Voc 2

Question 1

un phare/un signal lumineux

Answer 1

a beacon

Question 2

confiance en soi

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self-belief

Question 3

une saute d’humeur

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a mood swing

Question 4

descendre dans l’arène

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to enter the fray

Question 5

faire de la lèche

Answer 5

to schmooze

Question 6

graver dans la mémoire

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to etch on the memory

Question 7

générosité/don

Answer 7

bounty

Question 8

une parabole (langage)

Answer 8

a parable

Question 9

to pare down

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réduire

Question 10

un mastodonte

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a juggernaut

Question 11

derelict

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en adjectif = tombé en ruine, abandonné

en nom = une épave (humaine)

Question 12

gâcher (un événement)

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to mar

Question 13

une mésaventure

Answer 13

a mishap

Question 14

se dépêtrer de

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to disentangle (oneself) from

Question 15

to pin down

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immobiliser/coincer

Question 16

bégayer

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to stutter

Question 17

sheepishly

Answer 17

d’un air penaud

Question 18

boisterous

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tapageur/turbulent

Question 19

to wobble

Answer 19

trembler/vaciller

Question 20

a jamboree

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un grand rassemblement/ des festivités

Question 21

to carp at

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critiquer/ trouver à redire

Question 22

bespoke (adjectif)

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fait sur mesure/ sur commande

Question 24

Il y avait cinquante invités en tout

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there were fifty guests altogether

Question 25

envisager

Answer 25

to consider + V-ing

Question 26

je ne pouvais m’empêcher de rire

Answer 26

I couldn’t help laughING

Question 27

des fournisseurs

Answer 27

suppliers

Question 29

en quelques heures

Answer 29

within a few hours

Question 30

les deux autres Chinois

Answer 30

the other two Chinese

Question 31

à l’époque

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in those days

Question 32

fondamental

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basic

Question 33

s’affirmer

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to assert oneself

Question 34

As-tu eu des nouvelles de tes parents récemment ?

Answer 34

Have you heard FROM your parents lately ?

Question 35

ce qui n’a pas été facile

Answer 35

which wasn’t easy

Question 36

pendant encore quelques mois

Answer 36

for another few months

Question 37

quand même

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even so

Question 38

quand on y regarde de plus près

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on closer inspection

Question 39

un nain

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a dwarf

Question 40

by and large (adverbe)

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généralement

Question 41

se faire renverser (par une voiture)

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to get run over

Question 42

se confier à un ami

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to confide IN a friend

Question 43

inciter quelqu’un à faire quelque chose

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to prompt sby to do sthing

Question 44

s’engager à

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to committ oneself to V-ing

Question 45

approuver une décision

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to approve OF a decision

Question 46

profiter d’une occasion

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to take advantage of an opportunity

Question 47

parler de quelque chose avec quelqu’un

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to talk sthing over with sby

Question 49

technologique

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technological

Question 50

éthique

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ethical

Question 51

ethnique

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ethnic

Question 52

un éditeur

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a publisher

Question 53

plus loin

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farther away

Question 55

infesté de

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infested with

Question 56

You will have to …….. an effort if you intend to graduate this year.

Answer 56

make (et pas have an effort)

Question 57

After a serious dispute over inheritance, the two brothers made ………

Answer 57

up (car make up = se réconcilier)

Question 58

I can’t understand your attitude. You do nothing but ………

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complain (pas V-ing ni to complain)

Question 59

What are you having ……..?

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to drink

Question 60

You …….. alterations to your plans again.

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have done (car alteration= falsification)

Question 61

He’s been living in France …….. he was 10.

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ever since

Question 62

You are doing well. Keep …….. the good work.

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up (=continuer, maintenir)

Question 63

We won’t be here next week. We …….. to London for a wedding.

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will be travelling

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We didn’t know that the hotel was …….. with rats.

