common phrases Flashcards

1
Q

the weather was gray and gloomy

A

il faisait un temps gris et maussade

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

there must have been

A

il devait bien y avoir

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

in raincoat

A

en imperméable

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

at the intermission

A

à l’entracte

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

full of people

A

noire de monde

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

rubs shoulder with

A

côtoie de près

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

comes to an end

A

s’achève

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

with a demystifying aim

A

à visée démystificatrice

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

lays the groundwork for

A

pose les jalons de

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

taken over by

A

reprise en main par

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

bored with his work

A

lassé par son travail

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

are hired

A

sont embauchés

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

shot in six weeks and edited over six months

A

tourné en six semaines et monté sur six mois

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

whose mission is to put pressure on

A

qui ont pour mission de faire pression sur

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

an audience of

A

un parterre de

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

unfolds over four hours

A

se déploie sur quatre heurs

17
Q

takes a completely different turn

A

prend une tout autre tournure

18
Q

shattered the image

A

a fait voler en éclats l’image

19
Q

caught off guard

A

pris au dépourvu

20
Q

a revealing slip

A

un lapsus révélateur

21
Q

how he suppresses the memory of them

A

comment il en refoule le souvenir

22
Q

you must have seen a lot of things

A

vous avez dû voir pas mal de choses

23
Q

well informed

A

bien renseigné

24
Q

imagine

A

figurez-vous

25
which is Jewish sounding
qui est à consonance juive
26
for what motive/reason?
pour quel motif
27
it had seemed that
il avait paru que
28
in hindsight
avec le recul
29
felt overwhelmed
s'est senti depassé
30
could fall under cinema verité
pourrait relever du cinéma-vérité
31
on several occasions
à plusieurs reprises
32
has shortcomings
a des lacunes