Chapitre 33 : The importance of English (l'importance de l'anglais) Flashcards

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1
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la langue anglaise

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the English language

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la langue de Shakespeare

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the language of Shakespeare

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la langue véhiculaire du monde

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the lingua franca of the world

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l’anglais enseigné dans les écoles

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standard English

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l’anglais britannique/ américain

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British/ American English

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l’anglais de la Reine

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Queen’s English

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une variété d’anglais

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a variety of English

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surmonter la barrière de la langue

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to overcome the language barrier

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la prononciation anglaise

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English pronunciation

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la prononciation standard

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Received Pronunciation (RP)

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un accent mi-anglais mi-américain

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a mid atlantic accent

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un fort accent irlandais

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a broad Irish accent

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un accent londonien

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a cockney accent

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rouler les “r”

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to roll one’s r’s

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ne pas prononcer les “h”

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to drop one’s h’s

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16
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le vocabulaire anglais

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English vocabulary

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la grammaire anglaise

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English grammar

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bien parler anglais

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to speak good English/ to speak English well

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parler anglais couramment

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to be fluent in English/ to speak fluent English

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parler couramment

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to speak fluently

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l’aisance

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fluency

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l’anglais parlé/ l’anglais écrit

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spoken/ written English

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être bon/ mauvais en anglais

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to be good/ bad at English

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avoir une bonne maitrise de l’anglais

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to have a good command of English

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améliorer son anglais

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to improve one’s English

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suivre des cours d’anglais

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to take an English course

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des cours intensifs d’anglais

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a crash course in English

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une méthode d’enseignement inefficace

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an ineffective teaching method

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un anglophone

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a native speaker of English

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qqn qui parle/ qui ne parle pas anglais

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a(n) English/ non-English speaker

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un pays anglophone

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an English-speaking country

32
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avoir quelques notions d’anglais

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to have a smattering of English

33
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se débrouiller en anglais

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to get by in English

34
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être nul en anglais

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to be hopeless at English

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il est très mauvais en anglais

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his English is very poor

36
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du mauvais anglais

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pidgin English