Expressions Concours Flashcards

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1
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Le hasard a voulu que

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As luck would have it

As it turned out

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2
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Au nom de

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For the sake of

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3
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Se mesurer réticent à

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To prove reluctant To

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4
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Être à la traîne

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To lag behind

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5
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Venir de nulle part

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Coming out of the blue

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Réussir haut la main

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To pass with flying colors

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7
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Très rapidement, sans difficulté

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In two shaker of a lamb’s tail

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8
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Aller plus vite que la musique

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To jump the gun

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9
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Garder la tête haute

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To keep one ´s chin up

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10
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A deux pas, tout près

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At a stone ´s throw

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11
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Demander conseil à (des experts)

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To pick the brains of

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12
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Jouer les troubles-fêtes, ne pas coopérer

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To rock the boat

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13
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Pour ne pas arranger la situation

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To make matters worse

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14
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Garder son calme face. L’adversité

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To keep a stiff upper lipp

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15
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Gâcher la fête de quelqu’un (sens figuré)

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To rain on someone ´s parade

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16
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Être en piteux état

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To be in a sorry state

17
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La montée (d’une phénomène)

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The surge

18
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Un changement profond, un tournant décisif

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A watershed

19
Q

Ne pas atteindre les espérances, ce qui était attendu

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To fall short off expectations

20
Q

Saisir une opportunité

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To cash in on (the opportunities)

21
Q

S’accaparer le marché

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To corner The market

22
Q

Prendre des mesures radicales contre quelque chose

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To crack down on

23
Q

La consommation ostentatoire

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The conspicuous consumption

24
Q

L’âge d’or

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The heyday

25
Q

La bulle internet

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The dotcom boom

26
Q

Une industrie mal en point

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An ailing industry

27
Q

L’exemple parfait

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The epitome

28
Q

Renforcer

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To strenghthen

29
Q

Faire les frais de

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To bear the brunt of

30
Q

Mariere première

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Raw material

31
Q

A la suite de, au lendemain de

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In The wake of

32
Q

Endiguer

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To stem (The flow)

33
Q

La classe moyenne oppressée

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The squeezed middle class

34
Q

Compromettre, mettre en danger

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To jeopardize

35
Q

Mitigé

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Bitter-sweet

36
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Digne d’intérêt

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