Buzz N10 Flashcards by alex trb

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To channel

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Canaliser/diriger

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Les gauches caviar

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Champagne socialists

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Fustiger/ critiquer severement

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To chastise

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To put a check on

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Maitriser/ contenir/ mettre un frein à

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Impertinent

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Cheeky

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Un jeu d’enfant

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Child´s play

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Froidement/ de maniere glaciale

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Chillingly

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Pretendre/ revendiquer

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To claim

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Mettre un terme à/ supprimer/ serrer la vis

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To clamp down on

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Clear-cut

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Net/ precis/ clair/ bien démimité

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Un situation à suspense/ unmoment d’angoisse

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A cliffhanger

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A climax

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Un apogée/ un point culminant

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To cling to

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S’accrocher/ se cramponner à

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Une ombre à l’horizon

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A cloud on the horizon

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Convaincant

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Cogent

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Se réduire à

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To come down to the fact that

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Prendre fin

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To come to aN end

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Atteindre un point critique

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To come to a head

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Arriver à un accord

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To come to terms

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S’engager en faveur d’une cause

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To be committed to a cause

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Être de plus en plus fŕequent

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To be increasingly common

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Commonplace

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Banal/ ordinaire

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A schedule

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Un programme/ des horraires

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Peak hour/ rush hour

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Les heures de pointe

Les heureus creuses

Off-peak hour

Sans fin

Endless/ unending

Durable

Lasting

Réel

Actual

Out-of-date

Périmé(attribut)

À long/ court terme

In the long run/ short run

Dans un avenir proche/ lointain

In the near/ distant future

Éphémère/ transitoire

Ephemerial/ transient

Un jour sur deux

Every other day

De tps en tps

Now and again/ now and then

By fits and starts

Par à-coups

D'avance/ au préalable

Beforehand

À la mode

Trendy

Passer les plus beaux moment de sa vie

To have the tume of one's life

Passer un mauvais quart d'heure

To have a bad time of it

To be as different as chalk from cheese

Etre le jour et la nuit

En deux tps trois mvt

In a flash/ in the twinkling of an eye

En temps utile

In due course

A race agaisnt time

Un course contre la montre

Au pied levé

On the spur of the moment

On the spot

Seance tenante

Oublions le passé

Let bygones be bygones

In this day and age

Au jour d'auji

Du jour au lendemain

Overnight