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[personne] to turn up at the most awkward moment
[remarque] to be completely irrelevant

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arriver comme un cheveu sur la soupe

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2
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Far-fetched

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être tiré par les cheveux

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“That’s the best thing for you to do right now.”

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“C’est ce que vous avez de mieux à faire.”
/ “Vous feriez mieux de…”

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“He roped us into helping him clean the kitchen.”

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“il nous a enrôlés pour nettoyer la cuisine.”

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“They tried to rope me into coming to fix the televisions by the pool.”

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“Ils ont essayé de m’enrôler pour venir réparer les télévisions près de la piscine.”

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To fish for compliments

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chercher les compliments

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To get tired of doing something

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se lasser de faire quelque chose
être las de faire quelque chose

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“I’m tired of the earth; of all these people, of being wrapped up in the chaos of their lives.”

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“J’en ai assez de la terre; de tous ces gens. Je suis las d’être enchevêtré dans le chaos de leurs vies.”

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9
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To tell someone what you really think

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Dire le fond de sa pensée

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To be “good enough / intelligent enough” to do something for someone else or for a project

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être foutu ou fichu de faire quelque chose

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“You can’t even remember anything at all!”

“You couldn’t have handled making us land on a beach instead, maybe??”

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“Tu n’es pas foutu de retenir quoi que ce soit.”

“Vous n’auriez pas été foutu de nous faire atterrir sur une plage plutôt??”

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To live it up, to live the high life, to have it good

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Mener la grande vie

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To have every right to do something

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Être (parfaitement) en droit de faire quelque chose

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“The hotel isn’t much to look at​ / is kinda dumpy.”

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“l’hôtel ne paie pas de mine.”

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15
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In spurts (= sporadically)

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par à-coups​

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16
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To do someone a “fat load” of good

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Faire une belle jambe à quelqu’un