Cambridge exams problems

Question 1

1. (hang limply)
   -> (tissu, …) pendre
   -> tomber
   -> s’affaisser
2. figurative (be exhausted)
   -> être épuisé

Answer 1

to droop

Ex:
2.The hikers drooped under the hot sun.

Question 2

1. (sit in ungainly way)
   -> s’avachir, s’affaler,
   -> se vautrer
2. (flop down)
   -> s’écrouler dans [qch], s’effondrer dans [qch]
3. figurative (price, value : decrease)
   -> (prix, valeur) décliner
   -> (familier) dégringoler

Answer 2

1. To slump (on) [sth]
2. To slump (onto/into) [sth]
3. To slump

Question 3

1. (droop , hang low)
   -> (pantalon) tomber, pendre, descendre
2. (sink in middle)
   -> (lit,…) s’affaisser
3. figurative (slow down, fall)
   -> (figuré) baisser

Answer 3

To sag

Question 4

1. (immerse in)
   -> plonger [qch] dans [qch]
2. (dive)
   -> plonger
3. figurative (fall, drop fast)
   -> (figuré) plonger

Answer 4

To plunge

Question 5

1. (absorbed: in reading, etc.)
   -> absorbé, captivé
2. (absorbed, involved in)
   -> absorbé par [qch], captivé par [qch]

Answer 5

(adj) engrossed in [sth]

Question 6

1. (be present, attend [sth])
   -> venir
2. (conclude: well, badly)
   -> finir, tourner
   -> se révéler, s’avérer
3. (light: switch off)
4. (tip out contents of)
   -> vider

Answer 6

turn [sth] out / turn out [sth]

Question 7

1. (in an intermediate position)
   -> entre les …..
   -> entre chaque
2. (intervening)
   -> entre
3. (in the middle of)
   -> entre

Answer 7

in between

Question 8

1. (blade : sharpen)
   -> (une lame) aiguiser, affûter

Answer 8

To whet [sth]

Question 9

figurative (make [sb] eager for [sth])
-> mettre en appétit

Answer 9

whet [sb]’s appetite
whet [sb]’s appetite for [sth]

Question 10

(relatively, by comparison)
-> relativement
-> comparativement

Answer 10

[adv] comparatively

Example :

The humidity is comparatively high for this time of year.
L’humidité est relativement élevée pour cette période de l’année.

Question 11

1.(at all)
-> aucun, pas le moindre

2. (whatever)
   -> quel que, quelle que

—> used after a negative phrase to add emphasis to the idea that is being expressed

Answer 11

Whatsoever

Examples :
He has no respect for authority whatsoever
I can honestly say that I have no interest whatsoever in the British royal family
Did you have any idea what was happening at the time ? None whatsoever

Question 12

Idiom ( at the most advanced or extreme point of (sth)

Answer 12

At the height of

Example : He was at the height of his fame when he died

Question 13

(en montagne) col, passage

Answer 13

pass (noun)

Question 14

(Collocation pattern : verb + noun)
-> to provide what is needed

Answer 14

To meet a need

Question 15

(via)
-> au moyen de, à travers, par le biais de
-> via

Answer 15

by means of [sth]

Question 16

Adj (of a place or building) visually attractive, especially in a quaint or charming way

Answer 16

Picturesque