Expressions 3 Flashcards

1
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En entendant la nouvelle, il partit

A

When he heard the news, he left

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2
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En s’éloignant il se retourna pour…

A

As he went off, he turned around/round to…

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3
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Arrivé à Paris il chercha un taxi

A

Having arrived in Paris, he looked for a taxi/cab.

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4
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…«les rares feuilles tombées»

A

The rare leaves that had fallen

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5
Q

Je n’ai pas de pain

A

I have no bread

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6
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Je n’ai aucune idée

A

I have no idea

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7
Q

La maison n’avait pas volets

A

The house had no shutters

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8
Q

Un emploi immodéré de

A

An excessive use of

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9
Q

Une façon inintelligente de…

A

A stupid way to…

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10
Q

Qui eût dit qu’un best-seller, promu au rang de phénomène mondial, susciterait des vocations ?

A

Who could have predicted that a best-seller, would achieve the status of worldwide phenomenon and spark off vacations ?

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11
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C’est l’un des dommages collatéraux du Da Vinci Code. Engendrer non de nouveaux Dan Browns (un suffit) mais de futurs historiens de l’art.

A

This has been one of the side effects to The Da Vinci Code - it has produced no new Dan Browns (one is enough) but some would-be art historians

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12
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Depuis deux ans que le roman est paru en Angleterre, les universités y ont enregistré une augmentation d’un quart de leurs inscriptions dans leur département spécialisé.

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Since the novel was released in England two years ago, applicants to relevant université departments have risen by a quarter.

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13
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Les questionnaires aux étudiants ont révélé la source de leur motivation profonde : «le» livre.

A

The underlying source of student motivation has come to light in questionnaires - the book

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14
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Ils veulent tous devenir Robert Langdon, professeur d’histoire de l’art et spécialiste en symbologie religieuse, appelé au Louvre pour une expertise liée à un meurtre.

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They all want to be Robert Langdons, the art history professor specializing in religious symbology, whose expertise is required by the Louvre to help with a murder investigation.

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A moins qu’ils ne veuillent devenir Dan Brown, diplômé de l’art, devenu milliardaire.

A

Then again, they may want to follow Dan Brown, an art graduate who became a billionaire.

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16
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Que ce soit à l’université de Birmingham ou à celle d’Oxford, les responsables interrogés par The Independent reconnaissent que, si Léonard de Vinci a toujours passionné les étudiants, l’histoire de l’art était en perte de vitesse depuis quelques années.

A

Contacted by The Independent, academics from both Birmingham University and Oxford admit that while Leonardo da Vinci has always fascinated students, art history had been declining for a number of years.

17
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Ils critiquent, bien entendu l’amateurisme de Dan Brown, ses nombreuses inexactitudes et la puérilité de ses interprétations dans le Da Vinci Code, mais ils n’en font pas moins des conférences à leurs élèves in situ, au Louvre, sur les traces du héros du roman.

A

Although they naturally criticize Dan Brown for his amateurism, his numerous errors and his simplistic interpretations in The Da Vinci Code, they nevertheless organize in - situ lectures at the Louvre for their students, following in the footsteps of the hero of the novel.