U25 Lexique Expressions Utiles

Question 1

at the dawn of

Answer 1

à l’aube de

Question 2

by what / in terms of

Answer 2

à l’aune de

Question 3

at stake / on top

Answer 3

à la clé

Question 4

in haste / on the sly

Answer 4

à la sauvette

Question 5

for what purpose / to what ends

Answer 5

à quelles fins

Question 6

in advance

Answer 6

au préalable

Question 7

to be concerned about / to have concerns

Answer 7

avoir quelques inquiétudes

Question 8

it is, in my opinion

Answer 8

c’est, à mon sens, …

Question 9

to identify the needs / to figure out the needs

Answer 9

cerner les besoins

Question 10

to plug the gaps

Answer 10

colmater les brèches

Question 11

to land a juicy contract

Answer 11

décrocher un contrat juteux

Question 12

in coordination / in collaboration with

Answer 12

en concertation avec

Question 13

it is still necessary that

Answer 13

encore faut-il que

Question 14

to deal with the initial problems

Answer 14

essuyer les plâtres

Question 15

to suffocate / to swelter from the heat

Answer 15

étouffer de chaleur

Question 16

to be safe from / to be free from

Answer 16

être à l’abri de

Question 17

to be at the heart of / to be at the very core

Answer 17

être au cœur de

Question 18

to be endowed with / to be equipped with

Answer 18

être doté de

Question 19

to be on the way to doing/ in the process of

Answer 19

être en passe de

Question 20

to still have a long way to go

Answer 20

être loin du compte

Question 21

worse off / to be less endowed

Answer 21

être moins bien loti

Question 22

to be common practice/occurence

Answer 22

être monnaie courante

Question 23

to enforce the laws

Answer 23

faire appliquer les lois

Question 24

to face constraints / to deal with constraints

Answer 24

faire face à des contraintes

Question 25

to prove oneself

Answer 25

faire ses preuves

Question 26

to get something up and running

Answer 26

faire tourner quelque chose

Question 27

attention to / beware of

Answer 27

gare à

Question 28

exactly one year ago

Answer 28

il y a pile un an

Question 29

to warn / to caution

Answer 29

mettre en garde

Question 30

to get to work on a project

Answer 30

mettre la main à la pâte

Question 31

to put an end to

Answer 31

mettre un terme à

Question 32

to have nothing to be ashamed (of)

Answer 32

n’avoir à rougir de rien

Question 33

to pay off

Answer 33

porter leurs fruits

Question 34

for large sections / for large parts

Answer 34

pour de larges pans

Question 35

to take the bull by the horns

Answer 35

prendre le taureau par les cornes

Question 36

to offer sustainable solutions

Answer 36

proposer des solutions durables

Question 37

be that as it may

Answer 37

quoi qu’il en soit

Question 38

completely different / beyond comparison

Answer 38

sans commune mesure

Question 39

to aim to / to set as a goal

Answer 39

se fixer pour objectif

Question 40

indispensable condition / sine qua non

Answer 40

sine qua non

Question 41

on site / on the spot

Answer 41

sur place

Question 42

to keep one’s side of the bargain

Answer 42

tenir ses engagements

Question 43

to sound the alarm

Answer 43

tirer la sonnette d’alarme

Question 44

a wide range of / a broad range of

Answer 44

un large éventail de

Question 45

large-scale experiment

Answer 45

une expérience à grande échelle