Semaine 7 Flashcards by Valentine Trébalag | Brainscape

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remanier

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to overhaul

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sacrifier leur santé pour devenir riche

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to trade health for wealth

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dépasser l’entendement

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to beggar description

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essayer par tous les moyens

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to try every which way

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choisir entre se nourrir et se chauffer

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to choose either eating or heating

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une source de conflit majeure

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a major source of contention

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Il faut réfléchir avant d’agir

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Look before you leap

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jouer dans la cour des grands

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to punch above their weight

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être réaliste

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to get real

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prendre les choses comme elles viennent

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to take the rough with the smooth

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et ce n’est pas trop tôt

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and about time too

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vous pouvez compter sur moi

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you can count me in

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le dopage

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doping

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matchs truqués

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match-fixing

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viser haut

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to reach for the stars

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la recherche sur les cellules souches

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stem cell research

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exposer les grandes lignes

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to outline

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l’emporter largement

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to far outweigh

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être décidé à

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to be intent on + ING

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une refonte totale

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a major overhaul

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ne présager rien de bon

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do not bode well

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l’année à venir

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the year to come

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se faire tapé sur les doigts

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to be rapped over the knuckles

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me rappeler qch

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to ring a bell

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réembaucher

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to rehire

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comme des boucliers humains

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as human shields

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être à court d’eau

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run out of water

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envisager de

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to be considering (verbe - ING)

Sans préposition

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passer aux énergies renouvelables

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to switch to renewable energy sources

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il vaut mieux ne pas savoir

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ignorance is bliss

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l’épidémie de grippe H5N1

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the swine flu epidemic

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des incitations financières

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incentives

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c’est elle qui en a fait les frais

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she is on the receiving end

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pour un oui ou pour un non

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at the drop of a hat

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sauter le pas

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to take the plunge

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ne ressembler à rien

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doesn’t make any sense

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donner le feu vert pour

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to give the go-ahead for

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il a brillé par son absence

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he was conspicuous by his absence

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il fait exceptionnellement chaud

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it is unseasonably warm

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il n’a pas été facile de les convaincre

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they took a lot of persuading

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reprendre les discussions

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to resume talks

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un sujet brûlant

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a hot-button issue

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livrer une bataille perdue d’avance

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to fight a losing battle

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faire fausse route

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to bark up the wrong tree

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faire du surplace

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tread water

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moderniser

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to revamp

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l’argent ne tombe pas du ciel

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money doesn’t grown on trees

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être trop ancrés dans leurs habitudes

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to be too set in their ways

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assouplir ses propositions initiales

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to water down his initial proposals

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la restructuration

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restructuring

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faire fi des règles

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to flout the rules

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il ne faut jamais se fier aux apparences

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don’t judge a book by its cover

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je donnerais tout ce que j’ai

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I’d give my right arm

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les offres “1 gratuit pour 1 acheté”

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“bogofs”

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ne serait-ce que pour

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even if only for

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il y a belle lurette que

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ages ago

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être voué à l’échec

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to be doomed to failure

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les gens n’aiment pas travailler et sont assistés par l’Etat

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people are work-shy and welfare-dependent

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il a eu beau essayer

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try as he might