Semaine 6

Question 1

qui s’étaient habitués à acheter à crédit

Answer 1

who had grown used to buying on credit

Question 2

l’âge d’or

Answer 2

heyday

Question 3

pour que les stocks se reconstituent

Answer 3

to replenish stocks

Question 4

contrairement à celle de John…

Answer 4

unlike John’s…

Question 5

Chassez le naturel, il revient au galop.

Answer 5

A leopard can’t change its spots.

Question 6

prospérer

Answer 6

to be thriving

Question 7

être plein à craquer

Answer 7

to be bursting at the seams

Question 8

à son actif

Answer 8

under his belt

Question 9

a ruiné la vie

Answer 9

has wrecked the lives

Question 10

représente 11%

Answer 10

accounts for 11%

Question 11

faire disparaître

Answer 11

to drive to extinction

Question 12

l’usage du préservatif

Answer 12

condom use

Question 13

passer le moment critique

Answer 13

to turn the corner

Question 14

maîtriser parfaitement la situation

Answer 14

to be completely on top of things

Question 15

n’avoir d’autre choix que de

Answer 15

to have no other option but to

Question 16

la question n’est pas de savoir si, mais de savoir quand

Answer 16

it is not a question of if, but a question of when

Question 17

jeter l’éponge

Answer 17

to throw in the towel

Question 18

après des semaines d’impasses

Answer 18

after weeks of stalemate

Question 19

battre de l’ail

Answer 19

to fall apart at the seams

Question 20

tout feu, tout flamme

Answer 20

with all guns blazing

Question 21

s’entendre (tout à fait) bien

Answer 21

to get (on quit) well

Question 22

s’en sortir

Answer 22

to get by

Question 23

réussir

Answer 23

to get on

Question 24

couper l’herbe sous le pied de qn

Answer 24

to queer someone’s pitch

Question 25

ne pas tenir debout

Answer 25

doesn’t hold water

Question 26

quitter le navire

Answer 26

to jump ship

Question 27

passer aux choses sérieuses

Answer 27

to get down to the nitty-gritty

Question 28

la réforme du système de retraite

Answer 28

the pension system reform

Question 29

d’une lenteur décevante

Answer 29

disappointingly slow

Question 30

avoir peu de chance de voir le jour

Answer 30

to be dead in the water

Question 31

mettre en oeuvre

Answer 31

to implement

Question 32

savoir ce que l’avenir nous réserve

Answer 32

what the future holds

Question 33

faire peu de cas de qn / qch

Answer 33

to ride roughshod over sth / someone

Question 34

à chaque jour suffit sa peine

Answer 34

tomorrow is another day

Question 35

un sujet très polémique

Answer 35

a highly controversial issue

Question 36

porter ses fruits

Answer 36

bear fruit

Question 37

la classe ouvrière

Answer 37

working-class people

Question 38

l’internet haut-débit

Answer 38

broadband

Question 39

relativiser

Answer 39

to keep things in perspective

Question 40

connaître qch comme sa poche

Answer 40

to know sth like the back of one’s hand