EXPRESSIONS Flashcards

1
Q

Dire des mots dure

A

to say harsh word

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2
Q

prendre le taureau par les cornes

A

to bite the bullet and …

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3
Q

une remarque méprisante/ sarcastique

A

a snide remarque

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4
Q

laisser refroidir

A

to let cool down

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5
Q

être chanceuse/ bien lotie

A

to be better off

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6
Q

en désaccord avec qlq

A

at odds with sb

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7
Q

avoir de la rancune

A

to have hard feeling about smth

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8
Q

sur la côte de la mer

A

on the coast

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9
Q

passer la douane

A

to go trough the custom

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10
Q

envisager toutes les possibilités

A

to consider every posiblity

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11
Q

pour calmer mes nerfs

A

to calm my nerves

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12
Q

prendre qlch pour acquis

A

to take smth for granded

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13
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jusqu’à la fin/ jusqu’au bout

A

to no end

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14
Q

aller-retour/ faire des vas et vient

A

back and forth

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15
Q

laisser faire les choses

A

to let things happens

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16
Q

se mettre à travers d’un chemin

A

to stand in the way

17
Q

des conséquences inattendu

A

to have unintented consequences

18
Q

dans l’ordre des choses

A

in the sheme of the thing

19
Q

à la recherche/ à la poursuite

A

In search/ pursuit of

20
Q

c’est incompréhensible que

A

It’s beyond all understanding why

21
Q

juste à temps pour

A

just in time

22
Q

faire du bruit

A

to let out a noise

23
Q

demander un dédommagent

A

to demand a restitution

24
Q

avoir envie de

A

to be eager

25
attendre qlch avec impatience
to eagerly await smth
26
manquer de temps
run out of time
27
perdre le file de ses pensées
to lose one's train of thought
28
sans penser/sans réfléchir
... without giving a thought to ...
29
réfléchir à qlch
To thing sth trough