UNA, FR 202, The Ultimate French, Chapter 28, Idioms from pp.350-1
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| d'abord | first
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| À d'autres! | What a ridiculous story!
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| à mon avis | in my opinion
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| à propos | by the way
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| À quoi bon? | What's the good of it?
What's the use?
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| au fait | by the way
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| au fond | actually,
basically
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| au reste | moreover
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| du reste | moreover
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| avant tout | above all
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| C'est dommage. | It's a shame/pity.
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| Bien entendu! | Of course!
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| C'est de la blague! | It's not serious!
It's ridiculous!
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| Bon débarras! | Good riddance!
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| Ça alors! | Well I'll be darned!
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| Ça va de soi. | It goes without saying.
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| C'est entendu. | Agreed.
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| dans l'ensemble | on the whole
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| de toute façon | anyway
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| en fait | as a matter of fact,
in fact
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| Et comment! | And how!
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| Et pour cause! | And for a good reason!
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| Et après? | So what?
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| Je m'en fiche! | I don't give a darn! (slang)
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| Fiche-moi la paix! | Leave me alone!
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| Mon oeil! | My eye!
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| Motus! | Keep it quiet!
Don't breathe a word of it!~
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| par contre | on the other hand
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| Pas question! | Nothing doing!
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| Sans blague! | No kidding!
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| selon le cas | as the case may be,
as appropriate
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| somme toute | all in all
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| Ta gueule! | Shut up! (vulgar)
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| Tant mieux! | Great!
So much the better!
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| Tant pis! | Too bad!
Tough luck!
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| Vous voulez rire. | You're joking.
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| à plusieurs reprises | several times
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| à tour de rôle | in turn
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| d'avance | in advance
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| dans huit jours | in a week
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| d'ici là | until then,
in the meantime
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| encore une fois | again
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| une fois pour toutes | once and for all
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| il y a belle lurette | it's been a long time,
it happened a long time ago
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| jusqu'ici | so far,
thus far
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| sous peu | shortly
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| le temps de | just give me enough time to
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| tour à tour | in turn
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| à bout | exhausted
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| à plat | exhausted
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| à la page | in the know,
up to date
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| à la perfection | just right,
perfectly done,
to a T
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| à perte de vue | as far as the eye can see
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| à point | well-done (meat)
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| à quatre pattes | on all fours
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| à souhait | perfectly,
to perfection,
as well,
as much as you could want
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| au bout du monde | in the middle of nowhere
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| au-dessous de tout | hopeless,
disgracefully bad,
incompetent
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| bel et bien | altogether
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| C'est du gâteau! | It's a piece of cake!
It's as easy as pie!
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| C'est son pere tout craché. | He's the spitting image of his father.
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| C'est le dernier cri. | It's the latest thing/fashion.
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| C'est tout un. | It's really the same thing.
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| être collant | to be a real leech,
to be hard to shake,
hard to get rid of
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| cousu d'or | filthy rich
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| dans le vent | in the swing of things
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| de mal en pis | from bad to worse
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| en cachette | on the sly
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| en douceur | gently,
softly
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| en bon/mauvais était | in good/bad condition
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| en panne | out of order,
broken
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| en panne sèche | out of gas
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| en un clin d'oeil | in the blink of an eye,
in a jiffy/flash
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| une femme de tête | a capable woman
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| fort en anglais | good at English
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| hors de soi | beside oneself
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| de la peine perdue | wasted effort
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