Vochelle 5 Flashcards by Guillaume Dorier

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Amusant

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Entertaining

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Une chambre rangé

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A tidy room

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Un gémissement

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a groan

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Insulter

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To revile

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Sans armes

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Outgunned

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Une mort politique

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A political demise

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Têtu

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Stubborn

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Oser

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To dare

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Briser/voler en éclats

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To shatter

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Parvenir à

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To bring about

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Un extremis

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At the very last minute

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Hurler

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To shout

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Se saisir

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To seize

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A la suite/ au lendemain de

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In the wake/aftermath of

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Tourner autour

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To revolve around

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Avec presque 30 ans

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To be under thirty

To be in the late twenties

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Froncer les sourcils

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To frown

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Se fâcher contre qqn

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To get angry with sbody

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Être stoïque, sans réaction (2)

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To be stony-faced

To be expressionless

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Négligent, négligé

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Careless, untidy

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To manage to

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Pas la peine de dire que

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Needless to say that

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Nous ne savons pas ce que le futur nous réserve

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We do not know what the future have holds in store

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Dans un contexte de

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Against a background of

Lâcher le loup dans la bergerie

To set a cat among the pigeons

C’est dur à avaler

It’s a bitter pill to swallow

Un labyrinthe bureaucratique

A bureaucratic maze

Des promesses en l’air

Hollow promises

Démagogie

Grandstanding

Paroles en l’air (3)

Hot air/ empty talks/ bluster

Attitude condescendante | Attitude intransigeante

Condescending attitude | Uncompromising attitude

Délivrer à qqn un visa

To issue sbody with a visa

Les privilégiés

Oligarchs The happy few The A-list people The overdog

Fait sur mesure

Bespoke | Custom-made

Négocier

To bargain

Être redevable

To owe sbody

Tout à long Ou Dans l’ensemble

Throughout

Être sévèrement critiqué, fustigé

To be lambasted

Dérouler le tapis rouge

To roll out the welcome mat

Impitoyable (2)

Hard-nosed | Uncompromising

Prévenir

To warm

Honteux

Shameful

Quant à...

As for...

Accablant

Damning

Authentique

Genuine

Les motifs, raisons

The grounds

Ce changement n’est pas pour demain la vieille

This shift is not around the corner

Prendre du recul

To look at the big picture

Induire en erreur

To mislead

Évoquer l’idée de | On parle de...

To talk of | There is talk of