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Règles Anglais Flashcards

1
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Préférer qch à qch

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To prefer sth to sth (Ex: I prefer tea to coffee)

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Je préférerais que

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I would rather + Sujet + Prétérit

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J’aurais préféré que

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I would rather + Sujet + Past perfect

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Quite

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Assez / Pas mal / Plutôt

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Rather

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Assez / Vraiment / Tout à fait

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Le dernier (le plus récent)

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The latest

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Les prochains (à venir)

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The coming … / .. To come (The coming weeks)

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Le pire était encore à venir

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the worst was yet to come

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A nouveau (pour une action) (Ex: Il a encore échoué)

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Once more (Ex : He has failed once more)

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Faire allusion à

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To allude to

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Se faire faire qch (Ex: Il fait laver sa voiture par sa femme)

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To make S Infinitif (–> He makes his wife wash the car)

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Faire payer

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To charge

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Faire démarrer (une voiture)

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To start

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Gratuitement

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Free of charge

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Si + S + Imparfait … S .. conditionnel

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If + S + Prétérit / Should + S + Présent / Were + S + To)

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Si + S + Plus que parfait

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If + Past Perfect / Had + S + Prétérit

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I Wish –> ?

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Preterit / Past perfect

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18
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Element pris individuellement dans un groupe

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Each

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19
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Généralité / Globalité

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Every

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Pour la énième fois …

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For the umpteenth time …

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21
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Etre vendu au litre

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To be sold by the pint

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Etre vendu au mètre

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To be sold by the yard

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Faire qch une fois toutes les quinze jours

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To do sth one a fortnight

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Une baisse des prix

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A drop in prices

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Tomber / Chuter de

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To drop from … to

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Tout à l’heure

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Presently

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27
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Campagne (publicitaire / Militaire)

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A campaign

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28
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Une campagne (par opposition à la ville)

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The country

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29
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Voler qch à qqun

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To rob someone of sth / To steal sth from someone

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30
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La science de l’économie

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Economics

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31
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L’économie d’un pays

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Economy

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Qui est du domaine de l’économie

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Economic

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Qui ne coûte pas cher / Bon marché

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Economical

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Efficace (Qui résout un problème)

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Effective

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35
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Efficace (Qui ne perd pas de temps)

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Efficient

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36
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Pâques

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Easter

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37
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Pentecôte

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Whitsun

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38
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Toussaint

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All Saints’ Day

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39
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Le marriage (le fait d’être marié)

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Marriage

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40
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Mourir de faim

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To starve

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41
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Faire mourir de faim

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To starve someone to death

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42
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Un mort

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A dead man

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43
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La politique (science de la politique)

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Politics

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44
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La politique que l’on mène

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Policy

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45
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Rusé / Malin (politiquement)

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Politic

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46
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Du domaine de la politique / Une crise politique

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Political

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47
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Des préjugés

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Prejudice

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48
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Avori des préjugés contre

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To be prejudiced / biased against

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49
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Un préjudice (que l’on subit)

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A loss / A damage

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50
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Se souvenir que l’on doit faire qch

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To remember to V

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51
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Se rappeler d’avoir fait qch

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To remember V-ing sth

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52
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Faire penser à qqn de faire qch

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To remind someone to sth

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53
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Rappeler qch à qqn (Elle me rappelle sa mère)

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She reminds me of her mother

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54
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Réussir à faire qch

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To succeed in V-ing sth

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55
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Seul / Sans personne (Ex: Il a passé Noël seul)

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Alone (He spent Christmas alone)

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Solitaire / Sans personne (Ex: Il aimait être seul dans les montagnes)

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By oneself (He enjoyed being by himself in the mountains)

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57
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Seul / Isolé

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Lonely

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58
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Seul (l’idée d’ennui, de solitude pesante) (Ex: Ne parlant pas la langue, l’enfant se sentait très seul)

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Lonesome (–> Not speaking the language, the child felt very lonesome)

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Un unique

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A single

60
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A manches longues

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A long-sleeved clothe

61
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Danois

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Danish

62
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Les Danois

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The Danes

63
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La Pologne

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Poland

64
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Polonais

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Polish

65
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Les polonais

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The poles

66
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Un Ecossais

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A Scot

67
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Un polonais

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A Pole

68
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Une Danois

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A Dane

69
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Russe

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Russian

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Les Grecques

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The Greeks

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Un Grecque

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A Greek

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Suédois

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Swedish

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Les Suédois

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The Swedes

74
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Un Suédois

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A Swede

75
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Ce qui est risible / Comique

