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Expressions Idiomatiques Flashcards

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1
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N’Avoir Ni Queue Ni Tête

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To have no sense or coherence

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Qu’est-ce Que Ça Veut Dire?

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What does that mean?

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C’est Ni Fait Ni à Faire

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It’s in process

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Prendre Goût À

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To develop a taste or liking for

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Être Une Bonne Poire

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To be gullible, naive

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Être de Retour

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To be back

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Un Aire de Famille

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Family resemblance

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Tant Pis

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Never Mind

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Tant Pis Pour Moi/Toi/Lui

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Too bad for me/you/him

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Avoir Une Chance de Cocu

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To be really, really lucky

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Attendre Cent Sept Ans

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To wait forever

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12
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Tout À Fait

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Absolutely

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13
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Justement

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Exactly

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14
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Forcément

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Necessarily, Inevitably

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En Fait

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In fact (pronounce the ‘T’ as if “En Faite”)

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16
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Baisser Les Bras

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To give up

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17
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Pour Tout et N’Importe Quoi

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For any and everything

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18
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Réinventer la Roue

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Reinvent the wheel

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19
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Remplir Cet Office

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Fulfill this task

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Avoir l’Air (de)

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To look, seem like (+ verb)

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21
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En Mal

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Ill

Badly

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En Mal De [qqch]

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To be lacking something

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Ça Va Mal Aller

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That’s going to go badly

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Prendre En Compte

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To take into account

To take on board

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Prendre En Charge

Prendre [qqch] En Charge

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To take charge of, be in charge of, take responsibility for

To take care of [sthg}

26
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Se Prendre En Charge

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To take care of yourself

To stand on your own two feet

27
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Un Talon d’Achille

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Achilles heel (figurative)

28
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Avoir le Vent En Poupe

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To have the wind at your stern
To be riding high
To be on a roll

29
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Avoir Du SenS

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To make sense

To be comprehensible

30
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Paraît Sensé, Semble Sensé

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To make sense

31
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N’Avoir Aucun Sens

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To not make sense

32
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Ne Rimer À Rien

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To not make any sense

To be senseless, pointless

33
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Un Combat À Mort

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Fight to the death

34
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Un Combat À Mains Nues

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Bareknuckle brawl

Hand-to-hand combat

35
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Hors De Combat

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Out of action

36
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Même Combat!

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We’re on the same side!
We’re fighting the same battle!
We want the same thing!

37
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Se Rendre Aux Urnes

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Turn out to vote

38
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Dos À Dos

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Back-to-Back

39
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En Lice

A

Battling it out, competing

40
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Entrer En Lice

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To Enter the Running

41
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Dans Un Avenir Prévisible

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For the Foreseeable Future

42
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Un Nom d’Oiseau

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Insult

43
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Un Coup de Grâce

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Mortal blow, final blow

44
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Se Suffire À Soi-Même

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To be self-sufficient, to be independent, to stand on your own two feet

45
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Marquer des Points

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To score points

46
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Une Vache À Lait

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A cash cow, you can get money from

47
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Lever les Yeux au Ciel

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To roll your eyes

48
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Brandir la Mendace de [qqch]

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To threaten with

To raise the threat of

49
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Renverser la Situation

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To turn the tables

50
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Perdre Pied

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To be out of your depth

To be overwhelmed

51
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À Pied

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On foot

52
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À Pied Sec

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Without getting your feet wet

53
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Avoir le Pied Marin

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To have your sea legs

54
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Une Marée Noire

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Oil slick

55
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Avoir Tour Pour Plaire

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To have everything going for you

To have it all

56
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Remporter La Palme

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To win the award

57
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Gâcher La Journée De [qqn]

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To ruin [smn’s] day

58
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Gâcher Sa Chance

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To miss/ruin your chance

59
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Joindre Les Deux Bouts

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To make ends meet

60
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Joindre La Geste À La Parole

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To put your money where your mouth is

To walk the walk and talk the talk

61
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Se Réjouir Trop Vite

A

To claim victory too soon

To count your chickens before they’re hatched

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