Thèmes I

Question 1

Un bouquet de fleurs

Answer 1

A flower arrangement / a bunch of flowers

Question 2

Se disputer

Answer 2

To quarrel / to argue

Question 3

Violemment

Answer 3

Extremely fiercely

Question 4

Crier

Answer 4

Scream / yell / shriek at sbdy

Question 5

Se mettre en colère

Answer 5

To get angry / to lose one’s temper / to fly into a temper

Question 6

Une crise de colère

Answer 6

A fit of angry

Question 7

Briser

Answer 7

To smash/ splinter / shatter

Question 8

L’une apres l’autre

Answer 8

One after the other / one by one

Question 9

Précipiter

Answer 9

Dash

Question 10

Carrelage

Answer 10

A tiled floor / stone floor

Question 11

Lamentable

Answer 11

Pathetic

Question 12

Décrocher/raccrocher le téléphone

Answer 12

To pick up / Hang up the phone

Question 13

Une note officielle

Answer 13

A notice

Question 14

Nettoyer toute la maison

Answer 14

To do The cleanning thoroughly

Question 15

Etre mis en vente

Answer 15

To be put up for sale

Question 16

Étant donné que / attendu

Answer 16

Given that

Question 17

Comprenez-vous

Answer 17

You see

Question 18

Au contraire

Answer 18

Quite the reverse

Question 19

Ces derniers temps

Answer 19

Lately, recently

Question 20

Fondre en larmes

Answer 20

To burst into tears / to break down in tears

Question 21

Sangloter

Answer 21

To sob

Question 22

Faire défaut

Answer 22

To let sbdy down / to fail sbdy

Question 23

Promettre (oral)

Answer 23

To swear / to promise

Question 24

Inconsidérément

Answer 24

Thoughtlessly / recklessly

Question 25

Etre tourmenté

Answer 25

To be in torment

Question 26

Releva

Answer 26

Repeated / retorted

Question 27

Séjour

Answer 27

A stay

Question 28

Départ

Answer 28

Leaving

Question 29

Quelqu’un au pair

Answer 29

An au pair

Question 30

Impatient

Answer 30

Eager

Question 31

Aveuglé

Answer 31

To have his eyes blurred

Question 32

Dépenses de santé

Answer 32

Health expenditure

Question 33

jusqu’à

Answer 33

till

Question 34

jolie jeune fille (familier)

Answer 34

pretty young thing

Question 35

au boulot!

Answer 35

let’s get going

Question 36

prononcer

Answer 36

to relish

Question 37

rez-de-chaussée

Answer 37

the ground floor

Question 38

qui donne sur (une pièce)

Answer 38

open onto

Question 39

une cour

Answer 39

a courtyard

Question 40

un petit (problème)

Answer 40

a slight

Question 41

En attendant

Answer 41

in the meantime

Question 42

contraventions

Answer 42

tickets/fines

Question 43

feux (rouge)

Answer 43

traffic lights

Question 44

Il n’était pas plutôt assis que

Answer 44

No sooner had he sat down than (no sooner+inversion+than)

Question 45

le dernier en date

Answer 45

the latest

Question 46

être en proie / être touché par une maladie

Answer 46

to be struck by / / hit

Question 47

être d’autant plus difficile que

Answer 47

to be all the more difficult than

Question 48

il serait grand temps

Answer 48

it is high time + preterit

Question 49

En raison de

Answer 49

On the grounds of

Question 50

juger

Answer 50

to deem

Question 51

être quelque chose qu’en parole (pas sincère)

Answer 51

he only pays lip services to

Question 52

faire mieux que ..

Answer 52

to outperform / to outdo

Question 53

avoir la vie dure

Answer 53

to die hard

Question 54

to bar/hamper from

Answer 54

empêcher

Question 55

hiérarchie de l’entreprise

Answer 55

corporate ladder

Question 56

frais de scolarité

Answer 56

tuitions fees

Question 57

être deux fois plus

Answer 57

to be twice as high

Question 58

florissante

Answer 58

flourishing / thriving

Question 59

devoir (au sen moral)

Answer 59

a duty

Question 60

fuir

Answer 60

run away / flee (fled, fled)

Question 61

aller chercher quelqu’un

Answer 61

to go and get sbdy / to fetch sbdy

Question 62

quelqu’un de mon âge

Answer 62

a person my age

Question 63

en me souriant (bizarrement)

Answer 63

grining at me (weirdly / with an odd smile)

Question 64

Sur le coup

Answer 64

At the time / in the heat of the moment

Question 65

du moins

Answer 65

at least

Question 66

alentours

Answer 66

surroundings

Question 67

X n’est pas là

Answer 67

X is not in

Question 68

toiles

Answer 68

paintings / canvas

Question 69

Quand à lui

Answer 69

as for him

Question 70

Regarder en fronçant les sourcils

Answer 70

to look at sbdy with a frown / to frown at sbdy / to knit one’s eyebrows

Question 71

X n’était pas … ni …

Answer 71

X wasn’t … nor was she ..

Question 72

mettre ne colère quelqu’un

Answer 72

to anger sbdy

Question 73

Ne pas broncher

Answer 73

to bat an eyelid

Question 74

rester sans expression

Answer 74

to remain expressionless/ stony-faced

Question 75

rester/ demeurer ainsi

Answer 75

to remain

Question 76

être à bout de nerf

Answer 76

to be at the end of one’s tether

Question 77

être au bord de …

Answer 77

to be on the verge of : on the brink of

Question 78

Tout en faisant

Answer 78

While doing ..

Question 79

chevilles

Answer 79

ankles

Question 80

féliciter

Answer 80

to congratulate

Question 81

avoir bonne mine

Answer 81

to look good / to have a good appearance / to have a healthy glow

Question 82

Les temps sont durs

Answer 82

times are tough / these are hard times

Question 83

les légilstaives

Answer 83

general elections

Question 84

timbres / timbres postaux

Answer 84

stamps / postage-stamps

Question 85

cachottier

Answer 85

secretive

Question 86

Tiens donc?

Answer 86

Well, well ! / Oh really? / Fancy that

Question 87

tout à l’heure

Answer 87

just now

Question 88

depuis quelques temps

Answer 88

lately

Question 89

citer

Answer 89

to name

Question 90

Alors là,

Answer 90

Well, now