Autumn 2017

Question 1

Then, next

Answer 1

Ensuite

Question 2

I didn’t mean to

Answer 2

Je ne l’ai pas fait exprès

Question 3

A drink

Answer 3

Une boisson

Question 4

To film

Answer 4

Filmer

Question 5

Guilty

Answer 5

Coupable

Question 6

No matter what I do, it’s impossible

Answer 6

J’ai beau faire, c’est impossible

Question 7

No matter what people say, it’s not true

Answer 7

On a beau dire, ce n’est pas vrai

Question 8

A ripple (waves), a wrinkle

Answer 8

Une ride

Question 9

Lapping, rippling waves, wash

Answer 9

Un clapotis

Question 10

A wind turbine

Answer 10

Une éolienne

Question 11

I’m nearly finished

Answer 11

J’ai presque fini

Question 12

Dreadful, awful, terrible

Answer 12

Épouvantable

Question 13

Bloody stupidity, crap, bullshit

Answer 13

Une connerie

Question 14

Bloody stupid (adj)

Answer 14

Con

Question 15

Cunt, idiot, (asshole, wanker, stupid bastard)

Answer 15

Un con(ard)

Question 16

A peanut

Answer 16

Une cacahouète

Question 17

You’ve had a terrible week

Answer 17

Tu as eu une semaine épouvantable.

Question 18

It’s wicked, brilliant

Answer 18

C’est top/géant/mega/

Question 19

During (the present time/an event such as a lunch)

Answer 19

Lors de

Question 20

Sharp (knife, scissor)

Answer 20

(Bien) aiguisé

Question 21

Anything else?

Answer 21

Autre chose?

Question 22

I visited

Answer 22

J’ai rendu visite à

Question 23

It’s not good/nice

Answer 23

C’est moche

Question 24

Weekly

Answer 24

Hebdomadaire

Question 25

Same time, same place

Answer 25

Même lieu, même heure

Question 26

To recall, remind, call/bring back

Answer 26

Rappeler

Question 27

To remember

Answer 27

Se rappeler, se souvenir de (se souvenir uses ‘de’ but se rappeler does not)

Question 28

Reading

Answer 28

Une lecture

Question 29

University course

Answer 29

Un cours

Question 30

Inheritance, heritage

Answer 30

Le patrimoine

Question 31

Bad faith (inauthenticity, conforming to bourgeois convention)

Answer 31

Mauvaise foi

Question 32

Neither am I

Answer 32

Je ne suis pas non plus, moi non plus

Question 33

Rational

Answer 33

Rationnel, Cartésien

Question 34

That doesn’t mean, that’s not to say

Answer 34

Ça ne veut pas dire

Question 35

Not either

Answer 35

Non plus

Question 36

Not much (is happening)

Answer 36

Pas grand-chose

Question 37

You surprise me (ironic)

Answer 37

Tu m'étonnes (ironique)

Question 38

Excuse me for disturbing you

Answer 38

Excusez-moi de vous déranger

Question 39

I'm looking for (in a shop)

Answer 39

Je cherche

Question 40

No longer

Answer 40

Ne ... plus

Question 41

I want to kiss you

Answer 41

J'ai envie de t'embrasser

Question 42

I miss you (you're missing to me)

Answer 42

Tu me manques

Question 43

A hedge

Answer 43

Une haie

Question 44

Distant, far away

Answer 44

Éloigné

Question 45

A network

Answer 45

Un réseau

Question 46

Twinning

Answer 46

Le jumelage

Question 47

A lobster (different types)

Answer 47

L’homard, une langouste (le homard est généralement plus cher que la langouste)

Question 48

I no longer know

Answer 48

Je ne sais plus

Question 49

At the moment (present moment)

Answer 49

En ce moment

Question 50

At that moment (a past or future precise moment)

Answer 50

À ce moment (la)

Question 51

A camel

Answer 51

Un chameau

Question 52

Damn, I cannot remember it

Answer 52

Flûte, j'ai un trou de mémoire

Question 53

All the children

Answer 53

Tous les enfants (tous pronounced with a silent S because it is here working as an adjective, agreeing with the noun)

Question 54

Hi to all

Answer 54

Bonjour à tous (with tous pronounced with an S because it is here working as a pronoun, substituting for something or someone)

Question 55

My stupidity, foolishness

Answer 55

Ma bêtise

Question 56

I made a terrible mistake

Answer 56

J'ai fait une erreur épouvantable.

Question 57

A hedgehog

Answer 57

Un hérisson

Question 58

During (a lengthier period of time, weeks, months, years, etc).

Answer 58

Pendant

Question 59

I remember it

Answer 59

Je m’en souviens (with a verb that uses ‘de’ such as ‘se souvenir de’, you use ‘en’, not ‘le’).

Question 60

No matter what, whatever

Answer 60

Avoir beau