Idioms and quotes Flashcards

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1) add insult to injury2) kill two birds with one stone3) win-win situation4) to put off5) have a lot on your plate

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1) aggraver la situation2) faire d’une pierre deux coups3) situation gagnant-gagnant, bénéfique à tout le monde4) remettre à plus tard, procrastiner5) avoir beaucoup de responsabilités

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1) aggraver la situation 2) faire d’une pierre deux coups 3) situation gagnant-gagnant, bénéfique à tout le monde 4) remettre à plus tard, procrastiner 5) avoir beaucoup de responsabilités

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1) add insult to injury 2) kill two birds with one stone 3) win-win situation 4) to put off 5) have a lot on your plate

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1) mettre du cœur à l’ouvrage 2) il n’y a pas de mal 3) tourner autour du pot 4) calme toi 5) tenez bon

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1) to bring the thunder 2) there’s no harm 3) beating around the bush 4) pull yourself together 5) hang in there (past=hung)

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1) to bring the thunder 2) there’s no harm 3) beating around the bush 4) pull yourself together 5) hang in there (past=hung)

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1) mettre du cœur à l’ouvrage 2) il n’y a pas de mal 3) tourner autour du pot 4) calme toi 5) tenez bon

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1) trop tard 2) vous ne pouvez pas le nier

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1) miss the boat 2) you can’t deny it

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quote Mandela colour of skin

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“Nobody is born hating anoteher person because of the colour of his skin, his background or his religion”

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“Nobody is born hating anoteher person because of the colour of his skin, his background or his religion”

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quote Mandela colour of skin

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1) miss the boat 2) you can’t deny it

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1) trop tard 2) vous ne pouvez pas le nier

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quote Oscar Wilde gutter

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“we are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars”

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“we are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars”

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quote Oscar Wilde gutter

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quote Barack Obama feminism

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“that’s what twenty-first feminism is about : the idea when everybody is equal, we are all more free”

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“that’s what twenty-first feminism is about : the idea when everybody is equal, we are all more free”

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quote Barack Obama feminism

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quote Winston Churchill nothing to offer

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“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat”

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“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat”

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quote Winston Churchill nothing to offer

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Victor Hugo dictatorship

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“When a dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right”

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“When a dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right”

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Victor Hugo dictatorship

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The fourteenth dalaï-lama, Tenzin Gyatso about hero

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“The true hero is the one who conquers his own anger and hatred”

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“The true hero is the one who conquers his own anger and hatred”

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The fourteenth dalaï-lama, Tenzin Gyatso about hero

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States of America about immigrants

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“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists”

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“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists”

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States of America about immigrants

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quote Mandela education

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“education is the most powerful wheapon which you can save the world”

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“education is the most powerful wheapon which you can save the world”

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quote Mandela education