Expressions 250-299

Question 1

249. To tell the truth, I wasn’t a fan of the movie.

Answer 1

To tell the truth - Pour dire la vérité, en toute honnêteté

Question 2

250. You’re going on vacation next week? Is that so ?

Answer 2

Is that so ? C’est bien ça ?

Question 3

251. I am dying to see you

Answer 3

Je meurs d’ envie de te voir.

Question 4

252. That’s terrific !

Answer 4

Génial ! Super !

Question 5

253. To talk big. Some people talk big to impress others, but sincerity is

more important.

Answer 5

Parler fort, se vanter

Question 6

254.What’s on your mind ?

Answer 6

Qu’est-ce qui te préoccupe / te tracasse ? / À quoi penses-tu ?

Question 7

255.Fooling around again ?

Answer 7

Encore en train de faire l’imbécile ?

Question 8

256.Is that so ? - You’re going on vacation next week? Is that so?

Answer 8

C’est bien ça ?

Question 9

257. How big ? - You bought a new car? How big is it?

Answer 9

De quelle taille ?

Question 10

258. Nothing much - What’s new with you? - Nothing much, just the

usual

Answer 10

Pas grand-chose / Rien de spécial.

Question 11

Her books sell pretty well.

Question 12

How did you come to know each other?

Question 13

He does not know English, much less French.

Question 14

I neither smoke nor drink.

Question 15

The milk tastes sour.

Question 16

All our plans went wrong.

Question 17

Do as you like.

Question 18

Would you please turn down the TV?

Question 19

This blouse is cotton.

Question 20

That bridge is anything but safe

Question 21

I don’t feel like eating out this evening.

Question 22

This beer is not cold enough.

Question 23

Don’t spill the beans.

Question 24

Those books are mine.

Question 25

It tasted sweet.

Question 26

Were you out last night

Question 27

Those are their books.

Question 28

She is practicing the violin now.

Question 29

She spoke as though nothing had happened.

Question 30

I regret having said so.

Question 31

He often makes people angry.

Question 32

Please close the door quietly.

Question 33

I wish I earned more money.

Question 34

She reluctantly went by herself.

Question 35

I got acquainted with her in France.

Answer 35

J’ai fait sa connaissance en France

Question 36

.He is capable of teaching french

Question 37

It's a pity that you can't come.

Question 38

These grapes are ripe.

Answer 38

Ces raisins sont mûrs

Question 39

Please answer the phone.

Question 40

The policeman was off duty.

Question 41

Hold on to the rope.

Question 42

Tom was sick in bed last sunday

Question 43

This bus can hold fifty people.

Question 44

He painted the ceiling blue

Question 45

They are all the same

Answer 45

Ils sont tous les mêmes

Question 46

He grows rice

Question 47

I can do it in half the time.

Question 48

Visitors may not feed the animals

Question 49

How did you make it?