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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14
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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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17
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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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22
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à mon grand étonnement

à ma grande surprise

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to my astonishment

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23
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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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25
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douteux

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dubious

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26
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l’écart de salaire

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the pay-gap

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dépasser, devancer, excéder

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to outstrip

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entreprendre, réaliser qqch

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to undertake

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29
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un foyer

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a home
a fireplace
a household

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30
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freiner, contenir

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to rein in

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31
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les égoûts

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sewers

32
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le plan de quartier

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the street pattern

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la poste

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the mail

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complexe (adj)

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elaborate

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prendre en compte

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to take into account

to negotiate

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un quartier

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a district

37
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emmener qqn qq part

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to take sb to somwehere

38
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cela ne tient qu’à vous

à vous de choisir

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it’s up to you

39
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préférer (sens de choisir)

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to opt for sthg

40
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se développer, prospérer

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to thrive

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s’assurer de

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to ensure

42
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est-ce que ça te dérange de faire ça ?

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do you mind doing this?

43
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aller chercher qqch

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to fetch

44
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financer qqch

subventionner qqch

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to subsidize

45
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être sur un pieds d’égalité

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to be on a level-playing field

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les avantages sociaux

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benefits

47
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le covoiturage

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the car-sharing

the car-pooling

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la restauration

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the catering

49
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l’hôtellerie

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the hospitality (trade)

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un logiciel libre

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a freeware

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un échange non-marchand

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a non-market exchange

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à but lucratif

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for-profit

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à grande échelle

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on a large scale

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un moteur de recherche

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a search engine

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une action (part d’une entreprise)

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a share

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un réel problème

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an actual problem

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une directive

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a regulation

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venir de, émaner de

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to come out of

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inoffensif

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innocuous

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entrer en vigueur

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to come into force

61
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des précisions

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font sizes

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revoir, réorganiser

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to rejig

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l’étendue de

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the breadth of

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une faille, une gêne

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a faff

65
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lutter, se mettre en quatre

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to scramble

66
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les embûches, les écueils

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the pitfalls

67
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se pencher sur le passé

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to look back on the past

68
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rassembler

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to collect
to gather
to bring together

69
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symboliquement

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symbolically

70
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le patrimoine (commun)

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the heritage

the legacy

71
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très attendu

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eagerly/much/highly/long/keenly

awaited, ancitipated

72
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un mécène

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a benefactor
a donor
a sponsor
a patron

73
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renforcer le symbole

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to render
to make
to reinforce the symbol

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être bien placé pour

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to be well placed to

75
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les ancêtres

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the ancestors
the forefathers
the forebears

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être l’exemple-même

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to be the epitome

to be the very example