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1
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Faire une affaire

Avoir quelque chose pour presque rien

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To have smth for nothing

To have smth for a song

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Un peu partout

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All over the place

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Excusez mon langage

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If you’ll pardon my French

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Filer à l’anglaise

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To take French leave

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Haricots verts

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French beans

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La baguette

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French bread

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La vinaigrette

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French dressing

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Porte/baie vitrée

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A French door

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De mauvais goût (blague)

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Poor taste

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Avoir un côté positif

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To have a silver lining to smth

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Qui ne tente rien n’a rien

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Noting ventured, nothing gained

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Contre toute attente

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Against all odds

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Comment se fait il que

Est ce que par hasard..

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How does it happen that

Do you happen to..

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14
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Appeler un taxi

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To hail a taxi

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15
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Un électron libre

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After spirited

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16
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Être libre comme l’air

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To be footloose and fancy free

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17
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Joindre les deux bouts

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To make both ends meet

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18
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Avoir le feu vert

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To be given the go ahead

To be given the green light

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19
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Crouler sous les dettes

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To be burdened with debt

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20
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Quelque chose sans précédent

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A all-time record

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21
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Tirer une leçon de

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To draw a lesson from smth

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22
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Apprendre quelque chose à quelqu’un

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To teach smdy a lesson

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23
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Faire avec

Se contenter de

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To make to with

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Être advenu de

Qu’est il advenu de

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To have become of

What has become of …?

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25
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Poursuivre quelqu’un en justice

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To sue somebody

To take somebody to court

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Garder la tête hors de l’eau

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To stay afloat

To keep afloat

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Hausser les épaules

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To shrug his shoulders

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28
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Surveiller les faits et gestes

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To watch smdy’s every move

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29
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Reprendre son cours

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To go back to normal

To be business as usual

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30
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L’union fait la force

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United we stand, divided we fall

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31
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Avoir des comptes à rendre à

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To be accountable to

To report to

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32
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Avoir des scrupules

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To have (no) qualms about smth

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33
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Dans quelle mesure

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To what extent

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34
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Être un parfait exemple

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To be a case in point

A telling example

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35
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Partir vivre

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To leave to live

To go to live

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36
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Être mal à l’aise

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To feel ill-at-ease
uncomfortable
Embarrassed

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37
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Se mettre en colère

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To fly into a temper

To fly into a rage

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38
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Être fleur bleue

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To get sentimental about

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39
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Sentimental

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Sentimental (peut être péjoratif)

Sensitive

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40
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S’énerver facilement

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To be easily angered

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41
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Mettre qlqq en colère

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To Anger smdy

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42
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Avoir une crise (de toux, de rire, de colère …)

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To have a fit (of coughing, laughing, anger)

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43
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Être du côté de

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To side with sbdy

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44
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Être prévisible, inévitable

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The writing was on the wall

To be bound to do smth

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45
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Être source de scandale

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To be embroiled in a scandal

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46
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Salir une réputation

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To tarnish her reputation

To stain her reputation

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47
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Faire perdre sa crédibilité à quelqu’un

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To undermine smby’s credibility

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48
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Avoir soif de

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To be hungry for

The hunger of

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49
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Être tres investi dans

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To be intent of

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50
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Pour couronner le tout

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To crown it all

To add insult to injury

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51
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Briser les rêves

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To shatter the dreams of

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52
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Avoir des liens profonds avec quelqu’un

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To have close/intimate/strong links/ties

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53
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Bien s’entendre avec quelqu’un

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To get on well with smby

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54
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Valoir la peine de

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To be worth doing smth

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55
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Ne pas valoir la peine de

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To be not worthwile

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56
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Tenir compagnie à quelqu’un

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To keep smby compagny

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57
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Rendre visite à quelqu’un

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To call on smdy

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58
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Ça suffit pour aujourd’hui

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Let’s call it a day

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59
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Quel est ton domaine de travail, ta branche, ton secteur

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What is your line

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60
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Dire à quelqu’un d’entrer

Montrer le chemin pour rentrer

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To ask smdy in

To show smdy in

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61
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Faire faire le tour du propriétaire

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To show sbdy around/round

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62
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Circonstance atténuante

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Mitigating circumstances

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63
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Être pris pour quelqu’un d’autre

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To be mistaken for sbdy

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64
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Être sous les feux de l’actualité

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To be in/Come under the spotlight

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65
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Ce que l’avenir nous réserve

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What the future holds in store for

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66
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Avec pour toile de fond

Dans un contexte de

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Against à backdrop of

Against a background of

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67
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Ce sont des paroles en l’air

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It is just hot air

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68
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Passer des accords

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To seal a deal

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69
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Ça a des relants de
Ça sent
Ça a l’air d’être ..

