Week 1 Flashcards

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1
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Avoir plus d’un tour dans son sac

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To have more than one trick up one’s sleeve

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2
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Avoir besoin des lumières de quelqu’un

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To pick someone’s brain(s)

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3
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Haut la main

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Hands down / With flying colors

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4
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Croire au Père Noël

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To chase rainbows

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5
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Couper l’herbe sous les pieds de quelqu’un

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To pull the rug from under someone’s feet

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6
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Être dans les petits papiers de quelqu’un

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To be in someone’s good books

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7
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C’est du chinois

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It’s Greek to me

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8
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Être sur la sellette

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To be in the hot seat

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9
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Pouvoir faire quelque chose les doigts dans le nez

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To be able to do something with one hand tied behind one’s back

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10
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Faire toute la lumière

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To get to the bottom of something

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11
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Avoir un compte à régler / Avoir maille à partir avec

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To have a bone to pick with someone

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12
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En faire une montagne / tout un fromage

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To make a mountain out of a molehill

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13
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Fermer les yeux

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To turn a blind eye

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14
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Jouer dans la cour des grands

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To play in the big leagues

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15
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Ne pas être en odeur des sainteté

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To be in the doghouse

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16
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Coûter les yeux de la tête

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To pay through the nose

17
Q

Rendre la monnaie de sa pièce

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To give somebody a taste of one’s own medicine

18
Q

Tombé du ciel / Venu de nulle part

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Out of the blue

19
Q

Pouvoir entendre une mouche voler

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To be able to hear a pin drop

20
Q

Prendre des risques

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To pick one’s neck out

21
Q

Des bouchons

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Traffic-jams

22
Q

Un vrai coup de foudre

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A case of love at first sight

23
Q

Une opération au nom prédestiné

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A scheme aptly named

24
Q

A dit adieu

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Has said goodbye/ farewell

25
Q

Aux métros et bus bondés

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To the packed tube/underground (UK) / subway(s) (US) and buses

26
Q

A la voiture impossible à garer

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The endless searching for a place to park

27
Q

Génial

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Amazing/awesome (US)/ terrific (UK)/ great (neutre)

28
Q

En bas de chez moi

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From just outside my flat (UK)/ apartment (US)

29
Q

Je le dépose

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I leave it

30
Q

Affluer

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Are flooding

31
Q

Fiers, les Lyonnais!

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The Lyonnais/inhabitants of Lyon(s) are tickled pink!

32
Q

Un millier

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A thousand

33
Q

Prochainement

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Soon

34
Q

A changer la physionomie des transports

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To transform the city’s transportation (US)/ transport (UK) system

35
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Comme en témoigne le passage en zone limitée à 30 kilomètres/heure du centre de Lyon

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The city center (US)/ city centre (UK) has now become a 30-kilometer-per-hour traffic zone

36
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Bridées dans leur vitesse

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Forced to slow down

37
Q

Ont dû s’habituer à partager

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Have had to get used to sharing

38
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Transports doux

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Eco-friendly/ green means of transportation (US)/ transport (UK)