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

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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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5
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l’anglais britannique/ américain

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British/ American English

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6
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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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8
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surmonter la barrière de la langue

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to overcome the language barrier

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9
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la prononciation anglaise

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English pronunciation

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10
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la prononciation standard

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Received Pronunciation (RP)

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11
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un accent mi-anglais mi-américain

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a mid atlantic accent

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12
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un fort accent irlandais

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a broad Irish accent

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13
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un accent londonien

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a cockney accent

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14
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rouler les “r”

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to roll one’s r’s

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15
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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

17
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la grammaire anglaise

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English grammar

18
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bien parler anglais

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to speak good English/ to speak English well

19
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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

21
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l’aisance

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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
to improve one's English
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suivre des cours d'anglais
to take an English course
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des cours intensifs d'anglais
a crash course in English
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une méthode d'enseignement inefficace
an ineffective teaching method
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un anglophone
a native speaker of English
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qqn qui parle/ qui ne parle pas anglais
a(n) English/ non-English speaker
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un pays anglophone
an English-speaking country
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avoir quelques notions d'anglais
to have a smattering of English
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se débrouiller en anglais
to get by in English
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être nul en anglais
to be hopeless at English
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il est très mauvais en anglais
his English is very poor
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du mauvais anglais
pidgin English