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It smacks of

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70
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De voir quelque chose à quelqu’un ou quelque chose

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To owe smth/smby something

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71
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Avoir vraiment besoin d’argent

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To be defunded

Cash-strapped

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72
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Impitoyable

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Hard nosed

Uncompromising

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73
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Anciennement quelque chose

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One-time smth

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74
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La langue de bois

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Double talk

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75
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Ça en dit long sur

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It is a damning/sad indictment of

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76
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Des relations tendues

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Tense/strained relationships

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77
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Éclater de rire

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To burst out laughing

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78
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To spend lavishly

To be extravagant

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Être dépensier

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79
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To swear by smth

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Ne jurer que par qlqc

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80
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To have no other choice but to

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N’avoir d’autre choix que de

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81
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Against a backdrop of

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sur un fond de

Dans un contexte de

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82
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To file a complaint against

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Porter plainte

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83
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To ask for damages

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Demander des indemnités

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84
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Under a law

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D’après une loi

Selon une loi

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85
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To account for

To make up 50% of ..

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Représenter 50% de

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86
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4 times as many

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4 fois plus

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87
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Etre mélancolique

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To be wistful about smth

To be melancholy about

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88
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Mal défini (jugement)

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To be ill-defined

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89
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Mal élevé

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Ill-bred

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90
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S’arrêter

s’approcher

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To draw up

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91
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Faire reculer, se recroqueviller

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To make Someone cringe

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92
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De stras et paillettes

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The glamour and glitter

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93
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Jouer des tours

Ou exagérer

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To play up

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94
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Minimiser

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To play smth down

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95
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Les maux et les douleurs

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Aches and pain

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96
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To tap

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Tapoter
Mettre sur écoute
Exploiter (tap into = puiser)

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97
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The elephant in the room

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A taboo subject

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98
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Il y a plus qu’il n’y paraît, c’est plus important quil n’y paraît

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There is more to it than meets the eye

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99
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To make a powerful argumentation

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To make a point

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100
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Avoir quelque chose à dire

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To have a say

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101
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Être discriminé, exclu

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To be ostracized

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102
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L’investiture

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Inauguration

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103
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dépeindre

Rendre compte

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To depict

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104
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Période historique

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Era

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105
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Patrimoine national

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National heritage

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106
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Héritage familial

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Inheritance

Property

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107
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Heritage (ce qu’un personnage à laissé derrière lui

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Legacy

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108
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Plus de la Moitié

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More than a half of which

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109
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Mettre sur écoute un téléphone

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To bug a phone
To wiretap a phone

(To wiretap)
(Wiretapping)

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110
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Plein de vie

Ville tres dynamique/de vie

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A bustling city

Bustling

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111
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to be in a very difficult situation

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to be in a bing

to be in a predicament

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112
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to pay no attention to

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to overlook

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113
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gronder, passer un savon

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to dress down

to tell smbdy off

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114
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to speak out

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to be vocal

to be outspoken

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115
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vague de chaleur

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the dog days

heat wave

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116
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hypothèse

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hypothesis

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117
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Monsieur tout le monde

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The man in the street

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118
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La chasse gardée de

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The preserve of

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119
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S’exclure de quelque chose

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To self-select oneself ouf of smth

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120
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Faire plus de mal que de bien

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To do more harm than good

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121
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Recevoir des invités(dîner etc pas héberger)

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To host

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122
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Loger des gens

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To accommodate someone

To put somebody up

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123
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Cela ne sert à rien de

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It is no use …+ing

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124
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Se fâcher avec quelqu’un

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To fall out with smbdy

To have an argument with

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125
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Se débrouiller

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To manage (on my own) 
To get by (by myself)
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126
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Réussir à

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To succeed IN doing

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127
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Errer

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To wander

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128
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Mettre quelqu’un à la porte

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To kick smbdy out

To through sbdy out

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129
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Supporter (quelque chose)

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To put up with
To bear
To stand
To abide

(Avec i can devant)

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130
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Suivre La loi

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To abide by the law

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131
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Au téléphone

