Liste des phrasal verbs et verbes prépositionnels fréquents dans la langue journalistique

Question 1

to abide by

Answer 1

respecter, se soumettre à qqch

Americans hâve agreed to abide by a body of international law

Question 2

to account for

Answer 2

expliquer, rendre compte de
He hasn’t accounted for that material.

représenter
adultery accounted for 27 per cent of ail divorces

Question 3

to act

Answer 3

act on:
prendre des mesures utiles pour
The time to act on that chance has now arrived, with the start of the German EU presidency

act up:
mal se comporter
Tennis players who act up on the court are behaving more like spoiled bratï than intense competitors

en faire davantage, remplacer temporairement un supérieur
Sir Ronnie’s deputy Colin Cramphorn has been asked to act up until a new chief constable is chosen, probably in June. BBC News

Question 4

to add up to

Answer 4

avoir pour résultat cumulé

setter quality quickly added up to 100,000 lives saved in this area alone.

Question 5

to adhere to

Answer 5

se conformer à

Sir Man Sugar adhered to his basic rules of business life

Question 6

to agree

Answer 6

agree on: se mettre d’accord sur
The verdict that they eventually agreed on is a subtle and crédible one

agree to: donner son consentement
the judge agreed to the deletion of sensitive information in the documents

agree with: être d’accord (avec qqun ou qqch)
Whether they agreed with him or not, everyone knew where Reagan stood

Question 7

to aim at sth/doing

Answer 7

avoir pour objectif de faire qqch

Iranian and US officiais held the flrst meeting of a committee aimed at improving coopération on stabilizing Iraq

Question 8

to allow for

Answer 8

prendre en considération
the alcohol screening scheme allowed for earlier intervention to tackle potential problems

permettre
that allowed for a maximum sentence of 60 years.

Question 9

to amount to

Answer 9

revenir à, équivaloir à

many drivers complained that the congestion fées amounted to an assault on the middle class

Question 10

to answer

Answer 10

answer for:
répondre de
Margaret O’Kane said the hospitals had a lot to answer for

answer to:
répondre de qqch devant qqun, être sous l’autorité de
The council’s president, Bill Kane, called Mr Corzine a man who “answers to no one but himself”

Question 11

to apply for

Answer 11

être candidat à
MrSeddon was one of more than 40 people who had applied for the nomination to succeed the late Sir Ray Powell as MP for the safe Labour seat.

Question 12

to argue for/against

Answer 12

fournir des arguments pour/contre

have argued for urgent action.

Question 13

to ascribe sth to sth

Answer 13

attribuer/imputer qqch à qqch

Some of the increase, he says, can be ascribed to rising real incomes.

Question 14

to back

Answer 14

back away from:
prendre ses distances avec
Aides to Ashcroft, said he has not backed away from his pledges to uphold current laws without regard to his personal view

back down:
céder, renoncer à
The Home Secretary yesterday backed iown on enforcing wide-ranging powers for snooping on internet traffic.

back off from:
renoncer à
The government has already backed off from a plan

back out of :
se retirer de
An earlier settlement worth up to $30m had been announced in March, but the Boston archdiocese backed out of that deal in May.

back up:
soutenir (qqch ou qqch)
The Iraqi military is “going to need aviation support, tanks - and be backed up by US military units”

Question 15

to bail

Answer 15

bail out:
renflouer
“Président Bush défends Fed’s décision to bail out AIG.” The Guardiam

bail out of:
se retirer de, renoncer a
A congressional report criticized the FBI for refusing to bail out of a failing and costly computerized case-management System.

Question 16

to ba(u)lk at

Answer 16

rechigner à
Countries such as France and Germany hâve baulked atthe idea of contributing directly in the absence of a greater UN rôle in reconstruction.

