Bottoms up
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il pleut des cordes
It’s pouring
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à cette époque là
In those days
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un bébé qui marche
A toddler
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par les temps qui courent
In this day and age
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Quel est le pb ?
What the hell?
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pourquoi diable
Why on earth
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c’est un soldat jusqu’à la moelle
He is every bit a soldier
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être le portrait craché de qqn
To be the spitting image of sbdy
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en toute autre occasion
At any other time
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qui aime bien chatie bien
« Spare the rod, spoil the child »
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une langue de vipère
A mean tongue
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une copie originale
A master copy
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passe-partout
Master key
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faire l’appel
To call the roll
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les vieux préjugés ont la vie dure
Old prejudices die hard
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en raison de
Due to / owing to
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il est grand temps
It is high time + preterit
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libre circulation des hommes et des biens
The free movement of people and goods
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stimuler
To kick-start / stimulate the economy
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un jour sur deux
Every other day
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renforcer
To tighten up policies /border
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contourner
To circumvent a rule/law
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relativiser
To put things into perspective
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faire qqc par compassion
To do sthg out of compassion
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me voici
Here I am
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elle a la trentaine
She is thirtyish
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on aurait dit que
It looked as if
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tu dois le faire une fois pour toute
You are to do it at once
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comment se fait-il…?
How did you happen to go there?
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est-ce que par hasard tu aurais un stylo ?
Do you happen to have a pen ?
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loin des yeux, loin du cœur
Out of sight, out of mind
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espérer trop de qqc
To set one’s sights too high
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avoir qqn/qqc dans le collimateur
To have sthg/sbdy in one’s sight
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faire du tourisme
To go places/sightseeing
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coup de foudre
Love at first sight
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devant la loi, au regard de la loi
In the sight of the law
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avoir le pied marin
To finds one’s sea leg
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ne pas tenir en place
To have ants in one’s pants
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au minimum
at the very least
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ça n'a pas la moindre importance
it doesn't matter in the least
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encore moins, surtout pas
least of all
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en particulier
not least
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viens avec moi, suis moi
come along
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le petit chaperon rouge
Red Riding Hood
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vol à l'étalage
shoplifting
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ceux qui ont la capuche
a hoodie
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monsieur tout le monde
The man in the street
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en-dessous
below
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passer la balle à qqn
to throw the ball to sbdy
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passer la balle à qqn en lui faisant mal
to throw a ball AT
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ne quittez pas
hold on
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regarde, fais attention
look out / watch out
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Pour une bouchée de pain
For a song
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Éventuellement l'idée...me taraude
Bothered by the idea that