thème 1 Flashcards by Achot Mouradian

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faire les 100 pas

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to pace up and down

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une série de

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a series of

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une entrée

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a first course, a starter

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apercevoir

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to catch a glimpse

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devant moi

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in front of me

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passer devant une maison

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to walk past a house

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faire la queue devant le cinéma

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to queue outside of the cinema

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se retrouver devant (un choix difficile)

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to be faced with

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regarder droit devant soi

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to look ahead

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ils sont égaux devant la loi

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they’re equal in the eyes of the law

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devant ce pb

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in the face of this issue

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pencher la tête en avant

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to bend one’s head forward

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pencher la tête sur le côté

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to tilt one’s head (…to the left)

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to tip the scales in someone’s favor

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faire pencher la balance en faveur de quelqu’un

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pencher pour Bayrou

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to be inclined to Bayrou / to favour Bayrou

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accoudé sur la table

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leaning on the table

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accroupi

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squatting, crouching

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agenouillé

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kneeling

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allongé

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lying

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blotti

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huddled

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couché (intransitif)

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to lie / lay lain

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couché (transiftif)

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to lay / laid laid

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courbé

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bending, leaning, stooping

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appuyé

A

resting, leaning

penché

leaning, bending

assis

sitting, seated

vautré

sprawling

avachis

slouching

assoupi

drowsy

avoir les traits tirés

to look drawn/haggered

bien mis/propre

impeccably turned out

names for the american flag

Stars and Stripes/Old Glory/Star-spangled banner

s'écarter d'un sujet

to stray/to wonder from a subject

s'écarter du droit chemin

to go off the strate and narrow

une caisse, un cageot

a crate

une tâche à la réputation

a stain on the reputation of

tendre quelque chose à qqn x2

to hold something out to someone | to hand something to someone

guetter

to be on the watch for, to watch out for someone, to look out for someone

à l'autre bout de la ville

at the other side of the town

au bout de la langue

on the tip of the tongue

au bout du compte

at the end of the day

au bout du fil

on the line

être à bout

to be at the end of your tether

être à bout de force

exhausted, worn out

à bout de souffle

to run out of steam, to be on its last legs

à bout portant

at point blank range

à tout bout de champ

at every turn

d'un bout à l'autre

from one end to the other

connaitre qqchose sur le bout des doigts x2

to know something in and out/like the back of one's hand

maladroit, pas commode, bizarre

ankward

un commode

a chest of draws