Voc qcm 22 Flashcards
to churn butter It was an electric butter churn
battre le bueurre
a humming economy
une economie qui ronronne/ qui tourne bien
the population is greying
la population vieillie
a civil servant
un fonctionnaire
a bobby
un policier vient de Robert Pyle
to be startle
être épatant
to collar robbers
coffrer des voleurs
surrogate parents
des parents de substitution
social fabric
le tissu social
to have a big picture
avoir une vue d’ensemble
a control room
un centre de contrôle
to filter out crusty sergent would have filtered out trivial matters
écarter
domestic abuse
violence domestique
to falter other parts of the state are faltering
faire défaut/ dépérir
a kidney kidney failure
un rein une insuffisence rénale
ailing adj.
ill= malade/ souffrant
to withhold (2)
not give = refuser / ( about a payment)= différer/ retenir
broad adj.
wide/ expansive/ strongely built
bright adj.
emitting lots of light/ filled with light= brillant/ intelligent
glowing adj. A glowing report/ account
giving light un rapport élogieux. louanges
glowing complexion Married life really suits you. I can tell by your glowing complexion !
avoir une mine resplendissante
uncanny He was able to predict what was going to happen with uncanny accuracy
adj. Mystérieux/ étrange/ inquiétant
canny adj. = shrewd
astute = astucieux/ rusé
carefree
insouciant/ sans soucis
ready access to have a ready access to UK motorway network
un accès facile
a casual acquaintance he is just a casual acquaintance
une simple connaissance
to be on the lookout
être sur le qui-vive
pluriel de life
lives
to bail out
refinancer/ renflouer
a lot / a lot of
a lot n’existe pas
the Smith family have … been to Spain many times / been many times to Spain / many times gone to Spain
the Smith family have been to Spain many times le complément d’objet doit être collé au verbe et celui de temps à la fin
to sweep
to sweep, swept, swept balayer
belongings
She packed all her belongings in her car and drove away.
effets personnels, affaires
Elle a rassemblé toutes ses affaires dans sa voiture puis est partie.
to fetch
aller chercher
to be eager of doing sth
eager adj. He is an eager reader of mystery novels.
avoir hate de faire qch
fervent, passionné
a jaw
to jaw
une mâchoire
papoter, bavarder
