expression idiomatique Flashcards

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meme pour tout l’or du monde

A

even for all the tea in China
even for all the money in the world

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2
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partons si vs le voulez bien

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Let’s go, shall we ?

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3
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un symbole/ un point de repère

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a landmark

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une première fois dans l’histoire

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a World premiere

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5
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renouvelable

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renewable

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6
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fournir qqch de produit localement
genre BIO fait pas loin

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to provide with locally sourced thg

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7
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saisir arracher

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to snatch

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de manière peu flatteuse
parler méchamment de qqch

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disparagingly

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9
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en arriere plan

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against the backdrop

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10
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le centre de l’attention le point de mire

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the focal point of

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quand qqch paye (dans le sens le travail paye)

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to payoff

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12
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un cessez le feu

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a cease fire

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13
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grimper les échelons

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to climb the carrer ladder

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l’essentiel, la majeure partie de

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the bulk of

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15
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aussi paradoxal que ca en a l’air

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Paradoxical though it may seem

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16
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un phénomène des phénomènes

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a phenomenon
2 phenomena

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un critère des critères

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a criterion 2 criteria

18
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un grand bond dans l’inconnu

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a great leap into the unknown

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mettre des mesures drastiques contre
mettre un frein a

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to clamp down hard on

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défavorisé

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la violence

22
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to contribute + …

A

to + v-ing

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un coup de pouce

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un plan B une alternative

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a contingency plan

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le programme scolaire
the curriculum pluriel curricula
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to consist +
IN et pas on !!!!
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une aubaine
a boon
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de plus on se peut se demander dans quelle mesure qqch
Thus one may wonder to what extent the..
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omniprésent
ubiquitous
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peser le pour et le contre
to weigh up pros and cons
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deployer
to roll out
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recolter les fruits de
to reap the benefits
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pour le meilleur et pour le pire
for better or for worse
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sous le feu des projecteurs
IN the spotlight
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la singularité
uniqueness
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avoir le culot
to dare to to have the nerve/the audacity
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et pourtant
and yet
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expression pr dire que le gouvernement d’un pays intervient bcp trop dans la société
a nanny state
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synonyme changement
a shift
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un cadre
a framework
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sécurité sociale
social welfare
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le bien etre
welfare