voc qcm ggd - Copie (4) Flashcards
to resume
reprendre
steady
stable/but almost immediatly. she resumed her composure and asked in a steady voise
to dash
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
yet
however/cependant/his son had never liked taking the bus. yet he never complained
whether
“si” qui exprime le doute/whether/if she will comme/ou qu’elle le soit ou non/those measure whether applied…
be the making of
véhicule l’idée que qlch a été formateur/hanging about with the mob has been the making of the new leader
airfare
tarif aérien
aircroft
est dommage???
see sb out
dire au revoir/raccompagner qqn qui s’en va
look sb up
visit sb/rendre visite à qqn
call back
rappeler qn à qui vous venez de parler
call again
rappeler qn au téléphone/sarah was out when I phoned/her mother advised me to call again tonight
let up/abate
diminuer en intensité/faiblir/he rain has let up
ing=voix active
interesting=intéressant
ed=voix passive
interested= intéressé
to despatch
expédier/envoyer/to dispatch
throughout
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
uproar
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
a truckstop
relai routier/a moquito infested truckstop for travellers to china
attend
go to a place/être pst/she attended the show
attend to sb/sth
prendre soin de qn/she is attending to all your needs
eventually/finally
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
be at odds against
être à l’opposé de/aux antipodes/what you sugested is at odds whith what was observed recently by prof Einstein
be at pains to do sth
have difficulties in+ving/mailer is at pains to convince us/as he explains/which he explains
skid
déraper/his bike skiddes or an oily patch
glide
glisser
split
fendre
a streak of
une tendance/une propension à qch
but for/without
sans
little as
bien que/little as he worked last year. he managed to pass his nation -wkde competitive examination
un roman portant sur le thème de
a novel about/Bob’s ???ming 1981 novel about post-independant India
a’back packer
un routard
être capable de faire qch
to be capable of doing sth/we should be capable of finding out the truth about Iraq’s WMD
menial
de domestique/subalterne/ingrat(unskilled./lowly)/she gave up her well-paid reputable job in favour of a menial one
rat race?
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
frantic pace of life
une vie frénétique/effrénée
