Vocab P.40

Question 1

needless to say

Answer 1

inutile de dire

Question 2

noxious, harmful

Answer 2

nocif

Question 3

oddly enough

Answer 3

assez curieusement

Question 4

on second thoughts

Answer 4

à bien y réfléchir

Question 5

opponent, adversary, a

Answer 5

un opposant

Question 6

outcome, an

Answer 6

résultat

Question 7

outgrowth of sth, an

Answer 7

un résultat de chose, une conséquence finale

Question 8

outline, an

Answer 8

plan

Question 9

outspoken answer

Answer 9

une réponse franche

Question 10

outstanding

Answer 10

remarquable

Question 11

overlook, to

Answer 11

négliger, passer outre, ne pas voir que

Question 12

partiality

Answer 12

subjectivité

Question 13

play down, to

Answer 13

minimiser

Question 14

play up, to

Answer 14

insister sur

Question 15

point out, to

Answer 15

souligner, mettre en avant

Question 16

pointlessness, uselessness

Answer 16

inutilité

Question 17

political hot potato, a

Answer 17

un sujet que les politiciens évitent

Question 18

preposterous

Answer 18

grotesque

Question 19

previous, former

Answer 19

ancien(ne), antérieur(e), vieux/vielle

Question 20

problem at hand, the

Answer 20

le problème présent

Question 21

prone to [doing sth]

Answer 21

enclin à

Question 22

proponent, advocate, a(n)

Answer 22

un partisan

Question 23

pros and cons

Answer 23

le pour et le contre

Question 24

pove one’s point

Answer 24

prouver ce qu’on avance

Question 25

pun, play-on-words, a

Answer 25

un jeu de mots

Question 26

put forward, to

Answer 26

mettre en avant

Question 27

puzzling

Answer 27

déconcertant

Question 28

puzzling, odd

Answer 28

curieux

Question 29

qualify, to

Answer 29

nuancer

Question 30

question, to

Answer 30

remettre en cause

Question 31

question somebody's good faith

Answer 31

mettre en doute la bonne foi de

Question 32

raise an issue, to

Answer 32

soulever une question

Question 33

react, to

Answer 33

réagir

Question 34

reliable

Answer 34

fiable

Question 35

reluctance to do sth

Answer 35

répugnance à faire qqch

Question 36

reword/ rephrase, to

Answer 36

reformuler

Question 37

rise, increase, an [in sth]

Answer 37

une hausse, une augmentation

Question 38

run counter to, to

Answer 38

aller à l'encontre de

Question 39

scatching [attak]

Answer 39

virulent(e)

Question 40

scheme, a

Answer 40

un plan

Question 41

sensitive issue, a

Answer 41

une question sensible

Question 42

shame, to

Answer 42

culpabiliser

Question 43

sharp

Answer 43

net

Question 44

side-effects

Answer 44

effets secondaires