2de doc Flashcards
se permettre de
afford to. get away with. allow itself to
je me permets de
I would like to. allow me to… I take the liberty of
intégrer dans
integrate into. incorporate into. include in… embed in…
à condition de
as long as. provided that. on the condition of… under the condition of
se comporter
behave. act. perform. conduct. carry. comport. bear
ce qui signifie
which means… which implies… (what does that mean ?)
à quoi ça sert de….
what’s the point of/in… ; what’s the use in… ; What’s the sense in…
s’offrir
afford. offer. buy. be offered. indulge. pay
casanier, casanière, pantouflarde, pantouflard,
homebody. stay-at-home. home-loving
pour plus de commodité. par commodité. pour la commodité. pour des raisons de commodité. pour des raisons pratiques
for convenience. for ease of reference. as a convenience. by convenience
tacite
tacit. implied. unspoken. implicit. unwritten. automatic. unstated. mute
s’accommoder à
adapt to… ; come to terms with…
chercher activement
actively seek. actively seeking. actively pursue. actively look for
la traversée du désert
the crossing of the desert ; the wilderness
aller ailleurs, aller autre part, partir ailleurs, aller quelque part ailleurs, allez voir ailleurs
go elsewhere. go somewhere else
à mes débuts, dans mes débuts
when I started. when I first started. in my early days. when I was starting out, in my beginnings
faire preuve de
exercise. to show. display. act with. exhibit. evince
n’a servi à rien
was useless. didn’t help. was pointless. was for nothing. was in vain. served no purpose
hallucinant
amazing. mind-blowing. hallucinating. incredible. staggering. hallucinatory. mind blowing. mind-bending
face à
facing. against. about. over. towards. regarding. vis-à-vis. in view of. versus. in front of. in the face of
recharger mes batteries. me ressourcer. recharger les batteries. le plein d’énergie
recharge my batteries. resource myself. refresh myself. collect myself. go find myself
se changer les idées
take your mind off things ; to get your mind
tourner la page. tourner une nouvelle page. faire peau neuve. tourner une page. Prenez un nouveau départ
to turn over a new leaf/ page
je m’impose
I force myself. I’m imposing. I set myself. I win. I put on myself. I impose myself