voc qcm ggd - Copie (4)

Question 1

to resume

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reprendre

Question 2

steady

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stable/but almost immediatly. she resumed her composure and asked in a steady voise

Question 3

to dash

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go or run some where very quickly/se précipiter/as he thought the house was on fire. he dashed to a phone box and called the fire-brigade

Question 4

yet

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however/cependant/his son had never liked taking the bus. yet he never complained

Question 5

whether

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“si” qui exprime le doute/whether/if she will comme/ou qu’elle le soit ou non/those measure whether applied…

Question 6

be the making of

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véhicule l’idée que qlch a été formateur/hanging about with the mob has been the making of the new leader

Question 7

airfare

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tarif aérien

Question 8

aircroft

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est dommage???

Question 9

see sb out

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dire au revoir/raccompagner qqn qui s’en va

Question 10

look sb up

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visit sb/rendre visite à qqn

Question 11

call back

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rappeler qn à qui vous venez de parler

Question 12

call again

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rappeler qn au téléphone/sarah was out when I phoned/her mother advised me to call again tonight

Question 13

let up/abate

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diminuer en intensité/faiblir/he rain has let up

Question 14

ing=voix active

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interesting=intéressant

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ed=voix passive

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interested= intéressé

Question 16

to despatch

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expédier/envoyer/to dispatch

Question 17

throughout

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time/during all of /durant/space/all throught/à travers /d’un bout à l’autre/ the greg back beetle is a serious threat to sugar carre crops throughout the world

Question 18

uproar

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tollé/protestation/tumulte/???/être responsable de../to be responsable for doing sth/Cardiff is conviced the uproar was responsible for robbing it of its new museum project

Question 19

a truckstop

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relai routier/a moquito infested truckstop for travellers to china

Question 20

attend

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go to a place/être pst/she attended the show

Question 21

attend to sb/sth

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prendre soin de qn/she is attending to all your needs

Question 22

eventually/finally

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in the end/à la fin/cpdt finally exprime+ l’idée de soulagement/the victims body was eventually found in the lake. behind her house

Question 23

be at odds against

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être à l’opposé de/aux antipodes/what you sugested is at odds whith what was observed recently by prof Einstein

Question 24

be at pains to do sth

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have difficulties in+ving/mailer is at pains to convince us/as he explains/which he explains

Question 25

skid

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déraper/his bike skiddes or an oily patch

Question 26

glide

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glisser

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split

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fendre

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a streak of

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une tendance/une propension à qch

Question 29

but for/without

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sans

Question 30

little as

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bien que/little as he worked last year. he managed to pass his nation -wkde competitive examination

Question 31

un roman portant sur le thème de

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a novel about/Bob’s ???ming 1981 novel about post-independant India

Question 32

a’back packer

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un routard

Question 33

être capable de faire qch

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to be capable of doing sth/we should be capable of finding out the truth about Iraq’s WMD

Question 34

menial

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de domestique/subalterne/ingrat(unskilled./lowly)/she gave up her well-paid reputable job in favour of a menial one

Question 35

rat race?

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competitive or routine/working life/stress du quotidien/routine/they are now living on a goat farm on the mount ains to get away from the rat race

Question 36

frantic pace of life

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une vie frénétique/effrénée