Fiche n°2 (français - anglais)

Question 1

Etre en train de sévir

Answer 1

To be craking the whip

Question 2

Menacer

Answer 2

To threaten

Question 3

Présence

Answer 3

Attendance

Question 4

Entièrement

Answer 4

Fully

Question 5

Télétravail

Answer 5

Remote work

Question 6

Désirer

Answer 6

To crave

Question 7

Travailler à la maison

Answer 7

Working from home

Question 8

Se rendre sur son lieu de travail

Answer 8

To commute

Question 9

Favoriser

Answer 9

To foster

Question 10

Rechercher

Answer 10

To sought / to seek / to looking for

Question 11

Changement de tendance

Answer 11

Turn of the tide

Question 12

Avoir rendu

Answer 12

To have handed back

Question 13

Position bien arrêtée

Answer 13

Entrenched position

Question 14

Débrayage / Manifestation

Answer 14

Walkout

Question 15

Local

Answer 15

Dig

Question 16

Etage

Answer 16

Storey / floor

Question 17

Empreinte

Answer 17

Footprint

Question 18

L’autorité de régulation des marchés financiers aux Etats-Unis

Answer 18

America’s stockmarket regulator

Question 19

Procès au civil

Answer 19

Civil lawsuit

Question 20

Directeur général

Answer 20

Chief executive officer

Question 21

Pour tromper

Answer 21

For misleading

Question 22

Actionnaire

Answer 22

Shareholder

Question 23

Etre évincé

Answer 23

To be ousted

Question 24

Le patron du principal fabricant de voiture électriques au monde

Answer 24

The boss of the leading electric car manufacturer

Question 25

Le prix des actions de l’entreprises

Answer 25

The company’s share price

Question 26

Fortement / très fortement

Answer 26

Sharply / plummeted

Question 27

Il se trouve que

Answer 27

It turns out that

Question 28

A ce que l’on dit

Answer 28

By all accounts

Question 29

La colère des investisseurs

Answer 29

The investor’s anger

Question 30

Avoir été attisé par

Answer 30

To be have been stocked by

Question 31

Informel

Answer 31

Casual

Question 32

Privatiser l’entreprise

Answer 32

To take company private

Question 33

Sécuriser le financement / obtenir la garantie d’un financement

Answer 33

Securing funding

Question 34

En l’occurence

Answer 34

In the event

Question 35

En vertu d’un règlement à l’amiable

Answer 35

Under an out-of-court settlement

Question 36

Officier comme président

Answer 36

To serve as chairman

Question 37

Nommer des membres au conseil d’administration de l’entreprise

Answer 37

Appoint directors to the company’s board

Question 38

Quoi qu’on en dise et quand bien même

Answer 38

Whatever you may say about it and now metter how much

Question 39

Le patron mène l’entreprise avec une poigne de fer

Answer 39

The boss may run the business with an iron first

Question 40

Directeur général adjoint

Answer 40

Chief operating officer

Question 41

Tenants et aboutissants

Answer 41

Nuts and bolts

Question 42

Aplanir les difficultés

Answer 42

To iron out problems

Question 43

Apparaitre

Answer 43

To occur

Question 44

Afin de

Answer 44

In order to

Question 45

Expliquer

Answer 45

To account for

Question 46

Intenter

Answer 46

To file

Question 47

Souvent affiché

Answer 47

Oft-stated

Question 48

Accord

Answer 48

Agreement

Question 49

Fond souverain

Answer 49

Sovereign-wealth fund

Question 50

Rédiger

Answer 50

To draft

Question 51

Paperasse

Answer 51

Paperwork

Question 52

Peu impressionné

Answer 52

Unimpressed

Question 53

Perspective

Answer 53

Prospect

Question 54

Notoriété

Answer 54

Prominence

Question 55

Menace

Answer 55

Threat

Question 56

Réticence

Answer 56

Reluctant

Question 57

Enquête

Answer 57

Probe

Question 58

Intention criminelle

Answer 58

Criminal intent

Question 59

Mécontent

Answer 59

Disgruntled

Question 60

Supervisé

Answer 60

To oversee

Question 61

Travail en cours

Answer 61

Job at hand

Question 62

Monter en puissance / accélérer

Answer 62

To ramp up

Question 63

Lutter / s’efforcer

Answer 63

To struggle

Question 64

Marché de masse

Answer 64

Mass-market

Question 65

Réseau

Answer 65

Array

Question 66

Remettre

Answer 66

To hand over

Question 67

A longtemps plané dans l’air

Answer 67

Has long hung in the air

Question 68

Tourbillon

Answer 68

Whirring

Question 69

La gestion quotidienne

Answer 69

The day-to-day running

Question 70

Entreprise florissante

Answer 70

Thriving business

Question 71

Etre géré par

Answer 71

Be handle by

Question 72

Rôle sans intervention

Answer 72

Hands-off role

Question 73

Emprise

Answer 73

White-knuckle grip

Question 74

Bailleurs de fond

Answer 74

Backers