20.03.2014.écrit

Question 1

faire la fête toute la nuit

Answer 1

to be partying into the night

Question 2

déduire (2)

Answer 2

to deduce

to infer

Question 3

champagne

Answer 3

champagne

Question 4

couler à flot (boisson)

Answer 4

to flow freely

Question 5

être rare, manquer, être en quantité limité, être difficile à trouver…

Answer 5

to be in short supply

Question 6

luxe

Answer 6

luxury

Question 7

luxurieux

Answer 7

luxurious

Question 8

sumptuous

Answer 8

somptueux

Question 9

riche (5)

Answer 9

rich
wealthy
affluent
well-off
well-to-to

Question 10

généreux

Answer 10

generous

Question 11

enfreindre la loi

Answer 11

to break the law

Question 12

un “hors la loi”, quelqu’un qui désobéit à la loi

Answer 12

a law-breaker

Question 13

louche (4)

Answer 13

suspicious
dubious
fishy
shady

Question 14

recevoir d’une manière ≈somptuaire / sans compter.

Answer 14

to entertain lavishly

Question 15

se défouler

Answer 15

to let off steam

Question 16

insouciance, négligeance

Answer 16

carelessness

Question 17

superficiel

Answer 17

superficial

Question 18

une soirée “tapageuse”

Answer 18

a riotous party

Question 19

rafiné

Answer 19

refined

Question 20

s’ennuyer à mourir (2)

Answer 20

to be bored to death / bored to tears

Question 21

un rince-doigts

Answer 21

a finger bowl

Question 22

alcool (2)

Answer 22

alcohol

booze

Question 23

l’ennui

Answer 23

boredom

Question 24

fini brutalement

Answer 24

to come to an abrupt end

Question 25

être bourré comme un “seigneur” (selon l’expression anglaise)

Answer 25

to be drunk as a lord

Question 26

éméché, pompette

Answer 26

tipsy

Question 27

a moment of silence (synonyme)

Answer 27

a lull

Question 28

courtoisie, politesse

Answer 28

courtesy

Question 29

politesse

Answer 29

politeness

Question 30

sans défaut

Answer 30

flawless

Question 31

as if (syn.)

Answer 31

as though

Question 32

une scène de quand on dit quelque chose de plaisant pour démarrer une conversation

Answer 32

a scene of socializing

Question 33

savoir s’y prendre avec les mots

Answer 33

to have a way with words

Question 34

WWI (2)

Answer 34

the world war the first

the first world war

Question 35

lien (3)

Answer 35

link
tie
bond

Question 36

compenser (2)

Answer 36

to compensate

make up for

Question 37

frères d’arme

Answer 37

brothers in arms

Question 38

une expérience traumatisante

Answer 38

A traumatic experience

Question 39

une guerre totale

Answer 39

An all-out-war

Question 40

échapper à la conscription

Answer 40

not to dodge the draft

Question 41

des progrès technologiques

Answer 41

Technological progress

Question 42

crâner, frimer, faire étalage de…

Answer 42

to show off

Question 43

informel, décontracté

Answer 43

informal

Question 44

désinvolte, décontracté

Answer 44

casual

Question 45

spontané

Answer 45

Spontaneous

Question 46

l’hôte

Answer 46

the host

Question 47

une gaffe

Answer 47

a blunder

Question 48

être sur un pied d’égalité

Answer 48

to be on an equal footing

Question 49

une simple marionette

Answer 49

a mere puppet.

Question 50

to pull the strings

Answer 50

tirer les ficelles

Question 51

un invité

Answer 51

a guest

Question 52

prendre un nouveau tournant

Answer 52

to take another turn

Question 53

sous le charme

Answer 53

under the spell

Question 54

avoir de la perspicacité

Answer 54

to have deep insight

Question 55

assuré, sûr de soi (2)

Answer 55

self-assured

confident