Chap4

Question 1

To bribe

Answer 1

Acheter

Soudoyer

Question 2

A bribe

Answer 2

Un pot-de-vin

Question 3

Bribery

Answer 3

Corruption

Question 4

To corrupt sb

Answer 4

Corrompre qqun

Question 5

Graft

Answer 5

Donner ou recevoir des pots-de-vin surtout dans le service public

Question 6

Crony

Answer 6

Copain

Question 7

Cronyism

Answer 7

Copinage

Question 8

To bring about

Answer 8

Amener
Provoquer

(To bring on for unpleasant consequences)

Question 9

To bring off

Answer 9

Mener à bien

Réaliser avec succès

Question 10

To bring out

Answer 10

Faire ressortir (qualities, faults, meaning)

Question 11

To bring round
To persuade
To win over

Answer 11

Convertir à une opinion

Persuader

Question 12

To bring up

Answer 12

Élever, éduquer (= to raise)

Soulever une question (=to broach/ raise)

Question 13

On the brink of

On the verge of

Answer 13

Au bord de (danger, threat, sth unknown)

Question 14

Brisk

Answer 14

Vif, animé, vigoureux, rapide

Question 15

Briskly

Answer 15

Vivement

Question 16

Broad

Answer 16

Large

Vaste

Question 17

Broadminded

Answer 17

Ouvert d’esprit

Question 18

To broaden

Answer 18

Élargir

Question 19

Broadly speaking

Answer 19

Dans les grandes lignes

Question 20

To broadcast

Answer 20

Émettre

Diffuser

Question 21

Broadcast, program

Answer 21

Emission (radio, TV)

Question 22

To broadcast live

Answer 22

Diffuser en direct

Question 23

Beam

Answer 23

Rayon

Faisceau

Question 24

To beam

Answer 24

Diffuser (TV)

Question 25

To brush off, aside

Answer 25

Écarter (person, possibility) sans chercher à approfondir

Question 26

To give sb a brush-off

Answer 26

Envoyer promener

Question 27

To brush up (on)

Answer 27

Se (re)mettre à étudier qch | Rafraîchir ses connaissances

Question 28

To bug

Answer 28

Installer des micros (cachés)

Question 29

Bulk

Answer 29

Masse, volume | La majeure partie

Question 30

Bulky

Answer 30

Encombrant

Question 31

To bully

Answer 31

Intimider | Persécuter

Question 32

Bulwark

Answer 32

Rempart, fortification (figuré)

Question 33

To buoy (up)

Answer 33

Soutenir, maintenir à flot

Question 34

Buoyantly

Answer 34

Avec entrain

Question 35

A buoy

Answer 35

Une bouée

Question 36

Burden

Answer 36

Fardeau, charge

Question 37

To be burdened with | Laden with

Answer 37

Être chargé de, accablé par

Question 38

Burdensome

Answer 38

Pesant | Écrasant

Question 39

To burn

Answer 39

Brûler

Question 40

To burn down

Answer 40

Incendier complètement

Question 41

To burn out

Answer 41

Griller

Question 42

To bury

Answer 42

Enterrer | Enfoncer, plonger

Question 43

Burial | Funeral

Answer 43

Enterrement | Obsèques

Question 44

To burst

Answer 44

Éclater, exploser

Question 45

To burst in, into, out, out of

Answer 45

Entrer, sortir précipitamment

Question 46

Business

Answer 46

Les affaires | Une société (concern, firm, company)

Question 47

Let's get down to business!

Answer 47

Passons aux choses sérieuses!

Question 48

Mind your own business !

Answer 48

Mêlez-vous de ce qui vous regarde !

Question 49

To bust

Answer 49

Casser, éclater

Question 50

To go bust

Answer 50

Faire faillite

Question 51

A bust

Answer 51

Une faillite financière

Question 52

To bust up/ to break up

Answer 52

Rompre

Question 53

To bustle

Answer 53

S'affairer

Question 54

Bustle

Answer 54

Excitation | Remue-ménage

Question 55

To buy out

Answer 55

Racheter (firm, company)

Question 56

A buyout

Answer 56

Un rachat d'entreprise

Question 57

By-election

Answer 57

Élection partielle pour remplacer un membre du Parlement

Question 58

By-laws

Answer 58

Règlement local ou d'une organisation

Question 59

By-product

Answer 59

Sous-produit

Question 60

By-pass

Answer 60

Route de contournement

Question 61

Bystander

Answer 61

Spectateur, passant

Question 62

To call for

Answer 62

Demander, exiger

Question 63

Call for tender

Answer 63

Appel d'offre

Question 64

To call off

Answer 64

Annuler

Question 65

A cancellation

Answer 65

Une annulation

Question 66

To call on

Answer 66

Faire appel à qqun | Rendre visite

Question 67

Campaign

Answer 67

Campagne

Question 68

To launch, run,conduct a campaign

Answer 68

Lancer, mener une campagne

Question 69

To campaign for/ against sthg

Answer 69

Faire campagne pour/ contre qqchose

Question 70

To canvass for voters

Answer 70

Faire du démarchage électoral, faire campagne

Question 71

To canvass a subject

Answer 71

Débattre d'un sujet

Question 72

To canvass an opinion

Answer 72

Faire un sondage d'opinion

Question 73

To carry off

Answer 73

Emporter, enlever | Faire avec succès (to bring off)

Question 74

To carry on

Answer 74

Continuer à faire qqchose (to keep on) S'énerver, faire une scène (to make a fuss)

Question 75

To carry out

Answer 75

Exécuter, réaliser

Question 76

Cartoon

Answer 76

Dessin humoristique, dessin animé | Bande dessinée (comic strip)

Question 77

Cartoonist | Humorist

Answer 77

Dessinateur | Humoriste

Question 78

To cash in on

Answer 78

Bénéficier de, saisir l'occasion

Question 79

To cast

Answer 79

Jeter, lancer

Question 80

Cast a glance

Answer 80

Jeter un coup d'oeil

Question 81

Cast light on a problem

Answer 81

Éclairer un problème

Question 82

To cast off

Answer 82

Se libérer de

Question 83

To cast aside

Answer 83

Rejeter, mettre de côté

Question 84

To recast

Answer 84

Refondre, remanier

Question 85

To cheat

Answer 85

tricher, rouler qqun

Question 86

A cheat Trickster Crook Swindler

Answer 86

Tricheur | Arnaqueur

Question 87

A rip-off

Answer 87

Une arnaque

Question 88

To check

Answer 88

Vérifier, examiner, contrôler, surveiller Arrêter, freiner, restreindre (to curtail, to curb)

Question 89

To keep a check on expenses

Answer 89

Surveiller les dépenses

Question 90

Checking, cheque account

Answer 90

Compte chèques

Question 91

Check-up

Answer 91

Contrôle medical

Question 92

Check-in

Answer 92

Enregistrement de bagages

Question 93

Check-out / cash register

Answer 93

Caisse de supermarché