Expressions Valorisantes Flashcards

0
Q

Être sur le point de

A

To be on the edge of

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
1
Q

Être au coude à coude

A

To be neck and neck

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

S’avérer

A

To turn out to be

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Être à l’ordre du jour

A

To be one’s agenda

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Se consacrer à

A

To devote oneself to doing something

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Reprendre sa vie en main

A

To get one’s life back

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

C’est couru d’avance

A

It is shoo-in

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Faire de la lèche

A

To grovel

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Tu peux toujours parler

A

You may talk till you are blue in the face

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Dégoûter quelqu’un de quelque chose

A

To pût somebody off something

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Être nombriliste

A

To be novel-gazing

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Prendre un carton rouge

A

To get a Red card

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Être en rade de quelque chose

A

To be short of

Ex : to be short of money

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Comment cela se fait-il?

A

How come i can … ?

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Une enfreinte à la vie privée

A

An infringement of private life

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Porter atteinte à la liberté individuelle

A

To strike a blow to personal freedom

16
Q

Être de courte durée

A

To be short lived

17
Q

Reprendre le travail

A

To resume work

18
Q

Au nom de

A

In the name of

For the sake of

19
Q

Partir de zéro

A

To start from scratch

20
Q

Gravir les échelons

A

To go from rags to riches ou to climb up the social ladder

21
Q

Rejeter la responsabilité sur quelqu’un

A

To offload the responsability onto somebody

22
Q

Mener une vie de château

A

To live a life of luxury

23
Q

Toucher le fond

A

To hit rock bottom

24
Q

Avoir le moral à zéro

A

To be down in the mouth

25
Q

Faire croire n’importe quoi à quelqu’un

A

To pull the wool over someone’s eyes

26
Q

Prendre des risques

A

To go out on a limb

27
Q

C’est le coup de foudre !

A

It is love at first sight !

28
Q

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

A

It is the pot calling the kettle black

29
Q

L’argent ne fait pas le bonheur

A

Money can’t buy happiness

30
Q

Quand on veut on peut

A

When there’s a will there’s a way

31
Q

Paris ne s’est pas fait en un jour

A

Rome was not built in a day

32
Q

Qui ne dit mot consent

A

Silence is tantamount to consent