Volume 13

Question 1

curieux (adj)

Answer 1

strange

inquisitive

Question 2

une embûche

Answer 2

trap
hazard
pitfall

Question 3

touffu (adj)

Answer 3

bushy

dense

Question 4

une charrette

Answer 4

cart

wave (as in wave of layoffs)

jalopy (slang)

Question 5

à ras bords

Answer 5

to the brim

Question 6

écorné (adj)

Answer 6

worn

dog-eared

Question 7

un point d’attache

Answer 7

mooring point

mainstay

Question 8

uni (adj)

Answer 8

plain

Question 9

classe (adj) (informal)

Answer 9

smart
classy
sophisticated

Question 10

vous faites quelle pointure?

je fais du 38.

Answer 10

what is your shoe size?

I take size 38.

Question 11

à l’amiable

Answer 11

amicably

Question 12

un carambolage

Answer 12

multiple vehicle accident
pile-up

montage (fig)

Question 13

camoufler

se camoufler

Answer 13

to camouflage
conceal

to hide

Question 14

panser

panser ses blessures

Answer 14

to put a dressing on
heal

to lick one’s wounds

Question 15

atterrer

Answer 15

to leave sb aghast

floor

Question 16

un tabac

faire un tabac
passer un tabac

Answer 16

storm
battle
volley of blows

to be a big hit (from the sound of clapping)
to be beaten up

Question 17

une miche de pain

Answer 17

loaf of bread

Question 18

une bille

Answer 18

ball

marble

Question 19

la suppression

Answer 19

suppression

Question 20

dans une même phrase

Answer 20

in the same sentence

Question 21

chausser

Answer 21

to put on shoes

to put st on

Question 22

le procédé

Answer 22

technique 
practice  (way of doing things)

Question 23

le mazout

Answer 23

fuel oil

Question 24

un moineau

Answer 24

sparrow

Question 25

la fuite Les moineaux prennent la fuite.

Answer 25

flight escape The sparrows take flight.

Question 26

un hiatus

Answer 26

pause gap une lacune

Question 27

en provenance de

Answer 27

coming from

Question 28

le cintrage

Answer 28

bending (eg of a pipe)

Question 29

cintrer

Answer 29

``` to bend (eg, pipe) vault (make an arch) ``` take st in at the waist

Question 30

faire voir

Answer 30

show me montre-moi

Question 31

du déjà-vu

Answer 31

seen before

Question 32

n’avoir rien à voir avec qc

Answer 32

to have nothing to do with st

Question 33

un panorama

Answer 33

panorama une vue

Question 34

la vision

Answer 34

the action of seeing | apparition

Question 35

un/une visionnaire

Answer 35

visionary

Question 36

visionner

Answer 36

to view st

Question 37

viser à

Answer 37

to aim at (st/doing) | to look directly at st

Question 38

visiblement évidemment manifestement apparemment

Answer 38

evidently

Question 39

de visu

Answer 39

seen

Question 40

une ornière

Answer 40

rut (fig and lit)

Question 41

raviner

Answer 41

to furrow (the soil)

Question 42

scinder

Answer 42

to split diviser séparer

Question 43

un cachot

Answer 43

prison cell

Question 44

une litote

Answer 44

understatement

Question 45

carcéral (adj)

Answer 45

to do with prison