Expression 19 Flashcards by liam purkey | Brainscape

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Quel bon vent t’amène

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What brings you here

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Ne pas pouvoir blairer

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Can’t stand

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Emballer l’affaire

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Wrap up

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Chier dans son froc

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Shirtless

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Laisser couler

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Let slide

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Faire la gueule

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Bouder

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L’élève a dépassé le maître

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The student has exceeded the master

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Mentir comme arracheur de dent

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Mentir effrontément

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En coulisse

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ورا الكواليس

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Se serrer les coudes

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Stick together

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Tendre la perche

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Help

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Fourre-tout

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Catch all

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Lâcher (jeter) du lest

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Make concessions

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Se raccrocher aux branches

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Sauver la face

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Sentir un parfum de

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Get a whiff

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Aspirant

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Would be

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Se serrer la ceinture

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Tighten your belt

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Distinguer le bien du mal

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Tell right from wrong

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Hâter cette fin

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Arriver plus vite à

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Porter une atteinte à

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Deal a blow

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Résorber

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Réduire

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Faire un esclandre

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Faire grand bruit

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Blanchir sous le harnais

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Travailler toute sa vie

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Être toujours la même rengaine

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Same tune

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Être de poncif

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Commonplace

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Patent

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Évident

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Foyer

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Berceau

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Tous les trente six du monde

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Rarement

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Déjouer un piège

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Escape

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Dresser un bilan mitigé

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Mixed results

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Amorcer une remontée

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S’en remettre

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Faire son temps

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Ne plus avoir d’importance

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Se mettre de la partie

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Contribuer

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Trotter dans la tête

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Entretenir une idée

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Être à côté de la plaque

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Perdu

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Usé jusqu’à la corde

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Threadbare

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Amorcer la pompe

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Prime the pump

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Prendre au berceau

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Cradle robber

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Detour à la case depart

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Back to the drawing board

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Detour à la case depart

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Back to the drawing board

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Rendre la vie dure à

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Make life difficult

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Rendre la vie dure à

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Make life difficult

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Être la risée de

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Laughing stock

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Sans fard

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No frills

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Sac de nœuds

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Boîte de Pandore

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Ne pas mâcher des mots

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Not mince words

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Tailler la route

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S’arracher

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Tailler dans le vif

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Aller droit au but

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Tailler des croupières à

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Mettre des bâtons dans les roues de

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Mettre un frein à

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Sévir contre