Assimil no 2

Question 1

Laisse moi allumer

la télévision

Answer 1

Let me turn on the

television

Question 2

Je dois signaler que

Answer 2

I must point out that

Question 3

Et il a raté, j’ai gagné

Answer 3

And he has missed,

I have won.

Question 4

Le droit de la libre

parole

Answer 4

The right of free speech

Question 5

Sujet de base du

journalisme

Answer 5

Staple of journalism.
Staple exprime: pro-
duits de base

Question 6

Sur les paillassons

Answer 6

On the doormats

Question 7

Tant et si bien que

Answer 7

So much so that

Question 8

J’ai du crier pour me

faire entendre

Answer 8

I had to shout to make

myself heard

Question 9

Ne le renverse pas sur ton costume

Answer 9

Don’t spill it on your suit

Question 10

Sont célėbres pour leur esprit, leur répartie et leur parlé rapide et idiomatique

Answer 10

Are renowed for their wit, their repartee and their fast-talking idiomatic speach

Question 11

Marché à la hausse

Answer 11

The market is

bullish

Question 12

Commerçants à

l’origine

Answer 12

Originally

tradesmen

Question 13

A eu pour résultât

Answer 13

Meant that

Question 14

Le crash a eu pour

résultat que des millions de gens perdirent leurs économies

Answer 14

The crash meant that millions of people lost their saving

Question 15

Ils ont posé la nouvelle moquette la semaine dernière

Answer 15

They fitted the new carpet last week

Question 16

Qui ou quoi constitue 1 vrai Londonnien?

Answer 16

Who or what make up a real Londoner?

Question 17

Où les uniformes écarlates se marient avec la mode souvent exagérée des
jeunes

Answer 17

Where the scarlet uniforms blend with the often outrageous fashions of the young

Question 18

Se cotoient de façon

intime

Answer 18

Rub shulders with easy familiarity

Question 19

Londres est une ville vaste, mouvementée et passionnante

Answer 19

London is a vast, bustling, exciting city

Question 20

Voler, dévaliser

Voleur, vol

Answer 20

To rob, to rob a bank

Robber, robbery

Question 21

Se vendent comme des petits pains chauds

Answer 21

Are selling like hot cakes

Question 22

1 des boxeur souffrait d’un gros rhume

Answer 22

Because one of the boxer was suffering from a bad cold

Question 23

Je peux faire la grasse matinée

Answer 23

I can lie in

Question 24

Mettre au chômage

Answer 24

To lay off

Question 25

Nous avons été retenus 1 heure à l’aéroport

Answer 25

We were held up for an hour at the airport

Question 26

Avez-vous quelque chose de prévu ce

soir?

Answer 26

Do you have anything on this evening?

Question 27

Malheureusement

oui

Answer 27

Afraid so

Question 28

Différence entre

To fit et to suit

Answer 28

It fits you (grandeur)

It suits you (style)

Question 29

Envoyer 1 chèque dans le sens de poster

Answer 29

To send off

Question 30

Riche

Answer 30

Well heeled

Question 31

Il faut que je dépose

Ma femme

Answer 31

I have to drop off my wife at

Question 32

On le voit à peine

maintenant

Answer 32

We hardley see him any more

Question 33

Un match difficile

Mais correct

Answer 33

A tough match but a fair one

Question 34

Font partie de

Answer 34

Are part of

Question 35

Tu discute depuis si longtemps

Answer 35

You have been arguing

for so long

Question 36

Reconnu

Answer 36

Renowed
He was renowded
as a tough negocia-
tor

Question 37

Feuilleter

Answer 37

To leaf through

Question 38

Je feuilletais une

copie

Answer 38

I was leafing through a copy

Question 39

Pays en voie de développement

Answer 39

Developing world

Question 40

Réelle liberté

Answer 40

Genuine freedom

Question 41

Son homologue al-lemand

Answer 41

His German conterpart

Question 42

A lancé 1 appel

Answer 42

Called for

Question 43

Une relance économique

Answer 43

A revival
An economical re-
vival