thème 1

Question 1

faire les 100 pas

Answer 1

to pace up and down

Question 2

une série de

Answer 2

a series of

Question 3

une entrée

Answer 3

a first course, a starter

Question 4

apercevoir

Answer 4

to catch a glimpse

Question 5

devant moi

Answer 5

in front of me

Question 6

passer devant une maison

Answer 6

to walk past a house

Question 7

faire la queue devant le cinéma

Answer 7

to queue outside of the cinema

Question 8

se retrouver devant (un choix difficile)

Answer 8

to be faced with

Question 9

regarder droit devant soi

Answer 9

to look ahead

Question 10

ils sont égaux devant la loi

Answer 10

they’re equal in the eyes of the law

Question 11

devant ce pb

Answer 11

in the face of this issue

Question 12

pencher la tête en avant

Answer 12

to bend one’s head forward

Question 13

pencher la tête sur le côté

Answer 13

to tilt one’s head (…to the left)

Question 14

to tip the scales in someone’s favor

Answer 14

faire pencher la balance en faveur de quelqu’un

Question 15

pencher pour Bayrou

Answer 15

to be inclined to Bayrou / to favour Bayrou

Question 16

accoudé sur la table

Answer 16

leaning on the table

Question 17

accroupi

Answer 17

squatting, crouching

Question 18

agenouillé

Answer 18

kneeling

Question 19

allongé

Answer 19

lying

Question 20

blotti

Answer 20

huddled

Question 21

couché (intransitif)

Answer 21

to lie / lay lain

Question 22

couché (transiftif)

Answer 22

to lay / laid laid

Question 23

courbé

Answer 23

bending, leaning, stooping

Question 24

appuyé

Answer 24

resting, leaning

Question 25

penché

Answer 25

leaning, bending

Question 26

assis

Answer 26

sitting, seated

Question 27

vautré

Answer 27

sprawling

Question 28

avachis

Answer 28

slouching

Question 29

assoupi

Answer 29

drowsy

Question 30

avoir les traits tirés

Answer 30

to look drawn/haggered

Question 31

bien mis/propre

Answer 31

impeccably turned out

Question 32

names for the american flag

Answer 32

Stars and Stripes/Old Glory/Star-spangled banner

Question 33

s’écarter d’un sujet

Answer 33

to stray/to wonder from a subject

Question 34

s’écarter du droit chemin

Answer 34

to go off the strate and narrow

Question 35

une caisse, un cageot

Answer 35

a crate

Question 36

une tâche à la réputation

Answer 36

a stain on the reputation of

Question 37

tendre quelque chose à qqn x2

Answer 37

to hold something out to someone

to hand something to someone

Question 38

guetter

Answer 38

to be on the watch for, to watch out for someone, to look out for someone

Question 39

à l’autre bout de la ville

Answer 39

at the other side of the town

Question 40

au bout de la langue

Answer 40

on the tip of the tongue

Question 41

au bout du compte

Answer 41

at the end of the day

Question 42

au bout du fil

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on the line

Question 43

être à bout

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to be at the end of your tether

Question 44

être à bout de force

Answer 44

exhausted, worn out

Question 45

à bout de souffle

Answer 45

to run out of steam, to be on its last legs

Question 46

à bout portant

Answer 46

at point blank range

Question 47

à tout bout de champ

Answer 47

at every turn

Question 48

d’un bout à l’autre

Answer 48

from one end to the other

Question 49

connaitre qqchose sur le bout des doigts x2

Answer 49

to know something in and out/like the back of one’s hand

Question 50

maladroit, pas commode, bizarre

Answer 50

ankward

Question 51

un commode

Answer 51

a chest of draws