Expression/ tournures idiomatiques-Version (final) Flashcards

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être trempé jusqu’à l’os

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to get soaked through

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des tas de

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loads of
heaps of
scores of

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un ton neutre

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a matter of fact tone

to speak matter of factly

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je n’en ai pas la moindre

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I don’t have the slightest idea

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5
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a ta santé

A

cheers

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La rumeur dit que

A

rumor has it that

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avoir prise sur

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to get hold on / over

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être complètement fou / tombé sur la tête

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to be out of one’s mind

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9
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elle ne bronchait

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she didn’t bat an eyelid

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parler a un mur

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to speak to a brick wall

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mettre quelqu’un à la porte

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to give sbdy a sack

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être au bout du rouleau

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to be at the end of one’s tether

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en un battement de cil

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in the blink of an eyelid

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un sacré retournement

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a hell of U-turn

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15
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c’est tout le contraire

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quiet the opposite

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fou furieux

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hopping mad

17
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entrer dans une colère noire

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to fly into a temper
to be in a towering rage
to wore yourself into a frenzy

18
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mourrir d’ennui

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to be bored stiff

bored to tears / death

19
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en vouloir à quelqu’un

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to bear sbdy a grudge

20
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sauter de joie

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to jump FOR joy

to weep for joy

21
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avoir le moral

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to be in high spirit

22
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ne pas tenir rigueur à quelqu’un pour

A

to bear sbdy no ill-will for…

23
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exprimer son inquiétude

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to voice one’s concern

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avoir du chagrin

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to suffer grief

25
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pousser un soupir de soulagement

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to heave a sigh of relief

26
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être en admiration devant

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to stand in awe of…

27
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jouir de ..

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to angor sthg

28
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la (colère) est montée en moi

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anger welled up in my eyes / inside me

29
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je suis confus

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I’m all at sea

30
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avoir le cafard

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to feel blue

to be down in the dumps

31
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être ému aux larmes

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to be moved to tears

32
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remonter le moral de

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to cheer up sbdy’s spirit

33
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Il est grand temps de

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It is about time to…