13/05/'13 Flashcards

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debout [debu]

manger debout

A

Adv. standing up

to eat standing up

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tricher sur

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to cheat on

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sans crainte

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(= sans peur)

without fear

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sortir de l’ordinaire

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to be out of the ordinary, to be unusual

= faire qqch d’inhabituel

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s’étendre

Les banlieues s’étendaient à l’infini.

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to stretch

The suburbs stretched out endlessly.

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une ampleur

prendre de l’ampleur

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scale, size, extent, magnitude

devenir important, s’étendre (to stretch)

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concocter

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To concoct; (to cook together, to create story or plan)

imaginer qqch, élaborer avec soin (care)

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se sustenter

Panda ne se sustente que de bambous.

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se nourrir, manger

To feed

Panda eats only bamboos.

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raffoler de qqch

Chic, des glaces, j’en raffole!

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to be crazy, to be mad about
(adorer qqch)

Ooh, ice cream, I love ice cream!

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y trouver son compte

Il n’y trouvait pas son compte, alors il est parti.

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He wasn’t doing well enough out of it, so he left.

trouver son avantage, tirer profit de qqch,

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