LFBP February 2015 IV

Question 1

The children went in all directions

Answer 1

les enfants allaient dans tous les sens (full pronounce)

Question 2

to snowball

Answer 2

faire boule de neige

Question 3

critically ill

Answer 3

être au plus mal

Question 4

straw that breaks camel’s back

Answer 4

la goutte qui fait déborder le vase

Question 5

cheeky (irrevarant in a amusing way)

Answer 5

c’est culotté

Question 6

to gossip/chatter

Answer 6

jaser

Question 7

now that’s how to…..

now that’s how to have a good day

Answer 7

voilà de quoi

voilà de quoi passer une bonne jounrnée

Question 8

the union

Answer 8

un syndicat

Question 9

to hold something by the tips of your fingers

Answer 9

tenir ____ du bout des doigts

Question 10

to stumble (2)

Answer 10

trébucher

tituber

Question 11

a blade (razor)

Answer 11

la lame

Question 12

scalpel

Answer 12

le scalpel

Question 13

is it your case

Answer 13

est-ce votre cas (pronounce simply “s”)

Question 14

where are adverbs placed?

Answer 14

RIGHT AFTER conjugated verb (je parle lentement)

with passé composé it’s after conjugated auxillary: elle ne toujours levée

Question 15

to deliver something to someone

Answer 15

faire parvenir ____ à quelqu’un

Question 16

a current account

Answer 16

un compte courrant

Question 17

proof of domicile

Answer 17

un justificatif de domicile

Question 18

proof of identity

Answer 18

une preuve d’identité

Question 19

the management (admin)

Answer 19

la direction

Question 20

san délai synonym

Answer 20

sur le champ

Question 21

i’m broke

Answer 21

je suis fauché

Question 22

to conceal

concealment

Answer 22

receler/cacher

un recel

Question 23

the group reached an accord

Answer 23

le group est parvenu un accord

Question 24

aside from my work

outside

Answer 24

EN dehors: en dehors de mon travail

dehors de: literally outside

Question 25

to break up with someone

Answer 25

quitter quelqu’un

Question 26

to get burned (literally and figuratively)

Answer 26

se faire échauder

Question 27

the dog was run over

Answer 27

le chien s’est fait renverser

Question 28

to inflate

Answer 28

gonfler

Question 29

the female/male sex

Answer 29

la gent (pronounce t) feminine/masculine (AND it’s LA gent masculine!)

Question 30

to get unhinged

Answer 30

sortis de tes/ses/vos gonds

Question 31

a suit (slang)

Answer 31

un costard

Question 32

to sharpen pencils

Answer 32

tailler les crayons

tailler means to tailor/shape/sharpen

Question 33

the fact remains that

the fact remains that he isn’t telling the truth anymore

Answer 33

toujours est-il que

toujours est-il qu’il ne dit plus la vérité

Question 34

to lay out
he laid out his samples in front of his client
the photo was laid out on the front page of the monde today

Answer 34

étaler
il a étalé ses échantillons devant sont client
La photo s’étale aujourd’hui en première page de Le Monde

Question 35

a raft

Answer 35

un radeau

Question 36

to capsize/sway

Answer 36

chavirer

Question 37

to be stripped/denuded

Answer 37

dépouiller

Question 38

to dismantle

a raging sea

Answer 38

démonter (un fusil)

une mer démontée

Question 39

dinghy

Answer 39

un canot

Question 40

2 definitions entamer

Answer 40

1) to cut into/make a dent: elle a entamé ses économies pour partir les vacances
2) to start (les discussions ont entamé)

Question 41

once upon a time

Answer 41

il était une fois….

Question 42

to aim to

Answer 42

viser à