LFBP March 2017 III

Question 1

kneeling (on your knees)

shadows kneeling under the windows on the second floor

Answer 1

à genoux
agenouillées
Des silhouettes agenouillées sous les fenêtres au deuxième étage

Question 2

play on a loop

these images played on a loop

Answer 2

tourner en boucle

Ces images tournent en boucle

Question 3

not something you usually see (that’s a first…)

Answer 3

c’est du jamais vu

Question 4

partnerships (sponsorship)
godfather or patron
godmother

Answer 4

le parrainage
le parrain (le donateur, la donatrice)
la marraine

Question 5

a smile which has incidentally become world famous

Answer 5

Un sourire qui a d’ailleurs fait sa réputation internationale.

Question 6

Construction site

Answer 6

Un chantier

Question 7

daylight savings times

Answer 7

l’heure d’été

Question 8

corrugated roof/steel

plastic or corrugated steel roofs

Answer 8

un tôle

toits en plastique ou en tôle

Question 9

to fit (a suit)

Answer 9

tailler (tailler un costume) 
un costard (more argot)

Question 10

scrap iron
iron
pump iron

Answer 10

la ferraille
le fer
manger de la ferraille

Question 11

outraged

Answer 11

outré

Question 12

unheard of days to spring….

Answer 12

du jamais-vu à quelques jours du printemps

Question 13

the countdown

Answer 13

le compte à rebours

Question 14

offered

a gift/boon

Answer 14

octroyer

un octroi

Question 15

a quid pro quo in exchange for favors offered by filon to his generous friends

Answer 15

une contrepartie en échange de faveurs octroyées par François Fillon à son ami généreux

Question 16

favored (privileged)

and well it’s the greek lead thats favored

Answer 16

privilégié

c’est bien la piste grecque qui est privilégiée.

Question 17

drug addiction

Answer 17

la toxicomanie

Question 18

there will be (2)

Answer 18

il va y avoir

il y aura

Question 19

there will be fun and games (la situation va se compliquer)

Answer 19

il va y avoir du sport

Question 20

to monopolize/take up

these grandchildren are monopolizing all his time

Answer 20

accaparer

Ces petits-enfants accaparaient tout son temps.

Question 21

But it was the file of North Korea which had monopolized the discussion with his chinese homologue

Answer 21

Mais c’est le dossier de la Corée du Nord qui a accaparé, monopolisé, les discussions avec son homologue chinois