voc qcm 19

Question 1

stance on

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le point de vue The Rep. Stance on

Question 2

to surge

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augmenter

Question 3

comprehensive

Answer 3

exhaustif

Question 4

siblings

Answer 4

les freres et sœurs

Question 5

to reshore

Answer 5

relocaliser

Question 6

to unionize

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joindre un syndicat

Question 7

to step on sb’s toes

Answer 7

marcher sur les pieds de qn

Question 8

to stall ( about a car)

Answer 8

caller/ s’arreter net

Question 9

to scrape by

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s’en sortir

Question 10

a means-tested benefit

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une aide distribué sous condition de revenu

Question 11

épargne 2

Answer 11

thrift dans le sens valeur moral/ vivre chichement // savings

Question 12

to chip

Answer 12

réduire en morceau

Question 13

idleness

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oisiveté

Question 14

to get a real taste of

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gouter pleinement à

Question 15

to fulfil an ambition= to achieve one’s ambition

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réaliser ses ambitions

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to build up confidence

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prendre confiance en soi

Question 17

to drive an individual

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motiver qn

Question 18

long and short range goals

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les objectifs à long et court terme

Question 19

if you don’t mind

Answer 19

si vous me le permettez/ si cela ne vous dérange pas

Question 20

faire des affaires

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to do business

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to entail

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to require/ to involve impliquer/ entrainer

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to assent She said that she never assented to many men

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to agree= consentir/ donner son accord

Question 23

to blow off I have been blowing off about plastics

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jacasser

Question 24

it is your line

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c’est votre domaine

Question 25

crisply

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sec/ cassant

Question 26

the stranger

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l’inconnu

Question 27

to drift I have been a drifter since the âge of nine

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dériver un touche-à-tout

Question 28

to guffow Bullard guffawed

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s’esclaffer

Question 29

and I know what all Father of the light bulb and I know what all

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et de je ne sais quoi d’autre

Question 30

to coax sb Bullard coaxed

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presser qn

Question 31

to entrance Bullard was entranced

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captiver/ fasciner