Verb Confusion 04

Question 1

“Our buddies took off before I could tell them that we were canceling the project.”

Answer 1

“Nos potes ont déguerpi avant que je ne puisse leur dire que nous annulions le projet.”

Question 2

“Don’t try to hide the fact that the mob obviously has moles in your office.”

Answer 2

“N’essayez pas de dissimuler le fait que la pègre a visiblement des taupes dans votre bureau.”

Question 3

To pursue mercilessly
To work away furiously at
To dog someone / to follow someone around

Answer 3

s’acharner sur ( victime, adversaire )
( calculs, texte )
( malchance )

Question 4

To pursue mercilessly
To work away furiously at
To dog someone / to follow someone around

Answer 4

s’acharner sur ( victime, adversaire )
( calculs, texte )
( malchance )

Question 4

“He’s killing himself ( working at that ) for nothing.”
/ “He’s wasting his efforts.”

Answer 4

“Il s’acharne inutilement.”

Question 5

“He went out without saying a word.”

Answer 5

“Il est sorti sans rien dire.”

Question 6

“He’s gone out to get groceries.”

Answer 6

“Il est sorti faire les courses.” *** CHECK

Question 7

“They went out to get groceries.”

Answer 7

“Il sont sortis faire leurs provisions.”

Question 8

“She took her purse out of her handbag.”

Answer 8

“Elle a sorti son porte-monnaie de son sac.”

Question 9

“I’ll get the car out of the garage.”

Answer 9

“Je vais sortir la voiture du garage.”

Question 10

“Your rubber band broke? Just take another one from the drawer.”

Answer 10

“Ton élastique a cassé? Tu n’as qu’à en prendre un autre dans le tiroir.”

Question 11

“When I was going out, I noticed he’d taken something out of the cupboard. I think it was a frying pan.”

Answer 11

“En sortant, j’ai remarqué qu’il avait sorti quelque chose du placard. Je crois qu’il s’agissait d’une poêle à frire.”

Question 12

“I’ve sweet-talked / talked my way out of things with tougher folks that these.”

Answer 12

“j’en ai bonimenté de plus coriaces que ces gens là.”

Question 13

To get oneself out of a mess

Answer 13

se sortir d’un mauvais pas

Question 14

To bail someone out / save someone’s ass

Answer 14

sortir / tirer quelqu’un d’affaire

Question 15

“But rest assured / don’t worry: Syd’s gonna get you outta here.”

Answer 15

“Rassure-toi: Syd va vous sortir de là.”

Question 16

“This guy still handed us one of the biggest crime bosses in town.”
“I don’t give a damn. No one acts alone in my town. Get this off my streets and off the front page of the papers.”

Answer 16

“Ce type nous a quand même livré un de nos plus gros parrains de la ville.”
“Je me fiche pas mal. Personne ne fait la justice tout seul dans ma ville. Vous me nettoyez ça des rues et de la une des journaux.”

Question 17

“I’d rather avoid that hassle. I’ll just have it shipped here.”

Answer 17

“Je préfère éviter cette prise de tête. Je vais juste me le faire livrer ici.”

Question 18

“I don’t think we’ll need a van. On their site it says ‘we deliver.’”

Answer 18

“Il ne nous faudra pas une camionnette, je crois. Sur leur site il est écrit ‘nous livrons à domicile.’”

Question 19

“He’s not a bad guy, no, but he doesn’t open up to just anyone.”

Answer 19

“Ce n’est pas un type méchant, non, mais il ne se livre pas facilement.”

Question 20

“The country descended into anarchy / into chaos.”

Answer 20

“Le pays a été livré à l’anarchie / au chaos.”

Question 21

“His parents were never really interested in his little projects and were often out of town, so from a very young age, he was left on his own / to his own devices.”

Answer 21

“Ses parents ne s’intéressaient jamais à ses projets et étaient souvent en déplacement, alors depuis un très jeune âge il était livré à lui-même.”

Question 22

“Unlock the door, put the platter on the table, then lock the door back on your way out.”

Answer 22

“déverrouillez la porte, posez le plateau sur le table, puis reverrouillez en sortant.”