Voici une liste des expressions idiomatiques. Nous soulignons
encore une foir que cette liste n' est pas complète
que la sélection est completement arbitraire.
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| a bogus offer |
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| a last ditch attempt |
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| a low turnout |
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| a marshmellow term |
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| a performance-oriented society |
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| a spate of attacks |
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| a spate of newspaper reports |
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| a towering pillar of smoke |
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| as it were |
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| beyond comprehension |
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| bodily / physically (mentally) handicapped |
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| by hook or by crook |
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| culture vulture |
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| dull as ditchwater |
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| floating voters |
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| in his own ranks |
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| in the event of death |
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| in the first place |
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| in the wake of |
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| in the wake of the incident |
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| malpractice / miscarriage of justice |
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| minor disputes |
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| mitigating circumstances |
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| on a large scale |
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| on the spur of the moment |
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| pent-up aggressions |
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| potable water |
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| presumption of innocence |
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| riff-raff |
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| sense of belonging |
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| sleeping policemen/road bumps |
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| statutory woman |
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| that can't be any other way |
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| the gravest misgivings |
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| the like of it |
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| the responsibility lies with sb |
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| to acquire/obtain/assemble information |
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| to afford a view |
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| to arrive at a conclusion |
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| to attain fame |
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| to avail oneself of an opportunity |
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| to be agreeably surprised |
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| to be at issue |
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| to be embroiled in a feud |
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| to be in limbo |
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| to be (never) at a loss for a word |
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| to be out of sync |
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| to be prone to |
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| to be sharply at odds with |
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| to brace o.s. for sth. |
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| to broker a peace deal |
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| to bunk off (fam) |
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| to cast doubt |
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| to circumvent restrictions |
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| to commute a death sentence |
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| to cope with a problem |
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| to create/wreak havoc |
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| to cut down the consumption |
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| to deliver on a promise |
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| to denounce a decision |
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| to deny charges / allegations |
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| to dismiss concerns |
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| to draft a bill |
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| to draw a conclusion from |
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| to emulate the function of |
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| to encroach on sb's life |
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| to enforce a ban |
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| to exact revenge |
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| to exert influence on |
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| to fall prey to |
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| to flout the law |
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| to foil / thwart plans |
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| to give a short shrift to |
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| to grit one's teeth |
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| to have a leading edge |
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| to implement a new regulation / law |
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| to invoke the values |
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| to join a queue |
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| to keep a low profile |
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| to keep in force |
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| to keep up appearances |
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| to know a thing or two |
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| to launch a bid |
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| to leave nothing to chance |
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| to levy charges |
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| to make amends |
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| to make ends meet |
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| to make sth available to sb |
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| to meet requirements |
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| to opt out of the rat race |
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| to pave the way |
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| to pick fights |
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| to place sb on probation |
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| to play truant |
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| to pose a threat |
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| to put the records straight |
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| to quench flames |
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| to radiate confidence |
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| to rain buckets down |
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| to raise an issue |
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| to raise an objection |
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| to raise false hopes |
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| to reach agreement |
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| to receive a prison sentence |
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| to refute an argument |
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| to rule out a possibility |
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| to seal the fate |
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| to secure an injunction |
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| to serve prison terms |
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| to settle a dispute / an argument |
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| to share digs |
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| to shed tears |
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| to skip classes |
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| to sleep rough |
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| to stand trial |
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| to surmount difficulties |
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| to sustain casualties |
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| to take advantage of sb / sth |
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| to take into consideration |
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| to take issue with the claim |
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| to take sth for granted |
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| to the detriment of |
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| to the dismay of |
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| to the dismay of |
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| to traet sb with kid gloves |
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| to urge caution |
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| to vote on a motion |
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| to wield the bludgeon |
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| to win by a landslide |
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| upsurge in numbers |
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| wafer-thin majority |
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| work to rule |
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