mai 21 Flashcards

1
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Les

A

The

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2
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Des

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pas The

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3
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il avait monté cette entreprise

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he had SET UP this company

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4
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J’ai peur qu’il ne réussisse pas à finir son article à temps

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I’m afraid he MAY not succeed IN finishING his article in time.

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5
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toutes seules

A

by themselves

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6
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rendre visite à qqn

A

to pay smn a visit

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7
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Les écolos aimeraient que nos pays développés AIENT RECOURS aux énergies renouvelables

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The environmentalists WISH our developed countries RESORTED TO renewable energies

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8
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Il est GRAND TEMPS que ns ns décidions..

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It’s HIGH TIME we maDE UP ( BVed) our minds..

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9
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Les Britanniques voudraient que leur PM ne baisse pas les bras

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The Britons would like their PM NOT TO THROW IN THE TOWEL

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10
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généralité

A

Most

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11
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+ précis

A

Most of the

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12
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It is the first time

was

A

+ present perfect

+ past perfect

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13
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Jamais je n’avais imaginé

A

Never HAD I imaginED

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14
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l’obligation
la probabilité
ce qui est prévu à l’avance

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must
must have BVen
to be to (The train IS TO leave at 10AM)

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15
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Ns ne parlions pas
Ns ne ns ennuyions jamais
Elle réussissait à dormir tte la nuit

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We would not talk
We would never get bored
She would SUCCEED IN sleepING all night long

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16
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Je suis tombée sur les photos
trouver par hasard

rencontrer par hasard QQN

A

I came across the pictures
to come across

to run/bump into someone

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17
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A few / few

A little / little

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+ nom dénombrable au pluriel

+ nom INdénombrable

18
Q

Une fois que j’aurai rejoint cette équipe..

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ONCE i HAVE joinED this team…

19
Q

le revers de son manteau

A

the lapel of his coat

20
Q

Qu’avait-il DONC fait pr mériter la persécution?

A

What ON EARTH had he done to deserve to BE persecutED

21
Q

son émis par qqch de précis

bruit qui s’oppose au silence, gênant

A

sound

noise

22
Q

Hardly

No sooner

23
Q

sèchement

A

bluntly

curtly

24
Q

“to dare” se comporte comme un modal à la forme ?

donc : Comment oses tu m’adresser la parole?

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How dare you TALK to me ?

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mièvre = sans énergie, neutre
insipid
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Quelle tête de mule
What a pig head ! | How stubborn !
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Ils étaient 2.. le plus vieux..
they were 2 of them.. the eldER
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Il avait l'habitude de faire face aux épreuves
He was used to facing hardships
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Il avait.. ce qui lui permettait..
He had..., which enabled him..
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être allongé : elle était allongée | allonger : le bébé fut allongé
to lie : she was lying | to lay : the baby was laid
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enfin
at last
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décoiffé
dishevelled
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trébucher
to stumble
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Aussi pathétique que cela pouvait paraitre
AS pathetic AS it could seem | However pathetic it could seem
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chez l'épicier
at the grocer's
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Moi,
As for me,
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ce n'est pas la peine
there is no point in + BVing | It is not worth + BVing
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J'attends depuis des heures ds le couloir et je n'ai presque rien mangé depuis 24 heures
I've been waiting in this corridor for hours and I've hardly had anything to eat over the last 24 hours
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...mais le pire, c'était sa colonne vertébrale
..but the worst was his spine
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mettre la table
to set/lay the table
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se targuer de
to pride oneself on | to boast of