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On the phone

132
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Mener à ta perte

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That will be your undoing

That will be your downfall

133
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Rusé comme un renard

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To be as sly as a fox

134
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Exagérer

En faire trop

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To overdo

135
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Monter en grade

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To be promoted

To be upgraded

136
Q

L’emporter sur

A

To outweigh

137
Q

Vendre à perte

A

To underprice

138
Q

Penible

A

Uphill

139
Q

Être inévitable

A

To be bound to be

140
Q

Un homme averti en vaut deux

A

Forewarned is forearmed

141
Q

Être trop grand pour

A

To outgrow something

142
Q

Être plus performant que

A

To outperform
To outdo
To outstrip

143
Q

Être submergé

A

To be overburdened
To be overloaded
To be overwhelmed
+with

144
Q

Faire payer quelqu’un pour

A

To charge smbdy for

145
Q

Le problème est double

A

The problem is twofold

146
Q

Selon toute vraisemblance

A

In all likelihood

147
Q

Être plein de culpabilité

A

To be guilt-laden

148
Q

Être de courte durée

A

To be short lived

149
Q

Question santé

Question boulot

A

Business wise

Health wise

150
Q

Dépenser à tord et à travers

A

Misspending money

151
Q

Soumis

A

Submissive

152
Q

Avec méfiance

A

Mistrustfully

153
Q

Viande bien cuite

Viande trop cuite

A

To overdone

Well-done

154
Q

Truquer (une élection)

A

To rig an election

To fix an election

155
Q

Devoir (faire quelque chose, prévu)

A

To be to

156
Q

Déclarer la guerrre a quelqu’un

A

To wage war on sbdy

157
Q

Appelons un chat un chat

A

Let’s call a spade a spade

Let’s put it bluntly

158
Q

Tourner autour du pot

A

To beat around the bush

159
Q

Tape à l’œil

Ostentatoire

A

Showily

Conspicuously

160
Q

… de fidélité

A

Loyalty…

A loyalty card

161
Q

Se venter

Se targuer

A

To boast

162
Q

Désirer ardemment

A

To pine for
to yearn for
To long for

163
Q

Convaincre

A

To get a person to log into

164
Q

Bien être

A

Wellness

wellbeing

165
Q

Spatial

A

Space …

Spatial fait référence à l’espace (genre astronaute)

166
Q

Parler au nom de

A

To speak on behalf of sbdy

167
Q

Revenir à

Ça revient à faire ça

A

To amount to doing smth

168
Q

Fermer les yeux sur

A

To condone

To turn a blind eye on smth

169
Q

Mettre des gens dans le même panier

A

To lump people together

170
Q

Être sur la touche

A

To be on the sidelines

171
Q

Être ingérable

A

To be unmanageable

172
Q

Être imprévisible

A

To be unpredictable

173
Q

Un phare

A

A beacon

America is a beacon for the free world

174
Q

Être à cheval sur

A

To be a stickler for

175
Q

Avoir un don pour les affaires

A

To be business acumen

176
Q

Sur lequel il faut compter

A

To be reckoned with

177
Q

Pour les opposants, selon les opposants

A

For critics

According to opponents

178
Q

Mette en danger

A

To jeopardize
To put in jeopardy
To threaten

179
Q

Mettre quelqu’un à la porte

se débarrasser de

A

To give smb the boot

180
Q

Prendre ses jambes à son cou

A

To take to one’s heels

181
Q

Ranger

A

To tidy

182
Q

Quelqu’un de négligé, désordonné

A

A tidy person

183
Q

Éteindre un feu

A

To put out a fire

184
Q

Briller

A

To shine

185
Q

Étinceler

A

To glitter

186
Q

Luire
Briller
Rougeoyer

A

To glow

187
Q

Rayonner de fierté

A

To glow with Pride

188
Q

S’embraser

A

To flare

189
Q

Retenir sa respiration

A

To hold one’s Breath

190
Q

Reprendre son souffle

A

To catch breath

191
Q

Se tordre la cheville

A

To strain one’s ankle

192
Q

Une relation tendue

A

A Strained relationship

193
Q

Réussir

A

To make it
To succeed
To strike it rich

194
Q

L’exception américaine

A

American exceptionalism

195
Q

Briser un rêve

A

To shatter a dream

196
Q

Défini approximativement

Au sens large

A

Loosely defined

197
Q

Avoir quelqu’un dans la poche

A

To have sbdy in the palm of one’s Hand

198
Q

Ne pas pouvoir s’empêcher de

A

Can not help

199
Q

Réprimer, garder, contenir (ses émotions)

A

To bottle one’s (feelings)… up

200
Q

Se confier à quelqu’un

A

To confide in sbdy

To confide a secret to sbdy

201
Q

Se mettre à l’écart

A

To keep oneself to oneself

202
Q

Du bout des doigts

A

With his fingertips

With the tip of his fingers

203
Q

Pas le moins du monde

A

In the least

204
Q

De valeur

A

Valuable
Priceless (valeur inestimable)
Invaluable

205
Q

Porter (un vêtement, un bijou..)

