LFBP December V

Question 1

village

Answer 1

patelin (nm)

Question 2

usually words that end in -eau/x are….

Answer 2

masculine

Question 3

telephone pole

Answer 3

poteau (nm) (des poteaux)

Question 4

to clear up

Answer 4

dégager

Question 5

while

we went to my parents place while waiting for the agents to come reestablish electricity

Answer 5

le temps que… SUBJ

on est allé chez mes parents le temps que les agents viennent rétablir le courant

Question 6

what have you been up to?

Answer 6

qu’est-ce que tu deviens?

Question 7

it took a month

Answer 7

ça a mis un mois (remember mettre du temps à)

Question 8

to intervene

Answer 8

intervenir
interviens
je suis intervenu

Question 9

the mouse

Answer 9

souris (nf)

Question 10

to give (colloquial)

Answer 10

filer

Question 11

inside out and upside down (thoroughly)

Answer 11

en large, en long et en travers

Question 12

set the table

Answer 12

mettre le couvert

Question 13

to purr

Answer 13

ronronner

Question 14

what do you mean…

what do you mean “not professional?”

Answer 14

comment ça….

comment ça pas trop professionnel?

Question 15

black market/under the table (moonlighting)

Answer 15

au black

Question 16

to mistrust

watch it!

Answer 16

se méfier de

méfie-toi!

Question 17

when it’s a matter of/when it comes to

Answer 17

lorsqu’il s’agit de…..

Question 18

pay out of pocket

Answer 18

payer de ta (ma) poche

Question 19

slang for “to work”

Answer 19

bosser

Question 20

to bungle

he bungles his work

Answer 20

bâcler

il bâcle son travail

Question 21

another work for employer

to clock in

Answer 21

employeur

embaucher

Question 22

to joke

Answer 22

plaisanter

Question 23

the slightest

without the slightest hesitation

Answer 23

le/la moindre

sans la moindre hésitation

Question 24

to cause….tricky!

Answer 24

entraîner (also means to train)

Question 25

disadvantaged (disadvantaged families)

Answer 25

défavorisés

les familles défavorisées.

Question 26

to learn vs to teach

Answer 26

apprendre vs apprendre A

Question 27

to be from

Answer 27

être issu de

Question 28

that’s why (that’s the reason for…)

Answer 28

C’est bien pour ça que IND

Question 29

a kite

Answer 29

cerf-volant (nm) (f is silent!)

Question 30

fresh water drowning

Answer 30

noyade un eau douce (nf)

Question 31

saltwater drowning

Answer 31

une noyade un eau de mer

Question 32

good deed

Answer 32

bonne action (nf)

Question 33

remain standing

Answer 33

rester debout

Question 34

what did you do to yourself?

what did he do to himself?

Answer 34

qu’est-ce que tu t’es fait?

qu’est-ce qu’il s’est fait?

Question 35

colloquial for kilomètres?

Answer 35

bornes

Question 36

finish off

he nearly finished me off

Answer 36

achever

il m’a achevé

Question 37

a wimp

Answer 37

mauviette (nf)

Question 38

to almost
USED in combos:
I almost ended up in the hospital

Answer 38

faillir

j’ai faillir finir à l’hosto

Question 39

if nothing else, if anything…

Answer 39

à la limite, à la rigueur

Question 40

emmener/amener DO or IO?

i took them out for a boat trip

Answer 40

DO! je les ai emmené faire une promenade en bateau