voc qcm 12

Question 1

trigger ( n/ vb)

Answer 1

n : détente/ gachette d’un pistolet vb: set in motion/ start/ provoke : éclencher

Question 2

être assis

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sit/sat/sat = be sitting

Question 3

he asked if he coul see the other copies

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the other copies

Question 4

flesh and blood

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en chair et en os “ what an ordeal ! It’s more than flesh and blood can bear!”

Question 5

to be in line with

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être conforme/ comparable à / respecter the reforms are not in line with what most people expected after the general election

Question 6

larger than life

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plus gd que de nature/ extraordinaire/colossal “this is a person of surpassing integrity, a man of the utmost sincerity, somewhat larger than life” Joyce Oates

Question 7

come along !

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venez donc ! Depechez vous !

Question 8

to come along

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faire des progrés

Question 9

to come off

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partir/ se découdre/ se détacher/ avoir lieu/ marcher ( = réussir) The first performance came off wonderfully after the rehearsales

Question 10

Official figure show that imports and exports slowed in May 2004

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imports an exports

Question 11

to clean up one’s act

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s’amender/ s’acheter une conduite

Question 12

corporate accounting scandals

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scandales liés à la comptabilité ( frauduleuse) des entreprises Fears are growing of an Enron-like accounting scandal at Freddie Mac

Question 13

to go against the grain

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être un non sens/ être contradictoire I know I hav to do what I am told especially when my boss gives me orders but it goes against the grain

Question 14

as early as

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dès/ tôt à partir de The company started turning out ten new models as early as 2000

Question 15

to spill the beans = to give the show away = to blow the gaff

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vendre la meche/ mettre les pieds dans le plat A Microsoft executive spill the beans on how Redmond was aiming to pull the rug on Cisco

Question 16

to pull the rug (ou) from/ to pull the rug on sb

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couper l’herbe sous les pieds de… The government pulled the rug out from under them.

Question 17

to play fast and loose with sb/ sth

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agir à la légère/ avec négligence/ désinvolture The Chinese competitors were playing fast and looe with their European partner

Question 18

get out

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s’échapper/ sortir/ devenir public News of the devaluation got up before the official announcement

Question 19

auquel cas

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in which case

Question 20

celui-ci

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it

Question 21

sauf si celui-ci tombe sur le 12

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unless it falls on the twelth

Question 22

bourse d’étude 2

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a grant = sur critères sociaux a scholarship = sur critères académiques

Question 23

équilibre boursier

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flat The Frankfurt stock exchange opened almost flat on Wednesday

Question 24

la veille à la cloture

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at closing/ the day before Up by 7% to 400 points from 450 points at closing the day before

Question 25

s’inscrire à qch

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to register for sth

Question 26

to take one’s toll

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cela commence à ce voir The country will have been in recession for three years next months and it is beginning to take its toll

Question 27

a vested interest

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un intérêt particuliers The new shareholders took a vested intérêt in the merger

Question 28

to had better// to would better/ rather

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conseil/ préférence She would rather go to London You had better to do it soon

Question 29

ordre des adjectifs dans une phrase

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TACOM taille âge couleur originr matière My neighbour has just spend $100 on a long brown fur coat

Question 30

many more/ much more

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many more n’existe pas These products are all dangerous some much more than others