12. ENGLISH the global language? Flashcards

1
Q

ce n’est qu’une façon de parler

A

it is only a figure of speech

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2
Q

compétence en Anglais

A

proficiency in English

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3
Q

domaine

A

endeavor

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4
Q

dénué de sens

A

meaningless

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5
Q

en d’autres termes

A

in other words

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6
Q

engendrés

A

spawned

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7
Q

inventer un mot

A

to coin a word

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8
Q

l’aisance de qn à s’exprimer en

A

sb’s fluency in

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9
Q

l’argot

A

slang

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10
Q

l’hégémonie de l’Anglais

A

the hegemony of English

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11
Q

l’orthographe

A

spelling

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12
Q

la barrière de la langue

A

the language barrier

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13
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la langue familière (2)

A

informal / colloquial language

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14
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la langue soignée, soutenue

A

formal language

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15
Q

la progression de l’anglais

A

the spread of English

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16
Q

le sens

A

meaning

17
Q

mal traduire qqch

A

to mistranslate sthg

18
Q

parler anglais avec un fort accent

A

to speak heavily accented english

19
Q

parler couramment anglais (2)

A

to speak fluent English / to speak English fluently

20
Q

parler mal anglais

A

to speak broken english

21
Q

parler un mauvais anglais

A

to speak poor english

22
Q

rafraîchir son allemand

A

to brush up one’s German

23
Q

s’exprimer

A

to express oneself

24
Q

se faire comprendre

A

to make oneself understood

25
Q

suivre un cours d’Italien

A

to do an italian course

26
Q

surfant sur la vague de…

A

riding the crest of…

27
Q

TOEFL

A

Test Of English as a Foreign Language

28
Q

un accent marqué, prononcé

A

a broad accent

29
Q

un anglophone

A

a native English speaker

30
Q

un cliché

A

a cliché

31
Q

un mot à la mode

A

a buzz word

32
Q

un test de compétences

A

a proficiency test

33
Q

une expression (2)

A

a phrase, an expression

34
Q

une figure de style

A

a figure of speech

35
Q

une formule, un slogan

A

a catch phrase

36
Q

une langue de travail

A

a working language

37
Q

une langue maternelle

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a mother-tongue

38
Q

épeler un mot

A

to spell a word