Assimil no 3 Flashcards by Micheline Massé

Q

Se mettre les pieds

dans les plats

A

To put one’s foot in it

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Q

Faire visiter

A

To show someone around

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Q

Presque toujours

A

Almost always

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Q

Plutôt assez une bonne piėce

A

Quite a good play

Rather a good play

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Q

Ont répondu a

l’annonce

A

Replied to the avertissement

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Q

Fils nus

A

Bare wire

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Q

Où plutôt

A

Or rather

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Q

Se glisser dessous

A

To slid underneath

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Q

Détournement de

Fond

A

Embezzelment

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Q

Accentuation

A

Stress

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Q

A qui le dis-tu
Tu l’as dit
Tu parles

A

You’re telling me

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Q

Sans parler

Sans mentionner

A

To say nothing of

Not to mention

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Suspect (adjectif)

A

Suspicious

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Q

Toute la gamme

Produits

A

The whole range

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Sur la pointe des

Pieds

A

On tip toe

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Q

Ainsi

De cette façon

A

So that
So that nobody noti-
ces

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Gêner, encombrer

le chemin

A

To be or to get in the way

Q

Série de négocia-

Tions

A

Set of talk

Q

D’à côté

A

Next door

Q

Faire la vaisselle

A

To do or to wash

the dishes

Q

Se laver

A

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

Q

Dont on parle

A

Refered to

Q

Un vieux dicton

Dicton

A

An old saying that runs.

Saying

Q

Citation

A

Cotation

Q

Pour servir d’exem-

ple

A

To serve as an example

Q

Un arrêt

Une croisiere

A

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

Q

Se méfient

A

Are suspicious

Q

Sondage d’opinion

A

Opinion pool

Q

Braconnier

A

Poacher

Q

Se montent à

Ex (intérêts)

A

Come to

Q

Par contre, lorsque
nous avons ques-
tionné

A

However, when we

questioned

Q

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

A

In the lounge at Québec airport

Q

Ils attendaient pour

l’interroger

A

They were waiting to

question him

Q

Ils auraient pu se

mordre la langue

A

He could have bitten

his tongue

Q

Parfois on peut se

venger de la presse

A

One can occasionally
get somme revenge
on the press

Q

Je lui ai téléphoné

immédiatement

A

I rang him up straight

away

Q

L’un des principaux

attraits de la voiture

A

One of the major feature of the car

Q

Fiabilité

A

Reliability

Q

L’affiche disait

A

The poster read

Q

Une boite de luxe

A

A plush nightspot