Voc basique 2

Question 1

à distance, de loin

Answer 1

from afar, from a distance

Question 2

ne pas avoir une seconde pour soi

Answer 2

to have no time to spare, to not

Question 3

poule

Answer 3

hen

Question 4

cafard

Answer 4

cockroach

Question 5

s’occupait très bien de qn (idiom)

Answer 5

to take good and great care of sb

Question 6

position du quite

Answer 6

quite a famous conductor (a rather famous conductor)

Question 7

mulet

Answer 7

mule

Question 8

biche

Answer 8

deer

Question 9

quoi qu’il en soi (sout.)

Answer 9

be that as it may

Question 10

orque

Answer 10

killer-whale

Question 11

soi-disant

Answer 11

who was said to be, supposedly, reputedly

Question 12

balcon

Answer 12

balcony

Question 13

homard

Answer 13

lobster

Question 14

attention au chien

Answer 14

beware of the dog

Question 15

sanglier

Answer 15

wild boar

Question 16

raie

Answer 16

skate

Question 17

perroquet

Answer 17

parrot

Question 18

phoque

Answer 18

seal

Question 19

girafe

Answer 19

giraffe

Question 20

qui passe inaperçu, qui reste discret

Answer 20

inconspicuous, unobstrusive

Question 21

autruche

Answer 21

ostrich

Question 22

bourdon

Answer 22

bumble-bee

Question 23

bélier

Answer 23

ram

Question 24

sauterelle

Answer 24

grasshopper

Question 25

criquet

Answer 25

locust

Question 26

morse

Answer 26

walrus

Question 27

table de chevet

Answer 27

nightstand

Question 28

manchot

Answer 28

penguin

Question 29

méduse

Answer 29

jellyfish

Question 30

moule

Answer 30

mussel

Question 31

cerf

Answer 31

stag

Question 32

agneau

Answer 32

lamb

Question 33

pingouin

Answer 33

auk

Question 34

canapé

Answer 34

couch

Question 35

hérisson

Answer 35

hedgedog

Question 36

limace

Answer 36

slug

Question 37

crevette

Answer 37

shrimp

Question 38

coq

Answer 38

rooster

Question 39

chef d’orchestre

Answer 39

conductor

Question 40

brebis

Answer 40

ewe

Question 41

faon

Answer 41

fawn

Question 42

cambrioleur

Answer 42

burglar

Question 43

un charnier

Answer 43

a mass grave

Question 44

neige fondue

Answer 44

slush

Question 45

à l’eau de rose

Answer 45

slushy, sentimental

Question 46

tester (tâter le terrain) qn/qch

Answer 46

to feel out sb/sth

Question 47

textuellement, mot pour mot

Answer 47

verbatim

Question 48

épouventable

Answer 48

horrendous

Question 49

brise

Answer 49

breeze

Question 50

présenter les caractéristiques de qn/qch

Answer 50

to bear the hallmark ou hallmarks of sb/sth

Question 51

chop (n. and v.)

Answer 51

coup / hacher

Question 52

powder/beer keg

Answer 52

une poudrière, un fût de bière

Question 53

léger, faible

Answer 53

faint

Question 54

décerner qch à qn

Answer 54

to bestow sth (on sb)

Question 55

tissage (tisser)

Answer 55

weave (to weave)

Question 56

prairie

Answer 56

a meadow

Question 57

épine (épineux)

Answer 57

thorn (thorny)

Question 58

cela m’a mis du baume au cœur

Answer 58

it was balm to my soul

Question 59

balmy

Answer 59

doux

Question 60

évènement de second plan ou petite attraction (foire)

Answer 60

a sideshow

Question 61

fiddle

Answer 61

magouille

Question 62

enflammé, passionné

Answer 62

fiery

Question 63

enclume

Answer 63

anvil

Question 64

perdre son temps à des broutilles (détails sans importance)

Answer 64

to waste time on trifles

Question 65

sables mouvants

Answer 65

quicksand

Question 66

tourbillon

Answer 66

whirlwind

Question 67

name of the Panama-based law firm involved in the Panama Papers scandal leaked by the ICIJ

Answer 67

Mossack Fonseca (214.500 companies involved)

Question 68

société écran

Answer 68

shell company

Question 69

avantage

Answer 69

perk

Question 70

mécontent

Answer 70

disgruntled

Question 71

se méfier de, faire attention à ne pas

Answer 71

to beware of doing sth

Question 72

être mal à l’aise à cause de

Answer 72

to squirm at

Question 73

une enquête

Answer 73

a probe, an investigation

Question 74

agaçant

Answer 74

irksome

Question 75

élixir de jouvence

Answer 75

elixir of youth

Question 76

recours

Answer 76

recourse (quelconque)/ resort (extrême)

Question 77

la clé pour faire qch

Answer 77

the key to doing sth

Question 78

le grand âge

Answer 78

the old age

Question 79

se mettre à la place de qn d’autre

Answer 79

to take the place of an other

Question 80

les septuagénaires

Answer 80

the seventy-year-olds

Question 81

les plus de 65 ans

Answer 81

the over-65s

Question 82

proposer (donner l’occasion de)

Answer 82

to offer sb the chance, to give sb the opportunity to

Question 83

anonymat

Answer 83

anonymity

Question 84

délinquant

Answer 84

deliquent

Question 85

nm + de taille

Answer 85

major, sizeable, substantial, considerable

Question 86

muer (peau)

Answer 86

to shed skin (snake)

Question 87

déplier, dévoiler

Answer 87

to unfold

Question 88

cadran (tél), appeler + n°

Answer 88

dial, to dial

Question 89

résoudre des pb, dépanner

Answer 89

to troubleshoot

Question 90

rôder

Answer 90

to skulk

Question 91

à l’avance

Answer 91

beforehand

Question 92

répéter comme un perroquet

Answer 92

to parrot

Question 93

méprisant

Answer 93

contemptuous

Question 94

pierre de touche

Answer 94

touchstone

Many of the region’s democracies need reforms to restore public trust in politics. The touchstone for these should be: the simpler the better.

Question 95

être plongé dans (livre, spectacle)

Answer 95

to be engrossed in

Question 96

essuyer une rebuffade

Answer 96

to be snubbed

Question 97

sacro-saint

Answer 97

sacrosanct

Question 98

saut à l’élastique

Answer 98

bungee jumping

Question 99

chuter, tomber (prix)

Answer 99

to tumble

Question 100

maîtriser (une tendance)

Answer 100

to tame (inflation)

Question 101

se cramponner à (pouvoir)

Answer 101

to cling to (power) (clung clung)

Question 102

faux pas

Answer 102

misstep

But massive missteps like these are now the exception rather than the rule

Question 103

entraver

Answer 103

to hobble