English, the global language Flashcards

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1
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une langue maternelle

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a mother-tongue

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la langue familière

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informal language

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3
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un mot à la mode

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a buzz word

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4
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une figure de style

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a figure of speech

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5
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c’est à dire

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that is to say

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6
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un test de compétence

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a proficiency test

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parler un mauvais anglais

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to speak poor english

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parler l’anglais avec un fort accent

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to speak heavily accented english

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9
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un accent prononcé

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a broad accent

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10
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un langage soutenu

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a formal language

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11
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l’argot

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the slang

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12
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un slogan

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a catch phrase

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13
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une expression toute faite

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a set phrase

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14
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la langue de bois

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cant

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15
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inventer un mot

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to coin a word

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ce n’est qu’une façon de parler

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it’s only a figure of speech

17
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dénué de sens

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meaningless

18
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mal traduire qqch

A

to mistranslate sth

19
Q

parler mal l’anglais

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to speak broken english

20
Q

l’anglais approximatif parlé par les non-anglophones

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globish