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46 Cards in this Set
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Etre en proie a quelque chose
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To fall pray to something
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faire de son mieux
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to do one's best
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voir la verité en face
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to face facts
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etre de mauvaise foi
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to be ill faith
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dissuader qqn de faire qqc
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to deter sb from doing st
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etre un créateur de standards, de mode
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to be a trend/standard setter
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dissuader qqun de faire qqch
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to deter from doing something
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etre susceptible de faire qqch
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to be likely to do something
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aller a l'encontre de
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to run counter to
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prendre le pouvoir
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to come into office
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faire qqch en douce
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to act on the sly
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etre rusé
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to be cunning
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etre sidéré par qqch
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to be appalled
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snobber qqn
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to cold shoulder so
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reprocher qqc a qqn
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to reproach sb for doing st
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avoir une emprise sur qqch
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to have a grip on st
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faire face a
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to cope with
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se meler de qqch
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to meddle with st
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etre au coude a coude
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to be neck and neck
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etre sur le point de
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to be on the edge of
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s'avérer
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to turn out to be
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etre a l'ordure du jour
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to be on one's agenda
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se consacrer a
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to devote oneself to doing st
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reprendre sa vie en main
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to to get one's life back
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c'est couru d'avance
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it was a foregone conclusion
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faire de la leche
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to grovel
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dégouter qqn de qqch
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to put sb off st
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etre nobriliste
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to be egocentric
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prendre un carton rouge
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to get a red card
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comment cela se fait-il?
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How come i can...?
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une enfreinte a la vie privée
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an infringement of private life
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porter atteinte a la liberté individuelle
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to strike a blow to personal freedom
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etre de courte durée
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to be short lived
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reprendre le travail
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to resume work
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au nom de
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in the name of/for the sake of
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partir de Zero
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to start from scratch
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gravir les échelons
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to climb up the social ladder
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rejeter la responsabilité sur qqn
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to offload the responsibility onto sb
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mener une vie de chateau
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to live a life of luxury
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toucher le fond
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to hit rock bottom
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avoir le moral a zero
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to feel very down
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c'est l'hopital qui se moque de la charité
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it's the pot calling the kettle black
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l'argent ne fait pas le bonheur
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money can't buy happiness
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quand on veut on peut
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where there's a will there's a way
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paris ne s'est pas fait en un jour
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rome wasn't built in a day
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qui ne dit mot consent
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silence is tantamount to consent
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