prepa écrit voc lettre C

Question 1

to charge

Answer 1

faire payer, débiter (make sb pay)

Question 2

to call off

Answer 2

annuler (cancel, annul)

Question 3

to challenge

Answer 3

défier, remettre en question (defy, question, call into question)

Question 4

to carry out

Answer 4

réaliser, mettre en oeuvre, mener à terme (implement)

Question 5

callous (adj)

Answer 5

dur, sans coeur (harsh, heartless, cruel)

Question 6

to catalogue / a catalogue

Answer 6

lister, cataloguer / une liste, un catalogue (list, make a list, itemize)

Question 7

caliber (of this), quality

Answer 7

de ce calibre, de cette qualité

Question 8

cautious (adj)

Answer 8

prudent, attentif (careful, wary, prudent, attentive)

Question 9

to cash in on

Answer 9

profiter, tirer avantage (bank on, benefit from, take advantage of, profit by)

Question 10

cantankerous

Answer 10

En colère, être remonté contre (angry, mad, furious, irritable, annoyed, fractious, bad-tempered, snappy, cranky)

Question 11

challenging

Answer 11

qui met au défi (daring)

Question 12

to calculate

Answer 12

calculer, comptabiliser (compute)

Question 13

to carry through

Answer 13

faire aboutir (get through, put through, push through)

Question 14

to call on sb

Answer 14

compter sur qqn, faire appel à qqn OU rendre visite à qqn (ask sb to do sth OR visit sb, pay a visit to sb)

Question 15

to chase

Answer 15

poursuivre, pourchasser (to pursue)

Question 16

to cheer up sb

Answer 16

remonter le moral à qqn (to buck up sb)

Question 17

to chip in

Answer 17

interrompre, mettre son grain de sel (break in, step in, cut in, butt in, meddle in)

Question 18

a chore

Answer 18

une corvée (task, burden, boring job)

Question 19

to circumvent

Answer 19

éviter (avoid, dodge, eschew, evade)

Question 20

a claim

Answer 20

une affirmation (assertion) OU une demande, une revendication (a request)

Question 21

to claim

Answer 21

affirmer (affirm, contend) OU revendiquer (request, require)

Question 22

to clutch

Answer 22

saisir, empoigner (seize, take, get hold of, grasp, grab, grip, snatch)

Question 23

coarse (adj)

Answer 23

grossier, mal dégrossi, à l’état brut (rough)

Question 24

cognent (adj)

Answer 24

persuasif, convaincant (convincing, persuasiv, compelling)

Question 25

a commercial

Answer 25

une publicité à la TV, un spot publicitaire (TV advertisement)

Question 26

commodities

Answer 26

des marchandises, des denrées (goods, consumer goods)

Question 27

to compel

Answer 27

forcer, contraindre (oblige, constrain, force)

Question 28

a complaint

Answer 28

une plainte, une critique, un reproche (criticism, reproach)

Question 29

to comply with sth

Answer 29

se conformer à qqc (abide by, respect, conform to sth)

Question 30

a component

Answer 30

un composant, partie intégrante de qqc (element, part, piece)

Question 31

comprehensive

Answer 31

exhaustif, complet, détaillé (extensive, all-embracing, complete, thorough)

Question 32

compulsory

Answer 32

obligatoire (required, obligatory, mandatory, necessary)

Question 33

a compunction

Answer 33

un scrupule, un remord (remorse, regret, pangs of conscience, scruples)

Question 34

to conceal

Answer 34

cacher (hide, disguise)

Question 35

to condone

Answer 35

fermer les yeux, ignorer, ne pas considérer (ignore, overlook, disregard, neglect)

Question 36

to conduct

Answer 36

conduire, mener à bien (carry out, execute)

Question 37

a conference

Answer 37

une discussion, une réunion, un débat (meeting, parley, session, powwow, seminar)

Question 38

to confirm

Answer 38

confirmer, approuver (approve, bear out)

Question 39

congenial (adj)

Answer 39

amical, chaleureux (friendly, amical)

Question 40

to consist of

Answer 40

consister en, fait de (be made up of)

Question 41

consistent

Answer 41

régulier, constant (steady, regular)

Question 42

to console

Answer 42

consoler, soulager (relieve, comfort, solace)

Question 43

conspicuous

Answer 43

qui se remarque, flagrant (noticeable, blatant, flagrant)

Question 44

to constrain

Answer 44

contraindre (force, oblige, compel, limit)

Question 45

a contempt

Answer 45

un mépris, un dédain (scorn, disdain, despise)

Question 46

to contend

Answer 46

s’en prendre à, s’attaquer à (take to sb) OU affirmer (argue, claim)

Question 47

to contest

Answer 47

contester, être en désaccord avec (argue against, disagree with)

Question 48

a convention

Answer 48

un accord (accord, agreement, concord)

Question 49

to cope with

Answer 49

surmonter, s’en sortir (deal with, manage to do sth, get by, muddle through)

Question 50

cordial

Answer 50

amical, chaleureux (friendly, congenial)

Question 51

core

Answer 51

essentiel, au coeur des choses (central, chief, heart)

Question 52

a corporation

Answer 52

une société (company, firm, concern)

Question 53

to corroborate

Answer 53

corroborer, confirmer (support, confirm, bear out)

Question 54

to crawl

Answer 54

ramper, marcher à 4 pattes (creep)

Question 55

a creed

Answer 55

croyance, foi (belief, faith)

Question 56

a crisis

Answer 56

une crise, une recession (crunch, slump, bust, trough, downturn)

Question 57

the crop

Answer 57

la récolte, la moisson (harvest)

Question 58

to crop up

Answer 58

survenir, surgir (pop up)

Question 59

to cross out

Answer 59

effacer, supprimer (delete, cross off, write off)

Question 60

to crumble

Answer 60

s’effondrer (collapse, cave in)

Question 61

cryptic (adj)

Answer 61

cryptique, obscure, pas clair (unclear, obscure, hard to understand)

Question 62

to cure

Answer 62

soigner, guérir (heal)

Question 63

currently

Answer 63

à l’heure actuelle (now, at the moment, at present)

Question 64

to cut back

Answer 64

réduire (cut down, curtail, reduce)