FEL-Bloc4

Question 1

hivernal (adj)

Answer 1

of winter, wintry

Question 2

suivre son cours (v)

Answer 2

poursuivre, continuer

Question 3

bordées de neige (nf)

Answer 3

chutes de neige très abondantes

Question 4

enjeu (nm)

Answer 4

stake, issue

Question 5

artère (nf)

Answer 5

main roads

Question 6

voir à qqch (v)

Answer 6

s’occuper de qqch

Question 7

optimal (adj)

Answer 7

optimum

Question 8

mettre en place (v)

Answer 8

installer, développer, mettre sur pied

Question 9

la flotte de véhicules

Answer 9

fleet of vehicles;

ensemble des véhicules de même catégorie

Question 10

atteindre (v)

Answer 10

reach

Question 11

chenillette (nf)

Answer 11

tracked vehicle

Question 12

souffleuse (nf)

Answer 12

snowblower

Question 13

déblaiement (nm)

Answer 13

clearing [of path or space]

Question 14

précipitation (nf)

Answer 14

precipitation, rainfall, snowfall

Question 15

déclencher (v)

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release, activate, launch, start

Question 16

sur-le-champ (adv)

Answer 16

immediately, at once, right away;

immédiatement

Question 17

épandage (nm)

Answer 17

manuring, manure spreading;

action d’étendre une matière ou un produit au sol en le répartissant régulièrement

Question 18

étendre (v)

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spread out

Question 19

répartir (v)

Answer 19

distribute, spread

Question 20

fondant (nm)

Answer 20

material causing melting

Question 21

abrasif (nm)

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abrasive, smoothing substance

Question 22

sous-traitance (nf)

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subcontracting

Question 23

sous-traitant (nm)

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subcontractor

Question 24

appel d’offre (nm)

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invitation to tender/bid

Question 25

soumission (nf)

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submission, tender

Question 26

s'échelonner (v)

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be spread out, be spaced out, be placed at intervals

Question 27

procéder à (v)

Answer 27

carry out, start

Question 28

pose (nf)

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putting up [=hanging], putting in [-installing]

Question 29

couche (nf)

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layer

Question 30

projeter (v)

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plan, throw out, discharge, eject

Question 31

envahissant (adj)

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intrusive, all-consuming, pervasive, strong

Question 32

joueur compulsif (nm)

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compulsive gambler

Question 33

placoter (v)

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jaser, causer, bavarder

Question 34

contredire (v)

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contradict (v)

Question 35

comptant (adv)

Answer 35

cash, in cash

Question 36

rente (nf)

Answer 36

pension, allowance, government loan

Question 37

cotiser (v)

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payer une somme par versement pour souscrire à une assurance

Question 38

prestation (nf)

Answer 38

somme d'argent destinée à fournir un revenu de substitution

Question 39

émission (nf)

Answer 39

issue

Question 40

immatriculation (nf)

Answer 40

registration, enrollment

Question 41

motoneigiste (nmf)

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snow-bike rider, skidoo rider

Question 42

éradiquer (v)

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éliminer, supprimer totalement

Question 43

fléau (nm)

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catastrophe (nf), désastre (nm), grand malheur, calamité (nf)

Question 44

demi-mesure (nf)

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half-measure

Question 45

tabagisme (nm)

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nicotine addiction, addiction to smoking

Question 46

grogne (nf)

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mécontentement (nm)

Question 47

aux dépens de qqch

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at the expense of sth

Question 48

restreindre (v)

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réduire, se limiter

Question 49

d'autant plus que

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parce que, puisque, comme, car

Question 50

bannir (v)

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ban; | exiler, exclure, rejeter

Question 51

porte-parole (nm)

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spokesperson, spokesman/spokeswoman

Question 52

plaider (v)

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plead, speak in favor of

Question 53

incommoder (v)

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déranger, causer des malaises

Question 54

s'abstenir (v)

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se priver, se dispenser

Question 55

brimer (v)

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bully (v), aggravate (v), oppress (v); | opprimer (v)

Question 56

nuire à qqn (v)

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harm (v); | causer du tort à qqn

Question 57

irréductible (nm)

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hard core, most committed members; | personne qui ne cèdent pas

Question 58

paria (nm)

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social outcast, sb who's been rejected or despised by society or a group, pariah

Question 59

abolir (v)

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abolish, do away woth, pu an end to sth especially a law

Question 60

adhérer à (v)

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adhere to, stick to, subscribe to

Question 61

fumoir (nm)

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smoking room

Question 62

pelletée de neige (nf)

Answer 62

shovel full of snow

Question 63

serein (adj)

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confident, calm

Question 64

buccale (adj)

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qui se rapporte à la bouche

Question 65

dentier (nm)

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dent artificielle

Question 66

abcès (nm)

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abscess

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gencive (nf)

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gum

Question 68

redresser (v)

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straighten up, put right, rectify, set upright

Question 69

obturation d'une dent (nf)

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filling of a tooth

Question 70

carie dentaire (nf)

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tooth decay

Question 71

tartre (nm)

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scale, tartar [related to teeth]; | plaque (nf)

Question 72

détartrer (v)

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scale, removing tartar [from teeth]

Question 73

extraction d'une dent (nf)

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extraction of or pulling out a tooth

Question 74

gingivite (nf)

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gum disease

Question 75

dépistage (nm)

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screening, testing, detection

Question 76

tenter une intervention (v)

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try/perform an operation

Question 77

relever de qqch/qqn (v)

Answer 77

dépendre de qqch/qqn, être sous l'autorité de qqch/qqn

Question 78

fécule (nf)

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starch; | ADJ. féculent

Question 79

se nourrir [de] (v)

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eat, feed on, live on

Question 80

localité (nf)

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ville (nf)

Question 81

déficient (adj)

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deficient, weak, faulty, defective

Question 82

prépondérant (adj)

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dominating

Question 83

teneur en gras/sel/sucre (nf)

Answer 83

fat/salt/sugar content

Question 84

Il est notoire que...

Answer 84

It is common/public knowledge that...

Question 85

nocif (adj0

Answer 85

harmful

Question 86

malbouffe (nf)

Answer 86

junk food