voc 10 11

Question 1

attacher beaucoup d’importance à qch/ priser qch 2

Answer 1

to prize/ value sth highly

Question 2

overtake/ overcome/ overlap/ overpass

Answer 2

doubler un véhicule/ surmonter un problème recouvrir/ se recouper/ se chevaucher pont autoroutier

Question 3

surmonter un problème 2

Answer 3

overcome/ get over sth

Question 4

doubler un véhicule

Answer 4

overtake pass a car

Question 5

recouvrir/ se recouper/ se chevaucher

Answer 5

overlap

Question 6

autoport pont autoroutier

Answer 6

overpass

Question 7

crier de joie

Answer 7

shout FOR joy cry OUT of happiness

Question 8

pleurer un bon coup

Answer 8

have a good cry

Question 9

s’endormir à force de pleurer

Answer 9

cry oneself to sleep

Question 10

c’est une pleurnicheuse

Answer 10

she is a cry baby

Question 11

ramener qn à la vie ranimer qn

Answer 11

bring sb to He was still half asleep but the cold shower brought him to

Question 12

comme allant de soi

Answer 12

as a matter of course

Question 13

en depit de 3

Answer 13

for all = in spite of = despite For all the opposition the new treaty has the backing of informed public opinion

Question 14

… ou je ne m’y connais pas

Answer 14

if there ever= ever there was one… Robert was a silly fool if there ever was one

Question 15

sur fond de suspicion

Answer 15

against a background= backdrop of suspicion the two leaders met against a background of suspicion

Question 16

traiter qn avec considération= égard

Answer 16

treat sb kindly

Question 17

conserver un taux de croissance de… 2

Answer 17

to hold the line on growth = to maintain/ sustain growth

Question 18

rira bien qui rira le dernier 2

Answer 18

he who laughs last. Laughs best/ longest

Question 19

Tout sauf…

Answer 19

Anything but… It’s anything but clear which treatment is best in this case

Question 20

être en bon/ mvs état 2

Answer 20

Be in 0 good/ bad condition= be in A good/ bad state the car you have bought is new but is in bad condition

Question 21

être en augmentation de… 4

Answer 21

be up by= increase by= go up by = rise by the population there is up by an estimate 4 percent

Question 22

nuire à la réputation de qn

Answer 22

cause damage to sb’s reputation

Question 23

injuste/ déloyal 2

Answer 23

below the belt= unfair

Question 24

porter un coup bas

Answer 24

hit below the belt Boxers are forbidden to punch below the belt

Question 25

synonymus have achieved sth already

Answer 25

have sth under one’s belt B. Obama has got more than one years’ experience in the White House under his belt

Question 26

Not a man of scintillating intellect. but perhaps all the better for/ so much the better for that !

Answer 26

Cette homme ne brille pas par son intelligence mais ce n est peut etre pas plus mal.

Question 27

être sous pression 3

Answer 27

be under pressure/ pressured/ pressurized to do sth the Banks are under pressure TO restrict credit

Question 28

proposer qch à qn

Answer 28

Propose sth TO sb he is proposing a new solution to us

Question 29

exerce le pouvoir

Answer 29

exercice power= to wield power During the post-war period he almost exercised unlimited power in Japan

Question 30

être géné/ interrompu/ dérangé par qch 4

Answer 30

distract sb FROM sth/ doing sth = interrupt/ disrupt/ disturb 0 sb Betty was ditracted from/ disrupted in her work by the noise

Question 31

être inquiété/ troublé/ perturbé par qch 3

Answer 31

be perturbed at/ about sth = be worried about sth = be alarmed at/by sth

Question 32

mettre qn au supplice/ torturer qn par des remarques désobligeantes

Answer 32

taunt= make sb very angry/upset

Question 33

à l’exception du fait que… + S + vb

Answer 33

save that + subject + vb

Question 34

rester chez soi garder qn en retenu 2

Answer 34

keep in keep sb in

Question 35

garder de bonnes relations avec qn

Answer 35

keep in with sb

Question 36

rester en relation/ contact avec qn// se tenir au courant de qch

Answer 36

keep up WITH sth/ sb I promise to keep up with you wherever you go. It is hard today to keep up with all the new technologies

Question 37

concurrencer son voisin pour faire aussi bien que lui

Answer 37

keep up with the Joneses

Question 38

maintenir le cap/ garder la forme

Answer 38

keep sth up ! Take care John and keep it up !

Question 39

rester à l’exterieur/ rester en dehors de qch

Answer 39

keep out

Question 40

remettre qch à qn de la main à la main/ en main propre 2

Answer 40

Hand sth in to sb = give sth in to sb He decided to stop by at my office to hand in his réssumé

Question 41

feu/ incendie

Answer 41

blaze The fireman entered the blazing building to find out if people were trapped

Question 42

flamber/ resplendir

Answer 42

ablaze

Question 43

idée d’ajout/ d’avancée/ de progrés

Answer 43

gain She gained weight

Question 44

le conseil municipal

Answer 44

the city council

Question 45

pleurer 2

Answer 45

cry= weep

Question 46

diriger un pays

Answer 46

rule a country

Question 47

un dirigeant politique

Answer 47

a ruler

Question 48

dorloter/ choyer 3

Answer 48

coddle= pamper= cosset

Question 49

à l’exception de 3

Answer 49

save = saving = except ( for)

Question 50

grève sauvage 2

Answer 50

wildcat strike = unofficial work stoppage

Question 51

incalculable 4

Answer 51

untold = countless = beyond measure = enormous British Aiways says that the wildcat strikes have caused untold damage to its reputation

Question 52

toss vb/ nom

Answer 52

vb. lancer/ jouer à pile ou face nom. Pile ou face/ tirage au sort

Question 53

haze vb/ nom

Answer 53

vb. Bizuter/ malmener physiquement nom. Brume

Question 54

bizutage

Answer 54

hazing