Vocabulaire Cours

Question 1

Débarrasser la table

Answer 1

Clear the table

Question 2

Rabrouer

Repousser les avances amoureuses

Answer 2

Rebuff=snub=snap at

Rebuff someone’s advances

Question 3

Dépoussiérer

Answer 3

To dust

Question 4

Manger les pissenlits par les racines

Answer 4

To push up the daisies

Question 5

S’occuper des animaux
Palefrenier
Le marié
La mariée

Answer 5

To bride animals
The groom
The (bridé)groom
The bride

Question 6

Prendre en compte

Answer 6

To take in

Question 7

Torticolis

Answer 7

Stiff neck

Question 8

Banquette

Couchette

Answer 8

A bunk

A berth

Question 9

Directement/aussitôt

Answer 9

At once
Straight away
Right away

Question 10

Régler un pb

Answer 10

Sort out
Settle
Fix
Solve

Question 11

Se distinguer

Answer 11

Stand out

Question 12

Moi je

Answer 12

As far as I am concerned

Question 13

Être prudent

Answer 13

Be wary

Question 14

Être las

Answer 14

To be weary

Question 15

Plus facilement

Answer 15

More easily

Question 16

Mon état

Answer 16

My condition

Question 17

Car

Answer 17

For

Question 18

Il n’empêche

Answer 18

Still

Question 19

To boost

Answer 19

To stretch

Question 20

Superviser

Answer 20

Oversee

Question 21

Chercher à faire qqch

Answer 21

Seek to do something

Question 22

Par rapport

Answer 22

Compared with

Question 23

Le CA

Answer 23

The turnover

Question 24

La durée de vie

Answer 24

The lifespan

Question 25

Partisans opposants

Answer 25

Advocates=proponents= supporters Opponents

Question 26

L’apogée

Answer 26

Climax=heyday

Question 27

La pertinence

Answer 27

The relevance

Question 28

Panne d’électricité

Answer 28

Power failure

Question 29

owner

Answer 29

landlord

Question 30

pas à la mode à la mode

Answer 30

old-fashioned fashionable = hip = trendy

Question 31

obéir aux règles

Answer 31

abide by/comply with the rules

Question 32

docile | sauvage

Answer 32

mild | wild

Question 33

jaillir : eau | liquide

Answer 33

to spring up | to gash out

Question 34

il veut tout régenter

Answer 34

he is a control-freak | he want to run the show

Question 35

se porter garant

Answer 35

to vouch for

Question 36

common

Answer 36

rife

Question 37

un retraité

Answer 37

a pensioner = a retiree

Question 38

to near

Answer 38

to get close to

Question 39

vivre au jour le jour

Answer 39

to live hand-to-mouth

Question 40

rendre public un rapport

Answer 40

to issue/release a report

Question 41

le pb est multiple et varié

Answer 41

the pb is manifold

Question 42

présenter, représenter

Answer 42

to feature sb, smthg

Question 43

prescrire

Answer 43

to advocate smthg

Question 44

actifs >< passifs (financier)

Answer 44

assets >< liabilities

Question 45

les retraités sont plus riches que les actifs

Answer 45

pensioners are richer than workers

Question 46

to find a job

Answer 46

to land a job

Question 47

donner la priorité à ... par rapport à...

Answer 47

to give priority to ... over ...

Question 48

to be elegible

Answer 48

to be entitled

Question 49

sur le coup (pour un tir) | carrément (action)

Answer 49

outright

Question 50

défavorisé

Answer 50

deprived = underprivileged = destressed

Question 51

priver qn de qc

Answer 51

to deprive

Question 52

faire du stop

Answer 52

to hitch-hike

Question 53

les habitudes d'achat

Answer 53

spending patterns

Question 54

bonnes oeuvres

Answer 54

good deeds

Question 55

des paroles et des actes

Answer 55

words and deeds

Question 56

un repère

Answer 56

landmark

Question 57

un moment clef

Answer 57

a watershed

Question 58

congé maternité

Answer 58

maternity leave

Question 59

perturber

Answer 59

to disrupt

Question 60

auto-entrepreneur

Answer 60

self-employed worker

Question 61

to toil

Answer 61

to work hard

Question 62

to bolster

Answer 62

to back up

Question 63

ça ne tient pas la route

Answer 63

it doesn't hold water

Question 64

robotisation

Answer 64

automation

Question 65

proportionnellement, dans une même mesure

Answer 65

accordingly

Question 66

traiter qn sans ménagement

Answer 66

to give sb short shrift

Question 67

rénover

Answer 67

to refurbish | to overhaul

Question 68

compléter

Answer 68

to complement

Question 69

casier judiciaire

Answer 69

police record

Question 70

concitoyens

Answer 70

fellow countrymen/citizen

Question 71

bondir

Answer 71

leap | jump on one's feet