Lesson of February 13, 2024

Question 1

How do we pronounce “constructability”?

Answer 1

con-strok-ta-BEE-lee-tee

Question 2

What is “contrainte” in English?

Answer 2

constraint

Question 3

Which is right? More than on answer might be possible

1) Can you explain me the problem?
2) Can you explain to me the problem?
3) Can you explain the problem to me?

Answer 3

2) Can you explain to me the problem?
3) Can you explain the problem to me?

NOTE: We explain TO someone.

Question 4

How do we pronounce “linear”?

Answer 4

LI-nee-er

Question 5

How do we pronounce “secondary”?

Answer 5

sa-kin-DÈ-ree

Question 6

What are synonyms of “photo”?

Answer 6

photograph

Picture

Question 7

How do we pronounce “arrival”?

Answer 7

a-RAÏ-vowl

Question 8

How do we pronounce “half”?

Answer 8

HAF

Question 9

When a person tells us they have a question for us, what can we say to invite them to ask their question? (in French: “Vas-y!”)

Answer 9

Go ahead!

(not: “You can go!”)

Question 10

How do we pronounce “area” and “arena”?

Answer 10

Area = È-ree-ah

Arena = a-REE-na

Question 11

How do we pronounce “item”?

Answer 11

AÏ-tem

Question 12

How do we say “Il reste…” in English?

Exemple: Il reste 3 diapositives.

Answer 12

There are ….. left.

Example: There are 3 slides left.

Question 13

“Too”, “too much” or “too many”?

• I’m ………. busy.
• He has ……………… time on his hands.
• There are …………………. problems to solve.
• That’s …………….. expensive.
• We have …………………. employees.
• There is …………………… sun in the south.
• It’s …………… cold in the wintertime.
• We get ………………… snow around here.

Answer 13

• I’m too busy.
• He has too much time on his hands.
• There are too many problems to solve.
• That’s too expensive.
• We have too many employees.
• There is too much sun in the south.
• It’s too cold in the wintertime.
• We get too much snow around here.

Question 14

How do we pronounce “purpose”?

Answer 14

PER-puss

Question 15

What is “palette de bois” in English?

Answer 15

Wooden pallet

Question 16

How do we pronounce “usage”?

Answer 16

YOU-sudj

Question 17

What is “autonomie de la pile” in English?

Answer 17

Battery autonomy

Question 18

Which is the correct translation for “Comment on appelle ça en anglais?

1) How is called that in English?
2) What do we call that in English?

Answer 18

2) What do we call that in English?

Question 19

What is “tous les jours” in English?

1) Every day
2) All the days
3) Every days.

Answer 19

1) Every day

Question 20

How do we pronounce “frequency”?

Answer 20

FREE-kwen-see

Question 21

How do we pronounce “request”?

Answer 21

REE-kwest

Question 22

How can we say, in a presentation: “Tout va bien jusqu’à maintenant?” to make sure that people in the audience understand everything?

Answer 22

So far so good?

Do you have any questions?

Is everything clear?

Question 23

How do we pronounce…

installed?
attached?
proposed?
intended?
damaged?

Question 24

How do we pronounce “structural fatigue”?

Question 25

What is “investir” in English?

Answer 25

Invest

Question 26

How do we pronounce “increase”?

Question 27

How do we pronounce “rather than” ?

Answer 27

WRA-ther

Question 28

What is “vulgariser” in English?

Example: Sebastien is very good at ………………………. engineering terms.

Answer 28

popularize

Example: Sebastien is very good at popularizing engineering terms.

Question 29

How do we pronounce “comparison”?

Question 30

How do we compare “supervisor” and “supervision”?

Answer 30

soo-per-VAÏ-zer

soo-per-VI-junn

Question 31

How do we pronounce “interferences”?

Answer 31

in-ter-FEE-ren-siz