Chapter 38

Question 1

Malheur, infortune, souci

Answer 1

Woe

Question 2

Malheur à toi

Answer 2

Woe betide you

Question 3

Pauvre de moi

Answer 3

Woe is me

Question 4

Jeune prodige

Answer 4

Wunderkind

Question 5

Loupe

Answer 5

Magnifying glass

Question 6

Louper (rater)

Answer 6

To mess up, to screw up, to flunk

Question 7

Rappel au règlement (mise au point)

Answer 7

Point of order

Question 8

Céder (passage, parole) - produire (agriculture)

Answer 8

To yield

Question 9

Faire feu

Answer 9

To fire away

Question 10

Info, tuyau

Answer 10

Heads-up

Question 11

Poignée de porte

Answer 11

Doorknob

Question 12

Concierge, gardien

Answer 12

Janitor

Question 13

Sans circonstance atténuante - véritable, pur, total

Answer 13

Unmitigated

Question 14

(S’)atténuer, (se) réduire

Answer 14

To mitigate

Question 15

Possibilité infime

Answer 15

Remote possibility

Question 16

Draguer, faire du rentre dedans

Answer 16

To hit on

Question 17

Entrailles

Answer 17

Loins

Question 18

Tache de rousseur

Answer 18

Freckle

Question 19

Lumière vive, éblouissante, aveuglante

Answer 19

Glare

Question 20

Passade

Answer 20

Fling

Question 21

Courant d’air

Answer 21

Draft

Question 22

Cracher

Answer 22

To spit out

Question 23

Piètre, bidon, boiteux, foireux

Answer 23

Lame

Question 24

Improviser

Answer 24

To wing

Question 25

Chercher la petit bête

Answer 25

To nitpick

Question 26

Ruse et tromperie

Answer 26

Trickery and deceit

Question 27

Mot barré

Answer 27

Struck-out word

Question 28

Ne pas avoir ce qu’on voulait, ne pas décrocher

Answer 28

To strike out

Question 29

Je ne suis pas d’accord

Answer 29

I beg to differ

Question 30

Céder (capituler)

Answer 30

To knuckle under

Question 31

Grand max

Answer 31

Tops

Question 32

Entendement

Answer 32

Ken

Question 33

(Laissé) sans surveillance

Answer 33

Unattended

Question 34

Casser,annuler, abroger, rescinder

Answer 34

To rescind