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Question 1

éteint

Answer 1

Adjective meaning - off (literally switched-off), lacklustre or extinct

Related word - verb ‘éteindre’ meaning ‘to turn off’

Question 2

dont (relative pronoun)

Answer 2

• of which
• of whom
• whose

Question 3

L’époque

Answer 3

Time, f.

Also - age, era

Question 4

Parviennent from parvenir

Answer 4

1. To reach - send sth to sb
2. To achieve / to manage to do sth

Note : a compound of “par + venir”
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/conjugation/french/parvenir

Question 5

Grignotées from grignoter

Answer 5

To nibble

Question 6

Pousser

Answer 6

Transitive verb - to push
1. To push an object
2. To push a person (over)
3. To push/press sb (for information)
4. To push/encourage sb to do sth
5. To drive hard
6. To pursue
7. To shout/cry out (pousser un cri)

INTRANSITIVE VERB - to grow
(And to push)
2. To push on

Question 7

Paysan

Answer 7

Peasant

Question 8

Ancien

Answer 8

Former

Question 9

Le trous

Answer 9

Holes, m.

Question 10

La pluie

Answer 10

Rain, f.
(Figuratively) a shower (of)

Question 11

Lesquels/lesquelles

Answer 11

Which
Whom
Often not translated in english

Question 12

Se mettre

Answer 12

TRANSITIVE
1. **To go, to sit down, to get **
2. To dress
3. **To get on the wrong side of sb **

INTRANSITIVE
1. To start

Question 13

Creuser

Answer 13

TRANSITIVE
**1. To dig (a hole) **
2. To go into -figurative

INTRANSITIVE
ça creuse - it gives you a real appetite

Question 14

La pierre

Answer 14

Stone, f.
Figuratively - foundation

Question 15

Briser

Answer 15

To break up

Question 16

L’abeille

Answer 16

Bee, f.

Question 17

Répandre

Answer 17

TRANSITIVE
1. to spill
2. To spread
3. To shed (light)
4. To give off (odour)

Question 18

Le surnom

Answer 18

Nickname

Question 19

Désormais

Answer 19

From now on

Question 20

Le coup d’envoi

Answer 20

The kick-off

• when sth starts

note - le coup - means the move/a blow
D’envoi - of shipping/moving

Question 21

les étapes (f)

Answer 21

stages

Question 22

Ceux des…et ceux des…

Answer 22

Those who… those who…

Question 23

Se tient

Answer 23

From se tenir

To be hold
To stand

Question 24

Le lieu

Answer 24

Place

Like in place (en lieu)

La première a eu lieu - the first (election) was held

Question 25

L’investiture (f)

Answer 25

The nomination ( election)

Question 26

Se rendre

Answer 26

To surrender/give sth up
To go somewhere (to attend)

Question 27

les jeux (m)

Answer 27

the games
the die (d’argent) - jouer gros jeux - to play high for stakes

in this context - les jeux soient déjà faits - the die had already been cast

Question 28

souhaiter

Answer 28

TRANSITIVE
to wish
to hope for

Question 29

se présenter

Answer 29

to introduce oneself
to arise
to stand/run (for the elections)

Question 30

de nouveau

Answer 30

again

Question 31

l’adversaire (m/f)

Answer 31

opponent

Question 32

l’ancien (président)

Answer 32

the former president

ancien can mean “old” or “ancient” but in this context this translation fits more

Question 33

les règles (f)

Answer 33

the rules
or a ruler (stationary)

Question 34

aucun

Answer 34

no
none
any
(négatif)

Question 35

bouder

Answer 35

(boudé les débats)
had shunned the debates
to sulk
to turn one’s nose up at
to refuse to have anything to do with

Question 36

selon

Answer 36

according (to)

Question 37

les sondages (m)

Answer 37

the (opinion) polls (politics)
survey

Question 38

visent from viser

Answer 38

to aim at/be aimed at