Volume 1

Question 1

la chevelure

Answer 1

hair

Question 2

la crinière

Answer 2

mane

Question 3

une créole

Answer 3

hoop earring

Question 4

impliquer

Answer 4

to implicate
involve
imply

Question 5

s’impliquer

Answer 5

to get involved

Question 6

si jamais…

Answer 6

what if…

if ever…

Question 7

leurrer par

Answer 7

to delude

Note: un leurre = an illusion, bait, a trap

Question 8

d’autant plus que…

Answer 8

especially since…

all the more…

Question 9

farder

se farder

Answer 9

to make up (cosmetics)
disguise (fig)

to put on makeup

Question 10

se fouler

Answer 10

to sprain

fouler = to tread

Question 11

avoir du répondant

Answer 11

to have money behind one

to have a talent for repartee

Question 12

un jury

Answer 12

jury

board of examiners

Question 13

une rondelle

Answer 13

slice
washer
ring
puck (hockey)

Question 14

le traiteur

Answer 14

caterer

takeaway

Question 15

miteux (adj)

Answer 15

shabby

pitiful

Question 16

travestir

se travestir

Answer 16

to dress sb up

to dress up

Question 17

étriper

Answer 17

to gut

disembowel

Question 18

navrant (adj)

Answer 18

upsetting

pathetic

Question 19

un cellier

Answer 19

wine cellar

Question 20

arriver à

Answer 20

reach
attain
succeed

Question 21

cerner

Answer 21

to surround

discern
work out

Question 22

un parvenu

Answer 22

upstart

social cimber

Question 23

rechigner

Answer 23

to grimace

Question 24

les jérémiades (fp)

Answer 24

wingeing

Question 25

écervelé (adj/n)

Answer 25

scatterbrained

Question 26

idolâtrer

Answer 26

to idolize

Question 27

insupporter à Il m’insupporte

Answer 27

to find as intolerable I find him intolerable Note: supporter = accept, put up with, tolerate

Question 28

une chaloupe

Answer 28

boat

Question 29

s’y prendre s’y prendre à l’avance

Answer 29

to go about it to see to it in advance

Question 30

un coussinet

Answer 30

pad (general and animal)

Question 31

affaisser

Answer 31

to subside sag decline

Question 32

une poussette

Answer 32

stroller

Question 33

convier

Answer 33

to invite urge incite

Question 34

amadouer

Answer 34

coax | mollify

Question 35

caduque (adj)

Answer 35

null and void | obsolete

Question 36

déchanter

Answer 36

to become disenchanted

Question 37

la concrétisation

Answer 37

embodiment

Question 38

imberbe (adj)

Answer 38

beardless

Question 39

le plumitif

Answer 39

permanent record book | literary hack

Question 40

la connivence

Answer 40

connivance | collusion

Question 41

étrenner

Answer 41

to use for the first time break in educate train

Question 42

en tournée

Answer 42

on tour

Question 43

excéder

Answer 43

to surpass (dépasser, surpasser) exasperate (exaspérer)

Question 44

le fard fard à paupières

Answer 44

makeup eye shadow

Question 45

provisoire (adj)

Answer 45

provisional | interim

Question 46

mitoyen (adj) un mur mitoyen

Answer 46

dividing separating dividing wall

Question 47

le vestiaire

Answer 47

locker room

Question 48

traiter de

Answer 48

to deal with

Question 49

raccourcir

Answer 49

``` to shorten (clothing) curtail take a short cut ```

Question 50

perdurer

Answer 50

to endure | continue

Question 51

chamailler

Answer 51

to squabble

Question 52

atteindre

Answer 52

to attain to hit

Question 53

dénoncer

Answer 53

to denounce renoncer = to give up

Question 54

se dénoncer

Answer 54

to give oneself up

Question 55

le pourri

Answer 55

rotting material

Question 56

une autruche pratiquer la politique de l’autruche

Answer 56

ostrich to bury one’s head in the sand

Question 57

les simagrées (fp)

Answer 57

play acting

Question 58

pester contre

Answer 58

to curse sb or st

Question 59

râler (inf)

Answer 59

grumble | winge

Question 60

râlant (adj)

Answer 60

exasperating

Question 61

de justesse

Answer 61

only just

Question 62

s’entretenir avec qqn de...

Answer 62

to converse with sb about...

Question 63

avoisinant (adj)

Answer 63

neighbouring

Question 64

flairer flairer le vent

Answer 64

to sense smell to see which way the wind is blowing

Question 65

dissipé (adj)

Answer 65

restless (eg student) | dissipated

Question 66

prendre les devants

Answer 66

take the initiative | make the first move

Question 67

rassis (adj)

Answer 67

stale (eg bread)

Question 68

traiter qqn de traiter qqn de menteur

Answer 68

to call sb st to call sb a liar

Question 69

une tapette

Answer 69

beater (for carpets) swatter (for flies) poof (slang) pansy

Question 70

un perroquet

Answer 70

parrot coat stand

Question 71

glapir

Answer 71

to yelp shriek blare (eg radio)

Question 72

couver

Answer 72

to brood overprotect hatch plot smoulder (feelings)

Question 73

persifler

Answer 73

to scoff | jeer

Question 74

l’effarement

Answer 74

alarm

Question 75

clos (adj)

Answer 75

closed

Question 76

un clos (invar)

Answer 76

fenced field

Question 77

roucouler

Answer 77

to coo | croon (song)

Question 78

contrarier qqn

Answer 78

to bother sb displease frustrate

Question 79

une trousse être aux trousses de qqn

Answer 79

kit to be on sb’s heels

Question 80

dépenaillé (adj)

Answer 80

ragged | dilapidated

Question 81

chicaner chicaner qqn sur qqc se chicaner pour

Answer 81

to quibble to argue with sb about st to squabble over

Question 82

un pan pan de chemise

Answer 82

tail shirt tail

Question 83

marteler

Answer 83

to hammer to forcefully persuade

Question 84

la retenue

Answer 84

reserve detention (school) hold-back (eg from salary)

Question 85

escrimer

Answer 85

to fight

Question 86

s’escrimer à faire (colloq)

Answer 86

to knock oneself out trying to do

Question 87

déverser

Answer 87

pour out | dump