Vochelle 2.3

Question 1

Être durement touché

Answer 1

To be hard hit

Question 2

Ascension sociale

Answer 2

Rag-to-riches story

Question 3

S’estomper

Answer 3

To fade

Question 4

Période révolue

Answer 4

Bygone days

Question 5

Être Bel et bien vivant

Answer 5

Be alive and kicking

Question 6

Une utopie

Answer 6

A pipe dream

Question 7

Un repère, un point de référence

Answer 7

A benchmark

Question 8

Gagner sa vie difficilement

Answer 8

To scrape a living

Question 9

Briller

Answer 9

To shine

Question 10

Étinceler

Answer 10

To glitter

Question 11

Luire, rougeoyer

Answer 11

To glow

Question 12

Rayonner de fierté

Answer 12

To glow with proud

Question 13

Préparer à manger (2)

Answer 13

To get some food

To fix some food

Question 14

Économiser

Answer 14

To spare money

Question 15

Chambre d’ami

Answer 15

Spare room

Question 16

Ne pas ménager ses efforts

Answer 16

To spare no expense

Question 17

S’effondrer, s’écrouler

Answer 17

To slump

Question 18

Une relation tendue

Answer 18

A strained relationship

Question 19

Contrecoup

Answer 19

Backlash

Question 20

Services de police des collectivités locals

Answer 20

Law enforcement agencies

Question 21

To itch to do

Answer 21

Avoir beaucoup envie de faire

Question 22

Il ne faut pas cracher dessus

Answer 22

It’s not to be sneezed at

Question 23

Le portrait craché

Answer 23

To spiting image of

Question 24

Faire les fonds de tiroir

Answer 24

To scratch a living

Question 25

Allumer un cigarette

Answer 25

To light a cigarette

Question 26

En avoir assez (2)

Answer 26

To be fed up with | To be sick and tired of

Question 27

Cendrier

Answer 27

Ashtray

Question 28

Aimer faire

Answer 28

To like doING sthg

Question 29

Verser

Answer 29

To pour

Question 30

Débarrasser

Answer 30

To clear the table

Question 31

Mettre la table

Answer 31

To lay/set the table

Question 32

Un collier

Answer 32

A necklace

Question 33

Tendre (un objet)

Answer 33

To hand

Question 34

Quartier huppé (2)

Answer 34

Leafy neighborhood | Posh area

Question 35

Personnes dormant dehors

Answer 35

Rough people

Question 36

Héberger

Answer 36

To put up

Question 37

Abuser de l’hospitalité

Answer 37

To outstay sbody’s welcome

Question 38

Conditions précaires

Answer 38

Squalid conditions

Question 39

Logement précaires

Answer 39

Substandard housing

Question 40

Locataire

Answer 40

Tenant

Question 41

Propriétaire

Answer 41

Landlord

Question 42

L’offre supplante la demande

Answer 42

Demand outdoes supply | Demand outstrips simply

Question 43

Solvabilité

Answer 43

Solvency

Question 44

Retombée sociales

Answer 44

Social fallout

Question 45

Mettre un pied dans le marché immobilier

Answer 45

To get a foot on the housing ladder

Question 46

Monter en pic (2)

Answer 46

To peak | To spike

Question 47

Actifs et passifs

Answer 47

Assets and liabilities

Question 48

Rénover

Answer 48

To do up

Question 49

S’en sortir ainsi avec

Answer 49

To get away with...

Question 50

Mettre en sommeil

Answer 50

To mothball

Question 51

Être prise de tête

Answer 51

To be a hassle

Question 52

Ne pas avoir de scrupules

Answer 52

To have no qualms about

Question 53

Avoir l’esprit citoyen

Answer 53

To be public-spirited

Question 54

Prix grimpants

Answer 54

Spiraling prices

Question 55

Prendre ses responsabilités

Answer 55

To face up to one’s responsibilities

Question 56

Débloquer des fonds

Answer 56

To release founds

Question 57

Être de connivence

Answer 57

To collude (with)

Question 58

Épuration sociale

Answer 58

Social cleansing

Question 59

Ça en dit long sur ...

Answer 59

It’s a sad indictment of

Question 60

Aller bon train | Être répandu

Answer 60

To be rife

Question 61

Avoir la réputation de...

Answer 61

To have a reputation for doing sthg

Question 62

Être mis au ban

Answer 62

To be ostracized

Question 63

Attraction

Answer 63

Attractiveness

Question 64

Être en guerre

Answer 64

To be at war

Question 65

Avoir des difficultés à...

Answer 65

To have difficulty in doing sthg

Question 66

Un monde connecté

Answer 66

A wired world

Question 67

Être déterminé | Mauvais sens

Answer 67

To be bent on

Question 68

La situation très difficile de

Answer 68

The plight of

Question 69

Conditions insalubres

Answer 69

Squalid conditions

Question 70

Être inhumain, sans cœur

Answer 70

To be callous

Question 71

Supplices

Answer 71

Severe ordeals

Question 72

Ajouter de l’eau au moulin

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To add grist to sbody’s mill

Question 73

Significatif

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Meaningful

Question 74

Haine

Answer 74

Hatred

Question 75

Mette un point d’honneur

Answer 75

To make a point (in)

Question 76

Flagrant

Answer 76

Blatant

Question 77

Être opposé radicalement

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To be adamant | Adv: adamantly

Question 78

Punir

Answer 78

To mete put punishment

Question 79

Approche bornée

Answer 79

Blinkered approach

Question 80

Il y a matière à réfléchir

Answer 80

It offers food to thought

Question 81

De tous horizons

Answer 81

From all walks of life

Question 82

Confession religieuse/politique

Answer 82

Religion/political conviction

Question 83

Faire passer ... pour ...

Answer 83

To pass ... off as ...

Question 84

Travail bâclé

Answer 84

Botched job

Question 85

Au détriment de

Answer 85

At the expense of

Question 86

Être très fort

Answer 86

To be masterly at

Question 87

Se faire avoir (2)

Answer 87

To be deceived by | To be taken in by

Question 88

Vérité dérangeante

Answer 88

Unpalatable truth

Question 89

Un comité de surveillance

Answer 89

A watchdog

Question 90

Être ébloui

Answer 90

To be dazzled

Question 91

Être de connivence

Answer 91

To collude