20.06.2022

Question 1

1. (sticking plaster)
2. figurative ( superficial solution )
   - > solution de fortune

Answer 1

band-aid

Question 2

1. (not straight)
   - > courbé /(tableau) de travers
2. figurative, informal ([sth]: corrupt)
   - > malhonnête
3. figurative, informal (person: corrupt)
   - > malhonnête, corrompu

Answer 2

crooked (adj)

Question 3

1. (person : drool)
   - > baver
2. (liquid; trickle)
   - > tomber au goutte à goutte, couler lentement
3. dribbler

Answer 3

To dribble

Question 4

1. ( of no practical significance)
   - > (débat) stérile
2. (debatable)
   - > discutable, controversé / sujet à discussion

Answer 4

moot (adj)

Question 5

1. (severe, serious)
   - > strict, sévère, austère
2. (expressing annoyance)
   - > (regard) sévère, dur
3. (appearance : austere, forbidding)
   - > (apparence) sévère, austère

Answer 5

Stern (adj)

Question 6

1. (colours of light)
   - > (de couleur) spectre
2. figurative (range of [sth])
   - > éventail, gamme, palette (d’émotions)

Answer 6

spectrum (noun)

Question 7

informal ( to cut off)

Answer 7

to amputate

Question 8

(improvised)

-> improvisé

Answer 8

extemporaneous (adj)

Question 9

1. (bad, damaging)
   - > néfaste / nocif / négatif
2. (bad for)
   - > nuire à / faire du tort à

Answer 9

Detrimental (to [sb/sth] )

-> adj