Expression Flashcards

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Taken from

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Tiré de

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To postpone

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Remettre à plus tard

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To be aware (conscient) of

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Prendre conscience de

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To be reminiscent of

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Rappeler

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On behalf of

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Au nom de

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To have a taste

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Avoir le goût

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To shy away from

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Reculer devant

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A breach of privacy

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Une atteinte a la vie privée

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Goes down on sunset

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Couché de soleil

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To be driving at = to be getting at

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En venir à quelque chose

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Even thought

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Bien que

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Either way

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Dans tous les cas

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None of then

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Aucun d’entre eux

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For now

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Pour le moment

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14
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A widespread belief

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Beaucoup de gens pensent que

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From then on

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À partir de ce moment

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16
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To set an atmosphere

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Créer une atmosphère

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17
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Scaremongering

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Répandre la peur

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18
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Bridge the gap

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Combler le fossé

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19
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Dozens of

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Des dizaines de

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20
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Fewer + dénombrable

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Moins de ( personne )

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Less + abstrait

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Moins de ( argent … )

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To be seasoned

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Être expérimenté

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23
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A lack of

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Un manque de

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24
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Waving-placards

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Agiter les pancartes

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At the expends of

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Aux dépends de

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To take hindsight

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Prendre du recul

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27
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In favor of

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Au bénéfice de

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28
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At the expends of

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Au dépend de

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29
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With hindsight

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Avec du recul

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30
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Pursuit of happiness

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La recherche du bonheur

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31
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The quest of the truth = the search for truth

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La recherche de la vérité

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32
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In my mind

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In my opinion

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33
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As + adj + as possible

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Faire quelque chose le plus vite possible

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34
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Accuse of being

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Accuser d’être

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35
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Over more so as

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D’autant plus

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36
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To go viral

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Faire le buzz

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37
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A rattiest gesture

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Un geste raciste

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38
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To face a backlash

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Susciter une réaction négative

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39
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To cause outcry

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Provoquer un tollé général

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40
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To crackdown on racism

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Réprimer le racisme

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41
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To be over the moon

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Être aux anges

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42
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To be grounded in

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Être fondé sur

43
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As soon as

44
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Yet

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Pourtant , néanmoins

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In former days

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Thus = hence

47
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Furthermore = moreover = besides

48
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For instance

A

Par exemple

49
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To look forward to + BV-ing

A

Avoir hâte de …

50
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To resent sb for BV-ing

A

En vouloir à quelqu’un d’avoir fait quelque chose

51
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To blame sb for BV-ing

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Reprocher quelque chose à quelqu’un

52
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To fulfill one’s dream

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Accomplir un rêve

53
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So as to

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Dans le but de

54
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Neither … Nor

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Either … Or

56
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As long as

57
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You had better start saving money

A

Tu ferais mieux de commencer à économiser de l’argent

58
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Wish + prétérit

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Pour exprimer le souhait

59
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Would rather + prétérit

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Pour exprimer la préférence

60
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Wish + past perfect ( had P.P )

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Pour exprimer le regret

61
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To succeed in doing sth = to manage to

A

Parvenir à faire quelque chose

62
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Across the way

63
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As

A

En tant que ( comme )

64
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Like

A

Comme ( comparaison )

65
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Happen to

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Par hasard

66
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In one’s prime

A

Dans la fleur de l’âge

67
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To address a problem

A

S’intéresser à un problème

68
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A string of

A

Une série de

69
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To starve oneself to death

A

Se laisser mourir

70
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To do away with = to do without

A

Se passer de

71
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All the more so as

A

D’autant plus que

72
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All in all

73
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To plug the holes

A

Boucher les troues

74
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Safety nets

A

Filets de protection

75
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Balanced lifestyles

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Mode de vie équilibré

76
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Array of

A

Une gamme de

77
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A peine … Que

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Hardly … When

no sooner … Than

78
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Être freiné par

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To be hamper

79
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Être en liquidation

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To go into administration

80
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Les perspectives sont sombres

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The outlook seems gloomy

81
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Excessivement

82
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Être a court de

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To run out of

83
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Néanmoins

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Nevertheless = nonetheless

84
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Pour résumer

85
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Saturé

86
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Delocalisation

87
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Décentralisation

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Delocation

88
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Pousser quelqu’un à agir

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To spur sby on action

89
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Un niveau de vie

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A standard of living

90
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À condition que

91
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À moins que

92
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Je préfèrerais que tu sois à l’heure

A

I’d rather you were there on time

93
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Rappeler quelque chose à qqun

A

To remind someone of something

94
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Mettre en relief

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To highlight = to stress

95
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Accorder l’asile

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To grant someone asylum

96
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Une pièce de Shakespeare

A

A play BY Shakespeare

97
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Une recherche de l’Uni d’Oxford

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Researchers from Oxford university

98
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Les inondations

A

The floods

99
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Un nouveau né

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A new-born / day-old baby

100
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Il est le 3ème pour la succession

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He’s third in Line to the throne

101
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Mariage blanc

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A sham marriage

102
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Se mettre à

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To set about

103
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Être sur le point de

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To be about to
On the point of + ing
On the verge of + ing

104
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Rumour has it

A

La rumeur dit que

105
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Mon petit doigt m’a dit que

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A little bird told me