Table Tennis

Question 1

Adjective

Rapide

Il joue très rapidement.

Answer 1

Fast

He plays very fast.

Question 2

Adjective

Lent

La table semble lente aujourd’hui.

Answer 2

Slow

The table feels slow today.

Question 3

Adjective

Puissant

Elle a un coup droit puissant.

Answer 3

Powerful

She has a powerful forehand.

Question 4

Adjective

Faible

Son revers est faible.

Answer 4

Weak

His backhand is weak.

Question 5

Adjective

Régulier

Elle est très régulière.

Answer 5

Consistent

She is very consistent.

Question 6

Adjective

Offensif

Il joue un jeu offensif.

Answer 6

Aggressive

He plays an aggressive game.

Question 7

Adjective

Défensif

Elle utilise une stratégie défensive.

Answer 7

Defensive

She uses a defensive strategy.

Question 8

Adjective

Fatigué

Il avait l’air fatigué dans le dernier jeu.

Answer 8

Tired

He looked tired in the final game.

Question 9

Adjective

Concentré

Elle est restée concentrée pendant le match.

Answer 9

Focused

She stayed focused during the match.

Question 10

Adjective

Nerveux

Il était nerveux avant le match.

Answer 10

Nervous

He was nervous before the match.

Question 11

Adverb

Rapidement

Elle s’est déplacée rapidement à la table.

Answer 11

Quickly

She moved quickly to the table.

Question 12

Adverb

Lentement

Il a servi lentement au début.

Answer 12

Slowly

He served slowly at the start.

Question 13

Adverb

Puissamment

Il frappe la balle puissamment.

Answer 13

Powerfully

He hits the ball powerfully.

Question 14

Adverb

Régulièrement

Elle joue régulièrement.

Answer 14

Consistently

She plays consistently.

Question 15

Adverb

Agressivement

Il a attaqué la balle agressivement.

Answer 15

Aggressively

He attacked the ball aggressively.

Question 16

Adverb

Défensivement

Elle a joué défensivement.

Answer 16

Defensively

She played defensively.

Question 17

Adverb

Facilement

Il a gagné le match facilement.

Answer 17

Easily

He won the match easily.

Question 18

Adverb

À peine

Elle a à peine atteint la balle.

Answer 18

Barely

She barely reached the ball.

Question 19

Adverb

Clairement

La balle était clairement dehors.

Answer 19

Clearly

The ball was clearly out.

Question 20

Adverb

Mentalement

Il est resté fort mentalement.

Answer 20

Mentally

He stayed mentally strong.

Question 21

Commentary

Ace

Elle a gagné le jeu avec un ace.

Answer 21

Ace

She won the game with an ace.

Question 22

Commentary

Double faute

Il a perdu le jeu sur une double faute.

Answer 22

Double fault

He lost the game on a double fault.

Question 23

Commentary

En pleine forme

Il est vraiment en pleine forme aujourd’hui.

Answer 23

In the zone

He’s really in the zone today.

Question 24

Commentary

Toucher les lignes

Elle touche les lignes à chaque coup.

Answer 24

Paint the lines

She keeps painting the lines.

Question 25

# Commentary Toucher le filet ## Footnote La balle a touché le filet et est tombée.

Answer 25

Hit the net ## Footnote The ball hit the net and dropped in.

Question 26

# Commentary Coup gagnant net ## Footnote C’était un coup gagnant net !

Answer 26

Clean winner ## Footnote That was a clean winner!

Question 27

# Commentary Faute directe ## Footnote Elle a commis trop de fautes directes.

Answer 27

Unforced error ## Footnote She made too many unforced errors.

Question 28

# Commentary En diagonale ## Footnote Elle a joué un coup croisé tranchant.

Answer 28

Cross-court ## Footnote She played a sharp cross-court shot.

Question 29

# Commentary Jeu au filet ## Footnote Il est à l’aise avec son jeu au filet.

Answer 29

Net play ## Footnote He’s confident with his net play.

