Chapitre Un | 80 % en six mois

Question 1

à maintes reprises (f, pl)

Answer 1

on numerous occasions; many times

Question 2

à son égard (m)

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with regard to; towards him/her

Question 3

accaparer (v.)

Answer 3

to occupy

Question 4

aléas (m, pl) de vie

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ups and downs of life

Question 5

aux quatre coins du monde

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to the four corners of the earth

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bercement (m)

Answer 6

rocking motion

Question 7

bondir (v.)

Answer 7

to leap

Question 8

brusquement (adv.)

Answer 8

suddenly

Question 9

complicité (f)

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bond; closeness

Question 10

coquet(te)

Answer 10

elegant

Question 11

coup (m) de fil

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phone call

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coup (m) de pinceau

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lick of paint

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de longue date (f)

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longstanding; old

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décharge (f) électrique

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electric shock

Question 15

donner la pièce

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to give a coin / some loose change

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éloigner (v.)

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to move away

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en fin de matinée (f)

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late morning

Question 18

éreintant(e)

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exhausting

Question 19

esquisser (v.) un sourire

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to give a faint smile

Question 20

étroitement lié(s) à

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closely linked to

Question 21

faire (v.) la manche

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to busk

Question 22

gravir les échelons (m, pl)

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to climb the ranks

Question 23

incarner (v.)

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to personify; epitomize

Question 24

interphone (m)

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intercom

Question 25

narquois

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mocking

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nauséabond(e)

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putrid

Question 27

ne pas avoir une seule ride

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to have not aged a bit

Question 28

ne pas être (v.) du genre à

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to not be the kind of person to

Question 29

plonger (v.)

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to throw; to plunge

Question 30

quelque chose ne collait pas

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something didn’t add up / wasn’t right

Question 31

quelque chose ne tournait pas rond

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something wasn’t right

Question 32

rajeunir (v.) de vingt ans

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to become 20 years younger

Question 33

reprendre (v.) là où ils en étaient restés

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to pick up where they left off

Question 34

reprendre (v.) ses esprits

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to gather one’s thoughts; to put oneself together

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rester (v.) planté

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to stay put; to stand there doing nothing

Question 36

rouillé(e)

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rusty

Question 37

sceller (v.)

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to seal

Question 38

se contenter (v.) de faire quelque chose

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to merely do something

Question 39

se donner des nouvelles

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to hear from one another

Question 40

se ruer (v.)

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to rush about

Question 41

strident

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strident; piercing

Question 42

sur les bancs de la Fac

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during their time at university

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sursauter (v.)

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to be startled; to jump

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sympathiser (v.)

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to hit it off; to become friends

Question 45

tenir (v.) ses engagements

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to go through with one’s plans

Question 46

TGV (train à grande vitesse) (m)

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high-speed train

Question 47

toujours dans les bons coups, tout comme les foireux d’ailleurs

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together through thick and thin / through the good times and bad

Question 48

tracasser (v.)

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to worry

Question 49

traverser (v.)

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to get through