Assimil no 3 Flashcards

1
Q

Se mettre les pieds

dans les plats

A

To put one’s foot in it

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2
Q

Faire visiter

A

To show someone around

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3
Q

Presque toujours

A

Almost always

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4
Q

Plutôt assez une bonne piėce

A

Quite a good play

Rather a good play

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5
Q

Ont répondu a

l’annonce

A

Replied to the avertissement

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6
Q

Fils nus

A

Bare wire

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7
Q

Où plutôt

A

Or rather

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8
Q

Se glisser dessous

A

To slid underneath

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9
Q

Détournement de

Fond

A

Embezzelment

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10
Q

Accentuation

A

Stress

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11
Q

A qui le dis-tu
Tu l’as dit
Tu parles

A

You’re telling me

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12
Q

Sans parler

Sans mentionner

A

To say nothing of

Not to mention

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13
Q

Suspect (adjectif)

A

Suspicious

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14
Q

Toute la gamme

Produits

A

The whole range

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15
Q

Sur la pointe des

Pieds

A

On tip toe

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16
Q

Ainsi

De cette façon

A

So that
So that nobody noti-
ces

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17
Q

Gêner, encombrer

le chemin

A

To be or to get in the way

18
Q

Série de négocia-

Tions

A

Set of talk

19
Q

D’à côté

A

Next door

20
Q

Faire la vaisselle

A

To do or to wash

the dishes

21
Q

Se laver

A

To wash up.Do you
Want to wash up
before diner ?

22
Q

Dont on parle

A

Refered to

23
Q

Un vieux dicton

Dicton

A

An old saying that runs.

Saying

24
Q

Citation

A

Cotation

25
Q

Pour servir d’exem-

ple

A

To serve as an example

26
Q

Un arrêt

Une croisiere

A

A stop, to stop
A stop-over, to stop-
over

27
Q

Se méfient

A

Are suspicious

28
Q

Sondage d’opinion

A

Opinion pool

29
Q

Braconnier

A

Poacher

30
Q

Se montent à

Ex (intérêts)

A

Come to

31
Q

Par contre, lorsque
nous avons ques-
tionné

A

However, when we

questioned

32
Q

Dans la salle d’at-
tente de l’aéroport
de Québec

A

In the lounge at Québec airport

33
Q

Ils attendaient pour

l’interroger

A

They were waiting to

question him

34
Q

Ils auraient pu se

mordre la langue

A

He could have bitten

his tongue

35
Q

Parfois on peut se

venger de la presse

A

One can occasionally
get somme revenge
on the press

36
Q

Je lui ai téléphoné

immédiatement

A

I rang him up straight

away

37
Q

L’un des principaux

attraits de la voiture

A

One of the major feature of the car

38
Q

Fiabilité

A

Reliability

39
Q

L’affiche disait

A

The poster read

40
Q

Une boite de luxe

A

A plush nightspot