17th

Question 1

franc, sans ambiguïté, qui ne mache pas ses mots

Answer 1

outspoken

Question 2

exceptionnel / pas encore réglé, impayé

Answer 2

outstanding

Question 3

global

Answer 3

overall

Question 4

une vue d’ensemble

Answer 4

an overall view

Question 5

avant tout

Answer 5

above all

Question 6

surmonter

Answer 6

to overcome

Question 7

être accablé par

Answer 7

to be overcome by

Question 8

découvert bancaire

Answer 8

overdraft

Question 9

reviser complètement, vérifier, réparer (machine), refondre (plan)

Answer 9

to overhaul

Question 10

tirer, traîner, transporter

Answer 10

to haul

Question 11

au dessus (de nos tetes) / frais generaux

Answer 11

overhead

Question 12

se chevaucher, coïncider

Answer 12

to overlap

Question 13

avoir vue sur / negliger, oublier, fermer les yeux sur

Answer 13

to overlook

Question 14

pendant la nuit / du jour au lendemain

Answer 14

overnight

Question 15

l’emporter sur, annuler, casser une decision

Answer 15

to override

Question 16

primordial

Answer 16

overriding

Question 17

surveiller

Answer 17

to oversee

Question 18

surveiller, garder à l’œil sur, diriger

Answer 18

to supervise

Question 19

surveillance /oublie, omission

Answer 19

oversight

Question 20

rattraper, doubler, depasser

Answer 20

to overtake

Question 21

renverser (gvt)

Answer 21

to overthrow

Question 22

heures supplémentaires

Answer 22

overtime

Question 23

emploi à tps partiel / plein tps

Answer 23

part-time / full-time job

Question 24

etre accablé, débordé / etre confus

Answer 24

to be overwhelmed by

Question 25

une victoire ecrasante

Answer 25

an overwhelmed victory

Question 26

devoir

Answer 26

to owe

Question 27

en raison de

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due to / owing to

Question 28

posséder

Answer 28

to own

Question 29

proprio

Answer 29

owner

Question 30

le fait detre proprio

Answer 30

ownership

Question 31

reconnaître, avouer son tort

Answer 31

to own up to sth

Question 32

vitesse, pas, allure

Answer 32

pace

Question 33

ne pas se laisser dépasser

Answer 33

to keep pace with

Question 34

arpenter

Answer 34

to pace up and down

Question 35

primordial

Answer 35

paramount

Question 36

se séparer de

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to part with

Question 37

quitter qq

Answer 37

to part from sb

Question 38

faire part de, transmettre

Answer 38

to impart

Question 39

protecteur, bienfaiteur, sponsor / client régulier

Answer 39

patron

Question 40

patronage, parrainage / clientèle / le patronat

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patronage

Question 41

mécène

Answer 41

philanthropist

Question 42

soutenir, sponsoriser / etre client de / traiter avec condescendance

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to patronize

Question 43

patron, chef

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boss

Question 44

patron, modele, motif, tendance

Answer 44

pattern

Question 45

pénurie, manque

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paucity

Question 46

paie, salaire

Answer 46

a pay

Question 47

feuille de paie

Answer 47

payslip

Question 48

etre sur la liste du personnel

Answer 48

to be on the payroll/on the roll(s)

