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Chapitre Dix - Pot-pourri Flashcards

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À droits

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To the right

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À fond de train

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At full speed

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À gauche

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To the left

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À la monde

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Fashionable

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À partir d’aujourd’hui (de demain, de lundi)

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As of today (tomorrow, Monday)

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À temps

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In time

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À tes (vos) souhaits

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Bless you

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À tout à l’heure

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See you in a little while

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Aller quelqu’un

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To suit, to be becoming

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Aller comme un gant

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To fit like a glove

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Après-demain

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The day after tomorrow

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Au fond

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Deep down, after all

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Avant-hier

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The day before yesterday

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Avoir bonne mémoire

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To have a good memory

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Avoir des hauts et des bas

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To have ups and downs

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Avoir les nerfs à fleur de peau

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To be on edge

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Avoir les nerfs en boule

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To be very nervous

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Avoir mauvaise mémoire

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To have a bad memory

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Avoir raison

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To be right

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Avoir tort

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To be wrong

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C’est dommage

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What a pity, what a shame

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Ce n’est pas de ma faute

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It’s not my fault

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Ce n’est pas la mer à boire

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It’s not so bad

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Compter ses sous

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To be cheap

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D’aujourd’hui en huit

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A week from today

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D’un bout à l’autre

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From start to finish

From one end to the other

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Davantage

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More (at the end of a sentence or without an object)

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De temps en temps

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From time to time

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Dedans

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Inside

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Dehors

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Outside

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Dès aujourd’hui

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As of today, beginning today

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Dès demain (lundi, mardi)

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As of tomorrow (Monday, Tuesday)

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Dèsormais

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From now on

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Dorènavant

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From now on

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En fin de compte

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At last, finally

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En plein air

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Outdoors, in the open

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En plein mer

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At sea, in the open sea

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Éternuer

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To sneeze

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Être blanc de peur

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To be white with fear

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Être confus(e)

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Tu be embarrassed

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Être dans la lune

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To day dream

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Être dans le vent

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To be with it, up to date

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Être désolé(e)

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To be sorry

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Être radin

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To be cheap

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Être sur la bonne voie

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To be on the right path

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Étudier par cœur

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To study by heart

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Faire de la monnaie

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To make change

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Faire de la peine à

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To hurt someone’s feelings

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Faire fureur

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To be all the rage

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Faire la queue

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To wait in line

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Faire le plein (d’essence)

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To fill up the tank (of the car)

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Faire un pique-nique

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To have a picnic

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Faire peur à

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To frighten

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Faire pitié à

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To provoke pity

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Grâce à

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Thanks to

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Il était temps

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It was time

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Il n’était que temps

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It was about time

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L’avant-veille

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Two days (evenings) before

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La veille

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The day before

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Laisser tomber

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To drop

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Laisser tomber quelqu’un

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To dump someone

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Le jour suivant

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The following day

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Le lendemain

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The following day

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Surlendemain

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Two days later

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Mettre en sûreté

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To put something into safekeeping

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N’avoir rien à voir avec (quelque chose)

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To have nothing to do with (something)

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Nuire à

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To be harmful to

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Passer la nuit

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To spend the night

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Perdre connaissance

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To lose consciousness

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Perdre de vue

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To lose sight of

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Perdre son temps

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To waste one’s time

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Plaisanterie à part

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All kidding aside

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Pot-pourri

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Medley, mixture

Pot-pourri

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Pour une bouchée de pain

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For very little, for a pittance

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Prendre des gants

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To handle with precaution (kid glove care)

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Prendre un pot

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To have a drink in a café

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Qu’importe?

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What does it matter?

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Quel bon vent vous amène?

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What brings you here?

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Quel dommage!

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What a pity, what a shame

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S’occuper de quelqu’un

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To take care of someone

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Sans blague

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No kidding

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Sans tambour ni trompettes

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Without warning, without fanfare

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Savoir vivre

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To know how to behave in society

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Se donner des airs

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To give oneself airs

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Se faire du mauvais sang

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To worry

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Se fâcher tout rouge

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To get into a rage

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Sens dessus dessous

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Tipsy turvy

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Soudain

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Suddenly

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Tant bien que mal

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As well as can be done

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Taper sur les nerfs

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To irritate

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Tenir à quelqu’un

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To hold someone dear

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Tenir le coup

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To withstand fatigue, worries, etc.

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Tomber sur quelqu’un

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To come upon someone, to meet unexpectedly

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Tourner autour du pot

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To beat around the bush

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Tout à coup

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Suddenly

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Tout à fait

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Yes, indeed

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Tout à l’heure

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In a little while

A little while ago

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Tout droit

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Straight ahead

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Tout d’un coup

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All at once

At one go

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Tuer le temps

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To kill time

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Valoir la peine

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To be worth the trouble

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Y compris

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Including

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Zut

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Darn

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