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Question 1

To go sour

Answer 1

Tourner au vinaigre, se dégrader
(Litt. f you leave the milk outside, it’ll go sour
Fig. The idea of Jurassic Park went sour the minute they let strangers in.)

Sim. To go sideways (= déraper, got out of hand).

Question 2

To be up to par

Answer 2

To be of the usual or expected standard
(Certain elements of the screenplay weren’t up to par)

Doesn’t live up to = To be as good as something else. Etre à la hauteur.

Question 3

Stale

Answer 3

1. Lacking energy (The beginning of the movie was a bit stale)
2. Lost its taste (The bread has staled, stale bread = Pain rassis)
3. Ecusé, usé, vieux
4. Odeur de renfermé (The air had become stale)

Question 4

Sugar-coat

Answer 4

1. Edulcorer, adoucir (soften the blow), dissimuler quelque chose de désagréable.

Question 5

Riveting

Answer 5

Fascinant, captivant

Question 6

Blatant

Answer 6

Flagrant

Question 7

To dwell

Answer 7

Demeurer, résider,
“He dwells in the realm of the mystic…”

Question 8

Creed

Answer 8

Credo, croyance (plus rare: Principe)

Question 8

Precipitous

Answer 8

Very steep
(A precipitous montain path)
A precipitous fall in prices (Fast)

Question 9

To fall prey to

Answer 9

Succomber à

Question 10

Dead on

Answer 10

Completely accurate or correct

Question 11

Beset

Answer 11

To trouble consistently
(The problem that besets the UK)
Link with upset

having a lot of trouble with something, or having to deal with a lot of something that causes problems:

Question 12

Out of whole cloth

Answer 12

From pure fabrication or fiction.

Question 13

Dismal

Answer 13

Sad and without hope

Question 14

You can’t separate the wheat from the chaff

Answer 14

Séparer le blé de l’ivraie
The magazine describes many different products and then separates the wheat from the chaff.
to judge which people or things in a group are bad and which ones are good

Question 15

Let your hair down

Answer 15

Relax, drop one’s inhibition and reserve.

Question 16

To talk rings around someone

Answer 16

To be more at ease speaking, more articulate or eloquent.

Question 17

She’s spoken for

Answer 17

Elle est prise

Question 18

Woefully

Answer 18

Lamentablement

Question 19

Sparing

Answer 19

Moderate, economical

Question 20

Plugging along

Answer 20

To continue making progress (in some endeavor) at steady, consistent pace, especially in the face of difficulties, challenges, setbacks, etc

Question 21

A smidgeon of

Answer 21

Une infime parcelle de

Question 22

To pan

Answer 22

To critique (the movie was panned by critiques)

Question 23

hogwash

Answer 23

foutaises

Question 24

duress

Answer 24

contrainte

Question 25

shrill

Answer 25

(of a voice or sound) high-pitched and piercing.

Question 26

staggering

Answer 26

pharamineux

Question 27

Move the needle
That doesn’t move the needle for me

Answer 27

To change a situation to a noticeable degree.

Question 28

Kooky

Answer 28

Excentrique

Question 29

Scrowl

Answer 29

une mine renfrognée par froncement des traits

Question 30

Lean into something

Answer 30

Compter sur

Question 31

To sulk

Answer 31

Bouder

Question 32

To be infuatated with

Answer 32

Etre entiché/épris de quelqu’un

Question 33

His eyes brimming with

Answer 33

Débordant de

Question 34

Lavish

Answer 34

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