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Question 1

un immeuble, une maison divisée en plusieurs logements

Answer 1

a tenement (often in poor neighborhoods)

Question 2

une tentative

Answer 2

an attempt

Question 3

mandat

Answer 3

tenure

Question 4

mandat présidentiel

Answer 4

presidential term of office

Question 5

accepter

Answer 5

to come to terms with challenge

Question 6

une étude approfondie

Answer 6

an in-depth study

Question 7

être entre la vive et la mort

Answer 7

to be on the thresold between life and death

Question 8

économe

Answer 8

thrifty

Question 9

un magasins d’occasions

Answer 9

a thrift shop

Question 10

être ravi

Answer 10

to be thrilled

Question 11

Le travail lui réussit

Answer 11

He thrives on work

Question 12

une foule dense

Answer 12

the throng

Question 13

affluer, se presser

Answer 13

to throng

Question 14

de part en part

Answer 14

throughout

Question 15

J’ai dormi profondément pendant tout le voyage

Answer 15

I slept soundly throughout the trip

Question 16

pousser brusquement, imposer

Answer 16

to thrust

Question 17

une poussée

Answer 17

a thrust

Question 18

contrecarrer (par la ruse, l’habileté)

Answer 18

to thwart

Question 19

donner de l’argent pour dépanner qn

Answer 19

to tide sb over

Question 20

l’argent est rare

Answer 20

money is tight

Question 21

être dans une situation difficile

Answer 21

to be in a tight squeeze, corner

Question 22

avertir qn, prévenir qn

Answer 22

to tip sb off

Question 23

un tuyau

Answer 23

a tip-off

Question 24

le bateau a chaviré

Answer 24

the boat tipped over

Question 25

le bout, la pointe

Answer 25

the tip (of the finger)

Question 26

un geste symbole, un signe

Answer 26

a token gesture

Question 27

un péage

Answer 27

a toll

Question 28

dépasser, être plus élevé que

Answer 28

This year's sales have topped last year's by 5%

Question 29

dégringoler

Answer 29

the dollar tumbled during the crash

Question 30

legislative branch of US government

Answer 30

Capitol Hill

Question 31

British gov offices

Answer 31

Whitehall

Question 32

durcir

Answer 32

to toughen

Question 33

être sur la piste

Answer 33

to track down information, a person

Question 34

suivre le fil

Answer 34

to keep track of everything that's going on in the world

Question 35

perdre le fil

Answer 35

to lose track of

Question 36

une expérience professionnelle

Answer 36

a track record

Question 37

un délit d'initié

Answer 37

an insider trading

Question 38

apprendre un métier

Answer 38

to learn a trade

Question 39

faire reprendre

Answer 39

to trade in one's old car

Question 40

une occasion

Answer 40

a trade-in

Question 41

accepter qu'une chose compense l'autre

Answer 41

a trade-off

Question 42

un stage de formation

Answer 42

a training course

Question 43

un stage d'entreprise

Answer 43

an internship

Question 44

un stagiaire

Answer 44

a trainee/ intern

Question 45

formation permanente

Answer 45

continuing education

Question 46

idées sans valeur

Answer 46

trash

Question 47

dans le vent

Answer 47

trendy

Question 48

une période d'essai

Answer 48

a trial period

Question 49

juger qn

Answer 49

to put sb on trial

Question 50

engager un procès contre

Answer 50

to bring sb to trial

Question 51

rouler qn

Answer 51

to trick sb into doing sth

Question 52

faire une farce à qqn

Answer 52

to play a trick

Question 53

épineux

Answer 53

thorny

Question 54

tomber goutte à goutte

Answer 54

to trickle

Question 55

the trickle-down effect

Answer 55

economic theory which supposes that wealth gained by the richest will eventually benefit the poorest

Question 56

une étincelle

Answer 56

a spark

Question 57

tailler dans le but d'être plus efficace

Answer 57

to trim the buget

Question 58

garnir

Answer 58

to trim

Question 59

to be in shape

Answer 59

to be in trim

Question 60

décorations, réductions

Answer 60

trimmings

Question 61

un conseil d'admin

Answer 61

a board of trustees

Question 62

renverser la situation

Answer 62

to turn sth around

Question 63

une entreprise sauvée de la faillite

Answer 63

a turnaround

Question 64

refuser une offre

Answer 64

to turn down (a job)

Question 65

devenir, se transformer

Answer 65

to turn into

Question 66

produire

Answer 66

the plant turns out 600 cars a month

Question 67

aller au rassemblement

Answer 67

a huge crowd turn out for the march

Question 68

roulement du personnel

Answer 68

staff turnover

Question 69

chiffre d'affaires

Answer 69

turnover

Question 70

to distort

Answer 70

to twist

Question 71

un caprice du destin

Answer 71

a twist of fate

Question 72

sous-jacent

Answer 72

underlying

Question 73

sous-tendre, être la base

Answer 73

to underlie

Question 74

miner, compormettre

Answer 74

to undermine

Question 75

to underlie

Answer 75

to underpin (étayer)

Question 76

les fondements

Answer 76

the underpinnings of policy

Question 77

en cours actuellement et prévu pour l'avenir

Answer 77

an ongoing project

Question 78

entreprendre de financer ou garantir

Answer 78

to underwrite

Question 79

déchaîner

Answer 79

to unleash

Question 80

défaire, démêler, éclaircir

Answer 80

to unravel

Question 81

turbulent, indiscipliné

Answer 81

unruly

Question 82

être candidat à l'élection

Answer 82

to be up for election

Question 83

être au courant

Answer 83

to be up on sth

Question 84

être honnête

Answer 84

to be on the up and up

Question 85

être à la hauteur

Answer 85

to be up to doing sth

Question 86

être au courant de l'actualité

Answer 86

to be up to date on the latest news

Question 87

haut de gamme

Answer 87

upmarket

Question 88

tumulte, protestation

Answer 88

uproar

Question 89

Ne renverse pas le bateau

Answer 89

Don't upset the boat

Question 90

être ennuyé, bouleversé, déçu par qch

Answer 90

to be upset over sth

Question 91

résultat, issue à court terme

Answer 91

an upshot (less formal than outcome)

Question 92

quitter, laisser libre, démissionner

Answer 92

to vacate

Question 93

chambre libre, poste à pourvoir

Answer 93

vacancy

Question 94

vacances

Answer 94

vacation (us)

Question 95

un vide

Answer 95

a vacuum

Question 96

hoover

Answer 96

vacuum cleaner

Question 97

sans expression, vide

Answer 97

vacuous

Question 98

une ineptie

Answer 98

a vacuous remark

Question 99

priser

Answer 99

to value

Question 100

TVA

Answer 100

Value-added tax (VAT)

Question 101

ne joue pas les trouble-fête

Answer 101

to rock the boat

Question 102

bercer

Answer 102

to rock