as the leaves grow on the tree

• This is not my forte
• That movie hasn’t hit the screens yet
• To talk back to their parents
• To call a penalty/foul
• To back out of an engagement / a room
• Albeit … = having said that, …
• Reluctance = réticence
• Civil servants = fonctionnaires

• To get BY = arriver à…
• To blow up stg : the press blew up Ribery’s sexual intercourse with a prostipute…
• I’ve got to get my hair cut
• They created havoc (chaos / lots of problems)
• I’d like to get out of that dinner invitation
• They’ve been accused of lettING people down
• I’m acquainted with that idea / her ; get acquainted with your neighbor

• When I’ve got a cold, I wait for it to break

• MUST = moi, personal choice… I must speak English because I want to
• SHOULD = society, others, moral… I should speak English because everyone speaks English nowadays
• HAVE TO = no choice, obligation… I have to learn English because I found a fantastic job opportunity in London !

Phrasal verbs with GET

• To get OVER = surmonter…
• To get something [ideas] ACROSS = communiquer, transmettre…
• To get AWAY = s’évader, s’éloigner… / to get away with [a crime] = no one catches you
• To get INTO = entamer, s’engager…
• To get ON WITH it = s’y mettre sérieusement… It’s taking too long, let’s get on with it
• Get OFF it ! = leave me alone ! / my foot !
• To get THROUGH = to complete

• To procrastinate = to put off until later what you can do now

• How the publishing industry might evolve in the next few years
• I went to great lengths to have those awful neon light bulbs changed
• I try to take breaks as often as possible
• to shoplift (steal) books
• Sometimes we need to let off steam
• That horrible story riveted (shocked) England
• To reach a breaking point
• To take something literally
• To mess up = to ruin, to damage