Week 4 Flashcards

(31 cards)

1
Q

C’est loin de

A

It is far cry from

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2
Q

L’extrême gauche

A

The far left

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3
Q

Une personne prévoyante, clairvoyante

A

A far-seeing person

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4
Q

Le coup fatal

A

The fatal blow

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5
Q

Le juste milieu

A

The golden mean

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6
Q

De nombreuses victimes

A

Heavy casualties

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7
Q

Le grand favori

A

The odds-on favourite

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8
Q

Les dernières informations

A

Hot news

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9
Q

Un perte irrémédiable

A

An irretrievable loss

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10
Q

A l’époque

A

Back then

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11
Q

Etre inutile

A

To be of any use

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12
Q

La presse à sensations

A

The tabloid press

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13
Q

Déformer la réalité

A

To distort the truth

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14
Q

La récolte

A

The harvest

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15
Q

Moissonné

A

Reaped

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16
Q

L’inflation

17
Q

Les biens de consommation

A

Consumer goods

18
Q

Faire la navette

A

To shuttle back and forth

To commute

19
Q

Il pensait qu’il ferait la navette 3 fois par semaine quand il habiterait à Londres

A

He thought he would commute three times a week when he lived in London

20
Q

Le ministre des finances (UK)

A

The Chancellor of the Exchequer

21
Q

Faire de la recherche

A

To do research

22
Q

Obtenir son diplôme à Oxford

A

To graduate from Oxford

23
Q

Condamné à vie

A

Sentenced to life

24
Q

Aborder, entamer (sujet)

25
Aussi curieux que cela paraisse
Odd though it may seem
26
Ainsi que
Along that
27
Une silhouette
A figure
28
S'approcher de (âge)
To get on for
29
Le petit jour
The crack of dawn
30
Elle ne fermait plus l'œil
She couldn't get a wink of sleep
31
Elle ne laissait sourdre aucun gémissement
She never let out a moan