French Phrases - Winter 2024

Question 1

to bounce back

Answer 1

se relever / rebondir

Question 2

I’ve lost track / lost my train of thought

Answer 2

j’ai perdu le fil

Question 3

to play out

Answer 3

se jouer

Question 4

to arrest

Answer 4

interpeller

Question 5

what is the scope of the remarks?

Answer 5

quelle est la portée des propos

Question 6

the scope

Answer 6

la portée

Question 7

to lay an egg

Answer 7

pondre un oeuf

Question 8

hay

Answer 8

le foin

Question 9

to compel

Answer 9

astreindre

Question 10

crystal clear

Answer 10

clair comme de l’eau de roche

Question 11

to relax

Answer 11

se détendre

Question 12

to be taken in / to be fooled

Answer 12

prendre des vessies pour des lanternes

Question 13

to bury

Answer 13

enterrer / enfouir

Question 14

a slip-up

Answer 14

un dérapage

Question 15

to keep your wits about you / to keep a cool head

Answer 15

garder raison

Question 16

a long time ago

Answer 16

il y a belle lurette

Question 17

once (i.e. once upon a time)

Answer 17

jadis

Question 18

snatches of words

Answer 18

des bribes de paroles

Question 19

slips of the tongue

Answer 19

des écarts de langage

Question 20

to gain momentum

Answer 20

prendre l’ampleur

Question 21

a victory for the common man

Answer 21

c’est la rue qui l’emporte ce soir

Question 22

the maximum sentence

Answer 22

la peine maximale

Question 23

rape

Answer 23

le viol

Question 24

a huge project / undertaking

Answer 24

un énorme chantier

Question 25

to cross

Answer 25

franchir

Question 26

affordable

Answer 26

abordable

Question 27

to afford

Answer 27

se permettre

Question 28

to clear the table

Answer 28

dégager la table

Question 29

to emit heat

Answer 29

dégager de la chaleur

Question 30

to get someone out of a situation

Answer 30

dégager quelqu’un d’une situation

Question 31

inappropriate / ill-timed / unwelcome

Answer 31

malvenu

Question 32

all of / the whole of

Answer 32

l’ensemble de

Question 33

to arouse

Answer 33

éveiller / attiser / susciter

Question 34

to discuss something

Answer 34

discuter de quelque chose

Question 35

a trained monkey

Answer 35

un singe savant

Question 36

the postman

Answer 36

le facteur

Question 37

the fuss / uproar

Answer 37

le tapage

Question 38

the fox

Answer 38

le renard

Question 39

to barge in

Answer 39

faire irruption

Question 40

sleep (noun)

Answer 40

le sommeil

Question 41

to sink into

Answer 41

sombrer dans

Question 42

at the bottom of

Answer 42

en bas de

Question 43

the orchard

Answer 43

le verger

Question 44

moving

Answer 44

bouleversant

Question 45

the uprising

Answer 45

le soulèvement

Question 46

to lay the foundations

Answer 46

d’en jeter les bases

Question 47

to be said to have problems

Answer 47

passait pour avoir des problèmes

Question 48

dazzling

Answer 48

éblouissant

Question 49

a talker / conversationalist

Answer 49

un causeur

Question 50

flawless

Answer 50

sans faille

Question 51

a finding / observation

Answer 51

un constat

Question 52

to contain / hold back / stem

Answer 52

endiguer

Question 53

the authorities managed to contain the pandemic

Answer 53

Les autorités ont réussi à endiguer l’épidémie

Question 54

the containment

Answer 54

l’endiguement (m)

Question 55

the containment of pollution is essential

Answer 55

L’endiguement de la pollution est essentiel

Question 56

to come up against

Answer 56

se heurter à

Question 57

the oats

Answer 57

l’avoine (f)