Vb Argumentation

Question 1

To lack

Answer 1

Manquer

Question 2

To devote one’s time doing sth

Answer 2

Passer son temps à faire qqch

Question 3

To fit in with

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S’intégrer à, trouver sa place, s’accorder à

Question 4

To be towned down

Answer 4

Être édulcoré

Question 5

To climb the social ladder

Answer 5

Gravir l’échelle sociale

Question 6

To be up to

Answer 6

Être à la hauteur

Question 7

To be in dire straits

Answer 7

Être dans la misère

Question 8

To yearn

Answer 8

Aspirer à

Question 9

To long for

Answer 9

Aspirer à

Question 10

To avoid

Answer 10

Éviter

Question 11

To aim at

Answer 11

Viser

Question 12

To attempt to

Answer 12

Essayer de

Question 13

To jeopardise

Answer 13

Mettre en péril

Question 14

To be doomed to

Answer 14

Être voué à

Question 15

To manage to

Answer 15

Réussir à

Question 16

To modulate

Answer 16

Nuancer

Question 17

To be skilled at

Answer 17

Être doué à

Question 18

To hit the target

Answer 18

Atteindre la cible

Question 19

To achieve one’s goal

Answer 19

Atteindre son but

Question 20

To expose

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Dénoncer

Question 21

To set up the plot

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Construire l’intrigue

Question 22

To pull the string

Answer 22

Tirer les ficelles

Question 23

To go straight on to the point

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Aller droit au but

Question 24

To lay down the law

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Faire autorité

Question 25

To unveil

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Révéler

Question 26

To be meant to

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Être censé

Question 27

To depict, to display

Answer 27

Dépeindre

Question 28

To hint at

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Faire allusion à

Question 29

To advocate

Answer 29

Prôner, revendiquer

Question 30

To praise

Answer 30

Faire l’éloge

Question 31

To biased/ unbiased

Answer 31

Être subjectif/ objectif

Question 32

To take for granted

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Prendre pour acquis

Question 33

To reckon

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Considérer

Question 34

To distrust

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Se méfier

Question 35

To take a ferm stand

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Affirmer ses positions

Question 36

To side with

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Prendre parti pour

Question 37

To assert oneself as

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Se déclarer, se revendiquer

Question 38

To be aware of

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Être conscient de

Question 39

To arouse

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Susciter

Question 40

To be fuelled by

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Être alimenté par

Question 41

To deal with

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Traiter de

Question 42

To put in a nutshell

Answer 42

Pour conclure

Question 43

To put things differently

Answer 43

En d’autres termes

Question 44

To be worth

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En valoir la peine

Question 45

To pave the way

Answer 45

Ouvrir la voie

Question 46

To turn out to be

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S’avérer

Question 47

To fuel

Answer 47

Nourrir (fig)