Question 17

to bank on

Answer 17

compter/parier sur

Cuba’s enemies in the United States had banked on the collapse of its socialist system. The Washington Post

Question 18

to bear

Answer 18

bear out:
confirmer
Early financial results from e-commerce companies bear out the trend.

bear with:
se montrer patient avec
Mr Madoka asked them to bear with the govemment

Question 19

to bill sth as

Answer 19

présenter qqch comme

Mr Chévez has billed the accords as an “axis of unity”against the US, which he termsthe”empire”,

Question 20

to blow

Answer 20

blow over:
passer, être oublié
The Vatican believes that over time this whole scandal will blow over. The Times

blow up:
éclater, exploser
The controversy blew up last autumn

Question 21

to be/get bogged down in/into

Answer 21

être enlisé/s’enliser dans

Tillman was killed just as the US military was becoming increasingly bogged down in Iraq

Question 22

to boil down to

Answer 22

se résumer à

As always, it boils down to a question of land: Israël taking Palestinian land to ensure its security. BBC News

Question 23

to border on

Answer 23

friser
In the face of political and économie turmoil at home and a situation j bordering on chaos in several of Portugal remaining colonies, Président Francisco da Costa Gomes was finally J forced to a décision that he had hoped to avoid.

Question 24

to bow

Answer 24

bow out of :
se retirer de
The French socialist leader, Lionel Jospin, bowed out of politics after losmg his place in the race for the presidency.

bow to:
s’incliner devant
The chain-smoking Queen Margrethe of Denmark, hasbowedto public opinion and decided to stop smoking in public.

Question 25

to bounce back

Answer 25

rebondir | Giuliani bounced back as: the debate tumed to his strongest topic

Question 26

to branch out into

Answer 26

étendre ses activités dans The company, which is branching out into new areas following its flotation last year, has launched a test version of Google Video

Question 27

to break

Answer 27

break down: échouer As talks broke down, Democrats were cautiously optimistic that they might beat the rule change outright by attracting at least six Republicans to vote against it. break in: percer Disney is one of the few new figurine makers that has managed to break into the market in a big way break off: rompre Russia is threatening to break off diplomatie relations with Estonia in the escalating row over the "blasphemous" removal of the Red Army mémorial in the centre of Tallinn. break through: surmonter Curie, then 40 and a widow, decided to break through préjudices that did not allow girls to take the baccalauréat. break up: prendre fin as the beleaguered Government called on its supporters to help fight invading rebels after peace talks broke up in confusion. The New York Times break up into: se diviser The internet could one day be broken up into separate networks around the j world, a leading light in the development of the net has warned. BBC News

Question 28

to bring

Answer 28

bring about: apporter, produire bring (a)round to: convaincre bring back: réinstaurer bring down: faire baisser bring forth: provoquer, donner naissance à bring forward: proposer, avancer bring in: rapporter introduire, faire intervenir bring on: déclencher bring up: mentionner, évoquer

Question 29

to broaden out

Answer 29

élargir/s'élargir | But Martin Stephen added, he would like the scheme broadened out to include, for instance, bright children

Question 30

to brush aside

Answer 30

écarter | but such contacts at the time were brushed aside by Mr Bush. The Independent

Question 31

to build on

Answer 31

tirer parti de, s'appuyer sur | The Hours has built on rhe success of The Others and Moulin Rouge

Question 32

to buoy up

Answer 32

stimuler | a policy buoyed up by Moscow's rising income from oil and natural gas. BBC News

Question 33

to call

Answer 33

call for: nécessiter Building a molecular computer is a challenge that calls for expertise in a variety of différent disciplines. Nature réclamer, appeler de ses vœux Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens called for "drastic measures" to curb the gun culture. BBC News call off: annuler But the meeting was called off at the last minute by Surrey Police call on/upon sb to do sth: enjoindre qqun de faire qqch | They also called on the govemment to speed up the process of privatization

Question 34

to care for

Answer 34

s'occuper de, prendre soin de We asked readers how the Government should care for wounded servicemen following fury at the closure of military hospitals.

