Old Words

Question 1

To break, bust, snap

To send packing

Answer 1

Péter

Envoyer en péter

Question 2

Manager

Answer 2

Gérant, gérante

Question 3

Since

Since it’s like that, I’m going

Answer 3

Puisque

Puisque c’est comme ça, je m’en vais

Question 4

Snack

Answer 4

Un en-cas, encas

Question 5

Dress with a train

To lag behind

To tow (boat)

Answer 5

Robe en traîne

Être à la traîne

Mettre à la traîne

Question 6

Hocus pocus

Answer 6

Tour de passe-passe

Question 7

To cut, carve

Well cut (hair)

Answer 7

Tailler

Bien taillé

Question 8

Vulture

Answer 8

Un vautour

Question 9

Kid, brat
Childishness

Stop being childish!

Answer 9

Môme
Mômeries

Arrête avec tes mômeries

Question 10

Forgetting others

It’s a simple oversight

Answer 10

L’oubli des autres

C’est un simple oubli

Question 11

To frown

To wrinkle nose

Answer 11

Froncer les sourcils

Froncer le nez

Question 12

To wiggle, wag tail

Answer 12

Frétiller
De la queue
De l’impatience

Question 13

Convincing, plausible, likely

Answer 13

Vraisemblable

Question 14

To close, end, enclose

Answer 14

Clore

Clos clos clôt, closens, closez, closent

Question 15

Great Wall

Great Wall of China

Answer 15

Muraille

La grande muraille de Chine

Question 16

To frighten

To take fright

Answer 16

Effaroucher

S’effaroucher

Question 17

To look each other up and down

Answer 17

Toiser. /twa zay/

Question 18

Unfeasable impossible

Answer 18

Infaisable

Question 19

To grind

My coffee grinder makes an excellent grind

Answer 19

Moudre
Mouds mouds moud moulons ez moulent

Mon moulin à café donne une excellente mouture

Question 20

An abyss, ruin

Answer 20

Un abime, abîme

Question 21

Basket carried by grape picker,

Hood for chimney or stove

Answer 21

Une hotte. /aht/

Question 22

Pall (ie dead person carry)

fried egg
Wood burning stove. (Pronunciation!)

Answer 22

Une poêle. /pu wal/

Œuf à la poêle
Poêle à bois

Question 23

Faithfully, fairly, honestly

Answer 23

Loyalement

Question 24

To rust

Answer 24

Rouiller. /Roo [ee] yeh/.

The ee is so fast you barely say it

Question 25

To wet clothes

Answer 25

Mouiller. /mooyeh/

Question 26

Soft weak listless A wimp To be slack To give a bit of slack, leeway

Answer 26

Mou. Mol before vowels Un mou Avoir du mou Donner/laisser du mou à qn

Question 27

Boring What a bore!

Answer 27

Raseur. Raseuse. /rahzur/ Quel raseur!

Question 28

To knock over

Answer 28

Culbuter

Question 29

Leading expert Leading medical expert

Answer 29

Une sommité Une sommité de la médecine

Question 30

To compromise (pronounce!!!)

Answer 30

Transiger. /trahn zee zhey/ Avec qn qc Sur

Question 31

Killjoy

Answer 31

Une rabat-joie

Question 32

Competition, between, with Unfair competition

Answer 32

Concurrence Concurrence déloyale

Question 33

Formidable, dreadful

Answer 33

Redoutable

Question 34

Idle The idle rich Life of idleness

Answer 34

Oisif, oisive Les oisifs Vie oisive

Question 35

Cruelty. Towards

Answer 35

Cruauté /croo oh tay/. Envers

Question 36

To bequeath

Answer 36

Léguer. /leh gay/

Question 37

To tease Teasing

Answer 37

Taquiner Taquinerie

Question 38

Prodigious, wonderful

Answer 38

Prodigieux prodigieuse /pro dih gee uhz/

Question 39

To milk a cow

Answer 39

Traire le lait d’une vache

Question 40

To crumble

Answer 40

Émietter

Question 41

2 days later

Answer 41

Le surlendemain

Question 42

To highlight

Answer 42

Surligner /seeyuhr Lin yay/

Question 43

Right away

Answer 43

Sur-Le-champ /seeyuhr/

Question 44

Penultimate

Answer 44

Pénultième /peu uhl tee em/

Question 45

``` To sting (irriter). Gas stings my eyes (Piquer) ```

Answer 45

Picoter Le gaz me picote les yeux Piquer

Question 46

Yet, though Yet it’s not so difficult! It’s true, though.

Answer 46

Pourtant Ce n’est pourtant pas difficile C’est pourtant vrai

Question 47

To get back, avoir à nouveau She’s going to get her children back

Answer 47

Revoir | Elle va revoir ses enfants

Question 48

To persist He’s wrong, yet he persists

Answer 48

Obstiner. S’obstiner Il a tort, pourtant il s’obstine

Question 49

Undone knot Haggard face Defeated enemy A defeat

Answer 49

Noeud Défait Avoir la mine défaite Ennemi défait Une défaite

Question 50

To make feel sick, to sicken

Answer 50

Écœurer /et cuh ray/

Question 51

To wear out To ruin ones health The batteries are worn out To use and abuse To be diplomatic

Answer 51

User User sa santé Les piles sont usées User et abuser User la diplomatie /dih plo mah see/

Question 52

Bravado | Bravery

Answer 52

La bravade | La bravoure

Question 53

The San Andreas fault poses a threat

Answer 53

La faille de San Andreas constitue une menace /f ai yeh/

Question 54

Crazy | Fake jewelry

Answer 54

Toc | Un bijou en toc

Question 55

Bad luck | To have bad luck

Answer 55

Guigne / | Avoir du guigne

Question 56

Alabaster

Answer 56

Albâtre /AL bat ruh/

Question 57

``` pronounce: Mourning lease welcome fennel ```

Answer 57

le deuil /duh oi yeh/ but fast! le bail /bahyeh/ un accueil /ah kuh yeh/ un fenouil /feh noo yeh/

Question 58

to almost !!! I almost told him. to swoon, faint; to fail I feel faint.

Answer 58

faillir J'ai failli lui dire. défaillir! Je me sent défaillir (de faim, peur, bonheur)

Question 59

Test

Answer 59

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