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Vocabulaire français avancé 36B Flashcards

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It’s yummy!

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C’est délicieux!

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He was caught red handed!

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Il s’est fait prendre en flagrant délit! / Il s’est fait prendre la main dans le sac!

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Tomorrow is another day!

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Ça ira peut-être mieux demain!

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Don’t hold your breath! / It’s not just around the corner (in time)

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Ce n’est pas demain la veille!

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Who knows what tomorrow may bring!

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Qui sait de quoi demain sera fait! / Qui sait ce que l’avenir nous réserve!

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That’s a tall order!

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C’est beaucoup demander!

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It’s not asking the impossible! / It’s not asking that much!

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Ce n’est pas trop demander! / Ce n’est pas demander l’impossible! / Ce n’est pas la mer à boire!

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It took a lot of gumption to get there.

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Ça a demandé bien des efforts (ou de l’énergie) pour en arriver là (Ça a pris bien du nerf pour (Qué.)) en arriver là

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I’ll do it with no strings attached.

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Je vais le faire sans demander en retour (le faire sans conditions).

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I’m raring to go.

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Je ne demande qu’à commencer.

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She left without further ado.

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Elle est partie sans demander son reste (ou sans plus de cérémonie).

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to start (to get) the ball rolling (figurative)

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démarrer l’affaire / ouvrir la discussion / (Qué.) partir le bal

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The price is sky-high!

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Le prix est démesuré! / Le prix est exorbitant!

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She can’t take a hint!

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Elle ne comprend pas à demi-mot!

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I made a U-turn

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J’ai fait demi-tour.

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It’s old fashioned. / It’s old hat.

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C’est démodé. / C’est vieux jeu.

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She went to pieces when she heard the news.

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Ça l’a démolie quand elle a appris la nouvelle.

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to fall apart

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tomber en pieces / en morceaux / en ruine, être délabré

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You have to stick to your guns. / You have to hold your own./ You have to not back down.

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Tu ne dois pas en démordre / Tu dois tenir ton bout (Qué.) / Tu dois camper sur tes positions.

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It’s a needy family.

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C’est une famille démunie.

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She bad-mouths everybody!

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Elle dénigre tout le monde! / Elle en a après tout le monde! / Elle parle contre tout le monde (Qué.) !

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They ratted on him. /ratted him out / They squealed on him. / They blew the whistle on him.

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Ils l’ont dénoncé / Ils l’ont mouchardé.

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to blow the lid off sth.

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dénoncer un scandale

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I have something against her! / I have it in for her!

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J’ai une dent contre elle! / J’en ai après elle! / Je lui en veux!

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He sets his sights high!

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Il a les dents longues! Il a les dents qui rayent le parquet! / Il est ambitieux!

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his choppers (dentures, false teeth)

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son dentier / son ratelier (plus familier)

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It beats me! / It’s beyond me!

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Ça me dépasse! / Je n’y comprends rien! / Je suis complètement largué! (Fr.)

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He made her hate him.

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Il l’a faite le détester.

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I’m so pleased

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Tu m’en vois ravi

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I’m delighted to hear it

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Tu m’en vois ravi

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I’m glad you feel that way.

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Tu m’en vois ravi.

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I’m glad you approve.

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Tu m’en vois ravi.

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How nice for you.

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Tu m’en vois ravi.

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linguistic correctness

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la correction linguistique

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Everything is a matter of linguistic judgment

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Tout est affaire de jugement linguistique.

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to drag one’s feet

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retarder les choses, rester inactif

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to be quite sufficient

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suffir amplement

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to be more than enough

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être largement suffisant

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a slow / troublesome disk drive

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un disque dur onéreux

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the momentum of human-like computer intelligence

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la poussée de l’intelligence neuronale

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to serve as food for animals

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servir de nourriture aux animaux (Do not use ‘pour’ here, not French)

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the new or young shoot of a tree

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la ramille

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Bushes grow from these seeds.

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De ces graines croissent des arbustes (Ne dites PAS « Des arbustes croissent de ces graines ».)

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Rapid growth tree forest

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la forêt d’arbres à croissance rapide

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to pioneer, to be the pioneers of

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être les premiers à coloniser le

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to be costly to operate

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coûter cher à exploiter ( Ne dites pas « être dispendieux d’opération » )

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Some four hundred people

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Quelque quatre cents personnes ( Pas de ‘s’ sur ‘quelques’ ici).

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We have a lot of work to do.

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Il y a beaucoup de travail à abattre.

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If it were up to me,

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Si ça dépendait de moi,

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She has a screw loose.

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Elle est un peu dérangée.

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You’re over the hill.

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Vous avez dépassé 50 ans.

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Make yourself scarce!

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Détale! / Détalez!

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in exchange for payment

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moyennant rémunération

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to identify one’s audience

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cerner son public

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British adj.

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britannique(s) adj.

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le / la Britannique

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the Brit, the British person

57
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the websurfer

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l’internaute m. , f.

