Mes erreurs 2

Question 1

des éloges

Answer 1

praises

Question 2

une plaisanterie

Answer 2

a jeer, a joke

Question 3

un lapsus

Answer 3

a slip of the tongue

Question 4

garder le silence

Answer 4

to keep silent/quiet

Question 5

la franchise

Answer 5

honesty, frankness, sincerity

Question 6

prudent

Answer 6

caution, careful

Question 7

grincheux

Answer 7

grimpy

Question 8

bégayer

Answer 8

to stamer, to stuter

Question 9

légitimité

Answer 9

legitemacy

Question 10

un programme politique

Answer 10

a platform

Question 11

le militantisme

Answer 11

the activism

Question 12

inciter

Answer 12

to urge

Question 13

faire marche arrière

Answer 13

to back paddle

Question 14

un représentant

Answer 14

a representative

Question 15

se présenter à des élections

Answer 15

to run for the office

Question 16

une victoire écrasante

Answer 16

a landslide victory

Question 17

soudoyer, corrompre

se laisser corrompre

Answer 17

to bribe

to take bribe

Question 18

dissoudre

Answer 18

to dissolve

Question 19

la mairie (batiment/ administration)

Answer 19

the town hall/ city council

Question 20

l’impôt sur le revenu

Answer 20

the income tax

Question 21

un procés

Answer 21

a trial

Question 22

la culpabilité

Answer 22

guilt

Question 23

horrible, affreux, épouvantable, atroce, terrible

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ghastly

Question 24

pauvre, misérable

Answer 24

shabby

Question 25

du berceau au tombeau

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from the cradle to the grave

Question 26

illettrisme, analphabétisme

Answer 26

illiteracy

Question 27

les mesures n’ont plus de raison d’être

Answer 27

the measures have outlived their usefulness

Question 28

survivre

Answer 28

to outlive

Question 29

attaque, assaut

Answer 29

onslaught

Question 30

l’attaque violente de l’opposition contre la politique du gouvernement

Answer 30

the opposition’s onslaught on government policy

Question 31

réprimer, sévir contre

Answer 31

to crack down on

Question 32

être trempé jusqu’aux os

Answer 32

to be soaked through OR to the skin

Question 33

dont la plupart, la majorité

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most of whom, of which

Question 34

spécificité du verbe “to know”

Answer 34

jamais à la forme progressive!

Question 35

(subjonctif) C’est normal qu’il ne comprenne pas?

Answer 35

It’s normal that he shouldn’t understand.

Question 36

un actionnaire

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a share holder

Question 37

le mécontentement

Answer 37

dissatisfaction

Question 38

la compression des profits

Answer 38

profits squeeze

Question 39

sans précédents

Answer 39

unprecedented

Question 40

un indicateur de tendance, un meneur

Answer 40

a bellwether

Question 41

un mammouth (géant du commerce)

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a behemoth

Question 42

un exemple frappant

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a striking example

Question 43

un exemple évident, manifeste

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a blatant example

Question 44

être découragé, démoralisé

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to be cast down

Question 45

dissuader

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to deter

Question 46

dissuader quelqu’un de faire quelque chose

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to deter somebody from doing something

Question 47

durée d’un mandat

Answer 47

term of office

Question 48

un exemple typique

Answer 48

a case in point

Question 49

une condamnation

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a charge

Question 50

être engagé dans

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to be committed to

Question 51

irréfutable

Answer 51

compelling

Question 52

conformément à

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in compliance with

Question 53

un moyen de dissuasion

Answer 53

a deterrent

Question 54

une déception, désillusion

Answer 54

a disappointment

Question 55

un licenciement, un renvoi

Answer 55

a dismissal

Question 56

minimiser

Answer 56

to lay down

Question 57

faire de légers progrès

Answer 57

to hedge forward

Question 58

la naissance de

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the emergence of

Question 59

s’efforcer de

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to endeavour to

Question 60

au delà des attentes

Answer 60

beyond expectations