A

A sport

206
Q

Sans valeur

A

Worthless

Valueless

207
Q

Chambouler quelque chose

A

To be turned upside down

208
Q

Faire le bilan

A

To assess

209
Q

Nuancer

A

To qualify

210
Q

Bâcler

A

To botch

Botched

211
Q

Être à la limite de

A

To verge on smth

To border on

212
Q

Donner trop de liberté, de marche de manœuvre

A

To give sbdy leeway

213
Q

Se faire avoir

A

To be taken in by sbdy
To be tricked
To be deceived by sbdy

214
Q

Se mette en scène, mise en scene

A

Showmanship

215
Q

Assurer le spectacle

A

To put on a show

216
Q

Aboyer, jacasser

A

To bark

To Yap

217
Q

Être ébloui, aveuglé

A

To be dazzled

218
Q

N’être qu’un simple ..

A

A mere …

219
Q

Un pouvoir non officiel

A

A counter power

220
Q

Un rôle de médiateur

A

A regulatory role

221
Q

Il y a matière à réfléchir

A

Smth, mistakes offers food for thought

222
Q

Faire un stage

A

To do an internship

Stagiaire = trainee

223
Q

Remettre en question

A

To question

224
Q

Venir de tous les horizons

A

To come from all walks of life

225
Q

Porter serment

A

To pledge

To take a oath

226
Q

Bidon (c’est bidon )

A

Phoney

227
Q

Harceler quelqu’un pour qu’il fasse quelque chose

A

To pester sbdy for smth

228
Q

Rendre des comptes

A

To be accountable to

229
Q

Être tenu responsable

A

To be held accountable

230
Q

Faire sortir quelqu’un de la pauvreté

A

To lift sbdy out of poverty

231
Q

Donner la chair de Poule

A

To give sbdy the creeps

232
Q

Une liste un tableau

A

A roll

233
Q

Faire l’appel

A

To call the roll

234
Q

Liste électorale

A

Électoral rolls

235
Q

Sortir un produit

A

to launch a product

To roll out a product

236
Q

Rouler sur l’or

A

To be rolling in money

237
Q

Marcher sur la pointe des pieds

A

To tiptoe

To walk on tiptoe

238
Q

Se mettre au pas
Obéir
Se conformer

A

To toe the (party) line

239
Q

Le pas de La porte

A

On the threshold

240
Q

Entrevoir

Apercevoir

A

To catch sight of

241
Q

Le but

A

The purpose

242
Q

Faire demi tour

A

To turn back

243
Q

Sur le terrain

A

On the spot

244
Q

Être le portait craché de

A

To be the spitting image of smdy

To be every bit of

245
Q

Boiter

A

To be lame
To limp
To hobble
To be crippled

246
Q

Une piètre excuse/argument..

A

A lame excuse/argument..

247
Q

Un homme politique qui n’a plus grand pouvoir

A

A lame duck

248
Q

Industries sur la touche

A

A lame duck industrie

249
Q

Un sourire crispé, maladroit

A

A lame smile

250
Q

Pourquoi diable …

A

Why on earth (poli)

Why the hell (pas Poli)

251
Q

Tromper, duper

A

To fob (familier)

252
Q

Essayer de gagner du temps

A

To play for Time

To stall

253
Q

Faire grâce à quelqu’un

A

To let smdy off

254
Q

Soulèvement

A

Uprising

255
Q

Tenir tête à

A

To stand up to

256
Q

Dépenser des fortunes dans

A

To lash out on

257
Q

La nuit porte conseil

A

To sleep on Smth

258
Q

Faire la grasse matinée

A

To sleep in

259
Q

Avec un ton …

A

In a …. tone/voice

260
Q

Je suis sure

A

I’m positive

261
Q

Regarder fixement

A

To stare at

262
Q

Avec des grands yeux

A

Wide-eyed

To stare wide eyed

263
Q

Baisser la tête honteux

A

To hung one’s head in shame

264
Q

Pleurer DE colère
Regarder AVEC surprise

Associé à un sentiment

A

In

Looked at me IN anger

265
Q

Aller faire

Aller voir

A

To go and do

Go and get

266
Q

Perdre La tête

Être fou

A
To lost ones mind 
To be off ones mind 
To be mental 
To be nuts 
To be out of ones mind
267
Q

