04.08.2022

Question 1

someone who has a lot of knowledge about many different subjects

Answer 1

polymath (noun)

Question 2

avoir le sens du détail

Answer 2

to have an eye for detail

Question 3

to provide new information that makes a difficult subject or problem easier to understand

Answer 3

throw light on (sth)

Question 4

(informal) something that makes you lose interest in something or someone

Answer 4

turn-off (noun)

Question 5

(secretly, discreetly)
-> furtivement

Answer 5

surreptitiously (adv)

Question 6

figurative, informal (in suspense)
->tenir [qqn] en haleine / faire languir [qqn]

Answer 6

to keep sb on tenterhooks

Question 7

figurative (happening in steps)
-> qui se déroule
an ………….. event, situation etc is happening now

Answer 7

unfolding (adj)

Question 8

1. (be numerous)
   -> verbe : …
2. (have a plentiful amount of [sth])
   -> regorger de [qch]

Answer 8

To abound (with/in) [sth]

Question 9

(harass)
-> harceler, persécuter, tyranniser

Answer 9

To hector [sb]

Question 10

figurative (be forced to admit error)
-> reconnaitre son erreur, admettre son erreur

Answer 10

To eat humble pie

Question 11

(tell a malicious lie)

Answer 11

lie through your teeth