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Question 1

hunchback

Answer 1

bossu

Question 2

hunch

Answer 2

bosse

Question 3

to hunch one’s back

Answer 3

arrondir le dos

Question 4

to hunch one’s shoulders

Answer 4

voûter les épaules

Question 5

to gulp (down)

I gulped down my tea and dashed out of the house

Rodney gulped his beer nervously

Answer 5

engloutir, avaler (drink, food air)

syn:

to swig

Jack swigged the last of his tea and got up to leave

to down

After downing a whole bottle of tequila, she swalloded several sleeping tablets.

Question 6

a gulp

Answer 6

1. serrement de gorge (with emotion)
2. grosse bouchée, gorgée (of drink)

syn:

swallow, choke,mouthful, swig

Question 7

Estate tax

Inheritance tax

Answer 7

droits de succession

Question 8

wealth tax

Answer 8

impôt sur la fortune

Question 9

a levy

to levy

Answer 9

un prélèvement

percevoir, prélever (un impôt)

Question 10

bequest

Answer 10

legs

Question 11

to overreach

1 - Do not overreach and keep both feet on floor

2 - We should not overreach ourlselves and try to regulate….

Answer 11

viser trop haut, présumer de ses forces= reach out too far

syn: exceed, outreach, overdo, overextend,

1- gardons les deux pieds au sol

2- nous ne devrions pas dépasser le but que nous nous sommes posé et essayer de réguler….

Question 12

turning-point

Europa is at a turning point as regards the Internal Market for services.

1880 was a turning point in the history of beer.

Answer 12

moment décisif, virage, tournant décisif

Question 13

drawback

the main drawback of fitting catalytic converters is the cost.

Answer 13

désavantage, inconvénient

Question 14

it is noteworthy that

Answer 14

il convient de noter que

Question 15

to outpace

Home computers sales were aoutpacing business orders

Answer 15

dépasser, devancer

Question 16

to tumble

he tumbled down the stairs.

the bottles came tumbling off the shelf

to tumble out of bed

she lost her balance and tumbled down the mountainside

yesterday, the stock market tumbled 508 points

Answer 16

tomber, faire une chute

dégringoler, s’effondrer

Question 17

to bounce back

no matter what happens to Mary, she always bounces back.

farmers have bounced back from difficult times in the 1980s

Answer 17

rebondir, remonter

Question 18

to end up doing sth

he came for a couple of days and ended up staying a month !

we alway seem to end up arguing with each other

Answer 18

finir de faire quelque chose

to do sth that you did not intend or want to do, especially because you cannot seem to avoid doing it

Question 19

the long-run effect

a long-run relationship

Answer 19

l’effet à long terme

Question 20

in the long-run

Answer 20

à la longue, sur le long terme

Question 21

snippet

a snippet of news

Answer 21

petit bout, bribe (coneversation, information)

une petite nouvelle