Assimil no 4 Flashcards by Micheline Massé

Q

Sans aller plus loin

A

Without going fur-

ther

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Paroisse

A

Parish

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Paysage

A

Landscape

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Q

Dormir à la belle

étoile

A

To sleep in the open

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Être tout le temps

en voyage

A

To live out a suit case

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Q

Auto stop

A

Hitch-hike

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Économique

A

Economic (policy)

Economical

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Descendre

Marcher péniblement

A

To trudge

Trudging

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Frustrant

A

Frustrating

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Il s’ effondra dans son fauteuil

A

He slumped in his chair

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Q

Marasque général des affaires

A

Général business slump

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As-tu son numéro en main?

A

Have you got his number to hand?

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Pendant (ex:période)

A

Over it

During

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Les grands magasins

A

The major stores

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Biens de consomma-

tion

A

Consumer goods

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À peine
Je le connais à
peine

A

Hardly

I hardly know him

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La politique est en-nuyeuse

A

Politics is boring

Q

Tous ses meubles
viennent du marché
aux puces

A

All her fourniture comes

From the flea-market

Q

Ce n’est pas vrai-

ment important

A

It’sreally not important

Q

Le temps qu’on ar-
rive, le party était
terminé

A

By the time we arrived,

the party was over

Q

Le public est au
courant de vos
efforts

A

The public is aware of your efforts

Q

Nouvelles informa-

tions ( Att:singulier)

A

News is ……

Information is …..

Q

Renoncer, abandon-

ner

A

To give up
When did you give
up to smoking?

Q

Son adversaire

A

His opponent

Q

Certain

A

Certain or some

Q

Frais généraux

A

Overheads

Q

Remboursement

A

Repayment

Q

Prêt bancaire

A

Bank loan

Q

Rendement sur

l’investissement

A

Return on investment

Q

Tentative

A

Attempt

Q

Conférence

A

Lecture

Q

Peuvent durer

A

Can last

Q

Est suffisant pour

convaincre

A

Is sufficient to convince

Q

Somnoler

S’ assoupir

A

To doze

To doze off

Q

Mais l’idée même

que

A

But the very idea that

Q

Bonne fortune

Mauvaise fortune

A

Good fortune

Misfortune

Q

Induire en erreur

A

To mislead

Q

Les informations

sont erronées

A

The information
is misleading
(singulier)

Q

A quelle heure sont

les informations ?

A

What time is the news

on? (Singulier)

Q

Chiffre d’affaire

A

Turnover