LFBP February 2017 II

Question 1

scorn/contempt

he has contempt for everything

Answer 1

le mépris

Il a du mépris pour tout

Question 2

ozone hole

Answer 2

trou dans la couche d’ozone

Question 3

biomodified food

Answer 3

OGM

Question 4

two tiered justice system

Answer 4

justice à deux vitesses

Question 5

submission

Answer 5

la submission

Question 6

the ascendancy of trump

Answer 6

l’ascension de trump

Question 7

the ancestry

Answer 7

l’ascendance

Question 8

those who understand say there is another world possible

Answer 8

Ceux qui ont compris nous disent qu’un autre monde est possible

Question 9

shut up/lock away

men locked away for crimes of opinion

Answer 9

enfermer

Hommes enfermés pour délit d’opinion

Question 10

bury/buried

Answer 10

ensevelir/ensevelies

Question 11

immerse

Answer 11

immerger/engloutir

Question 12

rebel/disobedient
in US also a draft dodger
the rebellious france

Answer 12

insoumis

la france insoumise

Question 13

mired/tangled up

Fillon the candidate of the right is mired in an affair of presumed fake employment of his wife

Answer 13

empêtré

Fillon le candidat de la droite est empêtré dans les affaires d’emplois fictifs présumés de sa femme

Question 14

to dig in his heels

Answer 14

rester droit dans ses bottes

Question 15

moral/ethical spirit

Answer 15

le plan moral

Question 16

a claim/demand

the demands of the protesters were not heard by the govt

Answer 16

une revendication

Les revendications des manifestants n’ont pas été entendues par le gouvernement.

Question 17

imbalance

Answer 17

déséquilibre

Question 18

the floor of the kitchen wasn’t even

Answer 18

Le sol de la cuisine était inégal (accidenté)

Question 19

indent (2)

Answer 19

un retrait

un alinéa (a lin e ya)

Question 20

baseball cap (also mean cap in figurative sense)
he's been handed the  union hat

Answer 20

une casquette

on lui attribue la casquette syndicale