American dreams

Question 1

réaliser un rêve

Answer 1

make a dream come true

Question 2

réaliser

Answer 2

achieve / fulfil

Question 3

atteindre un but

Answer 3

reach a goal

Question 4

réussir

Answer 4

manage to

Question 5

échouer

Answer 5

fail to

Question 6

mettre en oeuvre tous les moyens

Answer 6

try every possible means

Question 7

trouver sa voie

Answer 7

make one’s way in life

Question 8

laisser passer une chance

Answer 8

miss a chance

Question 9

faire face à

Answer 9

cope with

Question 10

surmonter les obstacles

Answer 10

overcome obstacles

Question 11

prospérer

Answer 11

thrive = prosper

Question 12

que l’on peut s’offrir

Answer 12

affordable

Question 13

au chômage

Answer 13

unemployed = jobless

Question 14

prospère

Answer 14

prosperous = lucrative

Question 15

confiant

Answer 15

confident = self-assured

Question 16

eager to

Answer 16

très désireux de

Question 17

ambitieux

Answer 17

ambitious

Question 18

épreuve

Answer 18

hardship

Question 19

crise économique

Answer 19

economic crisis

Question 20

perspectives

Answer 20

prospects

Question 21

l’échec

Answer 21

failure

Question 22

passer de l’extrême pauvreté à la richesse

Answer 22

go from rags to riches = from extreme poverty to wealth

Question 23

point de repère

Answer 23

landmark

Question 24

camion

Answer 24

truck / lorry

Question 25

contre-plongée

Answer 25

low angle shot

Question 26

drapeau

Answer 26

flag

Question 27

gratte-ciel

Answer 27

skyscraper

Question 28

deceptive

Answer 28

trompeur

Question 29

accueillir

Answer 29

welcome

Question 30

fuir qqc

Answer 30

flee from sth

Question 31

à la recherche de

Answer 31

in search of

Question 32

à première vue

Answer 32

at first sight

Question 33

beacon

Answer 33

torch

Question 34

casse-cou

Answer 34

daredevil

Question 35

voeu pieux

Answer 35

wishful thinking

Question 36

goût du risque

Answer 36

taste for danger

Question 37

les basses besognes

Answer 37

the dirty work

Question 38

convince

Answer 38

persuade

Question 39

tenter sa chance

Answer 39

try one’s luck

Question 40

se faire comprendre

Answer 40

get through to sb

Question 41

s’accrochr à son rêve

Answer 41

hold on to one’s dream

Question 42

faire de son ieux

Answer 42

do one’s best

Question 43

clochard

Answer 43

tramp

Question 44

bien immobilier

Answer 44

real estate

Question 45

saisie d’un bien

Answer 45

foreclosure

Question 46

remboursement d’un emprunt immobilier

Answer 46

mortgage payment

Question 47

exclu, paria

Answer 47

social outcast

Question 48

malchanceux

Answer 48

unfortunate

Question 49

imprudent

Answer 49

careless

Question 50

expulsé

Answer 50

evicted

Question 51

être SDF

Answer 51

be down and out

Question 52

se faire avoir

Answer 52

be had

Question 53

faire un emprunt

Answer 53

take out a loan

Question 54

ignorer que

Answer 54

be unaware that

Question 55

jouer de la malchance

Answer 55

have one bit of hard luck after another

Question 56

vivre au jour le jour

Answer 56

live from hand to mouth

Question 57

joindre les 2 bouts

Answer 57

make ends meet

Question 58

propriétaire

Answer 58

home owner

Question 59

petits boulots

Answer 59

odd jobs

Question 60

resentment

Answer 60

animosity

Question 61

jealous

Answer 61

envious

Question 62

soumis

Answer 62

submissive

Question 63

doomed

Answer 63

unlucky, luckless

Question 64

surmené

Answer 64

overworked

Question 65

frimer

Answer 65

show off

Question 66

n’a pas les moyens

Answer 66

can’t afford

Question 67

rejeter la responsabilité sur qqn

Answer 67

blame sb for sth

Question 68

en vouloir à qqn

Answer 68

bear / have a grudge against sb

Question 69

il y a de fortes chances que

Answer 69

the chance are that

Question 70

pour sauver les apparences

Answer 70

for the sake of appearances

Question 71

surprise someone

Answer 71

take / catch someone unawares

Question 72

les riches oisifs

Answer 72

the idle rich

Question 73

grandeur et décadence

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rise and fall

Question 74

ruling class

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common people

Question 75

renaissance

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revival

Question 76

extravagant

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very expensive

Question 77

illusory

Answer 77

false , untrue

Question 78

lie (contraire)

Answer 78

tell the true

Question 79

illicit

Answer 79

proibited , illegal

Question 80

corrupted

Answer 80

dishonest

Question 81

decadent

Answer 81

decayed

Question 82

s’effondrer

Answer 82

fall apart

Question 83

faire de la contrebande

Answer 83

bootleg

Question 84

désirer ardement

Answer 84

yearn

Question 85

faire étalage de sa richesse

Answer 85

flaunt one’s wealth

Question 86

réprimander

Answer 86

tell sb off

Question 87

recevoir des ordres

Answer 87

be ordered about

Question 88

ne pas accepter qqc

Answer 88

resent

Question 89

empêcher qqn de

Answer 89

stop / prevent sb from

Question 90

cela ne vaut pas la peine de

Answer 90

it’s no use V-ing

Question 91

cela vaut la peine de

Answer 91

it’s worth V-ing