Question 35

to carry

Answer 35

get carried away: s'emballer But it seems to have got carried away. The Guardian carry on: continuer In 1956 the governmental vacuum lasted for 122 days, while the old Cabinet carried on as caretaker. Time carry out: effectuer, mener à bien René Hen and colleagues at the Institute of Biological Chemistry in Strasbourg carried out expenments on mice carry over into: avoir des répercussions sur The chairman, said the last 12 months of ad revenue déclines had carried over into the new financial year carry through: mener à bien, rendre effectif A new health bill was also announced, which will carry through a ban on smoking in public places. BBC News

Question 36

to cast aside

Answer 36

se débarrasser de, rejeter | Yesterday Mr Duncan Smith cast thèse doubts aside

Question 37

to catch up with

Answer 37

rattraper | the Chinese market as ripe for expansion, as the country strives to catch up with the developed world. BBC News

Question 38

to cave in to

Answer 38

céder à The flame was lit fortnight ago when the powerful Working Committee of the Congress Party caved in to the demands of India's 7,000,000 Sikhs for

Question 39

to check up on

Answer 39

surveiller, enquêter sur | Senior police offlcers daim new powers to check up on convicted sex offenders in their homes do not go far enough,

Question 40

to chip away at

Answer 40

affaiblir Joe Warwick, its current editor, has chipped away at the UK monopoly once held by the mvariably dreary trade weekly Caterer & Hôtelkeeper. îr. The Financial Times

Question 41

to clamp / to crack down on

Answer 41

prendre des mesures drastiques contre A Tory MP today called on the justice minister, Jack Straw, to clamp down on internet images and videos of violence and criminal activity. The Guardian

Question 42

to close in on

Answer 42

cerner | apparently fearful authorities might be closing in on him. | The Chicago Tribune

Question 43

to come

Answer 43

come about: se produire Its discovery came about like this come (a)round to: se ranger à Mr Campbell gradually came round to the view come down on: s'en prendre à, se montrer intraitable envers Independents are coming down on the anti-war side come down to: revenir à, se résumera Well, it ail cornes down to the way you measure the increase in the cost of living. come in for: être l'objet de, subir other foreign-made goods came in for sharp criticism from Mr Forbes and Mr Alexander ``` come into (force, effect): entrer en (vigueur) 25 per cent said that they had gone to the pub more often since it came into effect. The Independent ``` come under: être soumis à The Health Minister, yesterday came under increasing pressure to award compensation to hundreds of Scottish haemophiliacs come up against: se heurter à Bolton came up against résistance from Fingar's bureau come up to: correspondre à, être à la hauteur de the water fails to come up to standards of cleanliness recommended by the European Union. come up with: proposer She happened to know the Medicaid process inside out, and she came up with an idea

Question 44

to conjure up

Answer 44

évoquer | a slogan which conjures up images of kindly cashiers

Question 45

to cry out against

Answer 45

s'opposer avec force à | But Mrs Sheehan's is not the only voice crying out against the war.

Question 46

to cut

Answer 46

cut across: toucher, affecter sans distinction A wide north-south divide in the health of the nation persists in Britain, cutting across ail social classes, according to research published today. The Guardian cut back/down (on): réduire Although car-sharing with friends and colleagues is the time-honoured way of cutting back on émissions cut off from: isolé de the nine Justices are perceived as being above the fray and primly eut off from everyday life. Time be cut out for: avoir des prédispositions pour Are men cut out for the job market?

Question 47

to dabble in/with

Answer 47

faire un peu de | HarryOppenheimerwas a businessman who dabbled in politics.

Question 48

to date back to

Answer 48

remonter à | Its arcane System dates back to Elizabethan times, with the head of the feudal government

Question 49

to dawn on/upon

Answer 49

apparaître à | Mr Blair did not intend to mount such an offensive on European policy until it dawned on him

Question 50

to deal with

Answer 50

s'occuper de, avoir affaire à | The ATP also needs to deal with the problem of what exactly is safe

Question 51

to decide on/upon

Answer 51

se décider pour, choisir | Bush has decided on a policy that leaves the Democrats outraged in their disapproval

Question 52

to delve into

Answer 52

fouiller dans | at the former Greater London Council without delving into his private life. The Daily Telegraph

Question 53

to depart from

Answer 53

rompre avec | But Penguin is about to depart from convention.

