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Expressions Courantes - 06 Flashcards

1
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Devenir populaire, réussir, avoir du succès.

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To catch on.

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Se retirer, faire marche arrière

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To pull back

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Etre immunisé contre … / Etre à l’abris de … Quelque chose.

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To be immune to … Something.

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Un ami d’enfance

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A Childhood friend

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S’accrocher au pouvoir

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To cling to power, to hang on to power

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Ca ne se voit pas.

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It doesn’t show / you can’t see it

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Je tiens beaucoup à elle.

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I realy care about her / I feel very strongly about her.

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8
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Des rideaux en dentelle

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Lace curtains

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9
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Professionnel de santé

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Healthcare professionnel, HCP.

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10
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Tirer les leçon de …

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To learn from … / to learn lessons from …. / to draw lessons from …

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Peser lourdement, jouer un grand rôle.

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To weigh heavily.

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Une jolie somme, une sacrée somme …

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A tidy sum

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13
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Requin de la finance

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Robber baron

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14
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Monsieur tout le monde

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Average Joe.

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15
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Se faire traiter de voleur

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To be caled a thief

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16
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A volonté

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At will

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17
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Buffet à volonté

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All you can eat buffet, unlimited buffet

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18
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Se laisser pousser la barbe.

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To grow your beard.

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19
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Augmenter les impots.

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To raise, to put up taxes.

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20
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Baisser les impôts.

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To lower, to reduce taxes.

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21
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La hausse du niveau de la mer.

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The sea level rise.

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22
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La hausse du niveau de la mer.

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The sea level rise.

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23
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Ca me donne le vertige, ca me fait tourner la tête.

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It makes me dizzy.

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Avoir le vertige, avoir la tête qui tourne.

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To feel dizzy.

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25
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Avoir beaucoup de centres d’intérêt.

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To have a broad range of interests.

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26
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Un toiletteur pour chiens.

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A dog groomer, a pet groomer.

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27
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J’aimerais pouvoir … J’aurais aimé pouvoir …

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I wish I could …

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28
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Une puce intégrée

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A built-in chip

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29
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Presser un fruit.

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To press, to squeese a fruit.

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30
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Pincer quelqu’un.

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To pinch, to squeeze somebody.

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31
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Une situation délicate

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A tricky situation

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32
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Formation professionnelle

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Corporate training

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33
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Ma façon de voir les choses, ma vision du monde …

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My outlook on things …

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34
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Ma vision de la vie / mon regard sur la vie.

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My outlook on life.

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35
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Manger dehors, à l’extérieur, au restaurant …

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To eat out.

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36
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Des perspectives de carrière.

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Career prospects

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37
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Un enfant unique.

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An only child.

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38
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Hors des sentiers battus

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Off the beaten tracks

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39
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Plus ou moins

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More or less

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40
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Plus ou moins

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More or less

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41
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Battre les cartes

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To shuffle cards

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42
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C’est tentant.

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It’s tantalizing.

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43
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Un jour, un de ces jours …/ bientôt.

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Some day / some day soon.

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44
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Corriger des copies.

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To grade papers.

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45
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Fleurs de cerisiers

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Cherry blossoms

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46
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Je touche du bois

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Knock on wood

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47
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Nettoyage de printemps

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Spring cleaning

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48
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Un examen blanc

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A practice exam

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49
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Baver devant ….

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To drool over ….

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50
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Vote par correspondance

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Absentee ballot

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51
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On apprend pas aux vieux singes à faire la grimace

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You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

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52
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Une rue pavée

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A cobblestone street

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53
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Modérer, atténuer, adoucir.

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To tone down

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54
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Battre des ailes

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To flap wings

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55
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Faire la lessive

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To do laundry

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56
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Un panier à linge.

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A laundry basket.

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57
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20 et quelques … Années, km …

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Twenty something … Years, km …

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58
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Vanter, faire l’éloge de quelqu’un, quemque chose

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To talk up something, someone …

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59
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Ressembler à, tenir de … Quelqu’un.

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To take after… someone.

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60
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Payer, porter ses fruits

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To pay off

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61
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Radio crochet, concours de talent

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A talent show

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62
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Faire tomber quelqu’un

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To take someone down, to bring someone down

63
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Afin que, pour que, de sorte que,

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So that

64
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Partir de zero

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To start from scratch, to start from square one.

65
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Démissionner

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To hand in your notice, to resign

66
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Marée haute / marée basse

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High tide / low tide

67
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Un médecin généraliste

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A GP (general practitioner)

68
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Chef spirituel, leader religieux

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Faith leader

69
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Chacun ses goûts.

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To each his own.

70
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Et voilà, Tiens, tenez, voilà

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Here you go

71
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C’est parti, allons y, nous y voilà

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Here we go.

72
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C’est tendance

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It’s trending

73
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Depuis la nuit des temps

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Since the dawn of time

74
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Constitué de, composé de …

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Consisting of …

75
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Prendre du retard, être à la traîne.

