Expression usuelles 2 Flashcards

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aller qq part

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to get to somewhere

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au bout de la rue

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at the end of the street

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à l’âge de

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at the age of

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regarder un mot dans le dictionnaire

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to look up a word in a dictionary

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revenir qq part

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to return to

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faire suivre qqch

transférer

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to forward sthg to somewhere

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au début

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at first

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proposer

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to offer

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à peine

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hardly

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emmener qqn qq part

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to take someone to somewhere

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pendant la journée

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in the daytime

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au début d’un livre

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at the beginning of a book

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prendre la mer (pour un marin)

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to go to sea

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passer sa vie active

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to spend one’s working life

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au bout/à la fin de la queue

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at the back of the queue

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faire la queue

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to stand in a queue

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être pressé

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to be in a hurry

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conduire à une vitesse incroyable

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to drive a tremendous speed

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19
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être émerveillé

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to be in amazement

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être de bonne/mauvaise humeur

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to be in a good/bad temper

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être assis au bout de la table

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to be seated at the head of the table

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à mon grand étonnement

à ma grande surprise

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to my astonishment

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vivre dans le luxe

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to live in luxury

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un postulat

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a premise

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douteux
dubious
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l'écart de salaire
the pay-gap
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dépasser, devancer, excéder
to outstrip
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entreprendre, réaliser qqch
to undertake
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un foyer
a home a fireplace a household
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freiner, contenir
to rein in
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les égoûts
sewers
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le plan de quartier
the street pattern
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la poste
the mail
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complexe (adj)
elaborate
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prendre en compte
to take into account | to negotiate
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un quartier
a district
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emmener qqn qq part
to take sb to somwehere
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cela ne tient qu'à vous | à vous de choisir
it's up to you
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préférer (sens de choisir)
to opt for sthg
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se développer, prospérer
to thrive
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s'assurer de
to ensure
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est-ce que ça te dérange de faire ça ?
do you mind doing this?
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aller chercher qqch
to fetch
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financer qqch | subventionner qqch
to subsidize
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être sur un pieds d'égalité
to be on a level-playing field
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les avantages sociaux
benefits
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le covoiturage
the car-sharing | the car-pooling
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la restauration
the catering
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l'hôtellerie
the hospitality (trade)
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un logiciel libre
a freeware
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un échange non-marchand
a non-market exchange
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à but lucratif
for-profit
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à grande échelle
on a large scale
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un moteur de recherche
a search engine
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une action (part d'une entreprise)
a share
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un réel problème
an actual problem
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une directive
a regulation
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venir de, émaner de
to come out of
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inoffensif
innocuous
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entrer en vigueur
to come into force
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des précisions
font sizes
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revoir, réorganiser
to rejig
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l'étendue de
the breadth of
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une faille, une gêne
a faff
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lutter, se mettre en quatre
to scramble
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les embûches, les écueils
the pitfalls
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se pencher sur le passé
to look back on the past
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rassembler
to collect to gather to bring together
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symboliquement
symbolically
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le patrimoine (commun)
the heritage | the legacy
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très attendu
eagerly/much/highly/long/keenly | awaited, ancitipated
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un mécène
a benefactor a donor a sponsor a patron
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renforcer le symbole
to render to make to reinforce the symbol
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être bien placé pour
to be well placed to
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les ancêtres
the ancestors the forefathers the forebears
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être l'exemple-même
to be the epitome | to be the very example