expression idiomatique Flashcards

1
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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

A

Let’s go, shall we ?

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3
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un symbole/ un point de repère

A

a landmark

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4
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une première fois dans l’histoire

A

a World premiere

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5
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renouvelable

A

renewable

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6
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fournir qqch de produit localement
genre BIO fait pas loin

A

to provide with locally sourced thg

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7
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saisir arracher

A

to snatch

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8
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de manière peu flatteuse
parler méchamment de qqch

A

disparagingly

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9
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en arriere plan

A

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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11
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quand qqch paye (dans le sens le travail paye)

A

to payoff

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12
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un cessez le feu

A

a cease fire

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13
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grimper les échelons

A

to climb the carrer ladder

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14
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l’essentiel, la majeure partie de

A

the bulk of

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15
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aussi paradoxal que ca en a l’air

A

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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17
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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

19
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mettre des mesures drastiques contre
mettre un frein a

A

to clamp down hard on

20
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défavorisé

21
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la violence

22
Q

to contribute + …

A

to + v-ing

23
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un coup de pouce

24
Q

un plan B une alternative

A

a contingency plan

25
Q

le programme scolaire

A

the curriculum
pluriel curricula

26
Q

to consist +

A

IN et pas on !!!!

27
Q

une aubaine

28
Q

de plus on se peut se demander dans quelle mesure qqch

A

Thus one may wonder to what extent the..

29
Q

omniprésent

A

ubiquitous

30
Q

peser le pour et le contre

A

to weigh up pros and cons

31
Q

deployer

A

to roll out

32
Q

recolter les fruits de

A

to reap the benefits

33
Q

pour le meilleur et pour le pire

A

for better or for worse

34
Q

sous le feu des projecteurs

A

IN the spotlight

35
Q

la singularité

A

uniqueness

36
Q

avoir le culot

A

to dare to
to have the nerve/the audacity

37
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et pourtant

38
Q

expression pr dire que le gouvernement d’un pays intervient bcp trop dans la société

A

a nanny state

39
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synonyme changement

40
Q

un cadre

A

a framework

41
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sécurité sociale

A

social welfare

42
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le bien etre