voc qcm ggd - Copie (5)

Question 1

staid

Answer 1

prudish/proper/restrained/guindé/sage/that boy is positively staid and nobody seems able to change him

Question 2

edgy

Answer 2

(person)anxieux/nerveux/(comedy) avant-gardiste

Question 3

to debunk

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show to be false/discréditer/briser/démystifier/hold up to ridicule

Question 4

cela ne sert à rien de

Answer 4

there is no poin+V ving/there is no use +V ing/there is no point in hunging now

Question 5

to be bound to

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être lié/destiné/limité à../there was an accident on the road and we were held up for over an hour

Question 6

to hold down /be regarded as

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être considéré comme/ some economist suggest the currency should be thought of as the share price of a comentry

Question 7

rouse/arouse

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susciter/faire naître un sentiment/ it arouse anger

Question 8

arise

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survenir/ if any problem arise. tell me

Question 9

twice as+adj+as

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valeur qualitative/it’s econmy is twice as large as that of its closest rival. Japan

Question 10

have a lot on

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être très occupé/sorry I can’t go out. I’ve got a lot on

Question 11

in as much as/for as much as/since/given/seeing that

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étant donné que

Question 12

it’s more them flesh and blood

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c’est plus qu’un être humain peut endurer

Question 13

hand-me-downs

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vieux vêtements/ I refuse to wear my mother’s hand-me-downs!

Question 14

fare well/do well

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bien aller/bien se porter/ the company fares well amid a bardrop of rising ???prices

Question 15

equity market

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(m) boursier

Question 16

equity

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actions/capitaux propres

Question 17

bond and equity market

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(m) boursiers et obligataires

Question 18

beat sb off/fend sb off/stave off/ward sb off/hold i keep sb at a bay

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repousser/tenir à l’écart

Question 19

to notify sb that

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avertir qn que/ I notifed the bank that I had changed my ????

Question 20

twice as + much/many+nom+as

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valeur quantitative/ this country produce twice as much oil as tibya

Question 21

rise//raise

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vb intransitif/transitif/

Question 22

an outlet

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un exutoire/men use the pub to bond and as an emotional outlet

Question 23

give vent tosth

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donner libre cours à ses sentiments

Question 24

to settle a case

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régler une affaire/ the US catholic church has reportedly spent a lot of money settling sexual abuse cases

Question 25

stunt

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freiner la ??/???de qch/qn/poor food can stunt a child’s growth

Question 26

stunted

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rabougri/chetif/rachitique

Question 27

so far+pst perfect/as yet+pst perfect/ so far= as yet

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jusqu’à pst/ c’est un bilan pst/ so far. 225 people have died in the crash

Question 28

down on sb

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réaliser/ it downed on me that it was the first time I had witnessed a murder

Question 29

tow-away zone

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zone de stationnement interdit

Question 30

bang into sb/bump into sb/run into sb

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rencontrer qn par hasard/ she was walking down oxford street when she banged into her boss

Question 31

study for the bar/ read for the bar exam

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préparer le barreau/ se préparer à l’examen du barreau/ the young man told his uncle he was studying for the bar

Question 32

to stick by sb

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rester au côté de qn/ she was a trouper. she’d stick by him

Question 33

cheeckbone

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paumette

Question 34

to tickle sth

Answer 34

chatouiller/ he felt a tear run down his cheekbone an tickle his ear