Jumping Ahead 17 Flashcards

1
Q

A cop-out

A

Une dérobade, une échappatoire

Une excuse bidon, un faux-fuyant

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2
Q

“I couldn’t agree more.”

A

“Je suis on ne peut plus d’accord.”

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3
Q

“We couldn’t be happier about how things went.”

A

“On est on ne peut plus satisfait de comment ça s’est déroulé.”

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4
Q

A shift

A

un service

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5
Q

To do something out-right, point-blank, bluntly

A

Faire quelque chose de but en blanc

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6
Q

To do something suddenly, out of nowhere

To blurt out or say something out of nowhere / point-blank

A

Faire / dire quelque chose à brûle pourpoint

tout d’un coup

“brusquement et sans qu’on s’y attend”

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7
Q

To do something all at once ( maybe rushed )

A

d’un seul coup

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8
Q

To go down or up on the ladder ( ranking )

A

descendre ou grimper d’un échelon
( dans la hiérarchie )

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9
Q

To take things up a notch

… down a notch

A

monter d’un cran

baisser d’un cran / ton

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10
Q

Keep someone company

A

tenir compagnie à quelqu’un

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11
Q

“Friggin _______!”

A

Saleté de ______

Saloprie de ______

Putain de ______

Satané _____, maudit _______

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12
Q

To make an exception

A

Faire une exception

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13
Q

To nitpick, to find something to complain about

To split hairs

“you’re not really going to quibble about 2 euros.”

A

Chercher la petite bête

Chipoter pour quelque chose

“vous n’allez pas chipoter pour 2 € !”

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14
Q

“Everything has gone back to normal.”

A

“Tout est rentré dans l’ordre.”

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15
Q

“Likely story.”

“Hmm, suuuuuure.”

A

“Elle est bonne, celle là.”

“Voilà une histoire vraisemblable / crédible”

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16
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To drop what one is doing, leave something half done

A

tout laisser en plan

17
Q

To not be keen on a particular thing, to not be crazy about

“I’m not crazy about spinach”

A

ne pas courir après quelque chose

“Les épinards, je ne cours pas après.”

ne pas raffoler de quelque chose

18
Q

To be nuts about, absolutely love something

“I’m crazy about chocolate.”

A

raffoler de quelque chose

“le chocolat, j’en raffole.”