Question 30

# Commentary Tout tenter ## Footnote Il a tout tenté sur ce retour.

Answer 30

Go for broke ## Footnote He went for broke on that return.

Question 31

# Emotion Frustré ## Footnote Il avait l'air frustré après avoir perdu.

Answer 31

Frustrated ## Footnote He looked frustrated after losing.

Question 32

# Emotion Confiant ## Footnote Il était confiant pendant le match.

Answer 32

Confident ## Footnote He was confident during the match.

Question 33

# Emotion En colère ## Footnote Il était en colère contre l’arbitre.

Answer 33

Angry ## Footnote He was angry with the umpire’s call.

Question 34

# Emotion Excité ## Footnote Elle était excitée d’atteindre la finale.

Answer 34

Excited ## Footnote She was excited to reach the final.

Question 35

# Emotion Calme ## Footnote Il est resté calme sous pression.

Answer 35

Calm ## Footnote He stayed calm under pressure.

Question 36

# Equipment Raquette ## Footnote Il a cassé sa raquette après le match.

Answer 36

Paddle (or Bat) ## Footnote He broke his paddle after the match.

Question 37

# Equipment Balle ## Footnote La balle était dehors.

Answer 37

Ball ## Footnote The ball was out.

Question 38

# Equipment Filet ## Footnote La balle a touché le filet.

Answer 38

Net ## Footnote The ball hit the net.

Question 39

# Equipment Table ## Footnote La table était glissante.

Answer 39

Table ## Footnote The table was slippery.

Question 40

# Equipment Bord ## Footnote La balle a touché le bord.

Answer 40

Edge ## Footnote The ball hit the edge.

Question 41

# Exclamation Dehors ! ## Footnote L’arbitre a crié : « Dehors ! »

Answer 41

Out! ## Footnote The umpire shouted, “Out!”

Question 42

# Exclamation Let ! ## Footnote Le service a touché le filet – let !

Answer 42

Let! ## Footnote The serve hit the net – let!

Question 43

# Exclamation Faute ! ## Footnote Le premier service était une faute.

Answer 43

Fault! ## Footnote The first serve was a fault.

Question 44

# Exclamation Allez ! ## Footnote Elle a crié « Allez ! » pour se motiver.

Answer 44

Come on! ## Footnote She shouted “Come on!” to motivate.

Question 45

# Scoring Zéro ## Footnote Le score est de 5–zéro.

Answer 45

Love (0) ## Footnote The score is 5–love.

Question 46

# Scoring Jeu ## Footnote Elle a gagné le jeu.

Answer 46

Game ## Footnote She won the game.

Question 47

# Scoring Match ## Footnote Le match a duré une heure.

Answer 47

Match ## Footnote The match lasted an hour.

Question 48

# Shots Coup droit ## Footnote Son coup droit est très puissant.

Answer 48

Forehand ## Footnote His forehand is very powerful.

Question 49

# Shots Revers ## Footnote Elle a frappé un revers le long de la ligne.

Answer 49

Backhand ## Footnote She hit a backhand down the line.

Question 50

# Shots Service ## Footnote Son service était très rapide.

Answer 50

Serve ## Footnote His serve was very fast.

Question 51

# Shots Smash ## Footnote Il a frappé un smash pour gagner.

Answer 51

Smash ## Footnote He hit a smash to win the point.

Question 52

# Shots Effet ## Footnote Elle a mis beaucoup d’effet à la balle.

Answer 52

Spin ## Footnote She added heavy spin to the ball.

Question 53

# Verbs Servir ## Footnote Elle a servi un ace.

Answer 53

Serve ## Footnote She served an ace.

Question 54

# Verbs Frapper ## Footnote Il a frappé la balle fort.

Answer 54

Hit ## Footnote He hit the ball hard.

Question 55

# Verbs Renvoyer ## Footnote Elle a renvoyé le service.

Answer 55

Return ## Footnote She returned the serve.

Question 56

# Verbs Échanger ## Footnote Ils ont fait un long échange.

Answer 56

Rally ## Footnote They had a long rally.