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A candle shone brightly.

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Une bougie brillait de tous ses feux.

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to place value on (a quality, a virtue)

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accorder du prix à ( l’honnêteté, etc.)

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the store Christmas display

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l’étalage de Noël en boutique

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the rest area (on highway only)

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l’aire d’autoroute f.

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to assert that…

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affirmer que…

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It will not be an easy thing.

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Ce ne sera pas chose aisée.

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to work extra hours, to work overtime

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faire du rabiot

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to skip one’s turn (in anything)

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passer son tour

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to bribe someone

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soudoyer qqn.

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Anyway,

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Enfin bon,

68
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I am sore, I have aches and pains

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J’ai des courbatures; (Variante: Je suis courbaturé(e)

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to spend Christmas with the family

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passer Noël avec la famille

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It will be hard work.

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Ce sera un rude travail.

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a plot of land

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une parcelle de terre

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It’s completely stupid!

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C’est complètement débile!

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to be appalled

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être indigné(e)

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at an agency

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dans une agence

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the voter

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l’électeur

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the cookie (computer program and internet only, NOT the food which is ‘le biscuit’)

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le témoin

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the physical therapist

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le kiné

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to bustle with activity (market, city, etc.)

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bouillonner d’activité

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to be cocky

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être arrogant(e)

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This computer’s memory has been wiped out / wiped clean.

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La mémoire de cet ordinateur a été effacé.

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to be possessed with (evil spirit, etc.)

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être possédé(e) de

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to review sth (for evaluation), to look back over sth., to take stock of sth., to do an overview of sth.

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dresser un bilan de qqch.

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le maquilleur, la maquilleuse

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the makeup artist

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to be crazy about sb. ( to love someone romantically )

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être fou / folle de qn.

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the food tin (UK); the food can, the canned food (Can., US)

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la boîte de conserve

86
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I don’t know about you, but…

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Je ne sais pas pour toi, mais….

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Ultimately, / At the end of the day,

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En bout de ligne,

88
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fair skin (light-colored skin)

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la peau claire

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dark skin

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la peau foncée

90
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Sit up a little.

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Redresse-toi un peu. / Redressez-vous un peu.

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You’re going a bit overboard.

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Tu y vas un peu fort. / Vous y allez un peu fort.

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You need to lighten up on (person) / lay off (person) a little

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Tu y vas/ Vous y allez un peu fort avec (cet enfant, avec lui, avec elle, etc.)

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manger qqch. (familiar)

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se mettre qqch. sous la dent

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the mud (familier)

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la bourbe

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to treat sb. like dirt

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traiter qqn. comme de la bourbe

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Don’t cause any trouble.

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Ne fais pas / Ne faites pas d’histoires.

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beaucoup marquer qqn. (thing)

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to really make an impression on someone

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to go down the drain (hopes, plans, dreams, etc.)

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aller à vau l’eau

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to fire an arrow

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décocher une flèche

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I don’t care whether you trust me or not.

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Je m’en moque que tu me fasses confiance ou pas / que vous me fassiez confiance ou pas.

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To go down (on)to the beach / shoreline (of the river)

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descendre sur la grève

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to be baffled, puzzled

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être perplexe

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I would like to add something to your comment.

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Je voudrais rajouter quelque chose à ton / votre commentaire.

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to restore peace to

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ramener la paix à

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to sulk

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faire la tête

106
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a round of applause

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une ovation, un tonnerre d’applaudissements, une salve d’applaudissements

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to sock sb. , to punch sb. (slang)

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coller une beigne à qqn.

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for at least half an hour

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pour un bon quart d’heure

109
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extortion

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le racket

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to extort sb.

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racketer qqn.

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overwhelmed adj.

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débordé(e)s adj.

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to not be about to…(In the sense of ‘to not be willing to’ or ‘to not want to because of disappointment’

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ne pas être près de + inf.

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to be few in number (people); Ex: There are few of us.

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ètre peu nombreux / nombreuse(s) / être en petit nombre; Ex: On est peu nombreux.

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to stay silent, to keep silent

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garder le silence

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a child under 5 (years old)

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un enfant de moins de cinq ans

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a very young child

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un enfant en bas âge

117
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reckless

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irréfléchi(e)s adj.

118
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That’s a lame excuse!

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C’est une excuse bidon!

119
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to not stop / to keep + verb + ing Ex. : They keep crying.

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ne faire que… Ex. Ils ne font que pleurer.

120
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a range of

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un éventail de

121
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said of animals (in particular mammals) who bear live young

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vivipare(s) adj.

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This treatment makes me very mad! / infuriates me!

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Ce traitement me met hors de moi!

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a rookie (an inexperienced / brand new employee or policeman, fireman, executive, etc. ) (familiar)

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un bleu

124
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I understand that you + verb, I understand why you + verb

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Je comprends que tu / vous + verbe

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judging by (the look on) his / her face,

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à voir sa tête,

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