French for Reading ch. 16

Question 1

aborder

Answer 1

to take up (a subject), to reach (a place)

Question 2

laid

Answer 2

ugly

Question 3

mêler

Answer 3

to mix, to mingle

Question 4

l’ombre

Answer 4

darkness

Question 5

confondre

Answer 5

to confuse

Question 6

prétendre (as adjective)

Answer 6

to claim, maintain (so-called, supposed)

Question 7

s’installer

Answer 7

to settle

Question 8

juif

Answer 8

Jewish

Question 9

sa formation

Answer 9

his education, training

Question 10

mourir

Answer 10

to die

Question 11

tarder

Answer 11

to delay, to be long in

Question 12

perdre

Answer 12

to loose

Question 13

gagner

Answer 13

to win; to earn, gain

Question 14

cette dignité

Answer 14

this office

Question 15

plus vite

Answer 15

faster, quicker

Question 16

apprendre

Answer 16

to learn

Question 17

demeurer

Answer 17

to live, to remain

Question 18

telle que

Answer 18

such as

Question 19

sentir

Answer 19

to feel, to smell

Question 20

amener

Answer 20

to lead

Question 21

aur- (future stem of)

Answer 21

avoir

Question 22

ser- (future stem of)

Answer 22

être

Question 23

ir- (future stem of)

Answer 23

aller

Question 24

fer- (future stem of)

Answer 24

faire

Question 25

verr- (future stem of)

Answer 25

voir

Question 26

saur- (future stem of)

Answer 26

savoir

Question 27

sortir

Answer 27

to go out; to result (from)

Question 28

lentement

Answer 28

slowly

Question 29

sinon

Answer 29

if not

Question 30

tout à la fois

Answer 30

at the same time

Question 31

approfondir

Answer 31

to deepen

Question 32

traduire

Answer 32

to translate

Question 33

borner

Answer 33

to limit, restrict

Question 34

raconter

Answer 34

to relate

Question 35

faire preuve de

Answer 35

to manifest, to give proof of

Question 36

bouleverser

Answer 36

to overthrow, overturn

Question 37

état

Answer 37

state

Question 38

d’homme d’état

Answer 38

statesman

Question 39

choisir

Answer 39

to choose

Question 40

acharnement

Answer 40

tenacity, fury

Question 41

vraisemblable

Answer 41

likely

Question 42

devoir with noun and infinitive (as conditional, present, imperfect, or past [in]definite)

Answer 42

(+ noun) to owe; (+ infinitive) express conjecture, obligation, or intent (ought to, must or is to, was to or must have, had to or must have)

Question 43

ressentir

Answer 43

to feel, experience

Question 44

par suite de

Answer 44

because of, as a result of

Question 45

à peine

Answer 45

scarcely

Question 46

colère

Answer 46

angry

Question 47

demain

Answer 47

tomorrow

Question 48

passer

Answer 48

to go; to spend

Question 49

corriger

Answer 49

to correct

Question 50

enseigner

Answer 50

to teach

Question 51

renseigner

Answer 51

to inform