Litteraire version

Question 1

a penny-a-liner

Answer 1

un écrivain de pacotille

Question 2

to overlap

Answer 2

se chevaucher, se confondre

Question 3

a redress

Answer 3

réparation

Question 4

to redress an injustice

Answer 4

réparer une injustice

Question 5

here you are

Answer 5

tiens

Question 6

could not possibly have been

Answer 6

ne pouvait en aucun cas

Question 7

outside his house

Answer 7

devant sa maison

Question 8

overhead

Answer 8

au dessus de la tête

Question 9

to play up

Answer 9

faire des siennes

Question 10

exagérer

minimiser

Answer 10

to play sg up / down

Question 11

to tap a phone

Answer 11

mettre sur écoute

Question 12

a leather bound book

Answer 12

un livre aux reliures en cuivre

Question 13

to be bound to do sg

Answer 13

→ etre destiné inévitablement à faire…

Question 14

principalement, surtout

Answer 14

chiefly

Question 15

the elephant in the room

Answer 15

un gros problème que tout le monde connait mais personne n’en parle = taboo subject

Question 16

To creep

Answer 16

Ramper / se faufiler silencieusement
(Creep - crept - crept)
Associé à across, into…

Question 17

Creeping inflation

Answer 17

Inflation rampante, galopante

Question 18

A creep

Answer 18

Un sale type

Question 19

It gives my the creep

Answer 19

Ça me donne la chair de poule

Question 20

To crawl

Answer 20

Ramper / se faufiler lentement

Associé à across, into…

Question 21

To sneak

Answer 21

Se faufiler furtivement

Associé à across, into…

Question 22

Cosy

Answer 22

Chaleureux, confortable

Question 23

To relish doing sg

Answer 23

Prendre plaisir à

Question 24

Entrevoir

Answer 24

To catch sight of

Question 25

Exprès

Answer 25

On purpose

Question 26

Sur le terrain

Answer 26

On the spot

Question 27

Repondre (2) soutenu

Answer 27

To reply / retort

Question 28

Demander

Answer 28

To enquire

Question 29

Ressemblant en tout point à sa mère

La digne fille de sa mère

Answer 29

Ever bit her mother’s child

Question 30

Etre le portrait craché de

Answer 30

To be the spitting image of sb

Question 31

Cracher

Answer 31

Spit- spat - spat

Question 32

Il est … jusqu’à moelle

Answer 32

He is every bit a … (soldier)

Question 33

Lame smile

Answer 33

Sourire crispé

Question 34

Boiter (4) / être estropié

Answer 34

To be lame / crippled

To limp

Question 35

A lame excuse / argument

Answer 35

Une piètre excuse / argument

Question 36

A lame film / personne

Answer 36

Un film nul, personne ennuyeuse

Question 37

Pourquoi diable ? (2)

Answer 37

Why on earth ?

Why the hell ?

Question 38

In those days

Answer 38

Autrefois

Question 39

Tromper qn (familier et pas familier) (4)

Answer 39

To fob off sb
To two-time sb

To be unfaithful to sb
To cheat on sb

Question 40

Stall

Answer 40

Un stand

Une écurie

Question 41

To stall a car

Answer 41

Faire caler sa voiture

Question 42

Jouer la montre, essayer de gagner du temps (2)

Answer 42

To play for time
To stall
→ I think he’s stalling because he hasn’t finished it yet.

Question 43

Un temps abominable

Answer 43

Foul weather

Question 44

Avoir des ennuis avec (la justice)

Se mettre à dos (son patron)

Answer 44

To fall foul of the law

To fall foul of your boss

Question 45

By foul means

Answer 45

Par des moyens déloyaux

Question 46

Piste, voie ferrée

Answer 46

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