mai 21

Question 1

Les

Answer 1

The

Question 2

Des

Answer 2

pas The

Question 3

il avait monté cette entreprise

Answer 3

he had SET UP this company

Question 4

J’ai peur qu’il ne réussisse pas à finir son article à temps

Answer 4

I’m afraid he MAY not succeed IN finishING his article in time.

Question 5

toutes seules

Answer 5

by themselves

Question 6

rendre visite à qqn

Answer 6

to pay smn a visit

Question 7

Les écolos aimeraient que nos pays développés AIENT RECOURS aux énergies renouvelables

Answer 7

The environmentalists WISH our developed countries RESORTED TO renewable energies

Question 8

Il est GRAND TEMPS que ns ns décidions..

Answer 8

It’s HIGH TIME we maDE UP ( BVed) our minds..

Question 9

Les Britanniques voudraient que leur PM ne baisse pas les bras

Answer 9

The Britons would like their PM NOT TO THROW IN THE TOWEL

Question 10

généralité

Answer 10

Most

Question 11

+ précis

Answer 11

Most of the

Question 12

It is the first time

was

Answer 12

+ present perfect

+ past perfect

Question 13

Jamais je n’avais imaginé

Answer 13

Never HAD I imaginED

Question 14

l’obligation
la probabilité
ce qui est prévu à l’avance

Answer 14

must
must have BVen
to be to (The train IS TO leave at 10AM)

Question 15

Ns ne parlions pas
Ns ne ns ennuyions jamais
Elle réussissait à dormir tte la nuit

Answer 15

We would not talk
We would never get bored
She would SUCCEED IN sleepING all night long

Question 16

Je suis tombée sur les photos
trouver par hasard

rencontrer par hasard QQN

Answer 16

I came across the pictures
to come across

to run/bump into someone

Question 17

A few / few

A little / little

Answer 17

+ nom dénombrable au pluriel

+ nom INdénombrable

Question 18

Une fois que j’aurai rejoint cette équipe..

Answer 18

ONCE i HAVE joinED this team…

Question 19

le revers de son manteau

Answer 19

the lapel of his coat

Question 20

Qu’avait-il DONC fait pr mériter la persécution?

Answer 20

What ON EARTH had he done to deserve to BE persecutED

Question 21

son émis par qqch de précis

bruit qui s’oppose au silence, gênant

Answer 21

sound

noise

Question 22

Hardly

No sooner

Answer 22

when

than

Question 23

sèchement

Answer 23

bluntly

curtly

Question 24

“to dare” se comporte comme un modal à la forme ?

donc : Comment oses tu m’adresser la parole?

Answer 24

How dare you TALK to me ?

Question 25

mièvre = sans énergie, neutre

Answer 25

insipid

Question 26

Quelle tête de mule

Answer 26

What a pig head !

How stubborn !

Question 27

Ils étaient 2.. le plus vieux..

Answer 27

they were 2 of them.. the eldER

Question 28

Il avait l’habitude de faire face aux épreuves

Answer 28

He was used to facing hardships

Question 29

Il avait.. ce qui lui permettait..

Answer 29

He had…, which enabled him..

Question 30

être allongé : elle était allongée

allonger : le bébé fut allongé

Answer 30

to lie : she was lying

to lay : the baby was laid

Question 31

enfin

Answer 31

at last

Question 32

décoiffé

Answer 32

dishevelled

Question 33

trébucher

Answer 33

to stumble

Question 34

Aussi pathétique que cela pouvait paraitre

Answer 34

AS pathetic AS it could seem

However pathetic it could seem

Question 35

chez l’épicier

Answer 35

at the grocer’s

Question 36

Moi,

Answer 36

As for me,

Question 37

ce n’est pas la peine

Answer 37

there is no point in + BVing

It is not worth + BVing

Question 38

J’attends depuis des heures ds le couloir et je n’ai presque rien mangé depuis 24 heures

Answer 38

I’ve been waiting in this corridor for hours and I’ve hardly had anything to eat over the last 24 hours

Question 39

…mais le pire, c’était sa colonne vertébrale

Answer 39

..but the worst was his spine

Question 40

mettre la table

Answer 40

to set/lay the table

Question 41

se targuer de

Answer 41

to pride oneself on

to boast of