Question 54

to depend on

Answer 54

dépendre de His authority will dépend almostentirely on his influence > on the president, compter sur Your business will dépend on your network

Question 55

to deprive of

Answer 55

priver de | he will deprive them of something to loathe. The New Statesman

Question 56

to devote to

Answer 56

consacrer à The Cambodian-born film-maker Rithy Panh, who devotes ail his energy to combating oblivion, is deeply concerned about the distress of Franco-Khmer youth. The Guardian

Question 57

to discriminate against

Answer 57

discriminer | The employment tribunal said John Reaney, 42, was discriminated against "on grounds of sexual orientation'

Question 58

to die

Answer 58

die away: disparaître The summit ended on the Saturday afternoon and the clashes died away. BBCNews die down: se calmer, s'atténuer Although the controversy died down in the UK, the USA is now becoming a fertile ground for DTC genetic testing die out: disparaître The necessity for the techniques of producing India pale ale eventually died out, but the taste for it did not. The New York Times

Question 59

to dispose of

Answer 59

se débarrasser de | The government is planning to dispose of nuclear waste in a deep underground repository

Question 60

to dissociate from

Answer 60

dissocier de The activities of the chatelaine of 10 Downing Street cannot be dissociated from the office that puts her there. The Times

Question 61

to dissolve into

Answer 61

plonger dans, laisser place à Once we eliminate Hussein's government, we'll have to occupy the entire country for years to make sure it doesn't dissolve into chaos. The Chicago Tribune

Question 62

to do

Answer 62

do away with: supprimer BT argues that Fusion is not designed to do away with the flxed-line phone, do without: se passer de the resentment against the US for believing it was powerful enough to do without international support has never entirely gone away. BBC News

Question 63

to be doomed to

Answer 63

être voué à | managing such projects across oceans is doomed to failure. Newsweek

Question 64

to drag

Answer 64

drag down: tirer vers le bas America, at a lowly 96th position (only one above Iran), is dragged down by factors such as its involvement drag on: s'éterniser But as the complex negotiations dragged on, with proposais and counterproposals circulating among companies

Question 65

to dream up

Answer 65

imaginer | It asked its 61,000 employees to dream up new ideas. Forbes

Question 66

to drift apart

Answer 66

s'éloigner | Despite booming bilateral trade, Japan and South Korea have drifted apart in recent months

Question 67

to drive

Answer 67

drive down: faire baisser A strong rupee lowers the value of imports to India, and drives down the demand for exports, drive out: faire partir the ones who want to seal the border and deport or drive out illegal immigrants. The Washington Post drive up: faire monter "Retiring baby boomers driving up prices of vacation homes". Los Angeles Business Journal

Question 68

to drop

Answer 68

drop behind: se laisser distancer Oxford has dropped behind Cambridge for the fïrst time since 2001. The Daily Telegraph drop out of: abandonner (ses études) Almost half of 17 year olds in some parts of England hâve dropped out of fulltime éducation or training, government statistics reveal. BBC News

Question 69

to elaborate on

Answer 69

donner des détails sur | Charles Kennedy, the former Libéral Democrat leader, had refused to elaborate on his attempts to give up drinking

Question 70

to embark on/upon

Answer 70

entreprendre, se lancer dans | they embark upon what has historically been a very slippery slope. International Herald Tribune

Question 71

to encroach on/upon

Answer 71

empiéter sur | the aggressive antiterrorism programs championed by the Bush administration are encroaching on civil liberties,

Question 72

to engage in

Answer 72

se lancer dans | anyone who "has engaged in hostilities against the United States. The Washington Post

Question 73

to even out

Answer 73

équilibrer, aplanir | Structural Funds, which aim to even out différences between rich and poor régions in the EU. BBC News

Question 74

to expand on

Answer 74

donner des détails sur | He expanded on his ideas during a visit to a secondary school in west London

Question 75

to face up to

Answer 75

faire face à, accepter la réalité de | Beijing refuses to face up to its own aggressions

