Collocations

Question 1

• Collocations
  to behave humbly eg by making an apology
  ravaler son orgueil/sa fierté. ravaler son amour-propre

Tu pourrais ravaler ta fierté et le lui demander toi-même.

Answer 1

to swallow one’s pride

You could swallow your pride and ask him yourself.

Question 2

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  continued feeling angry, be resentful
  Avoir de la rancune

Malgré la cruauté avec laquelle son frère l’a traitée, Sally n’a jamais été rancunière.

Julie en veut à son voisin d’avoir coupé la haie qui se trouvait en fait sur sa propriété.

Answer 2

bear a grudge (against [sb] for [sth])

Despite the cruel way her brother treated her, Sally has never borne a grudge.

Julie bears a grudge against her neighbour for cutting down a hedge that was actually on Julie’s property.

Question 3

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looks extremely similar

Il ressemble étrangement à un chanteur célèbre.

Answer 3

bears a striking resemblance

He bears a striking resemblance to a famous singer.

Question 4

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have a creative and colorful imagination (imagination débordante)

Ne prenez pas trop au sérieux ce que dit Nina - elle a une imagination débordante !

Answer 4

hava a vivid imagination

Don’t take what Nina says too seriously – she has a very vivid imagination!

Question 5

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  sociable character (extravertie)

Elle ressemble vraiment à sa mère avec ce sourire éclatant et cette personnalité extravertie.

Answer 5

Outgoing personality
She really takes after her mother with that bright smile and outgoing personality.

Question 6

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  do a trick (jouer un tour)

Answer 6

play a prank

Question 7

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  Very shy

Answer 7

Painfully shy

Question 8

• Collocations

to keep (a feeling or emotion) inside instead of expressing it

Answer 8

Bottle up your emotions

She’s kept her feelings about the accident bottled up for too long. I know he’s angry, but he bottles it up inside instead of talking to someone about it.

Question 9

• Collocations
  … avec une belle vue sur…

Answer 9

It had a balcony overlooking the ocean

It had a nice view of …

Question 10

• Collocations

borrow money from the bank, in order to buy a house
Prendre une hypothèque

Tom a obtenu un prêt immobilier et s’est acheté une maison

Answer 10

Take out a mortgage

Tom took out a mortgage and bought a house.

Question 11

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  acompte, sum paid in advance

Lorsque nous avons acheté une nouvelle voiture, nous avons versé un acompte de 1 000 £ et payé le reste en plusieurs versements.

Answer 11

down payment

When we bought a new car, we made a down payment of £1000 and paid the rest in instalments.

Question 12

• Collocations
  Pendre la crémaillère

Answer 12

throw a housewarming party
hold a house-warming party

Question 13

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houses/apartments that are reasonably priced - abordable

Answer 13

affordable housing