Voc 6

Question 1

à contrecoeur

Answer 1

reluctantly

Question 2

des tas de… je ne sais combien de…

Answer 2

umpteen

Question 3

la devise

Answer 3

a motto (es)

Question 4

aides sociales

Answer 4

benefits

Question 5

dégrader

Answer 5

to deface

Question 6

c’est une pratique courante

Answer 6

it is common practice

Question 7

un argument, une défense

Answer 7

a plea

Question 8

qui fait beaucoup de bruit

Answer 8

High-profile

Question 9

irréaliste (adj)

Answer 9

impractical

Question 10

sensibiliser l’opinion

Answer 10

to raise public awareness of

Question 11

harceler, importuner

Answer 11

to pester

Question 12

c’est aux télespectateurs de…

Answer 12

It is up to viewers…

Question 13

être envahi, infesté de

Answer 13

to be plagued with

Question 14

outsider

Answer 14

Underdog

Question 15

révolutionnaire

Answer 15

Ground-breaking

Question 16

souligner

Answer 16

to underscore

Question 17

une redevance

Answer 17

a licence fee

Question 18

lavage de cerveau

Answer 18

brainwashing

Question 19

frénésie de consommation

Answer 19

a consuming spree

Question 20

ahurissant, stupéfiant

Answer 20

staggering

Question 21

abrutissant

Answer 21

Mind-numbing

Question 22

d’état

Answer 22

state-owned

Question 23

aller de pair (avec quelque chose)

Answer 23

to go hand in hand (with something)

Question 24

absurde, grotesque

Answer 24

preposterous

Question 25

le moindre mal

Answer 25

the lesser of two evils

Question 26

faire passer son message

Answer 26

to get one’s message across

Question 27

le hic, c’est que

Answer 27

the snag is that

Question 28

un tyran, une petite brute

Answer 28

a bully

Question 29

les preuves ne manquent pas

Answer 29

There is no shortage of evidence

Question 30

critiquer, réprimander

Answer 30

to lambast

Question 31

prétendu

Answer 31

alleged

Question 32

l’ubiquité

Answer 32

ubiquity

Question 33

la puissance, la virilité, la force

Answer 33

the potency

Question 34

élément déterminant, bascule

Answer 34

tipping point

Question 35

il en va de même pour

Answer 35

the same goes for

Question 36

tristement célèbre

Answer 36

infamous

Question 37

reconnaître, admettre

Answer 37

to acknowledge

Question 38

se retourner contre

Answer 38

to backfire on

Question 39

armes à double tranchant

Answer 39

double-edged weapons

Question 40

avoir à recours à

Answer 40

to resort to

Question 41

être à la mesure de

Answer 41

to be commensurate with

Question 42

la dévalorisation

Answer 42

the debasement

Question 43

remplacer

Answer 43

to supersede

Question 44

répéter

Answer 44

to rehearse

Question 45

abaisser le niveau

Answer 45

to dumb down

Question 46

travailler en étroite collaboration avec quelqu’un

Answer 46

to be hand in glove with somebody

Question 47

incarner

Answer 47

to embody

Question 48

inonder

Answer 48

to swamp

Question 49

décrier

Answer 49

to disparage

Question 50

crédule, naïf

Answer 50

gullible

Question 51

mépriser

Answer 51

to look down on

Question 52

la trahison

Answer 52

the treason

Question 53

durement acquis

Answer 53

hard-won

Question 54

détourner

Answer 54

to hijack

Question 55

ironique

Answer 55

tongue-in-cheek

Question 56

le mensonge, la fausseté

Answer 56

the falsehood

Question 57

un panneau d’affichage

Answer 57

a billboard

Question 58

à court d’argent

Answer 58

cash-strapped

Question 59

grandiloquent, pompeux

Answer 59

bombastic

Question 60

scander, marteler

Answer 60

to hammer out