Vocabulary- Comment Dirais-je? C'est Une Mauvaise Idée Flashcards by Vanessa Djabatey | Brainscape

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It’s a bad idea

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C’est une mauvaise idée

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Unthinkable

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Impensable

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Unacceptable

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Inadmissible

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Unbelievable

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Inouï(e)

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Ill-conceived

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Mal conçu(e)

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Scandalous

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Scandaleux(-euse)

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Short of cogent arguments

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À court d’arguments cohérents

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Remote from the realities of life

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Coupé(e) des réalités du terrain

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The idea turns out to be wrong

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L’idée se révèle fausse

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There is no sound basis for the idea

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L’idée ne repose sur rien de sérieux

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To …is out of the question

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Il est hors de question de (+ infin)

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Sheer lunacy

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Du pur délire

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An outrage to common sense

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Un outrage au bons sens

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A plan doomed to failure

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Un projet voué à l’échec

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A strategy which is proving to be ineffective

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Une stratégie qui s’avère inefficace

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An absurd idea

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Une idée aberrante

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A senseless idea

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Une idée dépourvue de sens

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A highly debatable idea

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Une idée hautement contestable

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An insubstantial argument

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Un argument qui manque de poids

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An argument belied by the facts

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Un argument démenti par les faits

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The argument does not add up

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L’argument ne rime à rien

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The argument does not really withstand close analysis

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L’argument ne résiste guère à l’analyse

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The argument only skims the surface

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L’argument ne dépasse pas la surface des choses

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It is not the only avenue to be explored

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Ce n’est pas l’unique piste à explorer

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Nothing would be more futile than (to)

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Rien ne serait plus vain que (de + infin)

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What is the point of…?

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À quoi cela sert-il de… (+infin)

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It is better to stick to…

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Mieux vaut s’en tenir à …

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What are they trying to achieve?

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Où veut-on en venir?

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Let’s get past these childish ideas

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Dépassons ces enfantillages