Assimil no 5 Flashcards by Micheline Massé | Brainscape

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Ne sois pas idiot (familier & gentil)

A

Don’t be daft.

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Il ne pensera plus à l’incident avant

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He tought no more about this incident until

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Il ne lui viendrait jamais à l’idée de dépenser de l’argent pour des cadeaux

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He wouldn’t dream of spending money on presents

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Je ne m’aviserais jamais de trahir un secret

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I wouldn’t dream of giving away a secret

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Être heureux comme un pacha

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To be as pleased as Punch

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Il fut appelé au téléphone par un journal local

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He was run up by a local paper

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Si on ne fait pas attention à ce qu’on dit

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If you are not careful about what you say

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Il n’y a vraiment aucune raison de le faire

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There is no real reason to

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Soudoyer, faire fléchir sans être soudoyé

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To bribe

To twist unbribed

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1 collaborateur de

X

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A contributor to

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N’a pas su reconnaître ses erreurs

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He failed to recognize his mistakes

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1 escro l’a soulagé de toutes ses

économies

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A con man cheated her out of all her saving

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Tricherie,

Tromperie

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A cheating

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Faire une

Infidélité

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To cheat on wife or husband

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Tromper

escroquer

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To cheat

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L’a invité à danser

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Asked her to

Dance

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La maîtresse qu’il

avait berné

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The lover he had cheated

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Incroyable mais

vrai

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Amazingly

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Au même endroit

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At the same spot

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A fait chavirer Mme

Potter

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Swept Mme Potter off her feet

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Devine sur qui je suis tombé dans la rue

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Guess who I bumped into in the street

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C’est moi qui a rit

le dernier

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I had the last laugh

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Un beau parleur

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A smouth talker

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Traiterait le même incident

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Would treat the same incident

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Résumer

Récapituler

A

To sum up what has been said

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Il ne reconnaît pas Mme

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He failed to recognize Mme

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Aussitôt après

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Immediately afterwards

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Apparemment sans l’avoir reconnu

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Apparently not recognizing her

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Diner dansant

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Dinner-dance

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Évalué à 8000$

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Valued at 8000$

Worth 8000$

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Collier de perles

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String of pearls

Pearl necklace

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Ruse
Photo truquées
Question piège

A

Trickery
Trick photo
Trick question

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Jouer 1 tour à quelqu’un

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To play a trick on someone

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Confier quelque

chose à quelqu’un

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To intrust someone with

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Elle lui a fait entièrement con-

fiance

A

She trusted him implicitely

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Voleur, voleuse

Vol

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Thief, thieves (pluriel)

Theft

Q

Voler, dérober quelque chose à quelqu’un

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To steal
Steal, stole, stolen
To rub

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Comparons les 2 styles

A

Let’s contrast the 2 styles

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Il a essayé de me berner en me faisant croire qu’il était

riche

A

He tried to con me into believing he was rich

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Ne soit pas idiot

familier, gentil

A

Don’t be daft

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Je feuilletais une copie

A

I was leafing through a copy

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Feuilleter

A

To leaf through

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Pays en voie de développement

A

Developing world

Q

Réelle liberté

A

Genuine freedom

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Son homologue allemand

A

His German conterpart

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A lancé 1 appel

A

Called for

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Une relance économique

A

A revival

Economical revival

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Par contre lorsque nous avons questionné

A

However when we questioned

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Dans la salle d’attente de l’aéroport de Qué-

bec

A

In the lounge at Québec airport

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Ils attendent pour l’interroger

A

They were waiting to question him

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Il aurait pu se mordre la langue

A

He could have bitten his tongue

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Parfois on peut se venger de la

presse

A

One can occasionally get one’s revenge on the press

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Je lui ai téléphoné immédiatement

A

I rang him up straight away

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L’un des principaux attraits de la voiture

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One of the major feature of the car

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Fiabilité

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Reliability

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L’affiche disait

A

The poster read

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Une boite de luxe

A

A plush nightspot