LFBP January 2015 IV

Question 1

pronounce Charles?

Answer 1

sharl

Question 2

ticket counter

Answer 2

le comptoir des billets

Question 3

escalator

moving sidewalk

Answer 3

l’escalier roulant

le trottoir roulant

Question 4

runway

Answer 4

la piste

Question 5

straighten the back of your seat

Answer 5

redresser le dossier de votre siège

Question 6

Range (range of values)

Answer 6

La gamme

Question 7

Golden anniversary

Answer 7

Les Noces d’or

Question 8

Update

Answer 8

Mettre au jour

Faire un update

Question 9

poverty line

Answer 9

seuil de pauvreté

Question 10

to possess/push

possess you to go see it….

Answer 10

pousser à

ce qui a poussé à aller le voir

Question 11

synonym se dépêcher

Answer 11

se ruer

Question 12

puny child

Answer 12

une enfante chétive

Question 13

the figure

Answer 13

la silhouette (both men/female/objects)

Question 14

a job/task

Answer 14

un besonge

Question 15

practice

Answer 15

répétition

Question 16

to cheat on someone

since cheating on him, he doubts me

Answer 16

tromper (do)

depuis je l’ai trompé, il doute de moi

Question 17

Burden

Answer 17

Un fardeau

Question 18

naive

Answer 18

naïf: male

naïve: female

Question 19

Nice ring to it

The name joe has a nice ring to it

Answer 19

Sonner bien à l’oreille

Le prénom Joséphine sonne bien à l’oreille

Question 20

Widow

Widower

Answer 20

Veuve
Veuf

Like neuf and neuve

Question 21

I have a good time in Greece

Answer 21

J’ai du bon temps en Grèce

Question 22

Bout 2 meanings

Answer 22

• a piece, part: un bon bout du temps

- the end of something (extremity) le bout de la canne à pêche (butt of the fishing rod)

Question 23

Diamond

Tin

Answer 23

Un diamant

Le étain

Question 24

The neighbor

Answer 24

La voisine

Question 25

I searched on google

Answer 25

J'ai cherche sur Google

Question 26

a search (police/manhunt style)

Answer 26

une perquisition

Question 27

the remains (like mortal remains of a person)

Answer 27

la dépouille

Question 28

mango

Answer 28

la mangue (mahhnnngee)

Question 29

that will be fine...

Answer 29

ça ira

Question 30

to sweeten/soften (as in food, but also figurative)

Answer 30

adoucir

Question 31

the same goes/the same applies | the same goes for all jobs

Answer 31

il en est de même pour | il en est de même pour tous les métiers

Question 32

wouldn't you have another one? | wouldn't they have another one?

Answer 32

vous n'en auriez pas une autre? | ils n'en auraient pas une autre?

Question 33

noisy

Answer 33

bruyant

Question 34

2 meanings aussi

Answer 34

1) so much (une service aussi déplorable) | 2) thus (aussi, j'ai adressé une reclamation)

Question 35

to place an order at a resto | to place an order in general

Answer 35

commander | passer une commande

Question 36

to bring back (like food from the kitchen)

Answer 36

ramener

Question 37

80 | 83

Answer 37

quatre-vingts | quatre-vingt trois (NO s)

Question 38

pronounce difference between vin and vingt

Answer 38

NONE

Question 39

kitchen garden

Answer 39

un potager

Question 40

to keep away he keeps his kids away from the world she has been avoiding me

Answer 40

tenir....noun.....à l'écart de il tient ses enfants à l'écart du monde elle me tient à l'écart

Question 41

the lawn

Answer 41

``` la pelouse (broader definition field/lawn) le gazon (well kept like park/estate) ```

Question 42

to mow the lawn

Answer 42

tondre la pelouse (je tonds la pelouse) | il a tondu la pelouse

Question 43

the grass in general

Answer 43

l'herbe

Question 44

skyrocketing | the prices are skyrocketing

Answer 44

monter en flèche | les prix montent en flèche