Expressions Valorisantes Flashcards

(33 cards)

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Être sur le point de

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To be on the edge of

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Être au coude à coude

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To be neck and neck

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S’avérer

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To turn out to be

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Être à l’ordre du jour

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To be one’s agenda

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4
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Se consacrer à

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To devote oneself to doing something

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Reprendre sa vie en main

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To get one’s life back

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C’est couru d’avance

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It is shoo-in

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Faire de la lèche

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To grovel

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Tu peux toujours parler

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You may talk till you are blue in the face

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Dégoûter quelqu’un de quelque chose

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To pût somebody off something

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Être nombriliste

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To be novel-gazing

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Prendre un carton rouge

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To get a Red card

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Être en rade de quelque chose

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To be short of

Ex : to be short of money

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Comment cela se fait-il?

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How come i can … ?

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Une enfreinte à la vie privée

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An infringement of private life

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Porter atteinte à la liberté individuelle

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To strike a blow to personal freedom

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Être de courte durée

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To be short lived

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Reprendre le travail

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To resume work

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Au nom de

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In the name of

For the sake of

19
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Partir de zéro

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To start from scratch

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Gravir les échelons

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To go from rags to riches ou to climb up the social ladder

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Rejeter la responsabilité sur quelqu’un

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To offload the responsability onto somebody

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Mener une vie de château

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To live a life of luxury

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Toucher le fond

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To hit rock bottom

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Avoir le moral à zéro
To be down in the mouth
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Faire croire n'importe quoi à quelqu'un
To pull the wool over someone's eyes
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Prendre des risques
To go out on a limb
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C'est le coup de foudre !
It is love at first sight !
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C'est l'hôpital qui se moque de la charité
It is the pot calling the kettle black
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L'argent ne fait pas le bonheur
Money can't buy happiness
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Quand on veut on peut
When there's a will there's a way
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Paris ne s'est pas fait en un jour
Rome was not built in a day
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Qui ne dit mot consent
Silence is tantamount to consent