Fifth week

Question 1

gronder/ réprimander

Answer 1

to chide

Question 2

une corvée

Answer 2

a chore

Question 3

un beau morceau

Answer 3

chunk

Question 4

employé de l’Etat/(haut) fonctionnaire

Answer 4

(hight) civil servant

Question 5

un civil

Answer 5

a civilian

Question 6

revendiquer (un assasinat) / réclamer un droit / détruire

Answer 6

to claim

Question 7

demandeur (prestation social)

Answer 7

claimant

Question 8

déclarer/prétendre que

Answer 8

to claim that

Question 9

désavouer/ nier

Answer 9

to disclaim

Question 10

serrer la vis / freiner (abus)

Answer 10

to clamp down on

Question 11

un durcissement

Answer 11

a clamp down

Question 12

dégager/ nettoyer / disculper

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to clear

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tenir à l’écart de

Answer 13

to keep clear of

Question 14

expliquer / préciser

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to clarify

Question 15

boucher / obstruer

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to clog

Question 16

claquer

Answer 16

clout

Question 17

avoir de l’influence

Answer 17

to have clout

Question 18

indice

Answer 18

clue

Question 19

charbon

Answer 19

coal

Question 20

mines de charbon

Answer 20

coal mines

Question 21

mineurs

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miners

Question 22

fer

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iron

Question 23

acier

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steel

Question 24

plomb

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lead

Question 25

s’effondrer / s’écrouler

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to collapse

Question 26

éditorialiste

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columnist

Question 27

rubrique/ chronique

Answer 27

column

Question 28

rencontrer quelqu’un par hasard

Answer 28

to come across

Question 29

obtenir par hasard / rendre visite

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to come by

Question 30

être l’objet de / subir

Answer 30

to come in for

Question 31

changer d’avis / se laisser persuader

Answer 31

to come round

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s’en tirer

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to come through

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revenir à / aboutir à

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to come to

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se poser / se soulever

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to come up

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se heurter à

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to come up against

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to come up with

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inventer/ trouver

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être égal à

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to be commensurate with

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commettre

Answer 38

to commit

Question 39

s’engager à faire qch

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to commit oneself to sth

Question 40

être engagé

Answer 40

to be committed to sth

Question 41

matière premiere

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commodities

Question 42

denrées alimentaires

Answer 42

foodstuffs

Question 43

faire un trajet journalier

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to commute

Question 44

train de banlieue

Answer 44

commuter train

Question 45

contraindre / obliger / forcer

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to compel

Question 46

compenser

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to compensate for

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faire concurrence à

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to compete with

Question 48

passer, faire un concours

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to contest

Question 49

se plaindre

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to complain

Question 50

obéir à/ se plier à

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to comply with

Question 51

ajouter à / aggraver

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to compound

Question 52

mélange

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compound

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composant

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component

Question 54

remords / scrupule

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compunction

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sans scrupules

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unscrupulous

Question 56

cacher / dissimuler

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to conceal

Question 57

une préoccupation / une société

Answer 57

concern

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être préoccupé par

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to be concerned with

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béton / concret

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concrete

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excuser

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to condone

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se faire remarquer

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conspicuous

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circonscription électorale

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constituency

Question 63

électorat / électeurs

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electorate

Question 64

détruire/dissiper/consumer

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consume

Question 65

consumer

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consommateur

Question 66

société de consommation

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consumption society

Question 67

soutenir que

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to contend that

Question 68

faire face à

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to contend with

Question 69

adversaire

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contender

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avis/argument

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contention

Question 71

inventer / combiner

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to contrive

Question 72

artificiel

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contrived

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maitriser/dominer/ surveiller / contrôler

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to control

Question 74

commode

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convenient

Question 75

commodités

Answer 75

conveniences

Question 76

communiquer/ transporter

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to convey

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tapis roulant

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a conveyor belt

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un moyen de transport

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a means of conveyance

Question 79

déclarer coupable

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to convict

Question 80

condamnation

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condamnation

Question 81

faire face à une difficulté

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to cope with

Question 82

cuivre

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copper

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étain

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pewter

Question 84

coeur / trognon

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core

Question 85

mettre quelqu’un au pied du mur/coincer

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to corner

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accaparer le marché

Answer 86

to corner the market

Question 87

Se détériorer/se décomposer

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To decay

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Tromper

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To deceive

Question 89

Trompeur

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Deceptive

Question 90

Tromperie

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Deception

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Malhonnête

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Deceit

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Action

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Deed

Question 93

Méfait

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Misdeed

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Juger

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To deem

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Désamorcer

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To defuse

Question 96

Un fusible

Answer 96

A fuse

Question 97

Retarder

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To delay

Question 98

Exiger / revendiquer

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To demand

Question 99

Exigeant

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Demanding

Question 100

Mort/échec d’un entreprise

Answer 100

Demise

Question 101

Nier / démentir (+ing)

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To deny

Question 102

Réduire / épuiser

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To deplete

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Déposer / mettre

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To deposit

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Désapprouver

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To deprecate