tuesday vocabulary

Question 1

faire le ménage

Answer 1

to do the housework

to tidy up

Question 2

un appartement

Answer 2

a flat

Question 3

néanmoins

Answer 3

all the same,
nonetheless, nevertheless (début)
EVEN SO,
though (fin phrase)

Question 4

l’appartement n’en été pas moins en ordre

Answer 4

the flat was not untidy though

Question 5

meubles

Answer 5

the furniture

Question 6

dater de

Answer 6

to date from (the time of)

to date back up to (the time of)

Question 7

raidir qqun

Answer 7

to tense (sme) up
to make sme tense
to stiffen smn up

Question 8

veuillez répondre à ma question

Answer 8

please be kind enough to answer my question

please answer ≠ my question

Question 9

je suppose

Answer 9

I suppose/ guess

Question 10

rendre visite à qq’un

Answer 10

• to visit sme
• to call on sme
• to pay sme a visit

Question 11

Version : mot tout seul dialogue (souvent)

Answer 11

Jamais (often he does)

Question 12

le fait qu’il n’ait pas … est un problème

Answer 12

he’s not having.. is a problem

Question 13

je ne vois pas ce que cela peut vous faire

Answer 13

• I don’t see how that’s any of your business
• I don’t see what it matters to you
• What difference does it make to you ?

Question 14

s’assoeir

Answer 14

to sit down

to have a seat

Question 15

rester debout

Answer 15

to remain standing

Question 16

comme si

Answer 16

as if

as though

Question 17

un entretien

Answer 17

an interview

Question 18

court

Answer 18

short

brief

Question 19

Tout + nom

Answer 19

every + SINGULIER

Question 20

quelques uns

Answer 20

some of them

SOME OF WHICH + passif

Question 21

naive (enfantin)

Answer 21

childish

Question 22

faire un dessin/peinture

Answer 22

to DO a drawing/ painting

Question 23

enfance

Answer 23

childhood

Question 24

venir chez qq’un

Answer 24

to come round

to drop by

Question 25

à partir de petits boulots

Answer 25

out of multiple odd jobs

Question 26

répliquer

Answer 26

answer back

Question 27

rétorquer

Answer 27

to retort

Question 28

serrer la main

Answer 28

to shake hands

Question 29

une erreur dans

Answer 29

a breach in

Question 30

avancée majeur

Answer 30

a breakthrough

Question 31

un progrès

Answer 31

a step forward

an advance

Question 32

témoigne de meilleurs relations

Answer 32

testify to better relationship

Question 33

tout nettoyer

Answer 33

to clean up

Question 34

mon travail m’occupe beaucoup

Answer 34

my work keeps me very busy

Question 35

quelque chose qui occupe beaucoup

Answer 35

something that keep very busy

Question 36

le sujet qui nous préoccupe aujourd’hui

Answer 36

the subject which concerns us a lot

Question 37

occuper (pays…)

Answer 37

to occupy

Question 38

un propriétaire

Answer 38

an owner

Question 39

répondre à

Answer 39

to anwer ≠

Question 40

une réponse à

Answer 40

an answer TO