Les Verbes 3

Question 1

to flee, run away

Ex. He fled before the fire.

Answer 1

s’enfuir

Ex. Il s’enfuit devant l’incendie.

Question 2

to turn off

Ex. Thank you for turning off the light when leaving the room.

Answer 2

éteindre

Ex. Merci d’éteindre la lumière en sortant de la pièce.

Question 3

to give way / collapse, yield

Ex. You mustn’t give in/yield to that child’s tantrums.

Answer 3

céder

Ex. Il ne faut pas céder aux caprices de cet enfant.

Question 4

to fall down, cave in, collapse

Ex. The castle rampart is going to collapse if one doesn’t strengthen it.

Answer 4

s’effondrer

Ex. Le rempart du château va s’effondrer si on le consolide pas.

Question 5

to emerge / appear suddenly

Ex. The animal suddenly appeared on the road.

Answer 5

surgir

Ex. L’animal surgit sur la route.

Question 6

to swallow / engulf

Ex. The wave swallowed/engulfed the sand castle.

Answer 6

engloutir

Ex. La vague a englouti le château.

Question 7

to retreat, draw back

Ex. The water is beginning to withdraw/go back.

Answer 7

se retirer

Ex. L’eau commence à se retirer.

Question 8

to hit / strike

Ex. The child is hitting the drum with the sticks.

Answer 8

frapper

Ex. L’enfant frappe le tambour avec les baguettes.

Question 9

to lean

Ex. Please do not lean out of the train window.

Answer 9

se pencher

Ex. Dans le train, il est interdit de se pencher par la fenêtre.

Question 10

to faint; to vanish

Ex. She fainted at the news of the death of her husband.

Answer 10

s’évanouir

Ex. Elle s’est évanouie à l’annonce du décès de son mari.

Question 11

to swallow, eat

Answer 11

avaler

Question 12

to burst into tears

Answer 12

éclater en sanglots

Question 13

to miss [sth] (a target, an appointment)

Ex. The shooter missed his target.

Answer 13

rater

Ex. Le tireur a raté sa cible.

Question 14

to collide with, run/bump into

Ex. The car ran into the truck at the intersection.

Answer 14

heurter

Ex. La voiture a heurté le camion au carrefour.

Question 15

to butter [sth]

Ex. Don’t forget to butter the pie plates.

Answer 15

beurrer

Ex. Il ne faut pas oublier de beurrer les moules à tarte.

Question 16

to derail, come off

Ex. The police still do not know why the train derailed.

Answer 16

dérailler

Ex. La police ne sait pas encoure pourquoi le train a déraillé.

Question 17

to crash

Ex. Having run out of fuel, the plane crashed to the ground.

Answer 17

s’écraser

Ex. En panne d’essence, l’avion s’est écrasé au sol.

Question 18

to crush / flatten

Ex. She mashes cooked potatoes with a fork.

Answer 18

écraser

Ex. Elle écrase les pommes de terre cuites avec une fourchette.

Question 19

to capture / catch

Ex. I failed to catch the ball.

Answer 19

attraper

Ex. Je n’ai pas réussi à attraper la balle.

Question 20

to jump over, cross

Ex. The protesters are jumping over the barriers.

Answer 20

franchir

Ex. Les manifestants franchissent les barrières.

Question 21

to collapse, fall apart

Ex. The old house collapsed suddenly.

Answer 21

s’écrouler

Ex. La vieille maison s’écroula brusquement.

Question 22

to break up / split up; to terminate

Ex. My brother and his fiancée broke up last month.

Answer 22

rompre (avec qqn)

Ex. Mon frère et sa fiancée ont rompu le mois dernier.

Question 23

to fire, dismiss, send away

Ex. The boss is going to fire the accountant.

Answer 23

congédier

Ex. Le patron va congédier le comptable.

Question 24

to follow, accompany

Ex. His secretary accompanies him on his trips.

Answer 24

suivre

Ex. Son secrétaire le suit dans ses déplacements.

Question 25

to manage, handle, run, deal with

Ex. The director is the one who runs the business.

