CB2 - Version

Question 1

provoquer un vif émoi/faire sensation

Answer 1

to create a stir, to cause a stir

Question 2

une tenue négligée

Answer 2

a scruffy appearance

Question 3

hilarité

Answer 3

mirth

Question 4

retenir une émotion

Answer 4

to suppress an emotion

Question 5

dissimuler, retenir, étouffer

Answer 5

to suppress

Question 6

étouffer un scandale

Answer 6

to supress a scandal

Question 7

porter une lourd fardeau sur ses épaules

Answer 7

to have a heavy burden on your shoulders

Question 8

y n’arrive pas à la cheville de x

Answer 8

x stands head and shoulders above y

Question 9

snober qqn

Answer 9

to give someone the cold shoulder

Question 10

secrètement, à la dérobée

Answer 10

covertly

Question 11

rusé, sournois

Answer 11

sly

Question 12

slyly

Answer 12

malicieusement, en cachette

Question 13

limiter, contenir, réprimer

Answer 13

to rein in

Question 14

limiter les coûts

Answer 14

to rein in costs

Question 15

donner carte blanche à qqn

Answer 15

to give sb free rein

Question 16

exercer un contrôle strict sur qqch

Answer 16

to keep a tight rein on smth

Question 17

remuer, s’agiter

Answer 17

to stir

Question 18

cuivre, laiton

Answer 18

brass

Question 19

le flegme britannique

Answer 19

the stiff upper lip

Question 20

des éclats de rire

Answer 20

peals of laughter

Question 21

froisser

Answer 21

to crumple