Synt 1

Question 1

marauders

Answer 1

marauders

Question 2

pillards

Answer 2

plunders, looters

Question 3

l’ante

Answer 3

the ante

Question 4

attiser, alimenter, entretenir

Answer 4

to stoke

Question 5

misérable, malheureux

Answer 5

wretched

Question 6

l’attraction

Answer 6

a sideshow

Question 7

ruiner

Answer 7

to wrack

Question 8

grenades assourdissantes

Answer 8

stun grenades

Question 9

s’embarquer clandestinement

Answer 9

to stow away

Question 10

esclavage

Answer 10

bondage

Question 11

(le dessous des choses)

Answer 11

underbelly

Question 12

répressions

Answer 12

crackdowns

Question 13

bombarder, cribler

Answer 13

to perl

Question 14

bouleversement

Answer 14

upheaval

Question 15

un appel

Answer 15

a roll-call

Question 16

étancher, endiguer, arrêter

Answer 16

to staunch

staunch (adj) = dévoué

Question 17

mener, carry on

Answer 17

to wage

Question 18

alarmisme

Answer 18

scaremongering

Question 19

being lavishly generous

Answer 19

the munificience

Question 20

somptueusement

Answer 20

lavishly

Question 21

le dernier

Answer 21

the latter

Question 22

faux, menteur

Answer 22

bogus

Question 23

amèrement, fortement

Answer 23

sorely

Question 24

caler

Answer 24

to stall

Question 25

repousser

Answer 25

to repel

Question 26

quais

Answer 26

quaysides

Question 27

dissuader

Answer 27

to deter

Question 28

logements

Answer 28

dwellings

Question 29

habiter

Answer 29

to dwell

Question 30

to scratch or grope around to find, collect….

Answer 30

to scrabble

Question 31

tatonner

Answer 31

to grope

Question 32

vaciller, tituber

Answer 32

to lurch into

Question 33

goulot

Answer 33

bottleneck

Question 34

encourager, supporter

Answer 34

to countenance

Question 35

désesperé

Answer 35

forlorn

Question 36

fortifié

Answer 36

embattled

Question 37

renaissant, qui connait un nouvel essor

Answer 37

resurgent

Question 38

connecter

Answer 38

to log

Question 39

souligné, mis en évidence

Answer 39

underscored

Question 40

effilocher, se défiler

Answer 40

to fray

Question 41

bordélique

Answer 41

shambolic

Question 42

incaner

Answer 42

to epitomise

Question 43

commander, mandater, déléguer

Answer 43

to commission

Question 44

évaluer, estimer, juger

Answer 44

to assess

Question 45

to increase research INTO something

Answer 45

ok

Question 46

une approche globale

Answer 46

a blanket approach

Question 47

rendement, production, rapport

Answer 47

yield

Question 48

céder, donner, rapporter, succomber à la tentation

Answer 48

to yield

Question 49

saper, miner

Answer 49

to undermine

Question 50

révision, remaniement

Answer 50

overhaul

Question 51

contraindre, restreindre

Answer 51

to constrain

Question 52

troquer

Answer 52

to trade off

Question 53

gradually weaken or destroy (a person’s strength or power)

Answer 53

to sap, to play out, to exhaust

Question 54

a corporate

Answer 54

une entreprise

Question 55

accountability

Answer 55

responsabilité

Question 56

not fit for purpose

Answer 56

non adapté à l’objectif

Question 57

lobbying

Answer 57

la pression, les solicitations

Question 58

to water down

Answer 58

édulcorer, atténuer

Question 59

utterly

Answer 59

complètement

Question 60

to flout

Answer 60

mépriser, bafouiller

Question 61

outrage

Answer 61

outrage, scandale

Question 62

bitumer, goudronner

Answer 62

to tar

Question 63

intenable

Answer 63

untenable

Question 64

déraciner, extirper

Answer 64

to root out

Question 65

one bad person in a group of good people

Answer 65

a bad/rotten apple

Question 66

mettre en route

Answer 66

to set in train

Question 67

corresponding in size or degree, in proportion

Answer 67

commensurate

Question 68

pas de solution magique

Answer 68

no magic fix

Question 69

demander des comptes

Answer 69

to hold to account

Question 70

échappatoires

Answer 70

loopholes