Mercredi Répétitions

Question 1

programming guide (e.g., tv)

Answer 1

le programme

Question 2

frightful/horrible/atrocious/awful/dreadful/ugly

Answer 2

affreux / affreuse

Question 3

aboriginal/Native American/First Nation

Answer 3

indigène

Question 4

just in case that . . .

Answer 4

juste au cas où . . .

Question 5

structure that fits only one person (cockpit, bath house, truck cab)

Answer 5

la cabine

Question 6

1) tax on a physical person
2) income tax
3) tax on salary
4) property tax

Answer 6

1) un impôt
2) impôt sur le revenu
3) impôt sur les salaires
4) impôt foncier

Question 7

afraid

Answer 7

effrayé(e)

Question 8

to save (from danger)

Answer 8

sauver

Question 9

1) ironic (on purpose)

2) ironically

Answer 9

1) ironique

2) ironiquement

Question 10

on television (something watched)

Answer 10

à la télévision

Question 11

guidebook or tourist guide

Answer 11

le guide

Question 12

1) no longer

2) He no longer comes on Saturdays

Answer 12

1) ne . . . . plus

2) Il ne viens plus le samedi.

Question 13

to hire

Answer 13

embaucher

Question 14

frightening

Answer 14

effrayant(e)

Question 15

comfortable (internal personal feeling)

Answer 15

à l’aise

Question 16

1) to surprise / astonish

2) to be surprised

Answer 16

1) étonner

2) s’étonne de, s’étonner que

Question 17

incomplete, i.e., missing something (NOT unfinished)

Answer 17

incomplet, incomplète

Question 18

1) tax on things/services
2) value-added tax
3) tax included
4) duty free / V.A.T. free

Answer 18

1) la taxe
2) la taxe à la valeur ajoutée
3) toutes taxes comprises
4) hors taxes

Question 19

list of charges

Answer 19

le tarif

Question 20

to commit a crime

Answer 20

commettre un crime

Question 21

on/in the television show

Answer 21

dans l’émission

Question 22

not . . . . again/anymore

He is not coming again / anymore.

Answer 22

ne . . . . pas encore

Il ne viens pas encore.

Question 23

to let grow (beard, moustache hair)

He is growing his beard.

Answer 23

se laisser pousser

Il se laisse pousser sa barbe.

Question 24

cabin, small hut

Answer 24

la cabane

Question 25

incomplete, i.e., unfinished

Answer 25

inachevé(e)

Question 26

1) commit oneself

2) commitment

Answer 26

1) s’engager à

2) un engagement (e.g. politique)

Question 27

to raise/grow/cultivate as food (plants)

They grow corn on the farm.

Answer 27

cultiver

Ils cultivent du maïs à la ferme.

Question 28

to fire/let go (for company’s financial reasons)

Answer 28

licencier

Question 29

the surprise

Answer 29

la surprise

Question 30

1) every other
2) every other week
3) every other day

Answer 30

1) tous/toutes les deux
2) toutes les deux semaines
3) tous les deux jours

Question 31

to grow (nonfood) plants on purpose
I grow roses.

Answer 31

faire pousser

Je fais pousser des roses.

Question 32

comfortable (how a physical object feels to someone)

Answer 32

confortable

Question 33

1) ironic (unintended consequence)
2) ironically
3) the irony

Answer 33

1) paradoxical(e)
2) paradoxalement
3) le paradoxe

Question 34

on top of the television set

Answer 34

sur la télévision

Question 35

to save (no danger)

Answer 35

garder

Question 36

1) to grow (child or animal) / grow taller / become an adult
2) I grew up eating candies
3) when I grow up . . .

Answer 36

1) grandir (avec avoir) ou devenir adulte
2) J’ai grandi en me nourrissante de bonbons
3) quand je serai grandie . . .

Question 37

tariff (import/export duty)

Answer 37

le doit de douane (e.g., à l’importation)

Question 38

to fire/let go (for worker's behavior)
to expel (student)

Answer 38

renvoyer

Question 39

leg of a chair or table, stem of wine glass

Answer 39

le pied

Question 40

to grow (plants, trees, hair)
The trees are growing well there.

Answer 40

pousser

Les arbres poussent bien là.

Question 41

obedience

Answer 41

obéissance

Question 42

neither
If he doesn’t go, I won’t either.
I don’t speak Germon; nor can I write it.

Answer 42

non plus
S’il ne part pas, moi non plus.
Je ne parle pas l’allemand et je ne peut pas l’écrire non plus.

Question 43

1) sign or panel
2) On a panel/sign in the museum, I read that the first homo sapiens were bigger than us.
3) solar panel

Answer 43

1) un panneau
2) Sur un panneau dans le musée, j’ai lu que les premiers homo sapiens étaient plus grands que nous.
3) un panneau solaire

Question 44

1) also, too
2) That’s my opinion, too.
3) He is not only tall but also handsome.

Answer 44

1) aussi
2) C’est aussi mon avis.
3) Il est non seulement grand mais aussi beau.

Question 45

1) as . . . as (comparative)
2) She is as tall as me.
3) He is as tall as he is is handsome.
4) Paul as much as his brother would like to eat.

Answer 45

1) aussi . . . que
2) Elle est aussi grande que moi.
3) Ill est aussi grand qu’il est beau.
4) Paul aussi bien que son frère voudrait manger.

Question 46

1) as much
2) as much as
3) How can he sleep that much?
4) She has as much money as the reine.

Answer 46

1) autant; autant de + nom
2) autant que
3) Comment peut-il dormir autant?
4) Elle a autant d’argent que la reine.

Question 47

1) forever

Answer 47

1) pour toujours

Question 48

indeed

Answer 48

en effet

Question 49

in fact

Answer 49

en fait (le “t” se prononce)

Question 50

at that time

Answer 50

à cette époque

Question 51

1) New York City
2) D.C.
3) the state of New York

Answer 51

1) New York
2) Washington
3) l’état de New York