Question 76

to fade

Answer 76

fade away: disparaître, diminuer "Union power is fading away, despite the Democrats' efforts". The Economist fade out: disparaître progressivement The Cathode Ray Tube technology is fading out of the market. The New York Times

Question 77

to fall

Answer 77

fall apart: s'effondrer, se désagréger "Behind a façade of normality, Zimbabwe is visibly falling apart". The Guardian fall in with: se lier d'amitié avec After falling in with the wrong crowd and stuggling to get to grips with éducation, se ranger au point de vue de now, very belatedly, even the mega-rich are beginning to fall in with the idea. The Independent fall off: décroître though Chinese arms sales fell off significantly last year. BBC News fall to: incomber à Moreover, it fell to him to end this experiment and the System that lay behind it The Economist

Question 78

to figure out

Answer 78

comprendre

Question 79

to fit in with

Answer 79

concorder avec | The study on marijuana fits in with previous work that has shown the illicit substance adversely affects maie fertility.

Question 80

to focus on

Answer 80

se concentrer sur

Question 81

to foist on

Answer 81

imposer à | a wrongheaded theory foisted upon the public by unscrupulous scientists. The New York Times

Question 82

to be founded on

Answer 82

être fondé sur

Question 83

to get

Answer 83

get away with: commettre un acte en toute impunité 'How the UN lets genocidal states get away with murder." The Guardian get around: contourner Others said there are other ways to get around the problem of immuneSystem rejection

Question 84

to give

Answer 84

give away: divulguer the area they are about to enter will give away secrets. BBC News give into: céder à "It is essential that governments never give in to blackmail from terrorists or criminals

Question 85

to gloss over

Answer 85

dissimuler | Japanese history textbooks conveniently glossed over the truth about Impérial Japan's behavior abroad.

Question 86

to go

Answer 86

go against: aller à l'encontre de The appeal goes against the décision of council planners go ahead [/through] with: mettre à exécution the prime minister is determined to go ahead with the plan. BBC News go with: aller de pair avec if eschewing the cult of personality that often goes with the job. The Times

Question 87

to hammer away at

Answer 87

revenir inlassablement sur | various administrations hammered away at America's debt,

Question 88

to hand in

Answer 88

remettre | Tony Blair has handed in his résignation to the Queen

Question 89

to hang

Answer 89

hang back from: être réticent à The governors of both parties are hanging back from making endorsements. hang on to: s'accrocher à They said the changes would leave them hanging on to academic independence"by their fingernails".

Question 90

to hedge against

Answer 90

se prémunir contre | Buying commodities is an alternative way of hedging against inflation

Question 91

to hold back

Answer 91

ralentir | Weakness in private consumption appeared to be the main factor holding back growth

Question 92

to hunt down

Answer 92

traquer | he would send troops into Pakistan to hunt down terrorists even without local permission

Question 93

to impact on

Answer 93

avoir un impact sur | "The Hutton report will impact on the renewal of the BBC's charter,"

Question 94

to impinge on/upon

Answer 94

empiéter sur | many critics have said that the legislation impinges on civil liberties.

Question 95

to keep

Answer 95

keep down: restreindre the state should enlist some lawyers from the attorney general's office to help keep down costs. keep on: ne pas cesser de CD sales around the world will keep on falling for the next two years, rs, a report has predicted. keep up with: faire face à Expansion in renewable energies is barely keeping up with increasing demand.

Question 96

to lag behind

Answer 96

avoir du retard Europe "is still lagging behind in its ability to generate, oie, organize and sustain innovation processes and productivity growth in pharmaceuticals."

Question 97

to lay

Answer 97

lay aside: mettre de cote the refusal of many MPs to lay prejudice aside lay off: licencier Pop.com has decided to lay off almost all its employees.

Question 98

to live

Answer 98

live off: vivre aux depens de "that unemployment results and people live off the welfare state," live up to: etre a la hauteur de Both the team and the individual lived up to expectations on the opening day of a three-match series.

