LFBP May 2015 V

Question 1

Remember you can’t use passive construction with intransitive verbs
she was asked to come back tomorrow

Answer 1

On lui a demandé de revenir demain

NOT NOT NOT: elle á été demandé…NO

Question 2

he was mocked by everyone

Answer 2

Tout le monde s’est moqué de lui

Question 3

L’accord du participé passé
-if object in the front is the SUBJECT of the verb (ask: who does the verb), then accord.
The car that he would have like to rent
the kids who i saw arriving were between five and six

Answer 3

la voiture qu’il avait voulu louer “who rents”

les enfants que j’ai vus arriver avaient entre 5 et 6 ans

Question 4

Verbs of perception work like faire causative, weird setup
i saw the letter get written
i see the dress being sown
i hear them breaking the toy

Answer 4

j’ai vu écrire les lettres
Je vois coudre une robe
Je les entends casser le jouet

Question 5

With faire causative and perception (they have infinitives following), we DON’T have agreement with if the DO is the DO of the infinitive following the perception verb
the history that i heard read

Answer 5

L’histoire que j’ai entendu lire (l’histoire is DO of lire)

Question 6

BUT if the SUBJECT of the infinitive comes before…then you agree! you got this dude

the students that I heard arriving

Answer 6

Les étudiants que j’ai entendus arriver (it’s the students—the subject—arriving)

Question 7

math

Answer 7

les mathématiques/les maths

Question 8

to embrace

Answer 8

étreindre (s’étreindre)

Question 9

to populate/occupy (literal and figurative)
the memories of the last war populate his nights

the celts populated gaul before the roman conquest

Answer 9

peupler
se peupler
Les souvenirs de la dernière guerre peuplent ses nuits.
Les Celtes peuplaient la Gaule avant la conquête romaine

Question 10

you can take your flight without any risk

Answer 10

vous pouvez prendre votre avion sans le moindre risque

Question 11

I’m all the same going to prescribe to you some drops to put in your ear

Answer 11

Je vais tout de même vous prescrire des gouttes à mettre dans votre oreille

Question 12

i feel nauseous (tricky!)

Answer 12

j’ai mal au cœur

Question 13

its not that i’m really timid..

Answer 13

ce n’est pas que je sois particulièrement timie

Question 14

Can have multiple negative:
ne, pas/rien/jamais, past participle/infinitive, que
there aren’t only heroes in the army
he didn’t just write fairy tales

Answer 14

il n’y a pas que des héros dans l’armée

il n’a pas écrit que des contes de fees

Question 15

i’ll never see her again

she never wrote again

Answer 15

je ne la verrai jamais plus

elle n’a jamais plus écrit

Question 16

that won’t impress anyone anymore

Answer 16

ça n’impressionnera plus personne

Question 17

she hardly wrote again after her bereavement

Answer 17

Elle n’a guère plus écrit après son deuil

Question 18

handcuffs

Answer 18

les menottes (nf)

Question 19

to spy on (3)

Answer 19

épier
espionner
surveiller

Question 20

to be dazed/absent-minded

Answer 20

être étourdi

Question 21

you look bad

Answer 21

tu as une petite mine (mine=face)

Question 22

to be hung over

Answer 22

avoir la gueule de bois

Question 23

pain

pains

Answer 23

un mal

des maux

Question 24

things don’t seem good

Answer 24

Ça (n’)a pas l’air d’aller!

Question 25

i don’t wanna talk about it

Answer 25

M’en parle pas!

Question 26

i didn’t drink much

Answer 26

je n’ai pas trop bu

Question 27

we drowned our sorrows

Answer 27

On a tous noyé notre chagrin

Question 28

to sprinkle

sprinkled with some female ministers

Answer 28

saupoudrer

saupoudrée de quelques ministres femmes

Question 29

to coat

Answer 29

napper

Question 30

to brighten up/lighten up/amuse

this show amused us all afternoon

Answer 30

égayer
s’égayer (to have fun)
Ce spectacle nous a égayés toute l’après-midi.

Question 31

to tackle/approach
to handle a task
to tackle the delicate question of a referendum

Answer 31

s’atteler
s’atteler à une tâche
s’atteler à la question delicate d’un referendum

Question 32

a fan (hand fan à la chinoise)

Answer 32

un éventail

Question 33

a fan (machine)

Answer 33

un ventilateur

Question 34

to rattle/weaken (physical and literal)
these arguments rattled his convictions
the earthquake rattled many buildings

Answer 34

ébranler
ces arguments ont ébranlé ses convictions
ce séisme a ébranle beaucoup d’immeubles

Question 35

the deadline

Answer 35

la date limite

Question 36

The four cats

Answer 36

Les quatre chats

Quatre is invariable! Never an s

Question 37

Pronounce nine o’clock

Answer 37

Neuve heures v sound

Neuf pronounced f expect before ans and heures with a v sound

Question 38

How is twenty pronounced? How is 21-29 pronounced?

Answer 38

Vingt like vin

BUT vingt et un(e) vingt-trois pronounce the t for all the 20s

Question 39

81

Answer 39

Quatre-vingt un

The t NOT pronounced

Question 40

In general when do we hyphenate numbers

3 + 4= 7

Answer 40

Under 100

Trente-six

Trois plus quatre égale sept

Question 41

To size up

To size each other up

Answer 41

Toiser

Se toiser

Question 42

Flapping (like flag)

Also means hesitation

Answer 42

Le flottement

Après une période de flottement, nous avons pris une décision.