Answer 25

gérer

Ex. C’est le directeur qui gère l’entreprise.

Question 26

To extend / stretch out

Ex. She stretched out in her hammock.

Answer 26

S’étendre

Ex. Elle s’est étendue dans son hamac.

Question 27

to dig

Ex. Grab that spade and dig!

Answer 27

creuser

Ex. Prends cette pelle et creuse!

Question 28

to escape

Ex. The man escaped from prison.

Answer 28

s’échapper

Ex. L’homme s’est échappé de prison.

Question 29

to look like, resemble

Ex. She looks like her mother.

Answer 29

ressembler à

Ex. Elle ressemble à sa mère.

Question 30

to receive / get

Ex. Peter received the requested articles.

Answer 30

recevoir

Ex. Pierre a reçu les articles commandés.

Question 31

to care (be concerned)

Answer 31

se sentir concerné [par qch]

Question 32

to take care (pay attention)

Answer 32

faire attention

Question 33

to take care of [sb/sth]

Answer 33

prendre soin de [qch/qqn]

Question 34

to stand up

Answer 34

se mettre debout ;
se lever ;
se tenir debout ;
être debout

Question 35

to hiccup

Ex. She was crying, hiccupping, and I couldn’t understand anything she was saying.

Answer 35

hoqueter

Ex. Elle pleurait, hoquetait, et je ne comprenais rien de ce qu’elle disait.

Question 36

to skid, slip, slide ;
go out of control
Ex. Her car slid on the wet road.

Answer 36

déraper

Ex. Sa voiture a dérapé sur la route mouillée.

Question 37

to disappoint, feel let down
Ex. Her attitude disappoints her friends.
Or, her friends feel let down by her attitude.

Answer 37

décevoir

Ex. Son attitude déçoit ses amis.

Question 38

to give up on [sth], not do [sth] anymore

Ex. I’m not coming on holiday with you anymore.

Answer 38

renoncer à qch

Ex. Je renonce à partir avec vous en vacances.

Question 39

to charm, appeal to, seduce

Ex. This man likes to charm/seduce women.

Answer 39

séduire

Ex. Cet homme aime séduire les femmes.

Question 40

to nod (yes or no)
Ex. She nods to respond to her daughter.

Answer 40

hocher

Ex. Elle hoche la tête pour répondre à sa fille.

Question 41

to belong to

Ex. The day belongs to those who rise early.

Answer 41

appartenir à

Ex. La journée appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt.

Question 42

to sponsor

Ex. This gala evening is sponsored by…

Answer 42

parrainer

Ex. Cette soirée de bienfaisance est parrainée par…

Question 43

to detect, discover

Ex. The doctor detected an abscess/cyst.

Answer 43

dépister

Ex. Le médecin dépista un abcès.

Question 44

to grow, increase (in size, ex. a company)

Ex. Your business grows from year to year.

Answer 44

croître

Ex. Son entreprise croît d’année en année.

Question 45

to take, borrow

Ex. We had to borrow $100,000

Answer 45

emprunter

Ex. Nous avons dû emprunter 100 000$

Question 46

to cure, heal

Ex. This medicine will heal my cold.

Answer 46

guérir

Ex. Ce médicament guérira mon rhume.

Question 47

to draw from, collect

Ex. She drew water from the river.

Answer 47

puiser

Ex. Elle puise l’eau de la riviere.

Question 48

to bring along (an object)

Ex. Bring your books.

Answer 48

apporter

Ex. Apporte tes livres.

Question 49

to take away (an object)

Ex. We are taking the furniture to the new house.

Answer 49

emporter

Ex. Nous emportons les meubles dans la nouvelle maison.

Question 50

to bring (a person)
Ex. Come to dinner and bring your girlfriend with you.

Answer 50

amener

Ex. Viens dîner et amène ton amie avec toi.

Question 51

to take (a person)
Ex. This train will take you to Paris.

Answer 51

emmener

Ex. Ce train vous emmènera à Paris.

Question 52

to overflow, boil over

Ex. The demonstration/protest is boiling over

Answer 52

déborder

Ex. Les manifestations débordent