THEMES

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	MURPHY'S LAW LESSON EXPRESSIONS/VOCABULARY
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	"go wrong" If you go wrong you make a mistake in what you are doing. If a machine goes wrong it stops working properly. se tromper, tourner mal, aller de travers, se dérégler EXAMPLES : Where did I go wrong? Où est-ce que je me suis trompé? My watch keeps going wrong. Ma montre n'arrète pas de se dérégler.
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	"allegedly" without any proof prétendument EXAMPLES : The exams he had allegedly passed. Les examens qu'il avait prétendument réussis.
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	"reading" lecture
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	"catchphrase" maxime, proverbe, sentence, slogan
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	"bungling"(adj.) (adj) maladroit, (n)bousillage, gâchis
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	"doings" agissements, faits et gestes, actes, trucs, faits
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	"brought about" Past Simple du verbe "bring about" : occasionner, provoquer, entraîner, mener à
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	"rocket-sled experiments" EXAMPLES :
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	"glued to its mount" EXAMPLES :
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	"the wrong way around" EXAMPLES :
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	"pronouncement" EXAMPLES :
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	"slapstick comedy" EXAMPLES :
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	"law of parsimony" A rule in science and philosophy stating that entities should not be multiplied needlessly. This rule is interpreted to mean that the simplest of two or more competing theories is preferable and that an explanation for unknown phenomena should first be attempted in terms of what is already known. Also called Ockham's razor or Occam's razor [After William of Ockham, an English philosopher of the fourteenth century.] parsimony : parcimonie, épargne; pingrerie Ockham's razor :théorie du rasoir d'Ockham consistant à toujours préférer le plus simple (d'après William of Ockham, philosophe anglais du XIVème siècle) EXAMPLES : The simpler a theory, the more brilliant is the explanation; this is what Ockham's razor is all about. Plus une théorie est simple, et plus l'explication est lumineuse; voilà ce que nous dit la théorie du rasoir d'Ockham.
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	"challenges of design for losers" challenge :défi of design for (designed for) : conçu pour loser : perdant, loser défis adressés aux losers (perdants) REMARQUE : Les propositions pessimistes énoncées par les lois de Murphy ne seraient que des défis à relever par ceux qui ne désirent pas/plus faire partie des losers ...
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	"take up the challenge" "take up" here means "to accept". relever le défi EXAMPLES : I wish he would take up the challenge. J'aimerais bien qu'il releve le défi.
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	"sticks, drumsticks" EXAMPLES :
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	"food for thought" EXAMPLES :
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