11/12/13 Flashcards

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Être éloigné

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To be aloof

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Être mis en attente, relégué au second plan

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To be put on the back burner

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Répugner à

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To balk at

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Asséner un coup fatal à

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To deal a blow at

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C’est qqch que l’on doit prendre en compte

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It is something to be reckoned with

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Faire cavalier seul

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To go it alone

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Faure grincer des dents

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To set teeths on edge

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Mettre de l’argent de côté

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To earmark money

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Se libérer des chaînes de

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To shed the shackles of

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Un compromis

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A middle-of-the-road solution

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Qui s’apparente à

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Akin to

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Mais en l’état des choses, c’est peu probable que cela arrive, c’est même peu souhaitable

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But as things stand, this is unlikely to happen, nor is it to be whished for

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Jouer la montre

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To play for time

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Tergiverser

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To prevanicate

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N’est pas compatible avec

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To be at odds with

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Une bête noire

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A bogeyman

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Tourner en dérision

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To ridicule

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Débile

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Daft

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La banane courbée

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The bent banana