LFBP November 2016 I

Question 1

stumble/falter (literal and figurative)

this project is stumbling it lacks resources

Answer 1

cafouiller

Ce projet cafouille, il manque de ressources

Question 2

to stumble (walking) 
to stumble (hesitate like speaking)

Answer 2

trébucher

brédouiller

Question 3

the home stretch

Answer 3

dans la dernière ligne droite

Question 4

tearful

she already had tearful eyes

Answer 4

larmoyant

Elle avait encore les yeux larmoyants

Question 5

the coast guard

Answer 5

le garde-côtes

Question 6

lifeguard

Answer 6

un maître-nageur

Question 7

gather the troops

Answer 7

rameuter ses troupes

le directeur rameute ses troupes

Question 8

to be on the lookout for

Answer 8

être à l’affût de

Question 9

Refill (drink)

Answer 9

Remplir un verre

Question 10

the sale/market

Answer 10

le marché

la foire

Question 11

real estate tax

Answer 11

les taxes foncières

foncière (real estate)

Question 12

line (waiting)

Answer 12

une fille d'attente 
la queue (kuh)

Question 13

block (city)

Answer 13

un bloc (english)

Question 14

daylight saving time

Answer 14

l’heure d’été

Question 15

to stick

stuck

Answer 15

engluer

englué

Question 16

a hair curler also means a rolling pin

* also means parchment (like fly sticky paper)

Answer 16

un rouleau

Question 17

one of them

he work in one of them

Answer 17

l’un d’entre eux
il travaille dans l’un d’entre eux
* the l’un l part is just prononciation thing

Question 18

call centre

Answer 18

les centres d’appel

Question 19

what’s it like to go/work there?

Answer 19

à quoi ressemble ce qu’on y fait?

Question 20

the condition there are typically like those of dicken’s times

Answer 20

les conditions de travail y étaient

typiquement celles de l’époque de Dickens