Verbes à particule

Question 1

admirer qn (les 2)

Answer 1

to admire sb

→ to look up to sb

Question 2

mépriser (particule)

Answer 2

→ to look down on sb

Question 3

loger qn (les 2)

Answer 3

to accommodate sb

→ to put sb up

Question 4

démissionner (2) (les 2)

Answer 4

to resign
→ to step down
to stand down (démissionner)

Question 5

provoquer (les 2)

Answer 5

to cause

→ to bring about

Question 6

décliner (les 2)

Answer 6

to refuse, reject

→ to turn sth down (décliner)

Question 7

supporter qn (les 2)

Answer 7

to support sb

→ to stand by sb

Question 8

reveler (les 2)

Answer 8

to reveal

→ to give away

Question 9

reporter (les 2)

Answer 9

to postpone / to delay

→ to put off

Question 10

éteindre un feu (les 2)

Answer 10

to extinguish a fire

→ to put a fire out

Question 11

apparaitre (2) (les 2)

Answer 11

to appear

→ to show/come up

Question 12

occuper (de l’espace) (les 2)

Answer 12

to occupy

→ to take up

Question 13

ranger (particule)

Answer 13

→ to put sg away

Question 14

compenser (les 2)

ex. rattraper le temps perdu

Answer 14

to compensate
→ make up for
ex. to make up for lost time

Question 15

enfermer (hôpital psychiatrique) (les 2)

Answer 15

to confine

→ to put away

Question 16

examiner (les 2)

Answer 16

to examine, review

→ to go through (the report)

Question 17

se rendre (les 2)

Answer 17

to surrender

→ to give up

Question 18

ramener qn à la vie (les 2)

Answer 18

to resuscitate sb

→ to bring sb around

Question 19

reprendre conscience (particule)

Answer 19

to come around

Question 20

correspondre (particule) / se battre pour

Answer 20

to stand for
The “U” in USA stands for “united”.
This party stands for fair pay and workers’ rights

Question 21

être appelé comme ça en hommage a qn

Answer 21

to be named after sb

Question 22

tenir de qn (les 2)

Answer 22

to resemble sb

→ to take after qn

Question 23

être composé de (particule)

Answer 23

to be made up of

Question 24

rabaisser, humilier (les 2)

Answer 24

to humiliate

→ to put down

Question 25

reprendre (un magasin) (particule)

Answer 25

to take a shop over

Question 26

introduire (une loi) (particule)

Answer 26

to bring in a policy

Question 27

surmonter (particule)

Answer 27

to get over

Question 28

installer une tente (particule)

Answer 28

to put up a tent

Question 29

enlever (particule), démolir

Answer 29

to take down

The campers took the tent down and packed it away in the car.

Question 30

endurer, supporter (particule)

Answer 30

to put up with

I will not put up with your whining any more.

Question 31

faire avec, se contenter de (particule)

Answer 31

to make do with sg

Question 32

distinguer (les deux)

Answer 32

to distinguish

→ to make out

Question 33

comprendre (particule)

Answer 33

to figure out

Question 34

inventer qc

Answer 34

to make sth up

Question 35

insinuer

Answer 35

to drive at

what are you driving at ?

Question 36

faire une dépression

Answer 36

to break down

Question 37

compter les ponts avec qn

Answer 37

to break off with sb

Question 38

le bureau (dans une maison)

Answer 38

the study

Question 39

dire au revoir à (raccompagner à la porte, à aéroport) (particule)
Il était très tard quand il a dit au revoir aux derniers invités.

Answer 39

to see sb out (at the airport)

It was very late when he saw the last of the guests out.

Question 40

faire entrer qn dans une pièce (particule)

Answer 40

to show sb into a place

Question 41

faire visiter qn (particule)

Answer 41

to show sb around

Sally was asked to show her new classmate around.

Question 42

Je ne serai pas contre …

Answer 42

I could do with (a cup of tea)

Question 43

Se passer de

Answer 43

To do without

Question 44

acquitter / faire grâce

Answer 44

To let sb off

Question 45

Le soulèvement a été réprimé

Answer 45

The uprising was put down

Question 46

Imputer qc à qc

Answer 46

To be (put) down to sg
Ex : the uprising was put down to the government’s new economic politiciens

Question 47

Tenir tête à / résister

Answer 47

To stand up to sb

Question 48

La nuit porte conseil

Answer 48

Let’s sleep on it

Question 49

Faire la grasse matinée

Answer 49

To sleep in

Question 50

on a dû appeler les pompiers

Answer 50

the fire brigade had to be called out

Question 51

remplir un formulaire

Answer 51

to fill in a form

Question 52

donner sa démission

Answer 52

to hand in one’s resignation

Question 53

mettre de l’argent de coté

Answer 53

to put by

Question 54

une femme de ménage

Answer 54

a maid

Question 55

peser sur qn (soucis)

Answer 55

to weigh down on sb