Summer 2017

Question 1

Desperation

Answer 1

Le désespoir

Question 2

A bin man

Answer 2

Un éboueur

Question 3

Reduced mobility

Answer 3

La mobilité réduite

Question 4

Poor you

Answer 4

Oh ma pauvre

Question 5

Soft, limp, flabby, slack

Answer 5

Mou

Question 6

Smooth

Answer 6

Lisse

Question 7

To support

Answer 7

Soutenir

Question 8

I’ll just have a look, I’m just looking

Answer 8

Je regarde seulement

Question 9

I’ll take it

Answer 9

Je le prends

Question 10

Dammit, I used to know that!

Answer 10

Bon sang, je le savais!

Question 11

Get lost, go to hell (but milder insult amongst close friends)

Answer 11

Va te faire voir

Question 12

Piss off, fuck off (medium strength insult)

Answer 12

Va te faire foutre

Question 13

I don’t give a damn

Answer 13

Je m’en fous (colloq)

Question 14

Fuck off! (Very strong insult)

Answer 14

Va te faire enculer

Question 15

I’ll look forward to meeting you

Answer 15

Je suis pressé/impatient de vous rencontrer

Question 16

I’ve got the word on the tip of my tongue

Answer 16

J’ai le mot sur le bout de la langue

Question 17

To delete, get rid of

Answer 17

Supprimer

Question 18

I had spoken (pluperfect)

Answer 18

J’avais parlé

Question 19

I should have (perfect conditional)

Answer 19

J’aurais dû

Question 20

I could have (perfect conditional)

Answer 20

J’aurais pu

Question 21

I will have done (future perfect)

Answer 21

J’aurai fait

Question 22

I will have gone (future perfect)

Answer 22

Je serai parti

Question 23

Not this time

Answer 23

Pas cette fois-ci

Question 24

A holiday home

Answer 24

Une résidence secondaire

Question 25

So that

Answer 25

Pour que (+ subjonctif)

Question 26

The future

Answer 26

L'avenir (m.)

Question 27

Mostly

Answer 27

À la plupart

Question 28

Absolutely, completely

Answer 28

Tout à fait

Question 29

Glue

Answer 29

Une colle

Question 30

Walk, drive, trip

Answer 30

Une balade

Question 31

Online

Answer 31

En ligne

Question 32

Carefully, neatly

Answer 32

Soigneusement

Question 33

Rope

Answer 33

Une corde

Question 34

Exit, outing, output

Answer 34

Une sortie

Question 35

The advantages and disadvantages

Answer 35

Les avantages et les inconvénients

Question 36

Damn, I can't remember it

Answer 36

Zut, j'ai un trou de mémoire

Question 37

To inform, warn

Answer 37

Prévenir

Question 38

What were we talking about?

Answer 38

De quoi de parlions?

Question 39

Distrustful, suspicious

Answer 39

Méfiant

Question 40

Bookish, nerd, intellectual, geek

Answer 40

Un(e) Intello

Question 41

Same time (next time)

Answer 41

Même jour même heure

Question 42

In the past, English coffee was very bad.

Answer 42

Autrefois, le café anglais était très mauvais.

Question 43

So-so

Answer 43

Couci-couça

Question 44

More or less

Answer 44

Plus ou moins

Question 45

A down jacket (like Uniqlo)

Answer 45

Une doudoune

Question 46

To bother, annoy

Answer 46

Déranger (more formal), embêter (informal, with friends), gêner (things, e.g.: tu as été beaucoup gêné par les mites).

Question 47

An app

Answer 47

Une application

Question 48

Very good (with senses, taste, music, art etc)

Answer 48

Très bon

Question 49

Very good (things)

Answer 49

Très bien

Question 50

Boring

Answer 50

Ennuyeux

Question 51

I'm going shopping

Answer 51

Je vais faire une course

Question 52

Spoken word

Answer 52

Le langage parlé

Question 53

To spare, save

Answer 53

Épargner

Question 54

To exhaust

Answer 54

Épuiser

Question 55

To wipe, dry/mop up

Answer 55

Essuyer

Question 56

Good in bed, a great lay (but NOT PC)

Answer 56

Un bon coup

Question 57

A duvet

Answer 57

La couette

Question 58

Thing, stuff (esp perjoratively), trick

Answer 58

Un truc

Question 59

Rent

Answer 59

Le loyer

Question 60

Inside

Answer 60

Dedans

Question 61

Direct debit

Answer 61

Le virement automatique

Question 62

She lived here for 7 years

Answer 62

Elle a vécu ici il y a 7 ans

Question 63

Corny, tacky, naff, square, dowdy

Answer 63

Ringard(e)

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To take place

Answer 64

Avoir lieu

Question 65

What is she talking about?

Answer 65

De quoi elle parle?

Question 66

From now on

Answer 66

À partir de maintenant, désormais

Question 67

Little by little

Answer 67

Petit à petit

Question 68

A DIY-er

Answer 68

Un bricoleur

Question 69

To unplug

Answer 69

Débrancher

Question 70

Bellend

Answer 70

Un gland

Question 71

A fortnight

Answer 71

Une quinzaine, quinze jours

Question 72

For a fortnight

Answer 72

Pour quinze jours

Question 73

Some after negative (verb)

Answer 73

De (e.g., 'je ramasse des pommes', mais ´je ne ramasse pas de pommes')

Question 74

Hardly

Answer 74

Ne ... guère

Question 75

I hardly drink any alcohol

Answer 75

Je ne bois guère d'alcool

Question 76

Never again

Answer 76

Plus jamais

Question 77

Hardly ever

Answer 77

Pratiquement jamais

Question 78

I hardly ever go into town

Answer 78

Je vais pratiquement jamais en ville

Question 79

A duvet cover

Answer 79

Une housse de couette

Question 80

I'm going to think about it

Answer 80

Je vais réfléchir

Question 81

A duvet

Answer 81

Une couette

Question 82

I am now completely free.

Answer 82

Je suis désormais complètement libre.