Course 4 : CL From antibiotics to fossil fuels part 4

Question 1

les rendements

Answer 1

yields

Question 2

sale

Answer 2

filthy

Question 3

sables bitumineux

Answer 3

Tar sands

Question 4

avoir son lot de, connaître sa part de

Answer 4

Have its share of

Question 5

stubborn, determined

Answer 5

tenacious

Question 6

to exploit

Answer 6

To harness e.g. We must harness the potential of this idea

Question 7

du cran

Answer 7

grit

e.g. Firefighters need courage and grit to do their job.

Question 8

n’est pas pour les coeurs fragiles

Answer 8

Is not for the faint of heart

Question 9

bilan (bilan annuel)

Answer 9

Balance sheet

annual balance sheet

Question 10

to be fixed (at a particular level)

Answer 10

Is pegged at (a particular level)

Question 11

une panthère

Answer 11

a peg

Question 12

excéder la limite de vitesse, les attentes, l’approvisionnement,…

Answer 12

To exceed (the speed limit/ all expectations, the supply,..)

Question 13

someone or something that is very strange.

Answer 13

Oddity

Question 14

affronter en compétition

Answer 14

To compete with

Question 15

les fournisseurs d’électricité

Answer 15

Electricity provider (in Belgium : Electrabel, Luminus, Lampiris)

Question 16

menacer

Answer 16

To threaten

Question 17

système solaire de toiture

Answer 17

Rooftop solar (system)

Question 18

courrament

courant

Answer 18

Current(ly)

current

Question 19

en fait, à proprement parler

véritable, réel, exact

Answer 19

actually

actual

Question 20

HERE: to begin or to continue to have strong feelings of loyalty towards them.
[formal]
Also: to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently_

Answer 20

To cleave to smthg/someone else

e.g. She has cleaved to these principles all her life.

Question 21

élaborer un plan

Answer 21

To map out (a plan)

Question 22

to guarantee

Answer 22

To ensure (assurer par une promesse)

Question 23

assurer un objet (notion économique)

Answer 23

to insure (your car, your house)

Question 24

terrible, awful, dreadful

Answer 24

dire

He was in dire need of hospital treatment./ the dire state of our environment

Question 25

tracer une nouvelle voie

Answer 25

To chart a new course