Expressions 8 Flashcards by liam purkey

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Avoir le crâne dégarni (front dégarni)

A

Receding hairline

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Laisser (rester) sur le carreau

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Abandonner

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Se tenir à carreau

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Watch ones step

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Avoir maille à partir avec

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Se disputer

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Passer entre les mailles

A

Slip through

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Être aux aguets

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Keep watch

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Faire tourner en bourrique

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Énerver

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Besogner

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Toil

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Jouer les offusqués

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Get offended

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Amincir

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Make sb. look skinny

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Avec trois bouts de ficelle

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Avec très peu de moyens

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Travailler avec des bouts de ficelle

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Just get by

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Buter contre

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Stumble

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Buter sur un mot

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En avoir du mal à dire un mot

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Q

Éplucher quelque chose par le menu

A

Décortiquer

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Tomber les quatre fers en l’air

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Tomber sur le dos

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Assombrir

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Put a cloud over

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Farfelu

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Tiré par les cheveux

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Saugrenu

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Absurde

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Découvrir le pot aux roses

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Apprendre la vérité

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Pot d’adieu

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Pot de départ

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Mondanités

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Social events

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Voué à l’échec

A

Bound to fail

Q

Faire le tri dans

A

Sort

Q

Brocanteur (d’occasion)

A

Second hand

Q

Tirer le bon numéro

A

Find the right one

Q

Éviter une nouvelle déconvenue

A

Avoid disappointment

Q

Jeter son dévolu sur

A

Have ones heart set on

Q

Barbouiller

A

Make nauseous

Q

Tanguer

A

Tituber

Q

Déglingué

A

Rompu

Q

Redouter le pire

A

Fear the worst

Q

Tirailler

A

Cause pain

Q

En apesanteur

A

Weightless

Q

Clouer le bec à

A

Shut up

Q

Aller à l’encontre de

A

Go against

Q

Receler des trésors

A

Have hidden treasures

Q

Agonir qqn d’injures

A

Revile

Q

Retardataire, arriéré

A

Backwards

Q

Boire au goulot

A

Drink from the bottle

Q

Refouler du goulot de

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Puer de la bouche

Q

Prendre le relais

A

Take the reins

Q

Fuite de cerveaux

A

Brain drain

Q

Punaiser

A

Pin up

Q

Monter en épingle

A

Exagérer

Q

Être en rayon

A

In stock

Q

Balancer

A

Talk

Q

Se faire souffler dans le bronches

A

Se faire gronder

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Couper le cordon

A

Cut ties with

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S’en prendre à

A

Take it out on