the human being n°2 Flashcards

1
Q

j’en ai l’intime conviction

A

I can feel it in my bones

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2
Q

il n’y est oas allé par quatre chemin / de main morte

A

he made no bones about it

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3
Q

cette remarque était blessante

A

that remark was close to the bone

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4
Q

il y avait un secret honteux dans la famille

A

there was a skeleton in the cupboard

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5
Q

avoir du sang sur les mains

A

to have blood on one’s hands

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6
Q

il n’y a aucune animosité entre nous

A

there’s no bad blood between us

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7
Q

tout dans les muscles, rien dans la tête

A

all brawn and no brains

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8
Q

je ne suis qu’un être humain

A

I’m only flesh and blood

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9
Q

la chair de ma chair = mon enfant

A

my own flesh and blood

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10
Q

donner la chair de poule

A

to make somebody’s flesh creep

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11
Q

glacer le sang

A

to make somebody’s blood curdle

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12
Q

en chair et en os

A

in the flesh

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13
Q

il faut qu’il étoffe un peu cet article

A

he must flesh out this article

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14
Q

la chair est faible

A

the flesh is weak

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15
Q

incarner une idée

A

to be the embodiment of

to embody a notion

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16
Q

sauver sa peau

A

to save one’s skin

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17
Q

tu n’as que la peau et les os

A

you’re nothing but skin and bone

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18
Q

se battre avec acharnement

A

to fight tooth and nail (fought, fought)

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19
Q

la voix du sang est la plus forte

A

blood is thicker than water

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20
Q

le cerveau

A

the brain

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21
Q

doué

22
Q

le crâne

23
Q

le cuir chevelu

24
Q

la machoire (supérieure/inférieure)

A

the (upper/lower) jaw

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hocher la tête
to nod (one's head)
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secouer...
to shake, shook, shaken
27
pencher...
to bow
28
lever...
to raise | to lift
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baisser...
to drop | to lower
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(se) gratter
to scratch
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garder la tête froide
to keep one's head (kept, kept)
32
perdre la tête
to lose one's head
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se creuser la cervelle
to rack one's brain
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se faire sauter la cervelle
to blow one's brains (out)
35
prendre les idées de qqun
to pick somebody's brains
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la fuite des cerveaux
the brain drain
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un casse-tête
a brain-teaser
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une idée personnelle
a brain-child
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une idée génial
a brain-wave
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des lésions cérébrales
brain damage
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mort cérébrale
brain death
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le pavillon à tête de mort des pirates
skull and crossbones
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à la mâchoire carrée
square-jawed
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de la tête aux pieds
from head to foot/toe (orteil)
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rire aux éclats / crier à tue-tête / ne pas arrêter de parler
to laugh / shout / talk one's head off
46
La réussite lui est monté à la tête
Success went to his head
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il a perdu la tête
he has gone off his head
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je n'ai rien compris à ce qu'il a dit
I couldn't make head or tail of what he said
49
il s'est mis dans la tête de...
he took it into his head to...
50
des têtes vont tomber
heads will roll