Expressions Flashcards

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Peser le pour et le contre

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To weigh the pros and cons

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Un manque de respect

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A lack of respect

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Jouer des coudes

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To elbow one’s way

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Rester sur le terrain des faits

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To stick to the facts

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Plaider en faveur de / contre

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To make plea for / to plead for/against

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Avancer des arguments irréfutables en faveur de

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To make a compelling case for/ against

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Défendre une cause perdue

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To support a lost cause/ an opinion

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Porter une accusation contre

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To level an accusation against

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Être à côté de la question

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To be besides the point

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Établir un lien entre

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To set up a connexion between

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Mettre en évidence

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To bring to the fore

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Hors de danger

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Out of arm’s way

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Se maintenir à flots, maintenir sa tête hors de l’eau

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To keep one’s head above water

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Avoir une approche critique

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To take a critical stand on

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Défendre un autre point de vue

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To advocate a different approach

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Esquiver une question

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To evade a question

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Avoir un point de vue optimiste sur

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To have an optimistic outlook on

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Faire allusion à

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To hint at an issue

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Rester campe sur ses positions

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To stand one’s ground

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Donner un aperçu, une idée de

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To give someone an insight into

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Minimiser l’importance

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To play down / to minimize

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S’en tenir aux faits

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To stick to the facts

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D’autant plus que

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All the + comparatif de supériorité

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Être sur un pied d’estale

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To be on an equal footing with

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Bien élevé (4)
Well behaved Well mannered Well raised Well bred
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Auberge de jeunesse
Hostel
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1e plan, dernier plan
Foreground, background
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Dizaines de milliers (2)
Tens of thousands Dozens of thousands (Sans articles)
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Etudiant : 5 graduations
``` 1- freshman 2- sophomore 3- junior 4- senior 5- super senior ```
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Augmenter 2 fois, 3 fois, 10 fois
To increase twofold, threefold, tenfold
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Graduer/ gradué(adj) / gradué (PP)
Graduate / graduate / graduated
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Depuis début septembre
Since early September
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Crédit immobilier
A mortgage
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Avoir aucune idée de (2)
1- to have no clue how/ what... | 2- to be clueless
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Commerce équitable
Fair trade
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Blonde
Fair-haired
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Offre et demande
Supply and demand
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Fatigue
Exhaustion
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Presse à scandales (3)
Tabloids 2- scandal press 3- yellow press
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Caniveaux
Gutter
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Chaque moindre détail (3)
1- every single detail 2- every minute detail 3- every mere detail
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De cette façon
In such a way
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Être satisfait de
To be satisfied WITH + nom / ing
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Être tiré par les cheveux
To be far-fetched
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Prendre de mauvaises habitudes
To get into bad habits
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Prendre qch pour acquis
To take sth for granted
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Ailleurs
Elsewhere
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A l’aube
Dawn
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Tenir sa promesse / sa parole
To keep one’s promise/word
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Les restes
Leftovers
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Un chien/ chat abandonné
A stray dog/cat
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Errer dans la rue
To roam in the streets
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Une devise
A motto
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Mettre qn au courant de | Sensibiliser qn au sujet de
To make sb aware of sth | To sensitive sb about sth
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Doux (au toucher)
Soft/ smooth
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Adorable
Lovely
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Une source
A spring / a fountainhead
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Entre autres (choses)
Among others / other things
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Dans le monde entier (x4)
- worldwide - all over the world - around the world - across the world
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Travailleurs (euses) / ouvriers
- workers (Hommes + femmes) | - female workers (femmes)
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A ce rythme (x2)
At this rate | At this pace
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Plus loin (propre et figuré)
Farther (distance) | Further (abstrait)
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Une pomme de discorde
A bone of contention
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Largement inférieur
Well bellow