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1
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Most

Most of the

A

Remplacer par twenty

Twenty of The person i Know ➡️ most of The
Twenty rooms ➡️ most rooms

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L’anglais ne met jamais “very” devant uk participe passé

Ex : j’étais bien determiné

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I was quite determined

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Solve

Resolve

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Solve : résoudre un pb

Resolve : prendre une résolution

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“Ce que” je connais

“Tout ce que” je connais

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What i Know

All that i know

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An other ou another ?

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Another (toujours en un seul mot)

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Attention aux fausses phrases interrogatives = quand la question ne porte pas sur l’action mais sur le sujet

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Il n’y a pas d’auxiliaire

Ex : who told you To do this ?

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Dans une phrase l’anglais ne met jamais …

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  • 2 sujets

- plusieurs négations a la suite

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8
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Depuis

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For + période
Since + point de repère précis dans le temps

Jamais de présent
present/past perfect

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Apres une conjonction de subordination (when, as soon as, sine, before, until, after, While, as)

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JAMAIS DE FUTUR
futur ➡️ present en anglais (when i am twenty)
Futur antérieur ➡️ present perfect (when he has finished his lunch)
conditionnel –> prétérit

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Etre confronté à un pb

S’attaquer à un pb

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To be faced with a problem
To face a problem

To face up to a problem
Peut dire aussi : to take on
Contraire : To ignore sth

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En faisant

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Attention éviter “by doing” = par le moyen de

Mieux de dire “While”

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Devoir

Must / Have To

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Must : moi ou qqun m’impose qqch

Have To : la situation m’oblige à faire

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13
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Référence àu latin :
Comment exprimer marque du génitif (COI, à qui ?)
Et la marque de l’accusatif (COD, qui ?)

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Génitif : ´s, whose

Accusatif : whom

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14
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Traduction de où

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Lieu = where
Date = when
Période = during
sinon = in which
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Rester (2)

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Stay = dans un lieu
Remain = dans un état
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Meme si (2)

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Even if (hypothèse)
Even thought = bien que
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Jusqu’à (3)

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Until = temps
Up To = quantite
Down To = espace

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Le Principal problème

Un problème principal

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The main problem
A major problem

➡️ a main est impossible

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Comme (2)

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As + phrase ➡️ en tant que, identification
Like + nom ➡️ comparaison

Note : on dira “people Like me”

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Avant (2)

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Rétrospectif = before

Ne pas faire “avant” un certain temps = until

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Augmenter (3)

A 
Raise = qq produit l'effet 
Rise = je vois l'effet se produire 
Increase = associe à un nombre / quantite
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22
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Diminuer (3)

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Reduce/ bring down = pdv de celui qui produit l’effet
To fall/drop = pdv de celui qui voit l’effet se produire
To decrease

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23
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Aucun

Personne

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None

No one

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Chercher

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Jamais To “Search” qui veut dire “fouiller”

On utilise : look for/ seek (sought)

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This/that Time

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This (these)= forcément maintenant

That (those) = forcément un autre moment/endroit

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26
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Get exprime …

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L’idée de changement

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27
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Through exprime

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L’idée de traverser (vertical) + accomplissement

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28
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Across exprime

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Idee de traverser horizontalement

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29
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“On” exprime

“Off” exprime

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Idee de continuité

Fin du contact

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Into exprime

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Exprime un mouvement = entrer, pénétrer, aller a l’intérieur

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Towards exprime

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L’idée de direction, aller vers

32
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au milieu d’une phrase j’utilise :
This is why
It’s why

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This is why

It’s why coupe la phrase et en commence une nouvelle

33
Q

Etre discriminé

A

To be discriminated against

34
Q

comment dit on une quantité très faible

presque pas

A

hardly any

35
Q

few/little ?

much/many ?

A

few et many (dénombrable)

little et much (indénombrable)

36
Q

attention a l’ordre des mots :

“c’est un prix trop/si important à payer”

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it is too/so high a price to pay

37
Q

“le 21e siècle”

A

THE 21 first century (jamais de chiffres romains)

38
Q

comment dit on :
deux fois plus
deux fois moins

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twice as much (+sg) / many (+pluriel)

half as much (+sg) / many (+pluriel)

39
Q

comment dit on “il peut bien être riche”

A

he may be rich

40
Q

comment dit on “si seulement tu avais raison”

A

Would you were right

41
Q

comment dit on “si jamais tu fais ça” (2)

A

Should you do that

If you should do that

42
Q

quel modal est équivalent au subjonctif ?

“il est important que vous fassiez”

A

SHOULD !

It is important that you should do ….

43
Q

subjonctif au passé

A

uniquement pour le verbe “être”, devient “were” à toutes les personnes après “if” et “wish”

44
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“une augmentation de”

A

a rise in

45
Q

during ne peut pas s’employer avec …

A

une quantité de temps
–> employer “over”/”in”
ex : over the last 30 years

46
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traduction de “for” + prétérit

A

pendant

47
Q

“le plus vite possible”

A

as quicly as possible

48
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“presque rien”

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l’anglais dira “a peine” = hardly anything

49
Q

j’ai 10 fois plus d’idées que toi

j’ai 10 fois moins d’idées que toi

A

I have ten times as many ideas as you

I have ten times as less ideas as you

50
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“il est capital qu’ils fassent”

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it’s crucial that they should do

51
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plus je fais ça, plus étrange il devient

A

the more I do that, the stranger he becomes

52
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pour traduire l’idée de confiance : j’utilise “trust” / “have confidence”

A

trust = believe

have confidence = to be optimistic

53
Q

comment dit-on “durement”

A

hard

et pas “hardly” qui signifie “a peine”

54
Q

comment dit-on “travailler beaucoup”

A

to word HARD

et pas “a lot”

55
Q

quand est-ce qu’on emploie un prétérit modal ?

A 
après
- I wish
- I'd rather
- It is time
ex  : il est temps qu'il s'arrête = it is time he stopped
56
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blame/critizice

A 
blame = reprocher
critizice = critiquer
57
Q

choisir

perdre

A

to choose

to lose

58
Q

lurn ou learn ?

A

LEARN !!!!

59
Q

being ou beeing ?

A

BEING !!!

60
Q

d’ici + quantité de temps (ex : deux ans)

d’ici + période (ex : l’été)

A

within (2 years)

by (summer)

61
Q

construction de la forme : “ne faire qqch que si …”

A

to don’t do sth unless

négation … unless

62
Q

attention force s’écrit

A

strengTH

63
Q

comment dit on “pression”

A

pressure

64
Q

retourner / revenir

A

retourner = to go back (aller de nouveau)
revenir = to come back
(venir de nouveau)

65
Q

l’anglais fait la différence entre :
ne plus + quantité
ne plus + temporel

A

no more

no longer

66
Q

comment dit on “quel que soit”

A

whatever

67
Q

comment dit on “le tiers”

A

one third of

68
Q

comment dit on : “si seulement”

ex : si seulement tu avais raison

A

Would + subjonctif passé

ex : Would that you were right

69
Q

comment dit on “si jamais”

ex : si jamais tu changes d’avis

A

Should + subjonctif présent

ex : Should you change your mind

70
Q

être dépendent de

A

to be dependent ON sth

71
Q

un choc

A

a shock

72
Q

Compet était elle

  • état
  • apparence
A

How was she

What does she look like

73
Q

Vêtu de

A

Dressed in

74
Q

c’est une institution vieille de près de 70ans

A

it is almost a 70-YEAR-old institution

75
Q

quand j’aurai fini de faire ça

A

when i have finished doing that

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