Volume 11

Question 1

être crevé
exténué
claqué

Answer 1

to be very tired

Question 2

Revenons à nos moutons (idiom)

Answer 2

Let’s get back to what we were talking about

Question 3

le revers

Answer 3

back side
opposite side
backhand (eg tennis)

Question 4

une crevaison

Answer 4

the event of getting a flat tire

Question 5

la dépanneuse

Answer 5

tow truck

Question 6

un dépanneur

Answer 6

tow truck operator

Question 7

dépannage

Answer 7

event of having a vehicle towed.

Question 8

la vitre

Answer 8

car window

Question 9

C’est chaud (idiom, familiar only)

C’est chaud entre

Answer 9

It’s difficult

It’s hot between them (sexual)

They’re at each other. (dispute)

Question 10

C’est clair (in common use, all situations)

Answer 10

I agree

Question 11

C’est chiant (idiom, fam only)

Answer 11

That’s crappy

That’s very annoying

Question 12

un neztoile

Answer 12

clown (performer)

Question 13

alléger

Answer 13

alleviate

lighten

Question 14

un gutier

Answer 14

crane operator

Question 15

un cobaye

Answer 15

guinea pig

Question 16

un/une complice

Answer 16

accomplice

accessary

Question 17

complice (adj)

être complice de qc

Answer 17

helper

to be party to st

Question 18

ailleurs =autre part

Answer 18

elsewhere

Question 19

convier à faire

Answer 19

to invite to do

politely request

Question 20

un chouchou

Answer 20

favourite

pet

Question 21

le ménagement

Answer 21

consideration
respectfulness
compensation

Question 22

Au temps pour moi

Autant pour

Answer 22

I made a mistake, I’ll start over

Question 23

énoncé (adj)

Answer 23

stated

Question 24

énoncer

Answer 24

to state

expound

Question 25

un blaireau

Answer 25

badger | shaving brush

Question 26

puiser puiser à pleines mains dans qqc

Answer 26

to draw (as water from a well) attract pull to draw heavily from st

Question 27

être très nombreux à faire qqc vous êtes très nombreux à me dire que....

Answer 27

to be many to do st Many of you are telling me that...

Question 28

le témoignage

Answer 28

testimony

Question 29

recenser

Answer 29

to take a census

Question 30

une rafle

Answer 30

raid | roundup

Question 31

éberlué

Answer 31

dumbfounded | stunned

Question 32

un exergue

Answer 32

inscription | motto

Question 33

mettre en exergue

Answer 33

to highlight | point out

Question 34

indécrottable (adj)

Answer 34

hopeless | incorrigible

Question 35

la case cochez la case correspondante

Answer 35

hut compartment pigeonhole box (on a form) check the appropriate box

Question 36

casé (adj)

Answer 36

pigeonholed | labelled

Question 37

la calomnie

Answer 37

slander

Question 38

un/une écolier, ière

Answer 38

pupil | schoolboy, girl

Question 39

la main-forte prêter main-forte à qqn

Answer 39

assistance to come to sb’s aid

Question 40

ensevelir

Answer 40

to bury

Question 41

le déchirement

Answer 41

tearing way | wrenching

Question 42

improvisé (adj)

Answer 42

improvised unprepared expediently devised

Question 43

un collabos

Answer 43

collaborator

Question 44

corroborer

Answer 44

to corroborate

Question 45

tac au tac

Answer 45

quick as a flash

Question 46

un accroc faire un accroc à qqc sans accroc(s)

Answer 46

infraction violation tear to tear st without a hitch

Question 47

un ascendant

Answer 47

influence

Question 48

ascendant (adj)

Answer 48

ascendant | ascending

Question 49

ménager

Answer 49

take care of arrange look after

Question 50

badigeonner badigeonner à la chaux

Answer 50

to coat with colour whitewash

Question 51

barbouiller de

Answer 51

to daub with

Question 52

un intérimaire

Answer 52

deputy agent representative

Question 53

intérimaire (adj)

Answer 53

interim | temporary

Question 54

flasher flasher sur qqn

Answer 54

to flash to fall in love with sb

Question 55

gêné (adj)

Answer 55

embarrased | constrained

Question 56

chausser

Answer 56

to put on (shoes...)

Question 57

fond au fond dans le fond

Answer 57

bottom (lit & fig) basically

Question 58

une épopée

Answer 58

epic | saga

Question 59

Quel pied! (exp)

Answer 59

That was great!

Question 60

en liesse

Answer 60

jubilant

Question 61

dans la télé

Answer 61

on tv

Question 62

nuire

Answer 62

to harm | injure

Question 63

effréné (adj)

Answer 63

wild unrestrained unruly madcap

Question 64

une ruche

Answer 64

beehive | hive

Question 65

spolier de

Answer 65

to despoil | to spoil of

Question 66

vaseux (adj)

Answer 66

muddy

Question 67

étanche (adj)

Answer 67

waterproof

Question 68

la poisse

Answer 68

bad luck

Question 69

chialer

Answer 69

to bubble | blubber

Question 70

la déchéance

Answer 70

decline | degradation

Question 71

une cale

Answer 71

wedge | ship’s hold

Question 72

la berge

Answer 72

bank (of river, canal)

Question 73

effiler

Answer 73

to make slender, thin

Question 74

troquer

Answer 74

to barter | exchange

Question 75

galbe

Answer 75

shapeliness | curve

Question 76

un parvis

Answer 76

enclosed courtyard in front of a building (esp a cathedral)

Question 77

rimer cela ne rime à rien

Answer 77

to rhyme that makes no sense

Question 78

se dépatouiller

Answer 78

to solve a problem | to pull oneself out of a situation

Question 79

du coup

Answer 79

as a result

Question 80

un avis tranché

Answer 80

clear-cut opinion

Question 81

remettre en cause

Answer 81

to question

Question 82

éclairé (adj)

Answer 82

enlightened

Question 83

C’est critique d’avoir

Answer 83

It’s to be criticized to have...

Question 84

ponctuellement

Answer 84

punctually

Question 85

la diminution être en diminution

Answer 85

decrease reduction to be falling

Question 86

à savoir

Answer 86

namely

Question 87

l’impôt foncier (m)

Answer 87

land tax

Question 88

cotiser se cotiser

Answer 88

to pay contributions to club together

Question 89

performant (adj)

Answer 89

successful | powerful

Question 90

à la hauteur de ses moyens

Answer 90

according to his means

Question 91

certes

Answer 91

admittedly | certainly