02.04.2014

Question 1

en fait

Answer 1

Actually

Question 2

finalement

Answer 2

Eventually

Question 3

paroles

Answer 3

Lyrics

Question 4

cendres

Answer 4

Ashes

Question 5

une hémorragie interne

Answer 5

an internal bleeding

Question 6

massacre

Answer 6

Slaughter

Question 7

un marteau

Answer 7

A hammer

Question 8

une lame

Answer 8

a blade

Question 9

s’ennorgueillir de

Answer 9

To take pride in

Question 10

gigantesque

Answer 10

Gigantic

Question 11

un lavabo

Answer 11

a washstand

Question 12

≈ça se profile à l’horizon

Answer 12

It’s looming

Question 13

chou à la crème

Answer 13

Cream puff

Question 14

pédé

Answer 14

poof

Question 15

gay

Answer 15

gay

Question 16

remaniement ministériel

Answer 16

Cabinet reshuffle

Question 17

la consternation

Answer 17

Dismay

Question 18

le parti socialiste était donné battu dans les sondages

Answer 18

= the socialist party was show trailing in the polls

Question 19

“cela ne vint pas en surprise”

Answer 19

did not come as a surprise

Question 20

une défaite cuisante

Answer 20

a crushing defeat

Question 21

Le président doit tirer des conclusions de la défaite

Answer 21

The president must draw the conclusion from the defeat

Question 22

taux de chômage

Answer 22

Unemployment rate

Question 23

des idées impopulaires auprès des électeurs

Answer 23

Voter losers

Question 24

= il pouvait toujours espérer un miracle soudain / du jour au lendemain.

Answer 24

He could always expect an overnight miracle !

Question 25

chosen with care (syn)

Answer 25

handpicked

Question 26

fidèle à

Answer 26

faithful to

Question 27

digne de confiance (2)

Answer 27

reliable | trustworthy

Question 28

sans expérience

Answer 28

unseasoned

Question 29

avoir le bras long

Answer 29

to have a long arm

Question 30

un coup dur

Answer 30

A stunning blow

Question 31

Un désaveu

Answer 31

a cruel reverse

Question 32

se prendre une veste

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to take a licking

Question 33

se prendre une raclée

Answer 33

to be given a drubbing

Question 34

être battu à plat de couture (aux éléctions)

Answer 34

to be trounced at the polls

Question 35

perdre la face

Answer 35

to lose face

Question 36

to be beaten (syn +litté)

Answer 36

to be chastised

Question 37

être ébranlé par la défaite

Answer 37

to be reeling from defeat

Question 38

Recueillir x% des voix

Answer 38

to pull in x% of the vote

Question 39

Tourner autour des x%

Answer 39

to hover around x%

Question 40

Dépasser la barre des x%

Answer 40

to go beyond x%

Question 41

Atteindre la barre des x%

Answer 41

To collect x% of the votes

Question 42

Rassembler x% des voix

Answer 42

to muster x% of the votes

Question 43

Emporter x% des voix

Answer 43

to grab x% of the votes

Question 44

Faire moins que x%

Answer 44

To score less than x%

Question 45

Un diner romantique en tête à tête aux chandelles

Answer 45

a romantic candlelit quiet dinner alone

Question 46

répression policière

Answer 46

police crackdown

Question 47

une bombe atomique / (une centrale nucléaire?)

Answer 47

A nuke

Question 48

putin et moi sommes faits de la meme trempe

Answer 48

Putin and myself are cast in the same mould

Question 49

son “atout” de séduction, c’est sa femme.

Answer 49

His seduction asset / trump is his wife