LFBP June 2020 V

Question 1

to start to

the kids started to cry

Answer 1

Se mettre à

les enfants se sont mis à pleurer

Question 2

difference between
Elle regarde les enfants dormir
Elle regarde les enfants qui dorment

Answer 2

When you use qui it implies simultaneous action

Infinitive form more versatile

Question 3

parking meter (2)
to park
a parking lot

Answer 3

parcmètre (nm) horodateur (nm)
garer
parking (nm)

Question 4

wimp

Answer 4

mauviette (nf)

Question 5

crystal clear

Answer 5

limpide

Question 6

nonsense/silliness

Answer 6

sottise/bêtise (nf)

Question 7

boldness (flavor)

boldness (brave)

Answer 7

hardiesse (nf)

audace (nf)

Question 8

screen (like panneau)

Answer 8

paravent (nm)

Question 9

quagmire/bog

Answer 9

bourbier (nm)

Question 10

hoarse (2)

Answer 10

Éraillé

Enroué

Question 11

distraught

Answer 11

Affolé

Question 12

contempt

contemptuous

Answer 12

mépris (nm)

meprisant

Question 13

basically

Answer 13

Au fond

Question 14

ring (2 words and difference between the 2)

Answer 14

bague (ring only) ( nf)

l’anneau (can mean any type of ring)

Question 15

slides (powerpoints)

Answer 15

slides (nf)

diapositive (nf)

Question 16

cutting/slicing

Answer 16

découper

Question 17

greenhouse effect

Answer 17

l’effet de serre (nm)

Question 18

pit/core (fruit also allegorical)

Answer 18

Le noyau (knew-why-yo)

Question 19

skeptical/suspicious

Answer 19

se méfier de

Question 20

inexhaustable

Answer 20

inépuisable