vocabulaire tiré de EDHEC QCM THEME VERSION

Question 1

clout

Answer 1

influence

Question 2

the news … good

Answer 2

IS

Question 3

un intérêt personnel/particulier

Answer 3

a vested interest

Question 4

s’inscrire

Answer 4

to register

Question 5

s’abonner

Answer 5

to suscribe

Question 6

STAFCOM + noun

Answer 6

subjectif, taille, aspect, forme, couleur, origine, matière

Question 7

aller droit au but

Answer 7

to cut to the chase

Question 8

s’ouvrir (figuré)

Answer 8

to open up

Question 9

raz-de-marrée electoral

Answer 9

a landslide

Question 10

une question de goût

Answer 10

a matter of taste

Question 11

a barrister

Answer 11

avocat qui plaide au tribunal

Question 12

to hear someone out

Answer 12

écouter de bout en bout

Question 13

très peu probable

Answer 13

highly unlikely

Question 14

céder

Answer 14

to give way to

Question 15

complicated

Answer 15

intricate

Question 16

smart

Answer 16

shrewd

Question 17

uncomfortable

Answer 17

ill at ease

Question 18

dreadful

Answer 18

terrible

Question 19

to improve

Answer 19

to enhance

Question 20

concurrent

Answer 20

simultaneous

Question 21

désormais

Answer 21

from now on/henceforth

Question 22

filiale

Answer 22

subsidiary

Question 23

a credit to purchase property

Answer 23

a mortgage

Question 24

FMI

Answer 24

International Monetary Fund

Question 25

to collapse

Answer 25

to tumble down

Question 26

être digne de confiance

Answer 26

to be trustworthy

Question 27

donner son accord

Answer 27

to give one’s consent

Question 28

a …. penalty

Answer 28

stringent/harsh/tough

Question 29

determination

Answer 29

doggedness

Question 30

to quit

Answer 30

To resign

Question 31

to lighten

Answer 31

to alleviate

Question 32

jeter un coup d’oeil à

Answer 32

to cast a glance at

Question 33

thick

Answer 33

solid

Question 34

to delay

Answer 34

to put off, to postpone

Question 35

à double tranchant

Answer 35

to be doble edged

Question 36

le bouche à oreille

Answer 36

word of mouth

Question 37

the tallest man … the world

Answer 37

IN (in + lieu ou groupe de pers, OF + comparatif ou déterminants)

Question 38

un paquebot

Answer 38

a liner

Question 39

quand on veut on peut

Answer 39

when there is a will, there is a way

Question 40

le nombre de mort

Answer 40

the death toll

Question 41

les bléssés

Answer 41

the injured, the wounded

Question 42

the victims

Answer 42

the casualties

Question 43

un quart d’heure

Answer 43

a quarter of an hour

Question 44

la météo

Answer 44

the weather forecast

Question 45

exercer son pouvoir, diriger une entreprise/un pays

Answer 45

to exercise power, to rule a company/ a country

Question 46

prendre des parts de marchés

Answer 46

to secure/get/seize market shares

Question 47

vente aux enchères

Answer 47

an aunction

Question 48

être au chômage

Answer 48

to be on the dole

Question 49

détourner des fonds

Answer 49

to embezzle

Question 50

enchérir

Answer 50

to outbit

Question 51

une économie/un marché mou

Answer 51

a sluggish market

Question 52

Se résoudre à

Answer 52

To bring oneself to + BV

Question 53

To be a trouper

Answer 53

Une personne dure à la tâche

Question 54

Être fidèle à

Answer 54

To stick by somebody

Question 55

Chatouiller

Answer 55

To tickle

Question 56

Pommette

Answer 56

Cheekbone

Question 57

Le front

Answer 57

Forehead

Question 58

Une répétition

Answer 58

A rehearsal

Question 59

Se pencher

Answer 59

To lean

Question 60

Gribouiler

Answer 60

To scrawl