54 Flashcards
a cowboy, especially one who looks after horses
a wrangler
un emballage
a wrapping
être absorbé dans
to be wrapped up in
ruiner tout e chance de
to wreck one’s chance
anéantir
to wreck one’s career, health, marriage
un naufrage
a shipwreck
une épave
a wreck
lutter
to wrestle
la lutte (sport)
the wrestling
misérable, pauvre
wretched [wretch -id]
se comporter abominablement
to behave wretchedly
vivre dans la misère
to be destitute
être malheureux
to be miserable
radiothérapie
x-ray treatment
un étalon de mesure
a yardstick
Est-ce que la richesse est un critère de réussite?
Is wealth the only yardstick of sucess?
avoir très envie, languir
to yearn to/ for/ after
a crop
a yield
jeune (fashion)
youthful
YUPPIE
now people are more likely to say “Affluent Professionals” or “Young Affluent Professionals” (YÄPS)
ferveur
zeal
entrain, enthousiasme
zest
enthusiastic
zestful
danois
Danes
finlandais
Finns
Lettonie
Latvia
lituanie
Lithuania
luxembourgeois
Luxembourgers
maltais
Maltese
tchèque
Czechs
suédois
Swedes
birmanie
Burma
birman
Burmese
israéliens
Israelis
libanais
Lebanese
Maroc
Morocco
NZ
New-Zealand
norvégiens
Norwegians
pakistanais
Pakistanis
soudanais
Sudanese
Vietnamien
Vietnamese
machiner (to scheme or use tricks to get sth)
to angle for (a job, a pay rise)
baratin, balivernes
balderdash
(J)
mots qui ne font pas partie du dictionnaire mais qui sont très courant dans la presse
embobiner qn
to bamboozle sb into doing sth
prendre le train marche
to jump on the bandwagon
to get on the popular or winning side, as after an election
to get on the bandwagon
indécent
bawdy
to spoil by a poor performance
to botch sth
sidéré
to be bowled over
une rixe
a brawl
negotiate an agreement
to broker
someone very knowledgeable in a particular field
a buff
racoler
to drum up trade/ interest in sth
Une publicité plus provocatrice pourrait provoquer de bonnes retombées pour nos affaires
A more provocative ad might drum up some trade
the process of lowering intellectual level, usually of a TV program, to make it appeal to a wider audience
to dumb down
a person which is exuberant, outspoken and showing strong determination
feisty
résoudre un pb
Fielding question
donner l’investiture
to field
envoyer des troupes
to field troops
époustouflé
flabbergasted/ gobsmacked
un véritable scandale
a full-fledged scandal
an inexperienced person, a new company
a fledgling person, company
a fiasco
a flop
mou
floppy
to hand over cash
to fork out
un jeune loup
a go-getter
working out all the détails of a contract
to hammer out
entraver un projet, couper tous moyens
to harmstring (J)
tendons du jarret
harmstring
être fauché
to be hard up for money
en manque de drogue
to be hard up for drugs
to obtain or sell by agressive means
to hustle
to be in a suspended state
to be in limbo/ out on a limb
époustouflant
mind-boggling
La somme qu’il a dépensé pour cette voiture est ahurissante
The amount of money he spent on that car boggles the mind
de l’éclat, de classe (show business)
pizazz (J)
style B.C.B.G.
a preppie style
piquant, corsé
racy (show)
make a lot of money
to rake in/ clean up
toucher une commission (souvent illégitime)
to get a rake-off
un changement de grand ampleur
a sea change
mélo, sentimentale
a schmaltz
dédaigner
to spurn
traiter qn avec mépris
to pour scorn on sbdy
un fanfaron
a swashbuckler
miteux
shabby, tatty
légèrement modifier
to tweak
tirer les oreilles
to tweak a child’s ear
dévasté par la guerre
war-torn
a controversial issue (divisive)
a wedge issue
to make an attempt
to have a whack at sth
brouhaha
whoop-de-do, bally-hoo
something big
a whopper
a lie
a whopper
somebody comical, foolish, ridiculous
a zany
to have really good time
to have a whacking good time
to be eccentric
to be whacky
