U25 Lexique Expressions Utiles Flashcards

(45 cards)

1
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at the dawn of

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à l’aube de

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2
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by what / in terms of

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à l’aune de

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3
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at stake / on top

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à la clé

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4
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in haste / on the sly

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à la sauvette

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5
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for what purpose / to what ends

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à quelles fins

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6
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in advance

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au préalable

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7
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to be concerned about / to have concerns

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avoir quelques inquiétudes

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8
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it is, in my opinion

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c’est, à mon sens, …

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9
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to identify the needs / to figure out the needs

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cerner les besoins

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10
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to plug the gaps

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colmater les brèches

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11
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to land a juicy contract

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décrocher un contrat juteux

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12
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in coordination / in collaboration with

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en concertation avec

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13
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it is still necessary that

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encore faut-il que

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14
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to deal with the initial problems

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essuyer les plâtres

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15
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to suffocate / to swelter from the heat

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étouffer de chaleur

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16
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to be safe from / to be free from

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être à l’abri de

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to be at the heart of / to be at the very core

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être au cœur de

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18
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to be endowed with / to be equipped with

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être doté de

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to be on the way to doing/ in the process of

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être en passe de

20
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to still have a long way to go

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être loin du compte

21
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worse off / to be less endowed

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être moins bien loti

22
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to be common practice/occurence

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être monnaie courante

23
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to enforce the laws

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faire appliquer les lois

24
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to face constraints / to deal with constraints

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faire face à des contraintes

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to prove oneself
faire ses preuves
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to get something up and running
faire tourner quelque chose
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attention to / beware of
gare à
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exactly one year ago
il y a pile un an
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to warn / to caution
mettre en garde
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to get to work on a project
mettre la main à la pâte
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to put an end to
mettre un terme à
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to have nothing to be ashamed (of)
n’avoir à rougir de rien
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to pay off
porter leurs fruits
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for large sections / for large parts
pour de larges pans
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to take the bull by the horns
prendre le taureau par les cornes
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to offer sustainable solutions
proposer des solutions durables
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be that as it may
quoi qu’il en soit
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completely different / beyond comparison
sans commune mesure
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to aim to / to set as a goal
se fixer pour objectif
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indispensable condition / sine qua non
sine qua non
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on site / on the spot
sur place
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to keep one’s side of the bargain
tenir ses engagements
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to sound the alarm
tirer la sonnette d’alarme
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a wide range of / a broad range of
un large éventail de
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large-scale experiment
une expérience à grande échelle