Abstract notions - The usual and the unexpected Flashcards

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l’habitude = la coutume

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habit (faux ami) = custom.

Attention : customs = douane

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(s’) attendre (à) qqch -> attendu # inattendu

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to expect sth -> expected # unexpected

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la tradition -> traditionnel

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tradition -> traditional

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prévoir -> prévu # imprévu -> prévisible

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to foresee -> foreseen # unforeseen -> foreseeable

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ordinaire -> d’ordinaire

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ordinary -> ordinarily

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normal -> normalement, la normalité

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normal -> normally, normality = normalcy

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banal -> la banalité

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banal -> banality

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courant -> commun -> un lieu commun

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common -> commonplace -> a commonplace

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la routine ou routinier (adj)

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routine

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routinier / monotone

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humdrum

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habituel # inhabituel

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usual # unusual

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spécial

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special

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l’exception, une exception -> exceptionnel

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exception, an exception -> exceptional

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extraordinaire

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extraordinary

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insolite

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out-of-the-ordinary

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étrange -> étrangement, l’étrangeté

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strange -> strangely, strangeness

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bizarre

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odd / peculiar / queer

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bizarrement, de manière étrange

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oddly / peculiarly / queerly

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une bizarrerie

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an oddity / a peculiarity

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anormal -> anormalement

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abnormal -> abnormally

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l’anormalité ou l’/une anomalie

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abnormality

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une bonne habitude

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a good habit

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une habitude durable / enracinée

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a lasting / deep-rooted habit

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se débarrasser d’une habitude

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to shake off a habit

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dans un avenir prévisible

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in the foreseeable future

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elle avait coutume de travailler dur

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she was wont to work hard

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elle a téléphoné à ses enfants, comme de coutume

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she rang her children as was her wont

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avoir l’habitude de faire qqch

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to be in the habit of doing sth = to be accustomed to doing sth= to be used to doing sth

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nous connaissons bien ce phénomène

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we are familiar with this phenomenon

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on n’a jamais vu ça

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that’s unheard of

31
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ça n’arrive à peu près jamais (2 phrases)

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it hardly ever happens = it nearly never happens

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c’est toujours ce à quoi l’on s’attend le moins qui arrive

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the unexpected always happens