LFBP September 2020 I

Question 1

to keep up to date

While I was in the US I didn’t keep i touch with what my friends in France were doing

Answer 1

tenir au courant de

Alors que j’étais aux États-Unis, je ne me suis pas tenu(e) au courant de ce que faisaient mes amis en France

Question 2

to be upside down (figurative)

Answer 2

être sens dessus dessous

Question 3

nozzle/jet (hose)

Answer 3

jet (nm)

Question 4

pull an allnighter

Answer 4

Passer une nuit blanche

Question 5

hardly

she hardly ate

Answer 5

Ne….guère

Elle ne mangerait guère

Question 6

night owl

owl (bird 2)

Answer 6

un couche-tard

hibou (nm), chouette (nf)

Question 7

hut/shanty

Answer 7

hutte (nf)

cabane (nf)

Question 8

clay

Answer 8

argile (nf)

Question 9

awesome!

Answer 9

Ça déchire

Question 10

tax return

Answer 10

déclaration d’impôt (nf)

Question 11

appliance

Answer 11

appareil (nm)

Question 12

to squeak

to whip

Answer 12

chicoter

fouetter

Question 13

ticking time bomb

Answer 13

bombe à retardement (nf)

Question 14

To reach

the floods reached the center of town

Answer 14

parvenir

les inondations sont parvenus (parviennent) jusqu’au centre ville

Question 15

to achieve

we would never have been able to achieve it without his help

Answer 15

parvenir à

nous n’y serions pas parvenus san son aide

Question 16

postman

the postmen sort the mail

Answer 16

facteur (nm)

les facteurs trient le courrier

Question 17

safe and sound (men/female)

Answer 17

sain et sauf

saine et sauve

Question 18

flashlight

Answer 18

lampe de poche (nf)

Question 19

beginning (first part)

also means detonator!

Answer 19

l’amorce (nf)

Question 20

bend/curve

Answer 20

virage (nm)