Expressions 4 Flashcards by liam purkey

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Au fur et à mesure

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Gradually

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Visage aviné

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Ruddy

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Louvoyer

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Hedge

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À la noix

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Qui ne sert à rien

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Avoir en affection

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Aimer

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Bosser pour des clopinettes

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Travailler pour rien

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Pousser comme des champignons

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Pousser partout

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Bidonville

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Shanty

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Pile-poil

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Exactement

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Charrier

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Push it

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Humour pince-sans-rire

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Tongue in cheek

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Au prix coûtant

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Au prix de revient

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En enfilade

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In a row

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Pépiement

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Twittering

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Cancanage

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Gossip

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Se rabattre sur

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Make do with

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S’assoupir

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Piquer du nez

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En chair et en os

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In the flesh

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Tant sur le fond que sur la forme

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In substance and style

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Baratineur

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Smooth talker

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Guichet des renseignements

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Info

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Mettre en déroute

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Make flee

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Tarabiscoté

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Alambiqué

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Chercher midi à quatorze heures

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Compliquer une chose simple

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Rebondissement

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Développement imprévu

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Piqueté de

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Studded with

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S’en tamponner le coquillard

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S’en foutre

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S’en remettre

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Recover

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Cerner le personnage

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Figure out

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Retentissement

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Impact

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Cela dit

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That being said

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S’étioler

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Go downhill

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Ronfler comme un sonneur

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Snore

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Bancal

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Branlant, chancelant

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Tenir en laisse

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Keep in check

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Au jour le jour

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Sans se soucier de l’avenir

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Ficeler

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Finir

Q

Se mettre en boule

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Se recroqueviller

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Raffoler de

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Aimer

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Être à bout de force

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Être aux dernières jours

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Être à force de

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Be able to

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Parler de la pluie et du beau temps

A

Papoter, faire la causette

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Tocade

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Whim

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Où j’en étais resté?

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Where did I leave off

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Effaré

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Stunned

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Laisser mariner

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Mariner sur

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Refus d’obtempérer

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Failure to comply

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Démordre de (ne pas en démordre)

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Drop

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Sablier

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Timer

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En sourdine

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Quietly