Idiome & adv Flashcards by Jonathan COMBARY

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Eke out a living

A

Struggle to earn money

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Cut to the chase

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Va droit au but

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Bawl your eyes out

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Pleurer toutes les larmes de son corps

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How come

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Why is it that - Comment ca se fait que

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Suit yourself

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Do what you want

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First and foremost

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Surtout
Tout d’abord/En premier lieu

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In rebuttal

(Ri but all)

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Contraire
By way of contradiction
En objection

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For the sake of (sth)

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Dans l’interet de

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On a whim

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Sur un coup de tete

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Hang in there

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Courage
Tiens bon
Accroche toi

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Stick your oar in
Put your oar in

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Se meler de (qqch)
Ramener sa fraise/La ramener

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Thereby

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By that means
Ainsi

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Be up to

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Etre capable de

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Up for [doing] (sth)

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Partant pour [faire] (qqch)

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Merely

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Simplement
Seulement

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A l’avance
Au préalable

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As well

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Also

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Until then

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En attendant/ D’ici la
Jusque-la

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As well as

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Ainsi que

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Headfirst

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La tete la premiere
Tete baissée

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Whereabouts

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Approximately where
Oú exactement
Oú

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Afterward

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Après ca
Ensuite
Après

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I am not rolling with that

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Je ne suis pas d’accord avec ça

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I am not rolling with that

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Je ne suis pas d’accord avec ça

Out of his heart

De tout son cœur Par conviction sincere

Outright

Complètement/Unconditional/Total Immediately

Altougether

En tout Completely/Overall

Scarcely

Barely

Utterly

Tout a fait Completement

Henceforward

Désormais/Dorénavant

No wonder

It is not surprising Pas étonnant que

Carelessly

Avec négligence Avec insouciance

Basically

En gros