Concours Blanc Flashcards by Théo Charrier | Brainscape

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Forcer la main

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To twist her arm

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Absurde (sans sens

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Nonsensical; Absurde

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Un jour férié

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A bank holiday; A public holiday

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Un loubard

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A hoodlum; A thug; A yob; A yobbo; A lout

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Etre marqué à vie

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To be scarred for life

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Laisser des profondes cicatrices

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To leave deep scars

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Un tatooeur

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A tattooist

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Un short

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A pair of shorts

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La mer des Antilles

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The Caribbean sea

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Les Antilles

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The West Indies

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Arborer

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To sport

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Se lever (du lit)

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To get up

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Une bouffée de

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A puff of

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Gonfler

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To swell -swelled -swollen

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Froissé (habit/vetement)

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Crumpled; Creased

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Un megot

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A cigarette butt

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Donner un coup de tête a qq un

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To headbutt sbdy

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Une paume de discorde; un sujet de litige

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A bone of contention

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Ne pas hesiter à faire qq chose

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To make no bone doing sthg

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Etre fiancé

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To be engaged

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Aller à l’enconter de qq chose (tendance)

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To buck sthg (trend)

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Etre de bonne augure

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To be good news

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Par dessus le marché

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…. to boot

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Un roturier; une roturière

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A commoner

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Oser faire qq chose

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To dare (to) do sthg

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Une marre

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The pond

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Une lueur d’espoir

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A glimmer of hope

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Un vent de changement souffle

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A wind of change is blowing

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Donner un nouveaux souffle

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To give sthg a new lease of sthg

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Etre mis sur la touche

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To be sidelined

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Une monarchie parlementaire

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A parliamentary monarchy;

A constitutional monarchy

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Etre déconnecté de la réalité

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To be out of touch;

To be out of tune

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Etre impliqué dans un scandal

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To be involved in a scandal;

To be embroil in a scandal

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Que nous réserve l’avenir ? On va-t-on ?

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Whither … ?

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Les probkèmes du quotidient

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Bread and butter issues

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Le monarchie a fait son temps

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The monarchy has outlived its usefulness

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Les produits dérivés

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Merchandising

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Suivre le mouvement; Emboiter le pas

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To follow suit

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Etre partie intégrante

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To be part and parcels of sthg

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Avoir des sentiments mitigés

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To have mixed feelings

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Au fil du temps; Avec le temps

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Over time, …

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Tout bien considéré

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All things consodered, …

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Accéder au trone

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To succeed/accede to the throne

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Etre influent

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To be influential