LFBP March 2015 IX

Question 1

i use it often

Answer 1

je m’en sers souvent

servir DE

Question 2

would you be annoyed..

Answer 2

est-ce que tu te vexerais

se vexer

Question 3

how do you say demand (NOT demander…it’s too soft)

Answer 3

exiger

Question 4

i'll put on silent mode
to tap (on a phone/keyboard)

Answer 4

je le remets en mode silence

taper

Question 5

to get in touch with/contact (also attach)

you can get in touch with me without problem after 11AM

Answer 5

joindre
Tu peux me joindre aujourd’hui sans
problème à partir de onze heures.

Question 6

don’t forget to attach the document to the email

Answer 6

N’oublie pas de joindre le ficher au

courriel

Question 7

an attempt

Answer 7

une tentative

Question 8

to attempt, to tempt
this voyage is tempting
he tries in vain to convince his parents

Answer 8

tenter
ce voyage me tente
Il tente en vain de convaincre ses parents.

Question 9

go poop (2)

Answer 9

aller à la selle

aller faire ses besoins

Question 10

to undo your shirt

Answer 10

défaire votre chemise

Question 11

filler word…..uh…

Answer 11

en bien voilà

Question 12

a wreck

Answer 12

une epave

Question 13

he didn’t become a citizen until 1940

Answer 13

il n’était pas devenu citoyen avant 1940

Question 14

a label

Answer 14

un étiquetage (etiqu-tage)

Question 15

hamburger equivalent to 100 calories

Answer 15

hamburger équivaut de 100 calories

Question 16

it’s much better thanks

Answer 16

c’est bien meilleur merci

Question 17

difference je suis stressant vs je suis stressé

Answer 17

je suis stressant: i cause lots stress

Question 18

neither simon or steve could tell me where the others were

Answer 18

ni simon ni steve n’a pu me dire où se trouvaient les autres

considered individuals so not plural

Question 19

neither one was able to meet the painter

Answer 19

ni l’un ni l’autre n’avaient pu rencontrer avec le peintre

** here’s it additive of the people…they are being considered a group so use plural**

Question 20

it tout le monde plural?

Answer 20

NO always considered singular

Question 21

natalie saw it (car) run over her dog

Answer 21

natalie l’a vue écraser son chien (AGREEMENT because the pronoun–la is the DO of the conjugated verb

Question 22

natalie saw them (les animaux) being mistreated

Answer 22

natalia les a vu maltraiter (here no agreement cause les animaux are the object of maltraiter)

Question 23

behind the hedge i heard someone singing it

Answer 23

derrière la haie je l’ai entendu chanter

Question 24

in general…which verbs will have this combo of verb+infinitive+ object of infinitive?

Answer 24

verbs of perception (regarder, voir, entendre, etc)

Question 25

emmener, amener, laisser usually have this pattern too

Answer 25

les voisins les ont laissés jouer dans le jardin

Question 26

What is EXCEPTION to rule….what verb is NEVER agreed regardless of DO or IO?

Answer 26

Faire

Question 27

we made them go on holidays by themselves

Answer 27

nous les avons fait partir en vacances tout seuls

Question 28

Impersonal constructions show no agreement

Answer 28

les problèmes qu’il y a eu ont été vite oublie
BUT
les problèmes qu’il a EUS (cause not impersonal here)

Question 29

TRICKY: couter, dormir, vivre, payer may have things that look like DO but they are measure adverbs.(THOUGH SOMETIMES THEY ARE DO LIKE PESER)

Answer 29

ce livre m’a côute cinquante euros. to test: make the suspect DO the subject of a passive sentence: cinquante euros ont ete coute par ce livre

Question 30

relative pronouns agree in PC when head is DO

Answer 30

ce sont les vois qu’on a entendues réssoner dans la caverne

Question 31

a coup (2)

Answer 31

1) un putsch

2) un coup d’état

Question 32

to plot (secretly for bad things)
the gang plotted the holdup with the aid of a bank employee

Answer 32

fomenter
Ce gang fomentait ce hold-up avec la
complicité d’un employé de la banque

Question 33

to overtake (physical and figurative)
anger overtook him when he saw he was tricked
the army overtook the village

Answer 33

s’emparer
La colère s’est emparée de lui dès qu’il a vu
qu’il avait été trompé
l’armée s’est emparé le ville

Question 34

in a figurative sense

Answer 34

au sens figuré

Question 35

to fear (2)
the witnesses of this murder don't say anything because they fear reprisals

Answer 35

1) craindre
2) redouter
Les témoins de cet assassinat ne parlent
pas car ils redoutent des représailles.

Question 36

anyway, it’s one of the reasons why..

Answer 36

C’est d’ailleurs l’une des raisons pour lesquelles

Question 37

initially

initially i didn’t recognize him

Answer 37

dans un premier temps

Dans un premier temps, je ne l’ai pas reconnu,

Question 38

a lock (bolt lock)

Answer 38

un verrou

Question 39

a key waystation

ny is a key waystation on the road to the capital

Answer 39

un verrou stratégique
ny est un verrous stratégique sur la route qui mène à
la capitale.

Question 40

to be rid of/get over

the french army should quickly get rid of the combatants of acmi

Answer 40

venir à bout de
L’armée française devrait avoir tôt fait de venir à bout des
combattants d’Aqmi

Question 41

an ambush

Answer 41

une embuscade

Question 42

guerilla war

Answer 42

un guérilla (spanish style)

Question 43

strictly speakin

Answer 43

au sens strict (all pronounced)

Question 44

sick leave

Answer 44

un arrêt maladie

Question 45

he was depressed

Answer 45

il était dépressif