prepa écrit voc lettres P et Q

Question 1

painless

Answer 1

sans mal, sans difficulté (easy, effortless, trouble-free)

Question 2

a pace

Answer 2

un rythme, une allure (speed, rate)

Question 3

palatable (adj)

Answer 3

de bon goût, goûteux, succulent (eatable, edible, good-tasting) OU correct, acceptable (acceptable)

Question 4

pattern

Answer 4

servir de modèle, copier (model, copy)

Question 5

peculiar (adj)

Answer 5

peu commun, particulier (curious, odd, singular)

Question 6

to peer at

Answer 6

scruter, regarder de manière curieuse (look with difficulty at sth)

Question 7

to peep at

Answer 7

regarder en cachette, espionner (look at sb/sth one should not see)

Question 8

perilous (adj)

Answer 8

périlleux, dangereux (dangerous)

Question 9

persistent

Answer 9

qui persiste (constant, enduring, remaining)

Question 10

a pet

Answer 10

un animal domestique (domesticated animal) OU un chouchou, le préféré (blue-eyed boy)

Question 11

a petition, to petition

Answer 11

demande pressante, requête urgente (request, appeal, entreaty)

Question 12

phony, phoney (adj)

Answer 12

faux, contrefait, artificiel, d’imitation, en toc (artificial, bogus, counterfelt, fake, false, fictitious, fraud, imitation, sham)

Question 13

picturesque

Answer 13

pittoresque, magnifique, imagé (scenic)

Question 14

piecemeal

Answer 14

fragmenté, graduel, petit à petit, par morceaux (fractional, fractionary, fragmentary, gradual, intermittent, part, partly, patchy, spotty)

Question 15

a pitfall

Answer 15

un piège, un écueil, un obstacle (danger, peril, snag, trap)

Question 16

to placate

Answer 16

calmer, apaiser (appease, calm down, mollify, pacify)

Question 17

a plague, to plague

Answer 17

un fléau, une catastrophe, marquer par un fléau, être victime de (flail, bane, scourge, be a victim of, suffer from)

Question 18

a plant

Answer 18

une usine (factory, works, mill) OU une plante (plant)

Question 19

a plea

Answer 19

un appel, une demande, une requête (appeal, entreaty, request, supplication)

Question 20

a pledge, to pledge

Answer 20

un engagement, une promesse, s’engager, promettre (promis, commit, commitment)

Question 21

plentiful (adj)

Answer 21

en grande quantité, en abondance, à profusion (aplenty, abundant, ample, bountiful, copious)

Question 22

to plot

Answer 22

comploter, intriguer (conspire, scheme, complot, contrive, machinate)

Question 23

to plummet

Answer 23

chuter, baisser brutalement (tumble, plunge, drop, fall, decrease sharply)

Question 24

plush (adj)

Answer 24

somptueux, riche (lush, luxurious, expensive, rich, lavish, posh, swish, swanky, deluxe)

Question 25

pointless (adj)

Answer 25

inutile, en vain, sans intérêt (useless, vain, wortless, aimless, going nowhere)

Question 26

a poll

Answer 26

une enquête d’opinion, un sondage (opinion survey, canvass, interview)

Question 27

to ponder

Answer 27

réfléchir, méditer (contemplate, think over, meditate, mull over)

Question 28

to pop in and out

Answer 28

entrer et sortir précipitamment (come and go quickly)

Question 29

to postpone

Answer 29

remettre à plus tard, reporter (delay, defer, put off, hold over, put over, remit)

Question 30

a premise

Answer 30

un principe, une hypothèse, un postulat (assumption, idea, postulate, principle)

Question 31

to present

Answer 31

mettre en avant une idée (put forward) OU présenter qn (to introduce sb to sb)

Question 32

to pretend

Answer 32

feindre, faire semblant (fake, feign, simulate)

Question 33

to prevail

Answer 33

dominer, prévaloir, l’emporter sur (predominate, triumph, be prevalent)

Question 34

prevalent

Answer 34

qui prévaut (dominant, common, prevailing)

Question 35

primarily (adv)

Answer 35

en priorité, principalement, essentiellement (above all, first and foremost)

Question 36

to prime

Answer 36

préparer qqc pour qqc (prepare, make ready, train, coach)

Question 37

prior (adj)

Answer 37

antérieur à, qui précède (earlier, before, anterior, previous to sth)

Question 38

to probe

Answer 38

examiner avec soin, enquêter (examine, scrutinize, investigate)

Question 39

probing (adj)

Answer 39

pénétrant (pour des idées, des souvenirs) (searching)

Question 40

to procrastinate

Answer 40

retarder inutilement, temporiser, tergiverser, atermoyer (delay, postpone, prolong, put off, defer, adjourn, retard, dally, play for time, temporize, protract, drag your feet)

Question 41

to prod

Answer 41

pousser doucement, sans brusquerie (push gently, poke gingerly)

Question 42

to prompt; prompt (adj)

Answer 42

provoquer, causer, susciter (cause, induce, trigger); rapide, prompt à agir (quick, swift, responsive)

Question 43

to be prone to

Answer 43

être sujet à, enclin à (be inclined to sth)

Question 44

to prosecute

Answer 44

poursuivre en justice (take to court, sue, bring a case against sb)

Question 45

provisional (adj)

Answer 45

provisoire, temporaire (conditional, temporary)

Question 46

pungent (adj)

Answer 46

âcre, piquant, acide (acrid) OU épicé (spicy)

Question 47

the purpose

Answer 47

objectif, but, dessein (objective, aim, goal)

Question 48

to put off

Answer 48

reporter, différer, remettre à plus tard (postpone, defer, delay, hold over, put over, shelve, set back, remit)

Question 49

put sth round

Answer 49

faire circuler, faire courir (comme une rumeur par ex) (circulates, sth goes round)

Question 50

a qualm

Answer 50

une appréhension, des scrupules (misgiving, apprehension)

Question 51

a quandary

Answer 51

un dilemme, une impasse (dilemma, impasse, predicament, strait)

Question 52

to quarrel; a quarrel

Answer 52

se disputer, se quereller (argue, have a row, wrangle); une querelle

Question 53

to quit

Answer 53

arrêter (stop, give up)