Lesson of April 24, 2024

Question 1

How do we pronounce “rare”?

Example:
It’s rare that I don’t like my English lessons.
Some people like their steak medium, some prefer it well-done and some rare.

Answer 1

RAYR

Question 2

How do we pronounce “rare”, “roar” and “rear”?

Answer 2

RAYR

ROWR

REER

Question 3

Translate the following sentence:

Qu’est-ce qui s’est passé?

Answer 3

What happened?
(not “What did happen”?)

Question 4

What is “aviser” in English?

Exemple: Le candidate nous a avisé le matin qu’il ne viendrait pas à son test.

Answer 4

advise

inform

Example: The applicant advised / informed us that he wouldn’t come to his test.

Question 5

How do we pronounce “steroids”?

Answer 5

sté-ROYDS

Question 6

How do we pronounce “cocaine”?

Answer 6

ko-KAYN

Question 7

What is “honnête” in English?

Answer 7

honest
(pronounced Â-nest)

Question 8

How do we pronounce “combination”

Answer 8

komm -bee-NAY-shunn

Question 9

What is “podiatre” in English?

Answer 9

podiatrist
(pronounced po-DAÏ-a-trist)

Question 10

How do we pronounce “laser”?

Answer 10

LAY-zer

Question 11

What is “azote” in English?

Example: Warts can be burned with liquid ………………

Answer 11

nitrogen

Example: Warts can be burned with liquid nitrogen.

Question 12

How do we pronounce “Arizona” in English?

Example (practice saying this sentence out loud):

Mélissa’s parents are from Canada but now live in Arizona.

Question 13

What does “spend” mean in the following sentences?

1) We spend a lof of money on hiring people.
2) I spent a lot of time on this file.

Answer 13

1) We spend a lof of money on hiring people. (spend = dépenser)
2) I spent a lot of time on this file. (spend = passer (du temps))

Question 14

What is “engouement” in English?

Answer 14

craze

buzz

Question 15

What is “menace” in English?

Answer 15

threat

Question 16

What is “menacer” in English?

Exemple: Il m’a menacée de me frapper au visage.

Answer 16

threaten

Example: He threatened me to puch me in the face.

Question 17

What is “verrue” in English?

Answer 17

Wart

Question 18

What is “nombril” in English?

Answer 18

Bellybutton

Navel

Question 19

What is “mèche” in English (when talking about a candle)?

Answer 19

wick

Question 20

What is “avoir la mèche courte” in English?

Example: When I’m tired, I’m a bit ……………………

Answer 20

be short-fused

Example: When I’m tired, I’m a bit short-fused.

Question 21

How do we say “Je suis née au Québec” in English?

Answer 21

I was born in Quebec.
(not “I am born in Quebec.”)

Question 22

How do we say in English: “Où êtes-vous né(e)?”

Answer 22

Where were you born?
(not “Where are you born?”)

Question 23

What is “appartenir à” in English?

Exemple:
Le livre appartient à Nathalie.
A qui appartient ce livre?

Answer 23

belong to

Example:
The book belongs to Nathalie.

Who does this book belong to?

Question 24

How can you ask in English:

A qui est ce cellulaire?
A qui appartient ce cellulaire

Answer 24

Whose cellphone is this?

Who does this cellphone belong to?