Grosse fiche sur les formes idiomatiques Flashcards

(85 cards)

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Aller se coucher

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to turn in

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se replier sur soi-même

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to turn in on oneself

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se rendre à la police

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to turn sbdy in

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se présenter

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to turn up

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joyeux/ Jubilatoire/exalté

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gleeful/ Elated

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une couronne/ une auréole

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a wreath

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Allégresse

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Glee

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sauter de joie

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to jump up and down with glee

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large

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broad

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maintenir

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to uphold

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le garant

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the Upholder

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répartir

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to share out/ to divvy up

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depuis le départ

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From the get-go

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Avec désinvolture

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casually

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un bavardage

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a casual discussion

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un emploi à intermittence

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casual Job

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Progrès

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headway

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Faire des progrès

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Make Headway

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Peu de progrès

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Little Headway

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céder/ S’apaiser pour un orage

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to relent/ to slacken

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impitoyable/ implacable

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relentless

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pêcher, faire une erreur

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to err

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s’égarer

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to go astray

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occuper (prendre du temps)

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to while away

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l'erreur est humaine
to err is human
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Un enfant abandonné
an astray Child
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être habitué à
to be wont to
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la bonne volonté
Willingness
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baisser
to plummet
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Une sage femme
a midwife
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stabiliser
to level off
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un caprice
a whim
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capricieux/ fantasque
whimsical
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sur place/ les locaux / sous escorte
on the premises
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considérant que
on the premise
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être toujours en mouvement
to be on the go
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détester
to loath
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enorme
tremendous
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très positif
terrific
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très négatif
Terrible
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le simple fait que
the mere fact that
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la moindre
merest
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une aubaine/ un atout
a boon/ an asset
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accepter
to settle for
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s'adapter
to settle in
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payer/ faire les comptes
to settle up
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Gratuit, libre
unfettered
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l'accès libre
unfettered Access
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entraver/ enchainer
to fetter
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Les entraves de l'ignorance
the Fetter of Ignorance
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Synonyme de Nobody
a nonendity
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avoir l'intention
to intent
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esquiver
to dodge/ to side-step/ to duck/ to elude/ to backtrack from
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épineux
vexing
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écarter/ Exclure
to preclude
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la perspicacité
shrewdness
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manquer de
to be lacking/ to be wanting in
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une croyance
a creed/ a tenet
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faire le nécessaire pour/ faire en sorte que
to see to it / to see to that
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dire au revoir
to see off
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voir dans le jeu de qqn
to see through
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examiner
to see into
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envisager
to see about
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attentiste
a wait-and-see attitude
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la fin, la chute, la mort
the Demise
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apaiser, soulager, dissiper
to relieve/ to sooth/ to allay/ to alleviate
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une commission
a panel
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réprimer/ étouffer
to quell
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une réduction
a wane/ a dwindling
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cette sorte de
ilk
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incomber à
incumbent
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aimable
obliging for
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difficile/ odieux/ éprouvant
strenuos
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macabre
gruesome
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fulminer
to rant on
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une diatribe, un pamphlet
a rant
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tempêter
to rant and rave
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partir du principe
to live by a principle
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on peut prendre ça pour de
this attitude can pass off
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puer
to reek
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le syndrôme de la page blanche
writter's block
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Mieux vaut être seul que mal accompagné
It's better to be alone than in bad company
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Un mécène
a patron
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une fausse joie, un feu de paille
a flash in the pan
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tomber à l'eau
to go down the pan