Exp 05 Flashcards

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“His stupidity is beyond belief.”

A

“sa bêtise dépasse tout ce qu’on peut imaginer.”

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“And I feel bad about it because…”
( / I feel guilty about it… )

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“Et je le vis mal parce que…”
“Et je m’en veux un peu parce que…”

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“Let me make it up to you. I feel bad.”

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“Laisse-moi me rattraper, je le vis mal.”

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“That sounds sweet.” / “Score.” / “That rocks.” / “Kick-ass”

A

Ça en jette

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To try really hard to do something

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s’efforcer de faire quelque chose

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To bring something up, to bring something to the table

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amener quelque chose sur le tapis

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“It doesn’t make any sense!”

“What was the point of that? ( = what were they thinking?? )”

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“Ça ne rime à rien!”

“à quoi ça rime??”

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“You’re going to tell me what this is all about or I’m gonna take my stuff and go straight back to L.A.!”

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“Vous allez me dire a quoi rime ce bordel ou je prends mes affaires et je rentre directe a Los Angeles!”

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“I just don’t know what to think about that.”
( sarcastic ) “Now that really makes ya wonder…”

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“Ça me laisse songeur.”

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To backfire on someone

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“se retourner contre quelqu’un”

“Ça s’est retourné contre lui.”

“Ça a mal tourné pour lui.”

“Ça a certainement eu l’effet inverse que celui prévu.”

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“I don’t see what that has to do with me.”

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“Je ne vois pas en quoi cela me regarde.”

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“What’s so bad about that?”

“Why’s that a bad thing?”

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“En quoi c’est mal?”

“Qu’est-ce qu’il y a de mal à ça?”

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“How are you helping me? How have you ever helped me??”

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“En quoi est-ce que tu m’aides? En quoi est-ce que tu m’as jamais aidé?”

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To be in the running for something

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Être en lice / être sur les rangs pour quelque chose

Être dans la course

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“Now that I think about it…”

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Réflexion faite

maintenant que j’y pense

avec ( un peu de / ) du/ le recul

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