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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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à distance, de loin

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from afar, from a distance

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ne pas avoir une seconde pour soi

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to have no time to spare, to not

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poule

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hen

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cafard

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cockroach

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s’occupait très bien de qn (idiom)

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to take good and great care of sb

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position du quite

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quite a famous conductor (a rather famous conductor)

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mulet

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mule

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biche

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deer

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quoi qu’il en soi (sout.)

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be that as it may

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orque

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killer-whale

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soi-disant

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who was said to be, supposedly, reputedly

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balcon

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balcony

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homard

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lobster

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attention au chien

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beware of the dog

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sanglier

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wild boar

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raie

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skate

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perroquet

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parrot

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phoque

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seal

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girafe

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giraffe

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qui passe inaperçu, qui reste discret

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inconspicuous, unobstrusive

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autruche

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ostrich

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bourdon

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bumble-bee

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bélier

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ram

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sauterelle

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grasshopper

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criquet

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locust

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morse

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walrus

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table de chevet

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nightstand

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manchot

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penguin

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méduse

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jellyfish

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moule

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mussel

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cerf

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stag

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agneau

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lamb

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pingouin

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auk

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canapé

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couch

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hérisson

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hedgedog

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limace

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slug

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crevette

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shrimp

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coq

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rooster

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chef d’orchestre

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conductor

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brebis

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ewe

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faon

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fawn

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cambrioleur

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burglar

43
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un charnier

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a mass grave

44
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neige fondue

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slush

45
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à l’eau de rose

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slushy, sentimental

46
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tester (tâter le terrain) qn/qch

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to feel out sb/sth

47
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textuellement, mot pour mot

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verbatim

48
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épouventable

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horrendous

49
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brise

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breeze

50
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présenter les caractéristiques de qn/qch

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to bear the hallmark ou hallmarks of sb/sth

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chop (n. and v.)

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coup / hacher

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powder/beer keg

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une poudrière, un fût de bière

53
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léger, faible

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faint

54
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décerner qch à qn

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to bestow sth (on sb)

55
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tissage (tisser)

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weave (to weave)

56
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prairie

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a meadow

57
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épine (épineux)

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thorn (thorny)

58
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cela m’a mis du baume au cœur

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it was balm to my soul

59
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balmy

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doux

60
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évènement de second plan ou petite attraction (foire)

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a sideshow

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fiddle

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magouille

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enflammé, passionné

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fiery

63
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enclume

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anvil

64
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perdre son temps à des broutilles (détails sans importance)

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to waste time on trifles

65
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sables mouvants

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quicksand

66
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tourbillon

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whirlwind

67
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name of the Panama-based law firm involved in the Panama Papers scandal leaked by the ICIJ

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Mossack Fonseca (214.500 companies involved)

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société écran

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shell company

69
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avantage

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perk

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mécontent

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disgruntled

71
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se méfier de, faire attention à ne pas

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to beware of doing sth

72
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être mal à l’aise à cause de

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to squirm at

73
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une enquête

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a probe, an investigation

74
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agaçant

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irksome

75
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élixir de jouvence

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elixir of youth

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recours

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recourse (quelconque)/ resort (extrême)

77
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la clé pour faire qch

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the key to doing sth

78
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le grand âge

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the old age

79
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se mettre à la place de qn d’autre

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to take the place of an other

80
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les septuagénaires

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the seventy-year-olds

81
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les plus de 65 ans

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the over-65s

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proposer (donner l’occasion de)

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to offer sb the chance, to give sb the opportunity to

83
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anonymat

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anonymity

84
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délinquant

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deliquent

85
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nm + de taille

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major, sizeable, substantial, considerable

86
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muer (peau)

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to shed skin (snake)

87
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déplier, dévoiler

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to unfold

88
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cadran (tél), appeler + n°

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dial, to dial

89
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résoudre des pb, dépanner

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to troubleshoot

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rôder

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to skulk

91
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à l’avance

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beforehand

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répéter comme un perroquet

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to parrot

93
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méprisant

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contemptuous

94
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pierre de touche

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touchstone

Many of the region’s democracies need reforms to restore public trust in politics. The touchstone for these should be: the simpler the better.

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être plongé dans (livre, spectacle)

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to be engrossed in

96
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essuyer une rebuffade

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to be snubbed

97
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sacro-saint

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sacrosanct

98
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saut à l’élastique

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bungee jumping

99
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chuter, tomber (prix)

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to tumble

100
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maîtriser (une tendance)

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to tame (inflation)

101
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se cramponner à (pouvoir)

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to cling to (power) (clung clung)

102
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faux pas

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misstep

But massive missteps like these are now the exception rather than the rule

103
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entraver

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to hobble

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