Question 49

congés payés

Answer 49

holidays with pay

Question 50

masse salariale

Answer 50

total payroll

Question 51

rembourser /se venger

Answer 51

to pay back

Question 52

rapporter, etre rentable

Answer 52

to pay off

Question 53

payoff

Answer 53

commission, pot de vin

Question 54

sommet, apogee

Answer 54

peak

Question 55

heure de pointe

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peak hours / time

Question 56

etre au pt le plus haut

Answer 56

to peak

Question 57

pic, pointe

Answer 57

spike

Question 58

retraite/pension

Answer 58

pension

Question 59

fonds de retraite

Answer 59

pension fund

Question 60

retraité

Answer 60

pensioner / retired person

Question 61

pension alimentaire

Answer 61

alimony/child support

Question 62

exécuter, accomplir

Answer 62

to perform

Question 63

artiste, acteur, concertiste

Answer 63

a performer

Question 64

avantages en plus du salaire

Answer 64

perks

Question 65

s’animer /se ragaillardir

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to perk up

Question 66

point de vue, perspective /recul

Answer 66

perspective

Question 67

garder le sens des proportions

Answer 67

to keep things in perspective

Question 68

perspectives d’avenir

Answer 68

outlook for the future

Question 69

definir, identifier avec précision

Answer 69

to pin down

Question 70

épingler

Answer 70

to pin

Question 71

obliger qq à s’engager, à tenir une promesse

Answer 71

to pin sb down

Question 72

identifier, cerner la nature, la cause d’une situation, évènement

Answer 72

to pinpoint

Question 73

opposer qqch ou qq à /se mesurer à qq

Answer 73

to pit against

Question 74

avoir comme adversaire qq de plus fort que soi

Answer 74

to be pitted against an enemy stronger than oneself

Question 75

piege, embûche

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pitfall

Question 76

piege

Answer 76

trap

Question 77

fosse, trou, mine

Answer 77

pit

Question 78

tourmenter, harceler

Answer 78

to plague

Question 79

fleau, peste

Answer 79

a plague

Question 80

clair, évident

Answer 80

plain

Question 81

la simple vérité

Answer 81

the plain truth

Question 82

installation, usine

Answer 82

plant

Question 83

usine sidérurgique

Answer 83

steel plant

Question 84

centrale nucléaire

Answer 84

nuclear plant /power station

Question 85

minimiser

Answer 85

to play down

Question 86

insister sur, maximiser

Answer 86

to play up

Question 87

chercher à se faire bien voir, surtout en jouant sur les besoins ou faiblesses de qq

Answer 87

to play up to sb

Question 88

supplier, implorer, plaider

Answer 88

to plead

Question 89

appel

Answer 89

a plea

Question 90

négociation de peine

Answer 90

plea-bargain

Question 91

promettre, s’engager

Answer 91

to pledge

Question 92

une promesse

Answer 92

a pledge /vow

Question 93

situation critique, grave

Answer 93

plight

Question 94

stratagème

Answer 94

ploy

Question 95

boucher

Answer 95

to plug

Question 96

brancher

Answer 96

to plug in

Question 97

débrancher, déboucher

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to unplug

Question 98

s’acharner

Answer 98

to plug away at sth

Question 99

descendre brusquement, dégringoler

Answer 99

to plummet

Question 100

montrer, indiquer / attirer attention sur le fait que, signaler, rappeler

Answer 100

to point out

Question 101

insister sur qqch

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to make a point of sth

Question 102

inutile

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pointless

Question 103

ligne d’action, une politique

Answer 103

a policy

Question 104

conduire une politique

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to lead/conduct a policy

Question 105

décisionnaires

Answer 105

policy/ decision makers

Question 106

la politique

Answer 106

politics

Question 107

la politique étrangère

Answer 107

foreign politics

Question 108

parti politique

Answer 108

political party

Question 109

politicien

Answer 109

politician

Question 110

personnalité politique

Answer 110

political figure /personality

Question 111

politique de consensus

Answer 111

bipartisan, politics

Question 112

systeme bipartite

Answer 112

two-party system

Question 113

vote, scrutin / sondage

Answer 113

a poll

Question 114

aller aux urnes

Answer 114

to go to the polls

Question 115

bureau de vote

Answer 115

polling place /station

Question 116

vote, bulletin de vote

Answer 116

ballot

Question 117

sondage d’opinion

Answer 117

opinion poll

Question 118

sonder l’opinion

Answer 118

to poll

Question 119

sondeur d’opinion

Answer 119

pollster