Thème II

Question 1

Le lendemain

Answer 1

the next day

Question 2

une agence (banque)

Answer 2

a branch

Question 3

ouvert tous les samedis

Answer 3

open on Saturdays

Question 4

agence de voyage

Answer 4

travel agency

Question 5

une fois (la vidange faite…)

Answer 5

once

Question 6

signé

Answer 6

signed

Question 7

remplis

Answer 7

filled in (to fill in/out)

Question 8

les papiers (au sens administratif)

Answer 8

forms

Question 9

faire les courses

Answer 9

to do some shopping / to go away shopping

Question 10

il se trouve près de là

Answer 10

it is located nearby

Question 11

Elle avait longtemps nourri le désir de vivre…

Answer 11

For a long time she he had nourished/cherished the hope/wish of // she had yearned to live ..

Question 12

servilement

Answer 12

slavishly / obediently

Question 13

Faire découvrir (au sens de mettre au courant)

Answer 13

to let sbdy know / to inform sbdy

Question 14

dossiers (au sens électronique)

Answer 14

records / files

Question 15

communiquer (au sens de transmettre)

Answer 15

send / pass on

Question 16

compagnies aériennes

Answer 16

airline companies

Question 17

hausser les épaules

Answer 17

to shrug

Question 18

A peine arrivé que

Answer 18

You’ve hardly come .. and / Hardly have you arrived … when you

Question 19

bien que

Answer 19

even if / although

Question 20

surveiller

Answer 20

to watch / to monitor / to be under surveillance

Question 21

éviter

Answer 21

to avoid

Question 22

surveiller les moindres faits et gestes

Answer 22

to watch people’s any move

Question 23

un employé (d’un bureau)

Answer 23

a clerk

Question 24

elle devrait être évitée

Answer 24

were to be avoided

Question 25

As the sun was shining

Answer 25

alors que le soleil brillait

Question 26

De la même manière

Answer 26

in the same way

Question 27

s'arrêter (voiture)

Answer 27

to draw up (approcher quelque chose)

Question 28

être tiré d'affaire

Answer 28

to be off the hook

Question 29

invité

Answer 29

guest

Question 30

j'avais beau

Answer 30

Even if I + prétérit / I might ... but / Try as I might to

Question 31

désarmant (un calme)

Answer 31

diligently (speak)

Question 32

assiéger

Answer 32

to besiege

Question 33

le répondeur / tomber sur le répondeur

Answer 33

the answering machine / to get the ..

Question 34

se grouper

Answer 34

to gather / to bunch (aussi s'entasser)

Question 35

regrouper quelque chose

Answer 35

to group together things

Question 36

se pencher

Answer 36

to bend

Question 37

a tape / to tape

Answer 37

un ruban, une cassette / enregistre, scotcher

Question 38

une énergétique protestation

Answer 38

an energetic protest

Question 39

Danser d'un pied sur l'autre en attendant pour (impatience)

Answer 39

I've been cooling waiting for / kick one's heels waiting for ..

Question 40

Lâcheur!

Answer 40

You are so unreliable

Question 41

Consolation naïve

Answer 41

cold comfort

Question 42

n'avoir aucune peine à faire

Answer 42

to have no trouble doing

Question 43

remonter jusqu'à quelqu'un

Answer 43

to trace back the call to sbdy

Question 44

souffla qlqn

Answer 44

whispered sbdy

Question 45

l'arrêt brusque

Answer 45

the sudden stop

Question 46

le perron

Answer 46

the outside steps

Question 47

faire quelque chose en deux enjambées

Answer 47

do smthg in two strides

Question 48

pousser la porte (pour l'ouvrir)

Answer 48

to push the door open

Question 49

un scandale

Answer 49

a scandal/a disgrace