Bonus : Expressions et vocabulaire Flashcards by Maëva B | Brainscape

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Find a happy medium

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Trouver un juste milieu

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des mécènes

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patrons, sponsors

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avec impatience

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eagerly

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estimer, considérer

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to deem, to reckon

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un tollé

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outcry, uproar, backlash

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mettre quelqu’un/quelque chose en danger

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to jeopardise somebody/something

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s’efforcer

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to endeavour

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revenir de plus belle

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to be back with a vengence

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un pionnier

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a trailblazer, pioneer

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une croyance forte

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worshipping

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un slogan

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a motto

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s’attarder

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to linger

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c’est déconcertant

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it’s baffling/puzzling

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imperturbable

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steely

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marcher sur la corde raide

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walk a tightrope

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réduire en miette

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to wipe the floor with

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prendre de haut

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to patronize

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divaguer, fulminer

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to rant

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habile

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deft

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faire fi des règles

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to flout the rules/laws

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soutenir

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to throw weight behind

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exercer, manier

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to wield

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paralysant, invalidant

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crippling

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farouchement

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vehemently

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simplement, seulement

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merely

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se réduire à, se ramener à

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to boil down to

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un cortège

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a motorcade

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rarement

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seldom

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un essaim

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a swarm

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être à la tête de quelque chose

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to spearhead something

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les descendants

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offsprings

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bon gré, mal gré

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willy-nilly

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par la suite

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in the aftermath

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c’est plus complexe que ça en à l’air

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there is more than meet the eye

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c’est la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase

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it is the straw that breaks the camel’s back

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Réussir haut la main

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To pass with flying colors

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Respirer la santé/le bonheur

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To look the picture oh health/happiness

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Très rapidement, sans difficulté

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In two shakes of a lamb’s tail

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Aller plus vite que la musique

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To jump the gun

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Garder la tête haute

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To keep one’s chin up

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Demander conseil à (des experts)

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To pick the brains of

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Jouer les troubles fêtes, ne pas coopérer

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To rock the boat

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a bas! vive!

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down with ! Up with!

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incarner , représenter , être synonyme de

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to epitomise

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opposer qqn a qqn

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to pit sby against

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témoigner de qqc

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testify to

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catégoriquement

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flatly

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comprendre , saisir

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grasp

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quoique , encore que

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albeit

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la fin justifie les moyens

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the end justifies the means

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négliger

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to overlook

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dans la mesure où

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as far as