Twilight of scriblers

Question 1

la fin x3

Answer 1

the end/the demise/the twilight

Question 2

mal élevé

Answer 2

ill behaved

Question 3

râler

Answer 3

to grumble about smth, to moan, to complain

Question 4

dompter, apprivoiser

Answer 4

to tame

Question 5

bidouiller, bricoler

Answer 5

to fidle with smth

Question 6

chercher à plaire, courtiser

Answer 6

to woo, to court

Question 7

une assemblée sordide (de sorcières)

Answer 7

a coven

Question 8

lourd

Answer 8

hefty, heavy

Question 9

a standoff

Answer 9

une impasse

Question 10

considérer, juger, estimer

Answer 10

to deem

Question 11

une enquête

Answer 11

an inquiry into/ a survey

Question 12

une étincelle

Answer 12

a spark

Question 13

déclenché par …

Answer 13

sparked by

Question 14

relâcher l’attache de la presse

Answer 14

to loosen the newspaper’s

Question 15

desserrer

Answer 15

to loosen

Question 16

un promoteur (bon parleur) du parti

Answer 16

a spin doctor

Question 17

une dispute

Answer 17

an argument, a row

Question 18

il montre son côté positif

Answer 18

he pitches most of his spin

Question 19

tenu, occupé, habité

Answer 19

manned

Question 20

effrayant

Answer 20

scary, fearsome

Question 21

riposter

Answer 21

to retaliate (against)

Question 22

momentous changes

Answer 22

important changes

Question 23

être sur le déclin

Answer 23

to be on the wane

Question 24

l’influence

Answer 24

the clout

Question 25

prendre le taureau par les corns

Answer 25

to take the bull by the horns, to grasp the nettle

Question 26

féroce

Answer 26

fierce

Question 27

des acteurs de la presse

Answer 27

stakeholders of the press

Question 28

inactif, à l’arrêt, au repos

Answer 28

idle

Question 29

tourner au ralenti

Answer 29

to idle

Question 30

contraindre, obliger

Answer 30

to force, to compel

Question 31

appliquer ses menaces

Answer 31

to act on one’s threats

Question 32

tenir sa promesse

Answer 32

to make good on a promise