Volume 2

Question 1

retors (adj)

Answer 1

crafty
twisted

rusé

Question 2

une strophe

Answer 2

stanza

part of a poem

Question 3

un dreyfusard

Answer 3

Dreyfus supporter (Dreyfus affair, 1894 to 1906)

Question 4

l’enchevêtrement (m)

Answer 4

tangle

muddle

Question 5

sous-jacent (adj)

Answer 5

underlying

subjacent

Question 6

arborer

Answer 6

to arbor
bear
wear
carry
display

Question 7

immarcescible (adj)

Answer 7

unfading

Question 8

la suzeraineté

Answer 8

control over an autonomous state

Question 9

ratatiner

Answer 9

to shrink and deform

Question 10

une barre

Answer 10

long narrow room

bar (all same meanings as in English)

Question 11

dans l’immédiat

Answer 11

at present

Question 12

un coquelicot

Answer 12

poppy

Question 13

casher (adj)

Answer 13

kosher

Question 14

une garrigue

Answer 14

scrubland

Question 15

l’aise (f)

le malaise

Answer 15

contentment

discontentment

Question 16

un râtelier

Answer 16

hayrack (for feeding animals)
rack

dentures (informal)

Question 17

cru (adj)

Answer 17

raw
crude
local

(many meanings)

Question 18

amenuiser

Answer 18

to reduce

plane down

Question 19

envoûter

Answer 19

to bewitch

Question 20

en levrette

Answer 20

from behind

note: levrette is female of lévrier, greyhound

Question 21

l’aphasie (f)

Answer 21

mutism

Question 22

ébahir

Answer 22

to dumbfound

Question 23

tirer leur épingle de jeu

Answer 23

to succeed

compete capably

Question 24

l’effritement (m)

Answer 24

crumbling

Question 25

désertique (adj)

Answer 25

barren

Question 26

reproductible (adj)

Answer 26

reproducible

Question 27

écourter

Answer 27

to cut short

Question 28

en deça de

Answer 28

below

Question 29

une gageure

Answer 29

bet | challenge

Question 30

clairsemé (adj)

Answer 30

scattered | sparce

Question 31

clairsemer

Answer 31

to dwindle scatter disperse

Question 32

gominer

Answer 32

to slick one’s hair back

Question 33

fliquer

Answer 33

to follow go after pursue

Question 34

subodorer

Answer 34

to detect suspect soupçonner

Question 35

protocolaire (adj)

Answer 35

to do with protocol

Question 36

à l’extrême

Answer 36

in the extreme extremely extrêmement

Question 37

de biais | en biais

Answer 37

sideways | at an angle

Question 38

un croisillon

Answer 38

crosspiece

Question 39

le collapsus

Answer 39

collapse

Question 40

grassouillet (adj)

Answer 40

chubby potelé

Question 41

pénalement

Answer 41

criminally

Question 42

le parquet

Answer 42

floor prosecution (law)

Question 43

moyennement

Answer 43

moderately | somewhat

Question 44

en définitive

Answer 44

definitely

Question 45

exagérément

Answer 45

excessively excessivement

Question 46

une exégèse

Answer 46

detailed analysis of a text (esp the bible)

Question 47

réducteur (adj)

Answer 47

oversimplied | simplistic

Question 48

un ovni

Answer 48

ufo object volant non identifié

Question 49

une recrudescence

Answer 49

reoccurrence of an undesirable condition

Question 50

parachever

Answer 50

to complete | add finishing touches

Question 51

accessoirement

Answer 51

incidentally

Question 52

accessoire (adj)

Answer 52

incidental

Question 53

l’aumône

Answer 53

charity handout pittance alms

Question 54

une souche

Answer 54

tree stump stock (breeding) strain (eg of bacteria)

Question 55

le bataclan

Answer 55

stuff

Question 56

la minauderie

Answer 56

affectation

Question 57

le pelotage

Answer 57

groping action de peloter

Question 58

fustiger

Answer 58

to castigate | scorn

Question 59

tempérer

Answer 59

to moderate | temper

Question 60

sans coup ferir

Answer 60

meeting no resistance

Question 61

un marieur | une marieuse

Answer 61

matchmaker

Question 62

écru (adj)

Answer 62

beige