Jumping Ahead 06

Question 1

“And we made it out scot-free!”

Answer 1

“Et on s’est tiré de là, ni vu ni connu.”

Question 2

The apple of his eye

Answer 2

La prunelle de ses yeux

Question 3

“What can ya do, right?”

Answer 3

“Que faire, hmm?”

Question 4

To think something is a good idea or wise to do

Answer 4

Juger bon de faire quelque chose

Question 5

“That’s why he thought it was a good idea to leave in a hurry without saying bye.”

Answer 5

“Voilà pourquoi il a jugé bon de partir sans tarder et sans dire au revoir.”

Question 6

To pack up and go

Answer 6

Plier bagage, déguerpir, décamper

Question 7

A weak spot, gap

The shortcomings / drawbacks of something

Answer 7

une faille, les lacunes de quelque chose

Question 8

A setback

Answer 8

un contretemps, un ennui, un pépin, un obstacle

Question 9

Un expected problem

Answer 9

un imprévu, un empêchement

Question 10

To work together, stick together

Answer 10

se serrer les coudes

Question 11

To dress up, look nice

Answer 11

se fringuer

Question 12

To let someone know something

Answer 12

Faire remonter le mot / l’info à quelqu’un
( “Fais moi savoir.” )

Question 13

To not be keen or enthusiastic to do something

Answer 13

Ne pas être chaud pour faire quelque chose

Question 14

To be on edge

Answer 14

être à cran, être sur les dents

Question 15

The threshold

Answer 15

le seuil

Question 16

To cross the threshold

Answer 16

franchir le seuil

Question 17

To bullshit, to try to sell someone a load of crap, bamboozle

Answer 17

Bourrer le mou a quelqu’un

( essayer d’ ) entuber ou de doubler quelqu’un

essayer d’avoir quelqu’un en le baratinant / amadouant

Question 18

“he conned me out of 500 bucks.”

Answer 18

“Il m’a entubé de 500 dollars.”

Question 19

A failure, weak point, shortcoming

( “a pupil who has weak points in history” )

Answer 19

Une défaillance

( “Un élève qui a des défaillances en histoire.” )

Question 20

“There’s definitely been some kind of mechanical failure somewhere.”

Answer 20

“Il y a forcement eu une défaillance mécanique quelque part.”

Question 21

To scrounge, to scrap up ( crumbs, what one can find )

Answer 21

Grappiller

Question 22

To rub someone the wrong way

Answer 22

Ne pas caresser quelqu’un dans bon sens du poil

prendre quelqu’un à rebrousse-poil

Question 23

To be flipping out, to get worked up about something

Think: someone obsessing, rookie, nervous Nelly

Answer 23

Se mettre dans tous ses états

se prendre la tête

Faire un caca nerveux

mettre la rate au court-bouillon

piquer une crise