Course 2 : RC 2 (c)

Question 1

saumon

Answer 1

salmon [sæmən]

Question 2

class, type, sort, kind

Answer 2

ilk

Question 3

food that is given to cows, horses and other animals.

Answer 3

fodder (The alfalfa plant is widely used as animal fodder)

Question 4

to accept, to support, to welcome

Answer 4

to embrace (: If you embrace a change, political system, or idea, you accept it and start supporting it or
believing in it)

Question 5

être touché, ému

Answer 5

to be moved by

Question 6

un temps tempétueux

Answer 6

stormy weather

Question 7

étendre le spectre, la portée, compléter la gamme,…

Answer 7

to extend the range

Question 8

une limande

Answer 8

a flounder

Question 9

eau peu profonde

Answer 9

shallow water

Question 10

eau profonde

Answer 10

deep water

Question 11

le cycle de vie (d’une plante)

Answer 11

the life cycle (+of)

Question 12

éclore

Answer 12

to hatch (. As soon as the two chicks hatch, they leave the nest)

Question 13

prédateur

Answer 13

predator [prɛdətə]

Question 14

répondre à un problème, un challenge, une urgence,… / répondre à une question

Answer 14

to respond TO a problem, a challenge, an emergency, etc / to answer a question

Question 15

avancer, se diriger vers

Answer 15

to head towards (Gather your luggage and head towards the exit of the terminal building.)

Question 16

the rhythm

Answer 16

the pace

Question 17

demands are not satisfied

Answer 17

Unmet needs (the unmet demand for quality family planning
services)

Question 18

ne pas être satisfait

Answer 18

to go unmet

Question 19

to upset (contrarier)

Answer 19

to disrupt

Question 20

to look for, to search for / to try to do smthg

Answer 20

to seek smthg/ to seaj to do something

Question 21

léger mvmt

Answer 21

the flick

Question 22

the flat objects which stick out of its body and help it to swim and keep its
balance (nageoire)

Answer 22

a fish’s fin

Question 23

whitening of coral that results from the loss of a coral’s symbiotic algae
(zooxanthellae) or the degradation of the algae’s photosynthetic pigment.

Answer 23

coral bleaching

Question 24

an organism living in a state of symbiosis

Answer 24

symbiont

Question 25

photosynthétiser, la photosynthèse

Answer 25

To photosynthesize [ˌfəʊtəʊˈsɪnθɪˌsaɪz], photosynthesis

Question 26

noun that refers to a reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period of time,
caused primarily by uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere.

Answer 26

ocean acidification

Question 27

to have many problems or fears which affect them severely

Answer 27

to beset by problems or fears ( The country is beset by severe economic problems. [be V-ed + by/with])

Question 28

on peut gager que, faisons le pari que

Answer 28

it seems a fair bet that, it’s a safe bet that

Question 29

se sentir souriant, vivant après s’être senti fatigué, ennuyé, dépressif

Answer 29

to perk up

Question 30

rarement

Answer 30

hardly