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To fall behind.

76
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Espérons que, j’éspère que …

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Hopefully

77
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S’assurer, être sûr que, veiller à …

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To make sure, to ensure .

78
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Le président en exercice

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The sitting president

79
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Le président sortant

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The outgoing president

80
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C’est comme chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin.

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It’s like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

81
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C’est raide, c’est abrupt

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It’s steep

82
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C’est en pente,

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It’s sloped

83
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C’est plat

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It’s flat

84
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Une pente glissante

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A slippery slope

85
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Le film passe au cinéma

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The movie is playing at the theater

86
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Le film est sorti

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The movie is out

87
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Boulon

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Bolt

88
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Ecrou

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Nut

89
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Grimper en flèche

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To go through th roof

90
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Un chantier

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A building site, a site.

91
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Un clou

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A nail

92
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Prendre son pied en faisant quelque chose

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To get your kick from doing something

93
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Je mets mon lecteur mp3 sur aléatoire

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I put my mp3 player on shuffle

94
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Tuer dans l’oeuf

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To nip in the bud

95
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Faire de même, en faire autant

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To follow suit

96
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Abus de pouvoir

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Abuse of power

97
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Abus de position dominante

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Abuse of dominance, abuse of dominant position

98
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Se battre jusqu’au bout

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To fight to the end.

99
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Humoriste, comique

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Comedian, a standup comedian, a stand up comic.

100
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Borné, étroit d’esprit

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Narrow minded

101
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Jouer à cache-cache

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To play hide and seek, to hide and seek.

102
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Ca me dit quelque chose.

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It rings a bell / it tells me something

103
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Ca se goupille bien.

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It works out well.

104
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Connaitre par coeur

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To know by heart, to know inside out

105
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Deux fois plus

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Twice as much

106
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Sur le long terme.

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In the long term, in the long run.

107
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Il est à fond

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He’s into it.

108
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Ca me démange de le faire.

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I’m hitching to do it.

109
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Deux fois moins que …

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Half as much as …

110
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Dix fois plus que …

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Ten times as much as …

111
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Dix fois moins que …

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Ten times less as …

112
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En cours de route, au fur et à mesure …

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As we go…

113
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Nous pouvons décider sur le moment

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We can decide as we go

114
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400 mètres de dénivelé

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400 meters hight differencial
400 meters hight difference
(Prononcer le T de hight)

115
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Sauter dans le vide

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To jump into the void

116
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Lâche toi, décompresse,

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Let your hair down

117
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Trois mois et demi

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Three and a half months.

118
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Un cabinet médical

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A medical practice, a medical office, a doctor’s office

119
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Amuse toi

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Have fun, enjoy yourself.

120
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Je meurs d’envie de … / j’ai hâte de … Faire quelque chose

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I’m dying to do something.

121
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Le dollar est remonté

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The dollar went back up.

122
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A tes risques et perils

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At your own risk and peril

123
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Avoir le mal de mer

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To be seasick

124
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Avoir le mal de mer

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To be seasick

125
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Dans la nature, à l’état sauvage,

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In the wild

126
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Garder de la place

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To save room

127
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De la Charcuterie

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Cured meat, processed meat

128
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Niveau de vie

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Standard of living, standard of life

129
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Je vous tiens au courant

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I’ll keep you posted, I’ll be in touch

130
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Parlez plus fort

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Speak up, speak louder, speak more loudly

131
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Parlez moins fort

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Lower your voice, speak less loudly

132
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Plus haut

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Higher

133
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Plus bas

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Further down

134
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Ca me va

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That’s fine with me. / I’m fine with that.

135
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Manquer de temps, ne plus avoir le temps

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To be out of time

136
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Inaccessible, hors d’atteinte, hors de portée.

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Out of reach

137
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Ca m’a fait froid dans le dos

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It made me shiver

138
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Etre dépassé par les évenements

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To be out of your depth (prononcer depf)

139
Q

Tirer son chapeau à quelqu’un.

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To take your hat off to somebody.

140
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De toutes natures, de toutes sortes …

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Of any kind.

141
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Sans prévenir, sans préavis.

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Without notice.

142
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Perdre la face.

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To lose face.

143
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Hâtif, précipité.

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Hasty.

144
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L’un après l’autre.

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One after the other.

145
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Dans le milieu des affaires

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In the business community

In the business environnement

146
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Un petit gros

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A fat man

147
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C’est du gâteau, c’est facile …

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It’s a piece of cake.

148
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Un voyant, une diseuse de bonne aventure

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A fortune teller.

149
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Liseuse dans les lignes de la main

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A palm reader

150
Q

Se faire connaître

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To come forward, to make yourself known.

151
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Les dernières nouvelles

A

Breaking news

152
Q

Avoir de l’eau jusqu’aux genoux

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To have water up to your knees.

153
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Dans les années à venir

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In the years ahead / in the coming years / in the years to come.

154
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Au nom du profit

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In the name of profit

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