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infested (et non infected)

Question 65

There has been an accident. Could you please call …….. ambulance

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an

Question 66

se rendre, capituler (terme militaire)

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to surrender

Question 67

Leave it to me! I’ll see …….. all the arrangements.

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to (car to see to sthing =veiller à qqchose)

Question 68

Following the accident, he was prosecuted for …….. driving.

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reckless

Question 69

I would advise you to …….. clear of that part of town.

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steer (car to steer clear of sthing = éviter qqchose)

Question 70

You promised …….. the goods by June and it is now September.

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to deliver (toujours promise + to-BV)

Question 71

In Northern Ireland a bomb went …….., killing two people.

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off (ici, go off= se déclencher)

Question 72

The lawyer …….. the contract, so we are now ready to go ahead with the deal.

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has drawn (car toujours rapport dans le présent)

Question 73

The meeting tomorrow is ………

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off

Question 74

I can’t stand …….. in your shadow

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living (toujours to not stand + v-ing = ne pas supporter de)

Question 75

…….. surrendered, we would have been forced to declare war

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Had they not

Question 76

The …….. damaged.

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equipment is (car equipment est indénombrable)

Question 77

He told the judge that his poverty had …….. him to crime.

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driven (car drive sby to do sthing = pousser qqun à faire qqchose)

Question 78

s’enorgueillir de

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to pride oneself on + V-ing

Question 79

se tailler la part du lion (une place de choix)

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to get/ to take the lion’s share

Question 80

faire mieux que

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to outdo ( par exemple, courir plus vite que= to outrun)

Question 81

to alleviate

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soulager (la douleur)

Question 82

une réforme globale

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a comprehensive overhaul

Question 83

défectueux/imparfait

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flawed (adjectif)

Question 84

minimiser/ réduire l’importance de

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to understate

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to belie

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démentir ou donner une fausse impression

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for all

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malgré

Question 87

se faire remarquer

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to look conspicuous

Question 88

décrochage scolaire

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school dropout

Question 89

sans réserve (accepter sans réserve)

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wholeheartedly

Question 90

doter de/ être doté de

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to endow with/ to be endowed with

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une solution miracle

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a silver bullet solution

Question 92

déposer un brevet

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to file patent

Question 93

to supersede

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remplacer/ prendre la place de

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étiqueter en tant que

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to pin down as

Question 95

une dispute conjugale

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a matrimonial row

Question 96

un drame

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a tragedy ( a drama= un drame au théâtre)

Question 97

s’enfermer

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to shut oneself away

Question 98

faire le ménage

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to do the housework

Question 99

ne pas pouvoir s’empêcher de

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can’t help oneself+ v-ing

Question 100

to grind on (a day, a year)

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s’écouler PENIBLEMENT

Question 101

laisser-aller/ négligence

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carelessness

Question 102

aspirer à

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to yearn for/after

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un présage

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a portent

Question 104

le flegme britannique

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British phlegm

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to be pelted with

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être bombardé de

Question 106

une question controversée

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a hot-button issue

Question 107

débarrasser qqun de qqchose

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to rid sby of sthing

Question 108

élécteur (de la circonsciption d’un député)

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a constituent

Question 110

le mur budgétaire

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the fiscal cliff

Question 111

zeitgeisty

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tendance (à la mode) –> familier

Question 112

YOLO

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you only live once

Question 113

a portmanteau word

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un mot-valise

Question 114

réfléchir sur/méditer sur

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to ponder (pas de préposition) ou to ponder on/over (pour méditer sur)

Question 115

to worsen

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empirer/ se détériorer

Question 116

is the glass half full or half empty?

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Le verre est-il a moitié plein ou à moitié vide ?

Question 118

mettre son grain de sel/contribuer (à une collecte)

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to chip in

Question 119

jouer des coudes pour obtenir qqchose

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to jostle for

Question 120

une collecte de fonds

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fund-raising

Question 122

les objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement

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Millenium Development Goals

Question 123

l’indice de Gini

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Gini index