LFBP January 2022 I

Question 1

hard boiled egg

Answer 1

un oeuf dur

Question 2

NEVER NEVER SAY BEAUCOUP MEILLEUR!!

Answer 2

Do I want to say ‘more good’ (meilleur) or ‘more well’ (mieux)”.

The hospitals in Auckland are better (more good)
Patients in Auckland are treated better (more well)

Question 3

misty

Answer 3

embrumé

Question 4

to dodge (like boxing but also allergorical)

Answer 4

esquiver

Question 5

squeezed into (clothing)

Answer 5

boudiné

Question 6

grumpy

Answer 6

être mal luné

Question 7

sleeping bag

Answer 7

sac de couchage (nm)

Question 8

like father like son

Answer 8

tel père tel fils

Question 9

prevent

section (newspaper)

Answer 9

empêcher

rubrique (nf)

Question 10

quilt

Answer 10

couette (nf)

Question 11

we could almost do without 2 boys

Answer 11

nous porrions nous passer presque des deux garcons

Question 12

fig (fruit)

Answer 12

figue (nf)

Question 13

smash/shatter

Answer 13

fracasser

Question 14

blind (shutter)

Answer 14

store (nm)

Question 15

used (2nd hand)

used bag

Answer 15

d’occasion

un sac d’occasion

Question 16

makeshift

Answer 16

de fortune

Question 17

intermission (show)

Answer 17

l’entracte

Question 18

odd number

even number

Answer 18

nombre impair (nm)
nombre pair (nm)

Question 19

right handed

Answer 19

main droite

gaucher/gauchère

Question 20

marble (stone)

marble game

Answer 20

marbre (stone)

bille (nf)