UNIT 2

Question 1

laisser

Answer 1

leave
left
left

Question 2

Construction idiomatique de « elle ne peut pas se permettre… » :

Answer 2

She can’t afford to

Question 3

écrire

Answer 3

write
wrote
written

Question 4

désobéir à un ordre

Answer 4

to disobey an order

Question 5

cependant

Answer 5

howewer

Question 6

cacher

Answer 6

hide
hid
hidden

Question 7

profiter aux riches

Answer 7

benefit the rich

Question 8

incertain

incertitude

Answer 8

uncertain

uncertainty

Question 9

de fait, en réalité

Answer 9

actually

in fact

Question 10

fuir

Answer 10

flee
fled
fled

Question 11

sentir

Answer 11

feel
felt
felt

Question 12

enfin (pour clore énumération) (3)

Answer 12

finally
last
lastly

Question 13

elle était allongée sur son lit, immobile

Answer 13

she lay motionless on her bed

Question 14

premièrement, en premier lieu (3)

Answer 14

first, firstly, first of all

Question 15

honnête

honnêteté

Answer 15

honest

honesty

Question 16

de plus, en outre (4)

Answer 16

besides
furthermore
moreover
additionally

Question 17

pendre

Answer 17

hang
hung
hung

Question 18

s’attendre à une récession

Answer 18

to expect a slump

Question 19

néanmoins

Answer 19

nevertheless

Question 20

donner les moyens à qn de faire qch (2)

Answer 20

to enable sb to do sth

to make it possible for sb to do sth

Question 21

Il ne faut pas vendre la peau de l’ours avant de l’avoir tué

Answer 21

Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched (avant qu’ils soient sorti de l’oeuf…)

Question 22

avoir besoin de soutien

Answer 22

to need support

Question 23

souverain

souveraineté

Answer 23

sovereign

sovereignty

Question 24

obéir à qn

Answer 24

to obey sb

Question 25

permettre dans le cas d'une permission officielle... (2)

Answer 25

to authorize sb to do sth | to permit sb to do sth

Question 26

téléphoner à son oncle

Answer 26

to phone one's uncle

Question 27

cruel | cruauté

Answer 27

cruel | cruelty

Question 28

loyal | loyauté

Answer 28

loyal | loyalty

Question 29

être allongé

Answer 29

lie lay lain

Question 30

devoir 100 euros un ami

Answer 30

to owe a friend €100

Question 31

lutter contre la criminalité

Answer 31

to fight crime

Question 32

résister à des pressions

Answer 32

resist pressure

Question 33

payer 20 dollars, une facture, le loyer

Answer 33

to pay $20, a bill, the rent

Question 34

augmenter

Answer 34

rise rose risen

Question 35

permettre à qn de faire qch

Answer 35

to allow sb do sth

Question 36

dépenser

Answer 36

spend spent spent

Question 37

inégale | inégalité

Answer 37

unequal | inequality

Question 38

poser

Answer 38

lay laid laid

Question 39

succéder à son père

Answer 39

to succeed one's father

Question 40

mettre le couvert

Answer 40

to lay the table

Question 41

similaire | similitude

Answer 41

similar | similarity

Question 42

entrer dans un endroit

Answer 42

enter a place

Question 43

chrétien | christianisme

Answer 43

Christian | Christianity

Question 44

croître

Answer 44

grow grew grown

Question 45

certain | certitude

Answer 45

certain | certainty

Question 46

s'opposer à une mesure

Answer 46

to oppose a measure

Question 47

rivaliser avec les meilleurs du monde

Answer 47

to rival the best in the world

Question 48

se servir des transports en commun

Answer 48

to use public transport

Question 49

inapte | inaptitude

Answer 49

unable | inablity

Question 50

influer sur un résultat

Answer 50

to influence a result

Question 51

montrer

Answer 51

show showed shown

Question 52

pondre un oeuf

Answer 52

to lay an egg

Question 53

envoyer

Answer 53

send sent sent

Question 54

renoncer à sa liberté

Answer 54

to give up one's freedom

Question 55

Cette mesure a permis de réduire le nombre d’accidents (2)

Answer 55

This measure has made it possible to reduce the number of accidents This measure has made possible a reduction in the number of accidents

Question 56

voler

Answer 56

fly flew flown

Question 57

enseigner

Answer 57

teach taught taught

Question 58

Le problème réside dans la société elle-même

Answer 58

the probleme lies with society itself

Question 59

perdre

Answer 59

lose lost lost

Question 60

survivre à un désastre

Answer 60

to survive a disaster

Question 61

conduire

Answer 61

lead led led

Question 62

Choisir

Answer 62

choose chose chosen

Question 63

frapper

Answer 63

strike struck struck

Question 64

payer

Answer 64

pay paid paid

Question 65

aptitude | apte

Answer 65

ability | able

Question 66

insister sur une idée

Answer 66

to stress a point