Abstract notions - Usefulness and uselessness

Question 1

utiliser, l’utilité / l’usage / l’emploi

Answer 1

to use, use

Question 2

utilisable / utile # inutile

Answer 2

usable / useful # useless

Question 3

utilement # inutilement

Answer 3

usefully # uselessly

Question 4

l’utilité # l’inutilité

Answer 4

usefulness # uselessness

Question 5

un utilisateur, un usager

Answer 5

a user

Question 6

facile à utiliser

Answer 6

user-friendly

Question 7

l’usage

Answer 7

usage

Question 8

l’utilité -> utiliser -> utilisable -> une utilisation

Answer 8

utility -> to utilize -> utilizable -> utilization

Question 9

service public (faux ami)

Answer 9

public utility (faux ami)

Question 10

inutile, vain -> inutilement -> l’inutilité

Answer 10

pointless -> pointlessly -> pointlessness

Question 11

servir de -> usage ou service -> utilisable, en état de fonctionner

Answer 11

to serve as -> service -> serviceable

Question 12

vain -> en vain

Answer 12

futile = vain -> vainly = in vain = to no avail

Question 13

profiter (de) -> le profit / un avantage -> avantageux # non rentable

Answer 13

to profit (by) -> profit -> profitable # unprofitable

Question 14

commode, pratique -> de façon commode -> la commodité

Answer 14

convenient -> conveniently -> convenience

Question 15

une fonction -> fonctionnel = en état de marche

Answer 15

a function -> functional

Question 16

un but = un usage -> conçu pour un usage spécifique

Answer 16

a purpose -> purpose-built

Question 17

ne presque jamais utiliser qqch

Answer 17

to hardly ever use sth

Question 18

utiliser qqch avec précaution / avec prudence / judicieusement

Answer 18

to use sth carefully / cautiously / wisely

Question 19

utiliser qqch de façon efficace / en petites quantités

Answer 19

to use sth effectively = efficiently / sparingly

Question 20

utiliser / faire un usage considérable de

Answer 20

to make use of / to make extensive use of

Question 21

conseiller / préconiser = recommander l’usage de …

Answer 21

to advise / advocate = recommend the use of …

Question 22

interdire / limiter l’usage de

Answer 22

to prohibit = ban / restrict the use of …

Question 23

projeter l’utilisation de

Answer 23

to plan the use of

Question 24

être, se révéler utile

Answer 24

to come in useful / to come handy

Question 25

une vaine tentative

Answer 25

a futile attempt

Question 26

remplir une fonction

Answer 26

to fulfil = to perform a function

Question 27

employer qqch utilement

Answer 27

to use sth profitably / to use sth to good purpose

Question 28

bien # mal employer qqch

Answer 28

to put sth to good use # to bad use

Question 29

ce système est largement utilisé

Answer 29

this system is in wide use

Question 30

cette expression ne s’emploie plus

Answer 30

this phrase is no longer in use

Question 31

je n’ai plus besoin de …

Answer 31

I have no further use for …

Question 32

cette caisse me sert de table

Answer 32

I use this box as a table

Question 33

ne jette rien qui puisse servir

Answer 33

don’t throw away anything that may be of use

Question 34

A quoi sert ce truc? Il sert à déboucher les éviers

Answer 34

What’s this device used for? It’s used to clear sinks / for clearing sinks

Question 35

à quoi bon s’inquiéter ?

Answer 35

What’s the use / what’s the point of worrying?

Question 36

il a perdu l’usage de sa jambe gauche

Answer 36

he has lost the use of his left leg

Question 37

ca ne sert à rien de la mettre en garde

Answer 37

It’s no use = it’s useless / pointless = it’s of no avail warning her.
There’s no point in warning her.

Question 38

cette machine ne sert plus à rien.

Answer 38

This machine has outlived its usefulness

Question 39

Ca ne servira à rien

Answer 39

That won’t do any good.

Question 40

il jouit encore de toutes ses facultés

Answer 40

he still has full use of his faculties

Question 41

prêt à l’emploi

Answer 41

ready for use

Question 42

à usage externe # interne

Answer 42

for external # internal use only

Question 43

pour mon usage personnel

Answer 43

for my own use

Question 44

puis-je vous aider en quoi que ce soit?

Answer 44

Can I be of any service to you?

Question 45

vous m’avez rendu un grand service

Answer 45

You’ve done me a great service

Question 46

joindre l’utile à l’agréable

Answer 46

to mix business with / and pleasure

to combine business with / and pleasure

Question 47

à quoi sert cet exercice?

Answer 47

What’s the purpose of this exercise?

Question 48

je ne vois pas l’utilité de prolonger cet entretien

Answer 48

I see no purpose in prolonging the interview