Theme/version Flashcards

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En conséquence

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As a result/consequently

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En tout

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All told

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Minable, médiocre

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Shabby

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Franchir la frontière

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Cross the frontier

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Une déception

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A disappointment

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Une Anne de césure

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A year off

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Faire du stop

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To hitch

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Nous avons réservé des places

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We booked ourselves

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Chaleureux

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Warm

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Être excrément déçu, dévaster

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To be crushed

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L’après était largement entamé

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It was well into the afternoon

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Au boulot

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Let’s get to work

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Ça vous va ?

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It’s okay with you ?

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A contre cœur

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Reluctantly

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Parapher qqch

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To sign smth, to initial smth

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Avant de faire qqch

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Before doing smth

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Échanger une poignée de mains

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To shake hands

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Le siège du gouvernement

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The headquarters of the government

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Une conférence de presse commune

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A joint press conference

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Signe de

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A sign of

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Les tensions persistances

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The lingering tensions/ the lasting tensions

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Bénéficier de qqch

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To benefit from smth

To enjoy the support of/ be supported by

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Donner un coup de coude

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To nudge

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Pousser qqn à faire qch

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To nudge sm to do somth

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Amadouer qql pour qu’il fasse quelque chose
To coax someone into doing smth
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Faire entrer qqn
To let someone in, to ask someone in
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Il se douta que
He suspected that/ he guessed that
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Cacher qqch a qqn
To hide smth from smb
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La propriété
The estate
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Tomber sur la tête
To go crazy / to go insane
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Se servir qqch
To help oneself to smth
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Le culot de faire qqch
The nerve to do smth
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Aubaine
Bonanza
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Une perruque
A wig
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A l’affût
On the watch
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En temps voulu
In due time
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Pour le moment
For the time being
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Dans les années à venir
In years to come
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De retrouver aux prises avec
To grapp about
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Besogner
To toil
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Avare
Stingy
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S’occuper de (x3)
To attend to / to look after / to take care of
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Faire une descente
To raid
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Faire fortune en partant de rien
To go from rags to riches
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Faire les magasins
To go round to the shops
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En attendant
Meanwhile
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Comment gagnez vous votre vie ?
How do you earn a living ?
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Il alluma son ordi
He turned on his computer/ he switched on his computer
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Feux rouges grillés
Running red lights
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Stationnement interdit
Parking illegally
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Voies de bus empruntées
Taking bus lanes
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S’occuper de qqch (x3)
To take care of smth / to deal with smth / to be in charge of smth
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Pour en faire le tour ( x2 )
To take it in / to see it around
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Venir en troupeau
To flock
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Les dirigeants
Board of directors
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Whose / the —- of which
G
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Se rendre compte
To realize
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Les biens de consommation
Consumer goods
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La société de consommation
The consumer society
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Acheter qch à qqn
To buy smth from sb
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Un achat, une acquisition
A purchase
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Le pouvoir d’achat
The purchasing power
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Payer un article
To pay for an item
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Avoir le choix
To have a choice
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Une publicité
An advertisement, an advert
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Fournir
To supply
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Prêter qqch à qqn
To lend so smth
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Un rabais
A rebate
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Considérable
Significant
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Passer une commande
To place an order
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Un reçu, un ticket de caisse
A receipt
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S’endetter
To run into debt
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Selon si
According to whether
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Les habitudes de consommation
The consumer habits
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Alléchant
Tempting
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Être dépensier
To be a spendthrift
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Acheter en gros
To buy in bulk
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Dépenser de l’argent dans la nourriture
To spend money on food
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Le pouvoir d’achat
The purchasing power
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Une vitrine, une devanture
A shop-window
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Superflu
Superfluous
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Faire du lèche-vitrine
To go window-shopping
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Inciter, pousser qqn à acheter
To talk sb into buying
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Vivre au dessus de ses moyens
To live beyond one’s means
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Une frénésie d’achat
A spending free
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Le chiffre d’affaires
The turnover
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Le rapport qualite prix
The value for money
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Tirer profit de
To cash in on
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Un escroc
A crook
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Économe
Thrifty
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L’art pour l’art
Art for art’s sake
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En souvenir du passé
For old times’ sake
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L’art pour l’art
Art for art’s sake
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En souvenir du passé
For old times’ sake
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S’émerveiller de qch
To marvel at smth
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Suffire
To be enough
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Cela ne coûte rien d’essayer
It doesn’t cost anything to try
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Dresser un bilan
To draw up a report
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Faire sauter qch
To blow smth up
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Guichet
Counter ( administration ) / ticket desk (cine etc)
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Insupportable
Unbearable
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Mettre au chômage
To lay sb off
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Attaquer violemment
To savage
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Se laisser intimider/ refroidir par
To be cowed by
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Détruire, anéantir
To wreck
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Fixer, établir
To lay down
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Louper, rater
To fluff
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Tromper, abuser
To deceive
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Un jeu d’enfant
A cake walk
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Se défaire
To unravel
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Diaboliquement
Fiendishly
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L’attrait, le charme
The appeal
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Percuter qqn/ entrer en collision avec qqn
To slam into sb
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Claquer
To slam smth
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Centre commercial
A mall
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Devant la télé
In front of the tube
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Réduire ses dépenses
To cut back
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Puissant ou extrêmement
Mighty
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Étonner, surprendre qqn
To atonish sb
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Audacieux
Daring
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Intensément, avec force, avec acharnement
Fiercely
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Vouloir à tout prix faire qch
To be hell-bent on doing smth
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Tenir quelqu’un comme responsable de
To blame someone for smth
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Vigilance
Watchfulness
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Rompre le lien
To sever bond/tie
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Repousser, éloigner
To ward off smth
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Rester à l’écart
To steer clear
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Faire signe de / attirer
To beckon
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Des l’âge de
From the age of
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La vocation de
His calling from botany
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Un collier de barbe
A clipped beard
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Austère
Stern, grave, austere
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Pousser qqn à faire qch
To push someone to do smth To drive someone to do smth
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S’établir dans un village
To settle in village
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Un ennemi farouche des
A fierce enemy of ... of ....of, and of He fiercely opposes...,....,and ...
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Choyer qqn
To pamper sb
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Annoncer qch / être un signe avant-coureur de qch
To herald smth
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Toute la journée
All day / all day long
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Remonter le moral de qqn
To cheer someone up/ to console sm
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Ne pas pouvoir s’empêcher de faire qch
Sujet + cannot help doing smth
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Ses conseils se révèlent être de bons conseils
His advice turns out to be good
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Se rendre disponible
To make time