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French Expressions with À Flashcards

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cheap

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À bon compte

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because of, due to

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à cause de

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to each his own

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à chacun son goût

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every time

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à chaque coup

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next door, nearby

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à côté

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next to

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à côté de

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way off the mark

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à côté de la plaque

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definitely

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à coup sûr

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right near my house

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à deux pas de chez moi

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to go, to take away (as opposed to sur place - for here, to eat here)

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à emporter

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thoroughly

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à fond

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out loud

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à haute voix

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rightfully

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à juste titre

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simple, simply

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à la bonne franquette

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at the same time

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à la fois

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(to love) wildly

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(aimer) à la folie

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equal to the task

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à la hauteur

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at most, ultimately

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à la limite

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in the long run

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à la longue

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up to date

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à la page

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perfectly, just right

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à la perfection

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get rid of it

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à la poubelle

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See you this fall!

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À la rentrée !

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or even, if need be

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à la rigueur

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on the front page

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à la une

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Cheers!

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À la vôtre !

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(Guy) is calling

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(c’est Guy) à l’appareil

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right side out

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à l’endroit

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inside out

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à l’envers

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upstairs

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à l’étage

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cramped for space

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à l’étroit

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a moment ago

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à l’instant

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armed (robbery)

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(vol) à main armée

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(to do something) halfway

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(faire quelque chose) à moitié

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in my opinion

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à mon avis

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hardly

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à peine

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about, approximately, nearly

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à peu près

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several times

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à plusieurs reprises

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(familiar) stark naked

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à poil

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(to pay) through the nose

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(acheter quelque chose) à prix d’or

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by the way

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à propos

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what’s the use?

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à quoi bon ?

43
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against the nap, backwards

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à rebours

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in one’s free time

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à ses heures (libres)

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as you like it

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à souhait

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(after sneezing) bless you

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à tes souhaits

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to be continued

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à suivre

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off the record

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à titre confidentiel

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(in one’s role) as a father

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à titre de père

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wrongfully

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à tort

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in turn

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à tour de rôle

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every time

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à tous les coups

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every time

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à tout coup

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all the time

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à tout moment

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at all costs

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à tout prix

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through

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à travers

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to your health

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à votre santé

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just in case

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au cas où

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on the contrary

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au contraire

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on an ad hoc basis

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au coup par coup

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by the way

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au fait

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fire!

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au feu !

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as, while

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au fur et à mesure

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instead of

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au lieu de

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at a rough guess, at random

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au pif

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next! who’s next?

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au suivant !

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stop thief!

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au voleur !

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seriously, all kidding aside

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blague à part

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that is, i.e., I mean

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c’est-à-dire

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afternoon tryst

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le cinq à sept

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overnight, suddenly

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du jour au lendemain

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to be mad at (someone)

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en vouloir à (informal)

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thanks to

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grâce à

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very quickly

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quatre à quatre

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nothing to do with

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rien à voir

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all of a sudden

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tout à coup

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absolutely, exactly

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tout à fait

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a moment ago, in a moment

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tout à l’heure

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at the very most

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tout au plus

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It / He is nothing special, nothing to get excited about

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Ça / Il ne casse pas trois pattes à un canard (informal)

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It’s not the end of the world

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Ce n’est pas la mer à boire

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to each his own

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chacun à son goût

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to try to make trouble for someone

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chercher des poux dans la tête à quelqu’un

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to complicate the issue

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chercher midi à quatorze heures

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to uncover a secret

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découvrir le pot aux roses

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to give up (trying to guess)

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donner sa langue au chat

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to not have a clue, to be way off the mark

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être à côté de la plaque

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lucky at cards, unlucky in love

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Heureux au jeu, malheureux en amour

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He loves me, he loves me not

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Il m’aime un peu, beaucoup, passionnément, à la folie, pas du tout

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A warm Christmas means a cold Easter

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Noël au balcon, Pâques au tison (proverb)

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to turn the clocks foward, begin daylight saving time

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passer à l’heure d’été

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to turn the clocks back, end daylight saving time

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passer à l’heure d’hiver

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to change the subject, make a non sequitur

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passer du coq à l’âne

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Let’s get back to the subject at hand

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