Les jeunes accros à l'info: supplementaire

Question 1

to seize, to grasp

eg: anxiety seizes us

Answer 1

Saisir

Eg: l’inquiétude nous saisit

Question 2

approx. 40, about 40 (quantity)

or, quarantine

Answer 2

une quarantaine

Question 3

high school students

Answer 3

Des lycéens

Question 4

a person in their 30s

Answer 4

trentenaire

Question 5

endangered

Answer 5

En voie de disparition

Question 6

to freeze

Answer 6

glacer

Question 7

to collapse

Answer 7

s’effrondrer

Question 8

to undermine, to shake (eg shake your confidence)- lose your steadiness because of something or someone, or a situation

Answer 8

Ebranler

Question 9

in first (eg in first year)

Answer 9

En première

Question 10

to insist on, to stick to

Answer 10

tenir à (+ infinitif)

Question 11

to evoke, to call up memory, remind someone of something, call up a mental image, to mention something

Answer 11

évoquer

Question 12

to shake

Answer 12

secouer

Question 13

in grade 10

Answer 13

en seconde

10e année secondaire

Question 14

to complain

Answer 14

se plaindre de

Question 15

to be impervious

Answer 15

laisser de marbre

Il me laisse de marbre. (i’m indiferent to them.)

literal translation: this leaves me like marble, like stone

Question 16

to unhook, to fall behind- to lose interest (in class, eg, or telling a story, and lose track of it, lose interest in it)

Answer 16

décrocher

Question 17

to peck (or to peck at food- to snack)

Answer 17

picorer

Question 18

disillusioned

Answer 18

désabusés

Question 19

to appropriate, to take something from someone else, to say something is yours when it is not

Answer 19

s’approprier

Question 20

to relay

Answer 20

Relayer

Question 21

a “supposed” youth

Answer 21

Une supposée jeunesse

Question 22

is that different? like, completely different things
eg: ice and fire- no connection

or, eg: Nancy and agile :) two completely separate things

Answer 22

(Les jeunes et l’info), ça

fait deux

Question 23

to hurry up

Answer 23

se presser

Question 24

as a result

Answer 24

du coup

Question 25

gaps

Answer 25

Des lacunes

une lacune

Question 26

to withdraw into yourself, fold back into yourself

Answer 26

se replier sur

eg: Elle se replie sur elle-même

moi-même, nous-même, etc.

Question 27

nothing is better than

Answer 27

rien ne vaut

Question 28

an asset, the asset of

Answer 28

Un atout, l’atout de

Question 29

borderline

Answer 29

Bordélique (familier)

Question 30

the craze for

Answer 30

L’engouement pour

Question 31

to beware of, to distrust

Answer 31

se méfier (de)

Question 32

potable

Answer 32

potable

Question 33

to abandon, to neglect, to leave

Answer 33

Délaisser

Question 34

adjective? to know everything about a subject

Answer 34

incollable

Question 35

unknown

Answer 35

Méconnu

Question 36

the slightest

Answer 36

La moindre

Question 37

to have difficulty in

Answer 37

Avoir du mal à

Question 38

to concoct

Answer 38

concocter