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Question 1

accompte

Answer 1

down payment

Question 2

allée

Answer 2

a driveway

Question 3

en vouloir à

Answer 3

to resent sbdy for

Question 4

Son attitude envers elle me déplaît

Answer 4

I resent his attitude towards her

Question 5

faire irruption dans la conversation

Answer 5

to Wade in

Question 6

ingurgiter (texte, info)

Answer 6

to Wade through

Question 7

patauger dans qch

Answer 7

to Wade through

Question 8

bois (cerf)

Answer 8

antlers

Question 9

un cinglé

Answer 9

a nut

Question 10

mégère (renarde)

Answer 10

a vixon

Question 11

s’immiscer dans

Answer 11

to butt in on

Question 12

boiter

Answer 12

to have a limp

Question 13

se shooter à

Answer 13

to mainline*

Question 14

les plus riches

Answer 14

the better off

Question 15

tous les retraités vont être plus à l’aise financièrement

Answer 15

all pensioners will be better off

Question 16

avoir avantage à faire qch

Answer 16

to be better off doing sth

Question 17

to sneak

Answer 17

to sneak -snuck-snuck

Question 18

Jean snuck through the stage door, without anyone seeing him

Answer 18

Jean a traversé la scène discrètement, sans que personne ne le voit

Question 19

se faufiler

Answer 19

to sneak

Question 20

cafarder

Answer 20

to sneak on*

Question 21

I druank too much

Answer 21

I had too much to drink

Question 22

drink

Answer 22

drink-drank-drunk

Question 23

boire à la santé de qqn

Answer 23

to drink a toast to sbdy

Question 24

je ne bois jamais seul

Answer 24

I only drink socially

Question 25

taux d'alcoolémie autorisé au volant

Answer 25

drink-drive limit

Question 26

ne pas perdre une miette

Answer 26

to drink in

Question 27

campagne sur l'alcool au volant

Answer 27

drink-drive campaign

Question 28

boire à la bouteille

Answer 28

to drink out of the bottle

Question 29

plus tard, par la suite

Answer 29

down the line

Question 30

faire énormément d'argent

Answer 30

to make money hand over fist

Question 31

remettre qqch à qqn

Answer 31

to hand sth over to

Question 32

canne à pêche

Answer 32

a fishing rod

Question 33

rafraîchir la mémoire de qqn

Answer 33

to jog sbdy's memory

Question 34

intensifier

Answer 34

to step up

Question 35

un changement radical

Answer 35

a step change

Question 36

prendre la pace de qqn

Answer 36

to step into someone's shoes

Question 37

marcher en boitant

Answer 37

to walk with a limp

Question 38

sourd comme un pot

Answer 38

to be stone deaf

Question 39

complétement forid

Answer 39

stone cold

Question 40

délavé (jeans)

Answer 40

stone washed

Question 41

frêle

Answer 41

frail

Question 42

tracasser

Answer 42

to fret

Question 43

avoir comme une vague idée que

Answer 43

to have a hunch that

Question 44

se masturber

Answer 44

to whack off *

Question 45

Personne ne sait où il est

Answer 45

Nobody knows his whereabouts

Question 46

Où ça ?

Answer 46

Whereabouts?

Question 47

appareil dentaire

Answer 47

a brace

Question 48

redresser

Answer 48

to brace

Question 49

se préparer mentalement

Answer 49

to brace oneself

Question 50

minerve, attelle

Answer 50

a brace

Question 51

Avec grand plaisir!

Answer 51

That would be lovely!

Question 52

charmant, ravissant

Answer 52

lovely

Question 53

enregistrer des profits

Answer 53

to notch up profits

Question 54

éviter

Answer 54

to steer clear of

Question 55

vallonée

Answer 55

hilly

Question 56

nanti

Answer 56

well-heeled*

Question 57

déployer

Answer 57

to unfurl

Question 58

carte routière, feuille de route (fig)

Answer 58

a road map

Question 59

quignon

Answer 59

a chunk

Question 60

un gros morceau

Answer 60

a chunk

Question 61

de base

Answer 61

rank-and-file

Question 62

nauséabond

Answer 62

rank

Question 63

fermement ancré (conviction)

Answer 63

deep-seated

Question 64

être mis (e) tout de suite dans le bain

Answer 64

to be thrown in at the deep end

Question 65

superficiel

Answer 65

skin-deep

Question 66

la beauté n'est pas tout

Answer 66

beauty is only skin deep

Question 67

le Sud profond

Answer 67

the Deep south

Question 68

dépenser plus que

Answer 68

to outspend

Question 69

se déchaîner, saccager

Answer 69

to be on the rampage

Question 70

ajustement, petite modification

Answer 70

a tweak (to tweak)

Question 71

recouvrir

Answer 71

to blanket

Question 72

réprimande, reproche

Answer 72

a rebuke

Question 73

scrutin

Answer 73

a ballot

Question 74

procéder à un vote

Answer 74

to hold a ballot

Question 75

urne

Answer 75

a ballot box

Question 76

un bulletin de vote

Answer 76

a ballot paper

Question 77

la fraude électorale

Answer 77

a ballot-rigging

Question 78

cahot, secousse

Answer 78

a jolt

Question 79

personne très en vue

Answer 79

high person profile

Question 80

l'opinion publique qui est massivement contre la réforme

Answer 80

the groundswell of opinion against reform

Question 81

conserver

Answer 81

to retain

Question 82

survenir

Answer 82

to crop up

Question 83

marquer les esprits

Answer 83

to cut a swath

Question 84

revirement, nette amélioration

Answer 84

a turnaround

Question 85

empécher une banqueroute

Answer 85

to stave off bankruptcy

Question 86

qui a de l'assurance

Answer 86

assertive

Question 87

plein d'assurance

Answer 87

self-assertive

Question 88

se sentir brimé

Answer 88

to feel hard done

Question 89

être dur avec qn

Answer 89

to be hard on sb

Question 90

endurci

Answer 90

hard-bitten

Question 91

argent liquide

Answer 91

hard cash

Question 92

pragmatique

Answer 92

hard-headed

Question 93

travaux forcés

Answer 93

hard labour

Question 94

alcool fort

Answer 94

hard liquor

Question 95

les malentandants

Answer 95

the hard-of-hearing

Question 96

bande d'arrêt d'urgence

Answer 96

the hard shoulder

Question 97

dur comme la pierre

Answer 97

hard rock

Question 98

une voix étouffée

Answer 98

a hushed voice

Question 99

raccompagner qqn

Answer 99

to walk sbdy out

Question 100

gémissement

Answer 100

a whimper