Back Flashcards

1
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I’ll be right back

A

Je reviens tout de suite

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2
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He went to his aunt’s and back

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Il a fait l’aller et retour chez sa tante

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3
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She wants her children back

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Elle veut qu’on lui rende ses enfants

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4
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Business soon got back to normal

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Les affaires ont vite repris leur cours normal

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5
Q

Miniskirts are coming back

A

les minijupes reviennent à la mode

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6
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As far back as I can remember

A

D’aussi loin que je m’en souvienne

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7
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Back in November

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Déjà au mois de novembre

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8
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  • Back door ; garden; seat
  • back wheel
  • the back legs do a horse
  • the back room is the quietest
  • the back page of the newspaper
A
  • de derrière
  • roue arrière (invariable adj)
  • les pattes arrière d’un cheval
  • la pièce qui donne sur l’arrière est la plus calme
  • la derrière page du journal
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9
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to put something on the back burner

A

mettre quelque chose en attente

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10
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  • Back as in quiet; lane, road; écarté ; isolé
  • back streets
  • I grew up in the back streets of Chicago
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  • une petite rue

- j’ai été élevé dans les mauvais quartiers de Chicago

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11
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  • Back rent/taxes (overdue)
  • back rent/taxes
  • back pay
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  • arriéré
  • un arriéré de loyer/ d’impôts
  • le rappel (de salaire)
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12
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  • I only saw them from the back
  • you had your back to me
  • they have the police at their backs
  • to be flat on one’s back (bedridden)
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  • je ne les ai vus que de dos
  • tu me tournais le dos
  • Ils ont la police à leurs trousses (in pursuit)
  • être alité / cloué au lit
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13
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To have one’s back to the wall

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Etre au pied du mur

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14
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back of a shirt ; door ; coat; hand ; spoon; envelope; cheque

A

Le dos

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15
Q

Back of train

A

la queue

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16
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  • back of carpet ; coin; medal

- back of page

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  • le revers

- le verso

17
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back of a room, cupboard, stage

A

le fond

18
Q

in the back of beyond

A

en pleine brousse / au diable vauvert

19
Q

it’s been at the back of my mind for ages

A

Ça fait longtemps que ça me travaille