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Semaine 16 Flashcards

1
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se remettre en question

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to do some soul researching

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nous vous y trompez pas

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make no mistake about it

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sans qch

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but for

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l’exception qui confirme la règle

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the exception that proves the rule

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quelles sont les dernières nouvelles ?

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what’s the latest news ?

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raclé les fonds de tiroirs

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to scrape together enough money

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c’est la première fois que…

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it’s the first time… + HAVE + VB-ed

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mettre des bâtons dans les roues de

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to put a spoke in one’s wheel

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avoir le trac

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to get butterflies

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10
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qu’est-ce qu’il a grossi !

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hasn’t he put on weight !

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n’en avoir nullement l’intention

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nothing could have been further from one’s mind

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12
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parler boutique

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to talk shop

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ne plus être sur le marché en raison des prix inabordables

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to price oneself out of the market

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14
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un sujet explosif

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a hot potato

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15
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c’est toujours la même histoire

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it’s the same old story

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16
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organiser des opérations escargots

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to stage a go-slow

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17
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autoroutes

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motorways

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les routiers

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lorry drivers

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19
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gaz lacrymogènes

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tear gas

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20
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disperser les casseurs

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to break up rioters

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21
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profiter des manifestations

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to cash in on the protests

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22
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travailler trop

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to be overworked

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23
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ne pas être assez payé

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to be underpaid

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24
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avoir ras-le-bol

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to be fed up to the back teeth (with + ING)

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se lever à l’aube

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to get up at the crack of dawn

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26
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ne vouloir prendre aucun risque

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to be taking any chances

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27
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attendre avec impatience

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to look forward to + ING

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28
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dire du bien de qn

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to speak so highly of somebody

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29
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à huis clos

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behind closed doors

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30
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une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps

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one swallow doesn’t make a summer

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porter ses fruits

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to pay dividends

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32
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à la longue

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in the long run

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33
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beaucoup de sommeil à rattraper

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a lot of sleep to catch up on

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34
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remettre les compteurs à zéro

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to press the reset button

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35
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cela marque une première

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it marks a first

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36
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avoir le niveau

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to be up to it

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37
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l’interdiction de fumer dans les lieux publics

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the ban on smoking in public places

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38
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être sur un pied d’égalité

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to be on an equal footing

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39
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malgré

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despite

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40
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être à la traine par rapport à qn

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to lag behind someone

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41
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les problèmes du quotidien

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bread-and-butter issues

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42
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mijoter un mauvais coup

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to be up to no good

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43
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ne plus se parler

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not to be on speaking terms

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44
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un homme averti en vaut deux

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forewarned is forearmed

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45
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retrousser ses manches

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to roll up one’s sleeves

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46
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tout se résume à un mot

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it all boils down to

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47
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être approuvé

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to be given the thumbs up

48
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finaliser

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to finalise

49
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n’exclure aucune option

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not to take any options off the table

50
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lire entre les lignes

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to read between the lines

51
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commencer à se faire sentir

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to be beginning to bite into

52
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une éventuelle pénurie d’essence

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possible petrol shortages

53
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n’avoir rien de fantastique

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not to be going to set the world on fire

54
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je ne serai jamais à l’heure !

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I’ll never make it !

55
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contraster singulièrement avec

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to be in sharp contrast to

56
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se valoir

lors d’un choix

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there is little to choose between

57
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un récession à double creux

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a double dip recession

58
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de mémoire d’homme

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in living memory

en fin de phrase

59
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sauver son pays du désastre

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to pull one’s country back from the brink

60
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faire le premier pas

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to make the first move

61
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brosser un tableau sombre

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to paint a black picture

62
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‘pas que je sache’

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‘not that I know of’

63
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un plus pour

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a plus in

64
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le sens des affaires

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one’s business acumen

65
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se tenir au courant de

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to keep abreast of

66
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avoir un bien meilleur niveau

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to be in a different league

67
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faire le difficile

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to pick and choose

68
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jusqu’à 500 000 emplois

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up to 500,000 jobs

69
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il reste à voir si

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it remains to be seen whether

70
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autant parler à un mur

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it was like talking to a brick wall

71
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mentir comme un arracheur de dents

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to be lying through one’s teeth

72
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tomber bien bas

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to scrape the barrel

73
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avoir déjà qch de prévu

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to already have something on

74
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il tombe des cordes

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it’s raining cats and dogs

75
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il ne ferait pas de mal à une mouche

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he wouldn’t harm a fly

76
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retrouver une nouvelle jeunesse grâce à qn

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sth has given someone a new lease of life

77
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tant mieux

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so much the better

78
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les Etats-Unis sont le pays de cocagne

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the United States is the land of milf

79
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pendant encore longtemps

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for a long time to come

80
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rester dans le coeur des gens

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to live on in people’s hearts

81
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on ne fait pas d’omelettes sans casser des oeufs

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you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs

82
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il boit comme un trou et fume comme un pompier

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he drinks like a fish and smokes like a chimney

83
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l’usage des stupéfiants

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drug abuse

84
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sauver la face

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to save face

85
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ne même pas oser penser que

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to dread to think

86
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dégénérer

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to turn ugly

87
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d’autant plus difficile … que …

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all the more difficile … as …

88
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repartir du bon pied

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to get back on one’s feet

89
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je regrette que le gouvernement n’ait pas essayé

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I wish the government had tried

90
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j’aurais préféré qu’il passent plus de temps

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I would rather they had spent longer

91
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de plus en plus de gens comprennent

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there is a growing awareness

92
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attacher de l’importance

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to attach importance to

93
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certains Britanniques ont beau être pauvres

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However poor some British people are

94
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mieux lotis que

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to be better off

95
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une recette infaillible pour réussir

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a surefire recipe for sucess

96
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se permettre un moment d’inattention

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to take your eyes off the ball for a minute

97
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quand il s’agit de

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when it comes to + ING

98
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être mis sur le compte

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to be put down to

99
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du personnel improductif

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dead wood

100
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s’enliser

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to get bogged down

101
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à peine était-elle arrivée… que

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hardly had she arrived… when

102
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avoir une longueur d’avance sur

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to keep one jump ahead of

103
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faire pencher la balance

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to tip the scales

104
Q

confirmer

chiffres

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to bear out

105
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être tué à coup de couteau

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to be stabbed to death

106
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mener qn dans une impasse

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to lead someone up a blind alley

107
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se retourner contre

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to backfire on

108
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ne pas perdre de vue que

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not to lose sight of the fact

109
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faire la grève du zèle

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to work to rule

110
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des points de vue radicalement différents

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diametrically opposite points of view

111
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risquer de compromettre

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could jeopardize

112
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fumer cigarette sur cigarette

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chain-smoking

113
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le plus sûr moyen de mourir jeune

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the surest way to an early grave

114
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placer la barre très haut

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to set oneself very high standards

115
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avoir des personnalités on ne peut plus différentes

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to be poles apart

116
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être dans l’air du temps

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to be the in-thing

117
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arrêtons-nous là pour aujourd’hui

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let’s call it a day

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