Out

Question 1

to back out / stand down / withdraw

Answer 1

se désister

Question 2

to break out

Answer 2

intransitive verb inseparable

1. [begin - war, storm] éclater
   [ - disease] se déclarer
2. [become covered]
   - to break out in spots OR in a rash avoir une éruption de boutons
   - to break out in a sweat se mettre à transpirer
3. [escape] s’échapper
   to break out from OR of prison s’évader (de prison)
   - we have to break out of this vicious circle il faut que nous sortions de ce cercle vicieux

Question 3

to buy out

Answer 3

racheter

Question 4

to come out

Answer 4

sortir / être publié

Question 5

to carry out something

Answer 5

exécuter / faire qqch

Question 6

to cross out

Answer 6

barrer

Question 7

to cut out / cut up (gâteau/viande)

Answer 7

découper

• il a découpé le gâteau en parts égales he cut the cake into equal parts
• découper des articles dans le journal to take cuttings out of the newspaper

Question 8

to drop out

Answer 8

abandonner

• abandonner le pouvoir : to leave OU to retire from OU to give up office
• elle abandonne la géographie : she’s dropping geography
• abandonner la partie :
  a. (sens propre) to give up
  b. (figuré) to throw in the sponge OU towel

Question 9

to fall out with somebody

Answer 9

se disputer avec quelqu’un

Question 10

to figure out

Answer 10

imaginer

1. [understand - person] arriver à comprendre
   we couldn’t figure it out nous n’arrivions pas à comprendre OR saisir

Question 11

to find out

Answer 11

découvrir

Question 12

to hand something out

Answer 12

distribuer quelque chose

Question 13

to leak out

Answer 13

couler / s’échapper

Question 14

to leave something out

Answer 14

• ne pas inclure quelque chose

- omettre

Question 15

to let somebody out

Answer 15

laisser sortir quelqu’un

Question 16

to move out

Answer 16

déménager

Question 17

to pass out

Answer 17

perdre connaissance

Question 18

to pick something out

Answer 18

choisir / repérer

3. [remarquer] to spot, to pick out (separable), to notice
   je l’avais repéré au premier rang - I’d noticed OU spotted him in the first row
   • tu vas nous faire repérer avec tes éternuements - you’ll get us caught OU spotted with your sneezing
   • les ravisseurs se sont fait repérer près de l’hôpital the kidnappers were spotted near the hospital

Question 19

to point something out to somebody

Answer 19

faire remarquer quelque chose à quelqu’un

Question 20

to pull out / to pull something out

Answer 20

déboîter (voiture) / arracher qqch

- arracher quelqu’un à la mort - to rescue someone from the jaws of death

Question 21

to rule something out

Answer 21

exclure quelque chose
• she cannot be ruled out of the inquiry - elle n’a pas encore été mise hors de cause
• the injury rules him out of Saturday’s game - sa blessure ne lui permettra pas de jouer samedi

Question 22

to set out (plan / idée)

Answer 22

exposer

Question 23

to show somebody out

Answer 23

faire sortir quelqu’un

Question 24

to stand out

Answer 24

se détacher

• [sandale, lacet]  to come undone
[étiquette]  to come off
[page]  to come loose
- (sport)  to break away
- [se profiler]  to stand out

Question 25

to try out

Answer 25

experimenter
[new car, bicycle] essayer, faire un essai avec, faire l’essai de
[method, chemical, recipe] essayer
[employee] mettre à l’essai

Question 26

to turn out to be

Answer 26

se révéler être

Question 27

to turn somebody out

Answer 27

mettre dehors

Question 28

to watch out for something

Answer 28

être sur ses gardes

Question 29

to wear out

Answer 29

s’user

Question 30

to work something out

Answer 30

mettre au point qqch