General

Question 1

arnaque

Answer 1

con, rip-off

Question 2

coulisses

rester dans la coulisse

Answer 2

(what goes on) behind the scenes

to work behind the scenes

Question 3

agir

agissant

Answer 3

to act, to behave, to operate

operating,

Question 4

sinon, autrement

Answer 4

otherwise

Question 5

affolement

Answer 5

panic

Question 6

quasi-

quasi-collision

la quasi-totalité des dépenses

Answer 6

almost, near

near miss

almost (all) of the expenditure

Question 7

lutte

Answer 7

struggle, fight, control

Question 8

pourtant

pourtant, ceux qui en sont responsables…

et pourtant ..

c’est pourtant facile!

Answer 8

yet

yet those who are responsible …

and yet …

but its easy!

Question 9

données

Answer 9

data

Question 10

récit

récit de voyage

faire le récit de

Answer 10

story

travel story

to give an account of

Question 11

la foule

la foule des badauds

une foule de (livres, questions etc)

il y avait foule à la réunion

il n’y avait pas foule!

Answer 11

crowd

crowd of onlookers

loads of (books, questions etc)

there were lots of people at the meeting

there was hardly anyone there!

Question 12

rebâtir

Pres Part: rebâtant

Past Part: avoir rebâti

Imp: rebâtis / rebâtissons / rebâtissez

Answer 12

to rebuild

Question 13

Un canadair

Answer 13

fire fighting plane

Question 14

échafaudages

ils ont mis un échafaudages

échafauder

il a échafaudé toute une histoire pour ne pas venir

Answer 14

scaffolding

they have put up scaffolding

to construct (theory, project etc)

he made up a whole story so he wouldn’t have to come (in order not to come)

Question 15

susciter

Answer 15

to arouse (ie: admiration, jealousy, interest, as well as causing controversy, criticism)

Question 16

ainsi

je préfère agir ainsi

il faut procéder ainsi

pourquoi me traites-tu ainsi?

s’il en était ainsi

il en sera ainsi et pas autrement

ainsi que (+verb)

pour ainsi dire

ainsi-soit-il

et ainsi de suite

Answer 16

this way

i prefer to do it this way

you have to proceed as follows

why do you treat me this way?

if this were the case

that’s the way its going to be, and that’s that

as

so to speak

so be it (amen)

and so on

Question 17

banaliser

la voiture banalisée

se banaliser

Answer 17

to make commonplace

an unmarked police car

to become commonplace/ to become routine

Question 18

bitures

Answer 18

drunk / plastered

Question 19

conscience

Answer 19

awareness, self-awareness

Question 20

en jeu

enjeu / enjeux

Answer 20

in play

stakes

Question 21

détrôner,

évincer

France Inter détrône RTL et devient la première radio de France

Ils l’ont énvincéde la présidence

Answer 21

to supplant, to oust

France Inter supplants RTL nd becomes the top French radio statio

they ousted him from the chairmanship

Question 22

réclamer (1)

je lui ai réclamé mon stylo

il m’a réclamé à boire

réclamer (2)

réclamer la démission du ministre

récalmer (3)

se réclamer de (4)

Answer 22

to call for, (1)

i asked him for my pen back

he asked me for a drink

to claim, to demand (as a right) (2)

to call for the minister’s resignation

to require (3)

to claim to represent, to claim to be a follower of (4)

Question 23

implorer de (+inf)

quémander

quêter

requérir

solicitier

prier de (+inf)

demander de (+inf)

réclamer

revendiquer

Answer 23

to implore

to beg

to collect money

to request, to call for

to request (as a favour)

to beg, to entreat

to ask, to ask for

to call for, to demand (as a right)

to claim (with political force - eg: trade unions)

Question 24

désormais

dès lors

à partir de là

à partir de ce moment-là

à partir de maintenant

Answer 24

henceforth

thenceforth

from then on

from then on

from now on

Question 25

partir

s’en retourner

s’en aller

décamper

quitter

Answer 25

to leave

to return (old fashioned)

to go away

to clear off

to leave

Question 26

Words of Intention (but)

Pour + infinitive

afin de + infinitive

Answer 26

in order to / for / to

je me dépêche pour être à l’heure

(I am rushing in order to arrive on time)

je vous écris afin de* vous communiquer ma décision

(I will write to you in order to let you know my decision)

* “afin de” is more specifically translated as “in order to”

Question 27

To Express Cause

parce que + suject + indicatif - “because”*

car + sujet + indicatif - “because”

à cause de + nom / groupe nominal - “because of”

grâce à + nom / groupe nominal

*Parce que can be used at the begiining of a sentence in answer to a question: “pourquoi tu ne veux pas y aller? Parce que …

Answer 27

Because

je vais souvent à la plage, parce que j’adore nager

ça a valu la pleine car mon aime était très content de me voir

mon réveil n’a pas sonné à cause d*‘une panne électricité

J’ai découvert ce restaurant grâce à** mon ami Julien

* used when what is being talked about is negative

** Because meaning “thanks to” - used when what is being talked about is positive

Question 28

To Express Consequences

donc (so, therefore, can be used after a digression)

alors (then, so)

du coup (so, meaning “as a result”)

Answer 28

les trains étaient annulés, j’ai donc décidé de prendre d’avion

j’etais donc en train de travailler, quand,….

(so, I was working, when …)

je dois conduire, alors je ne bois pas d’alcool

il pleut, du coup on va annuler la soirée