To Be

Je pensais que j’étais maintenant guérie de ces années. Je pensais que je ne retomberais plus jamais dans ce piège mortel. Mais je me rends compte aujourd’hui qu’une poussière peut m’y pousser avec une force irrationnelle. Je pensais pouvoir vivre encore sans ces remords. Mais il me hante, encore et toujours. Je veux m’enfuir, je veux partir loin de ces souvenirs. Je ne veux plus continuer comme ça, je ne peux plus continuer comme ça. C’est rendu trop, beaucoup trop. Je dois trouver un moyen de

that people long to escape from urban life, but it is quite difficult to do so… There is no getting away from “madding crowds” / a grey, monotonous, standardised world… All the caravans look alike and the grey colour reinforces the impression of monotony and conformism… The holiday-makers want to avoid / forget the stress of urban life / enjoy the peace and quiet of the country / escape from the hustle and bustle of city life / take a break from work… They are looking forward to camping in the wild

technology . I am here today to prevent you from an eminent catastrophe who could annihilate your entire planet . I'm talking about a major problem : Global Warming ! After long researches and studies on your planet, I have discovered that the pollution level was getting higher and higher . The ice is melting in the poles because of the constant increase of temperature which will surely lead to a raise of the sea level . This raise will make your lands flood . You have to stop this phenomenon or

ABOUT To complain about : se plaindre de To worry about: s’inquiéter de To be annoyed about: être contrarié de qqchose To be upset about: être contrarié par qqchose To be worried about: être inquiet de qchose AGAINST To be prejudiced against: avoir des préjugés envers To be cruel against sb: être cruel envers qqun AT To aim at: viser To hint at: faire allusion à To laugh at: se moquer de To smile at : sourire à/de To wonder at: s’étonner de To put up at: loger chez To arrive

Description des personnages : To indulge = se faire plaisir To sound = avoir l’air (paroles) To pretend = faire genre To lack = manquer de (ex : he doesn’t lack self-confidence) To devote one’s time doing something = passer son temps à To be toned down = être édulcoré (ex : a toned down archetype) A state of mind = un état d’esprit In depth = en détails A typical feature = une caractéristique typique Personal commitment = engagement personnel Intégration des personnages : To fit in = s’intégrer, trouver

Teddy bears have always been a symbol of love and a favorite gift among lovers. Since the last decade, thanks to the cocooning trend and the fold on the family, people are in search of what is soft and comfortable. For that reason, the cuddly bear left the world of the children to invade the one of the teenagers and the young adults. The Anglo-Saxon countries were the first ones to create mini-teddy bears, often transformed into key rings and carriers of messages: "Do not forget me ", "Kisses"

Should the police be allowed to listen to citizens’ phone conversations to improve national security? Nowadays, people are more and more spying by the police and other organization like the CIA. They had to protect their country and the citizens. But is spying really a good way to protect citizens’ lives? Should the police be allowed to listen to citizens’ phone conversations to improve national security? There are no doubt some cases in which spying can help the police to protect citizens

eu ce livre par un ami= I got this book through a friend of mine avoir( forme,dimension) =be cette voiture a une drole de forme= this car is a funny shape avoir=il y a =there is/are il y a environ 2 kilomètres jusqu'au lycée =it is 2 km or so to the school La fréquence du « have » est proportionnelle a la médiocrité de la copie ! A la séquence française « avoir+nom » l'anglais préfère « be+adj » l'Amerique a la première économie au monde =America is the leading world economy il

From Brown v. Board of Education (1954) to Williams v. California (2004), the American education has proven to be a subject of a heated debate between the courts, the federal government, parents and the different racial groups in the US. Desegregation, busing, funding policies, school vouchers, charter schools, school choice and integration are key issues throughout the history of American education. The goal of these reforms is an equal educational system that could provide all the students –regardless

It is the first chapter of the novel. The text can be divided into 3 parts: in the two first paragraphs, the narrator remembers that she -with her inmates- has once been sleeping in a gymnasium in which she had a lot of memories: she remembers all the activities that had once been hold there but something had already changed at the moment when they were sleeping in the gymnasium. In the third paragraph the narrator and her inmates appear to be like prisoners: in this gymnasium where she once has