Pur et Simple

A

Outright …

This is outright stealing

268
Q

Être aveuglé par

A

To be blinkered to smth

269
Q

Économiser

A

To put by/aside money

270
Q

Il y a anguille sous roche

A

To smell a rat

271
Q

Les années folles

A

The Roaring Twenties

272
Q

Etre borné à faire quelque chose de négatif

A

To be bent on

273
Q

Soulager

A

Alleviate

274
Q

Mettre un point d’honneur à

A

To make a point of

275
Q

Par principe

A

On principal

276
Q

Dériver (sur un autre sujet)

A

To slide

To drift

277
Q

Les autorités compétentes

A

The authorities concerned

The authorities in charge

278
Q

Led dépenses de …

A

… expenditures

Health expenditure
Toujours singulier

279
Q

Il est grand temps

A

To be high time to

About time to

280
Q

Installer UNE MACHINE

A

to install, to set up

281
Q

Allongement de l’espérance de vie

A

Rising life expectancy

282
Q

Surpopulation carcérale

A

Prison overcrowding

Prison overpopulation

283
Q

Il ne fait que ..

A

He only ..

284
Q

Faire mieux que

A

To outdo

To outperform

285
Q

Cela ne se voit pas

A

It doesn’t show on

286
Q

Avoir la vie dure

A

To die hard

287
Q

Empêcher

A
To prevent 
Impede 
hinder 
Hamper 
Sbdy from
288
Q

La hiérarchie de l’entreprise

A

Corporate ladder

289
Q

L’égalité des chances

A

Equality of opportunity

290
Q

Combler l’écart

A

To bridge the gap

291
Q

À moins de

A

Unless

292
Q

Etre susceptible de

A

To be likely to

To be liable to

293
Q

Faire un lavage de cerveau

A

To brainwash sbdy into

294
Q

Etre solidaire

A

To show solidarity

295
Q

Être obligatoire

A

To be mandatory

To be compulsory

296
Q

Se tenir au courant

A

To keep abreast of

297
Q

Joindre l’acte à la parole

A

To match words with action

298
Q

Se renfermer

A

To withdraw into oneself

299
Q

Il nous incombe de

A

It behoves us to (wonder … pour les problématiques)

300
Q

Un sort

A

A lot

301
Q

Idéaliser

Mettre sur un piédestal

A

To put on a pedestal

302
Q

Faire du chantage

A

To blackmail

303
Q

Invoquer (nous invoque du respect ..)

A

To summon up

304
Q

Exploit

A

An achievement

305
Q

Pour de bon

A

For good

306
Q

Être décidé

A

To be determined

307
Q

Aller chercher qlqq

A

To fetch smbdy

308
Q

Avoir du mal à

A

To have difficulty (in) doing

309
Q

Savoir où quelqu’un se trouve

A

To know sbdy’s whereabouts

310
Q

Un système de freins et de contrepoids

A

A system of checks and balances

311
Q

Se disputer se battre pour quelque chose

A

To scramble for smth

312
Q

Abuser de l’hospitalité

A

To outstay ones welcome

313
Q

À louer

A

To let (uk)

For rent (us)

314
Q

Louer

A

To rent
To let
To lease

315
Q

Un locataire

A

A tenant
A renter
A lease holder

316
Q

Un marchant de sommeil (font louer des garages pour de d’habitations)

A

Slum lord

Slum = taudit, bidonville

317
Q

Mené par

Regis par

A

…-driven

…-ridden

318
Q

Limiter

Endiguer

A

To cap

319
Q

Repercussions negatives

A

fallout

320
Q

Etre en connivence

A

To collude with sbdy

321
Q

a priori

A

on the face of it

at first sight

322
Q

“de marque”

A

branded

323
Q

entre eux, l’un l’autre

A

one another

324
Q

Pots de vin

A

Bribes

Bribing

325
Q

Revenir à

A

To amount to