Expressions idiomatiques Flashcards by A Chen

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To have an optimistic outlook

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Voir la vie en rose

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Expensive

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Ça coûte un bras! OU Coûter les yeux de la tête

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To memorize

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Apprendre par coeur

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To be kind

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Avoir du coeur

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To be sad

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Avoir le coeur lourd

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To be courageous

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Avoir le coeur au ventre

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To be cruel

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Avoir un coeur de pierre

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To take [] seriously

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Prendre [] à coeur

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To be generous

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Avoir le portefeuille à place du coeur OU Avoir bon coeur

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To be clumsy

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Avoir deux mains gauches

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To be in control of a situation

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Avoir la situation bien en main

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To help

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Donner un coup de main

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To actively work/participate

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Mettre la main à la pate

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To lose one’s touch

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Perdre la main

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To work well together

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Travailler main dans la main

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To be bright

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Avoir du nez

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To be nosy

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Mettre le nez partout

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To be observant/insightful

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Avoir l’oeil OU Avoir un oeil de lynx

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To be a bystander

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Rester les bras croisés

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To be comfortable in one’s skin

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Etre bien dans [] peau

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To have in mind

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Avoir en tête

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To be crazy happy

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Etre fou/folle de joie OU Etre au septième ciel

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Mishmash

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Un méli-mélo

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To compromise

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Couper la poire en deux

To be in trouble

Etre dans le pétrin

To have a say in something

Mettre [] grain de sel

To be tired

Etre lessivé(e)

To be distracted/out of it

Etre à l’ouest OU Etre dans la lune OU Avoir la tête dans les nuages

To have a weakness for []

Avoir un faible pour []

To call it like it is

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