20 fev

Question 1

franc, sincère

Answer 1

frank

Question 2

poli

Answer 2

well-mannered

Question 3

esprit / présence d’esprit

Answer 3

wit

Question 4

charmant

Answer 4

charming

Question 5

spontané

Answer 5

spontaneous

Question 6

aller de l’avant

Answer 6

go-ahead

Question 7

bourse d’étude

Answer 7

scolarship

Question 8

un cadre (d’entreprise)

Answer 8

an executive

Question 9

direct, franc

Answer 9

straight-forward / outspoken

Question 10

tourner autour du pot

Answer 10

to beat about the bush

Question 11

bien élevé

Answer 11

well-educated / well-bred

Question 12

élever (des enfants)

Answer 12

to raise

Question 13

grandir

Answer 13

grow up

Question 14

les adultes

Answer 14

the grown-ups

Question 15

fin, spirituel

Answer 15

witty

Question 16

un témoin

Answer 16

a witness

Question 17

être témoin de

Answer 17

to witness something

Question 18

témoin oculaire

Answer 18

an eye-witness

Question 19

raffiné

Answer 19

refined

Question 20

minuscule

Answer 20

tiny

Question 21

sensible à qqchose

Answer 21

sensitive to

Question 22

sensé / raisonnable

Answer 22

sensible

Question 23

sage

Answer 23

wise

Question 24

sagesse

Answer 24

wisdom

Question 25

être doté de

Answer 25

be endowed with

Question 26

vivant / gai

Answer 26

lively

Question 27

Faire des études de

Answer 27

to read + history, English

Question 28

majuscule

Answer 28

Capital letter

Question 29

Accorder (une bourse)

Answer 29

to grant

Question 30

se donner des airs

Answer 30

to give oneself air

Question 31

se le péter

Answer 31

to show off

Question 32

se la péter (argot)

Answer 32

to brag

Question 33

prendre qqun de haut

Answer 33

to look down on someone

Question 34

être condescendant

Answer 34

to be patronizing

Question 35

méprisant

Answer 35

Disdainful / scornful / contemptuous

Question 36

Se prendre au sérieux

Answer 36

to take oneself seriously

Question 37

Tenir qqun en haute estime

Answer 37

To hold somebody in high esteem

Question 38

se donner des airs

Answer 38

to acquire affectations

Question 39

avoir du mépris pr qqun

Answer 39

to hold somebody in contempt

Question 40

exagéré

Answer 40

exaggerated

Question 41

Le gratin des étudiants de

Answer 41

Oxbridge (Oxford/Cambridge)

Question 42

le gratin (parisien)

Answer 42

The upper crust

Question 43

exprimer

Answer 43

to air

Question 44

être à l’antenne

Answer 44

to be on air

Question 45

au sein de l’union

Answer 45

within the union

Question 46

parmi

Answer 46

among / amongst / amidst

Question 47

Rendre justice à qqun

Answer 47

To do somebody justice

Question 48

Rendre justice à qqun

Answer 48

to do somebody the justice to

Question 49

traiter avec condescendance

Answer 49

to patronise

Question 50

hérité d’un titre

Answer 50

to succeed to a tittle

Question 51

réussir qqchose

Answer 51

to succeed in doing something

Question 52

une propriété / un domaine

Answer 52

an estate

Question 53

décharné / maigre ++

Answer 53

scrawny

Question 54

prude

Answer 54

prude

Question 55

trop comme il faut

Answer 55

over-bred

Question 56

né avec une cuillère en argent dans la bouche

Answer 56

silver spoon beginnings

Question 57

origines aristocratiques / sang bleu

Answer 57

blue bloodline

Question 58

jusqu’à la moelle

Answer 58

from head to heel

Question 59

comté / département

Answer 59

county

Question 60

détester / se détester

Answer 60

loathe

Question 61

se réfugier auprès de

Answer 61

to take refuge with

Question 62

ce qu’on a en héritage (dot)

Answer 62

dowry

Question 63

endurci

Answer 63

hardened

Question 64

dépravation

Answer 64

depravity

Question 65

léger / transparent / tissu très fin

Answer 65

gossamer

Question 66

immédiatement

Answer 66

instantly

Question 67

jouer la comédie

Answer 67

to put on an air/act