Chapitre 5

Question 1

to fail

Answer 1

become weaker or of poorer quality.
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The light began to fail
He was 93 and his health was failing rapidly.

Question 2

grievously

grievous

Answer 2

(formal)
gravement
to a very severe or serious degree.
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The town suffered grievously during the invasion
grievous :
(of something bad) very severe or serious.
His death was a grievous blow

Question 3

slight

Answer 3

affront
an insult caused by a failure to show someone proper respect or attention.
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An unintended slight can create grudges

Question 4

to impose on sb

Answer 4

to take advantage of (a person or quality)
to force someone to accept something, especially a belief or way of living
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Don’t impose your beliefs on me.
I was afraid you’d think we were imposing on you.

Question 5

to domineer

Answer 5

se montrer autoritaire, agir en maitre
assert one’s will over another in an arrogant way.
boss around or about
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She doesn’t domineer, preferring to lead by inspiration rather than by intimidation.

Question 6

lest

Answer 6

in order to prevent any possibility that something will happen
for fear that
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They were afraid to complain about the noise lest they annoyed the neighbours.
Gramps is too frightened to move, lest he disturb the infant.
I was afraid to open the door lest he should follow me.

Question 7

to fret

Answer 7

to worry
to feel or give annoyance
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I was constantly fretting about others' problems.
Don't fret - I'm sure he's OK.
The quickening of time frets me.

Question 8

to humour

Answer 8

comply with the wishes of (someone) in order to keep them content, however unreasonable such wishes might be.
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She was always humouring him to prevent trouble

Question 9

scorn

Answer 9

mépris, dédain
a feeling and expression of contempt or disdain for someone or something.
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I do not wish to become the object of scorn

Question 10

curate

Answer 10

(archaic)
vicaire
a member of the clergy engaged as assistant to a vicar, rector, or parish priest.
a minister with pastoral responsibility.

Question 11

to thrive

Answer 11

prospérer, se developper
prosper; flourish.
to grow strongly and vigorously
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Education groups thrive on organization
Today his company continues to thrive.

Question 12

deed

Answer 12

LITERARY
an action that is performed intentionally or consciously.
“doing good deeds”

Question 13

but for

Answer 13

used for saying that something would have happened if something else or someone had not prevented it. Lee would certainly have been included in the team, but for his recent injury. But for your timely warning, we would have been unaware of the danger.

Question 14

yonder

Answer 14

archaic
at some distance in the direction indicated; over there.
“there’s a ford south of here, about nine miles yonder”

Question 15

wearisome

Answer 15

causing one to feel tired or bored.

“they have schedules and inventories that tell them in wearisome detail what they should look for”

Question 16

self-righteous

Answer 16

infatué
having or characterized by a certainty, especially an unfounded one, that one is totally correct or morally superior.
“self-righteous indignation and complacency”

Question 17

to ransack

Answer 17

go through (a place) stealing things and causing damage.
"burglars ransacked her home"

Question 18

knack

Answer 18

an acquired or natural skill at doing something.
“he had a knack for communicating”
a tendency to do something.
“John had the enviable knack of falling asleep anywhere”

Question 19

to contrive

Answer 19

create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice.
“his opponents contrived a cabinet crisis”
manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation.
“he contrived to flood the flat three times”

Question 20

to heap

Answer 20

amonceler
direct a great deal of praise, abuse, criticism, etc. at (someone or something).
“she heaped praise on the public for its generosity as charity donations continued to pour in”
heap = tas / amas

Question 21

oftener

Answer 21

more often or more frequently

Question 22

to be in mischief

Answer 22

to be doing harm or causing annoyance

Question 23

to plague

Answer 23

tourmenter
If someone plagues you, they keep bothering you or asking you for something.
I’m not going to plague you with a lot more questions.
If you are plagued by unpleasant things, they continually cause you a lot of trouble or suffering.
She was plagued by weakness, fatigue, and dizziness.

Question 24

wick

Answer 24

(dialect Yorkshire) lively, full of life

Question 25

a slip (of a boy / girl)

Answer 25

A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
She couldn’t hurt a fly, young slip of a girl that she is.
old-fashioned a small thin young person – often used humorously
No one suspected that the tiny slip of a girl roaming the square was pickpocketing every tourist she passed.

Question 26

bonny

Answer 26

scottish , northern english )
attractive or beautiful.
“a bonny lass”

Question 27

to be in earnest

Answer 27

If you are in earnest, you are sincere in what you are doing and saying.
It presented in satirical terms points made in earnest by Catholic writers.
No one could tell whether he was in earnest or in jest.

Question 28

to chide

Answer 28

If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish.
[old-fashioned]
Cross chided himself for worrying.

Question 29

prime

Answer 29

the period in your life when you are most active or successful:
This is a dancer in her prime.
Middle age can be the prime of life if you have the right attitude.
I suspect this cheese is past its prime.

Question 30

ailing

to ail

Answer 30

malade
The verb ail means to be sick or unwell — or cause to be so. If you feel a general malaise, someone may ask what ails you, though you may just need a vacation from work or school.

The verb ail is used for things that are metaphorically unwell or unhealthy. Politicians, for example, will often tell their constituents that the only cure for what ails the country is to vote for them. Ail is used when referring to non-specific illnesses. So you are sick with the flu, or troubled by allergies, but you are not ailing because you know what’s wrong. It’s when you’re sick but it hasn’t been diagnosed that you are ailing.
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my poor ailing grandmother
ailing economy,

Question 31

reproof

Answer 31

réprimande, reproche
an expression of blame or disapproval.
“she welcomed him with a mild reproof for leaving her alone”

Question 32

saucy

Answer 32

Someone or something that is saucy refers to sex in a light-hearted, amusing way.
impertinent

Question 33

to bait sb

Answer 33

If you bait someone, you deliberately try to make them angry by teasing them.
He delighted in baiting his mother.

Question 34

to do sb’s bidding

at one’s bidding

Answer 34

You do your brother’s bidding when he asks you to bring him his shoes and you comply.
they came at his bidding

Question 35

to fondle

Answer 35

touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner

Question 36

to make it up

Answer 36

chiefly British. : to become friendly again after being angry She’s trying to make it up with him.

Question 37

to bluster

Answer 37

blow hard; be gusty, as of wind
“A southeaster blustered onshore”
“The flames blustered”

Question 38

high wind

Answer 38

very strong wind

Question 39

din

Answer 39

a loud, unpleasant, and prolonged noise.

“the fans made an awful din”

Question 40

summat

summut

Answer 40

pronounNORTHERN ENGLISH
pronoun: summat
non-standard form of something.
“there’s summat wrong with him”

Question 41

parson

Answer 41

a beneficed member of the clergy; a rector or a vicar.

pasteur