Buzz N5 Flashcards by alex trb

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Tirer fierté de

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To take pride in

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Communiquer un sentiment/ une impression

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To convey a feeling/ an impression

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A mishap

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Un malheur

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Etre ennuyé/contrarié

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To be annoyed

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Frappant

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Striking

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Se mettre en colere

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To fly into a temper

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To get over (a difficulty)

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Surmonter (une difficulté)

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Panic-stricken

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Pris de panique

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S’enthousiasmer

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To get excited at

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L’enthousiasme

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EnthUsiasm

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Peu-enthousiaste

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Half-hearted

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To be reluctant to

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Etre reticent pour

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Compter sur qqun/qqch

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To rely on someone/somthg

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Etre d’humeur a

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To be in the mood for

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Se mefier

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To be wary (of somethg)

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Se rejouir de/ attendre avec impatience

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To look forward to + nom ou +ing

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Avoir tres envie de

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To long for

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Etre touché/emu

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To be moved

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Un conseil

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A piece of advice

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Une vue/ une facon de voir

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An outlook

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Sa conception du travail

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His outlook on work

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Reflechir a qqch

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To think something over/ to ponder over something

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L’affirmation selon laquelle

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The statement that

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To seek someone’s advice

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Demander conseil a qqun

Prendre parti pour

To side with

To be non-committal

Ne pas prendre parti

Incarner

To embody

Partir du principe que

To wirk on the principle that

To advocate

Preconiser

Defendre une opinion

To uphold an opinion

To weigh the pros and cons

Peser le pour et le contre

Avoir des doutes

To have doubts/ to harbour doubts

To make oneself understood

Se faire comprendre

Un lieu commun/ une evidence

A hackneyed statement

To be prejudiced

Avoir des prejuges

Il va de soi

It goes without saying that

Uncompromising

Intransigeant

To approve of something

Approuver qqch

Le noeud du probleme

The crux of the matter

Une declaration/ generalisation hative

A sweeping statement/ generalization

Rumour has it that

La rumeur pretend que

A qualified statement

Une declaration nuancee

To draw a conclusion

Tirer une conclusion

Turer des conclusion hatives

To jump to conclusions

One cannot help wondering

On est en droit de s'interroger

Perdre de vue l'essentiel

To take one's eye off the ball

To be up in arms

Protester vivement/ s'elever contre

Passer aux choses serieuses

To get down to business

To get straight to the point

Aller droit au but

Insister sur

To labour the point

To wander off the point

S'eloigner du sujet

Bafouiller/hesiter

To hum and haw

Un critique en chambre

An armchaur critic