Francais-8

Question 1

enchevêtrement

Answer 1

jumble, muddle, mess, tangle

Question 2

kermesse

Answer 2

charity fair, street party

Question 3

édicter

Answer 3

enact, decree

Question 4

complot

Answer 4

plot, scheme

Question 5

noyau

Answer 5

stone, kernel, nucleus, core

Question 6

concordant

Answer 6

in agreement

Question 7

cheville ouvriere

Answer 7

king pin

Question 8

communément

Answer 8

usually, commonly

Question 9

corneille (also: corbeau)

Answer 9

crow (the bird)

Question 10

fiche d’inscription

fiche de renseignement

Answer 10

enrollment form, registration form

fact sheet

Question 11

reporter

Answer 11

reporter (n)

postpone, put off, transfer

Question 12

tremplin

Answer 12

spring board, diving board

Question 13

décerner

Answer 13

award, attribute

Question 14

destituer

Answer 14

depose, dismiss

Question 15

innombrable

Answer 15

countless, innumerable

Question 16

férié

Answer 16

public holiday

Question 17

stocker

Answer 17

stock up on, hoard

Question 18

fluo

Answer 18

flourescent, bright

Question 19

relayer

Answer 19

take over from, relieve, replace

Question 20

revanche

en revanche

Answer 20

revenge

on the other hand

Question 21

faisceau

Answer 21

beam, ray

Question 22

foncer

Answer 22

darken

have drive, plow into, hurry up, charge into

Question 23

juguler

Answer 23

stem, halt, check

Question 24

rubrique

Answer 24

section, column, heading

Question 25

villégiture

Answer 25

vacation

Question 26

patricien

Answer 26

noble

Question 27

repaire

Answer 27

lair, den, hideout

Question 28

prédilection

domaine de prédilection

Answer 28

partiality, preference

area of specialization

Question 29

rejouir

se rejouir

Answer 29

delight, please

be delighted, be glad

Question 30

damer

damer le pion à qqn

Answer 30

ram down, pack down

outwit somebody

Question 31

tant

en tant que

Answer 31

so much, so many, so much the better, never mind, too bad

in the capacity of

Question 32

bouffer
se bouffer
bouffi

Answer 32

eat, stuff yourself, pig out; bite someone’s head off

be at each other’s throats

Question 33

munir

se munir

Answer 33

equip, furnish, provide

summon up, gather

Question 34

tribune

Answer 34

platform, grandstand

opinion page

Question 35

inlassablement

Answer 35

tirelessly, indefatigably

Question 36

déboucher

Answer 36

unblock, open

come out at, come down to

Question 37

auprès

Answer 37

close, near to

Question 38

dont

donc

Answer 38

of which, of whom, whose

therefore, so, so then

Question 39

ralliement
rallier
se rallier

Answer 39

unity, rallying
assemble, unite, rejoin
join up with, support

Question 40

au large

Answer 40

off shore

Question 41

nauseábond

Answer 41

putrid, foul, foul smelling

Question 42

abreuvoir
abreuver
s’abreuver

Answer 42

trough, drinking trough
water, shower
drink, get soaked

Question 43

dissous

dissoudre

Answer 43

dissolved

dissolve, wind up

Question 44

pénible

pénibilité

Answer 44

hard, tiresome, difficult; annoying, nuisance

hardness

Question 45

réfectoire

Answer 45

refectory, canteen

Question 46

aménagé

aménager

Answer 46

fitted out, equipped, refitted

convert, rearrange, fix up

Question 47

délaisser

Answer 47

neglect, abandon, give up, neglect

Question 48

désespoir

Answer 48

distress, despair

Question 49

abattre

Answer 49

slaughter, shoot [sb] down

Question 50

estrade

Answer 50

stage, platform, dais

Question 51

afficher
s’afficher
affiche

Answer 51

make public, publish, post; make clear, flaunt, put up, stick up
be seen, appear, show off
poster, bill

Question 52

à bord

Answer 52

on board

Question 53

purger

Answer 53

flush out, bleed, serve (a sentence)

Question 54

buter

Answer 54

antagonize, get sb’s back up, have difficulty with

Question 55

séquestrer

Answer 55

confine, sequestre

Question 56

réclusion

Answer 56

imprisonment, seclusion, solitude

Question 57

sursaut

Answer 57

start, jolt, burst, jerk

Question 58

fusil

Answer 58

gun, shotgun
extortionate
change sides, change one’s stance

Question 59

couvre-feu

Answer 59

curfew

Question 60

décimer

Answer 60

decimate, slaughter, annihilate, wipe out

reduce by a tenth

Question 61

rang

Answer 61

line, row, rank,

Question 62

néant

Answer 62

nothingness, void, none, nil

Question 63

linceul

Answer 63

shroud, sheet, blanket

Question 64

pierre angulaire

Answer 64

corner stone

Question 65

écrasant

Answer 65

overwhelming, crushing, breathtaking, compelling

Question 66

atteler

s’atteler

Answer 66

harness

get down to

Question 67

joug

Answer 67

yoke (ie for water buffulo)

Question 68

meurtrir

Answer 68

bruise, wound

Question 69

exprimer

s’exprimer

Answer 69

express (one’s self), reveal, show

express yourself,

Question 70

embellir

embellie

Answer 70

make more beautiful, embellish, adorn

bright spot

Question 71

omettre

Answer 71

omit, leave out, miss out

Question 72

égarer

s’égarer

Answer 72

misplace, mislay

lose your place, get lost

Question 73

agiter

Answer 73

agitate, shake, perturbe, debate, discuss

Question 74

goupillon

Answer 74

bottle-brush

Question 75

pétarader

Answer 75

back-fire

Question 76

poussière

Answer 76

dust

or so, about (it costs about…..)

Question 77

vacarme

Answer 77

racket, din, row

Question 78

califourchon

Answer 78

astride, straddling

Question 79

nantais

Answer 79

inhabitant of Nantes

Question 80

cierge

Answer 80

altar candle,

Question 81

terre-plein

Answer 81

traffic island, median strip

Question 82

assaut

Answer 82

assault, attack

Question 83

pépin

Answer 83

mishap, glitch, snag

Question 84

soutane

Answer 84

cassack

Question 85

bardé

Answer 85

covered in, bedecked with

Question 86

stigmate

Answer 86

scar, mark, stigma

Question 87

poilu

Answer 87

hairy, shaggy;

a French infrantryman of WW1

Question 88

pilosité

Answer 88

hairiness

Question 89

revêtement

revêtement de sol

Answer 89

coating, surfacing, protective coating

tiled floor, floor covering, tiling

Question 90

embuscade

Answer 90

ambush

Question 91

verouiller

Answer 91

lock, bolt, cordon off, close off

Question 92

quadriller

Answer 92

divide into squares, lock down

Question 93

mitrailler

mitraillettes

Answer 93

machine gun, spray with bullets(:)

machine gun, tommy gun

Question 94

épisodiquement

Answer 94

occassionally

Question 95

louange

Answer 95

praise

Question 96

bémol

Answer 96

flat (in music), drawback, snag, fly in the oinment

Question 97

sentencieux

Answer 97

sententious, solemn

Question 98

jumeau

Answer 98

twin

Question 99

étendue

Answer 99

stretch, area, extent