Question 99

to look

Answer 99

``` look back on: revenir sur, evoquer dozens of Republican members of the House class of 1994 looked back on the election that catapulted their party into the majority. ``` look down on: regarder de haut, mepriser The idea that many Europeans are I looking down on Americans has led to a flurry of interest in trying to explain the trend. look forward to: attendre avec impatience "Looking forward to a spam-free future". look into: examiner The American State Department says it is looking into reports that the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, has been involved in attempts to destabilise Bolivia and Ecuador. look out for: etre a la recherche de The Bank told the City last month that it was looking out for evidence of firms trying to pass on their costs in the form of higher prices.

Question 100

to lose out on

Answer 100

etre perdant | companies must not risk losing out on profits altogether.

Question 101

to make for

Answer 101

rattraper

Question 102

to measure up to

Answer 102

etre a la hauteur de

Question 103

to move away from

Answer 103

abandonner

Question 104

to muster up

Answer 104

rassembler

Question 105

to opt in ≠ to opt out of

Answer 105

contribuer a ≠ ne pas contribuer a, renoncer a

Question 106

to partake of

Answer 106

evoquer

Question 107

to pass away

Answer 107

deceder

Question 108

to phase in ≠ to phase out

Answer 108

introduire ≠ supprimer progressivement

Question 109

to pick up

Answer 109

redemarrer

Question 110

to play down

Answer 110

minimiser

Question 111

to point out

Answer 111

faire remarquer

Question 112

to preside over

Answer 112

presider a

Question 113

to pull

Answer 113

pull ahead of: devancer pull out of: se retirer de

Question 114

to push

Answer 114

push back: faire reculer push through: faire adopter

Question 115

to put

Answer 115

put across: faire passer put aside: mettre de cote put away: incarcerer put down to: mettre sur le compte de put forward: mettre en avant, proposer put up with: supporter

Question 116

to reckon with

Answer 116

compter avec

Question 117

to reside in

Answer 117

resider dans

Question 118

to resort to

Answer 118

recourir a

Question 119

to rest on/upon

Answer 119

etre fonde sur

Question 120

to result in

Answer 120

avoir pour consequence

Question 121

to revert to

Answer 121

en revenir a

Question 122

to rule out

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exclure

Question 123

to run

Answer 123

run out of: etre a court de run up against: se heurter a

Question 124

to safeguard against

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se premunir contre

Question 125

to see

Answer 125

see through: mener a terme see to: s'occuper de, veiller a

Question 126

to set

Answer 126

set about: s'atteler a une tache be set against: refuser de set off: declencher set up: etablir, fonder

Question 127

to settle down

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se calmer

Question 128

to sex up

Answer 128

rendre plus attrayant, exagerer

Question 129

to shape up

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prendre forme

Question 130

to single out

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distinguer, prendre pour cible

Question 131

to slow down

Answer 131

ralentir

Question 132

to sort out

Answer 132

mettre de I'ordre dans, resoudre

Question 133

to spring/to stem from

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resulter de

Question 134

to stand

Answer 134

stand out against: se distinguer de stand up for: defendre

Question 135

to step

Answer 135

step back from: prendre du recul par rapport a step down: demissionner

Question 136

to be sworn in

Answer 136

preter serment

Question 137

to sweep aside

Answer 137

balayer, ecarter

Question 138

to take

Answer 138

take aback: deconcerter be taken in: etre dupé, trompé take off: decoller take over (as): prendre la releve (en tant que)

Question 139

to talk up

Answer 139

presenter de maniere positive

Question 140

to think

Answer 140

think ahead: anticiper, reflechir a I'avenir think over: reflechir

Question 141

to tie in with

Answer 141

concorder avec

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to tone /to water down

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attenuer, edulcorer

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to turn

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turn down: rejeter turn out (to be): s'averer

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to trigger off

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declencher

Question 145

to usher in

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etre a I'origine de, introduire

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to verge on/upon

Answer 146

friser, froler

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to vie for

Answer 147

rivaliser pour

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to wear

Answer 148

wear down: affaiblir, s'affaiblir wear off: s'amenuiser

Question 149

to weigh against

Answer 149

comparer, mettre en balance

Question 150

to wipe out

Answer 150

eradiquer