Practice Exam 5 (Knowledge Circle #3)

Question 1

prier d’agréer

Answer 1

to ask for approval

Question 2

se tenir

Answer 2

to take place/ be held

Question 3

dans le cadre

Answer 3

as part of/ in the framework of

Question 4

à compter de/ à partir de

Answer 4

starting

Question 5

s’échelonner sur

Answer 5

to be spread out over

Question 6

en ce qui a trait à/ concernant les

Answer 6

in terms of/ concerning

Question 7

échantillon

Answer 7

sample/ cross section

Question 8

cotiser

Answer 8

to subscribe

Question 9

cotisation

Answer 9

contribution/ dues

Question 10

échapper (à)

Answer 10

to miss/ slip (to avoid/ evade/ escape)

Question 11

favorise/ privilégié

Answer 11

favoured

Question 12

hormis (que)

Answer 12

save/ except or save for

Question 13

appartenir

Answer 13

to belong to/ be part of

Question 14

convoiter

Answer 14

to covet/ to be after

Question 15

ambitionner

Answer 15

to have one’s heart set on

Question 16

s’efforcer de

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to force oneself to

Question 17

de front

Answer 17

head on

Question 18

il importe que

Answer 18

it’s important that

Question 19

requérir

Answer 19

to call for/ to require/ to demand

Question 20

trouver sous ce pli

Answer 20

find enclosed

Question 21

parapher

Answer 21

to initial/ sign

Question 22

épargner

Answer 22

to save/ spare

Question 23

ressortir de (à)

Answer 23

to emerge/ to flow from (to pertain to)

Question 24

au fil de (années)

Answer 24

as the (years) go by

Question 25

intrant (un)

Answer 25

input ($)

Question 26

s’attendre à

Answer 26

to expect

Question 27

contrepartie

Answer 27

compensation/consideration ($)

Question 28

savoir gré a qqn de qqch (je vous saurais gré)

Answer 28

to be grateful to someone for something

Question 29

quant à

Answer 29

as for/ to

Question 30

toutefois

Answer 30

however/ nevertheless

Question 31

empirer

Answer 31

to become worse/ to deteriorate

Question 32

en dépit de

Answer 32

despite/ in spite of

Question 33

du fait de

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because of/ due to/ on account of

Question 34

porter sure

Answer 34

to be about (subject or theme)

Question 35

un pas

Answer 35

step

Question 36

d’arrache-pied

Answer 36

relentlessly

Question 37

tandis que

Answer 37

while/ whilst/ whereas

Question 38

la puissance

Answer 38

power/ force/ strength

Question 39

ampoulé

Answer 39

pompous