Thème Littéraire Flashcards

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Prendre l’habitude de

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To get into the habit of
To become used to
To grow used to
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Silhouette

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Figure

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Par hasard

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By chance

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L’heure de fermeture

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At closing time

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Imposant / remarquable

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Impressive

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S’attacher à qn

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To take to someone

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Plutôt

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Rather

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Au dépens de qn

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At the expense of someone

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Poser un regard sur qn

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To gaze at someone

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Être persuadé que

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To be convinced that

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Se figer

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To come at a standstill

To stiffen

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Ne pas être inconnu

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To look familiar

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Pressentir

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To sense

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Ravie de qch

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Delighted with

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Un mois et demi après

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A month and a half after

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L’écrivain X

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Writer X

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Rendre célèbre dans le monte entier

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Made someone famous throughout the world

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Affirmer

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To assert

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sur le coup

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on the spur of the moment

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les environs

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the neighborhood

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passer devant qch (à pied)

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to walk past something

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sonner (à la porte)

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to ring the bell

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une femme en deuil

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a woman in mourning

a bereaved woman

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ouvrir la porte à qn

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to open the door to someone

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ne pas mâcher ses mots
not to mince one's words
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purger une peine
to serve a sentence
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devenir majeur
to come of age
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fourrer son nez dans les affaires de qn
to poke one's nose in someone's business
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balayer devant sa porte
to put one's house in order
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horloger de son état
clockmaker by trade
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le ventre vide
empty stomach
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s'arrêter net
to stop abruptly
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être tiré par les cheveux
to be far-fetched
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rien n'est plus faux que si on en juge par...
nothing could be further from the truth judging by...
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à l'entrée (maison)
in the entrance hall
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un soleil de plomb
a blazing sun
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être assis sur son derrière
to sit on one's haunches
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nez qui colle
running nose
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un chandail (sweatshirt) jadis vert pomme
a once green-apple jumper
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être pieds nus
to be barefoot
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piailler
to squawk
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jacasser
to chatter
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contrecarrer
to thwart
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côte à côte (serré)
cheeks by jowl
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épouvantable
lurid
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Le petit nom gâté de l'Australie ?
Down Under
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le souffle est rapidement retombé
the upward train has reversed
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couvre-feu
curfew
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indemne
unscathed
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pourrir
to decay
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un beau jour
one fine day
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immaculé
pristine
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l'usure du temps
the wear and tear
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faire les quatre cent coups
to paint the town in red
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caprice
whims
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Indépendantiste
Separatist