29 Expressions 31/10

Question 0

Sans

Answer 0

But for

Without

Question 1

Fabriquer

3

Answer 1

Manufacture
Produce
Turn out

Question 2

Ce qui était

Ce qui était prédit

Answer 2

As was= wich was

The N/S negotations have stalled, as was predicted

Question 3

Persuader/dissuader qn de faire qch

Answer 3

Talk sb into/ out of doing sth

Question 4

Etre pst/ là à un endroit

Prendre soin de/ repondre ( a nos besoin)

Answer 4

Attend=go to a place= be pst

Attend to = deal with sth or sb

Question 5

A supposer que/ Si par hasard tu vois les lumieres allumées

Answer 5

Were you to see/ Should you see the lights on

Question 6

Réparer, dédommager

Faire du bien a qn

Answer 6

Make good sth= repair= compensate for sth

Do sb good

The damage done to my house by the fire has now been made good

Question 7

Piqure des différents insectes guêpes/ moustiques/ épines/ aiguilles

Answer 7

Wasps and bees sting
Mosquitoes bite
You may pricks your finger with a thorn or a pin

Question 8

Guêpes

Answer 8

Wasps

Question 9

Nature, simple, sans fioritures ni ajouts

Answer 9

Plain

Don’t put cream on my strawberries I prefer them plain

Question 10

Auriez vous l’amabilité de bien vouloir tenir cela pour moi ?
2

Answer 10

Would you be
- so kind as to
- kind enough to
hold this for me ?

Question 11

Supposer

3

Answer 11

Assume
Presume
Surmise

Question 12

Etre en

• cours
• en train

Answer 12

To be in the making

Polanski’s new films, O Twist, is in the making

Question 13

Frequenter

Answer 13

To hand about/ around with sb

Question 14

Le succès est encore a venir

Answer 14

Success is yet to come

Question 15

Le bruit court que…
Il parait que…
2

Answer 15

Sb is rumoured to vb
Sb is reported to vb

It is no sure but they are rumoured to be in France

Question 16

Etre peu bavard

Answer 16

Be a person of few words

Question 17

Encore pire

Bien pire/ pire encore
2

Answer 17

Yet worse

Worse yet

Question 18

Compatissant

Answer 18

Sympathetic

Question 19

Le quotidien

Answer 19

Daily life

Question 20

Aboutir a qch

Provenir de qch
2

Answer 20

Result in

Result from

Question 21

Accélérer

Answer 21

To quicken

Question 22

Stopper

Answer 22

To pull up

The police patrol car pulled up in front of the police station

Question 23

Aller se servir qch

Answer 23

Help oneself TO sth

They offered us to help ourselves to some apple juice

Question 24

Etre fiere de

Answer 24

Pride oneself ON sth= take pride IN sth= be proud OF sth

She prides herself ON her remarkable intuition

Question 25

S’améliorer/ s’aggraver= s’empirer

Answer 25

Take a turn FOR the beTTER/ the worse

Things have now taken a decisive turn FOR the better

Question 26

Retarder

2

Answer 26

Put sth back= delay

His illness is likely to put his work back by several years

Question 27

Grief

Grievance

Reclamation

Answer 27

Douleur

Grief, doléance

Mise en valeur des terres, reconversion d une zone de friche, etc…

Question 28

Avec un preavis d’une semaine

Answer 28

At a week’s notice= at a one-week notice

She was laid off at a week’s notice

Question 29

Be none the + adj comparatif ( + for it)

… Mais ne sont pas plus heureux pour autant

Answer 29

The french have the 35-hour working week but are none the happier ( for it)

Question 30

Inculper qn, mettre qn en examen

2

Answer 30

Be indicted ON a charge OF sth/ indict sb FOR sth

He was indicted last year ON first-degree crime charges