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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3
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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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5
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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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11
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Ne pas être inconnu

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To look familiar

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12
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Pressentir

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To sense

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13
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Ravie de qch

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Delighted with

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14
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Un mois et demi après

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A month and a half after

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15
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L’écrivain X

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Writer X

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16
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Rendre célèbre dans le monte entier

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Made someone famous throughout the world

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18
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Affirmer

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To assert

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19
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sur le coup

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on the spur of the moment

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20
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les environs

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the neighborhood

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21
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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

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not to mince one’s words

26
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purger une peine

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to serve a sentence

27
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devenir majeur

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to come of age

28
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fourrer son nez dans les affaires de qn

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to poke one’s nose in someone’s business

29
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balayer devant sa porte

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to put one’s house in order

30
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horloger de son état

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clockmaker by trade

31
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le ventre vide

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empty stomach

32
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s’arrêter net

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to stop abruptly

33
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être tiré par les cheveux

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to be far-fetched

34
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rien n’est plus faux que si on en juge par…

A

nothing could be further from the truth judging by…

35
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à l’entrée (maison)

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in the entrance hall

36
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un soleil de plomb

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a blazing sun

37
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être assis sur son derrière

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to sit on one’s haunches

38
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nez qui colle

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running nose

39
Q

un chandail (sweatshirt) jadis vert pomme

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a once green-apple jumper

40
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être pieds nus

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to be barefoot

41
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piailler

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to squawk

42
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jacasser

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to chatter

43
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contrecarrer

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to thwart

44
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côte à côte (serré)

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cheeks by jowl

45
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épouvantable

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lurid

46
Q

Le petit nom gâté de l’Australie ?

A

Down Under

47
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le souffle est rapidement retombé

A

the upward train has reversed

48
Q

couvre-feu

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curfew

49
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indemne

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unscathed

50
Q

pourrir

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to decay

51
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un beau jour

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one fine day

52
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immaculé

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pristine

53
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l’usure du temps

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the wear and tear

54
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faire les quatre cent coups

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to paint the town in red

55
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caprice

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whims

56
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Indépendantiste

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Separatist