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Comical

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Classique dans le sens d’un exemple parfait de

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A Classic case of …

77
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Classique (le style)

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Classical

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Qui concerne l’économie

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Economic

79
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Qui ne coûte pas cher / Qui fait faire des économies

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Economical

80
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Un radiateur

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A heater

81
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Qui concerne l’électricité

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Electrical

82
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Fonctionnant à l’électricité

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Electric

83
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Qui fait date / Mémorable (une date historique)

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Historic

84
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Qui concerne l’étude de l’histoire

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Historical

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Avisé / Adroit / Astucieux (Ex: Il n’est pas très astucieux d’augmenter les impôts avant les élections)

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Politic (–> It is not very politic to increase taxes before elections)

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Qui appartient au domaine de la politique

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Political

87
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Comparaison : Ne pas être aussi + Ajd + Que (Ex: L’anglais n’est pas aussi difficile que l’allemand)

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Not so + Ajd + As (–> English is not so difficult as German)

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De moins en moins de

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Fever and Fewer …

89
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D’autant plus + Ajd + Que

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All the more + Ajd As

90
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D’autant moins / Ajd que

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All the less + Adj + as

91
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Tout aussi bien

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Just as well

92
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Autant que

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As much as

93
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Dès que

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As soon as

94
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Le même que

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The same as

95
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Celui-là … Celui-ci

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The former … the latter

96
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Tant mieux

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So much the better

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Pas d’article si le superlatif est employé comme adverbe (Ex: Ce que j’aime le mieux / le moins)

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What I like best / least

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Tôt ou Tard

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Sooner of Later

99
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Les classes inférieures

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The lower classes

100
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Beaucoup moins de

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Far fewer …

101
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Too se place derrière le mot auquel il s’applique (Ex: Lui aussi parlait polonais) =/= (Il parlait aussi polonais)

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He, Too, spoke Polish

=/= He spoke Polish too

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Le moindre …

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Each and every …

103
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Le Rez de chaussée

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The Ground floor

104
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Donner sur (une vue)

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To open onto

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Une court (immeuble)

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A courtyard

106
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Un bidon

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A can

107
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Je me trompe ou …

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Am I wrong in thinking that ..

108
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Attendant, S …

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In the meantime ..

109
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Comment gagnez-vous votre vie ?

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What do you do for a living ?

110
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Une contravention

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A ticket

111
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Griller un feu

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To jump a red-light

112
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La Bretagne

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Brittany

113
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Mais quel rapport avec … ?

A

But what’s that got to do with … ?

114
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S’intéresser à ..

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To take an interest to …

115
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Une mitraillette

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A machine-gun

116
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Au bout du couloir

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At the other end of the corridor

117
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“Just Now” peut vouloir dire “En ce moment” ou “Il y a peu”

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Ex: I ran into him just now = Je l’ai croisé tout à l’heure

118
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Complimenter qqn pour qch

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To congratulate sb ON sth

119
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Les legislatives

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General elections (UK) / Congressional elections (US)

120
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Second tour

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Second round

121
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Cachottière

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Secretive

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Une foule de choses

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A whole host of

123
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Tu me fais marcher

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You’re pulling my leg

124
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Tiens donc ?

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Well well

125
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Se prémunir contre

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To Hedge against (To hedge against inflation)

126
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Vivre au dépens de

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To live off

127
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Imposer à

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To foist on

128
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To come down on

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S’en prendre à / Se montrer intraitable envers

129
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Etre l’objet de / Subir

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To come in for

130
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To buoy up

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Stimuler

131
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Depend on peut vouloir dire “compter sur”

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Someone that you can depend on

132
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Se laisser distancer par

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To drop behind

133
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Etre réticent à faire qch

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To Hang back from V-ing sth

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Ne pas cesser de

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To keep on V-ing

135
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Incarcérer

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To put away

136
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Mettre sur le compte de

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To put down on

137
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Redémarrer (croissance)

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To pick up

138
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To opt in =/= To opt out of

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Continuer à // Ne pas contribuer à, renoncer à

139
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To rest on / upon

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Etre fondé sur

140
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Prendre du recul p/r à

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To step back from

141
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Tenir sa parole

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To keep one’s word

142
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To thrive

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Prospérer / S’épanouir / Se développer / Bien profiter

143
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Noyer le poisson

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To muddle on

144
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To step down

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