Préparation Chap 1

Question 1

grossier

Answer 1

coarse

Question 2

banal

Answer 2

mundane

Question 3

susciter

Answer 3

instigate

Question 4

renoncer

Answer 4

relinquish sth

Question 5

laisser perplexe

Answer 5

to baffle

Question 6

Elle est restée perplexe suite à la disparition soudaine de son mari

Answer 6

She was left baffled by her husband’s sudden disappearance

Question 7

modifier

Answer 7

to alter

Question 8

Continu, en cours

Answer 8

ongoing

Question 9

Principalement

Answer 9

Chiefly

Question 10

Un abri, un hangar

Answer 10

a shed

Question 11

trompeusement

Answer 11

deceptively

Question 12

vigoureux

Answer 12

Sturdy

Question 13

Bien adapté

Answer 13

Well-suited

Question 14

Bref, fugitif, fugace, rapide

Answer 14

fleeting

Question 15

barbouiller de (peinture)

Answer 15

to daub with

Question 16

une interprétation, une représentation

Answer 16

a rendering

Question 17

approximatif

Answer 17

speculative

Question 18

la marque de fabrique, un trait principal

Answer 18

a hallmark

Question 19

abondant

Answer 19

rife, plentiful

Question 20

ancrer, enraciner

Answer 20

to embed

Question 21

insérer dans, incruster, encastrer, enfoncer dans

Answer 21

to embed in

Question 22

lire attentivement, examiner, étudier de près

Answer 22

to pore over

Question 23

se mêler à, sociabiliser

Answer 23

to mingle with

Question 24

l’hésitation

Answer 24

tentativeness

Question 25

un revers, un contretemps

Answer 25

a setback

Question 26

peaufiner, affiner

Answer 26

to fine-tune

Question 27

déjouer, désamorcer, anticiper

Answer 27

to forestall

Question 28

implicite

Answer 28

tacit

Question 29

aisé, fortuné

Answer 29

well-to-do

Question 30

s’entremêler, se mélanger

Answer 30

to intermingled

Question 31

foutre en l’air, faire échouer (vulgaire)

Answer 31

to foul up

Question 32

infect, nauséabond, fétide, pourri

Answer 32

foul