Lesson of December 3, 2024

Question 1

What is “découragé-e” in English?

Answer 1

discouraged

Question 2

What is “désespéré” in English?

Answer 2

desperate

Question 3

What does “whereas” mean?

Example: Mélissa is a civilian, whereas Evelyne is a reservist.

Answer 3

tandis que

Question 4

What is “temps alloué” in English?

Answer 4

alloted time

Question 5

What does “likely” and “unlikely” mean?

Example:
This is very likely to happen.
This is very unlikely to happen.

Answer 5

likely = probable

unlikely = improbable

Question 6

How do we pronounce “determine” and “determined”?

Answer 6

dee-TER-minn

dee-TER-minnd

Question 7

What does “so that” mean?

Example: Mélissa is taking English so that she can serve English applicants.

Answer 7

afin que

Question 8

How do we pronounce “finance” and “finances’?

Answer 8

FAÏ-nenz

FAÏ-nen-siz

Question 9

What is “revenu” in English?

Answer 9

income

Question 10

What does “carry out” mean in English?

Example: We will carry out an investigation.

Answer 10

effectuer, mener, réaliser

Question 11

Pronounce the following words:

analyze
analyst
analysis
analyses

Question 12

What does “refrain from” mean?

Example: We ask you to refrain from using your cell phone during the test.

Answer 12

s’abstenir

NOTE: Refrain from + verb in -ing

Question 13

What does “invoice” mean?

Example: You will receive your invoice shortly.

Answer 13

invoice = bill (facture)

Question 14

What does “amendment” mean?

Answer 14

modification

Question 15

What is “chiffre pair” and “chiffre impair” in English?

Answer 15

pair = even number

impair = odd number

Question 16

What is “fort”, “faible”, “force” and “faiblesse” in English?

Answer 16

fort = strong
faible = weak
force = strength
faiblesse = weakness

Question 17

What does “by” mean in the following sentence?

You have to send us the document by Friday.

Answer 17

d’ici à

Question 18

What does “plant” mean in the following sentence?

The company has a plant in the USA.

Answer 18

factory (=usine)

Question 19

What does the verb “state” mean?

Example: It has to be stated in the document.

Answer 19

indiqué, spécifié, mentionné

Question 20

What is “congédier” and “démissionner” in English?

Example:
He was ………….. a few weeks ago.
He ………. from his job a few weeks ago.

Answer 20

congédier = fire / dismiss

démissionner = resign

Example:
He was dismissed a few weeks ago.
He resigned from his job a few weeks ago.

Question 21

How do we pronounce “subsequent”?

Answer 21

SOB-se-kwent

Question 22

How do we pronounce “conducted”?

Answer 22

conn-DOCK-tid

Question 23

How do we pronounce “identified”?

Answer 23

aï-DEN-ti-faïd

Question 24

How do we pronounce “strategy”, “strategies” and “strategic”?

Question 25

What does "concerns" mean? Example: If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact us.

Answer 25

**inquiétudes** **soucis** **préoccupations**

Question 26

What does "overcome" mean? Example: I hope we will overcome this obstacle.

Answer 26

surmonter vaincre résoudre

Question 27

What does "therefore" mean? Example: Our offices will be closed during the holidays. **Therefore**, if you want your file to be treated in 2024, please send us your documents as soon as possible.

Answer 27

Par conséquent

Question 28

What are "expenses" and "expenditure"?

Answer 28

Dépenses

Question 29

What is the difference between the English words "personal" and "personnel"?

Answer 29

**personal** = adjective (Example: He has a lot of **personal** problems.) **personnel** = noun (synonym: employees, staff) . Example: This room is for **personnel** only.

Question 30

What does "in order that" or "in order to" mean? Example: It is also necessary to follow a plan of continuous training **in order that** the work is done better each time. I take English lessons **in order to** be able to serve applicants in English.

Answer 30

**in order that** = afin que