EN To FR Feb 2018

Question 1

savvy

Answer 1

jugeote, malin, futé

Question 2

wordy

Answer 2

verbeux

Question 3

bromide

Answer 3

banalité, platitude

Question 4

realm

Answer 4

royaume

Question 5

Fumble for

Answer 5

Fouiller pour trouver qq chose (dans un sac par exemple)

Question 6

To fumble through

Answer 6

To proceed awkwardly and uncertainly; blunder: fumble through a speech.

Question 7

Blunder

Answer 7

Faute, faire une faute

Question 8

Rebuke

Answer 8

Critiquer fortement

Question 9

Oversight

Answer 9

An unintentional omission or mistake.

Watchful care or management; supervision

Question 10

Puck

Answer 10

Palet de hockey

Question 11

Sassy

Answer 11

Malpoli, irrespectueux

Question 12

Sheer

Answer 12

Pur et simple

Question 13

Swerve

Answer 13

Faire une embardée, faire un écart

Question 14

Waft

Answer 14

To cause to go gently and smoothly through the air or over water: The breeze wafted the fog through the fields.

Question 15

Begrime

Answer 15

To smear or soil with or as if with dirt

Question 16

Smear

Answer 16

Enduire

Porter atteinte à

Question 17

Feral

Answer 17

Having returned to an untamed state from domestication: a pack of feral dogs.

Question 18

To seethe

Answer 18

1.To churn and foam as if boiling.

2.
a. To be in a state of turmoil or ferment: The nation seethed with rebellion.

Question 19

Embezzle, embezzlement

Answer 19

Detourner des fonds, détournement de fonds

Question 20

To bray

Answer 20

Braire, cri de l’âne

Question 21

To outstrip

Answer 21

1. To move past or ahead of: outstripped the other runners on the last lap.
2. To be greater than or superior to; exceed or surpass: Her new book outstripped the sales of all her previous ones combined.

Question 22

To overstep

Answer 22

To go beyond (a limit); exceed: overstepped the bounds of taste.

Question 23

make fast work of (someone or something)

Answer 23

To deal with, finish, or dispose of someone or something very quickly or handily; (of an object) to consume something quickly. We’ll make fast work of this project now that you’ve joined the team. You made fast work of that book you were reading.

Question 24

abase

Answer 24

To lower in rank, prestige, or esteem

Question 25

Flake

Answer 25

One who is undependable, as in keeping social engagements

Question 26

bald-faced

Answer 26

Brash; undisguised

Question 27

brash

Answer 27

1. Presumptuously forward; impudent: “She couldn’t imagine anyone being happy with this loud, brash, opinionated businessman” (Anne Bartlett).
2. Hasty or unrestrained without regard for consequences: “his brash, ill-considered attacks on members of his own party” (Susan Dunn).
3. Arresting, pronounced, or ostentatious: brash plaids.
4. Brittle: brash timbers.

Question 28

Impudent

Answer 28

Offensively bold or disrespectful; insolent or impertinent. See Synonyms at shameless.

Question 29

make game of (someone or something)

Answer 29

To ridicule, mock, or tease someone or something; to make fun of someone or something. I really don’t appreciate you making game of my disability like that. Don’t make game of your sister—you know how sensitive she is!

Question 30

brittle

Answer 30

Fragile

Question 31

Creed

Answer 31

Croyance

Question 32

Sod

Answer 32

Motte de terre

Sodomite, connard

Question 33

Bungle

Answer 33

v.tr.
To carry out badly or ruin through ineptitude; botch. See Synonyms at botch.
v.intr.
To work or act ineptly or inefficiently.