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Pure skill Flashcards

(5 cards)

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Q

Exprimer l’opposition par rapport à une situation ou une solution alternative :
Prendre le métro est mieux que (l’autre option) prendre le bus

  • Shall we take the bus or the subway ?
  • La situation serait pire (qu’elle ne le serait si… ou qu’elle ne l’est déjà)
A

Use “off”

  • Taking the bus would be better off !
  • The situation would be worse off !
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Tout ce que (qqn) fait est…/ (qqn) ne fait que de… idée de qqch d’ennuyant, d’embêtant

  • Ma sœur ne fait que de m’embêter
  • Il ne fait que de me demander l’heure
A

All (sb) ever does

• All my sister ever does is annoying me !

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Ce qui est important ce sont les choses en elles-mêmes et non pas le nom qu’on leur donne

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A rose by any other name would smell as sweet

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S’effriter aux bords (littéralement)
Montrer des signes de faiblesse

• Le sécurité montre des signes de faiblesse

A

To be fraying at the edges

• The security is fraying at the edges

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Tout et n’importe quoi

  • Tu veux de la bière, du rhum, de la vodka,…, dis moi et je te le sors
  • Il y a plein de trucs à faire ici : du vélo, du camping, du canoë, tout ce que tu veux.
A

You name it

  • Do you want booze, rum, vodka,…, you name it I’ve got it
  • There is plenty to do here : biking, camp, canoe, you name it
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