LFBP March 2015 IV

Question 1

picture perfect/good behavioe

Answer 1

être sage comme une image

Question 2

feeling under the weather

Answer 2

Je ne suis pas dans mon assiette

Question 3

a glimpse/overview
to glimpse
i glimpsed her at the party

Answer 3

un aperçu
apercevoir
je l’ai aperçu à la soirée

Question 4

before we got together again

Answer 4

Avant qu’on ne se revoie

Question 5

a rebound

Answer 5

une copine de passage

Question 6

a leech (figuratively and the animal)

Answer 6

une sangsue (more clingy)

Question 7

to let go (literally and figuratively)
she didn’t want to let him go
leave me alone

Answer 7

lâcher
elle ne voulait pas le lâcher
lâche-moi!

Question 8

crafty/slick

Answer 8

malin

Question 9

I found his responses and I can assure you they weren’t those of someone who didn’t want to have anything to do with this girl

Answer 9

j’ai trouvé ses réponses et je peux
t’assurer que ce n’était pas celles de quelqu’un
qui ne voulait rien avoir à faire avec cette fille!

Question 10

sofabed

Answer 10

un clic-clac

Question 11

your stuff (negative as in leaving a place or person)
i took my stuff

Answer 11

clics et clacs

j’ai pris mes clics et mes clacs (pronounce like claque)

Question 12

slap (3)

Answer 12

une baffe
une gifle
une claque

Question 13

foldaway cot

Answer 13

Un lit d’appoint

Question 14

a scout

Answer 14

un éclaireur

Question 15

crispy/juicy (literally and figuratively)

Answer 15

croustillante

Question 16

uptight/tense

Answer 16

être crispé

Question 17

to release/loosen (like a rope or person)

Answer 17

relâcher

Question 18

whatever (subject)

whatever may happen

Answer 18

quoi qui

quoi qui puisse arriver (SUBJ)

Question 19

whatever (object)

whatever he does

Answer 19

quoi que

quoi qu’il fasse (SUBJ)

Question 20

whatever-X (when whatever is subject) (whatever+ verb)
whatever the price
whatever his intentions are

Answer 20

quel que or quelle que
quel que soit le prix
quelles que soient ses intentions

Question 21

whatever-X (when whatever is object) (whatever+ noun)

whatever efforts you make

Answer 21

quelque(s)

quelques efforts que vous fassiez…

Question 22

wherever

where he goes, we’ll follow

Answer 22

où que

où qu’il aille, nous le suivrons

Question 23

whenever (3)

whenever he has a free moment..

Answer 23

toutes les fois
à chaque fois
quand

toutes les fois qu’il a un moment libre (INDICATIVE)

Question 24

However + adjective (2)

however demanding they may be we still have to satistfy our customers

Answer 24

quelque + adjective + verb SUB
si + adjective + verb SUB

quelque (si) exigeants qu’ils soient, nous devons pourtant satisfaire nos clients

Question 25

3 other ways to say however in addition to si and quelque

Answer 25

aussi pour tout aussi exigeant qu'ils soient....

Question 26

a battering ram | a battering car

Answer 26

un bélier | une voiture bélier

Question 27

you're just back from....

Answer 27

tu rentres juste de...

Question 28

it's been several times that..

Answer 28

cela fait plusieurs fois que....

Question 29

a master piece

Answer 29

un chef d'œuvre (chai...don't pronounce f)

Question 30

to go to.... (more formal, longer distance than aller) | i've never been there

Answer 30

se rendre à | je ne m'y suis encore jamais rendu

Question 31

what can you tell me about it?

Answer 31

que peux-tu m'en dire?

Question 32

a little short/cutting it close | an hour to go there is cutting it close

Answer 32

un peu juste | une heure pour y aller c'est un peu juste

Question 33

to be speechless he changed so much i was speechless when i saw him

Answer 33

en avoir le souffle coupé | il a tellement changé que j'en ai eu le souffle coupé quand je l'ai revu

Question 34

as soon as (2)

Answer 34

dès que | aussitôt que

Question 35

i'll call you as soon as he arrives

Answer 35

Je te rappelle dès qu’il arrive

Question 36

which has much to | She has much to be satisfied about

Answer 36

qui à de quoi | elle a de quoi être satisfaite

Question 37

not a little thing (deal) (like building a castle in a swamp) (2)

Answer 37

ne pas être une mince affaire | ne pas être une petite affaire

Question 38

getting rid of a dictator isn't a small affair

Answer 38

Se débarrasser d’un dictateur n’est pas une petite (ou ‘mince’) affaire

Question 39

Alone | the gov alone can't guarantee the protection of the environment

Answer 39

À (pronoun) seul Le gouvernement ne peut assurer, à lui seul, la protection de l’environnement

Question 40

to get in (building) it wasn't guaranteed that we could get inside

Answer 40

pénétrer | il n’était pas garanti que nous puissions pénétrer à l’intérieur (SUBJ)

Question 41

the building | the building of the palace alone took......

Answer 41

l'edification | l'edification à elle seule du palais a pris

Question 42

It was the last book he wrote before he died

Answer 42

Le dernier roman qu’il ait écrit avant de mourir | *use subjunctive since SUPERLATIVE and ONLY (ever)

Question 43

it was the biggest of them that won the prize

Answer 43

C’est le plus grand qui a gagné le prix | *use indicative because while it's superlative it's in a SET of things