98. France

Question 1

Le français moyen

Answer 1

The average Frenchman

Question 2

Jouir d’une géographie favorable

Answer 2

To enjoy favourable geography

Question 3

Le pays des 360 fromages

Answer 3

The home of 360 cheeses

Question 4

Le pays des 5 semaines de congés payés

Answer 4

The home of the five-week paid holiday

Question 5

Le pays de la semaine de 35 heures

Answer 5

The home of the 35-hour working week

Question 6

La France qui bosse

Answer 6

Slogging France

Question 7

La France qui bulle

Answer 7

Lazing-around France

Question 8

Etre accablé d’impôts

Answer 8

To be overtaxed

Question 9

Etre centralisé à l’excès

Answer 9

To be over-centralized

Question 10

Etre englué dans les traditions

Answer 10

To be tradition-bound

Question 11

Etre frappé d’immobilisme

Answer 11

To be ultra-conservative

Question 12

Etre protectionniste

Answer 12

To be protectionist

Question 13

Etre réfractaire au changement

Answer 13

To be resistant to change

Question 14

Etre paralysé par les grèves dans le secteur public

Answer 14

To be crippled by public sector strikes

Question 15

Un secteur public pléthorique

Answer 15

A bloated public sector

Question 16

Un taux de chômage élevé

Answer 16

A high unemployment rate

Question 17

Le place de la France dans le monde

Answer 17

France’s place in the world

Question 18

Faire de l’autosatisfaction

Answer 18

To be self-satisfied

Question 19

Etre passéiste

Answer 19

To be backward-looking

Question 20

Etre replié sur soi-même

Answer 20

To be inward-looking

Question 21

Des syndicats jusqu’au-boutistes

Answer 21

Hardline trade unions

Question 22

Remettre en question les avantages acquis

Answer 22

To call into question privileges

Question 23

Démanteler le filet de protection sociale

Answer 23

To dismantle the social safety net

Question 24

Réduire la fracture sociale

Answer 24

To bridge the gap between the haves and the have-nots

Question 25

Lutter contre la sinistrose

Answer 25

To fight against excessive pessimism

Question 26

Les Francais

Answer 26

French people

Question 27

Ne pas faire preuve de frilosité

Answer 27

To show determination

Question 28

Etre pret au changement

Answer 28

To be ready for change

Question 29

Se retrousser les manches

Answer 29

To roll up one’s sleeves

Question 30

Adopter une politique plus libérale

Answer 30

To adopt more liberal policy

Question 31

Rétablir la confiance

Answer 31

To restore confidence

Question 32

Redonner le moral aux Français

Answer 32

To boost French people’s morale

Question 33

Le France a des atouts merveilleux

Answer 33

France has wonderful assets