Course 5 : RC 5 (a)

Question 1

creuser / un creux

Answer 1

to dig / a dig

Question 2

siffler (le vent) / le sifflement

Answer 2

to wistle (wind) / the whistling

Question 3

an area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit trees

Answer 3

orchard [ɔːtʃəd]

Question 4

to move fast

Answer 4

to race

Question 5

a marsh (marais) or area of land covered by shallow water

Answer 5

fenland

Question 6

champ de blé

Answer 6

wheat field

Question 7

nutriment

Answer 7

nutrient

Question 8

fournir des logements pour

Answer 8

provide homes for

Question 9

creuser / creuser un terrier

Answer 9

burrow (verb) / to dig (a burrow) in, through, or under (ground)

Question 10

racine

Answer 10

root

Question 11

insecte pollinisateur / polliniser / la pollinisation

Answer 11

pollinating insect verb to pollinate; noun: pollination

Question 12

se transformer en

Answer 12

to turn into

Question 13

maintenir le sol riche en azote

Answer 13

to hold the nitrogen-rich soil in place

Question 14

maintenir en place

Answer 14

to hold in place

Question 15

l’automne

Answer 15

autumn [ ɔːtəm] Do you know the 4 seasons?

Question 16

étendre la saison de la récolte / récolter / la récolte

Answer 16

extend the harvesting season verb: to harvest / the harvest

Question 17

a small plot of land (HERE)

Answer 17

a patch

Question 18

sembler (avoir)

Answer 18

to appear to + infinitive (It appears to have changed)

Question 19

dans les décennies d’après-guerre

Answer 19

In the post-war decades

Question 20

la rareté

Answer 20

rarity

Question 21

tristement

Answer 21

sadly

Question 22

comparer la production agricole à travers le pays

Answer 22

compare agricultural productivity ACROSS countries

Question 23

concurrent / concurrencer / la compétition

Answer 23

competitor / to compete with / the compitition

Question 24

tenter / une tentative

Answer 24

to attempt / an attempt

Question 25

un groupe de réflexion / a group of experts who provide advice and ideas on political, social or economic issues

Answer 25

a think-tank

Question 26

par ha de terre récoltée

Answer 26

per hectare of harvested land

Question 27

conclure

Answer 27

to conclude (verb)

Question 28

être le meneur du monde

Answer 28

to be the world leader

Question 29

cabinet-conseil (HERE). Aussi, les conseils (plus général) / un conseiller

Answer 29

consultancy / a consultant

Question 30

a representative

Answer 30

official (an)

Question 31

ce qui est plus que certain, c’est que

Answer 31

What is more certain is that

Question 32

mettre la pression sur les revenus agricoles

Answer 32

put pressure on farm revenues

Question 33

exclure

Answer 33

to rule out

Question 34

améliorer à vue d’oeil / la visibilité

Answer 34

improve slightly / the slightliness

Question 35

le labour

Answer 35

labour

Question 36

l’engrais

Answer 36

fertilizer

Question 37

le combustible

Answer 37

fuel

Question 38

l’entrée

Answer 38

input

Question 39

rarement

Answer 39

hardly

Question 40

améliorer

Answer 40

improve