Expressions et tournures idiomatiques Flashcards

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quand le chat n’est pas la les souris dansent

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when the cat is away the mices WILL play

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jouer avec le feu

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playing with the fire

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quand il s’agit de

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when it come to

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cela va prendre du temps

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it will take time

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convaincre (parole) qqun de faire qqch

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to talk sby into doing something

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convaicre (autrement que par la parole) qqun à faire qqch

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to get sby to do something

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faire faire qqch à qqun (contraindre)

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to make sby ( / ) do something

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on a fait faire qqch par qqun

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we have something done by sby

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si il était ici, il serait d’accord

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if he WERE here, he would agree

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on m’a demandé de faire qqch

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I was asked/told to do something

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je n’ai presque rien fait

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I bearly did anything

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j’aimerais que tu fasses qqch

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I wish you would do something / I would like you to do sth

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laisser qqun faire qqch

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let sby do something

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nous n’avons jamais été aussi bien

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we have never been better

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Le narrateur est motivé par le mécontentement

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The speaker is driven by disatisfaction

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l’économie/ la politique du toujours plus

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the economics/ politics of more

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17
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dans le sillage de qqch

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in the wake of something

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c’est un jeu d’enfant

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it’s easy as ABC

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la rumeur/ il est dit que dit que

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rumor has it that

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concerner qqch

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to revolve around something/ to deal with

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nuancer qqch

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to qualify something

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decevoir qqun

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to deceive sby

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chuter / s’effondrer

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to decrease, to decline, to fall / to pulmmet, to crumble, to collapse

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augmenter / monter en flèche

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to increase, raise / to soar

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emprunter qqch à qqun

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borrow something from sby

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être utopique

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to be rosy, to be heavenly, to be utopian

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être emerveillé par qqun

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to marval at sby

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mettre la pression à qqun

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to put pressure on sby

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se conformer à

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to comply with

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enquêter sur qqch

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to look into / to investigate/ to study something

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se tromper

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to be mistaken

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une decision révolutionnaire / qui fait date

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a groundbreaking / landmark decision

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C’est l’hôpital qui se fou de la charité

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It’s the pot to calling the kettle black!

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Donner le feu vert

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give the go ahead

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en fait on ne fait pas grand chose

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Not much is actually done

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trouver un moyen

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to come up with a way

37
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de peur que nous oublions

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lest we forget

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de peur que

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lest/ for fear that

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il est entré dans la pièce

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he entered a room / he came into the room

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regarder à travers la fenètre

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to look out of the window

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jetter un coup d’oeil (2) / entrevoir qqch

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look over sth , to cast a look / to glimce at something

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jetter de l’huile sur le feu

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to throw fuel to flames

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jetter un regard emerveiller/ l’observation des etoiles

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to gaze at something / star gazing

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baisser / abaisser

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to lower something

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reprocher qqch à qqun

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to blame sby for something

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acuser qqun de qqch

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to acuse sby of something

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lui et moi

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He and I

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de/ par colère

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out of anger (emotion)

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si étrange que cela puisse paraître

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(As) strange as it may seem / However strange it may seem

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une tâche / quelque chose qui fait tâche sur le paysage,

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a blot

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s’exprimer sans fioriture / sans ménagement

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to put it bluntly

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s’echouer

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to ground

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les 7 merveilles du monde

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the seven wonders of the world

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dieu tout puissant

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all mighty god

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Quelque soit le secteur, la tendance est la même

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No matter / whatever the field the trend is the same

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etre epargné de quelque chose

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to be spared from something

57
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le fossé nord, sud en angleterre

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the UK’s north-south divide

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qu’il soit bien ou mal

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whether it be good or bad

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une attitude d’affaires comme d’habitude

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a buisness as usual attitude

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être direct (aller droit au but)

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to be straightforward

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empiété sur quelque chose

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to impinge / encroach on sth

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un empiètement

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an impingement / encroachement

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se reposer sur ses lauriers

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be resting on one’s laurels

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être cohérent avec qqch

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to be consistent with something

65
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un laisser faire

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un laisser faire (c’est pas des LOL)

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il y a une chaise en trop

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there is one chair too many

67
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comme c’était son habitude

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as was his wont

68
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Est ce que ça te dérangerait de me laisser tranquille ? (ironique)

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would you mind leaving me alone ?

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on ne peut pas dire de moi que

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I can’t be said that

70
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trembler de peur

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quake in one’s shoes

71
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ne pas rammasser les crottes de son chien

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not cleaning up after your dog has done his business

72
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être trop beau pour être vrai

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to be too good to be true

73
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un tremplin pour propulser

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a springboard to propel

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du berceau à la tombe

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from cradle to the grave

75
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faire fortune du jour au lendemain

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to strike it rich overnight

76
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en long et en travers, dans l’ensemble

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by and large

77
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Ça ne sert à rien de pleurer une fois que le lait est renversé

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No use crying over spill milk