Liste 12

Question 1

Financer (verbe)

Answer 1

To finance

To bankroll

Eric financed his new car throug the bank

Question 2

Sécheresse

Answer 2

Drought

A drought is a period of below-average precipitation in a given region

Drought often leads to famine: la sécheresse entraine souvent la famine

Question 3

Congé maternité

Answer 3

Maternity leave

Paternity leave

Question 4

Etre en congé

Answer 4

To be on leave

Peter is on leave for two weeks

Be on vacation
Be on holiday
Be off

Question 5

Prendre un jour de congé

Answer 5

Take a day off

Question 6

Etre en arrêt maladie

Answer 6

To be on sick leave

To be off sick

Question 7

Une émeute

Answer 7

A riot

Question 8

Beau-frère

Answer 8

Brother-in-law

El cuñado

Question 9

Belle-mère

Answer 9

Mother-in-law

Question 10

Gendre

Answer 10

Son-in-law

Question 11

Beau-fils (en Espanol)

Answer 11

Yerno

Question 12

Belle-fille

Answer 12

Nuera

Mi nuera y mi hijo se casaron en 1989

Daughter-in-law

Question 13

Kate a dû rentrer en avion pour assister a l’enterrement de son ami

Answer 13

Kate had to fly home to attend her friend’s funeral

Question 14

C’est un cas désespéré

Answer 14

I tried to help her, but she is a hopeless case

Question 15

J’ai bien aimé mon séjour à Rome, mais il est temps pour moi de passer a autre chose

Answer 15

I’ve really enjoyed my time in Rome, but now it’s time for me to move on.

Question 16

Passer à autre chose

Answer 16

To move on

Let’s move on

Question 17

Fourrure (animal)

Answer 17

Fur

Fur coat = manteau de fourrure

Question 18

Démission

Answer 18

Resignation

To tender your resignation

To hand in your resignation

I am writing to tender my resignation from my position of…

Question 19

Représailles
Riposte
Vengeance

Answer 19

Retaliation

President vows retaliation

The Government expelled several diplomatic representatives in retaliation= par représailles, le Gouvernement a renvoyé plusieurs représentants diplomatiques

Question 20

Les médias se sont procurés des images de l’incident

Answer 20

The media acquired some footage of the incident

Question 21

Volant d’une voiture

Answer 21

Steering wheel

Question 22

Les banques prêtent de l’argent

Answer 22

Banks lend money

Question 23

Je vais faire un emprunt a la banque

Answer 23

I am going to take out a loan at the bank

Question 24

J’ai besoin d’emprunter de l’argent

Answer 24

I need to borrow some money

Question 25

Les banques prêtent de l'argent

Answer 25

Banks lend money

Question 26

Je vais faire un emprunt a la banque

Answer 26

I am going to take out a loan at the bank

Question 27

J'ai besoin d'emprunter de l'argent

Answer 27

I need to borrow some money

Question 28

Ils ont remporté les élections par une victoire écrasante

Answer 28

They ended up winning the election by a landslide A landslide = une victoire écrasante He won that election in a landslide victory; his nearest rival only took fifteen percent of the votes

Question 29

Les deux candidats sont au coude à coude

Answer 29

These two candidates are neck and neck or the job

Question 30

Papier toilette

Answer 30

Toilet paper

Question 31

Bon rétablissement

Answer 31

Get well soon ! Hope you feel better soon

Question 32

La haine Ce vieil homme est rempli de haine Donald Trump: D'où vient cette haine ?

Answer 32

Hatred The old man is full of hatred Donald Trump: where does this hatred come from ?

Question 33

Chaque équipe doit designer un porte-parole

Answer 33

Each team must designate one spokesperson

Question 34

Nous avons hâte de partir pour les vacances d'été

Answer 34

We look forward to our summer holiday

Question 35

J'ai hâte de partir a la retraite J'attends avec impatience le jour oú je pourrai partir a la retraite

Answer 35

I look forward to the day when I can afford to retire

Question 36

Fenouil

Answer 36

Hinojo Fennel Fennel requires a lot of water to grow

Question 37

Mettre la clé sous la porte Fermer son business

Answer 37

To shut down I plan to shut down the business next month For lack of sales, he had to shut it down

Question 38

Un contretemps Le projet a connu un contretemps

Answer 38

A setback The project suffered a setback

Question 39

L'économie est sur le point de s'effondrer

Answer 39

The economy is on the verge of collapse

Question 40

Un magnat

Answer 40

A tycoon It's a wealthy and powerful business person

Question 41

Jeb Bush a abandonné sa campagne électorale

Answer 41

Jeb Bush dropped out To drop out = se retirer, abandonner

Question 42

Le taux de crime a connu une hausse au cours des dernières années

Answer 42

There has been a surge in the crime rate over the last year

Question 43

Les troubles au Moyen-Orient ont causé une hausse des prix du pétrole

Answer 43

Unrest in the Middle East caused a surge in oil prices

Question 44

A surge

Answer 44

Une hausse

Question 45

Imiter

Answer 45

Impersonate Imitate Hilary clinton impersonates trump

Question 46

Discrimination positive

Answer 46

Affirmative action Positive discrimination

Question 47

Salut -Est-ce que Bob est là ? -non il est allé chez le dentiste

Answer 47

Hi ! Is Bob here ? No I am sorry he has gone to the dentist

Question 48

Une laverie

Answer 48

Una lavanderia A launderette A laundromat A coin laundry

Question 49

Un jardinier

Answer 49

A gardener

Question 50

Est-ce que tu as remarqué qu'il était saoul ?

Answer 50

Did you notice that he was drunk ?

Question 51

"Terminator 2" est la suite de "The Terminator".

Answer 51

"Terminator 2" is the sequel to "The Terminator"