Unit 1 vocabulary

Question 1

against the odds

Answer 1

contre toute attente

Question 2

foresee

Answer 2

prévoir, anticiper

Question 3

half-hearted

Answer 3

tiède, hésitant

Question 4

networking

Answer 4

réseauter, activer son réseau

Question 5

scrape through

Answer 5

passer l’année à la raclette

Question 6

feasible

Answer 6

faisable, réalisable

Question 7

fidget

Answer 7

remuer, gigoter

Question 8

long-winded

Answer 8

très long

Question 9

mumble

Answer 9

marmonner, bredouiller

Question 10

pay off

Answer 10

rembourser

Question 11

to rumble

Answer 11

divaguer, partir/faire une randonnée

Question 12

safety margin

Answer 12

marge de sécurité

Question 13

slouch

Answer 13

fainéant, être avachi

Question 14

affluent

Answer 14

riche

Question 15

allocate

Answer 15

distribuer, répartir

Question 16

assimilate

Answer 16

assimiler

Question 17

grasp

Answer 17

hold

Question 18

liaise

Answer 18

coppérer, collaborer

Question 19

strech

Answer 19

étirer

Question 20

close-knit community

Answer 20

communauté très lièe

Question 21

heavy workload

Answer 21

grosse charge de travail

Question 22

thight deadlines

Answer 22

courte échéance

Question 23

muddled

Answer 23

confused

Question 24

make an impression

Answer 24

faire impression

Question 25

to have an inpact on something

Answer 25

avoir un impact sur quelque chose

Question 26

put some ideas into pratice

Answer 26

mettre ses idées en pratique

Question 27

take something in your stride

Answer 27

to calmly and easily deal with something unpleasant or difficult and not let it affect what you are doing

Question 28

take pleasure in

Answer 28

prendre du plaisir en faisant quelque chose

Question 29

apprehensive about

Answer 29

to be worried about something

Question 30

to make the best of something

Answer 30

to do as well as possible with something

Question 31

be pressurised into

Answer 31

se sentir forcé à faire quelque chose

Question 32

to take pity on

Answer 32

avoir pitié de quelqu’un

Question 33

to be taken aback

Answer 33

confused or surprised by something unexpected

Question 34

to crop up

Answer 34

To happen or appear, often unexpectedly

Question 35

to stand somebody in good stead

Answer 35

if an experience, a skill, or a qualification will stand you in good stead, it will be useful in the future

Question 36

to snap (something) up

Answer 36

to grasp something quickly

Question 37

take something personnally/seriously

Answer 37

prendre les choses personnellement ou sérieusement

Question 38

make time for something

Answer 38

to allow time for something in particular

Question 39

take no for an answer

Answer 39

if someone will not take no for an answer, they continue asking for something although their request has already been refused

Question 40

take the time to do something

Answer 40

prendre le temps de faire quelque chose

Question 41

hand in your resignation

Answer 41

to quit your job by your own

Question 42

hand in your essay

Answer 42

rendre quelque chose

Question 43

do a course

Answer 43

faire un cours

Question 44

do law

Answer 44

faire du droit

Question 45

have a carreer

Answer 45

avoir une carrière

Question 46

take no notice of something

Answer 46

without paying attention

Question 47

take advantage of something/somebody

Answer 47

profiter de

Question 48

take exception to something

Answer 48

to take offense at something, to disagree with something

Question 49

take pride in something/somebody

Answer 49

do somtehing carefully beacause it is important for somebody

Question 50

take it out on somebody

Answer 50

to make suffer because of your problems

Question 51

take sides in a debate

Answer 51

take position

Question 52

take in

Answer 52

fully understand